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A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…
A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture in two parts : part the first containing LXXIV sermons : part the second containing LXXVI sermons : with an alphabetical table to the whole / by ... Thomas Manton ...
London: printed by J. D., 1693
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.
1. The Power of God's Word. His Word is nothing else but the Declaration of his powerful Will, the Force of it was discovered in creating the World. God created all things by his Word; Psal. 33.9. He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. This whole Fabric of Heaven and Earth, which we now behold with wonder, was made with a Word. And mark, God's creating Word, and Word of Promise, do not differ, they are both the Word of God; and there is as much Force and Power in this Word, I will take away the Heart of Stone, as there was in this Word, Let there be Light. There is as much Power in this Sentence, I will make your vile Bodies to be like to Christ's glorious Body, as there was in that Word, Let there be a Firmament. God's Word was powerful enough to make a World, when it was nothing before. All the Works of God subsist by the Force of his Word: Heb. 1.3. Upholding all things by the Word of his Power. It is but for God to say, Let it continue, let it be, and either are accordingly. One Word is enough to undo the World, and one Word is enough to uphold and preserve it. God's Word is the Declaration of his Almighty and powerful Will; whatever he did in the World, he did it by his Word. Therefore if you have this immutable Ground, if God hath deposited and plighted his Word, you have enough to establish strong Consolation, for it is powerful to all Purposes and Intents whatsoever.
1. The Power of God's Word. His Word is nothing else but the Declaration of his powerful Will, the Force of it was discovered in creating the World. God created all things by his Word; Psal. 33.9. He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. This whole Fabrick of Heaven and Earth, which we now behold with wonder, was made with a Word. And mark, God's creating Word, and Word of Promise, do not differ, they are both the Word of God; and there is as much Force and Power in this Word, I will take away the Heart of Stone, as there was in this Word, Let there be Light. There is as much Power in this Sentence, I will make your vile Bodies to be like to Christ's glorious Body, as there was in that Word, Let there be a Firmament. God's Word was powerful enough to make a World, when it was nothing before. All the Works of God subsist by the Force of his Word: