A51846:145
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.
SERMON IV.
MATTH. XXV. v. 5. While the Bridegroom tarried, they all Slumbered and Slept.
MATTH. XXV. v. 5. While the Bridegroom tarryed, they all Slumbred and Slept.
WE have seen wherein they differed, now we shall see again wherein they agree: In the words observe, (1.) What happened to the Virgins, They all slumbered and slept. (2.) The Occasion of it, (I do not say the Cause) While the Bridegroom tarried. The Cause of sleeping was, Infirmitas humana; the Occasion of it, Mora Sponsi: In the first of these, 1. Who, They all. 2. What, slumbered and slept.
WE have seen wherein they differed, now we shall see again wherein they agree: In the words observe, (1.) What happened to the Virgins, They all slumbred and slept. (2.) The Occasion of it, (I do not say the Cause) While the Bridegroom tarryed. The Cause of sleeping was, Infirmitas humana; the Occasion of it, Mora Sponsi: In the first of these, 1. Who, They all. 2. What, slumbred and slept.