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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.
4. This gradual Increase is continued, till at length all be full and perfect. The Apostle prayeth for the Saints, Ephes. 4.19. That they might be filled with all the Fullness of God. God keepeth filling still, till Grace, begun here, be fully completed in Glory hereafter: and in Heaven they are filled up with God, as far as finite Creatures are capable of enjoying that which is Infinite. The reason is, Because the Riches of God's Goodness are inexhaustible: God is never weary of well-doing; where he hath given, he will give; and delighteth to crown his own Gifts. Some Gifts of God leave some Obligation upon him to give more. Deus donando debet. Christ's Reasoning ⟨p. 130⟩implieth so much, Matth. 6.25. Is not Life more than Mea•, and the Body than Raiment? That is an Argument, as long as God will use us for his Glory, he will provide for us. Zech. 3.2. Is not this a Brand plucked out of the Fire? The Argument is from a Brand almost consumed. Would God so eminently appear for them, not to destroy them? Certainly, he will still take care of them. This holdeth universally true in point of Grace; for 'tis given as an Earnest, not as Donum, a Gift, as Men give a Shilling to a Beggar; nor as Pignus, a Pledge, to be taken away; but as Arrha, an Earnest of a greater sum, of which that is a part. So that he that hath, shall have more, and so abundance in all Perfection in Heaven.
4. This gradual Increase is continued, till at length all be full and perfect. The Apostle prayeth for the Saints, Ephes. 4.19. That they might be filled with all the Fulness of God. God keepeth filling still, till Grace, begun here, be fully compleated in Glory hereafter: and in Heaven they are filled up with God, as far as finite Creatures are capable of enjoying that which is Infinite. The reason is, Because the Riches of God's Goodness are inexhaustible: God is never weary of well-doing; where he hath given, he will give; and delighteth to crown his own Gifts. Some Gifts of God leave some Obligation upon him to give more. Deus donando debet. Christ's Reasoning