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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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IV. We can obtain nothing from God unless we seek it in Christ. Therefore the Apostle beginneth his Prayer, Now our Lord Jesus Christ, and God, &c. God Alone i• abundantly enough for our happiness, for there is in him more than abundantly enough to satisfy all the Capacities of the Creature; but without a Mediator, how shall we come to receive of his fullness? If Ma• had kept innocent, God had been enough to us; for in Innocency there was no Mediator, but to Man fallen a Mediator is necessary.
IV. We can obtain nothing from God unless we seek it in Christ. Therefore the Apostle beginneth his Prayer, Now our Lord Iesus Christ, and God, &c. God Alone i• abundantly enough for our happiness, for there is in him more than abundantly enough to satisfy all the Capacities of the Creature; but without a Mediator, how shall we come to receive of his fulness? If Ma• had kept innocent, God had been enough to us; for in Innocency there was no Media•or, but to Man fallen a Mediator is necessary.
1. I shall state the necessity of i•. Because of Distance and Difference, we are unworthy to approach his Holy Presence; and God hath a Quarrel and Controversy with us; which till it be taken up, we can expect no good thing from him.
(1.) Distance. We are stranged from God by the Fall, and having lost his Image, lost his Favour, and Fellowship, and all communion with him; so that God now is looked upon by us, as out of the reach of our Commerce, which hindereth our love and confidence in him; for we can hardly depend