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A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr.…
A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr. Thomas Manton who deceased the 18th of October 1677 / by William Bates.A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr. Thomas Manton who deceas'd the 18th of October 1677 / by William Bates.
London: printed by J.D. for Barbazon Aylmer, 1678
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.
Sin, of all evils the most hateful, shall be abolished. And all Temptations that surround us, and endanger our innocence, shall cease. Here the best Men lament the weakness of the flesh, and sometimes the violent assaults of spiritual enemies. St. Paul himself breaks forth into a mournful Complaint, O wretched Man that I am! who shall deliver me from this body of Death? And when harassed with the buffets of Satan, renews his most earnest addresses to God to be freed from them. Here our Purity is not absolute, we must be always cleansing our selves from the relics of that deep defilement that cleaves to our nature.
Sin, of all evils the most hateful, shall be abolisht. And all Temptations that surround us, and endanger our innocence, shall cease. Here the best Men lament the weakness of the flesh, and sometimes the violent assaults of spiritual enemies. St. Paul himself breaks forth into a mournful Complaint, O wretched Man that I am! who shall deliver me from this body of Death? And when harrass'd with the buffets of Satan, renews his most earnest addresses to God to be freed from them. Here our Purity is not absolute, we must be always cleansing our selves from the reliques of that deep defilement that cleaves to our nature.
Here our peace is preserved with the Sword in our hand, by a continual Warfare against Satan and the World. But in Heaven no ignorance darkens the Mind, no passions rebel against the sanctified ⟨p. 8⟩Will, no inherent pollution remains. The Church is without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing. And all Temptations that war against the Soul, shall then cease. The Tempter was cast out of Heaven, and none of his poisoned Arrows can reach that Purified Company. Glorious Liberty! here ardently desired, but fully enjoyed by the Sons of God above.
Here our peace is preserv'd with the Sword in our hand, by a continual Warfare against Satan and the World. But in Heaven no ignorance darkens the Mind, no passions rebel against the sanctified ⟨p. 8⟩