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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.
2. To disprove the vain and foolish Confidence by which men please themselves in the Goodness of others about them, their Relations, and Societies in which they live. They have friendship with such good People, are in relation to such eminent and pious Persons; a godly Wife, or Husband, or Father: Matth. 3.9. And think not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to our Father. No, they cannot give us of their Oil: Men will catch at any thing rather than a right Ground of Confidence.
2. To disprove the vain and foolish Confidence by which men please themselves in the Goodness of others about them, their Relations, and Societies in which they live. They have friendship with such good People, are in relation to such eminent and pious Persons; a godly Wife, or Husband, or Father: Matth. 3.9. And think not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to our Father. No, they cannot give us of their Oyl: Men will catch at any thing rather than a right Ground of Confidence.
2. USE, Is to Exhort us to work out our Salvation with fear and trembling, Phil. 2.12. or to be more careful of our own personal Qualification, if we would be saved in the day of the Lord.
2. VSE, Is to Exhort us to work out our Salvation with fear and trembling, Phil. 2.12. or to be more carefull of our own personal Qualification, if we would be saved in the day of the Lord.