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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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Fifthly, The Hazard and Danger of not watching. 'Tis notably represented in this Parable: Only the Ready enter. Take heed therefore the like do not happen to you as to the foolish Virgins: They are excluded, and that irrevocably; If they would never so fain enter, Christ will not hearken unto them, Rev. 3.3. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come upon thee like a Thief in the night. 1 Thes. 5.3. Woeful is their condition that are secure and unprovided.
Fifthly, The Hazard and Danger of not watching. 'Tis notably represented in this Parable: Only the Ready enter. Take heed therefore the like do not happen to you as to the foolish Virgins: They are excluded, and that irrevocably; If they would never so fain enter, Christ will not hearken unto them, Rev. 3.3. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come upon thee like a Thief in the night. 1 Thes. 5.3. Woful is their condition that are secure and unprovided.
Sixthly, Consider what men would do to avoid temporal Inconveniency: Mat. 24.43. If the good man of the house had known when the Thief would come, he would have watched; much more should Christs Disciples to avoid eternal destruction. 'Tis an advantage to put the case in outward things, Mal. 1.8. it showeth the disproportion of our respects to Temporals and Spirituals. If we are so careful in looking to our Bodies and Goods, we are or should be more careful in watching over our Souls, where the danger is greater. The Worlds diligence and double-diligence in earthly things will condemn our neglect in spiritual things.