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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.
Secondly, Consider whom it is he inviteth. Do not put it off to others, Mar. 13.37. What I say unto you, I say unto all, watch. Some Persons are especially deputed to watch over others, as Magistrates, Rom. 13.6. Ministers, Heb. 13.12. But every man is made a Guardian over his own Soul; rich and poor, they are both to watch: The meanest people are then taken notice of, and that exactly, Mat. 24.40, 41. Two Women grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and the other left: Two in the field, one taken, and the other left. Those of the meanest degree. All that live in all Ages, in all times, to them he said, Watch: Do not put it off to them that live in the Age on which the Ends of the World are come. You will be found at that day as Death leaveth you. None of all degrees of Grace are past this care: If there be any difference between Christian and Christian, one is more watchful than another; if of never so long standing and experience, yet if not watchful, soon surprised. Gods best Servants have been surprised for want of watching: Noah was overtaken in Drunkenness, Lot that was chaste in Sodom, committed Incest in the Mountains, where were none but his own Family. And do but compare David and Joseph; you find David tempting, Joseph tempted; David was a King, Joseph a Slave; David an Old Man of much experience, Joseph a Young Man; David a married Man, and Joseph a single Man; David was fain to plot and contrive to make way for his sin, but Joseph had the advantage of secrecy; but the one stood, and the other fell: David left his Senses at random, but Joseph kept himself in an awful watchful posture, Gen. 39.9. How shall I do this great wickedness and sin against God?
Secondly, Consider whom it is he inviteth. Do not put it off to others, Mar. 13.37. What I say unto you, I say unto all, watch. Some Persons are especially deputed to watch over others, as Magistrates, Rom. 13.6. Ministers,