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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 22
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And again, a Christian that hath received this anointing as a Priest, he keeps himself unspotted of the world: You know, the Priests were to touch no unclean thing, nor to defile themselves with any manner of pollution; so every Christian in some measure is enabled to abstain from the common pollutions of the times, to hate even the garment spotted with the flesh: he is not carried with the stream of the times; he will not converse amiably with those that may stain him, but as his calling leads him, lest he contaminate his spirit.
And likewise a Christian hath his heart always as the Holy of Holies, that so he may offer up thanks and praise to God; there is a disposition in him always to praise God. As the fire in the Sanctuary must never go out; so the fire that is kindled by the Spirit of God in the heart of a Christian, it never goes out, the Holy Ghost maintains it continually: he is ready to praise God upon all occasions; ready to offer up himself unto God as a sacrifice. The sacrifices of a Christian are a broken heart: and as in the Law, the sacrifices for sin must first be killed, and then offered; so now in the Gospel, it is the work of every Christian, to mortify, to kill, and slay those beasts, those corruptions that are in him contrary to God. A Christian ⟨p. 469⟩must not offer himself to God as a sinner, but he must first slay his corruptions: he must mortify his sins, and then offer up himself slain to God.
And likewise a Christian hath his heart alwayes as the Holy of Holies, that so he may offer up thanks and praise to God; there is a disposition in him alwayes to praise God. As the fire in the Sanctuary must never go out; so the fire that is kindled by the Spirit of God in the heart of a Christian, it never goes out, the Holy Ghost maintains it continually: he is ready to praise God upon all occasions; ready to offer up himself unto God as a sacrifice. The sacrifices of a Christian are a broken heart: and as in the Law, the sacrifices for sin must first be killed, and then offered; so now in the Gospel, it is the work of every Christian, to mortifie, to kill, and slay those beasts, those corruptions that are in him contrary to God. A Christian