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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 the certainty of this Account; his Wisdom, Justice, Goodness and Truth require it. His Wisdom requireth it: for no wise man would put hi• Goods to trust, and never look after them more; and shall we imagine that the wise God would send reasonable Creatures into the World, and furnish them with excellent Gifts and Endowments, and never consider how they employ themselves? Is man Gods Servant? then certainly he is liable to an account: You had never come into the World, but for this business, to serve and please God. For God maketh nothing in vain, but all things for himself, Prov. 16.4. And do you think that after you are made for this end, you may live as you lift, and never be called to a reckoning? So absurd a thought cannot enter into the heart of a reasonable man. Eccl. 11.9. Rejoice O young man in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: But ⟨p. 102⟩know thou, for all these things God will bring thee to judgment. Man would be but a sort of Beast, if he had no other end of his Actions, but to eat, and drink, and sleep; and no other account to give; surely the most wise God would not have given us such excellent faculties in vain. He fitteth all Creatures for their use: Every Workman fitteth his work for the end for which it serveth; so God hath made Man for some end and use. And Gods Justice requireth it, that it should be well with them that do well, and ill with them that do ill. In the World it is not so: his Servants are very often abused while doing their work most faithfully; the World thinks them mad, hateth them. They that neglect their own work, beat their Fellow-servants, therefore the honour of his Justice requireth they should be called to an account; 1 Pet. 4.5. Who must give an account to him who is ready to judge the quick and the dead. There is not a thought in wicked mens Hearts, nor a word in their Mouths contrary to God, and his People, but he taketh notice of it, and will exact an account thereof; a strict and impartial account of all their hard speeches. And the Goodness of God requireth it. His goodness to the World in general: the World would be a Wilderness, and Men like ravenous Beasts, if there were not some Bridle and awe of a World to come upon them;