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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 XI. › Doct. The more Christians set themselves to obey the new Nature, th…: Doct. The more Christians set themselves to obey the new Nature, the more is the power…

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1. That the Christian hath Liberty of walking according to the Spirit, is out of question: for where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty, 2 Cor. 3. 17. Surely the Spirit of Christ can free us, and doth free us from the bondage of Corruption. Rom. 8. 2. The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ hath freed me from the Law of Sin and Death; otherwise there would be no distinction between Nature and Grace. If we should be still shackled and manacled by our Lusts, and be as unable to pursue our last End as we were before; if there were no inclination to God and Heavenly things, what have they gotten by Grace? and therefore though we are still weak, yet we have the gift of the Spirit to free us from Sin. The Force and Efficacy of the new Nature appeareth in three things, Scire, Veil, Posse; in knowing our Duty, and willing and purposing, and doing our Duty: suitable to the three Faculties of Man, his Understanding, Will, and vital Power. So the Spirit received from Christ, 2 Tim. 1. 7. is a Spirit of Power, Love, and a sound Mind.

1. That the Christian hath Liberty of walking according to the Spirit, is out of question: for where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty, 2 Cor. 3. 17. Surely the Spirit of Christ can free us, and doth free us from the bondage of Corruption. Rom. 8. 2. The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ hath freed me from the Law of Sin and Death; otherwise there would be no distinction between Nature and Grace. If we should be still shackled and manacled by our Lusts, and be as unable to pursue our last End as we were before; if there were no inclination to God and Heavenly things, what have they gotten by Grace? and therefore though we are still weak, yet we have the gift of the Spirit to free us from Sin. The Force and Efficacy of the new Nature appeareth in three things, Scire, Velle, Posse; in knowing our Duty, and willing and purposing, and doing our Duty: suitable to the three Faculties of Man, his Understanding, Will, and vital Power. So the Spirit received from Christ,

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