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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.
(3.) The Testimony of the Spirit is usually given in upon the greatest exercise and abounding of Grace: for the Oil of Gladness followeth the Oil of Grace, and Comfort is dispensed according to the rate of Obedience, Joh. 15.10. If ye keep my Commandments, ye shall abide in my love: and Joh. 14.21. He that hath my Commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me, and is loved of my Father, and I will love him, and manifest my self unto him. Therefore out of all this it followeth, that if we would maintain any comfortable and delightful sense of our Interest in Christ, and the glory of the World to come, we should not be contented with a little Grace.
(3.) The Testimony of the Spirit is usually given in upon the greatest exercise and abounding of Grace: for the Oyl of Gladness followeth the Oyl of Grace, and Comfort is dispensed according to the rate of Obedience, Joh. 15.10. If ye keep my Commandments, ye shall abide in my love: and Joh. 14.21. He that hath my Commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me, and is loved of my Father, and I will love him, and manifest my self unto him. Therefore out of all this it followeth, that if we would maintain any comfortable and delightful sense of our Interest in Christ, and the glory of the World to come, we should not be contented with a little Grace.
4. With respect to the nature of Grace: 'Tis a sign we have no Grace, when we think we have enough and to spare; surely they that have tasted that the Lord is gracious, 1 Pet. 3.2. they are not cloyed, but will long for more; that man that doth not desire to be better, was never good. As the little seed works through the hard and dry Clods, that it may grow up to stalk and flower; so is Grace, it is working and increasing to perfection: therefore 'tis an ill sign, to be satisfied with small measures of Grace, to say I have enough; every degree of Grace is as desirable as that we have attained to; and those whose Hearts God hath touched, they earnestly desire more.