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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.) Actual Establishment, when these Habits are fortified and quickened by the actual Influence of God. As God doth establish by these habitual Principles, so by the actual motions of his Spirit; for otherwise neither the stability of our Resolutions, nor of Gracious Habits will support us. Not stability of Resolutions; Psal. 73.2. As for me, my Feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped. Not Habits; Rev. 3.2. Be watchful, and strengthen those things which remain, that are ready to die. It is true, God ordinarily worketh most strongly with strongest Graces, because their Hearts are most prepared; yet ⟨p. 457⟩sometimes weak Christians have gone through great Temptations, when strong ones have failed. Rev. 3.8. Thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my Word, and hast not denied my Name. Sometimes the strong Christian stumbleth and falleth, when the weak standeth: God may in an instant confirm a weak Person in some particular Temptation, by his free Assistance, but ordinarily concurreth with the strongest Grace. Thus with respect to the Power, wherewith we are assisted.
(2.) Actual Establishment, when these Habits are fortified and quickned by the actual Influence of God. As God doth establish by these habitual Principles, so by the actual motions of his Spirit; for otherwise neither the stability of our Resolutions, nor of Gracious Habits will support us. Not stability of Resolutions; Psal. 73.2. As for me, my Feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipt. Not Habits; Rev. 3.2. Be watchful, and strengthen those things which remain, that are ready to die. It is true, God ordinarily worketh most strongly with strongest Graces, because their Hearts are most prepared; yet ⟨p. 457⟩sometimes weak Christians have gone through great Temptations, when strong ones have failed.