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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 Doct. Those that would have Grace, must have recourse to the Ordinances.
(1.) Mark 4.24. Take heed how you hear, for with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again: And you that attend upon hearing, more shall be given to you; with what measure ye mete, that is a proper rule for Commerce between man and man, and our Saviour urgeth it, Math. 7.12. But 'tis true also in Commerce between God and Man; if you take heed how you hear, and do what you hear, that is, seriously weigh that Divine and Heavenly Doctrine in your deep and ponderous thoughts; if they would use such conscionable care to profit as was fit, the Lord would recompense their diligence with an answerable blessing on the Soul. Another place is 1 Thes. 5.19, 20. Quench not the Spirit, despise not Prophesying: If you would not Quench the Spirit, his Convictions, Excitations, and Counsels, you must use the means, they are instituted to this end, and God instituteth nothing in vain; they have a tendency to that end, the formality of the Institution is a word of Command and a word of Promise.
(2.) Christ hath sanctified Ordinances to this end, Eph. 5.26, 27. and John 17.8. Sanctify them by thy Truth, thy word is Truth.
(2.) Christ hath sanctified Ordinances to this end,