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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.
Now, put all these things together, and you will soon find, that a Slothful Servant is a very wicked, naughty Servant. Satis est Mali ipsum nihil fecisse Boni.
Now, put all these things together, and you will soon find, that a Sloathful Servant is a very wicked, naughty Servant. Satis est Mali ipsum nihil fecisse Boni.
They are not only evil Servants, that teach Falsities; but they also, that do not promote the Kingdom of Christ to their Power: Not only they that do no Hurt, but they that do no Good. Matth. 3.20. Every Tree that bringeth not forth good Fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the Fire. Not only the Poisonous, but the Barren Tree.
They are not only evil Servants, that teach Falsities; but they also, that do not promote the Kingdom of Christ to their Power: Not only they that do no Hurt, but they that do no Good. Matth. 3.20. Every Tree that bringeth not forth good Fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the Fire. Not only the Poysonous, but the Barren Tree.
(2.) The Motives that draw us to this Idleness and Sloth, are paltry, base, and such as offer great Wrong to God. Alas! what have we to hinder us in God's Service, but a little worldly Profit, Pleasure, or Honour? Now, what a gross Sin is it, to love the World above God; or to neglect Christ, that died for thee, merely to please the Flesh, and to seek its Ease and Contentment! Probatio unius sine contumelia alterius procedere non potest. Heb. 12.15. Lest any Root of Bitterness springing up, trouble you; and thereby many be defiled. If there were some better or more considerable thing in the Case, the Fault were the less, and our Negligence might the more be excused: But this is a gross Sin, to despise God for poor contemptible Vanities. The World counts Profaneness by another Measure than the Scripture: You count Adulterers, and Drunkards, and Swearers profane; but the Scripture counteth them profane, that have