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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.
2 Doct. That this will be found to be true Wisdom, and the other Folly.
For Wisdom, (to begin with that.) Wisdom is Index sui & obliqui. Wisdom lieth,
For Wisdom, (to begin with that.) Wisdom is Index sui & obliqui. Wisdom lyeth,
1. In proposing a right End.
2. In the Choice of fit Means. And,
3. In an earnest Prosecution of the End by these Means. This is the property of Wisdom in the General, and it holdeth true in Godly Wisdom. The wise Virgins did so: Their End was right; to be admitted in to the Nuptial Feast, or everlasting enjoyment of God: And then they use right Means, such as will bring them to the end. We do not use to draw Ships in the Sea with Horses, nor draw Wagons with the Wind. We must not use contrary means, nor insufficient means. We cannot go to to the bottom of a Well that is thirty foot deep, with a line that is but ten foot: We must use such as will certainly do. The Wisdom of God hath fixed Means for us, and we are doubly Fools if we will not use them opportunely, carefully and constantly: Else 'tis a Prize put into a fools hand,