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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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(1.) To reduce us from temporal and flesh-pleasing Vanities. Alas! the pleasures of Sin are but for a season, not worthy to be compared to the Recompense of Reward, which Christ hath promised, Heb. 11.25, 26. Ghusing rather to suffer affliction w••• the People of God, than to enjoy the pleasures •f sin for a season: Esteeming the reproach of Ch••st greater Riches than the Treasures of Egypt; […] had respect to the recompense of Reward. Whatever is temporal, we may soon see the end of ⟨p. 395⟩it: All carnal Enjoyments, like Flowers, wither while we smell on them; and the most shining Glory in the World is soon burnt to a Snuff: But Eternal Life, and Eternal Glory, and Eternal Pleasure, is secured to us by Christ's Promise: All the Delights in the World are but a May-game to these Eternal Pleasures, which we shall have at God's right hand for evermore. Psal. 16.11. Thou wilt show me the Path of Life; in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right Hand there are pleasures for evermore. Now will you sell your birth-right for one morsel of Meat? part with your Eternal Inheritance for a little carnal Satisfaction? We have Souls that will no• perish; and shall we spend our whole time in seeking after things that perish in the using? Temporal things carry no proportion with an immortal Spirit. We shall live for ever, we should look after things that will abide for ever: 1 John 2.17. The World passeth away, and the Lust thereof; but he that doth the Will of God, abideth for ever. Otherwise what will you do when the Soul shall be turned out of Doors? To what Regions must the poor shiftless harbourless Soul be-take it self? Surely then this Consolation, though we feel it not always, and it be frequently interrupted, may be well c•lled Eternal Consolation; because it affordeth Argument enough to check our worldly and sensual Inclin• tions▪