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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.
2. The profitableness of Obedience, and how much it conduceth to our good. Deut. 10. 13. The statutes which I command thee for thy good. Our labour in the work of Obedience is not lost, or misspent. A godly course is refreshed with many sweet experiences for the present, and will bring in a full reward for the future.
2. The profitableness of Obedience, and how much it conduceth to our good. Deut. 10. 13. The statutes which I command thee for thy good. Our labour in the work of Obedience is not lost, or mispent. A godly course is refreshed with many sweet experiences for the present, and will bring in a full reward for the future.
3. The next Motive is that of the Text, to urge the Command of God. It is a course enjoined and imposed upon us by our Sovereign Law-giver. It is not in our choice, as if it were an indifferent thing, whether we will walk in the Laws of God, or no; but of absolute necessity, unless we renounce the authority of God. This is the argument in the Text, therefore let us see how it is laid down here.
3. The next Motive is that of the Text, to urge the Command of God. It is a course injoined and imposed upon us by our Soveraign Law-giver. It is not in our choice, as if it were an indifferent thing, whether we will walk in the Laws of God, or no; but of absolute necessity, unless we renounce the authority of God. This is the argument in the Text, therefore let us see how it is laid down here.