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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.
Or if you refer it to the 12th Verse, Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes: teach me, that I may teach others. Our requests for knowledge are like to speed, when we are willing to exercise this knowledge for the glory of God, and the good of others. Talents thrive by their use. To him that hath shall be given, Mat. 25. 29. that is, to him that useth his talents. Trading brings increase; and so it may be used as an argument to back that Petition, Lord teach me: for I have been ever declaring with my lips all the judgments of thy mouth.
Or if you refer it to the 12th Verse, Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes: teach me, that I may teach others. Our requests for knowledg are like to speed, when we are willing to exercise this knowledg for the glory of God, and the good of others. Talents thrive by their use. To him that hath shall be given, Mat. 25. 29. that is, to him that useth his talents. Trading brings encrease; and so it may be used as an argument to back that Petition, Lord teach me: for I have been ever declaring with my lips all the judgments of thy mouth.
Again, none can speak of God with such savour and affection as he that is taught by God: Teach me, and I have or will declare (it may be read either way) all the judgments of thy mouth. A Heathen could say, Non loquendum de Deo sine lumine: We must not speak of God without light. The things of God are best represented with the light of his own grace. David shows that he would perform the duty of a good disciple; that he would teach others, if God should teach him.
Again, none can speak of God with such savour and affection as he that is taught by God: Teach me, and I have or will declare (it may be read either way) all the judgments of thy mouth. A Heathen could say, Non loquendum de Deo sine lumine: We must not speak of God without light. The things of God are best represented with the light of his own grace. David shews that he would perform the duty of a good disciple; that he would teach others, if God should teach him.