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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.
3. Let not Worldly Lusts be put in Execution; if thou hast neglected Mortification and deadening thy Affections; if Sin hath got the start of thee, and gained the Consent of thy Soul, yet at least restrain the Practice. If the Conception be not disturbed, the Birth will follow, James 1.15. Then when Lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth Sin. There are the Works of the Flesh that follow the Lusts of the Flesh; Gal. 5.19. Now the Works of the Flesh are manifest, &c. Therefore it is good to put a stop, at least not to suffer Lusts to break out; Rom. 8.13. If ye through the Spirit mortify the Deeds of the Body, ye shall live. We should mortify the Lusts of the Soul, but if that cannot be, then prevent the Deeds of the Body. Tho Lust grieves the Spirit or God, yet the Work besides the Grief brings Dishonour to God, gives an ill Example, brings Scandal to Religion, makes way for an habit and proneness to Sin; therefore to act it is the worst of all. See what the Prophet saith, Mich. 2.1. Woe to them that devise Iniquity, and work evil upon their Beds; when the ⟨p. 48⟩Morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their Hand. Mark, it is naught to harbour the Motion, to plot, to devise Evil, to muse upon Sin; but it is worse to practise, because every Act strengtheneth the Inclination; as a Brand that hath been once in the Fire, is more ready to burn again; and we know not how far Lust may carry us, when we give it scope and leave to work: Therefore it is good to interpose by a strong Resolution, and to cry out for Strength, and to continue fighting, that we may not be utterly foiled.
3. Let not Worldly Lusts be put in Execution; if thou hast neglected Mortification and deadning thy Affections; if Sin hath got the start of thee, and gained the Consent of thy Soul, yet at least restrain the Practice. If the Conception be not disturbed, the Birth will follow, Iames 1.15. Then when Lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth Sin. There are the Works of the Flesh that follow the Lusts of the Flesh;