The Cross’s Double Cure
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:4 Rock of Ages, cleft for me,…
Nathan Eshelman
Christ’s Pattern, a Masterful Work
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned…
What the Law Could Not Do
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned…
“A Suitable Correspondence”
…Hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2b Sin and death are often connected in the Word of God. In Genesis 2:17, the Lord commanded…
Interest in the Comfortable Promises
Having shown his readers the great value of Christ’s freedom through the application of the “law of the Spirit of life,” Manton turns towards uses. For Puritan preachers, “uses” were…
Law Opposed to Law
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2 In our circles today, it…
Exemption from Condemnation
Thomas Manton began his exposition of Romans 8 by telling his hearers “what condemnation importeth.” The world stands under condemnation because of sin—that black backdrop has made this chapter’s “No…
What Condemnation Importeth
Note: Read the introduction to this series here. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the…
Thomas Manton: The Observed Divine
Thomas Manton (1620-1677) was born in Somerset England in 1620 and was baptized on March 31 of that same year. J.C. Ryle, writing a brief memoir of Manton (found in…