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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 13
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Examine oft-times seriously, how your judgment stands in the ways of God, how it is built, whether upon humane fancy to please any man, or upon Divine directions, the Word of God; If it be so, take heed that you do not condemn your selves in those courses, and those persons that you allow. Do you in your soul justify such persons? why do you not join with them? why do you not walk their ways? are such courses good? ⟨p. 328⟩why do you not take them? Your justifying them in the end will be little to your comfort, if you condemn them all your life against your conscience: for afterwards it is not so much a work of Grace for you to justify good courses, and to acknowledge good things: in most men it is not so much a work of Grace as it is the evidence of the thing: and when the cloud of sensuality, and the fume that riseth out of worldly pomp is taken away, then the natural conscience comes to see clearly better things, not from the love of them, not that it is changed, and transformed with the love of them; but God so discovers it to them, to make them justify his sentence of Damnation the more: he discovered to them better courses then they took: it shall justify their damnation.
Examine oft-times seriously, how your judgment stands in the waies of God, how it is built, whether upon humane fancy to please any man, or upon Divine directions, the Word of God; If it be so, take heed that you do not condemn your selves in those courses, and those persons that you allow. Do you in your soul justifie such persons? why do you not joyn with them? why do you not walk their waies? are such courses good? ⟨p. 328⟩why do you not take them? Your justifying them in the end will be little to your comfort, if you condemne them all your life against your conscience: for afterwards it is not so much a work of Grace for you to justifie good courses, and to acknowledge good things: in most men it is not so much a work of Grace as it is the evidence of the thing: and when the cloud of sensuallity, and the fume that riseth out of worldly pomp is taken away, then the naturall conscience comes to see clearly better things, not from the love of them, not that it is changed, and transformed with the love of them; but God so discovers it to them, to make them justifie his sentence of Damnation the more: he discovered to them better courses then they tooke: it shall justifie their damnation.