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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.) There is a difference in the End and Use of this desire of Happiness. Now and then God leaveth these Velleities and Inclinations as a Stock upon which to graft Grace; as a Spinster leaveth a lock of Wool to fasten the next thread; as Nebuchadnezzar's shape remained when he was turned a grazing among the Beasts; and as Job's Messengers, I alone am escaped to tell thee. There are these Inclinations ⟨p. 70⟩to happiness, that are escaped out of the ruins of the Fall. God by our self-love, would draw us to love himself: Man will not be dealt with else. It leaveth men capable of Heaven the Doctrine of Life represented to them, they are without excuse, if they refuse it. This is the use of it now; but then when we are in termino, it hath another use. This love of their own happiness, and desire to be saved, serveth for this very use, to make them sensible of their loss, the grief of their Condemnation and lost estate is increased thereby. Now this is little thought of by carnal men, because they have Oblectamenta sensus, the entertainments of sense to divert their minds; but when separate and set apart from all these, then, if they have no other punishment, this is enough. Surely their understanding remaineth, having nothing to comfort them, and allay the bitter sense of their loss. But now let us see, 1. How far carnal and unregenerate men desire Happiness. 2. Why this is so little improved, and they make so little use of it.
(2.) There is a difference in the End and Vse of this desire of Happiness. Now and then God leaveth these Velleities and Inclinations as a Stock upon which to graft Grace; as a Spinster leaveth a lock of Wooll to fasten the next thread; as Nebuchadnezzar's shape remained when he was turned a grazing among the Beasts; and as Job's Messengers, I alone am escaped to tell thee. There are these Inclinations ⟨p. 70⟩to happiness, that are escaped out of the ruines of the Fall. God by our self-love, would draw us to love himself: Man will not be dealt with else. It leaveth men capable of Heaven the Doctrine of Life represented to them, they are without excuse, if they refuse it. This is the use of it now; but then when we are in termino, it hath another use. This love of their own happiness, and desire to be saved, serveth for this very use, to make them sensible of their loss, the grief of their Condemnation and lost estate is encreased thereby. Now this is little thought of by carnal men, because they have Oblectamenta sensus, the entertainments of sense to divert their minds; but when separate and set apart from all these, then, if they have no other punishment, this is enough. Surely their understanding remaineth, having nothing to comfort them, and allay the bitter sense of their loss. But now let us see, 1. How far carnal and unregenerate men desire Happiness. 2. Why this is so little improved, and they make so little use of it.