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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.
Lastly, Consider the distinction Christ will make at the last day, between Persons of the same Vicinity, Family, Religion: The one is taken, the other left.
Now to excite you to get Grace into your own hearts, consider,
(1.) None is more near to you than your selves: God hath made you Guardians of your own Souls. We read Eph. 5.20. that no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it. Oh that we could say so in this case! that no man ever hated his own Soul. 'Tis no less monstrous and unnatural not to take care of our ⟨p. 52⟩Souls, than not to take care of our Bodies. The Soul is the man, the nobler and better part, that should be first cared for; therefore if you love your selves, you should look after your personal Interest in Christ.