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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. Because of the person coming, our Redeemer, the Bridegroom, the Lord himself; who is so great and holy: If we mean to do him honour, we must prepare to meet him in the best manner we can, as the Bride would provide her Ornaments against the Nuptial day. Oh what cleansing of Soul, what fruitfulness and exercise of Grace should there be, that we may not put our Redeemer to shame, when he cometh to be glorified in his Saints, and to show forth the fruits of his Death in us! I say, this preparation should be not only for our own honour, that the Bridegroom may not refuse us his Company and Approbation, 1 Pet. 1.7. but for the honour of Christ, that he may be glorified in the faithfulness and obedience of his Servants, when it shall be produced to the view of all the World, as the fruits of his Purchase and Spirit, Eph. 5.27. That he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish: 'Tis begun here, and consummated there, Col. 1.22. and Jude 25.
1. Because of the person coming, our Redeemer, the Bridegroom, the Lord himself; who is so great and holy: If we mean to do him honour, we must prepare to meet him in the best manner we can, as the Bride would provide her Ornaments against the Nuptial day. Oh what cleansing of Soul, what fruitfulness and exercise of Grace should there be, that we may not put our Redeemer to shame, when he cometh to be glorified in his Saints, and to shew forth the fruits of his Death in us! I say, this preparation should be not only for our own honour, that the Bridegroom may not refuse us his Company and Approbation, 1 Pet. 1.7. but for the honour of Christ, that he may be glorified in the faithfulness and obedience of his Servants, when it shall be produced to the view of all the World, as the fruits of his Purchase and Spirit, Eph. 5.27. That he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish: 'Tis begun here, and consummated there,