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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.
Secondly, In what sense it is said that he will declare all the judgments of his mouth? In this speech David may be considered as a King, as a Prophet, or as a private believer.
1. As a King, so some conceive, that whenever he judged or gave sentence upon the throne, he would declare the judgments of Gods mouth; that is, decree in the case according to the sentence of the Law. In favour of this sense it may be alleged,
1. As a King, so some conceive, that whenever he judged or gave sentence upon the throne, he would declare the judgments of Gods mouth; that is, decree in the case according to the sentence of the Law. In favour of this sense it may be alledged,
1. That certainly the King was bound to study the Law of God, as you shall see Deut. 17. 18, 19. When he sitteth upon the throne of his Kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests, the Levites: and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life. Every King was bound to have a copy of the Law, the Rabbis say, written with his own hand, carried about with him wheresoever he went in City or Camp.
1. That certainly the King was bound to study the Law of God, as you shall see Deut. 17. 18, 19. When he sitteth upon the throne of his Kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests, the Levites: and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life. Every King was bound to have a copy of the Law, the Rabbies say, written with his own hand, carried about with him wheresoever he went in City or Camp.