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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.
because 'tis a great favour and honour done to us, considering the infinite distance between the parties to be joined in the Marriage-covenant, God over all blessed for ever, and we poor wretched Creatures. There may be among us great distance between the persons that enter into the Marriage-covenant, but all that distance is but finite, for it is but such as can be between Creature and Creature, which are equal in their being, notwithstanding the inequality of many extrinsical respects; but in this distance between Christ and his People, the distance is between the Creator and the Creature, the Potter and the Clay; the thing formed, and him that formed it; betwixt the most lovely person, and the most loathsome; between the Heir of all things, and the Children of Wrath; the King immortal, and a poor Vassal to Sin and Satan: And consider also the many benefits we enjoy by it, we have the Communion of his Righteousness, Spirit and Graces, 2 Cor. 5.21. He was made sin for us, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in him. There are two Maxims in the Civil Law, Uxor fulget radiis mariti, the Wife participateth in the Honour of the Husband; so we have the Communion of Christs Righteousness; and Uxori lis non intenditur, the Husband is answerable for the Wife, the Pleas must be brought against him: So Jesus Christ hath paid our Debts, and representeth the merit of his Sacrifice; he is responsible for the Debts we owe to Divine Justice. Participation is another Benefit, Eph. 5.26. Husbands love your ⟨p. 58⟩Wives, as Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it by the washing of Water. Christ upon the Cross had merit enough to purchase, and love enough to intend, and Wisdom enough to choose the greatest benefit for us; and what did he purchase, intend, and choose, but to sanctify and cleanse us by the washing of water through the Word? And lastly, we must receive him to the Ends for which God offereth him; that is, to be Lord and Husband; which importeth a forsaking all others, and a devoting and giving up our selves to Christ, to live in his Love and Obedience.
because 'tis a great favour and honour done to us, considering the infinite distance between the parties to be joyned in the Marriage-covenant, God over all blessed for ever, and we poor wretched Creatures. There may be among us great distance between the persons that enter into the Marriage-covenant, but all that distance is but finite, for it is but such as can be between Creature and Creature, which are equal in their being, notwithstanding the inequality of many extrinsical respects; but in this distance between Christ and his People, the distance is between the Creator and the Creature, the Potter and the Clay; the thing formed, and him that formed it; betwixt the most lovely person, and the most loathsome; between the Heir of all things, and the Children of Wrath; the King immortal, and a poor Vassal to Sin and Sathan: And consider also the many benefits we enjoy by it, we have the Communion of his Righteousness, Spirit and Graces,