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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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(2.) By way of Inclination, the Spirit doth not only open the Eyes of our Mind, but he doth also incline our hearts to mind and seek after these things as our Portion and Happiness. Acts 16.14. God opened the Heart of Lydia. There is an opening of our Mind, and an opening of our Hearts necessary; for the Wisdom of the Flesh is kneaded into our Natures, and we are prepossessed and entangled with divers foolish and hurtful Lusts. Though we know these things, we regard them not, and therefore the Work of the Spirit is necessary to incline us earnestly to look and long, and patiently to wait for Blessedness to come; Gal. 5.5. For we through the Spirit wait for the Hope of Righteousness by Faith. Alas! otherwise we should never regard these things, certainly we would not wait for them with so much patience and self-denial, and solace our hearts with these Hopes in the midst of all our Labours, Adversities, and Troubles, when all is in Expectation, ⟨p. 412⟩and so little in Possession.
(3.) By way of Excitation, he doth quicken us, and comfort us, by raising our Thoughts, Desires, and Endeavours after the promised Glory and Blessedness; Rom. 15.13. Now the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in Hope through the Power of the Holy Ghost. It is by his lively Impressions, that this Grace is acted in us with any profit; our Hope is acted and increased by his Power, blessing the Promises of the Gospel to this end.