A51839:815
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.
2. Comfort is taken for Support in Troubles. The Thessalonians were now under ⟨p. 430⟩great Persecutions. Comfort is a strengthening of the Mind, when it is in danger to be weakened by Fears, and Sorrows, or the strength and stay of the Heart in Trouble. Psal. 119.50. This is my Comfort in my Afflictions, thy Word hath quickened me. And 2 Cor. 1.4. Who comforteth us in all our Tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any Trouble, by the Comfort wherewith we are comforted of God. As Cordials are for a Fainting-time, so are Comforts for a time of Afflictions. Indeed Spiritual Comfort is never out of Season; because we are now in the House of our Pilgrimage, and our chief Good is at a distance from us: And because of the labours and difficulties of the Spiritual Life: Therefore it is said, Acts 9.31. When the Churches had rest, th•y walked in the fear of God, and the Comforts of the Holy Ghost. But the great need of Comfort is in our Afflictions, therefore here I shall show Three things:
2. Comfort is taken for Support in Troubles. The Thessalonians were now under ⟨p. 430⟩great Persecutions. Comfort is a strengthening of the Mind, when it is in danger to be weakened by Fears, and Sorrows, or the strength and stay of the Heart in Trouble. Psal. 119.50. This is my Comfort in my Afflictions, thy Word hath quickned me. And 2 Cor. 1.4. Who comforteth us in all our Tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any Trouble, by the Comfort wherewith we are comforted of God. As Cordials are for a Fainting-time, so are Comforts for a time of Afflictions. Indeed Spiritual Comfort is never out of Season; because we are now in the House of our Pilgrimage, and our chief Good is at a distance from us: And because of the labours and difficulties of the Spiritual Life: Therefore it is said,