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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.
[1.] With respect to the Means. That ye be without spot; and blameless. The one word relateth to the Heart; That we may be without spot: And the other to our Conversation; blameless.
(1.) The first thing wherein diligence is to be improved is, the washing away of our sinful spots; or the washing away of sin in the guilt and filth of it, or in a way of Justification and Sanctification, 1 Cor. 6.11. suing out our Pardon in the name of Christ; and by his Spirit using all holy means for the cleansing of our polluted natures. This is a work to be done not once, but often: For we are all washed but in part, Prov. 20.7. Who can say his heart is clean? And when we have once washed, we are inclined to defile our selves again, Joh. 11.13. He that is washed, needeth not save to wash his feet. Every day we contract defilement by living in the World. Our final consummation is in Christs day, when we shall be presented to God not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, Eph. 5.27. For the present, still we are cleansing, and making use of the Blood and Spirit of Christ for that end and purpose.
(2.) Blameless: That relateth to our Carriage and Conversation, as 'tis said Luk. 1.6. that Zechariah and Elizabeth walked in all the Commandments of God, blameless: So should we take care that we incur no just blame for all those things which Christ hath left in trust with us, as to the improvement of our Talents, keeping his Laws, observing his Ordinances, or carriage to his Servants and all men.