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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.
SERMON II.
MATTH. XXV. v. 3, 4. They that were foolish, took their Lamps, and took no Oil with them; But the wise took Oil in their Vessels, with their Lamps.
MATTH. XXV. v. 3, 4. They that were foolish, took their Lamps, and took no Oyl with them; But the wise took Oyl in their Vessels, with their Lamps.
NOT only the openly wicked, those that eat and drink with the Drunken, are rejected, but those that have some show of Godliness; yea, hopeful beginnings, but not improved, is the drift of this Parable. We have considered wherein the ten Virgins agree; now, wherein they differ: They had so much Wisdom to take their Lamps with them, but so much Folly as to take no Oil in their Vessels. These Vessels were annexed to their Lamps, or that part of the Lamp which was kindled and lighted. By the Lamps are meant outward Profession, Matth. 5.16. by the ⟨p. 11⟩Oil, the Spirit, called the Anointing, which abideth in us, 1 Joh. 2.27. Now the foolish Virgins, are such inconsiderate Christians as content themselves with the Name and blaze of outward Profession, neglecting the great work within; namely, an inward principle of Grace, which should maintain their Profession before men, and their Uprightness before God; they had only some transient motions of the Spirit, or inclinations to that which is good, enough to keep up their present Profession, but not to hold out and suffice at Christs coming. But the wise Virgins, that had Oil in their Vessels, with their Lamps, are sound and solid Christians, who with the Lamps of external Profession, are careful to be furnished inwardly with the Graces of the Holy Spirit.