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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. Because this is the Time of Grace. There is no other Time to get the Favour of God, and an Interest in Heaven, but here upon Earth. Now we have the Means, hereafter the Recompenses. Now Christ saith, Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, Matth. 11.28. Hereafter he will say, Come ye Blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World, Mat. 25.34. Now he calls us to receive Grace, hereafter we must receive either Vengeance or Glory. In the Angels Song we find, Luke 2.14. Peace upon Earth. Here God proclaims Tidings of Peace and Reconciliation to the Creature, if it will submit to God. Now the Golden Sceptre is held out, and you will have no more such a Season. This is God the Father's, God the Son's, and God the Spirit's Time, but after this Life you shall have it no more: It is the Time of God the Father's Patience; and these are the Days of the Gospel when God the Son is offered to us; and now we have the Advantage of the Spirit's Impulses, and his Convictions upon our Hearts: But after this Life, there's neither Prophecy, nor Gospel, nor Conviction, nor Means offered any more; then comes Recompense and Retribution. Zanchy speaks of some which had a Fancy that the Gospel should be preached hereafter in the other World, to those that never heard of Christ in this World; as to Children, to Turks and Pagans: to justify this Conceit, they allege that Place, 1 Pet. 3.19. By which he went and preached to the Spirits in Prison: But that's a clear Mistake. The Apostle speaks there how the Spirit of God went forth by Noah's Preaching in warm Conviction upon the Hearts of those that are now in Prison, that were sometimes disobedient to the Warnings of Noah, and are now held with Chains of Darkness in the Prison of Hell. But however there is nothing to this World. Now you have the Means, and God's golden Sceptre is held out. Now Christ saith, Come; but if you refuse, hereafter he will say, Depart: Now is the accepted Time, now is the Day of Salvation, 2 Cor. 6.1.
1. Because this is the Time of Grace. There is no other Time to get the Favour of God, and an Interest in Heaven, but here upon Earth. Now we have the Means, hereafter the Recompences. Now Christ saith, Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden,