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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.) Consider, 'Tis our business in the World: Now every one should ask for what end he was born, and continued in the World so long. Our Lord Jesus, Joh. 18.37. saith, To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the World, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one is sent into the world for some end; for surely God would not make a Creature in vain: We did not come into the World merely to fill up the number of things, as Stones and Rubbish, nor to grow in bulk and stature as the Plants, nor to enjoy pleasure without remorse as the Beasts: God would never then have given us those higher faculties of Reason and Conscience. For what end did I come into the World, but to glorify God in my place? to act that part in the World which the great master of the Scenes appointed to me: Why do I live here? What have I done in pursuance of my great end? Most men live as Beasts, eat, and drink, and sleep, and die; and there's an end of them; they never asked in good earnest, for what purpose they came hither.
(1.) Consider, 'Tis our business in the World: Now every one should ask for what end he was born, and continued in the World so long. Our Lord Jesus, Joh. 18.37. saith, To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the World, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one is sent into the world for some end; for surely God would not make a Creature in vain: We did not come into the VVorld meerly to fill up the number of things, as Stones and Rubbish, nor to grow in bulk and stature as the Plants, nor to enjoy pleasure without remorse as the Beasts: God would never then have given us those higher faculties of Reason and Conscience. For what end did I come into the VVorld, but to glorifie God in my place? to act that part in the VVorld which the great master of the Scenes appointed to me: Why do I live here? What have I done in pursuance of my great end? Most men live as Beasts, eat, and drink, and sleep, and die; and there's an end of them; they never asked in good earnest, for what purpose they came hither.