A89503:1162
A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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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.
2. By hearty groans, and sighs, and longings, Rom. 8. 23. We groan in our selves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies, they have had a taste of the clusters of Canaan, and therefore long for more, they can never be soon enough with Christ, when shall it once be, the nearer enjoyment the more impatient of the want of his company; as the decays of nature do put them in mind of another world, they begin to lift up the head and look out, Rom. 8. 19. [Greek or Hebrew], the earnest expectation of the creature▪ the word signifieth the puffing out of the head to see if it can spy a thing a great way of, and noteth the extension of the soul towards the fruition of things hoped for, ⟨p. 529⟩they would have a fuller draught of the consolations of the spirit, more freedom from sin, more perfection of grace, &c.
2. By hearty groans, and sighs, and longings, Rom. 8. 23. We groan in our selves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies, they have had a tast of the clusters of Canaan, and therefore long for more, they can never be soon enough with Christ, when shall it once be, the nearer enjoyment the more impatient of the want of his company; as the decays of nature do put them in mind of another world, they begin to lift up the head and look out, Rom. 8. 19. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the earnest expectation of the creature▪ the word signifieth the puffing out of the head to see if it can spye a thing a great way of, and noteth the extension of the soul towards the fruition of things hoped for, ⟨p. 529⟩they would have a fuller draught of the consolations of the spirit, more freedom from sin, more perfection of grace, &c.