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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. A Right of making or framing any thing as he willeth, in any manner as it pleaseth him. As the Potter hath power over his own clay to form what vessel he pleaseth, either of honour or dishonour, Rom. 9.21. and Jer. 8.16. As clay in the hand of the Potter, so are ye in my hand, saith the Lord of Hosts. Nothing before it had a Being had a right to dispose of it self, neither did God make it what is was by necessity of nature, nor by the command, counsel, or will of any Superior, or the direction of any Coadjutor; neither is there any to whom he should render an account of his work; but merely produced all things by the act of his own Will, as an absolute Owner, and sovereign Lord of all his actions: Eph. 1.11. He worketh all things according to the counsel of his will. And Rev. 4.11. Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created: Such was Gods absolute ⟨p. 83⟩power. This should be thought of by us, because whatever was given us in Creation is not a matter of right, but the mere effect of Gods good will and good pleasure. He might have made us Stocks and Stones, and not living Creatures, or among living Creatures Plants only, with a life of vegetation and growth; or if a sensitive life, in the lowest rank, Toads and Vipers, or at best, but as Horse or Mule, without understanding, and not Men. Among men all the Blessings and Privileges we were born to, might have been withheld without any injustice: The various Constitutions and Complexions of men, all their gifts and natural capacities are the fruits of his Sovereign Will.
1. A Right of making or framing any thing as he willeth, in any manner as it pleaseth him. As the Potter hath power over his own clay to form what vessel he pleaseth, either of honour or dishonour, Rom. 9.21. and Jer. 8.16. As clay in the hand of the Potter, so are ye in my hand, saith the Lord of Hosts. Nothing before it had a Being had a right to dispose of it self, neither did God make it what is was by necessity of nature, nor by the command, counsel, or will of any Superiour, or the direction of any Coadjutor; neither is there any to whom he should render an account of his work; but meerly produced all things by the act of his own Will, as an absolute Owner, and sovereign Lord of all his actions: