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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.
4. It will be a great help to us in all businesses and affairs: Prov. 6. 21, 22. speaking of the precepts of God, Bind them upon thy heart, when thou goest it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest it shall talk with thee. Upon all occasions the Word will be ready to cast in seasonable thoughts; when we awake, our most early thoughts in the morning will begin with God, to season the heart all the day; and as we are about our business, the Word will hold our hearts in the fear of God; and when we sleep, it will guard thee from vain dreams, and light imaginations. In a wicked man sin engrosseth all the thoughts, it employs him all the day, plays in his fancy all the night, it solicits him first in the morning, because he is a stranger to the Word of God. But a man that is a Bible to himself, the Word will be ever upon him, urging him to duty, restraining him from sin, directing him in his ways, seasoning his work and employment. Therefore we should hide the Word in our hearts.
4. It will be a great help to us in all businesses and affairs: Prov. 6. 21, 22. speaking of the precepts of God, Bind them upon thy heart, when thou goest it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest it shall talk with thee. Upon all occasions the Word will be ready to cast in seasonable thoughts; when we awake, our most early thoughts in the morning will begin with God, to season the heart all the day; and as we are about our business, the Word will hold our hearts in the fear of God; and when we sleep, it will guard thee from vain dreams, and light imaginations. In a wicked man sin ingrosseth all the thoughts, it imploys him all the day, plays in his fancy all the night, it solicites him first in the morning, because he is a stranger to the Word of God. But a man that is a Bible to himself, the Word will be ever upon him, urging him to duty, restraining him from sin, directing him in his ways, seasoning his work and employment. Therefore we should hide the Word in our hearts.