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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.
(1.) In the frame of it, where excellent Benefits are dispensed upon free Terms, that our Faith and Hope may be in God; the Lord would not leave the sinful Creature under Despair, but hath provided a way how we may be Reconciled and Glorified. Psal. 130.4. There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayst be feared. Mercy opens the Door for us; the very offer speaks much Mercy, the terms are Mercy. So much Duty is required as is necessary, and doth arise from the nature of the thing; Violence would be offered to the Reason of a serious Creature, if such things were not required.
(1.) In the frame of it, where excellent Benefits are dispensed upon free Terms, that our Faith and Hope may be in God; the Lord would not leave the sinful Creature under Despair, but hath provided a way how we may be R•conciled and Glorified. Psal. 130.4. There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayst be feared. Mercy opens the Door for us; the very offer speaks much Mercy, the terms are Mercy. So much Duty is required as is necessary, and doth arise from the nature of the thing; Violence would be offered to the Reason of a serious Creature, if such things were not required.
(2.) In the dispensations of th• Blessings of the Covenant. Now, (Gal. 6.16.) To as many as walk according to this Rule, Peace be on them, and Mercy, and on the Israel of God. There are many Infirmities and Frailties, but ⟨p. 423⟩God passeth them by when there is Sincerity. Our Faith is weak, and mingled with Doubtings; our Love to God clogged with much inordinate Self-love, our Obedience often interrupted; Too much deadness and coldness in holy Things, yet these do not cast us out of the favour of God, nor make void our Interest in the Covenant, where the Heart for the main is set to serve him, and please him.