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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.
2. That he that hath promised, continue in his purpose without change of Mind.
3. That it be in the power of him that promiseth, to perform what he hath promised. Now of all these things there can be no doubt.
1. God meaneth as he speaketh, when he promiseth to give eternal Life to those that believe and obey the Gospel. There is no ⟨p. 391⟩question, but he is so minded, when he sent the Lord Jesus Christ from Heaven to assure us of it by his Doctrine, to die the Death to purchase it for us, and afterward to rise again and enter into that Happiness that he spake of; and as soon as he was ascended up on High, gave gifts to Men to give notice of this blessed Estate to be had upon the Terms of his New Covenant, his Spirit attesting the truth of it by divers Signs and Wonders; partly to alarm the drowsy World to regard it, and assure the incredulous World that it is no Fable; and because they live not for ever, did inspire those holy Men before they went out of the Body, to write a Book of thi• Salvation, for the use of the World in all Ages. To think that God is not serious in all this; yea, to make him a Liar indeed; yea, to establish a Falsehood with the greatest solemnity and demonstration, that can be offered to Mankind; yea, to make a Lye necessary not only to the Governing, but Sanctifying of the World: Surely then, there is a truth in that great Promise, which he hath promised us, even Eternal Life.
1. God meaneth as he speaketh, when he promiseth to give eternal Life to those that believe and obey the Gospel. There is no