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One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on Psalm 119
One hundred and ninety sermons on the hundred and nineteenth Psalm preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton, D.D. ; with a perfect alphabetical table directing to the principal matters contained therein.
London: printed for T.P. &c, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Here I shall enquire: 1. What doth this imply? 2. Why God will be sought with the whole heart.
1. What doth this imply? It implies sincerity, and integrity; for it is not to be taken in the legal sense with respect to absolute perfection, but in opposition to deceit, Jer. 3. 10. Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. It is spoken of the time of Josiah's Reformation, many men whirled about with the times, and were forced by Preternatural motions. The Father of Spirits above all things requireth the Spirit, and he that is the searcher and judg of the heart requireth the heart should be consecrated to him. Integrity opposeth partiality. There are indeed two things in this expression, the whole heart, it notes extension of parts, and intention of degrees.
1. What doth this imply? It implys sincerity, and integrity; for it is not to be taken in the legal sense with respect to absolute perfection, but in opposition to deceit, Ier. 3. 10. Iudah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. It is spoken of the time of Iosiah's Reformation, many men whirled about with the times, and were forced by Preternatural motions. The Father of Spirits above all things requireth the Spirit, and he that is the searcher and judg of the heart requireth the heart should be consecrated to him. Integrity opposeth partiality. There are indeed two things in this expression, the whole heart, it notes extention of parts, and intention of degrees.
1. The extension of parts, with the Understanding, Will, and Affections. Some seek God with a piece of their hearts, to explain it, either in the work of Faith, or Love. In the work of Faith, as