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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. Expect it. This is the formal Act of Hope, which is pressed in the Text. This Hope and Expectation of Blessedness, is the Strength of the inward Man. The Devils have a Faith, but because it is without Hope, it yieldeth no Refreshment: James 2.19. Thou believest that there is one God, thou dost well; the Devils also believe and tremble. The word signifies such a trembling as the raging of the Sea; it is a Light that does not refresh, but scorch. There would be Comfort in Hell, if there could be Hope there. It is the Duty now in season, here we must expect: Rom. 8.24. We are saved by Hope. In Innocency there was little or no use of Hope; and in Heaven there will be none at all; the Object of Man's Happiness will be present and enjoyed; but now all is to come: we have only a Taste and Pledge to make us long for more, and expect more. Faith by Hope maketh them present Substance; Heb. 11.1. Faith is the Substance of Things hoped for. Things of Eternal Life seem as a Shadow and Fiction to a carnal Heart. This Hope is an earnest Elevation of the Mind to look for what Faith counteth real.
3. Expect it. This is the formal Act of Hope, which is pressed in the Text. This Hope and Expectation of Blessedness, is the Strength of the inward Man. The Devils have a Faith, but because it is without Hope, it yieldeth no Refreshment: James 2.19. Thou believest that there is one God, thou dost well; the Devils also believe and tremble. The word signifies such a trembling as the raging of the Sea; it is a Light that does not refresh, but scorch. There would be Comfort in Hell, if there could be Hope there. It is the Duty now in season, here we must expect: Rom. 8.24. We are saved by Hope. In Innocency there was little or no use of Hope; and in Heaven there will be none at all; the Object of Man's Happiness will be present and enjoyed; but now all is to come: we have only a Taste and Pledg to make us long for more, and expect more. Faith by Hope maketh them present Substance; Heb. 11.1