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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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Secondly, The Prevalency and Increase of the Spirit is known,

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(1.) By an humble Contentedness, and Indifferency to Plenty, Pleasures, and Honours. Phil. 4. 12. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound; every where and in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry; both to abound, and suffer need, Heb. 13. 5. Let your Conversation be without Covetousness, and be ye content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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(2.) When your Delight in God, Heaven, and Holiness, is still kept up. Rom. 8. 5. For they that are after the Flesh, do mind the things of the Flesh: but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

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(3.) When the Heart is kept in a preparation for the Duties of your heavenly Calling.

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