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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.
if we know these things habitually, we know them not actually, when we should remember them in their season; and Oblivion is a sort of Ignorance. Hence come the many doubts we are assaulted with, and all the unevenness and uncertainty of our Lives, so that the Mind needeth to be established in Grace.
2. The Will, which is the Imperial power of the Soul. Now the Wills establishment is known by its firm and through resolution for God, and against Sin. For God: as Acts 11.23. Barnabas when he had seen the Grace of God, was very glad, and exhorted them all, that with full purpose of Heart they would cleave to the Lord. First choosing, then cleaving, and this with full purpose, when the Will is so fixed in the Knowledge and Faith of the Gospel, that they resolve to abide by their choice: Psal. 27.4. One thing have I desired of the Lord, this will I seek after. When Spiritual Resolution carrieth the force ⟨p. 465⟩and authority of a principle in the Soul, and nothing can break it. 1 Pet. 4.1. Arm your selves with the same Mind. As constantly as Christ persevered in the work of Mediation, so be you in the work of Obedience, notwithstanding the difficulties of it. This powerful Will, that beareth down Oppositions and Temptations, and the greatest Impediments in the way to Heaven, So that you rather make advantage of Opposition, than are discouraged by it, when sensual, or carnal Good is of little force to you, and you can despise the most pleasing baits of Sin.
2. The Will, which is the Imperial power of the Soul. Now the Wills establishment is known by its firm and through resolution for God, and against Sin. For God: as