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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. It is an act of such infinite Love in God to give us Christ to die for us, such as may raise our wonder and astonishment. God's Love is an unmeasurable Love, •nd so enlargeth our expectations and capacity for the reception of other things. Ephes. 3.18, 19. That ye may comprehend with all Saints to know what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the Love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. There is such an immensity in the Love of Christ, as raiseth our desire and hopes to expect all other things from God, that belong to our Duty and Happiness. If God will do this, what will he not do for those whom he loveth? He that hath given the greatest Gift, will not stick at lesser things; He that hath given a Talent, shall he not give a Penny? He that hath given Christ, will he not give pardon to cancel our Debts? Grace to do our Duty? Comfort to support us in Afflictions? Supplies to maintain and protect us during our Service? Finally, Will he not reward us when our Work is over? Reconciliation by his Death is propounded as more difficult, than Salvation by his Life: Rom. 5.10. For if when we ⟨p. 381⟩were Enemies, we were reconciled to God by the Death of his Son; much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his Life.
2. It is an act of such infinite Love in God to give us Christ to die for us, such as may raise our wonder and astonishment. God's Love is an unmeasurable Love, •nd so inlargeth our expectations and capacity for the reception of other things. Ephes. 3.18, 19. That ye may comprehend with all Saints to know what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the Love of Christ, which passeth knowledg, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. There is such an immensity in the Love of Christ, as raiseth our desire and hopes to expect all other things from God, that belong to our Duty and Happiness. If God will do this, what will he not do for those whom he loveth? He that hath given the greatest Gift, will not stick at lesser things; He that hath given a Talent, shall he not give a Penny? He that hath given Christ, will he not give pardon to cancel our Debts? Grace to do our Duty? Comfort to support us in Afflictions? Supplies to maintain and protect us during our Service? Finally, Will he not reward us when our Work is over? Reconciliation by his Death is propounded as more difficult, than Salvation by his Life: