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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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3. That God's Comforts are full and strong: For he worketh like himself, and therefore can and will support his People in the greatest Difficulties. It is sometimes represented as full, Acts 13.52. The Disciples were filled with Joy, and with the Holy Ghost. And, I am filled with Comfort, and am exceeding joyful in all our Tribulations, 2 Cor. 7.4. [Greek or Hebrew]. And our Lord Jesus, when he took care for our Comfort, took care for our full Comfort: John 15.11. These things have I spoken, that my Joy may remain in you, and your joy might be full. Thus we see the joy of Believers is a full Joy, that no other Joy needeth to be added to it; it is a full Joy to bear us out under all Discouragements. For what is wanting to them, who have God for their Portion, and the promised Glory for their Inheritance, and God's Providence engaged for their Protection, Safety, and Comfort, while they are here by the way. And it is Strong as well as Full, Heb. 6.18. That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lye, we might have strong Consolation. Other Comforts are weak and of little force, they are not Affliction-proof, much less are they Death-proof, and Judgment-proof, they cannot stand before a few serious, sober thoughts of the World to come. The Comforts of the World cannot stay and revive the Heart; ⟨p. 444⟩for every blast of a Temptation scattereth them.
3. That God's Comforts are full and strong: For he worketh like himself, and therefore can and will support his P•ople in the greatest Difficulties. It is sometimes represented as full, Acts 13.52. The Disciples were filled with Ioy, and with the Holy Ghost. And, I am filled with Comfort, and am exceeding joyful in all our Tribulations, 2 Cor. 7.4. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. And our Lord Jesus, when he took care for our Comfort, took care for our full Comfort: