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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.
First, By the Terms by which 'tis expressed in Scripture.
(1.) 'Tis expressed sometimes with respect to the Original Author, Pattern, and Fountain of it, which is God. And so, it is called the divine Nature, 2 Pet. 1.4. whereby is not meant the Infinite Essence of God, which can neither be divided, or communicated to any Creature; but of those holy and heavenly qualities, and dispositions whereby we resemble God. The heart of this Christian is so stamped with Gods own Image and Character, that he beginneth to look like God, for wisdom, holiness, purity, pity. So sometimes 'tis called the life of God, Eph. 4.18. that spiritual Life that is begun in Regeneration, is so called; not as God is the first original Author of Life natural, but the Pattern of it. From both these places it appeareth, we must first be partakers of such a Nature as God hath, before we can live such a Life as God doth.
(2.) 'Tis sometimes expressed with respect to the meritorious and procuring Cause, or the immediate Head and Fountain of it; and so Christ is said to live in us, Gal. 2.20. to dwell in us, Eph. 3.17. to remain in us as the hope of Glory, Col. 1.27. ⟨p. 13⟩That Christians may live the Life of Grace, they must first be united to Christ; for he liveth in us as the Head in the Members, or the Root in the Branches: We must be united to Christ, and receive influence from him as Branches from the Root. Through Faith Christ is perpetually present in Virtue, Grace and Spirit. We must first partake of Christ himself, being most strictly united to him, as Members to the Head, from whence they receive sense and motion: He taketh up a fixed and unmoveable habitation in our hearts,