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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 USE, Let us all be ashamed of our Sloth. There is more evil in it than we are aware of.
1 VSE, Let us all be ashamed of our Sloath. There is more evil in it than we are aware of.
1. Consider the Necessity of Diligence. There is nothing in Religion can be gotten, kept, increased or maintained, without great Diligence: No Comfort without it. 2 Pet. 1.10. Wherefore the rather, Brethren, give all diligence to make your Calling and Election sure. 2 Pet. 3.14. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace. No Grace without it. 2 Pet. 1.5. And besides this, give all diligence jo add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge. No hope of coming to Heaven without it. Heb. 6.11. And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end. Illi falsi sunt (saith Salust) qui diversissimas res expectant, ignaviae voluptatem, & proemia virtutis. 'Tis in vain to think that a loitering Profession will ever bring any glory to God, Comfort or increase of Grace to our selves, or breed in us any comfortable Hope and expectation of Blessedness to come. All excellent things are hard to come by; 'tis true in Earthly matters, 'tis much more true in Spiritual.
1. Consider the Necessity of Diligence. There is nothing in Religion can be gotten, kept, increased or maintained, without great Diligence: No Comfort without it. 2 Pet. 1.10. Wherefore the rather, Brethren, give all diligence to make your Calling and Election sure.