What an excellent ground of hope and confidence we have when we reflect upon these three things in prayer – the Father’s love, the Son’s merit, and the Spirit’s power!
— Thomas Manton
A Happy Life
If a man would lead a happy life, let him but seek a sure object for his trust, and he shall be safe: “He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.” He hath laid up his confidence in God, therefore, his heart is kept in an equal poise.
— Thomas Manton
Love to God
“We love Him because He first loved us.” Love is like an echo, it returneth what it receiveth.
— Thomas Manton
Incomprehensible God
We know God but as men born blind know the fire: they know that there is such as thing as fire, for they feel it warm them, but what it is they know not. So, that there is a God we know, but what He is we know little, and indeed we can never search Him out to perfection; a finite creature can never fully comprehend that which is infinite.
— Thomas Manton
The Holy Spirit
God’s mind is revealed in Scripture, but we can see nothing without the spectacles of the Holy Ghost.
— Thomas Manton