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Works of Thomas Manton #1
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, Volume 1
Thomas Manton (1620–1677) was an English Puritan clergyman.
- GenresTheology
1650 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 30, 2002
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March 8, 2022
Tendo lido 'apenas' a primeira seção deste volume - que vai até a página 253, na edição publicada em 1870, e que consiste numa Exposição Prática da Oração do Senhor - posso dizer com total certeza que esta é uma das melhores exposições a respeito da oração dominical na história da igreja. Apesar de ter escrito no melhor estilo ramista do séc. XVII, em que os pontos principais dos escritos são decompostos em subpontos e estes em seções menores - o que, para opinião de alguns, torna a exposição racionalista e árida -, Manton apresenta suas ideias de uma forma bastante pessoal, pastoral e convenientes para a alma dos leitores. De fato, pouco tempo é gasto com explicações técnicas, preciosismos linguísticos ou discussões históricas, e muito espaço é dado para aplicações práticas e esclarecimento de conceitos teológicos importantes.
Enfim, apesar do estilo ser bastante estranho e difícil para as nossas mentes modernas, esta obra é um tesouro.
Enfim, apesar do estilo ser bastante estranho e difícil para as nossas mentes modernas, esta obra é um tesouro.
January 26, 2024
Memoir by William Harris***
January 2024
Harris' memoir is brief, choppy, and assumes much of the reader. Still, it is invaluable for few details we have concerning Manton's life, especially concerning the posthumous publication of the vast majority of his works.
January 2024
Harris' memoir is brief, choppy, and assumes much of the reader. Still, it is invaluable for few details we have concerning Manton's life, especially concerning the posthumous publication of the vast majority of his works.
April 29, 2017
Thomas Manton--I can't say enough how much I have gleaned from this Puritan pastor. Words of Scripture are plentiful in his sermons. My first exposure to him was in his sermons on "The Lord's Prayer", in volume one of his works. I randomly picked one of my many highlights/notes and I'll write a small sample, though he expounds further, making each point he makes, even richer. This sample about secret prayer ...
"Thy Father seeth in secret.."....that which is the hypocrite's fear, and binds condemnation upon the heart of a wicked man, is here made to be the saints' support and ground of comfort--that they pray to an all-seeing God: 1 John 3:20, If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knoweth all things."
I found Manton's writings "make God the sweeter" to me. I highly recommend him.
"Thy Father seeth in secret.."....that which is the hypocrite's fear, and binds condemnation upon the heart of a wicked man, is here made to be the saints' support and ground of comfort--that they pray to an all-seeing God: 1 John 3:20, If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knoweth all things."
I found Manton's writings "make God the sweeter" to me. I highly recommend him.
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