PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Complete Works of Thomas Manton — Volume 1
Thomas Manton · 332,975 words · 331 reading sections
Section 301
Fourthly, The universal visible church. While they are in the way, and in the midst of their conflicts, it is possible many hypocrites may take up the profession, as in the great house are many vessels, some to honour, some to dishonour. From these ariseth an external promiscuous multitude, who also are called the cath…
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458 CHRIST THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. [SeR. V. * That they may be all one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us ;' ver. 23, ' I in them and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.' So that as ' there is one God, and one mediator between God and man,' and one church united to…
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Fou7'thly, To maintain and defend his people in the exercise of these things, to preserve the verity of doctrine and purity of worship. Alas ! many times, where neither worship nor government is corrupted, yet the church may be in danger to be dissipated by the violence of persecutions. Now, therefore, it is a part of …
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First, For government : to attend all cases, to hear all prayers, to supply all wants, defend us against all enemies, to require an abso- lute and total submission to his laws, ordinances, and institutions, so as we may venture our eternal interests upon his word : Ps. xlv. 11, ' He is thy God, worship thou him.' Seco…
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2. Let us consider how this power hath been exercised to the intro- duction of idolatry, and divers corruptions and superstitions, to the Col. I. 18.] christ the head of the church. 4G3 destruction of kingdoms, the blood of the martyrs, and tumults and confusions too long to relate. Use 3. To persuade you to accept …
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Col. I. 18.] christ the author of the new creation. 4fi5 sinful and guilty. Neither men nor angels could raise them up into an hoi}'- temple to God ; none but the eternal Word or the Son of God incarnate : ' he that buildeth all things is God ' — ra iravra, all these things, the things treated of ; he doth not speak o…
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2. It is suited to our lost estate. We were in a state of apostasy and defection from God, averse from all good, prone to all evil. Now that we might have a new being and life, the Son of God came in our nature to rectify the disordered creation. The scripture repre- senteth man as blind in his mind, perverse in his wi…
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468 CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW CREATION. [SeR. VI. 1 John iii. 2, ' It doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.' This for the title of ' First-born from the dead.' Doct. That Christ's rising from the dead is the evidence and ass…
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[2.] The wicked are raised ex officio judicis, not heneficio mediatoris; they are raised by Christ as a judge, but not by him as a Redeemer. The one sort are raised by the power of his vindicative justice, the other by the Holy Ghost by virtue of his covenant: Eom. viii. 11, ' He shall quicken your mortal bodies by his…
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[1,] His victory over sin. That he hath perfectly satisfied for sin, and appeased the wrath of God, who is willing to be reconciled with all those that come to the faith and obedience of the gospel, which could not be if Christ had remained under the power of death ; for the apostle saith, 1 Cor. xv. 17, ' If Christ ha…
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[2.] By the grant of God. They have a right and title to this Col. I. 18.] christ the author of the new creation. 473 glorious estate ; being admitted into his family, they may hereafter expect to be admitted into his presence. The Holy Spirit abideth in them as an earnest, till it be accomplished : Eph. i. 14, ' Ye …
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[2.] We have a relief from the justice of God. All will grant that God is, and that God is a rewarder of good and bad. Now in this life he doth not dispense these rewards. Many times here instruments of public good are made a sacrifice to public hatred, and wicked men have the world at will ; therefore there is a judgm…
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476 JESUS CHRIST TRUE GOD AND [SeR. VII. SERMON VII. For ii pleased the Father that in him should all fulness divell. — Col. I. 19 ; with, For in him dioelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. — Chap. II. 9. These words are produced to prove that there is no defect in the evangelical doctrine, and therefore…
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478 JESUS CHRIST TRUE GOD AND [SeR. VII. is prophesied of : 'In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful , and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely.' When he is called 'the branch of the Lord,' his Godhead is signified ; when he is called ' the fruit of the earth,' his manhood. …
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1. Melchisedec : Gen. xiv. 18, ' Melchisedec, King of Salem,brought forth bread and wine to Abraham.' Which type is interpreted by the apostle, Heb. vii. 2, 3, ' First being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of peace ; without father and without mother ; having neither beginning of days …
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2. Come we now to the particular offices by which he performeth the work of a mediator, and they all show the necessity of both natures : these offices and functions are those of prophet, priest, and king. [1.] Our mediator hath a prophetical office belonging to his admin- istration, that he may be made wisdom to us, …
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[3.] His kingly office. He that was to be King of kings and Lord of lords needed to be both God and man. God, that he might cast out the prince of this world, and having rescued his church from the power of darkness, might govern it by his word and Spirit, and finally present it to himself a glorious church, without sp…
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1. As 5-our propliet, consider how necessary it was that God dwell- ing in man's nature should set afoot the gospel. Partly because when- ever you come seriously to consider this matter, this thought will arise in you, that this blessed gospel could not be without repealing the law of Moses, given with such solemnity b…
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Secondly, Own him as your Lord and your God. This was the profession of Thomas's faith : John xx. 28, ' My Lord and my God.' I shall insist on that scripture. In the history there are these re- markables : — 1. Thomas, his absence from an assembly of the disciples, when Christ had manifested himself to them, ver. 24. …
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2. To whom truly and properly the names and titles of things do belong, to him that which is signified by those names and titles doth belong also ; for otherwise this would destroy all certainty of speech. You cannot speak or write, unless words signify what in vulgar use they are applied unto ; there could be no reaso…
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(2.) How he taught. (3.) By what arguments he confirmed his doctrine. (4.) How he received it from the Father. (1.) What he taught. Christ preached, but chiefly himself ; he re- vealed and showed forth God, but by revealing and showing forth him- self, John xiv. 9 ; he called men, but to himself ; he commanded men t…
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490 JESUS CHRIST TRUE GOD AND [SeR. VII. versal, and every way true and evident, unless we know a sufficient satisfaction hath been made for us ? If you think the promises of the gospel are enough, alas ! when the threatenings of the law are so just, and built upon such evident reason, the soul is exposed to doubtful-…
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(3.) The one is more sensible and known to us than the other. A believer cannot always say God is mine, but he will always say. I am his : Ps. cxix. 94, ' I am thine, save me.' I am thine, and will be thine, only thine, wholly thine, and always thine. Appropriation hath more of a privilege in it, resignation is only a …
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2. Because nothing strikes upon the heart with such an efficacy, as what nearly concerns us affects us most. The love of Christ to sinners in general doth not affect us so much as when it is shed Col. I, 19.] true man in one person. 403 abroad in our own hearts by the Spirit : Gal. ii. 20, * He loved me, and gave him…
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SERMON YIII. And having made peace by the blood of his cross, to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, ivhether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.-^CoL. I. 20. In these words observe : — First, What Christ was to do. Secondly, The manner how he did it ; or. First, The end for which he was appo…
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2. How it was obtained — by the blood of his cross he made peace. This implieth death, and such a death as in appearance was accursed ; for the death of the cross is the vilest and most cruel death : Gal. iii. 13, ' Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made accursed for us : for it is written. Curse…
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VOL. I. 2 I 498 RECONCILIATION WITH GOD [SeR. VIII. might not foster in lis hopes of impunity, which are very natural to us, Gen. iii. 5. The devil seeks to weaken the truth of God's threatenings, Deut. xxix. 19, 20. We are apt to look upon the threatenings of the law as a vain scarecrow ; therefore, for the terror a…
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2. The grant of the new covenant — which is therefore called the covenant of his peace : Isa. liv. 10, ' The covenant of my peace shall not be removed ; ' Ezek. xxxvii. 26, *I will make a covenant of peace with them.' It is so called not only because thereby this peace and reconciliation is offered to us, but the terms…
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Col. I. 20.] by the blood of christ. 501 1 Tim. i. 16. Therefore all penitent believers may be assured that this sacrifice is sufficient, and will avail for their acceptance with God. AVe take it for a good token of a healing water when we see the crutches of cripples that had been cured. All the blessed saints in hea…
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[2.] Ah utili, from the happiness of being at peace with God. Your great work is over, and you have a world of benefit by it — you stop all danger at the fountain-head. When you are at peace with God, you are at peace with the creatures : Ezek. xxxiv. 25, ' I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the …
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