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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
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2. Some think themselves ready when they are not. Rev. 3.17. Thou thoughtest thou wast rich, and increased with goods; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I trust in Gods mercy, and hope I shall go to Christ: 'Tis easy to say this, but do you know what 'tis to meet with Christ, what honour he expecteth from you at the last day, and how little a naked trust, and a dead and empty Faith will do to your acceptance with him? I confess we have all from Christ, and all the honour we can do him results from his own Grace: But yet 'tis said, Rev. 19.5. The Bride hath made her self ready. There is work required of us, and such as may be answerable to the dignity of so great a Lord and Husband.
2. Some think themselves ready when they are not. Rev. 3.17. Thou thoughtest thou wast rich, and encreased with goods; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I trust in Gods mercy, and hope I shall go to Christ: 'Tis easie to say this, but do you know what 'tis to meet with Christ, what honour he expecteth from you at the last day, and how little a naked trust, and a dead and empty Faith will do to your acceptance with him? I confess we have all from Christ, and all the honour we can do him results from his own Grace: But yet 'tis said, Rev. 19.5. The Bride hath made her self ready. There is work required of us, and such as may be answerable to the dignity of so great a Lord and Husband.
3. Others think an habitual Readiness will serve the turn. They mind present duties, but do not enliven them by the remembrance of the coming of the Lord; or they have not done their main work, and therefore take more liberty about the World than others, and a greater liberty in the delights of sense; and therefore we have that caution,