Thomas Manton's exposition of Hebrews 11 has been edited into a set of yearly devotions, focused on the theme of faith. Manton preached 65 sermons from his pulpit during the 17th century, and editor Alejandro Gonzaga has taken the main gist of his sermons and faithfully represented them here in a convenient daily format. Some language has been edited for clarity, and various footnotes added as well. "Faith is the life of our lives, the soul of our souls; the primum mobile, that moves all the wheels of obedience. We can do nothing in religion without faith." Thomas Manton
Thomas Manton was an English Puritan clergyman.
Born at Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, Manton was educated at Blundell's School and then at Hart Hall, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1639. Joseph Hall, bishop of Norwich, ordained him deacon the following year: he never took priest's orders, holding that he was properly ordained to the ministerial office. He was then appointed town lecturer of Collumpton in Devon. In the winter of 1644-1645, he was appointed to preach at St Mary's Church in the parish of Stoke Newington in Middlesex, where in 1646 he was joined by Alexander Popham as the parish's ruling elder and began to build a reputation as a forthright and popular defender of Reformed principles.
Although Manton is little known now, in his day he was held in as much esteem as men like John Owen. He was best known for his skilled expository preaching, and was a favourite of John Charles Ryle, who championed his republication in the mid-19th century. His finest work is probably his Exposition of James.
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