A51846:837
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.
Doct. No excuse shall serve the unfaithful and slothful Servant at the day of Judgment.
Doct. No excuse shall serve the unfaithful and sloathful Servant at the day of Iudgment.
Let a Man deceive himself now, and please himself with these Pretences, as he will; all his Excuses shall be retorted upon him, and made matter of his Condemnation. For the Judge is Impartial, and Omniscient; his Eyes cannot be blinded: nay, he can open your own Consciences; and so overwhelm you with the Evidence and Conviction of your Sins, that you shall have nothing to say. As in the 22th. of Matthew, The Man was speechless when arraigned. But because the excusing Humour is very rife, and many things serve the turn now, which will not bear weight then; I shall a little handle this Matter of Excusing. In the general, an Excuse is an Apology, or vain Defence; whereby the Sinner seeketh to palliate his Negligence in God's Service. To undeceive you,
First, Take these general Considerations.