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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.
II. Why this is of God.
1. Because God challengeth this as his own Right, to comfort the Heart of Man: and therefore whatever the Means of the comfort be, God will be owned as the Spring and Fountain of it. He keepeth this as his great Bridle upon the World, to govern the Hearts of Men. Job 34.29. When he giveth Quietness, who then can make Trouble? And when he hideth his Face, who then can behold him? Whether it be done against a Nation, or against a Man only. Our Peace and Trouble is in God's Hands, and at his disposing. It is true, he exerciseth his Sovereignty according to Law, and in his Internal Government according to the Law of Grace, penally withdrawing his Comforting Spirit, and leaving us to our Doubts, and Troubles, and Fears; by the rewarding our Obedience and Faithfulness with the manifest Tokens of his Love, as the Matter shall require. It is enough for the Point in hand, that God alone doth powerfully dispense Peace, or Trouble. And when he will give Comfort; none can make his Gift void; for it is at his Command: and in both, a Nation is all one with a particular Person, as to any ability to resist God.
1. Because God challegeth this as his own Right, to comfort the Heart of Man: and therefore whatever the Means of the comfort be, God will be owned as the Spring and Fountain of it. He keepeth this as his great Bridle upon the World, to govern the Hearts of Men. Job 34.29. When he giveth Quietness, who then can make Trouble? And when he hideth his Face, who then can behold him? Whether it be done against a Nation, or against a Man only. Our Peace and Trouble is in God's Hands, and at his disposing. It is true, he exerciseth his Soveraignty according to Law, and in his Internal Government according to the Law of Grace, penally withdrawing his Comforting Spirit, and leaving us to our Doubts, and Troubles, and Fears; by the rewarding our Obedience and Faithfulness with the manifest Tokens of his Love, as the Matter shall require. It is enough for the Point in hand, that God alone doth powerfully dispence Peace, or Trouble. And when he will give Comfort; none can make his Gift void; for it is at his Command: and in both, a Nation is all one with a particular Person, as to any ability to resist God.