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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.
1. What is this good Hope mentioned, and what are the Properties of it? 2. That this is the free Gift of God?
1. What is this good Hope? Hope is sometimes put for the Object, or Thing hoped for. As Prov. 13.12. Hope deferred, maketh the Heart sad. That is, the delay of the good expected is very tedious, and troublesome to us. So in Christian Hope, Col. 1.5. For the Hope which is laid up for you in Heaven. Where Hope is put for the Object of it, the blessed and glorious Estate, which is reserved for us hereafter. The great objects of Hope, which yet do not exclude intervening Blessings, are these:
(1.) The coming of Christ to o•r Comfort. Tit. 2.13. Looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. 1.13. Gird up the loins of your Minds, and be sober, and hope to the end; for the Grace that is to be •rought unto you at the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Hope is there described by its singular Object, the coming of Christ, called there the Revelation of Christ. Christ is now under a Veil, his Bodily Presence being removed, and his Spiritual Glory seen, but darkly, as in a Glass; but then he shall appear in Person, and in his Glory. When Christ withdrew out of sight, our Comfort seemed •o be gone with him; but he will come again; he is