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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.
Thirdly, With respect to the Subject in which it is seated, which is the Soul with its faculties. The strength of the Body is known by Experience rather than by Description; but the strength of the Soul must be determined by its right constitution towards Good and Evil. The Faculties of the Soul are either the Understanding, wherein lieth the Directive Counsel, or the Will, wherein lieth the Imperial Power, or the Affections, wherein lieth the Executive Power of the Soul.
Thirdly, With respect to the Subject in which it is seated, which is the Soul with its faculties. The strength of the Body is known by Experience rather than by Description; but the strength of the Soul must be determined by its right constitution towards Good and Evil. The Faculties of the Soul are either the Understanding, wherein lieth the Directive Councel, or the Will, wherein lieth the Imperial Power, or the Affections, wherein lieth the Executive Power of the Soul.
1. The Mind, or Understanding, is established, when we have a clear, certain, and full Apprehension of the truth of the Gospel, it is called Knowledge; the sure, and sound, and certain apprehension of them, is called Faith, or Intellectual Assent, or the full assurance of Understanding, Col. 2.2. when there is a due knowledge of what God hath revealed, with a certain persuasion of the truth of it wrought in us by the Holy Spirit. Now the more clearly, and orderly, and certainly we know these things, the more powerfully do they affect the Heart, and ⟨p. 463⟩the more we are established. He that hath little Knowledge, and little Certainty, is called weak in the Faith. Rom. 14.1. Him that is weak in the Faith receive, but not to doubtful Disputations. And those that have a clearer Understanding, are called strong. As Rom. 15.1