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A learned commentary or exposition
A learned commentary or exposition: upon the first chapter of the second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians Being the substance of many sermons formerly preached at Gray's-Inn, London, by that reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Sometimes Master of Catherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher to that honourable society. Published for the public good and benefit of the Church of Christ. By Tho. Manton, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel at Stoke-Newington, near London.A learned commentary or exposition: upon the first chapter of the second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians Being the substance of many sermons formerly preached at Grayes-Inne, London, by that reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Sometimes Master of Catherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher to that honourable society. Published for the publick good and benefit of the Church of Christ. By Tho. Manton, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel at Stoake-Newington, near London.
London: printed by J.L. for N.B., 1655
A COMMENTARY upon the first CHAPTER of the second Epistle of S. PAU… › Commentary on verse 12
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It will afford us much comfort in this life, as it did S. Paul: S. Paul here was in some grievous sickness, even to death, and he was disgraced 1as a person that regarded not his promise of coming to them. Now what doth he do in all this sickness and disgrace? what doth he answer to them? he comforts himself in this, My rejoicing is, that my conscience doth testify my sincerity. He runs to God, and to his sincerity as his strong hold; he approves himself to God. Some thing we shall have in this life first or last, afflictions, or disgraces, and troubles will come. What is then the strong hold of a Christian? Then he runs to his sincerity. What would Hezekias have done when he received the sentence of death, that he had walked before God in uprightness, and sincerity? Sincerity then is worth more then the world. And he that will not labour for that which is worth more then all the world, it is a sign he is ignorant of the worth of it. A man at the hour of death he would lose all the world if he had it, for sincerity.
It will afford us much comfort in this life, as it did S. Paul: S. Paul here was in some grievous sicknesse, even to death, and he was disgraced 1as a person that regarded not his promise of coming to them. Now what doth he do in all this sicknesse and disgrace? what doth he answer to them? he comforts himself in this, My rejoycing is, that my conscience doth testifie my sincerity. He runs to God, and to his sincerity as his strong hold; he approves himself to God. Some thing we shall have in this life first or last, afflictions, or disgraces, and troubles will come. What is then the strong hold of a Christian? Then he runs to his sincerity. What would Hezekias have done when he received the sentence of death, that he had walked before God in uprightnesse, and sincerity? Sincerity then is worth more then the world. And he that will not labour for that which is worth more then all the world, it is a sign he is ignorant of the worth of it. A man at the hour of death he would lose all the world if he had it, for sincerity.
- 1It comforts in life.