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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.) To maintain Love and mutual respect, and that there might be no Schism in the Body: The Apostle saith, Eph. 4.16. The whole Body compacted and joined together, by that which every part supplieth.
(1.) To maintain Love and mutual respect, and that there might be no Schism in the Body: The Apostle saith, Eph. 4.16. The whole Body compacted and joined together, by that which every part supplyeth.
(2.) Diversity of Gifts was most intended, not to dissolve the bonds of Union, but to Strengthen them rather; and therefore the Apostle when he had reckoned up the bonds of Union, he presently addeth, But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ: Eph. 4.7. First he speaketh of what is one in all, and then of those things which are not one in all, but divers in every one: Every one hath his distinct Excellency, to endear him to the respects of others: Diversity of Gifts are an ordinary occasion of Division and Strife; Contempt, Envy, Pride, Discouragement ariseth from hence, but in its self one of the strongest bonds of Union: Whilst all in their way contribute to the good of the whole, and make use of that Excellency in another which themselves want; and we mutually communicate to one another our benefits: As divers Countries have divers Commodities, and one needeth another; one aboundeth with Wines, some have Spices, others have Skins, and Commodities in other kinds, that by Commerce and Traffic there might be Society maintained among Mankind: So God in his Church hath given to one Gifts, to another Grace, to maintain an holy Society and spiritual Commerce among themselves.
(2.) Diversity of Gifts was most intended, not to dissolve the bonds of Vnion, but to Strengthen them rather; and therefore the Apostle when he had reckoned up the bonds of Union, he presently addeth, But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ: