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Sermons preached

Name: Sermons preached
Author: Thomas Manton

Sermons preached by the late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...

Thomas Manton 1620–1677London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1678

[8], 412 p. · 142k words · Wing M536 · ESTC R7578

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SERMON IX. › Doct. That Christ, as suffering for our Sins, was really deserted f…: Doct. That Christ, as suffering for our Sins, was really deserted for a time, in regard…

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Doct. That Christ, as suffering for our Sins, was really deserted for a time, in regard of all sensible Consolation.

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I. What was Christ's Desertion? II. Why it befell him? III. What use may we make of it?

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I. What was Christ's Desertion? I shall for more distinctness, handle it negatively, and affirmatively.

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First, Negatively.

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1. It was not a Desertion in Appearance or Conceit only, but real. We often mistake God's Dispensations. God may be out of Sight, and yet we not out of Mind. When the Dam is abroad for Meat, the young Brood in the Nest is not forsaken. The Children cry, as if the Mother were totally gone, when she is employed about necessary. Business for their welfare. Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me, my God hath forgotten me,

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Doct. That Christ, as suffering for our Sins, was really deserted for a time, in regard of all sensible Consolation.