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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.
(1.) 'Tis so absolutely inherent in him, that it cannot be communicated to another; that is, we cannot alienate and make void this right by our sins: Though we sold our selves for nought, Isa. 52.3. it was to our loss, not to Gods: He hath a full right to command us to keep his Law, whether men be faulty or innocent. A drunken Servant is a Servant, though he be disabled to do his Masters work. No mans right can be vacated without his consent. Creatures are Creatures still, obnoxious to the Law of the Creator, or his punishment for the breach of it. In that interest we have in things, the default of another doth not make void our right, especially if it be Inferiors; as the Rebellion of the Subject doth not exempt him from the power of his Prince.
(1.) 'Tis so absolutely inherent in him, that it cannot be communicated to another; that is, we cannot alienate and make void this right by our sins: Though we sold our selves for nought, Isa. 52.3. it was to our loss, not to Gods: He hath a full right to command us to keep his Law, whether men be faulty or innocent. A drunken Servant is a Servant, though he be disabled to do his Masters work. No mans right can be vacated without his consent. Creatures are Creatures still, obnoxious to the Law of the Creator, or his punishment for the breach of it. In that interest we have in things, the default of another doth not make void our right, especially if it be Inferiours; as the Rebellion of the Subject doth not exempt him from the power of his Prince.
(2.) Neither doth God give it away by bestowing Gifts upon the Creature: For he hath given us only Dispensationem, the employment of these things, not Dominium, the Sovereign power over them. Man hath nothing that is his own. As to Life, it is clear Man is not Dominus vitae, but Custos; which is true, not only of our Life, but of our Time, Wealth, Strength Parts, yea of all that we have: Still we are subject to an higher Lord, who hath an absolute uncontrollable right. All our owning is but a Stewardship,