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A second volume of sermons preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton…
A second volume of sermons preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton in two parts : the first containing XXVII sermons on the twenty fifth chapter of St. Matthew, XLV on the seventeenth chapter of St. John, and XXIV on the sixth chapter of the Epistle of the Romans : Part II, containing XLV sermons on the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, and XL on the fifth chapter of the second Epistle to the Corinthians : with alphabetical tables to each chapter, of the principal matters therein contained.
London: printed by J. Astwood for Jonathan Robinson, 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.
(3.) Some unmortified corruption, or indulged Lust, which hindereth both the Radication and Prevalency of Grace. The Heart divided, touched partly with God, and partly with the Creature; neither loosed nor unloosed, but between both, can never be sound and upright. Jam. 1.8. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. A man must purge himself from Lusts, before he be a Vessel fit for Gods use, 2 Tim. 2.20. There is some delight in lawful or unlawful things, that lieth between us and Christ; and is so near and dear to us, as to draw away the Heart, at least in part, that the heavenly Plantation cannot thrive and prosper in our Souls, Luke 8.14. There is some unmortified root of bitterness. Jer. 4.3, 4. Sow not among thorns, plough up the fallow ground. Till God be our scope, Religion can never be our work. If the pleasing, enjoying, or glorifying him, were more sincerely intended, other things would come on with more ease and success; as the Water floweth of its own accord, if the Pipe be not leaky. If the Honour of Christ, his Glory, Will, and Command, lye nearest and closest the Heart, then sin would be more loathed than any other thing, more feared, more avoided, and we would follow our work more heartily. We are enlivened in the Means, by an unfeigned regarding of the End; our carelessness cometh from this, that God is only minded as a matter by the by. The End and Means always go together. If any thing be prized more than God, or equal with him, or apart from him, a little Grace and Godliness will serve the turn: If God were entirely our End, we would be mainly for him, and most industrious to approve our selves to him; if it be not so, something there is, that causeth that neglect, that must be found out; something that cloggeth thy heart, and detaineth thee from this effectual pursuit; some lust, the gratifying of which is the delight and pleasure which contents us, and therefore are we cold and sleight in Religion.
(3.) Some unmortified corruption, or indulged Lust, which hindereth both the Radication and Prevalency of Grace. The Heart divided, touched partly with God, and partly with the Creature; neither loosed nor unloosed, but between both, can never be sound and upright.