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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Use of Direction. When you come to wait on the Word, or receive here any quickening Exhortation, call God into the Business, that the thing may not die away in your Hearts. Make conscience of Praying, as well as Hearing; you hear from Man in God's Name, but carry it again to God, that he may bless it. All Religion is carried on between the Pulpit, and the Throne of Grace. You will thrive if you conscientiously make use of both Ordinances; if you hear of Christ in the Word, and make use of him in Prayer.
Vse of Direction. When you come to wait on the Word, or receive here any quickning Exhortation, call God into the Business, that the thing may not die away in your Hearts. Make conscience of Praying, as well as Hearing; you hear from Man in God's Name, but carry it again to God, that he may bless it. All Religion is carried on between the Pulpit, and the Throne of Grace. You will thrive if you conscienciously make use of both Ordinances; if you hear of Christ in the Word, and make use of him in Prayer.
II. Observation. That Prayer must be made to God alone. Psal. 65.2. Oh thou that hearest Prayer, unto thee shall all Flesh come: The Apostle here addresseth himself to God, and so must all Flesh.
I. He alone is capable of hearing Prayers. We conceive of God as an infinite Being, Wise, Powerful, and Good; as knowing all things, as able to do all things, as willing to give all things, that we can in reason and righteousness ask of him.