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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. Consider for what End it was. Ephes. 5.2. He gave himself for us an Offering, and a Sacrifice to God, for a sweet-smelling Savour. The Sacrifice that was offered for the whole Congregation, was to be killed without the Camp, and the Blood to be brought with sweet Perfume to the Mercy-Seat. So the Lord Christ comes out of Heaven to be killed on Earth, and then is gone to Heaven to represent his Sacrifice to God as a sweet Perfume. He gave himself to be a Ransom for us, to die a shameful and accursed Death on the Cross: he gave himself to be substituted in our room and stead. The sadness of every Loss is according to the measure of Enjoyment. Life died, Righteousness was made Sin; O blessed Exchange!
5. Consider for whom he doth it. The Apostle saith, it was for us, not for Angels: Tho they did far exceed Man in Excellency of Nature, yet God would not treat with the lost Angels, they were never recovered; but he gave himself for us Men. Nay, not only for us that were his Creatures, but that were his Enemies, vile and unworthy Sinners; Rom. 5.8. God commendeth his Love towards us, in that while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us. A Man would even die for a good Man, tho there be but a few such Persons in the World: but here the Just dies for the Unjust; 1 Pet. 3.18. For Christ also hath once suffered for Sins, the Just for the Unjust, that he might bring us to God. Now this commends his Love indeed, in that it was for us vile Miscreants, Dust and Ashes. Adam sold us for a thing of nought, an Apple, and so the Lord might have condemned us, cast us off, and created another World of nobler Creatures than the present Race of Men, or might have redeemed us at a cheaper rate. Let all this quicken us to Thanksgiving.
5. Consider for whom he doth it. The Apostle saith, it was for us, not for Angels: Tho they did far exceed Man in Excellency of Nature, yet God would not treat with the lost Angels, they were never recovered; but he gave himself for us Men. Nay, not only for us that were his Creatures, but that were his Enemies, vile and unworthy Sinners;