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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 2
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Let this stir us up to embrace mercy, every day to live by mercy, to plead mercy with God in our daily breaches: to love and fear God, because there is mercy with him that he might be feared. It is a harder matter to make a daily sweet use of this then it is taken for. Those that are the fittest subjects for mercy, they think themselves furthest off from mercy. Come to a broken soul, who is catched in the snare; whose conscience is on the rack, he thinks, alas there is no mercy for me, I have been such a sinner, God hath showed me mercy before, and now I have offended him again and again: those that are the subjects of mercy, that are the nearest to mercy, when their conscience is awakened they think themselves furthest off, and we have need to press abundance of mercy, and all little enough to set the soul in frame. There is none of us all, but we shall see a necessity of pressing this one time or other, before we die. David when he had sinned, he knew well enough that God was merciful, oh, but it was not a slight mercy that would satisfy him, as we see Psal. 51. how he presseth upon God for mercy, and will a little serve him? No, according to thy abundant mercy, he presseth mercy, and abundance of mercy, a multitude of mercies, and unless he had seen infinite mercy, abundant mercy in God, when ⟨p. 32⟩his conscience was awaked with the foulness of his sin: there being such a cry for vengeance, his sin called and cried, if the blood of Christ had not cried above it, mercy, mercy, and abundance of mercy, multitudes of compassion, the soul of David would not have been stilled.
Let this stir us up to imbrace mercy, every day to live by mercy, to plead mercy with God in our daily breaches: to love and fear God, because there is mercy with him that he might be feared. It is a harder matter to make a daily sweet use of this then it is taken for. Those that are the fittest subjects for mercy, they think themselves furthest off from mercy. Come to a broken soul, who is catched in the snare; whose conscience is on the rack, he thinks, alas there is no mercy for me, I have been such a sinner, God hath shewed me mercy before, and now I have offended him again and again: those that are the subjects of mercy, that are the nearest to mercy, when their conscience is awakned they think themselves furthest off, and we have need to presse abundance of mercy, and all little enough to set the soul in frame. There is none of us all, but we shall see a necessity of pressing this one time or other, before we die. David when he had sinned, he knew well enough that God was merciful, oh, but it was not a slight mercy that would satisfie him, as we see