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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.
Doct. 1. That the original and first moving Cause of all the Blessings we have from God, is Grace.
Survey all the Blessings of the Covenant, and from first to last you will see Grace doth all: Election, Vocation, Justification, Sanctification, Glorification, all is from Grace. There's a clue of Scriptures which will lead us through all these steps, and direct us to Grace.
1. For Election, Rom. 11.5, 6. There is a Remnant according to the Election of Grace: And then he adds presently, (for Paul cannot mention Grace, but he must run out into the Praise or Vindication of it) And if by Grace, then it is no more of Works, otherwise Grace is no more Grace. But if it be of Works, then it is more Grace, otherwise Work is no more Work. Mark the Context▪ The Apostle's drift in that place is, to prove that all Israel are not cast away; that though the Nation of Israel were past by, yet there were a Remnant chosen according to the Election of Grace. Grace is spoken of by the by, but he takes every little Occasion to digress into the Commendation of Grace: and what doth he say? The Foundation and Ground of Salvation is God's Election, and the impulsive Cause of Election is God's Grace. Why is there a Remnant? there's an Election; and why is there Election? it is according to Grace.
1. For Election, Rom. 11.5, 6. There is a Remnant according to the Election of Grace: And then he adds presently, (for Paul cannot mention Grace, but he must run out into the Praise or Vindication of it) And if by Grace, then it is no more of Works, otherwise Grace is no more Grace. But if it be of Works, then it is more Grace, otherwise Work is no more Work. Mark the Context The Apostle's drift in that place is, to prove that all Israel are not cast away; that thô the Nation of Israel were past by, yet there were a Remnant chosen according to the Election of Grace. Grace is spoken of by the by, but he takes every little Occasion to digress into the Commendation of Grace: and what doth he say? The Foundation and Ground of Salvation is God's Election, and the impulsive Cause of Election is God's Grace. Why is there a Remnant? there's an Election; and why is there Election? it is according to Grace.