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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.
3. By our weakness in Temptations and Conflicts: We cannot deny a carnal Pleasure, yet we are told, Rom. 8.13. If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: Nor withstand a carnal Fear, yet we are told, Matth. 10.28. Fear not him that can kill the Body, but fear him that can cast both Body and Soul into Hell. But shrink at the least pains of Duty, when we are told on the one hand, 1 Cor. 15.58. That our labour shall not be in vain in the Lord: On the other side, Rev. 21.8. That the fearful and unbelieving shall have their part in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimstone, which is the second death: On the other side, that 'tis the most irrational thing to go to Hell, to save our selves the labour of Obedience: The whole world promised for a reward, cannot induce us to enter into a fiery Furnace for half an hour. If one much desiring sleep, (which is Chrysostom's supposition) should be told that if he once nodded, he should endure ten years torment, would he venture?
3. By our weakness in Temptations and Conflicts: We cannot deny a carnal Pleasure, yet we are told, Rom. 8.13. If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: Nor withstand a carnal Fear, yet we are told, Matth. 10.28. Fear not him that can kill the Body, but fear him that can cast both Body and Soul into Hell. But shrink at the least pains of Duty, when we are told on the one hand, 1 Cor. 15.58. That our labour shall not be in vain in the Lord: On the other side, Rev. 21.8. That the fearful and unbelieving shall have their part in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimstone, which is the second death: On the other side, that 'tis the most irrational thing to go to Hell, to save our selves the labour of Obedience: The whole world promised for a reward, cannot induce us to enter into a fiery Furnace for half an hour. If one much desiring sleep, (which is Chrysostome's supposition) should be told that if he once nodded, he should endure ten years torment, would he venture?