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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.
First, Comfort. [Comfort your Hearts.] But why doth the Apostle pray for that, which they had already? He had told them in the former Verse, That God had given them everlasting Consolation, and now he prayeth that God would comfort them. The Answer given by some is, That he prayeth that God would give them an increase of Comfort: By others, That God would give them the continuance of it. Rather by everlasting Consolation, is meant, the solid matter of Comfort; by his Prayer, now the effectual Application of it: For though sufficient ⟨p. 428⟩matter of Comfort be provided for us, yet God must powerfully apply it. The Gospel is a sovereign Plaster, yet God's Hand must make it stick. Observe here
First, Comfort. [Comfort your Hearts.] But why doth the Apostle pray for that, which they had already? He had told them in the former Verse, That God had given them everlasting Consolation, and now he prayeth that God would comfort them. The Answer given by some is, That he prayeth that God would give them an increase of Comfort: By others, That God would give them the continuance of it. Rather by everlasting Consolation, is meant, the solid matter of Comfort; by his Prayer, now the effectual Application of it: For though sufficient ⟨p. 428⟩matter of Comfort be provided for us, yet God must powerfully apply it. The Gospel is a soveraign Plaister, yet God's Hand must make it stick. Observe here
Doct. 1. That all true and solid, and heart-Comfort, is of God. He is called the Father of Mercies, and the God of all Comfort, 2 Cor. 1.3. And again, The God of Patience and Consolation, Rom. 15.5. His Spirit taketh an Office upon him to accomplish this Effect in us, therefore called the Comforter.