A51839:746
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.
SERMON XVI.
2 Thess. 2.16. —And good hope through Grace.
WE now come to the third ground of Audience and Acceptance; he hath given us good hope through Grace. This showeth how we entertain the everlasting Consolation offered in the Gospel, with good Hope, and this wrought in us by God. Here is,
WE now come to the third ground of Audience and Acceptance; he hath given us good hope through Grace. This sheweth how we entertain the everlasting Consolation offered in the Gospel, with good Hope, and this wrought in us by God. Here is,
1. The Gift, good Hope. 2. The moving Cause, through Grace.
Doct. That it is a great advantage, when we pray for Consolation and Confirmation in Holiness, to consider that God hath already given us the Hope of Eternal Life.