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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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2. That there is a special allowance of Comfort for God's Children in their Afflictions. The Lord is more tender of his People then, when they want Comfort, than at another time; they have a more plentiful measure of the supporting Operations of his Spirit then: As 1 Pet. 4.14. If ye be reproached for the Name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of Glory, and of God resteth upon you. ⟨p. 432⟩As the Mother keepeth most with the sick Child, so God looketh to the Afflicted. This is the difference between God and the World: The World ever runneth most after those that are Prosperous, and flourish, and rejoice, as Rivers into the Sea, where there is Water enough; but forsaketh those that are in Poverty, Disgrace, and Want: But God is most mindful of his Afflicted People, visiteth them most, vouchsafeth most of his comfortable Presence to those, that holily and meekly bear the Afflictions he layeth upon them. He comforteth us in all our Tribulations, 2 Cor. 1.4. The Soul is the• more capable of Spiritual Comforts, because their Taste is more purged and refined from the dregs of Sense; and Grace is more lively and exercised now; the more Grace, the more Comfort. And Prayers are more frequent: And Prayers are seldom in vain.
2. That there is a special allowance of Comfort for God's Children in their Afflictions. The Lord is more tender of his People then, when they want Comfort, than at another time; they have a more plentiful measure of the supporting Operations of his Spirit then: As 1 Pet. 4.14. If ye be reproached for the Name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of Glory, and of God resteth upon you. ⟨p. 432⟩As the Mother keepeth most with the sick Child, so God looketh to the Afflicted. This is the difference between God and the World: The World ever runneth most after those that are Prosperous, and flourish, and rejoyce, as Rivers into the Sea, where there is Water enough; but forsaketh those that are in Poverty, Disgrace, and Want: But God is most mindful of his Afflicted People, visiteth them most, vouchsafeth most of his comfortable Presence to those, that holily and meekly bear the Afflictions he layeth upon them. He comforteth us in all our Tribulations,