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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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(3.) For his Goodness, he relieveth all his Creatures, heareth the moans of the Beasts, much more the Prayers of the Saints. Psal. 145.15, 16. The Eyes of all things wait upon the Lord, and thou givest them their Meat in due season, &c. Now this he makes a ground of fulfilling the desires of them that fe•r him, and being near to all that call upon him, Vers. 18, 19. He that feedeth a Kite, will he not provide for a Child? Surely we have more reason to trust in God than they, if you think this belongeth to his common Bounty? But in Spiritual things it is otherwise, he is most pleased, when we ask Spiritual Blessings. 1 Kings 3.10. It pleased the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing. Well then, since none other is capable, and God is, to him must we come.
2. The Scriptures, which are the proper Rule of Worship, direct us to no other. When Christ taught his Disciples to pray, he directeth them to God. Luke 11.2. When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in Heaven. ⟨p. 354⟩Invocation is Divine Worship, and so done to God alone.
2. The Scriptures, which are the proper Rule of Worship, direct us to no other. When Christ taught his Disciples to pray, he directeth them to God. Luke 11.2. When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in Heaven. ⟨p. 354⟩Invovation is Divine Worship, and so done to God alone.