Section 48
pp. 421–4226 passages
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¶ Vers. 48. Mine hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments which I have loved: and I will meditate in thy statutes.
¶ Vers. 48. Mine hands also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements which I haue loued: and I will meditate in thy statutes.
IT was not sufficient (as he thought) to acquaint GOD with the delight of his heart, unless he also made manifest unto him that his outward gesture was answerable to his hart. You shall observe it even in little children, that if they desire to have any thing that they see, they will stretch out their hands that they may get hold, and having once gotten it, you shall hardly get it from them again.
IT was not sufficient (as he thought) to acquaint GOD with the delight of his heart, vnles he also made manifest vnto him that his outward gesture was answerable to his hart. You shall obserue it euen in little children, that if they desire to haue any thing that they see, they will stretch out their hands that they may get holde, and hauing once gotten it, you shall hardly get it from them againe.