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XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing…
XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing the description, rise, growth, and fall of Antichrist : with divers cautions and arguments to establish Christians against the apostasy of the Church of Rome : very necessary for these times / by that late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing the description, rise, growth, and fall of Antichrist : with divers cautions and arguments to establish Christians against the apostacy of the Church of Rome : very necessary for these times / by that late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...
London: printed by J.D. for J. Robinson, 1679
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I. That Exhortations prevail little without Prayer. He had exhorted them to hold fast the Traditions, and presently addeth, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and God the Father stablish you, in every good Word and Work. It is good to observe, how all the parts of the Apostle's Discourse cohere, and agree together: He first blesseth God for their Election, and then showeth how it is accomplished by Vocation, or Effectual Calling: Yet the effectually Called need Quickening and Exhortation, that we may concur to our Salvation in that way which is proper to us. But left the business should seem wholly to rest upon our Will, he carrieth up the Matter to God again by Prayer: Election doth not exclude God's Means, which is Vocation, nor Man's means, which is Exhortation; but that availeth little, unless the Matter be brought before God again by Prayer.
I. That Exhortations prevail little without Prayer. He had exhorted them to hold fast the Traditions, and presently addeth, Our Lord Iesus Christ, and God the Father stablish you, in every good Word and Work. It is good to observe, how all the parts of the Apostle's Discourse cohere, and agree together: He first blesseth God for their Election, and then sheweth how it is accomplished by Vocation, or Effectual Calling: Yet the effectually Called need Quickning and Exhortation, that we may concur to our Salvation in that way which is proper to us. But left the business should seem wholly to rest upon our Will, he carrieth up the Matter to God again by Prayer: Election doth not exclude God's Means, which is Vocation, nor Man's means, which is Exhortation; but that availeth little, unless the Matter be brought before God again by Prayer.
Now this Method is necessary.
1. Because all from first to last come from God, he is Alpha and Omega, First and Last, all Things are from him, through him, and to him. The business began with God in his Election, and is still carried on through God, not only by Effectual Calling, but actual Assistance, which giveth Success and Blessing, and then the Glory of all redoundeth to him.