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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
(2.) His promise; so that we must trust his faithfulness, after we come under the Hopes of the Gospel. There are two great Promises to support us, His Presence with us in the midst of our Afflictions, and our being ever present with the Lord in Eternal Glory. This is that we have hope of, all the difficulty is, How far God hath promised his Presence with us. Certainly he hath promised it, Psal. 91.15. I will be with them in troubles. And again, I will be with them in Fire and Water. And again, certain it is, That God is most with his afflicted People, as the Mother ⟨p. 419⟩keepeth most with the sick Child, or the blood runneth to comfort the wounded part. And again, that he will never leave us to unsupportable Difficulties; Heb. 13.5. I will never leave you, nor forsake you, a negative Gradation. And besides, there is a general Promise, though the Particulars be […] absolutely made certain to us; namely, that all shall work together for good, Rom. 8.28. That giveth us but a probability of Health, and outward Protection, and Deliverance, of a ready support in every Temptation, because we are uncertain how far they are for our good; but for necessary Grace to our Preservation, there is express provision in the Covenant, Jer. 32.40. I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good, &c.
(2.) His promise; so that we must trust his faithfulness, after we come under the Hopes of the Gospel. There are two great Promises to support us, His Presence with us in the midst of our Afflictions, and our being ever present with the Lord in Eternal Glory. This is that we have hope of, all the difficulty is, How far God hath promised his Presence with us. Certainly he hath promised it, Psal. 91.15. I will be with them in troubles. And again, I will be with them in Fire and Water. And again, certain it is, That God is most with his afflicted People, as the Mother ⟨p. 419⟩