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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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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 ⟨p. 388⟩Comfort in this Life: It would contradict plain sense to call that Comfort which Christians feel, and actually enjoy everlasting Comfort. Therefore I understand it of the Matter, and observe this Doctrine,
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 oftner interrupted, than our ⟨p. 388⟩Comfort in this Life: It would contradict plain sense to call that Comfort which Christians feel, and actually enjoy everlasting Comfort. Therefore I understand it of the Matter, and observe this Doctrine,
That God hath given all true Believers solid ground of perpetual and endless Comfort.
I will prove it by three Arguments.