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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.
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.
1 USE, Let this assuage the Envy and Trouble of the Meanest: If thy Gifts be mean, thy Account will be so much the easier: Merchants that have the greatest Dealing, are not ever the safest men. Eccles. 1.18. He that increaseth Knowledge, increaseth Sorrow. None so miserable as they that have received much, and returned little; which should prevail with us to an Acqu•efcency in Gods Providence, though our Talents be not so large.
1 VSE, Let this asswage the Envy and Trouble of the Meanest: If thy Gifts be mean, thy Account will be so much the easier: Merchants that have the greatest Dealing, are not ever the safest men. Eccles. 1.18. He that encreaseth Knowledge, encreaseth Sorrow. None so miserable as they that have received much, and returned little; which should prevail with us to an Acqu•efcency in Gods Providence, though our Talents be not so large.
2. Let it quicken those that have received greater Gifts than others, to do so much the more good with them: you are more bound, and that which God will accept from others, he will not from you. If you have many Ordinances and means of Improvement, you should get the more Grace.