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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.
Doct. 2. 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. 2. 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. We must not study the Word merely out of curiosity, that we may know what is said there; as men will pry into Civil Art and Discipline; so the Athenians flocked about Paul, Act. 17. 18, 19, 20, 21. so for novelty sake, men may have an affection and a delight in the Word, Joh. 5. 35. Ye rejoiced in his light for a season. There are certain Adulterous affections we have to the Word when it is new and fresh, but when it grows stale we loath it. This affection to the Word is soon spent.
1. We must not study the Word meerly out of curiosity, that we may know what is said there; as men will pry into Civil Art and Discipline; so the Athenians flocked about Paul, Act. 17. 18, 19, 20, 21. so for novelty sake, men may have an affection and a delight in the Word, Ioh. 5. 35. Ye rejoiced in his light for a season. There are certain Adulterous affections we have to the Word when it is new and fresh, but when it grows stale we loath it. This affection to the Word is soon spent.