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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. Our natural Refreshment. 2. Our support in Troubles.
1. Our natural Refreshment, or the benefit that we have by the Creatures, for the support of Nature. We cannot enjoy our Temporal Mercies with any delight and pleasure, without God's leave and Blessing: As to eat and drink with Comfort, that the Soul may enjoy good by its Labour. In one place it is said, it is by the Hand of God, Eccles. 2.24. In another place it is said, to be the Gift of God, Eccles. 3.13. It is by his Power and his Grace, that the Comfort of the Creature is not in Man's Hands, but God's: Nor can the Creature yield to us any Comfort without his Gift, or Grant. And because of our forfeiture by Sin; we have neither these Mercies from our selves, nor the use, nor the natural benefit from the bare Creature, which is Health, Strength, and Cheerfulness. All Goodness resideth chiefly in God, and it is to be found in the Creatures only by Participation, and that at his Pleasure. Acts 14.17. He gave us Rain from Heaven, and fruitful Seasons, filling our Hearts with Food and Gladness. That is, the comfortable use of Food. We must still look to the Giver. But the Apostle here doth not speak of the Comfort of the Creatures, but the Comfort of the Scriptures; not the supply of the Body, but the support of the Soul.
1. Our natural Refreshment, or the benefit that we have by the Creatures, for the support of Nature. We cannot enjoy our Temporal Mercies with any delight and pleasure, without God's leave and Blessing: As to eat and drink with Comfort, that the Soul may enjoy good by its Labour. In one place it is said, it is by the Hand of God, Eccles. 2.24. In another place it is said, to be the Gift of God,