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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.
(1.) We see God in our Nature as near at hand, and ready to help; he came down amongst us, and became one of us; was bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh: And though he hath removed his dwelling into Heaven again, it is for our sakes, he hath carried our Nature thither, to take possession of that blessed Place in our Name, if we have a mind ⟨p. 360⟩to follow him; John 14.2. I go to prepare a Place for you.
(1.) We see God in our Nature as near at hand, and ready to help; he came down amongst us, and became one of us; was bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh: And though he hath removed his dwelling into Heaven again, it is for our sakes, he hath carried our Nature thither, to take possession of that blessed Place in our Name, if we have a mind ⟨p. 360⟩to follow him; Iohn 14.2. I go to prepare a Place for you.
(2.) Here we see the means of appeasing God's Wrath; 2 Cor. 5.19. God •as in Christ reconciling the World unto himself: There is a full Ransom paid, all that enter into God's Peace shall have the benefit of it.
(3.) By him we are encouraged to come to pray for every Blessing we stand in need of;