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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.
Use 2. Is to reclaim us, when we are greedily set upon other Businesses and Projects than the great Business of our Lives, as to get Wealth, Honour and great Estates. Remember what is thy Duty and Work in this present World. Consider,
Vse 2. Is to reclaim us, when we are greedily set upon other Businesses and Projects than the great Business of our Lives, as to get Wealth, Honour and great Estates. Remember what is thy Duty and Work in this present World. Consider,
1. The shortness of Life. We have a great deal of Work to do in a little time, therefore we should not waste it; every day we are nearer to the Grave. We ⟨p. 103⟩are sensible of the Decays of others, but not of our own; thou seest others wax old and die, remember thou thy self art going that way. When two Ships meet one another in the Sea, the other Ship seems to fail faster than yours, tho both pass away alike; because you are not sensible, or do not observe your own Motion. We see others are mortal, but do not number our own Days. This is a Point of Prudence, Psal. 90.12. So teach us to number our Days, that we may apply our Hearts unto Wisdom. A Man would think of all Points that were plainest and soonest learned, yet it is very hard to learn the lesson of our own Frailty; I mean to learn it by Heart, to learn it practically.
2. The Uncertainty of Life. We know not when Death will surprise us, it is ill to be taken unprovided; when Death comes, to say, Hast thou found me, O my Enemy? Every day we have cause to look to it; more are mistaken in reckoning upon Life than upon Death. Thou art asleep in the Wolf's Mouth; there is no Remedy but imploring the Shepherd's Help. A Carnal Man that goeth on in Sin, provoketh God to his Face, and trieth whether he will cut him off yea or no. We are sure to live to enjoy what we provide for Heaven, but we are not sure to live to enjoy what we provide for the World. A Man may not roast what he took in hunting; but when he cometh to enjoy his Estate, God cutteth him off: