The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D, Vol. 2 The publication of a complete and uniform edition of Manton´s works is a great boon to the readers of English theology. Many of his best writings have been hitherto inaccessible to all who have not long purses and large libraries. The few who know him would gladly testify, I am sure, that Thomas Manton was one of the best authors of his day, and that his works richly deserve reprinting. The republication of this great divine´s writings in their present form appears to demand a few prefatory remarks. What are Manton´s special merits? What claim has a man of the seventeenth century on the attention of 1871? What good thing is there about him that we should buy him and read him? These are reasonable questions, to which I propose to supply an answer in the following brief essay. A calm examination of Manton´s real worth appears a suitable accompaniment to a new edition of Manton´s works. The inquiry, it must be admitted, is not an easy one. The materials for forming a judgment are singularly few and scanty. Two hundred years have passed away since Manton was laid in the grave. He died in an age when his principles and his party were very unpopular, and few cared to be known as his friends and admirers. Except the long and exhaustive biography of him by Harris, which has been wisely reprinted in this edition, we possess little information about him. All other impressions about him must be based on a patient analysis of his voluminous posthumous works. Considerable familiarity with these works forms my principal claim on the reader´s attention in sending forth this essay. Let me clear the way by considering an objection which is frequently brought against Manton and other divines of his school. That objection is that he was "a Puritan." I admit the fact, and do not deny it for a moment. A friend and associate of Baxter, Calamy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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