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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.) The Indisposition of our Natures both to every good Word and Work. 1. To every good Word. The Truths of the Gospel are supernatural: Now things that are planted in us contrary to Nature, can hardly subsist and maintain themselves. We have some Seeds of the Law yet left in our Hearts, Rom. 2.14. But the Gospel de•endeth on sure Revelation; therefore are th•re so many Heresies against the Gospel, but none against the Law: Therefore as they depend upon a Divine Revelation, they must b• settled in our Hearts by a Divine Power, and by a Divine Power preserved there; that as the Doctrine is supernatural, so the Grace may be also by which we do receive it. Faith is the Gift of God, Ephes. 2.8. For •y Grace ye are saved through Faith; and that not of your s•lves, it is the Gift of God; both as to its beginning, so to its preservation and increase. 2. To every good Work. There is not only slowness and backwardness o• Heart to the Duties of the Gospel, but somewhat of the old enmity and averseness remaineth still. Our Hearts are not only inconstant and unsettled, but very wayward, Jer. 14.10. Thus ••ith the Lord to this People, Thus •ave they loved ⟨p. 473⟩to wander. Psal. 95.10. It is a People that do err in their Heart. Moses was no sooner gone aside w•th God in the Mount, but the Israelites after thei• solemn Covenant fell to Idolatry. Before the Law could be written, they brake it. Now we that have a warring Principle within, how can we ••and unless God establish us? There is a bck-bias, there are the Seds of Wantonness, Anger, Revenge, Envy, Impatience, Worldliness, Ambition, and Sensuality. God knoweth how little the fleshly Mind and Interest is conquered in us; and therefore if he did not establish us, we should soon show our selves