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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. Take the Spirit of God for your Guide. We can never walk in Gods way, without the conduct of Gods Spirit. We must not only have a way, but a voice to direct us when we are wandering, Isa. 30. 21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk in it. Sheep have a Shepherd as well as a Fold; and children that learn to write, must have a Teacher as well as a Copy: and so it is not enough to have a Rule, but we must have a Guide, a Monitor, to put us in mind of our duty. The Israelites had a pillar of a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night. The Gospel-Church is not destitute of a Guide, Psal. 37. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to glory. The Spirit of God is the Guide and Director to warn us of our duty.
3. The Promises for your encouragement. If you look elsewhere, and live by sense and not by faith, you shall have discouragements enough. How shall a man carry himself through the temptations of the world with honour to God? 2 Pet. 1. 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruptions that are in the world through lust. When we have promises to bear us up, this will carry us clear through temptations, and make us act generously, nobly, and keep close to him.