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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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4. It giveth us encouragement in Prayer, because they that have this Hope are so much exposed to the scorn of the World; because they trust in an Invisible God, and look for all their Recompense in a World to come: They think Christians are a company of credulous Fools, that please themselves with Dreams and Fancies; Psal. 22.7, 8. They laugh me to scorn, because, they say, he trusted in the Lord. 1 Tim. 4.10. We therefore labour and suffer Reproach, because we trust in the living God. Christians thought their Reward sure, and therefore endured all things; but ⟨p. 420⟩Atheists and Infidels scoff at them, and at all their Comforts as Fanatical Illusions, and persecute them. Therefore God is in point of Honour engaged to stand by them, and to justify their Hope and Trust; not always by Temporal Deliverance, but by Spiritual Suppo•• and Establishment: That it may be seen t•••e is a Spirit of God, and Glory resteth upon them, that is, glorified by him, however he be evil spoken of in the World, 1 Pet. 4.14. God will do so in condescension to his People. Nothing goeth so near their Hearts, as a disappointment of their Hope in God: It is a mighty damp to their Spirits, when God doth as it were spit in their Faces, and reject their Prayers. Psal. 25.2. Oh my God! I trust in thee, let me not •e ashamed. At such times the Lord seemeth to countenance the slanders of their Enemies, and to cover their faces with shame.
4. It giveth us incouragement in Prayer, beacuse they that have this Hope are so much expos'd to the scorn of the World; because they trust in an Invisible God, and look for all their Recompence in a World to come: They think Christians are a company of credulous Fools, that please themselves with Dreams and Fancies; Psal. 22.7, 8