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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 20
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.
It is a comfort to parents that can leave their children no inheritance, 1they leave them God in Covenant, and he is a good portion: I will be thy God: for the grand promise is the promise of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. God hath promised to be a Father, and the Father gives his Son, ⟨p. 423⟩and the Father and Son give the Holy Ghost. Well then, God is the God of us, and of our children; he is the Father of us, and of our children: Christ is the Christ of us and them; the Holy Ghost is the Spirit that sanctifies us and them. Is not this a comfort to those that can leave their children nothing else, that they leave them God in Covenant?
- 1Comfort to Parents.
And this is a comfort for children if they have good Parents, that they 1may say when they pray, O God of my father Abraham. And as David, Psal. 116. I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, I am thy servant my self, and the son of one that was thy servant. Is not this a comfort to a Christian to say, I am thy servant, and the son of thy servant, therefore there is a double bond why thou shouldest respect me? I cast my self on thee, and I am the son of a believing father, of a believing mother. Oh it is a blessed thing to be in Covenant with God, that those that can leave their children little else, can leave them a place in the Covenant by their own goodness, and faith.
And this is a comfort for children if they have good Parents, that they 1may say when they pray, O God of my father Abraham. And as David,