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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.
Gal. 5.6. Faith worketh by Love. Now the evidences of sincere Love to God, are seeking after God, and delighting in him; if you cannot find the latter, the former will evidence it to you. Prov. 8.17. I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me.. The desiderium unionis, the desiring seeking Love, if it be serious and earnest, it is sincere, though you find not such delightful apprehensions of his Grace to you. Clear that once, and when you come to Prayer, you may know God loveth you; and the dearest Friend we have in the World, hath not the thousandth part so much as he; yea, the highest Angel doth not love God so much as he loveth the lowest Saint. God loveth like himself, becoming the Greatness and Infiniteness of his own Being, and with this persuasion pray to him.
Gal. 5.6. Faith worketh by Love. Now the evidences of sincere Love to God, are seeking after God, and delighting in him; if you cannot find the latter, the former will evidence it to you. Prov. 8.17. I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me.. The desiderium unionis, the desiring seeking Love, if it be serious and earnest, it is sincere, though you find not such delightful apprehensions of his Grace to you. Clear that once, and when you come to Prayer, you may know God loveth you; and the dearest Friend we have in the World, hath not the thousandth part so much as he; yea, the highest Angel doth not love God so much as he loveth the lowest Saint. God loveth like himself, becoming the Greatness and Infiniteness of his own Beeing, and with this persuasion pray to him.
Secondly, The second ground of Audience is from the fruit of his Love, as demonstrated in the New Covenant, wherein we have the matter of everlasting Consolation. Surely this Clause respects not the effect and sense in our own Hearts, but respects the Matter and Object of our Comfort; for he prayeth for the Application of it afterwards: Comfort your Hearts, &c. And besides, nothing is more fleeting, and oftener interrupted, than our