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Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677. The complete works of Thomas Manton
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WORKS OF THOMAS MANTON, D.D.
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W, LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D.D., Professor of Theology, Congregational
Union, Edinburgh.
JAMES BEGG, D.D., Minister of Newington Free Church, Edinburgh.
THOMAS J. CRAWFORD, D.D., S.T.P., Professor of Divinity, University,. Edinburgh.
D. T. K. DRUMMOND, M.A., Minister of St Thomas's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
WILLIAM H. GO OLD, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature and Church History, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh.
ANDREW THOMSON, D.D., Minister of Broughton Place United Presby- terian Church, Edinburgh.
45cneral C-bitor. REV. THOMAS SMITH, D.D., Edinburgh.
THE COMPLETE WORKS
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THOMAS MANTON, D.D,
VOLUME XV.
CONTAINING
SEVERAL SERMONS UPON HEBREWS XL; TREATISES ON THE LIFE OF FAITH AND ON SELF-DENIAL;
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SEVERAL SERMONS PREACHED ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS.
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1873.
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CONTENTS.
Sermons upon Hebrews XI. — Continued.
Sermon LXIII, " By faith they passed through the Eed Sea as
by dry land," &c., ver. 29, . . . 3
,, LXIY. " By faith the walls of Jericho fell do^vn,'' &c.,
ver. 30, . . . . .17
„ LXV. " By faith the harlot Eahab perished not with
them that believed not," kc, ver. 31, . 30
A Treatise of the Life of Faith, . , . . 45
The Life of Faith in Prayer, . . . > . 145
The Life of Faith in Hearing the Word, . . , 154
A Treatise of Self-Denial —
The Epistle Dedicatory, . . ," . ,177
Book I, ....... 179
Several Sermons Preached on Ptelic Occasions —
A Fast Sermon on Isa. xliii. '22, , . . .297
A Fast Sermon on Mai. iii. 7, . . . .315
A Preparative Sermon for Eeceiving the Sacrament, . 329 Sermons on the Sacrament —
2 Chron. xxx. 18-20, ..... 342
Cant. ii. 3, . . . , . .358
A Sermon on Luke x^-ii. 32, . . . . . 369
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A Sermon on John iii. 33, . »' ^
Sermons on Micali vi. 8 — Sermon I, .
„ II., ....
A Sermon Preached before the Parliament, . A Sacrament Sermon, A Sermon on Micah vii. 18, . A Sermon on John xiii. 8, . A Sermon Preached before the Sons of the Clergy, A Sacrament Sermon on Luke xxii. 20, A Sermon on the Ends of the Sacrament,
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SERMONS
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SERMONS UPON HEBREWS XI.
SERMON LXIII.
By faith they passed through the Red Sea as hy dry land ; tvhich the Egyptians assaying to do ivere droivned. — Heb. xi. 29.
This chapter is a chronicle and history of the mighty acts done hy faith. The instance which I shall now produce is that of the believ- ing Israelites, who all together, with Moses, their leader, passed througli the divided waters of the Eed Sea ; but the Egyptians, pursuing and trying to follow them, were overwhelmed and destroyed.
In the text you have two things — the preservation and safety of Israel, and the destruction of the Egyptians. The one illustrates the other ; the one was the fruit of faith, and the other of presumption and unbelief. In the first, take notice of the act. (1.) They passed through the Bed Sea ; (2.) The success, — As hy dry land. And suit- ably in the other part there is — (1.) Theattempt, — Which the Egyptians assaying to do ; and (2.) The issue, — They were drowned.
To understand which passages, we must remember the story recorded by Moses, Exod. xiv. The sum is this : When Pharaoh at last had consented to let the Israelites go, he soon repented of his grant ; and understanding by spies how they were entangled in the jaws and straits of Pihahiroth, this occasion invited him to make pursuit after them. What should the poor Israelites do ? Fight they durst not, being a multitude of undisciplined people of all ages and sexes, and pursued by a regular and potent army of enemies. Fly they could not, having the sea before them, the Egyptians behind them, the steep and un- passable hills on either side of them. This was the case, and in human reason nothing but destruction could be expected. But Moses, by special order from God, commandeth Israel to march forward, and expect the salvation promised. And when Moses gave the signal by his rod, the sea miraculously retreated, standing up like heaps of con- gealed ice on each side while they passed through. This is done, and they go on safely ; the sea flanked them on both sides ; the rear was secured by the cloudy and fiery pillar interposing between them and Pharaoh's army till such time as all were out of danger, and safely arrived at the further shore ; and so neither man nor child was hurt. The Egyptians follow the chase, as malice is perverse and blind, and
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those whom God designeth to destruction take the ready course to bring it upon their own heads ; for at the signal again of Moses stretching forth his rod, the returning waters swallowed them all up in a moment. This was a strange and glorious work of God's almighty power and unspeakable mercy, and the fruit of their faith; and it teaches us both to believe and how to believe in God — to believe, since with respect to faith God produceth such wonders ; and how to believe with an unlimited confidence in the greatest straits, for nothing is too hard for God to do.