A51846:799
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.
3. God requireth it, that we may acknowledge the Debt, and confess our Impotency, being practically convinced thereof, and so humbly implore his Grace.
4. God is still offering recovering Mercy, and never forsaketh any, but those that forsake him first; 1 Chron. 18.9. If thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 2 Chron. 5.2. If you forsake him, he will forsake you: Did you improve your selves, and beg Gods Grace, and carry on the Common work as far as you can, then 'twere another matter. He that useth Gods means as well as he can, he lieth nearer to the blessing of them, than the wilful despiser and Neglecter of them. Unsanctified men may do less evil, and more good than they do: Therefore if they neglect the means, they are left inexcusable; not only as originally disabled, but as wilfully graceless: So that no such prejudice can lye against God; he offereth grace, and power, and men will not have it.
4. God is still offering recovering Mercy, and never forsaketh any, but those that forsake him first; 1 Chron. 18.9. If thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 2 Chron. 5.2. If you forsake him, he will forsake you: Did you improve your selves, and beg Gods Grace, and carry on the Common work as far as you can, then 'twere another matter. He that useth Gods means as well as he can, he lyeth nearer to the blessing of them, than the wilful despiser and Neglecter of them. Unsanctified men may do less evil, and more good than they do: Therefore if they neglect the means, they are left inexcusable; not only as originally disabled, but as wilfully graceless: So that no such prejudice can lye against God; he offereth grace, and power, and men will not have it.