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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. With respect to the World. A distinct Body should have a distinct Excellency. They are a People distinct from the World, they are set apart for God: Psal. 4.3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. They are a chosen Generation. Many other Societies excel the Church for Strength, Policy and worldly Pomp; but Holiness and Purity is the Church's Badge; Psal. 93.5. Holiness becometh thy House, O Lord, for ever. God's peculiar People must have a peculiar Excellency upon a double ground.
3. With respect to the World. A distinct Body should have a distinct Excellency. They are a People distinct from the World, they are set apart for God: Psal. 4.3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. They are a chosen Generation. Many other Societies excel the Church for Strength, Policy and worldly Pomp; but Holiness and Purity is the Church's Badg; Psal. 93.5. Holiness becometh thy House, O Lord, for ever. God's peculiar People must have a peculiar Excellency upon a double ground.
(1.) Because of Likeness to God: Exod. 15.11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the Gods? who is like thee? glorious in Holiness. It is God's Glory, and therefore the Churches. God is rich in Mercy, but glorious in Holiness: his Treasure is his Goodness, but his Honour is his Holiness and immaculate Purity: as among Men, their Wealth is distinguished from their Honour.