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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.
First, The Nature of it; when Graces are not lively and kept in exercise. I shall instance in those three Theological Graces, Faith, Hope and Love; a weak dead Faith, a feeble Sleepy Love, a cold and careless Hope.
1. A weak and dead Faith, that consists more in a Form of Knowledge than a lively assent to the Truths of Godliness. A dead opinionative belief may stand with a carnal Life, Jam. 2.20. Faith without works is dead. The Word of God is come to them in Word only, not in power; it puts no Life into what we do believe, 1 Thes. 2.13. Doth not work effectually: This will fit the slumbering and Sleeping of the foolish Virgins, but alas the Wise have their drowsy fits, the Truths of the Word concerning God, Christ, Heaven and Hell, have not such a lively influence upon them, by the blandishments of worldly Prosperity. Faith is fallen asleep, ready to give place to the Flesh, and they are governed more by Fancy and Appetite than by the Heavenly mind; there is no consideration of the Vanity of earthly things, the Heart is kept strange to God and Heaven, and the Soul is taken up with carnal projects more than it should be.
1. A weak and dead Faith, that consists more in a Form of Knowledge than a lively assent to the Truths of Godliness. A dead oppinionative belief may stand with a carnal Life, Jam. 2.20. Faith without works is dead. The Word of God is come to them in Word only, not in power; it puts no Life into what we do believe, 1 Thes. 2.13. Doth not work effectually: This will fit the slumbring and Sleeping of the foolish Virgins, but alas the Wise have their drowsie fits, the Truths of the Word concerning God, Christ, Heaven and Hell, have not such a lively influence upon them, by the blandishments of worldly Prosperity. Faith is fallen asleep, ready to give place to the Flesh, and they are governed more by Fancy and Appetite than by the Heavenly mind; there is no consideration of the Vanity of earthly things, the Heart is kept strange to God and Heaven, and the Soul is taken up with carnal projects more than it should be.