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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.) Eternal, here in the Text: Cast the unprofitable Servant, &c. These sins Christ will mainly inquire after at the day of Judgment; and vers. 42.43. of this Chapter, and Math. 7.19. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen down and cast into the fire; though not bad or poisonous fruit: By all these Arguments it appeareth that sins of Omission may be great sins.
(3.) Eternal, here in the Text: Cast the unprofitable Servant, &c. These sins Christ will mainly inquire after at the day of Judgment; and vers. 42.43. of this Chapter, and Math. 7.19. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen down and cast into the fire; though not bad or poysonous fruit: By all these Arguments it appeareth that sins of Omission may be great sins.
Thirdly, That some sins of Omission are greater than others: All are not alike, as the more necessary the Duties, the more faulty the Omission, Heb. 2.3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation? 1 Cor. 16.22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha: not if a man hate, but if he love not, &c. These are peccata contra remedium, as others contra officium: By other sins we make the Wound, by these we refuse the Plaster. Again, If the Omission be total, •er. 10.25. —Call not on the Name of the Lord: Psal. 14.3. None seeketh after God. Again, When seasonable Duties are neglected, Math. 25.44. When I was an hungered ye fed me not: