The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, vol. 2
The second memoir of Thomas Manton, “An Estimate of Manton,” by J. C. Ryle, found at the beginning of Volume 2, offers an introduction to Manton’s theology, along with his relationships with his political and theological contemporaries. This volume also includes 10 discourses on morality, perfection, wisdom, saving faith, and other subjects, along with 24 sermons.
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Key Features
- Includes a biographical memoir of Thomas Manton
- Offers an introduction to Manton’s theology
- Includes 10 discourses and 24 sermons
Contents
- An Estimate of Manton
- Several Discourses
- 20 Sermons
- Farewell Sermon
- A Funeral Sermon
- The Saint’s Triumph over Death
- The Blessed Estate of Them That Die in the Lord
Top Highlights
“Christians must be partakers of a divine nature; and not only they are cut off from any privilege by Christ ‘who corrupt themselves as brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed,’ Jude 10—that is, against the light of nature ingulf themselves in all manner of dissoluteness and sensuality; but also they that walk as men, only according to the rule of men, who mind nothing beyond the present world: 1 Cor. 3:3, ‘Are not ye carnal, and walk as men?’—that is, they are not raised above the pitch of mere men, and have nothing of the Spirit of God in them.” (Page 217)
“Manton held strongly the doctrine of election. But that did not prevent him teaching that God loves all, and that His tender mercies are over all His works.” (Page xvii)
“As an expositor of Scripture, I regard Manton with unmingled admiration. Here, at any rate, he is ‘facile princeps’” (Page xvii)
“He must have been a rare combination of wisdom, tact, boldness, courtesy, firmness, sound judgment, and charity” (Page xiv)
“Manton because he was a Puritan, would do well to reconsider the ground they are taking up. They will find it utterly untenable. Facts, stern facts, are dead against them. They may not admire Puritanism in the abstract, but they will never give any proof that we ought not to admire, value, and study the writings of Puritan divines.” (Page xii)
Praise for the Print Edition
How hard and successful a student he was, and how frequent and laborious a preacher, and how highly and deservedly esteemed; all this, and more, is commonly known.
Ministers who do not know Manton need not wonder if they are themselves unknown.
The fertility of his mind seems to have been truly astonishing. Every page in his books contains many ideas . . . I regard Manton as a divine of singularly well-balanced, well-proportioned, and scriptural views. . . . As an expositor of Scripture, I regard Manton with unmingled admiration.
Perhaps few men of the age in which he lived had more virtues and fewer failings.
—William Harris
Product Details
- Title: The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, vol. 2
- Author: Thomas Manton
- Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.
- Publication Date: 1871
- Pages: 494
Thomas Manton (1620–1677) was an English Puritan clergyman. He was born in 1620 in Somerset, England. He attended Oxford University, and graduated in 1639. At age 19, he was ordained as a deacon, and became the town lecturer of Collumpton in Devon. He began preaching at St. Mary’s Church in 1644, and became lecturer at Westminster Abbey in 1656. He also participated in the Westminster Assembly and preached before Parliament. In 1662, Manton was forced to leave the Church of England for nonconformity. He was imprisoned—as were many Puritans—in 1670 for preaching illegally. He also crafted the Fundamentals of Religion with Richard Baxter during this time. Throughout his lifetime, Thomas Manton was a devoted follower and ardent defender of Reformed theology. He died in 1677.