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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. That He is rigorous in his Commands: 2. Niggardly and tenacious in his Gifts and helps of Grace: 3. And as to Acceptance, that he is hard to please, and easy to offend. All these may be gathered out of the words of the unfaithful Servant, and all these lye deep in the Hearts of men against Gods Sovereignty.
1. That He is rigorous in his Commands: 2. Niggardly and tenacious in his Gifts and helps of Grace: 3. And as to Acceptance, that he is hard to please, and easie to offend. All these may be gathered out of the words of the unfaithful Servant, and all these lye deep in the Hearts of men against Gods Sovereignty.
(1.) Hypocrites accuse God of Tyranny in his Laws, as if he dealt hardly with his Creatures, to leave them with such affections in the midst of the Snares and Temptations of the present Life, and requiring such Duty from them. Certainly, all that God hath required of us, is holy, just, and good, conducing not only to his Glory, but to the Rectitude and Perfection of our Natures; man would not be man, if such things were not required of him; so that if we were in our right wits, and were left to our own Option and Choice, we would prefer Subjection to such Laws, before Exemption and freedom. Micah. 6.8. Are Justice, Temperance, Chastity, Piety, Patience, Gives and Fetters to Humane Nature? We cannot be without these, and preserve the Nobleness of our being, and the good of humane Societies. 'Tis true, this lower World furnisheth us with many Temptations to the contrary, but these Temptations work not by constraining Efficacy, but only by enticing Persuasion, and have we not more earnest Persuasions to love God, and please God? Are not God, and Christ, and Heaven, more lovely Objects, than all the Pleasures and Profits and Honours of the World? These things do not force the will, but draw your consent; and surely God hath propounded more lovely things in his Covenant, to draw this consent from them: The great fault is in our Lust, 2 Pet. 1.4