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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
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.
The Spirit of God appears not in all graces at once, it appears some time or other in some one grace. We see in plants, the virtue of them appears 1diversly; In Winter the virtue of them lies in the root; In the spring-time, in the bud and the leaf: In the Summer, in the fruit; it is not in all parts alike: so it is with the Spirit, as it is an Earnest, it appears not in all graces in a flourishing manner at the first; sometimes it appears in the root, in humility, sometimes in faith, sometimes in love, sometimes in one grace, sometimes in another: though the Spirit be in every grace, yet in appearance to a mans self and others, it appears but in one. An Earnest is little, especially at the first.
The Spirit of God appears not in all graces at once, it appears some time or other in some one grace. We see in plants, the vertue of them appears 1diversly; In Winter the vertue of them lyes in the root; In the spring-time, in the bud and the leaf: In the Summer, in the fruit; it is not in all parts alike: so it is with the Spirit, as it is an Earnest, it appears not in all graces in a flourishing manner at the first; sometimes it appears in the root, in humility, sometimes in faith, sometimes in love, sometimes in one grace, sometimes in another: though the Spirit be in every grace, yet in appearance to a mans self and others, it appeares but in one. An Earnest is little, especially at the first.
- 1The Spirit appears not in all graces at once.
Weak Christians therefore should not be discouraged, Despise not the day of little things: there is cause of mourning; we that have received the first fruits of the Spirit, we mourn because we have but the first-fruits, and we would have the full harvest; but as there is cause of mourning, because we have but the first-fruits; so there is cause of comfort, because it is the first-fruits: it is an Earnest only, and not the whole bargain, therefore we have cause of mourning that it is so imperfect, that it is so weak as it is; yet there is cause of comfort, because though it is not the whole, yet is a part, and secures us of the whole.