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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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Use 2. Let us perform the Duties, which this Title calleth for: Our Obedience is the best Testimony of our subjection to him. Many seem to like Christ as a Saviour, but refuse him as a Lord; whereas Christ is not only a Saviour to Bless, but a Lord to Rule and Command. Therefore if we catch at Comforts, and neglect Duty, we •o not own Christ's Authority. The Libertine yokeless Spirit is natural to all. Luke 19.14. We will not have this Man to reign over us. Psal. 12.4. With our Tongues we will prevail; our Lips are our own, who is Lord over us? Psal. 2.3. Let us break their Bands asunder, and cast away their Cords from us. Some are so in Opinion, but most in Practice. We would not be under Command; we love Privileges, but decline Duties. But he is the Head of the Church, who is the Saviour of the Body, Ephes. 5.23. If we would have Privileges by him, we must set our selves to obey his Laws: If thou hast no care to obey him as a Lord, thy esteem of Christ is but imaginary, thy knowledge but partial, thy application of him unsound. But we wil• own him as Lord: How is that understood? Will you give him an empty Title, or some superficial Complements, and Observances? Luke 6• 46 ⟨p. 365⟩And why call you me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say? It is a Mockage. Or, will you please your selves with strict Opinions? Matth. 6.21, 22. For where your Treasure is, there will your Heart be also. The light of the Body is the Eye, if therefore thine Eye be single, thy whole Body shall be full of Light; if therefore the Light that is in thee be Darkness, how great is that Darkness? No, nothing less than a through subjection to his holy Laws, forsaking all other Lords. Isa. 26.13