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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.
Secondly, The Reasons of Desertion.
1. To correct us for our wantonness, and our unkind dealing with Christ. If we neglect him upon frivolous pretences, certainly he will be gone, Cant. 5. 2. I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on? See v. 6. My beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. When we are not at Gods call, he will not be at our beck. She that would not open to Christ, when she opened, Christ was gone.
2. To acquaint us with our weakness: What feathers are we when the blast of a temptation is let loose upon us? God will show what we are by his withdrawing. God left Hezekiah, that he might try him, that he might know all that was in his heart, 2 Chron. 32. 31. When Christ was asleep, the storm arose, and the Ship was in danger. If God be gone but a little, or suspend his influence, we cannot stand our ground.
2. To acquaint us with our weakness: What feathers are we when the blast of a temptation is let loose upon us? God will shew what we are by his withdrawing. God left Hezekiah, that he might try him, that he might know all that was in his heart, 2 Chron. 32. 31. When Christ was asleep, the storm arose, and the Ship was in danger. If God be gone but a little, or suspend his influence, we cannot stand our ground.