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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
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I beseech you therefore consider, it is a terrible thing to live in a State without God, and without Christ; to have no care of the performance of that that we have bound our selves to God by the Sacrament, and in our particular vows: for his threatenings are effectual as well as his promises: In Zech. 1. 5. there he tells the Jews of the Prophets that had threatened many things: The Prophets are dead (saith he) that threatened your fathers: but for all that, the threatenings lighted on them. The Prophets where are they? They were but men, but when they were gone the threatenings lighted on your fathers. Jeremiah dyed, but the Captivity that he threatened it did not dye; they were carried captive 70. years. So we threaten the vengeance of God on obstinate sinners, that will not come in to the Gospel: we are not Yea, and Amen, in regard of our being, we die; but our threatenings are Yea, if they be not reversed by repentance, the threatenings are Amen, as well as the Promises. It is an evidence therefore we do not believe, if we have not care to make good the Covenant on our part.
I beseech you therefore consider, it is a terrible thing to live in a State without God, and without Christ; to have no care of the performance of that that we have bound our selves to God by the Sacrament, and in our particular vowes: for his threatnings are effectual as well as his promises: In Zech. 1. 5. there he tells the Jewes of the Prophets that had threatened many things: The Prophets are dead (saith he) that threatned your fathers: but for all that, the threatnings lighted on them. The Prophets where are they? They were but men, but when they were gone the threatnings lighted on your fathers. Jeremy dyed, but the Captivity that he threatned it did not dye; they were carried captive 70. years. So we threaten the vengeance of God on obstinate sinners, that will not come in to the Gospel: we are not Yea, and Amen, in regard of our being, we die; but our threanings are Yea, if they be not reversed by repentance, the threatnings are Amen, as well as the Promises. It is an evidence therefore we do not believe, if we have not care to make good the Covenant on our part.