A51846:746
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. USE, It informeth us, that 'tis good to be Christs Servants, and to be faithful in his work. See how ready the Lord is to reward our little sorry service: Come and receive the fruit of my bounty, and the reward of your fidelity. Who would not serve such a Master?
1. VSE, It informeth us, that 'tis good to be Christs Servants, and to be faithful in his work. See how ready the Lord is to reward our little sorry service: Come and receive the fruit of my bounty, and the reward of your fidelity. VVho would not serve such a Master?
2. Consider it: This doth make up all the shame and disgrace that can be in our Trials: We have enough in hand for all the pains and shame that we suffer for his service; the inward peace that we have, and the sense of his Approbation: But our great Reward when we and he meet together, should strike all discouragements dead, and be enough to allay all the sorrows of this life, and the censures of men.
2. Consider it: This doth make up all the shame and disgrace that can be in our Trials: VVe have enough in hand for all the pains and shame that we suffer for his service; the inward peace that we have, and the sense of his Approbation: But our great Reward when we and he meet together, should strike all discouragements dead, and be enough to allay all the sorrows of this life, and the censures of men.
3. To quicken us to Diligence, let us often think of this. When God intended ⟨p. 106⟩to give Canaan to Abraham, he biddeth him walk through the Land, and view it,