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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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When you have God's Word, and a well-grounded Hope, it is not a foolish Imagination or vain Expectation. God will not deceive a poor Creature that trusts in him for necessary things, such as Perseverance and Establishment in Holiness.
2. He that giveth us Hope, will give us all things necessary to the thing hoped for ▪ therefore when God hath called us to the Hope of Eternal Glory by Jesus Christ, we may with the more confidence pray for necessary support and establishment in the way. This Argument seemeth to be urged by the Apostle, 1 Pet. 5.10. The God of all Grace, who called you to his Heavenly Glory by Jesus Christ, after ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. God that called us to Eternal Glory, foresaw the ⟨p. 416⟩Difficulties and Troubles we should meet with by the way, and therefore provideth Grace answerable, which we are to sue out by Prayer. Surely he that called them to the possession of Everlasting Blessedness by the Mediator, did not flatter them into a vain Hope, as it will prove, if he help us not: Therefore he will assist us in these Difficulties; and though he will not exempt us from the Conflict, yet he will not deny strength. When we consent to his Calling, it is a sure ground to our Faith, that he that hath called, will give us all things necessary to our Perseverance; for his Calling, when it is effectual, will not be in vain and to no purpose. 1 Cor. 1.9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Cor. 10.13. There hath no Temptation taken you, but what is common to Men; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye a•e able; but will with the Temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. The intent of his Calling, is to bring them to the possession of what he hath called them to: If he would at first take us with all our Faults, and put us under the Hopes of the Gospel when we were Sinners, he will follow the first Grace with continual aids and supports, until he hath perfected his Work: and therefore when a People are sincere, and willing