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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.
Thirdly, His coming at Midnight. He tarried somewhat beyond the season, to show that he would come unlooked for. Jerome saith, It was an ancient Tradition, that Christ should come at midnight; and therefore in the Vigil, or watch before Easter, anciently they were not wont to be sent away till midnight. But of that day and hour knoweth no man. 'Tis put for an unexpected time: as Zech. 13.9. At evening it shall be light. Christ cometh when he is least expected, when the World groweth secure, and his own people weary with looking: His coming is often compared in Scripture to the coming of a Thief in the night. 1 Thes. 5.2. For ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night: by way of surprise. The Thief doth not make appointment, nor forewarn the good man of the House. Luk. 12.46. The Lord of those servants shall come in a day that he looketh not for him. Now God hideth this day from us,
Thirdly, His coming at Midnight. He tarryed somewhat beyond the season, to shew that he would come unlooked for. Jerom saith, It was an ancient Tradition, that Christ should come at midnight; and therefore in the Vigil, or watch before Easter, anciently they were not wont to be sent away till midnight. But of that day and hour knoweth no man. 'Tis put for an unexpected time: as Zech. 13.9. At evening it shall be light. Christ cometh when he is least expected, when the World groweth secure, and his own people weary with looking: His coming is often compared in Scripture to the coming of a Thief in the night. 1 Thes. 5.2. For ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night: by way of surprize. The Thief doth not make appointment, nor forewarn the good man of the House. Luk. 12.46. The Lord of those servants shall come in a day that he looketh not for him. Now God hideth this day from us,