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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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III. Observation; That Jesus Christ is invoked together with the Father, as an Author of Grace, and thereby his God-head is proved; for he that is an Object both of Internal and External Worship, is God: Now such is Christ. Of Internal Worship, Joh. 14.1. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. Though Christ died as Man, yet he is God equal with the Father, and an Object of Faith and Trust. For External Worship or Prayer, the Text is clear; Our Lord Jesus Christ, and God even our Father. That is much for the comfort of the Faithful, that we have God to trust in, and Christ to trust in; that we that have sinned with both hands earnestly, have a double ground of our Comfort and Hope, the infinite Mercy and Power of God, and the infinite Merit of a Mediator. There is a great latitude in the Object of Faith, and so of Invocation, The Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father. There is no pain so great, that God in Christ cannot remove; no Danger so dreadful, but he can prevent; no Misery so deep, but he can deliver from it; no Enemy so strong, but he can vanquish them; no Want that he cannot supply: When we have a Want that he cannot supply, or a Sickness that he cannot cure, or a Danger that he cannot prevent, or a Misery that he cannot remove, or Enemies that are ⟨p. 356⟩too hard for him, then we may sit down and despair, and die. I speak of both as one, for God and Christ are here joined as to the same effect, comforting their Hearts, and stablishing them in every good Word an• Work.
III. Observation; That Jesus Christ is invoked together with the Father, as an Author of Grace, and thereby his God-head is proved; for he that is an Object both of Internal and External Worship, is God: Now such is Christ. Of Internal Worship, Ioh. 14.1. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. Though Christ died as Man, yet he is God equal with the Father, and an Object of Faith and Trust. For External Worship or Prayer, the Text is clear; Our Lord Iesus Christ, and God even our Father. That is much for the comfort of the Faithful, that we have God to trust in, and Christ to trust in; that we that have sinned with both hands earnestly, have a double ground of our Comfort and Hope, the infinite Mercy and Power of God, and the infinite Merit of a Mediator. There is a great latitude in the Object of Faith, and so of Invocation, The Lord Iesus Christ himself, and God our Father. There is no pain so great, that God in Christ cannot remove; no Danger so dreadful, but he can prevent; no Misery so deep, but he can deliver from it; no Enemy so strong, but he can vanquis them; no Want that he cannot supply: When we have a Want that he cannot supply, or a Sickness that he cannot cure, or a Danger that he cannot prevent, or a Misery that he cannot remove, or Enemies that are