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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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But you will say, is this such an error? Do not the holy Apostles themselves say, in effect, the same, as the Apostle James, Chap. 5.8 The coming of the Lord draweth nigh; and the Apostle Peter, 1 Pet. 4.7. The end of all things is at hand: Yea Paul himself, 1 Cor. 10.11. These are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the World are come; and Rom. 13.12. The night is far spent, and the day is at hand; where by night is meant the state of Ignorance, Sin, and Paganism before Conversion, and by the day is meant the state of our full Regeneration and Illumination in eternal Glory; when the corrupt World shall come to an end, and all shadows shall fly away. As if he had said, the Mornings of the Resurrection is at hand, the night is far spent, not quite past, and the day is at hand; the night is not throughly gone, nor the day wholly come, yet he saith, it is at hand. What evil was in this Opinion, that the Apostle should with such vehemency argue and reason against it? Ans. There is some difference in the words, for [Greek or Hebrew], signifies it draweth near, [Greek or Hebrew], it is begun already. But the sense is vastly different; ⟨p. 28⟩for by these and such like expressions, the Apostle only did intend that the last dispensation was then on foot, no other change of dispensation or worship was to be expected, till the Coming of Christ. But I shall more clearly, and distinctly show,
But you will say, is this such an error? Do not the holy Apostles themselves say, in effect, the same, as the Apostle Iames, Chap. 5.8 The coming of the Lord draweth nigh; and the Apostle Peter, 1 Pet. 4.7. The end of all things is at hand: Yea Paul himself, 1 Cor. 10.11. These are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the World are come; and Rom. 13.12. The night is far spent, and the day is at hand; where by night is meant the state of Ignorance, Sin, and Paganism before Conversion, and by the day is meant the state of our full Regeneration and Illumination in eternal Glory; when the corrupt World shall come to an end, and all shadows shall fly away. As if he had said, the Mornings of the Resurrection is at hand, the night is far spent, not quite past, and the day is at hand; the night is not throughly gone, nor the day wholly come, yet he saith, it is at hand. What evil was in this Opinion, that the Apostle should with such vehemency argue and reason against it? Ans. There is some difference in the words, for , signifies it draweth near, , it is begun already. But the sense is vastly different;