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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.
(4.) If they like the End, they dislike the Means. Our Souls are more averse from the Means than from the End. All agree in opinions and wishes about a supreme and immortal Happiness; yet there is a great discord in the way that leadeth to it, not so much in opinion as practice. Men like not Gods terms: Esau ⟨p. 71⟩would have the Blessing, yet sold the Birthright, Heb. 12.16, 17. Indeed in things natural we do not expect the End without the Means; but in things supernatural we do, and so by refusing the Means, we do separate the End, Psal. 106.24. Heaven is a good place, but 'tis an hard matter to get thither; so loath are we to be at the cost and pains: We desire happiness, not holiness. God doth promote those things we naturally desire; but still that we submit to those things we are naturally against. Whatsoever maketh for our selves we are naturally more willing of, than what maketh for the Honour of God: Now if we will not submit to the one, we shall not have the other. We would all be pardoned, and freed from the Curse of the Law, and the Damnation of Hell; but we are unwilling to let go the profit and pleasure that we fancy in Sin.
(4.) If they like the End, they dislike the Means. Our Souls are more averse from the Means than from the End. All agree in opinions and wishes about a supream and immortal Happiness; yet there is a great discord in the way that leadeth to it, not so much in opinion as practice. Men like not Gods terms: Esau ⟨p. 71⟩would have the Blessing, yet sold the Birthright, Heb. 12.16, 17. Indeed in things natural we do not expect the End without the Means; but in things supernatural we do, and so by refusing the Means, we do separate the End, Psal. 106.24. Heaven is a good place, but 'tis an hard matter to get thither; so loath are we to be at the cost and pains: We desire happiness, not holiness. God doth promote those things we naturally desire; but still that we submit to those things we are naturally against. Whatsoever maketh for our selves we are naturally more willing of, than what maketh for the Honour of God: Now if we will not submit to the one, we shall not have the other. We would all be pardoned, and freed from the Curse of the Law, and the Damnation of Hell; but we are unwilling to let go the profit and pleasure that we fancy in Sin.