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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.
the understanding hath a double act, apprehension or dijudication, it judgeth of the truth of things apprehended, or apprehendeth the tenor of things, and then judgeth of the truth of them; they are not enlightened in a way of Faith that are only able to talk of Heavenly things, but such as are persuaded of the truth of them: And then mark the Adjuncts, 'tis a firm and Cordial assent.
the understanding hath a double act, apprehension or dijudication, it judgeth of the truth of things apprehended, or apprehendeth the tenor of things, and then judgeth of the truth of them; they are not enlightned in a way of Faith that are only able to talk of Heavenly things, but such as are perswaded of the truth of them: And then mark the Adjuncts, 'tis a firm and Cordial assent.
(1.) 'Tis a firm assent, and that excludeth many things from Faith, as light Credulity: Prov. 14.15. The simple believeth every word. He that believeth every thing without search and serious advertency, believeth nothing. And it excludeth bare non-contradiction. Many are thought to believe the Religion they live under, because they do not question it: These can no more be said to believe, than Children are said to believe the Questions and Answers of the Catechism they have learned by rote. True Faith knoweth the certainty of those things wherein they have been instructed; Luk. 1.4. And then it excludeth Conjecture to be Faith, which is a lighter inclination of the mind to a thing as probable; it may be so, yet there is a suspicion to the contrary. Nay, it excludeth Opinion, which goeth higher than Conjecture, but cometh short of Faith.
(1.) 'Tis a firm assent, and that excludeth many things from Faith, as light Credulity: Prov. 14.15. The simple believeth every word. He that believeth every thing without search and serious advertency, believeth nothing. And it excludeth bare non-contradiction. Many are thought to believe the Religion they live under, because they do not question it: These can no more be said to believe, than Children are said to believe the Questions and Answers of the Catechism they have learned by rote. True Faith knoweth the certainty of those things wherein they have been instructed;