A51840:984
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.
2. The Principles of Operation must be right for the constitution of good Works. These Principles are Faith, Love and Obedience: Faith receives Help from Christ; Love inclines the Heart; and Obedience sways the Conscience. In every good Work these are the true Gospel-Principles: Obedience sways the Conscience by virtue of God's Law; Love inclines the Heart out of Gratitude and Thankfulness to God; and Faith expects Help and Supply from Christ. In short, every good Work is an Action commanded by the Law, but arising from Faith in the Gospel: it is done out of Conscience, and because of God's Command, but yet willingly, because God is so good in Christ, and Faith gives both help and encouragement. Without Faith whatever is done is but Sin; without Obedience it is but customary; and without Love it is but Legal, and no Evangelical Work.
2. The Principles of Operation must be right for the constitution of good Works. These Principles are Faith, Love and Obedience: Faith receives Help from Christ; Love enclines the Heart; and Obedience sways the Conscience. In every good Work these are the true Gospel-Principles: Obedience sways the Conscience by virtue of God's Law; Love enclines the Heart out of Gratitude and Thankfulness to God; and Faith expects Help and Supply from Christ. In short, every good Work is an Action commanded by the Law, but arising from Faith in the Gospel: it is done out of Conscience, and because of God's Command, but yet willingly, because God is so good in Christ, and Faith gives both help and encouragement. Without Faith whatever is done is but Sin; without Obedience it is but customary; and without Love it is but Legal, and no Evangelical Work.
3. As the Principle and Operation, so the End must be right, to glorify God in whatever we do; not to gratify Interest, that is carnal; not barely to promote the welfare of Nature, that is but an Act of natural Self-love, aiming at his own preservation; not to pacify God, that is legal, and so a renouncing of the Merit of Christ. So that every Act of Duty must be made a Branch of Gospel-Obedience arising from Gratitude, that God may be glorified.