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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.
2. With respect of Love, Love will not account it long to endure the hardships of this present World, until Christ come to set all things at rights: Jacob served seven years for Rachel, for the love he bare to her, and it seemed to him but a little while, Gen. 2•.20. If we had any love for Christ, we should be contented to suffer a while for his sake; The time is coming, when the wicked shall persecute no more; when the mouth of iniquity shall be stopped, when the desire and hope of all Believers shall be satisfied, when the Redeemers work shall be consummated, when the Kingdom shall be delivered up to the Father, when those that made a jest of this day, shall be fully confuted; Faith sees the certainty of it, and love makes us hold out till the time come about.
2. With respect of Love, Love will not account it long to endure the hardships of this present World, until Christ come to set all things at rights: Iacob served seven years for Rachel, for the love he bare to her, and it seemed to him but a little while, Gen. 2•.20. If we had any love for Christ, we should be contented to suffer a while for his sake; The time is coming, when the wicked shall persecute no more; when the mouth of iniquity shall be stopped, when the desire and hope of all Believers shall be satisfied, when the Redeemers work shall be consummated, when the Kingdom shall be delivered up to the Father, when those that made a jest of this day, shall be fully confuted; Faith sees the certainty of it, and love makes us hold out till the time come about.
3. The Apostle might speak so, as comparing time with Eternity, Psal. 90.4. A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, when it is past, and as a Watch in the night.