A51846:674
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.
Reasons of the Point.
Because Righteousness doth consist in a Proportion; and so it holdeth good both for our Duty, and Gods Judgement.
First, For our Duty; that we should be fruitful according to our Means, Opportunities, and Helps, for every one of these increase our Obligation.
First, For our Duty; that we should be fruitful according to our Means, Opportunities, and Helps, for every one of these encrease our Obligation.
Secondly, For Gods Judgement. God is not a Pharaoh, to require the full tale of Brick, where he doth not afford stubble: In all his Proceedings there is great Equity; he considereth men according to their Advantages. Rom. 2.9. Tribulation and anguish upon every Soul of man that doth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile.