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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
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[3.] The Affections of his Saints to him, which Christ will satisfy. There are many that never saw him, and yet believed in him, and loved him heartily: 1 Pet. 1.8. In whom believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of Glory: And John 20.29. Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen me, and yet have believed. Their Faith is not misplaced, they shall find him such a one as was to be believed, loved and obeyed. Now to gratify their desires, Christ will appear and show himself. With these eyes shall I see my Redeemer! The Children of God cannot look to Heaven, but they remember they have a Saviour to come from thence: Phil. 3.20. For our Conversation is in Heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul speaketh in his own name, and in the name of all those like himself. And Rev. 22.17. The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. The Holy Ghost breedeth the desire, and the Church answereth the motion. Nature saith not, Come, but Stay still. If it might go by voices, whether Christ should come or no, would carnal men give their votes this way? The voice of corrupt nature is, Depart, Job 22.14. Carnal men are of the mind of the Devil; Art thou come to torment us before our time? Mat. 8. But the Spirit in the Bride raiseth these desires. Now would Christ disappoint these desires which he hath raised in the Hearts of his Children, and set them a longing, and a looking, and a groaning for that which shall never be? It cannot be imagined.
[3.] The Affections of his Saints to him, which Christ will satisfie. There are many that never saw him, and yet believed in him, and loved him heartily: 1 Pet. 1.8. In whom believing ye rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of Glory: And John 20.29