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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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3. To be Heavenly and Holy; the one respects our End, the other our Race. For it is not a few dead lifeless Thoughts now and then, but the continual and delightful fore-sight of Eternal Bliss. What is the way ⟨p. 426⟩to Heaven, but Hope? And who more pure and holy, than they that look for such things? 2 Pet. 3.14. Wherefore, Bel•ved, seeing ye look for such things, be diligent that ye be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Use 2. Well then, get this Hope. But what must we do? You will say, It is God's Gift: Yet you are bound to use the means.
Vse 2. Well then, get this Hope. But what must we do? You will say, It is God's Gift: Yet you are bound to use the means.
1. Remove the Impediments. 1 Pet. 1.13. Be sober, and hope to the end. Draw off the Affections from Carnal Vanities, and the delights of the Senses, and consider what God offereth to you in the Gospel; there can be no certain and desirous expectation of better things, while the Mind and Heart is so occupied and thronged with Vanity, and deadened by Carnal Satisfaction.
1. Remove the Impediments. 1 Pet. 1.13. Be sober, and hope to the end. Draw off the Affections from Carnal Vanities, and the delights of the Senses, and consider what God offereth to you in the Gospel; there can be no certain and desirous expectation of better things, while the Mind and Heart is so occupied and thronged with Vanity, and deadned by Carnal Satisfaction.