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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.) By that right which belongeth to him as Creator, and is common and equal to him with the Father and the Spirit: Surely the Creator of the World, is the Sovereign of it; this Right continueth still, and shall continue while Man receiveth his being from God by Creation, and the continuance of his being, by daily preservation and providence.
(1.) By that right which belongeth to him as Creator, and is common and equal to him with the Father and the Spirit: Surely the Creator of the World, is the Soveraign of it; this Right continueth still, and shall continue while Man receiveth his being from God by Creation, and the continuance of his being, by daily preservation and providence.
(2.) There is novum jus Dominii & Imperii, a new Right of Empire and Government, which belongeth to him as Redeemer, and this accrueth to him,
1. Partly by the Donation of God; Acts 2.36. Let all the House of Israel know, that this Jesus whom ye have crucified, is made Lord and Christ. This Office of Lord is derivative ⟨p. 362⟩and cannot be supreme, but subordinate, it is derived from God; All Power is given to me both in Heaven and Earth, Matth. 28.18 and it is referred to him , Phil. 2.11. That every Tongue should confess, that Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The supreme right of governing is still in God, and subjection to him is not vacated, but established, and reserved.