The Christian Life

Puritan minister Thomas Manton explains the core of the Christian life. He says, "There are two parts of a Christian's duty: dying to sin and living to God." In this book, Manton explains how we die to self and live to Christ with characteristic Puritan completeness and scriptural exposition. In "A Treatise of Self-Denial," Manton explains how God commands us to deny "our own wills in submission not only to God's laws, but to his providence." Printed in 10-point type, with 1" margins for note-taking. The outstanding preaching ministry of Thomas Manton (1620-77) was exercised first a Stoke Newington from 1644, then from 1656 in one of the leading Puritan churches in London. St Paul's Covenant Garden. The extent of his pulpit labours is shown by the fact that the twenty-two volumes of the standard 19th century edition of his works consist almost entirely of sermons. The works of Thomas Manton (1620-1677) present us with what was most characteristic in the ministry of the English Puritans: careful, solid, warm-hearted applicatory exposition of the Scriptures. Manton's works are characterised by great pastoral concern and a balanced wisdom. Bishop J.C. Ryle said, 'If ever there was an English divine who must be classed as a Puritan, that man is Manton...his works, like the Pilgrim's Progress deserve the attention of all true Christians...As an expositor of Scripture I regard Manton with unmingled admiration. Here, at any rate, he is easily first among the divines of the Puritan school...In days like these, I am thankful that the publishers of Manton's Works have boldly come forward to offer real literary gold to the reading public."