A51846:843
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.
(4.) Excuses argue an ill Spirit, and an unwilling Heart. When they should do something for God, there is something still in the way, some Danger, or some Difficulty, which they are loath to encounter withal. Prov. 26.13. The slothful Man saith, There is a Lyon in the way. They are fruits of the Quarrel between Conviction and Corruption; and are usually found in us when we first begin to understand the way of the Lord, but are loath to come up to the Terms. Certainly, 'tis better be doing, than excusing: Doing is safe, but Excuses are but a Patch upon a sore Place. If we have done a Fault, 'tis better confess, and seek a Pardon, than to excuse and extenuate.
(4.) Excuses argue an ill Spirit, and an unwilling Heart. When they should do something for God, there is something still in the way, some Danger, or some Difficulty, which they are loath to encounter withal. Prov. 26.13. The sloathful Man saith, There is a Lyon in the way. They are fruits of the Quarrel between Conviction and Corruption; and are usually found in us when we first begin to understand the way of the Lord, but are loath to come up to the Terms. Certainly, 'tis better be doing, than excusing: Doing is safe, but Excuses are but a Patch upon a sore Place. If we have done a Fault, 'tis better confess, and seek a Pardon, than to excuse and extenuate.
(5.) Consider the Invalidity of all things, that are usually alleged by Sinners: And to help you, consider,
(5.) Consider the Invalidity of all things, that are usually alledged by Sinners: And to help you, consider,