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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.
II. The Heinousness of the Sin.
II. The Hainousness of the Sin.
1. In General, that is evident from what is said already; I shall urge two Arguments more.
(1.) That Men shall be called to an account for these Sins as well as others, they are not passed by in the Judgment. Jud. 15. God will execute Judgment upon all ungodly Sinners, not only for their ungodly Deeds, but for all their hard Speeches. Now if injurious and contumelious Language come into the Judgment, how should all beware of the least accession to this Guilt? So, 1 Pet. 4. 4, 5. They speak evil of you, who shall give an account to him that is ready to judg the Quick and the Dead. The Mockers, as well as Persecutors, were to give a strict and sad Account. It is no slight and light Sin to ⟨p. 189⟩divulge and spread false Calumnies, to hurt the Credit of our Brethren. God takes notice of a Thought in our Heart against them, a Word in our Mouths, and will exact a strict Account thereof.
(1.) That Men shall be called to an account for these Sins as well as others, they are not passed by in the Judgment. Jud. 15. God will execute Iudgment upon all ungodly Sinners, not only for their ungodly Deeds, but for all their hard Speeches. Now if injurious and contumelious Language come into the Judgment, how should all beware of the least accession to this Guilt? So,