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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.
(1.) It disposeth the Soul to a sincere Obedience to God, as an inherent Principle. Eph. 4. 24. It is created after God in Righteousness and true Holiness, as suiting us to these things. So the Spirit is promised to enable us to walk in God's ways. Ezek. 36. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my Statutes, and ye shall keep my Judgments and do them. It helps us to avoid Sin. 1 Joh. 3. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit Sin, for his Seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. They that give back, cannot yield to those Sins with which others are surprised and captivated.
(1.) It disposeth the Soul to a sincere Obedience to God, as an inherent Principle. Eph. 4. 24. It is created after God in Righteousness and true Holiness, as suiting us to these things. So the Spirit is promised to enable us to walk in God's ways. Ezek. 36. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my Statutes, and ye shall keep my Iudgments and do them. It helps us to avoid Sin. 1 Joh. 3. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit Sin, for his Seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. They that give back, cannot yeild to those Sins with which others are surprized and captivated.
(2.) It prepares us for Heaven. Thither is the tendency of the new Nature, 2 Pet. 1. 4.