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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.
(2.) There is a Diversity in the Kind of gifts: in the general, some are common, some saving, Heb. 6.5.9. Carnal men have great Abilities for the good of others, the stamp may be Iron and Brass, though the Impress be on Gold and Silver; some bodily, some spiritual: some are called to glorify God with their Honour and Estates; so Luk. 9.11. Others with the gifts of the mind. The gifts of the Mind are common, or saving: Among the common gifts, One hath the word of Wisdom, another the word of Knowledge, 1 Cor. 12.8, 9, 10. Some are able to lay down the Truth soundly; others able to apply it forcibly▪ Some have the gift of Prayer and Utterance, others are able to inform the Judgment or convince Gainsayers; some to clear up Doctrines, others to stir Affections: As the three Ministers of Geneva, Vireto nemo docuit dulcius, Farello nemo tonuit fortius, nemo doctius locutus est Calvino: Among hearers, some have more wisdom, some more knowledge, some more affection: amongst the Pen-men of Scripture, there is a great variety; John is sublime and Seraphical; Paul spiritual and argumentative; Peter in an easy, fluent and mild way; Isaiah more Court like and lofty; Jeremiah more Priest-like and grave. Among the saving gifts, there is a diversity of Graces, though all have all in some measure: The new Creature is not maimed, yet some are more eminent, some for one Grace, some for another; Abraham, for Faith; Job, for Patience; Moses, for Meekness; Timothy, for Temperance; Every Grace working according to the Diversity of tempers; some are modest and mild, others bold and Zealous; some are Mourning for Sin, others raised in the Admiration of the Grace of God in Christ; others exemplary for Strictness, and weanedness from the delights of the Animal Life.
(2.) There is a Diversity in the Kind of gifts: in the general, some are common, some saving, Heb. 6.5.9. Carnal men have great Abilities for the good of others, the stamp may be Iron and Brass, though the Impress be on Gold and Silver; some bodily, some spiritual: some are called to glorify God with their Honour and Estates; so