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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. We should maintain a lively sense of Christs appearing: Luk. 12.35. This looking, and longing, and waiting keepeth the Soul alive and awake, Heb. 9. ult. To them that look for him: Phil. 3.20. Whence we look for a Saviour: Many may talk of that day, but do not look for it.
4. Keep these four fundamental radical Graces lively and active in the Soul; Faith, Fear, Hope and Love. Faith presents things to us as they are, and puts them in being: Love constraineth us, 2 Cor. 5.14. Fear maketh God every where present: And Hope worketh in us a desirous expectation of Blessedness to come, and this keeps the Soul awake.
5. Keep a sense of the Love of God upon your hearts; when your drowsy fits are coming on you, say as they in Jer. 35.6. I dare not, my Father hath commanded me the contrary: Hath not God forbidden this? how can I rest in such a temper of Soul?
5. Keep a sense of the Love of God upon your hearts; when your drowsie fits are coming on you, say as they in Jer. 35.6. I dare not, my Father hath commanded me the contrary: Hath not God forbidden this? how can I rest in such a temper of Soul?