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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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(4.) Our heavenly Inheritance. 1 Pet. 1.4. An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for us. Called Eternal Life, Tit. 1.2. In hope of eternal Life, which God, that cannot lie, promised us. The Glory of God, Rom. 5.2. We rejoice in hope of the Glory of God. Well then, all this is a good Hope, if there be the things hoped for: for the object of our Hope is the chiefest Good, the eternal Vision and Fruition of God; this is that we must aim at as our Happiness. Psal. 17.15. As for me, I shall behold thy Face in Righteousness, I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy Likeness; we must seek after it, and make it our constant Work. Heb. 11.6. God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him; this is that we must take hold of, as having a right and title to it. Heb. 6.18. Who have fled for refuge, to lay hold on the Hope set before us. We challenge it by the Law of Grace, as we fulfil the Conditions. Our Hold is more strong, Right more evident; as we get greater measures of the First-fruits, we gain more security and confidence in the spiritual Conflict. ⟨p. 405⟩Ver. 19. Which Hope we have as an Anchor of the Soul sure and steadfast. By good Works we enter upon the possession of it, in part, as we get the First-fruits of the Spirit. Rom. 8.23. We our selves also, which have the Firstfruits of the Spirit, even we our selves groan within our selves, waiting for the Adoption, to wit, the redemption of our Body. 2 Cor. 5.5. Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. In whole, when we come to Heaven, for then we enter into our Master's Joy,