A51848:641
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
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. Nothing is a reasonable excuse which God's Word disproveth: for the Scriptures were penned to discover the vain Sophisms which are in the Hearts of Men. Heb. 4. 12. For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged Sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of Soul and Spirit, and of the Joints and Marrow, and is a discerner of the Thoughts and Intents of the Heart. To discover the Affections of a sensual Heart, however palliated with the pretences of a crafty ⟨p. 360⟩Understanding. Certainly our private Conceits must not be lifted up against the Wisdom of God, nor can a Creature be justified in going against his Maker's Will. Nothing can be Reason, which the God of Wisdom contradicts and calleth Folly; Jer. 8. 9. Lo, they have rejected the Word of the Lord, and what Wisdom is in them?
1. Nothing is a reasonable excuse which God's Word disproveth: for the Scriptures were penned to discover the vain Sophisms which are in the Hearts of Men. Heb. 4. 12. For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged Sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of Soul and Spirit, and of the Ioints and Marrow, and is a discerner of the Thoughts and Intents of the Heart. To discover the Affections of a sensual Heart, however palliated with the pretences of a crafty ⟨p. 360⟩Understanding. Certainly our private Conceits must not be lifted up against the Wisdom of God, nor can a Creature be justified in going against his Maker's Will. Nothing can be Reason, which the God of Wisdom contradicts and calleth Folly; Jer. 8. 9. Lo, they have rejected the Word of the Lord, and what Wisdom is in them?