A51846:736
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 Pet. 1.7. That your Faith may be found unto Praise, Honour and Glory, at the appearing of Christ.
1. There is not only verbal Commendation, but real Remuneration: Glory and Honour put upon them, as well as Praise ascribed to them; (1.) Praise, because he shall then commend their Faith before men and Angels. Revel. 3.5. I will confess his Name before my Father and his Angels. (2.) There will be a solemn Owning and honouring of them, when all the Holy Angels shall be present. Oh what a Favour is it to be commended of God! 2 Cor. 10.18. For not he that commendeth himself is approved; but whom the Lord commendeth. When they had finished the Tabernacle, all was viewed and approved by Moses, Moses blessed them. Oh what is it to be blessed and commended by the Son of God, in that great Assembly of the whole world.
2. Here is Preferment and Advancement to a higher place in the Family. Christ will prefer them as men do their Servants, Mat. 24.47. Make him Ruler over all his Goods: These Expressions are taken from the greatest Honours a man can do his faithful Servants in the world; 1 Kings 12.20. As Jeroboam was made Ruler over all the charge of the House of Joseph, so will Christ advance his Servants to high Dignity, sometimes expressed by setting them upon Thrones,