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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.
Doct. That we should not only do what God hath required, but we should do it diligently.
1. Because the matter of keeping Gods precepts doth not only fall under his authority, but the manner also. God hath not only required service, but service with all its circumstances: 1 Cor. 9. 24. I so run that I may obtain. It is our duty not only to run, but so run, not as in ⟨p. 27⟩jest, but as in good earnest. Rom. 12. 11. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord: Not only serving the Lord, but seething hot in spirit, when our affections are so strong that they boil over in our lives. And Jam. 5. 16. The fervent effectual prayer; that prayer which hath a spirit and a life in it; not only prayer is required, but fervency, not dead and drowsy devotion. So Luk. 8. 18. not only it is required that we hear, but to take heed how we hear, with what reverence and seriousness. And Act. 26. 7. The twelve Tribes served God instantly day and night, with the uttermost extension of their strength, so the word signifies. And for Charity, it is not enough to give, but with readiness and freeness: Be ready to communicate, like life-honey it must drop of its own accord.
1. Because the matter of keeping Gods precepts doth not only fall under his authority, but the manner also. God hath not only required service, but service with all its circumstances: 1 Cor. 9. 24. I so run that I may obtain. It is our duty not only to run, but so run, not as in ⟨p. 27⟩