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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.
First, For the Time when it was. These Virgins came [afterwards,] when it was too late: They should have knocked, and cried for mercy before the door was shut: Isa. 55.6. Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. Otherwise our Cries are but howlings; the fruit of our discontent, rather than our own choice. Heb. 11.5. 'Tis said of Enoch, that he pleased God. If we would live with God in a blessed Estate hereafter, we must please God ere we depart hence. This is the time of Grace, or Gods Patience, Luk. 2.14. Peace upon Earth, good will to men ▪ and 2 Cor. 6.1, 2. This is the time of labour and service, Eccl. 9.10. Judgment findeth us as Death leaveth us, Eccl. 11.3. Then we are in termino. When this life is ended, all opportunities of doing good end with it. Corn doth not grow in the Barn, but in the Field: therefore we had need to work now, seek Grace now, be instant with God now; Joh. 9.4. I must work the work of him that sent me, while it is day; the night cometh wherein no man can work. And now, that is, not only while life lasteth, but instantly.
First, For the Time when it was. These Virgins came [afterwards,] when it was too late: They should have knocked, and cryed for mercy before the door was shut: Isa. 55.6. Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. Otherwise our Cries are but howlings; the fruit of our discontent, rather than our own choice. Heb. 11.5. 'Tis said of Enoch, that he pleased God. If we would live with God in a blessed Estate hereafter, we must please God ere we depart hence. This is the time of Grace, or Gods Patience,