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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.
6. We have no other plea to evidence our sincerity; we are guilty of many defects, and cannot do as we would, where lies our evidence then? when we set our selves to obey, and aim at the highest exactness to serve him with our best affections and strength. A child of God he doth not do all that God hath required, but he doth his best, and then that's a sign the heart is upright. For what is this diligence, but our utmost study and endeavour after perfection, to avoid all known evils, and to practise all known duties, and that with as much care as we can? Now this is an argument of our sincerity, and then our slips are but failings which God will spare, pity, pardon: Mal. 3. 17. I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him, &c. Where a man is careless, and failings are allowed, then they are iniquities. A father out of indulgence may pass by a failing when his son waits upon him, suppose when he spills the wine and breaks the glass; but surely will not allow him to throw it down carelessly or wilfully. We have no other plea to evidence our sincerity but this.
6. We have no other plea to evidence our sincerity; we are guilty of many defects, and cannot do as we would, where lyes our evidence then? when we set our selves to obey, and aim at the highest exactness to serve him with our best affections and strength. A child of God he doth not do all that God hath required, but he doth his best, and then that's a sign the heart is upright. For what is this diligence, but our utmost study and endeavour after perfection, to avoid all known evils, and to practise all known duties, and that with as much care as we can? Now this is an argument of our sincerity, and then our slips are but failings which God will spare, pity, pardon: Mal. 3. 17. I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him, &c. Where a man is careless, and failings are allowed, then they are iniquities. A father out of indulgence may pass by a failing when his son waits upon him, suppose when he spills the wine and breaks the glass; but surely will not allow him to throw it down carelesly or willfully. We have no other plea to evidence our sincerity but this.