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Sermons preached
Sermons preached by the late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1678
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.
2. God's Act about it, [Greek or Hebrew], Which God hath before ordained. The word signifies both prepared and ordained. 1. God hath prepared these Works for us. 2. God hath prepared us for them. He hath prepared them for us either by his Decree or Precept: if you understand it in the first sense, God that hath ordained the End, hath also appointed Means, as Acts 27. 31. compared with 24. Or else appointed by his Precept, and express Will. Micah 6. 8. And he hath prepared us for them by his Spirit, making our Hearts fit for our Work. Heb. 8. 20. enlightening the Mind, inclining the Will. The first showeth the necessity of them; the second, the easiness ⟨p. 395⟩of them. God hath accommodated all things to that End, enabling us to know our Duty, and to do it.
2. God's Act about it, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Which God hath before ordained. The word signifies both prepared and ordained. 1. God hath prepared these Works for us. 2. God hath prepared us for them. He hath prepared them for us either by his Decree or Precept: if you understand it in the first sense, God that hath ordained the End, hath also appointed Means, as Acts 27. 31. compared with 24. Or else appointed by his Precept, and express Will. Micah 6. 8. And he hath prepared us for them by his Spirit, making our Hearts fit for our Work. Heb. 8. 20. enlightning the Mind, inclining the Will. The first sheweth the necessity of them; the second, the easiness ⟨p. 395⟩of them. God hath accomodated all things to that End, enabling us to know our Duty, and to do it.