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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 XV. › Quest. But why was he warned so often?

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3 Our Purposes and Desires must be so moderated, that we may be fore-armed for all Events, 2 Sam. 15. 25, 26. If I shall find Favour in the Eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his Habitation. But if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; let him do with me as seemeth good unto him. Such an holy Indifferency should there be upon our Spirits, that we should be like a Die in the Hand of Providence, to be cast high or low, according as it falls. When we are over-earnest for temporal Blessings, we do but make a Scourge, a Snare, and a Rod many times to our selves. For when God's Will is declared to the contrary, this fills us with bitter Sorrow; and obstinate Desires pettishly solicited, put us ⟨p. 278⟩upon great Vexation and Disappointment; and that layeth us open to Atheism, and Distrust of God, the Conduct of his Providence, and the Promises of the Invisible World. Therefore, until God hath declared his Pleasure, there must be such Moderation, as to be prepared for all Events.

3 Our Purposes and Desires must be so moderated, that we may be fore-armed for all Events, 2 Sam. 15. 25, 26. If I shall find Favour in the Eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his Habitation. But if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; let him do with me as seemeth good unto him. Such an holy Indifferency should there be upon our Spirits, that we should be like a Die in the Hand of Providence, to be cast high or low, according as it falls. When we are over-earnest for temporal Blessings, we do but make a Scourge, a Snare, and a Rod many times to our selves. For when God's Will is declared to the contrary, this fills us with bitter Sorrow; and obstinate Desires pettishly sollicited, put us ⟨p. 278⟩upon great Vexation and Disappointment; and that layeth us open to Atheism, and Distrust of God, the Conduct of his Providence, and the Promises of the Invisible World. Therefore, until God hath declared his Pleasure, there must be such Moderation, as to be prepared for all Events.

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Doct. That it is the Duty of all God's Children, to be willing to submit themselves to the Dispensation of God's Providence, in whatever befalls them or theirs.