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Several discourses tending to promote peace & holiness among Christians to which are added,…
Several discourses tending to promote peace & holiness among Christians to which are added, three other distinct sermons / by Dr. Manton.
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1685
A Persuasive to Unity in Things Indifferent.A Perswasive to Unity in Things Indifferent.
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.
3dly. From the consideration of the probability of Divine Illumination.
1. This Illumination cometh from God only. 'Tis he that powerfully revealeth it, and settleth the Heart in the belief of it, Acts 16. 4. And, 1 Cor. 3. 6, 7. I ⟨p. 204⟩have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. The best Means may be disappointed, till God cooperate with them; let us then with patience use the Means, and refer the Issue to God; 2 Tim. 2. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if peradventure God will give them Repentance unto Life. If we seek to force Men to our Opinion, before Men are convinced, that is a tyranny which will do little good; it may make Hypocrites, but it will never make real Converts.
1. This Illumination cometh from God only. 'Tis he that powerfully revealeth it, and setleth the Heart in the belief of it, Acts 16. 4. And, 1 Cor. 3. 6, 7. I ⟨p. 204⟩have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. The best Means may be disappointed, till God cooperate with them; let us then with patience use the Means, and refer the Issue to God; 2 Tim. 2. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if peradventure God will give them Repentance unto Life. If we seek to force Men to our Opinion, before Men are convinced, that is a tyranny which will do little good; it may make Hypocrites, but it will never make real Converts.