One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on Psalm 119

Doct. 1. One duty and necessary practice of Gods children, is to hide the word in their hearts. Doct. 2. That in hiding the word in our hearts, there must be a right end; Our knowledge of it, and delight in it, must be directed to practice.

Doct. 1. One duty and necessary practice of Gods children, is to hide the word in their hearts. Doct. 2. That in hiding the word in our hearts, there must be a right end; Our knowledg of it, and delight in it, must be directed to practice.

1. That one duty and necessary practice of Gods children, is to hide the word in their hearts. See it confirmed by a Scripture or two. Josh. 1. 8. This book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night. Job 22. 22. Receive I pray thee the Law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. By the Law is meant the whole word of God. Lay up his words, as we would do choice things, that they may not be lost or embezzled; and lay them up as Treasure to be used upon all occasions. In the heart; let them not swim in the brain or memory only, but let the heart be affected with it. Col. 3. 16. Let the word of God dwell in you richly. Be so diligent in the study of the Scripture, that it may become familiar with us, by frequent hearing, reading, meditating, conferring about it. As a stranger, let it not stand at the door; but receive it into an inner room; be as familiar as those that dwell with you. God complaineth of his people, Hos. 8. 12. I have written to them the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. To be strangers to the word of God, and little conversant in it, is a great evil. What is it to hide the word in our hearts? 1. To understand it, to get a competent knowledge of it; we take in things into the soul by the understanding,