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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.
4. It informs us, That an assured Interest in Heaven is no Ground of Looseness or Laziness. Comfort serves to quicken, but not to slacken our Endeavours. The more we look for Heaven, the more it engageth us to Strictness of Life. The Apostle after he had professed his Assurance, We are confident and willing rather to be absent from the Body, and to be present with the Lord, 2 Cor. 5.8. What then? v. 9. Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Here is a sure Recompense, our great Care is, that we may live and die in his Grace, because we are confident we shall live with the Lord when we depart from the Body. Jude 21. Keep your selves in the Love of God, looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto Eternal Life. When God is so gracious in Christ, providing such great things for such unworthy Creatures, as Eternal Life, and we come to receive Glory out of the hands of Mercy, what a mighty Engagement is this to make us watch against all Decays and Coolings of Love.
4. It informs us, That an assured Interest in Heaven is no Ground of Loosness or Laziness. Comfort serves to quicken, but not to slacken our Endeavours. The more we look for Heaven, the more it engageth us to Strictness of Life. The Apostle after he had professed his Assurance, We are confident and willing rather to be absent from the Body, and to be present with the Lord, 2 Cor. 5.8. What then? v. 9. Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Here is a sure Recompence, our great Care is, that we may live and die in his Grace, because we are confident we shall live with the Lord when we depart from the Body. Jude 21. Keep your selves in the Love of God, looking for the Mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ unto Eternal Life. When God is so gracious in Christ, providing such great things for such unworthy Creatures, as Eternal Life, and we come to receive Glory out of the hands of Mercy, what a mighty Engagement is this to make us watch against all Decays and Coolings of Love.