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A51839	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 ...	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1679 (1679)	Wing M522; ESTC R7577	216,743	470

if I pray in an unknown tongue my spirit prayeth but my understanding is unfruitful What is it then I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding also I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also else when thou shalt bless with the spirit how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest for thou verily givest thanks well but the other is not edified For the Seventh Communion in one kind this is against Christs express Institution Matth. 26.26 27. Iesus took bread and blessed it and brake it and gave it to the Disciples and said Take eat this is my Body And he took the Cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying Drink ye all of it The Apostle supposeth every one that can examine himself 1 Cor. 11.18 But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup. Now for this usurping Synagogue to come as they do with a non obstante to the Statutes of God Who can join with them in these corruptions and usurpations without peril of Salvation Secondly That the way of Popery is damnable because they deprive the people of the means of Salvation contrary to the express Injunctions from God Joh. 5.39 Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life and they are they which testify of me Col. 3.16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns The Saints are commended Acts 17.11 In that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so and 2 Tim. 3.15 That he knew the Scriptures which are able to make wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Iesus This is the seed of Life food of Souls rule of Faith and Manners our strength against temptations 1 Joh. 2.14 I have written unto you young men because ye are strong and the word of God abideth in you and ye have overcome the wicked one Now to deprive the Lords people of the Bread of Life and Word of Life what is it but to leave them to perish 3. The great charge is they have pleasure in unrighteousness that is delight in Idolatry and corrupt or false worship which is the greatest unrighteousness man can be guilty of To evidence this let us enquire 1. What is Idolatry 2. Prove how notoriously they are guilty of it 1. What is Idolatry it is a worshipping of a Creature with Divine Worship and whosoever giveth Divine Worship to a Creature committeth Idolatry This Proposition is evident in the Scripture as when the Israelites worshipped the Calf litteral or metaphorical Idolatry they are called Idolaters 1 Cor. 10. 7. Neither be ye Idolaters as were some of them as it is written the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play And the covetous that giveth that delight and trust to his wealth which is only due to God is called an Idolater Eph. 5.5 Nor covetous man who is an Idolater and in many other places Secondly Now that the Papists are guilty of this I prove 1. By the several kinds of their Idolatry they have more variety of objects of worship than any Society of men that ever lived in the World 1. Angels are Creatures and that they worship Angels themselves confess They Consecrate Churches unto them offer solemn Prayers unto them and own the adoring them though an Angel forbiddeth this Adoration Rev. 19.10 And he said unto me See thou do it not I am thy fellow Servant c. and St. Paul telleth us that they that worship Angels do not hold the head Col. 1.18 19. So that Angel-worship proveth to be a damnable error Secondly The Adoration of Saints to whom they give religious worship and invoke them as helpers and honour them with fastings watchings and prayers as Suarez acknowledgeth and yet God is express that he will not give his glory to another Isa. 42. 8. they are to be honoured indeed for imitation but not adored for Religion The third object is the Virgin Mary to whom they pray more than they do to God In the Rosary there is this Prayer Beata Maria salva omnes qui te glorificant And we beseech thee to hear us good Lady That Address Monstra te esse Ma●rem and one divided inter ubera vulnera the Breasts of the Virgin and wounds of Christ as if the milk of the one were as soveraign and as precious as the blood of the other It were endless to rake in this filthy puddle how many Books are there concluded with Laus Deo Virgini Deiparae That sometimes there is a more present relief by commemorating the name of Mary than by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus In their exclamations Iesus Maria How often in their Te Deum We praise thee O Lady Fourthly Adoration of Images This is more foul than all the former because directed to a more gross object This is prophesied of Antichrist that he and his Abettors they shall worship Idols of Silver and Gold and Brass and Wood and Stone Rev. 9.20 Now tell a Papist of this and they say they do not terminate their worship in the Image but in the party whom it representeth the same said the Pagan Non Lapidem sed Iovem in Lapide Iulian the Apostate But God hath forbidden bowing to or before an Image Fifthly The worshipping of the Cross not only by cuppying bowing cringing but Prayers O Crux ave spes unica hoc Passionis Tempore auge piis justitiam reisque dona veniam All hale O Cross our only hope this time of passion augment the Godly's Devot●on and forgive the transgression of the guilty Sixthly The Bread in the Sacrament the Papists give it Cultum Latriae that worship which is due to God those Heathens worshipped living Animals but these ador● a piece of Bread kneel to it in their Chap●els and Oratories yea in the midst of the Streets when it is carried in Procession these are the Idols whom they worship and what hope of Salvation is there in a Religion where the heart is turned so much from God to the Creature 2. That they are more culpable than the Heathens 1. As to their Hypocrisy by distinctions and veil of Piety wherewith they disguise all this For this delight in unrighteousness was called before the deceiveableness of unrighteousness They profess to abhor Idols and yet worship Images and make that a point of Christianity which is directly contrary to the drift of it which is to teach us to worship God in the Spirit 2. As to their helps against it the Pagans were never taught to do better though they sinned against the light of nature in worshipping God by Images yet they had no Scripture no such express prohibitions to

glad and rejoice in thee we will remember thy Love more than Wine the Vpright love thee God's Ordinances are not empty there is some participation 1 Cor. 10.16 The Cup of Blessing which we bless is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ The Bread which we brake is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ Vse 5. Consider the ends why God giveth us Comfort it is to fortify us against the Enemies of our Salvation so far as they are vexing and troubling and molesting us in the way to Heaven The Spirit hath two great Offices to be a Sanctifier and Comforter and both serve all the needs of Christians When we are inticed to Sin he helps us as a Santifyer when we are discouraged in God's Service he helps us as a Comforter And therefore Christians are to consider their condition and what their present state requireth for God dispenseth his Grace according to the Assaults made upon them by the Enemies of their Salvation As for instance Our Enemies are the Devil the World and the Flesh these we renounced in Baptism And in the progress of Christianity these are those with whom we conflict and must overcome As for instance The Devil is a tempting Devil who seeketh to draw away the Saints from God and by the love of the Flesh to weaken our Love and Obedience to our proper and our rightful Lord. Now what are we to do in this case to beg Comfort and Peace that we may not be troubled though we yield unto his Temptations Alas this were to turn the Grace of God into Wantonness No we are to be sober and watchful 1 Pet. 5.8 to use all the Rules of Sobriety and Vigilancy that our Worldly Comforts may not be a snare to us Sobriety is an Holy Moderation in the use of all earthly things Vigilancy is an Holy Diligence and seriousness in the use of Means and also add to both the help of the Sanctifying Spirit that we may keep up our Love to God and be faitful in our Obedience to him But the Devil is not only a tempting Devil but a vexing and disquieting Devil who accuseth us before God day and night Rev. 12.10 raiseth in us many troublesome Fears to make our Service uncomfortable and tire us and clog us What is our Duty then to beg the help of the Comforter not only to shew Love to God but that we may have some persuasion of his Love to us and quench his fiery Darts that we may go on chearfully in our Work because the God of Peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shor●ly Rom. 16.20 So for the World The World is a tempting World drawing our Affections from God and Heaven to present things and when it smileth on us in incroaches upon our Heart more and more 2 Tim. 4.10 Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present World Now what is our business then to beg comfort and assurance of God's Love No that would be our Bane there is work for the Sanctifier rather than the Comforter that the worldly Spirit may be subdued in us there is need of Mortification rather than Assurance that we may be crucified to the World Gal. 6.14 But sometimes the World is a Persecuting World and reproacheth and troubleth us with all manner of vexations then there is work for the Comforter to seal up to our Souls the Love of God or Interest in Christ John 16.33 These things have I spoken to you that in me ye ●ight have peace in the World ye shall have tribulation but be of good chear I have overcome the World and to become to our Souls the Earnest of eternal Glory Comfort is for Tribulation at other times we are glutted with it but then it is our great support When all t●ings fail we feel the great necessity of the Joys of Faith It is good to time well our Duties David saith Psal. 56.3 What time I am afraid I will trust in thee So for the Flesh it inticeth us Iames 1.14 Every Man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own Lust and enticed Many times it draweth to Actual Sin by indulgence to its desires yea disposeth us often to Apostacy and falseness of Heart for Apostacy usually begins at falseness of Heart when the fleshly Mind and Interest is not throughly overcome Well when we are conscious to this what shall we do in such a case Certainly the great and proper Work is to beg the Spirit and implore the Spirit as a Sanctifier and to be more obedient to his sanctifying Motions Comfort will come in time Well but the Flesh is not only inticing but troublesom and grievous to the Saints witness Paul's groans Rom. 7.24 Oh wretched Man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this Death We are quite wearied and tired out with the importunity of its motions we would serve God more purely and perfectly Then there is work for the Comforter and confidence in his Operations to help the faithful Soul Phil. 1.6 Being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good Work in you will perform it unto the day of Iesus Christ. Then it is seasonable to remember the Covenant we are under Rom. 6.14 For Sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under the Law but under Grace The serious striving Soul will not be left destitute Thus must we expect Comfort Vse 6. Remember that Comfort hath a latitude in it and is expressed by divers words 1. Sometimes by it Support is implied when the sense of Sin and fear of God's Wrath is not altogether removed and taken away but so mitigated and abated that Hope doth more easily prevail in the Soul than Fear And we resolve to wait on God though we cannot so fully clear up our Interest in him You have many Conflicts and Fears yet some Hope and Expectation towards God Jonah 2.4 5. I am cast out of thy sight yet will I look again to thy Holy Temple Resolute adherence giveth great support Job 13.15 Though he slay me yet will I trust in him I will maintain my own ways before him He dependeth merely on the Covenant 2. Peace or some rest from Troubles and accusations of Conscience there is some calm and quiet of Soul Rom. 5.1 Being justified by Faith we have peace with God Gal. 6.16 As many as walk according to this Rule Peace be on them and Mercy Assaulted with none or light Fears Iohn 16.33 In me ye shall have Peace I will give you Peace though not full Spiritual Suavities 3. The third word is Joy 1 Pet. 1.8 Ye rejoice with Ioy unspeakable and full of Glory In Peace all things are quiet they have no anxious Thoughts but in Joy there is a sensible motion of Pleasure and Delight they are feasted with the pleasures of Faith Love and Hope Let us then bless God for any degree of Comfort SERMON XVIII 2 Thess. 2.17 And stablish you in every

Title to govern us but yet it was not comfortable to us it was but such a Right as a Prince hath to chastise his Rebellious Subjects We forfeited our Interest in his gracious Protection therefore was this new Interest set afoot to save and recover Fallen Man therefore this Lordship is spoken of as Medicinal and Restorative to reduce Man to the Obedience of God that made him Acts 10.38 God anointed Iesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with Power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed with the Devil It is a Lordship that conduceth to make Peace between God and Man that we may again enjoy his Favour and live in his Obedience Acts 5.31 Him hath God exalted with his right Hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance unto Israel and remission of sins This new Lord hath made a new Law of Grace which is Lex Remedians a Remedy propounded for the recovering the lapsed World of Mankind the great benefit is Remission of Sins the great Duty Repentance Use 1. To perswade us to submit our selves to this Blessed Lord by our voluntary consent Psalm 45.11 He is thy Lord worship thou him There is a passive Subjection and a voluntary Submission By a passive Subjection all Creatures are under the Power of the Son of God and our Redeemer And amongst the rest the Devils themselves though grievous Revolters and Rebels are not exempted Every Knee is forced to bow to Christ. By voluntary submission those are Christ's Subjects and admitted into his Kingdom who willingly give up themselves to the Redeemer to be saved upon his own terms 2 Cor. 8.5 They first gave their own selves to the Lord. The Devils and wicked Men are his against their wills bu● all Christ's People are his by their own consent Vse 2. Let us perform the Duties which this Title calleth for Our Obedience is the best Testimony of our subjection to him Many seem to like Christ as a Saviour but refuse him as a Lord whereas Christ is not only a Saviour to Bless but a Lord to Rule and Command Therefore if we catch at Comforts and neglect Duty we ●o not own Christ's Authority The Libertine yokeless Spirit is natural to all Luke 19.14 We will not have this Man to raign over us Psal. 12.4 With our Tongues we will prevail our Lips are our own who is Lord over us Psal. 2.3 Let us break their Bands ass●nder and cast away their Cords from us Some are so in Opinion but most in Practice We would not be uner Command we love Privileges but decline Duties But he is the Head of the Church who is the Saviour of the Body Ephes. 5.23 If we would have Privileges by him we must set our selves to obey his Laws If thou hast no care to obey him as a Lord thy esteem of Christ is but imaginary thy knowledg but partial thy application of him unsound But we wil● own him as Lord How is that understood Will you give him an empty Title or some superficial Complements and Observances Luke 6● 46 And why call you me Lord Lord and do not the things that I say It is a Mockage Or will you please your selves with strict Opinions Matth. 6.21 22. For where your Treasure is there will your Heart be also The light of the Body is the Eye if therefore thine Eye be single thy whole Body shall be full of Light if therefore the Light that is in thee be Darkness how great is that Darkness No nothing less than a through subjection to his holy Laws forsaking all other Lords Isa. 26.13 O Lord our God other Lords besides thee have had dominion over us but by thee only will we make mention of thy Name And then a strict Observance Col. 1.11 strengthened with all might according to his glorious Power unto all Patience and Long-suffering with joyfulness Vse 3. Depend upon Christ for the effects of his Love to you which are the Privileges of his Kingdom which are Pardon of Sins Col 1.13 14. In whom we have redemption through his Blood the forgiveness of our Sins the santification of the Spirit Heb. 8.10 This is the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel after those Days saith the Lord I will put my Laws into their Minds and write them in their Hearts Assistance in carrying on the Spir●tual Life that here surely our Lord will not desert us but help us in our O●●●ience to him Finally everlasting Life Heb. 5.9 And being made Perfect he became the Author of eternal Salvation unto all them that obey him When the Devil and his Instruments are cast into Hell Christ's faithful Subjects and Servants are advanced into eternal Glory and Blessedness 2. God is represented under the Title of a Father and God even our Father God is a word of Power Father expresseth his good Will and Love God standeth in both Relations to us as he did also to Christ. John 20.17 I go to my God and your God my Father and your Father Both joyned together signifie his Power and readiness to do Good He that is our Father is true God also and he that is true God is also our Father and therefore we may depend on him That which we are to open is the term Father which speaketh both Comforth and Duty to us 1. Comfort For God's dealing with us will be very Fatherly as a Father loveth his Children so will God love his People 2 Cor. 6.18 I will be a Father to ●ou and ye shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord. 1. He will pardon our Sins and Frailties and spare us and pity us notwithstanding our ill deservings Psal. 103.13 Like as a Father pitieth his Children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him Mal. 3.17 They shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts in that Day when I make up my Iewels and I will spare them as a Man spareth his won Son that serveth him Surely this is a Grace we stand in need of because of our manifold Infirmities and daily Failings 2. He will give Grace that we may ●●rve him better Luke 11.13 If ye then b●●●g evil know how to give good gifts to your Children how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him Do but cry to him as an hungry Child to his Father for Bread and God will not deny this great Gift to you 3. God will provide for us and give such an allowance of Temporal Mercies as are convenient Mark 6.25 Take no thought 〈◊〉 your Life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your Body what ye shall put on And Ver. 32. For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things The belief of Adoption and particular Providence kills all distrustful fears and cares at the very Root 4. He will protect you and preserve you against