One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on Psalm 119

Doct. 2. Those whose eyes are opened by God, they see wondrous things in his word, more than ever they thought.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy Law. Law is not taken strictly for the Covenant of works, nor for the Decalogue as a Rule of life; but more generally for the whole word of God, which is full of wonders, or high and heavenly mysteries. In the Decalogue or Moral Law, there is wonderful purity, when we get a spiritual sense of it. Psal. 119. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandments are exceeding broad: and Psal. 19. 7, 8. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple: the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. A wonderful Equity; Rom. 7. 12. The law is holy, and the commandment is holy, just and good. A marvellous wisdom; Deut. 4. 6. Keep therefore, and do them; for this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the Nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great Nation is a wise and understanding people. In the whole word of God, the harmony and correspondence between all the parts, how the mystery grew from a dark revelation, to clearer, is admirable. In the Gospel every Article of faith is a mystery to be wondered at: the Person of Christ, 1 Tim. 3. 16. Great is the mystery of godliness, God manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit, &c. A Virgin conceiveth, the Word is made flesh; the redemption and reconciliation of mankind, is the wonderful work of the Lords Grace. It is the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery,