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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.
1. By a constant desire, resolution, and endeavour to be informed of Gods will, Rom. 12. 2. And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, that acceptable and perfect will of God. And Eph. 5. 17. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. A man that desireth to follow God fully, would fain know the whole latitude and breadth of his duty. A child of God is inquisitive. He that desireth to keep all, doth also desire to know all. It is his business to study the mind of God in all things; gross negligence showeth we are afraid of understanding our duty.
1. By a constant desire, resolution, and endeavour to be informed of Gods will, Rom. 12. 2. And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, that acceptable and perfect will of God. And Eph. 5. 17. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. A man that desireth to follow God fully, would fain know the whole latitude and breadth of his duty. A child of God is inquisitive. He that desireth to keep all, doth also desire to know all. It is his business to study the mind of God in all things; gross negligence sheweth we are afraid of understanding our duty.
2. By often searching and trying his own heart, that he may find where the matter sticketh, Lam. 3. 40. Let us search and try our ways, that we may turn unto the Lord. Complete Reformation is grounded on a serious search. A chief cause of our going wrong is because we do not bring our hearts and ways together.