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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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3. 'Tis not meant only of those that have a show or a false and counterfeit Profession, that are taught to act over their part in Religion as a Play, as in the best and purest Churches there will be Hypocrites: No, these had some real work, though not a saving but a common work, as a man may have a light tincture of religion whose heart is not yet sound with God, Psa. 119.80. therefore David Prayeth, Let my heart be sound in thy Statutes. There was not an universal renouncing of all corruptions, not that thorough care to please God, nor a rooted affection to Christ, though they have some good motions, hopeful inclinations that way, as these Virgins seemed to be well affected to Christ; for the present they had their Lamps, made some slender preparation, they went forth to meet the Bridegroom ⟨p. 5⟩as others did: Therefore it will be necessary to show that a common work may go far, and yet come short of blessedness: I shall prove it by three reasons.
3. 'Tis not meant only of those that have a shew or a false and counterfeit Profession, that are taught to act over their part in Religion as a Play, as in the best and purest Churches there will be Hypocrites: No, these had some real work, though not a saving but a common work, as a man may have a light tincture of religion whose heart is not yet sound with God, Psa. 119.80. therefore David Prayeth, Let my heart be sound in thy Statutes. There was not an universal renouncing of all corruptions, not that thorough care to please God, nor a rooted affection to Christ, though they have some good motions, hopeful inclinations that way, as these Virgins seemed to be well affected to Christ; for the present they had their Lamps, made some slender preparation, they went forth to meet the Bridegroom ⟨p. 5⟩as others did: Therefore it will be necessary to shew that a common work may go far, and yet come short of blessedness: I shall prove it by three reasons.