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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.
SERMON XV.
PSAL. CXIX. 14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy Commandments as much as in all riches.
PSAL. CXIX. 14. I have rejoyced in the way of thy Commandments as much as in all riches.
THESE words may respect the 12th Verse, as another argument wherewith to back his request, Teach me thy statutes: for I have rejoiced in the way of thy commandments as much as in all riches. Many are for worldly wealth, but I have other desires; Lord teach me how to understand and keep thy statutes, and this will be a greater benefit than any worldly possession whatsoever. Or you may refer them to the 13th verse, as a reason of his practice; every man will be speaking of that wherewith he is delighted. Lord, thy testimonies are my rejoicing, therefore I have, and will be speaking of them upon all occasions. Or this may be the fruit of what was mentioned before; Those that are exercised about the word, the study and practice of it, and conference about it, have a sweet sense of the goodness of it in their own souls, so as they delight and rejoice in it above all things; and if we have not felt this effect, it is because we are strangers to the word.
THESE words may respect the 12th Verse, as another argument wherewith to back his request, Teach me thy statutes: for I have rejoyced in the way of thy commandments as much as in all riches. Many are for worldly wealth, but I have other desires; Lord teach me how to understand and keep thy statutes, and this will be a greater benefit than any worldly possession whatsoever. Or you may refer them to the 13th verse, as a reason of his practice; every man will be speaking of that wherewith he is delighted. Lord, thy testimonies are my rejoycing, therefore I have, and will be speaking of them upon all occasions. Or this may be the fruit of what was mentioned before; Those that are exercised about the word, the study and practice of it, and conference about it, have a sweet sense of the goodness of it in their own souls, so as they delight and rejoyce in it above all things; and if we have not felt this effect, it is because we are strangers to the word.