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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.
II. Though God stand in no need of us, yet he is willing to communicate his blessedness, and to make us happy in the enjoyment of himself.
There's a threefold consideration which doth advance the bounty of God; That to us; that himself to us; and that so readily and freely.
1. That to us, who can neither hurt him, nor help him. Psal. 8. 3, 4. Lord, what is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him? What a poor sorry creature is man? wilt thou set thine eyes upon such a one? What would God lose if we were all damned? Or what would he gain if all were saved? He would lose no more by us than a bounteous man doth by the death of a company of beggars and maimed persons, which live upon his expense and charge. Wherein can we be useful to God?
1. That to us, who can neither hurt him, nor help him. Psal. 8. 3, 4. Lord, what is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him? What a poor sorry creature is man? wilt thou set thine eyes upon such a one? What would God lose if we were all damned? Or what would he gain if all were saved? He would lose no more by us than a bounteous man doth by the death of a company of beggars and maimed persons, which live upon his expence and charge. Wherein can we be useful to God?