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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. That God can give his People Comfort in the greatest Tribulation: His Favour is enough to support them against the Frowns of all the World. Isa. 51.12. I, even I am he that comforteth thee. Who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of Man that shall die, and the Son of Man that shall be made as the Grass? As long as we have the Almighty and Immortal God to stand by us, and t•e Promise ⟨p. 431⟩of Eternal Life, it will counterbalance all our Trouble. Rom. 5.2, 3. We rejoice in hope of the Glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in Tribulations. Also 2 Cor. 4.17. This light Affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory. There is everlasting joy against a heaviness for a Season; and everlasting ease and rest against a little present pain; there is enough to out-weigh all that we can suffer for, and from God. So the pardon of Sin, Isa. 40.1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort ye my People, saith my God. Why? Because her Iniquity is pardoned. Matth. 9.2. Be of good cheer, thy Sin is forgiven thee. Here is sound Comfort, the Sting of all our Troubles is taken away. Well then: This the People of God have to support them in all their Tribulation. They can set God against the Creature, Heaven against Earth, Pardon of Sins against all the bitterness they meet with in the World.
1. That God can give his People Comfort in the greatest Tribulation: His Favour is enough to support them against the Frowns of all the World. Isa. 51.12. I, even I am he that comforteth thee. Who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of Man that shall die, and the Son of Man that shall be made as the Grass? As long as we have the Almighty and Immortal God to stand by us, and t•e Promise