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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.
Secondly, It must be a full and unbounded Consent to all the terms and demands of the Gospel; to be what he would have you to be, and to do what he would have you to do: Mat. 13.44. The man sold all to buy the Pearl of great price. You must not stick at any thing: Though you are unwilling to let the match go, yet it is no full consent: Christ will be taken for better for worse; you must renounce your dearest Lusts, devote and resign your choicest Interests, or else you are unworthy of him. The bargain is not made, till all your Interests be laid at his feet, Luk. 14.26.33. So for Lusts; Mat. 5.29.30. Here men usually stick, and had rather undergo any cost and pains, than undergo the mortification of Sin, as you may see in Mica. 6.6, 7. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow my self before the most high God? shall I come before him with Burnt Offerings, and Calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of Rams, or with ten thousands of Rivers of Oil? Shall I give my First-born for my Transgression, and the Fruit of my Body for the Sin of my Soul? Now before it comes to this, man hath many debates of Soul: They are convinced that Sin is evil, contrary to God, and hurtful to themselves; and have some mind to let it go: But in fine, their Hearts are more for it than against it, and so do not come up to a saving consent to take Christ for their Lord and Husband. The pleasures of sin are so bewitching, that they cannot come up roundly to Christs terms, or to the whole business of Christianity.
Secondly, It must be a full and unbounded Consent to all the terms and demands of the Gospel; to be what he would have you to be, and to do what he would have you to do: Mat. 13.44. The man sold all to buy the Pearl of great price. You must not stick at any thing: Though you are unwilling to let the match go, yet it is no full consent: Christ will be taken for better for worse; you must renounce your dearest Lusts, devote and resign your choicest Interests, or else you are unworthy of him. The bargain is not made, till all your Interests be laid at his feet, Luk. 14.26.33