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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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Use 4. Seek it in the use of Means and Ordinances, which God hath appointed for the raising of Comfort in us, as the Word, Prayer, and the Lord's Supper. In solemn Duties God reneweth the pledges of his Love to us, exciteth Grace, and by Grace Comfort; it must needs be so, because then the grounds of Comfort are anew laid in the view of Conscience: Graces are in their lively Exercise, and God is not wanting to his own Institution. Take all these three together, and the reverend use of the Lord's Supper must needs increase our Comfort. The Ground of Comfort is Reconciliation with God, by Christ. Rom. 5.11. We joy in God ⟨p. 448⟩through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the Atonement. And here we raise up your Faith and Love, Cant. 1.4. The King hath brought me into his Chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy Love more than Wine; the Upright love thee. God's Ordinances are not empty, there is some participation; 1 Cor. 10.16. The Cup of Blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ? The Bread which we brake, is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ?
Vse 4. Seek it in the use of Means and Ordinances, which God hath appointed for the raising of Comfort in us, as the Word, Prayer, and the Lord's Supper. In solemn Duties God reneweth the pledges of his Love to us, exciteth Grace, and by Grace Comfort; it must needs be so, because then the grounds of Comfort are anew laid in the view of Conscience: Graces are in their lively Exercise, and God is not wanting to his own Institution. Take all these three together, and the reverend use of the Lord's Supper must needs increase our Comfort. The Ground of Comfort is Reconciliation with God, by Christ. Rom. 5.11. We joy in God ⟨p. 448⟩through our Lord Iesus Christ, by w•om we have now received the Atonement. And here we raise up your Faith and Love,