Commentary on the Book of Jude (The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, vol. 5)
The epistle of Jude speaks against false prophets, pseudo-Christianity, and those speaking against religion in general and Christianity in particular. The political and theological challenges of seventh-century England prompted Manton to write his commentary on Jude. This 376-page verse-by-verse commentary outlines the central themes, the historical significance, and the practical application of this important epistle. Volume 5 concludes with four lengthy sermons on holiness, baptism, salvation, and Scripture.
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Key Features
- Offers a commentary on the book of Jude
- Outlines the central themes, historical significance, and practical application of the text
- Includes four sermons on holiness, baptism, salvation, and Scripture
Contents
- A Practical Commentary, or an Exposition with Notes on the Epistle of Jude
- The Epistle Dedicatory
- To the Reader
- An Exposition, with Notes, upon the Epistle of Jude
- Meat out of the Eater; or, Hopes of Unity in and by Divided and Distracted Times
- The Epistle Dedicatory
- Meat out of the Eater
- England’s Spiritual Languishing; With the Causes and Cure
- The Epistle Dedicatory
- England’s Spiritual Languishing; With the Causes and Cure
- Sermons at the Morning Exercise
- How May We Cure Distractions in Holy Duties?
- How Ought We to Improve Our Baptism?
- Man’s Impotency to Help Himself out of His Misery
- The Scripture Sufficient without Unwritten Traditions
- Editorial Note on Smectymnuus Redivivus
- To the Reader
Top Highlights
“Heresies revolve as fashions, and in the course of a few years antiquated errors revive again, and that by their means who did not so much as know them by name.” (Page 6)
“But rather the expression alludeth to the old law concerning legal uncleanness: Lev. 15:4, ‘The bed whereon he lieth is unclean;’ and ver. 17, ‘Every garment is unclean;’ and therefore I suppose it noteth their avoiding the society of such evil persons, as in the greater excommunication they were wont to do, which separation was a solemn profession how much the church did detest the wickedness.” (Pages 359–360)
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. 5
- Author: Thomas Manton
- Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.
- Publication Date: 1871
- Pages: 503
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.