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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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(3.) The third Effect, which it is to produce in us, is an increase of Holiness, to stablish us in every good Word, that is not only in sound Doctrine, but in every good Work, in Holiness of Life, our Endeavours should answer our Motives and Ends; Abound in the Work of the Lord, forasmuch as your Labour is not in vain in the Lord, 1 Cor. 15.58. Diligence should not be grievous to us, when there is everlasting Consolation at the back of it; surely this should put life into all our Endeavours. Should we trifle away that time which we are to improve for Eternity? John 6.27. Labour not for the Meat that perishes, but for that which is to endure to everlasting Life. Faith in Christ joined with solid Godliness, will lead you to eternal Life. There should be in the Saints an eternal Principle, which is the Grace of the Holy Spirit; and an eternal End, which is the pleasing, glorifying, and enjoying of God; and an eternal Rule, which is the Will of God: and they will have eternal Consolation and Reward.
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1. Look upon the New Covenant as it is in it self, as containing the only solid Grounds of rejoicing; the Blessings of it are real, certain, stable, and suitable to the great necessities of Mankind. The Blessings are Pardon and Life, they are real, no Fancies or Chimera's. The Gospel is not a Dream, or well devised Fable; but the greatest reality in the World, it speaketh much for it self, commending it self to the Conscience by rational Evidence;