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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.) That small things are inconspicuous, and not easily to be discerned, especially ⟨p. 53⟩by weak eyes; therefore 'tis an hard matter for Conscience to discern a little Grace in a great heap of Corruption. Mans Heart is not watchful, nor so tender, nor are things in such order there, as that every lesser thing should be taken notice of; though Conscience be a secret spy, yet small things escape its view and notice, both in a way of Sin and Grace; in a drowsy and unattentive Soul, it cannot be imagined: therefore there must be a great deal of Grace before it can be seen, and distinguished from a common work; for the Heart of man is deceitful: The Woman was forced to light a Candle, and search diligently, before she could find her lost groat: so hard will it be to discover that in the Soul which is small and little.
(2.) That small things are inconspicuous, and not easily to be discerned, especially ⟨p. 53⟩by weak eyes; therefore 'tis an hard matter for Conscience to discern a little Grace in a great heap of Corruption. Mans Heart is not watchful, nor so tender, nor are things in such order there, as that every lesser thing should be taken notice of; though Conscience be a secret spy, yet small things escape its view and notice, both in a way of Sin and Grace; in a drowsie and unattentive Soul, it cannot be imagined: therefore there must be a great deal of Grace before it can be seen, and distinguished from a common work; for the Heart of man is deceitful: The Woman was forc't to light a Candle, and search diligently, before she could find her lost groat: so hard will it be to discover that in the Soul which is small and little.