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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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II. To encourage us in working; it is Hope sets the whole World a-work. 1 Cor. 9.10. That he that ploweth, should plough in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partake• of his Hope. Certainly it is Hope sets the Christian a-work; Acts 26.7. Unto which Promise our twelve Tribes instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. Why are God's Children so hard at work for God? but ou• of love to him, and hope to enjoy him for ever? Oh! let us continually be serving God; let us live always either for Heaven, as seeking it, or upon Heaven, as solacing our selves with the Hopes of it, do what ever we do in order to eternal Life, and not be taken up with Trifles, and this will put Life into our Endeavours; it is for a glorious and blessed Estate, on which we employ all this labour.
II. To encourage us in working; it is Hope sets the whole Wōrld a-work. 1 Cor. 9.10. That he that ploweth, should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partake• of his Hope. Certainly it is Hope sets the Christian a-work; Acts 26.7. Vnto which Promise our twelve Tribes instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. Why are God's Children so hard at work for God? but ou• of love to him, and hope to enjoy him for ever? Oh! let us continually be serving God; let us live always either for Heaven, as seeking it, or upon Heaven, as solacing our selves with the Hopes of it, do what ever we do in order to eternal Life, and not be taken up with Trifles, and this will put Life into our Endeavours; it is for a glorious and blessed Estate, on which we employ all this labour.