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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. The Affections are the executive power, and do excite and stir us up to do what the Mind is convinced of, and the Will resolved upon, as to the necessary Duties of the Gospel in order to Eternal Happiness. There is a Backwardness within, and many Temptations without; but an holy Delight overcometh the unwilling backwardness within, and over balanceth either Worldly Fear, or Worldly Hope without, that the Soul is carried on powerfully towards God. We never work better, than when we work in the strength of some eminent Affection, when the Heart is enlarged. Psal. 119.32. I will run the way of thy Commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my Heart. Either Love, or Hope. Love filleth us with delight, overcoming our natural slackness and sluggishness in the Ways ⟨p. 466⟩of God. Psal. 40.8. I delight to do thy Will, O my God, yea, thy Love is within my Heart. 1 John 5.3. For this is the Love of God, that we keep his Commandments, and his Commandments are not grievous. Psal. 112.1. Blessed is the Man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his Commandments. Hope beareth us up in contempt of present delights, and terrors of Sense. Heb. 3.6. Whose House are we, if we hold fast the considen•e, and rejoicing of Hope firm unto the end. So that we serve God with vigour and alacrity. When our Affections are damped, Grace falleth into a consumption; and if you lose your taste, your Practice will languish, your Service of God will not be so uniform. It is a great part of our establishment to keep up the vigour and fervency of our Affections.
3. The Affections are the executive power, and do excite and stir us up to do what the Mind is convinced of, and the Will resolved upon, as to the necessary Duties of the Gospel in order to Eternal Happiness. There is a Backwardness within, and many Temptations without; but an holy Delight overcometh the unwilling backwardness within, and over ballanceth either Worldly Fear, or Wordly Hope without, that the Soul is carried on powerfully towards God. We never work better, than when we work in the strength of some eminent Affection, when the Heart is enlarged.