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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.
1. The everlasting Love of God. Psal. 103.17. The Mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, on them that fear him. Not only from the beginning of the World to the end of the World, but from Eternity to Eternity. It was an ordinary Form of praising God in the Old Testament, for his Mercy endureth for ever.
2. The everlasting Merit of Christ, which never loseth its force and effect. Heb. 9.12. He hath obtained eternal Redemption for us. Not that Christ is always propitiating: No, the ⟨p. 390⟩Work was performed in a short time, but the Virtue of it is of everlasting continuance.
3. There is an eternal and unchangeable Covenant. Heb. 13.20. Through the Blood of the everlasting Covenant. Though the Covenant made with Israel was abolished, yet this is everlasting, and continueth for ever, and shall never be altered; because it was able to reach the end for which it was appointed, which is the eternal Salvation of Man: That was a Temporary Covenant, this Eternal. Now because this is the main Circumstance, and the next ground of our eternal Consolation, the Covenant of Life and Peace that God hath made with us in Christ; I shall prove the eternal truth, and immutable constancy of this Covenant. That a Promise be immutable, certain, and firm, three things are required.