A51846:509
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.
(2.) They would not only have good in the General, but some eternal good: And because this is not so evident by nature, they grope and feel about for it, Act. 17.26. There is an unsatisfiedness in present things, and therefore they are scrambling, and feeling about for some better thing. As Solomon tried all experiments, so do men go about seeking for good, Eccl. 7.29. Since we lost the straight line of Gods direction, we seek it sometimes in one thing, sometimes in another; and Christ saith, Mat. 13.45, 46. That the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a Merchant man seeking goodly pearls. And when he had found one pearl of good price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Man would have something contentful, that may be an everlasting ground of rejoicing to him.
(2.) They would not only have good in the General, but some eternal good: And because this is not so evident by nature, they grope and feel about for it, Act. 17.26. There is an unsatisfiedness in present things, and therefore they are scrambling, and feeling about for some better thing. As Solomon tryed all experiments, so do men go about seeking for good, Eccl. 7.29. Since we lost the streight line of Gods direction, we seek it sometimes in one thing, sometimes in another; and Christ saith, Mat. 13.45, 46. That the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a Merchant man seeking goodly pearls. And when he had found one pearl of good price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Man would have something contentful, that may be an everlasting ground of rejoycing to him.