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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.
So the practice of Godliness, when the Heart beginning to be alienated and estranged from God, and the Lif• of Duty doth decay; when our first Love is gone, our first Works will in a great measure cease. Rev. 2.4, 5. Nevertheless I have something against thee, because thou hast left thy first Love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do thy first Works. Well then, the Degree must be minded, for though a Man may be steadfast in the main, yet he may be somewhat moved and shaken; But a Christian should not only be steadfast, but unmoveable, otherwise we shall be very uncertain in our Motions.
So the practice of Godliness, when the Heart beginning to be ali•nated and estranged from God, and the Lif• of Duty doth decay; when our first Love is gone, our first Works will in a great measure cease. Rev. 2.4, 5. Nevertheless I have something against thee, because thou hast left thy first Love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do thy first Works. Well then, the Degree must be minded, for though a Man may be stedfast in the main, yet he may be somewhat moved and shaken; But a Christian should not only be stedfast, but unmoveable, otherwise we shall be very uncertain in our Motions.
2ly; How needful it is, this is in a great measure showed already. But yet more fully.
2ly; How needful it is, this is in a great measure shewed already. But yet more fully.