A51840:747
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.) The Dignity of his Person. Mat. 24.30. it is said, he shall come in great Glory; at other times in the Glory of his Father, Mat. 16.27. that is, he shall come as God's own natural Son, with such a Glory as cannot be communicated to any Creature. His first Coming is like the Carpenter's Son, mean and despicable; but his second Coming is like God's Son. Now that you may conceive of this Glory, you must guess at it by several hints. There shall be great Glory put upon the Saints; Then shall the Righteous shine forth like the Sun in the Kingdom of the Father, Matth. 13.43. And Christ will be glorified in his Saints, and admired in all them that believe, 2 Thess. 1.10. But we do not come in the Glory of the Father; when we are glorified, we are not deified; yet our Glory shall be so great, that Men and Angels shall stand wondering what God hath done to us. But now Christ is God-Man in one Person, and that Mystery is now to be discovered to the uttermost, the Union of the two Natures in his Person; and therefore he must have such a Glory as never Creature was capable of, nor can be. He doth not only appear (in the Text) as our Saviour, but as the Great God. Guess at it again we may by other Appearances of God: When Christ came to give the Law, his Voice shook Mount Sinai, that Moses trembled and quaked at the hearing of it; Heb. 12.21. So terrible was the Sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake. Guess at it by the Light at Christ's Birth, that came from Heaven, and shone round about the Shepherds, so that they were exceedingly afraid; Luke 2.9. The Glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. Guess at it by the Glimpse of his Divine Glory which Christ gave us in his Transfiguration, Mat. 17.2. His Face did shine as the Sun, and his Raiment was white as the Light, when his Disciples fell upon their Faces, and could not endure the shining of his Garments. So by the Appearance of Christ to Paul, that was struck blind for three days: