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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.
Obs. 3. We must first begin with renouncing Evil; that's the first thing Grace teacheth. Since the Fall, the Method is Analytical, to unravel and undo that which hath been done in the Soul: So it is said of Christ, 1 John 3.8. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the Works of the Devil. Sin is the first Occupant in the Soul, and claimeth Possession; six thousand Years ago it thrust out Grace, which was the right owner; therefore first there must be a Writ of Ejectment sealed against Sin, that Grace may take the Throne: Dagon must down, ere the Ark be set up. It cannot be otherwise, it must not be otherwise; there must be mortifying and subduing of Sin by Acts of Humiliation and Godly Sorrow, before there will be Experience of Grace.
Obs. 3. We must first begin with renouncing Evil; that's the first thing Grace teacheth. Since the Fall, the Method is Analytical, to unravel and undo that which hath been done in the Soul: So it is said of Christ, 1 Iohn 3.8. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the Works of the Devil. Sin is the first Occupant in the Soul, and claimeth Possession; six thousand Years ago it thrust out Grace, which was the right owner; therefore first there must be a Writ of Ejectment sealed against Sin, that Grace may take the Throne: Dagon must down, e're the Ark be set up. It cannot be otherwise, it must not be otherwise; there must be mortifying and subduing of Sin by Acts of Humiliation and Godly Sorrow, before there will be Experience of Grace.
(1.) It cannot be otherwise, for the Devil hath a right in us, as long as we remain in Sin; therefore there must be a rescue from his Power, Col. 1.13. Who hath delivered us from the Power of Darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son. Christ and Satan cannot reign in the same Heart, nor God and the h•• World. Joseph was taken out of Prison, and then preferred to Pharaoh. This is he Method,