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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.
First, That in Gifts either of Mind, or of the Body, our Faithfulness is measured by our endeavour, and not by our success: Dominus non considerat (saith Jerome,) lucri magnitudinem, sed studii voluntatem. The Crown of Faithfulness, and the Crown of Fruitfulness, do both adorn the person that wears them: Though they be not gathered, yet our work is with God: Isa. 49.4. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: Yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with God. Though little fruit and effect on men, yet not the less regarded and rewarded by God.
Secondly, That in the laying out of our Gifts, God doth not measure them by the Quantity and Value of what is given, but by the Affection and Heart of the Giver. Affectus pretium rebus imponit, saith Ambrose; which is a Comfort to the poorer sort, who have but little to give and contribute to good uses: 1 Cor. 8.11. If there be first a willing mind, a man is accepted according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not. So in other things, the smallness and meanness of the Benefit, doth not diminish Gods estimation of mans love and affection: On the other side, 'tis […] to the great and Rich: All those pompous Services, if not a real mind, ⟨p. 95⟩are not accepted, 1 Cor. 13.1. God loveth non copiosum, sed hi•arem Datorem, not a large, but a cheerful Giver.
Secondly, That in the laying out of our Gifts, God doth not measure them by the Quantity and Value of what is given, but by the Affection and Heart of the Giver. Affectus pretium rebus imponit, saith Ambrose; which is a Comfort to the poorer sort, who have but little to give and contribute to good uses: