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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.
2. A constant obedience. Wicked men have their good moods, and devout pangs in the way to Heaven, but they are not lasting. They will go with God a step or two; but it is said, He that walketh in the law of the Lord. A wicked man prays himself weary of prayer, and professeth himself weary of holiness. A man is judged by the tenor of his life, not by one action, but as he holdeth on his way to Heaven, Job 27. 10. Many run well for a while, but are soon out of breath. Enoch walked with God three hundred sixty five years.
2. A constant obedience. Wicked men have their good moods, and devout pangs in the way to Heaven, but they are not lasting. They will go with God a step or two; but it is said, He that walketh in the law of the Lord. A wicked man prays himself weary of prayer, and professeth himself weary of holiness. A man is judged by the tenour of his life, not by one action, but as he holdeth on his way to Heaven, Iob 27. 10. Many run well for a while, but are soon out of breath. Enoch walked with God three hundred sixty five years.
3. An uniform and an entire obedience. Exod. 20. 1. God spake all these words. He commandeth one thing as well as another, and conscience takes hold of all. To single out what pleaseth us, is to make our selves Gods.
3. An uniform and an intire obedience. Exod. 20. 1. God spake all these words. He commandeth one thing as well as another, and conscience takes hold of all. To single out what pleaseth us, is to make our selves Gods.