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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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(2.) Obedience to his Governing Will. The great duty of Children is to love, please obey, and honour their Father. Mal. 1.6. A Son honoureth his Father, and a Servant his Master. If I be a Father, where is mine Honour? If I be a Master, where is my Fear? 1 Pet. 1.14, 15. As obedient Children, not fashioning your selves according to the former lusts in your Ignorance: But as he which hath c•lled you is Holy, so be ye holy in all manner of Conversation. John 15.8. Herein is my Father Glorified, that ye bear much Fruit, so shall ye be my Disciples. There should be a great tenderness upon us to do any thing that may be a breach of ⟨p. 370⟩God's Law, or tend to God's Dishonour. What diligent Observers were the Rechabites of the Institutions of their Family? Jer. 35.6. But they said, We will drink no Wine: for Jonadab the Son of Rechab our Father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no Wine, neither ye, nor your Sons for ever.
(2.) Obedience to his Governing Will. The great duty of Children is to love, please obey, and honour their Father. Mal. 1.6. A Son honoureth his Father, and a Servant his Master. If I be a Father, where is mine Honour? If I be a Master, where is my Fear? 1 Pet. 1.14, 15. As obedient Children, not fas•ioning your selves according to the former lusts in your Ignorance: But as he which hath c•lled you is Holy, so be ye holy in all manner of Conversation. John 15.8. Herein is my Father Glorified, that ye bear much Fruit, so shall ye be my Disciples. There should be a great tenderness upon us to do any thing that may be a breach of