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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.
First, Sometimes in Life: They took Offence at Christ, his Doctrine, or something that did accompany it, John 6.66. At that time many of his Disciples went back, and walked no more with him; some one prejudice or other took them off.
Secondly, Sometimes at Death: If their Profession and Hope thereupon tarry so long, Job 27.8. What Hope hath the Hypocrite, when God cometh to take away his Soul. A man may live by a form, but he cannot die by a form with Comfort; men are more serious in the confines of Eternity, when present Enjoyments cease, and we have nothing left to Comfort us, but the expectation of the World to come: then we shall repent that we have been no more provident for Eternity; if God would spare them a little longer, they would get Oil then: when they come to dye, Oh that they could live over their Life again; men that have neglected their time of present profiting, then see their folly, then how serious, anxious and solicitous are they!
Secondly, Sometimes at Death: If their Profession and Hope thereupon tarry so long, Job 27.8. What Hope hath the Hypocrite, when God cometh to take away his Soul. A man may live by a form, but he cannot die by a form with Comfort; men are more serious in the confines of Eternity, when present Enjoyments cease, and we have nothing left to Comfort us, but the expectation of the World to come: then we shall repent that we have been no more provident for Eternity; if God would spare them a little longer, they would get Oyl then: when they come to dye, Oh that they could live over their Life again; men that have neglected their time of present profiting, then see their folly, then how serious, anxious and solicitous are they!