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A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer by ... Thomas Manton.
London: printed by J.D., 1684
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.
Here you have, 1. Christ's Proclamation. 2. The Churches Acclamation, in Answer thereunto.
I. Christ's Proclamation, Surely I come quickly. Where take notice of two Things: 1. His Asseveration, Surely. 2. His Assertion, I come quickly.
1. His Asseveration, [Surely.] It is a certain Truth, tho we do not so easily receive it. All notable Truths, about which there is the greatest Suspicion in the Heart of the Creature, you will find them thus averred in Scripture; as, Isa. 53. 4. Surely he hath born our Griefs, and carried our Sorrows. The dying of the Son of God is so mysterious, that the Holy-Ghost propounds it with a Note of Averment, Surely; that is, how unlikely soever it seems, yet this is a certain Truth. So here, the Coming of Christ is a thing so future, so little regarded by Epicures and Atheists, that it is propounded with a like Note of Averment, Surely I come quickly. Herein secretly is ⟨p. 222⟩our Unbelief taxed, and also our Confidence engaged.