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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 Octob. 18, 1677 by William Bates ... ; to which is now added, the last public sermon Dr. Manton preached.A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the Reverend and Excellent Divine Dr. Thomas Manton, who deceas'd Octob. 18, 1677 by William Bates ... ; to which is now added, the last publick sermon Dr. Manton preached.
London: printed by J.D. for Brabazon 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.
No more trouble with Infirmities or Necessities.
The consideration of these things should press us to three things, To be Serious, Humble, and Thankful.
1. Serious in our preparation for our great Account. The Judgment is so exact and impartial, that the choicest of God's Servants are fain to refer their whole claim to Mercy. The Business is weighty, we are to be judged to Life or Death, and both are Everlasting, we have need to be serious in it. The Qualifications are not easily to be interpreted, till they evidence and manifest themselves by their powerful Influence and multiplied Acts; therefore we must give diligence, that we may be found in him of peace, without spot and blameless, 1 Pet. 3.4. Surely you should do all your Works, order all your Actions as Men that shall be judged for them, Jam. 2.12. Matth. 12.36. Consider what will be comfortable in the last Reckoning, and how things will appear in that Day. I know God's Mercy and Faith in the Blood of Christ, will be the chiefest ⟨p. 112⟩ground of your Comfort. But you must make your Qualification more explicit. A free Pardon through the Mercy of God, and the Merit and Intercession of him that redeemed you, is your great Encouragement: but yet you must hold on in the way of Holiness, that it may stead you in your greatest need. All do not rise to the Judgment of Absolution, but some to the Judgment of Condemnation; therefore you must make it evident that you are of the former number,