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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.
(2.) From the pleasure God taketh in his own Image: So much of the Image of God as his Creature hath, so far more amiable in the sight of God: The Lord delighteth in the Upright, Prov. 11.20. If God delighteth in them, he delighteth more in one that is more holy and upright. Thus from God Holiness we may argue, he doth not delight in the impure, Psal. 5.4. Thou art not a God that hast pleasure in wickedness. He cannot so fully delight in the less pure; Psal. 18.25, 26. With the upright man thou wilt show thy self upright, with the pure thou wilt show thy self pure.
(2.) From the pleasure God taketh in his own Image: So much of the Image of God as his Creature hath, so far more amiable in the sight of God: The Lord delighteth in the Vpright, Prov. 11.20. If God delighteth in them, he delighteth more in one that is more holy and upright. Thus from God Holiness we may argue, he doth not delight in the impure, Psal. 5.4. Thou art not a God that hast pleasure in wickedness. He cannot so fully delight in the less pure; Psal. 18.25, 26. With the upright man thou wilt shew thy self upright, with the pure thou wilt shew thy self pure.
(3.) From the Justice of God, and the Quality of that Happiness which we expect: Though it be an act of free Grace and bounty in God to bestow it on us, yet 'tis a Reward; and Reward is considerable with respect to the work: The Reward is not of Merit, but Grace; but yet Gods merciful Justice respecteth the degree of our Service;