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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.
PSAL. CXIX. 4. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
THE Psalmist having laid down the description of the blessed man, by the frame of his heart, and the course of his life, and the integrity of his Obedience; he comes now to another Argument, whereby to enforce the entire observation of Gods Law. The Argument in the Text is taken from Gods Authority enjoining this course, and he propounds it by way of address and appeal to God for the greater Emphasis and force: Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
THE Psalmist having laid down the description of the blessed man, by the frame of his heart, and the course of his life, and the integrity of his Obedience; he comes now to another Argument, whereby to inforce the intire observation of Gods Law. The Argument in the Text is taken from Gods Authority injoining this course, and he propounds it by way of address and appeal to God for the greater Emphasis and force: Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
In the words take notice of two Things: 1. The fundamental ground and reason of our Obedience, which is Gods command or will declared in his Word. 2. The manner of this Obedience. God will not be put off with any thing, but served with the greatest diligence and exactness, to keep thy precepts diligently. The Septuagint renders it, That thy commands should be kept exceeding much.
In the words take notice of two Things: 1. The fundamental ground and reason of our Obedience, which is Gods commandor will declar'd in his Word. 2. The manner of this Obedience. God will not be put off with any thing, but served with the greatest diligence and exactness, to keep thy precepts diligently. The Septuagint renders it, That thy commands should be kept exceeding much.