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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
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. Internal. The Soul and Life of our Worship lieth in Faith, and Reverence, and delight in God above all other things. Psal. 2. 11. Serve the Lord with Fear, and rejoice with Trembling. Such a delight as will become the greatness and goodness of God. Worship hath its Rise and Foundation in the Heart of the Worshipper; there it must begin: In our high thoughts ⟨p. 56⟩and esteem of God, especially two things, Love and Trust.
(1.) Love; Deut. 6. 5. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, with all thy Soul, and with all thy Might. We worship God, when we give him such a Love as is Superlative and Transcendental, far above the Love that we give to any other thing, that so our respect to other things may s•oop, and give way to our respect to God.
(2.) The other Affection whereby we express our esteem of God, is Trust, which is the other Foundation of Worship: Psal. 62. 8. Trust in the Lord at all Times, pour out your Hearts before him. Delightful adhesion to God, and an entire dependence upon him; if either fail, or be intermitted, our Worship faileth. If Delight; Job 27. 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God? Isa. 43. 22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. They that love God, and delight in him, cannot be long out of his company. They take all Opportunities and Occasions of being with God. So Dependence and Trust;