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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. This is not only the Demonstration and visible Proof of the reality of his Love, but an ample representation and commendation of the greatness of his Love: Rom. 5.8. But God commendeth his Love to us, in that while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us. A thing may be demonstrated to be real, that yet is not commended or set forth as great and glorious: But God would express his Love in such an astonishing Instance, that we might admire the greatness, as well as believe the reality of it. John 3.16. God so loved the World, &c. that is, so unspeakably, so unconceivably would he express his Love to Mankind, as to send his Son to assume our Nature, and die for our Transgressions: He doth not tell you ⟨p. 378⟩how, but leaveth you to admire at it, and rejoice in it. What may we not expect from this Love, this great Love! if God loveth us at such rate, surely he is in good earnest, his Heart is set upon our Salvation, or else he would never have taken this course of giving his only Son to suffer an accursed and shameful Death. Now when the Apostle saith, God hath loved us, he meaneth it of the great instance of his Love, Analogum pe• see positum, stat pro suo significatu famosiori: Words not restrained by the Context, must be interpreted in the most famous and known sense.
2. This is not only the Demonstration and visible Proof of the reality of his Love, but an ample representation and commendation of the greatness of his Love: Rom. 5.8. But God commendeth his Love to us, in that while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us. A thing may be demonstrated to be real, that yet is not commended or set forth as great and glorious: But God would express his Love in such an astonishing Instance, that we might admire the greatness, as well as believe the reality of it. John 3.16. God so loved the World, &c. that is, so unspeakably, so unconceivably would he express his Love to Mankind, as to send his Son to assume our Nature, and die for our Transgressions: He doth not tell you ⟨p. 378⟩