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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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(2.) To make us steadfast in the Truth, and cheerful under Sufferings, fo• he saith here, The Lord that hath given us everlasting Consolation, comfort your hearts and establish you. The great use of everlasting Consolation, is to comfort and stablish us in a suffering Condition. The loss of Temporal Comforts is grievous; but it is recompensed with the promise of eternal Joys, revealed in the Gospel. Heb. 10.34. Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in your selves, that in Heaven ye have a better and an endu•ing substance; cast not away therefore your Confidence, which hath great recompense of Reward. And all our Pains and Afflictions are sweetened, so far as to keep us from fainting. 2 Cor. 4.17, 18. Our light Affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things that are seen, are temporal; but the things that are not seen, are eternal. The end of God's Covenant and Promises, is •o give us strong Consolation in the midst of Temptations, Persecutions, and Trials. Worldly Joys appear and vanish in a moment, every blast of Temptation scattereth them: It is eternal Blessedness which is the cause of solid Comfort ⟨p. 397⟩in all Dangers, Storms, and Tempests: hither we retreat as to our Sanctuary, and find relief. In the World all is unstable and uncertain; but the Covenant provideth for us eternal Joy and Bliss.
(2.) To make us stedfast in the Truth, and chearful under Sufferings, fo• he saith here, The Lord that hath given us everlasting Consolation, comfort your hearts and establish you. The great use of everlasting Consolation, is to comfort and stablish us in a suffering Condition. The loss of Temporal Comforts is grievous; but it is recompe•ced with the promise of eternal Joys, revealed in the Gospel.