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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.
(2.) There is a Watching unto Good, or for the Performance of our Duties; that we go about them in an holy, serious, conscionable Manner, observing the best Opportunities, and taking heed there be no secret Leaven of Hypocrisy in them. Of all holy Duties the Scripture applieth it to Prayer, which of all other holy Services is the commonest, and the chiefest; and Watching therein is a great help, though by Analogy it holdeth good in other duties, as we shall see in a few places. Col. 4.2. Continue in Prayer, and watch in the same, with thanksgiving: So 1 Pet. 4.7. Be sober, and watch unto Prayer. So Eph. 6.18. —watching therein with all perseverance. Satan is a great Enemy to this duty, and our Hearts are averse, and hardly brought and kept to it: Unless it be well performed, our Communion with God is interrupted, and at a stand. Out of all these places we may well collect, That there is, First, A watching unto Prayer, or before Prayer: Secondly, A watching in Prayer, or in the Duty: Thirdly, A watching after Prayer, or when the Duty is over.
(2.) There is a VVatching unto Good, or for the Performance of our Duties; that we go about them in an holy, serious, conscionable Manner, observing the best Opportunities, and taking heed there be no secret Leaven of Hypocrisie in them. Of all holy Duties the Scripture applieth it to Prayer, which of all other holy Services is the commonest, and the chiefest; and Watching therein is a great help, though by Analogy it holdeth good in other duties, as we shall see in a few places. Col. 4.2. Continue in Prayer, and watch in the same, with thanksgiving: So 1 Pet. 4.7. Be sober, and watch unto Prayer. So Eph. 6.18. —watching therein with all perseverance. Sathan is a great Enemy to this duty, and our Hearts are averse, and hardly brought and kept to it: Unless it be well performed, our Communion with God is interrupted, and at a stand. Out of all these places we may well collect, That there is, First, A watching unto Prayer, or before Prayer: Secondly, A watching in Prayer, or in the Duty: Thirdly, A watching after Prayer, or when the Duty is over.