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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.
1. That Grace is no Enemy to good Works. Libertinism is ancient and natural. Christ died to improve Piety, not to lessen it, but to raise it to the highest, to make us zealous of good Works, that we might be carried on to Heaven with full Sails. Therefore he that grows looser, less watchful against Sin, less diligent in the exercise of Holiness, less frequent in Communion with God, less humble and penitent after committing of Sin, offers the greatest Abuse to Grace that may be, and perverts its natural Use. There is no freezing by the Fire; we may freeze indeed by painted Fire, that may make us contract Chilliness and Drowsiness; but true Grace is a Fire that warms and inflames our Affections. Christ came to make us more cheerful and lively, but not slack, careless and cold.
1. That Grace is no Enemy to good Works. Libertinism is ancient and natural. Christ died to improve Piety, not to lessen it, but to raise it to the highest, to make us zealous of good Works, that we might be carried on to Heaven with full Sails. Therefore he that grows looser, less watchful against Sin, less diligent in the exercise of Holiness, less frequent in Communion with God, less humble and penitent after committing of Sin, offers the greatest Abuse to Grace that may be, and perverts its natural Use. There is no freezing by the Fire; we may freeze indeed by painted Fire, that may make us contract Chilliness and Drowsiness; but true Grace is a Fire that warms and inflames our Affections. Christ came to make us more chearful and lively, but not slack, careless and cold.
2. It informs us, what little Reason the World hath to cry out upon Zealots, for Christ died to make us, [Greek or Hebrew], zealous of good Works. Men that are only contented with a brain Religion, speculative Notions, they cannot endure Heats and Fervours; they would have a Religion to talk of, but not to live by; therefore they are cold and indifferent; and when the Children of God offer a holy Violence to the Kingdom of Heaven, they become a Matter of Scorn and Opposition to them. ⟨p. 188⟩