PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Complete Works of Thomas Manton — Volume 6
Thomas Manton · 319,442 words · 323 reading sections
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462 SERMONS UPON PSALM cxix. [!Ser. XLIX. fill and unbelieving are put with murderers and sorcerers and idola- ters, and sent together to the lake that burnetii with fire and brim- stone, Eev. xxi. 8. Use 1. To reprove them that think it to be enough to own the truth in their hearts, without confessing it with their …
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(4.) When our non- profession shall be interpreted to be a denial. Thus Daniel, chap, vi. 10, opened his casement, which looked towards Jerusalem, and prayed three times a day as he was wont. We must rather suffer than deny the truth by interpretation, when such prac- tices are urged as cross a principle, and we comply…
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VeR. 43.] SERMONS UPON PSALM cxis. 465 which is in Christ Jesus ; ' Acts ix. 27, ' Barnabas declared unto them how he had preached boldly to them at Damascus iu the name of Jesus ;' ver. 29, ' He spake boldly iu the name of Jesus ; ' Acts xiv. 3, ' Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord ; ' Acts xi…
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Doct. 3. At such a time God must be dealt withal about it upon two grounds : — 1. Because God hath a great hand in the judgment. In the out- ward case, want of liberty, nothing falleth out without his providence; he seeth fit sometimes to exercise his people with unreasonable men, for ' all have not faith,' 2 Thes. ii…
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1. Humbly confessing our ill-deservings. It is a sign God is angry when he suffereth his gospel to be obstructed, much more when the mouths of his ministers are shut up that they shall not plead for his interest and truths. It is a notable sign of his departure that he is not much concerned in the progress of the gospe…
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Doct. 5. They will not be utterly overcome in their trials that hope in God's judgments. Why ? 1. Because this hope will teach us to wait upon the Lord until he show us better things : Ps. Ixii. 5, ' My soul, wait thou upon the Lord, for my expectation is from him.' They can tarry a little while, and so are not carrie…
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2. He expresseth his vehemency of affection. Those that are deeply affected with anything are wont to express themselves as largely as they can. As Paul, that bad a deep sense of God's power : Eph. i. 19, VeR. 44.] SERMONS UPON PSALM CXIX. 471 * Exceeding greatness of his power,' ' according to the working of his mig…
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3. God's eye is always upon us ; he is alike everywhere ; therefore a Christian should be alike everywhere, always like himself, at home and abroad, alone and in company : Phil. ii. 12, 'As ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more in my absence.' Many are devout abroad, but carnal, careless, pro…
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2. It reproveth them that would have a dispensation at times, and take liberty to cast off all Christian modesty and gravity ; that think if they be serious sometimes, they may be light and vain at others ; and therefore sometimes like angels of light, at other times like fiends of darkness. Sometimes we would take the…
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[2.] Consider, falling off is more dishonourable to God than a simple refusal. Why ? You bring an ill report upon him, as if he were not a good master. A wicked man that refuseth grace, he does not so much dishonour God, because his refusal is supposed to be the fruit of his prejudice. But now you cast him off after tr…
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Direct. 2, Be fortified within by taking heed to the causes of apostasy and falling off from the truth, either in judgment or practice. What are those things ? 1. Ungrounded assent. A choice lightly made is lightly altered, when men do not resolve upon evidence. We are to ' try all things,' 1 Thes. V. 21. When we take…
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1. David's privilege, and I will walk at liberty. 2. The ground of it, for I seek thy precepts. The points are two : — Boot. 1. To walk in the way of God's precepts is to walk at liberty. VeR. 45.] SERMONS UPON PSALM CXIX. 479 Doct. 2. The more we take care to do so, the more we find this liberty. I seek, that note…
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[2.] That which disorderetli the constitution of the soul, and puts reason out of dominion, that certainly is spiritual bondage and thral- dom. Now, when the base prevail above the honourable, it is a sign a country is enthralled ; where beggars are on horseback, and princes walk on foot; or, as it is monstrous in the …
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482 SERMONS UPON PSALM CXIX. [SeR. LI. necessity upon me, that I can do nothing but sin against thee. And after that, Be/or midaham quasi mortem consuetudinis mutationem (Aug. Confes. lib. viii. cap. 7). Thus are "we by little and little en- slaved, brought under the power of every toy. Things are lawful as subordinat…
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1. Outward deliverances out of straits and afflictions: Ps. cxviii. 5, ' I called upon the Lord in distress ; the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place ;' and Ps. xviii. 19, ' He brought me forth also into a large ]')lace ; he delivered me because he delighted in me.' So Ps. iv. 1, ' Thou hast enlarged me when …
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VeR. 45.] SERMONS UPON PSALM CXIX. 485 brutish affections hurry them ! What pains, aches in the body, wounds in the conscience ! How many secret gripes and scourges ! No such subjection, no slave so subject to the will of his lord, as a man to his lusts and sinful desires, — will speak, think nothing but what sin comm…
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[1.] The terror of kings or men in power may be supposed to be a hindrance to the free confession of God's truth ; therefore he saith, ' I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings.' [2.] Carnal shame may breed a loathness to own God's despised ways ; therefore he addeth, ' I will not be ashamed.' David would ne…
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488 SERMONS UPON PSALM CXIX. [SeR. LIL Doct. 1. That nothing is so necessary for kings, princes, and magis- trates to know as God's testimonies. Doct. 2. That God's testimonies are so excellent, that we should not be afraid or ashamed to own them before any sort of men in the world. Of the first briefly. Doct. 1. T…
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[3.] As to success and acceptance, obedience to God makes them a double blessing to the people — as governors, as holy ; as they have the natural image of God in dominion and authority : 1 Cor. xi. 7, ' Forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God,' which must be reverenced and respected, not resisted ; so the spiritu…
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Secondly, I shall speak of them distinctly ; and so — 1. Show why W'C should not be afraid to own the testimonies and ways of God before any sort of people in the world. [1.] Because holy boldness in confession is an especial gift of God. David asketh it here, ' Take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;' an…
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(2.) Love to God is necessary to confirm and strengthen this resolu- tion in us, for that overcometh all terrors : Eom. viii. 37, ' Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us ; ' and Cant. viii. 6, 7, ' Love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave ; the coals thereof are…
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494 SERMOKs UPON PSALM cxix. [Ser. LII. liim that committed adnltery, meaning the heathen Jupiter. Affliction is no disgrace, but sin is. But what danger is there of being ashamed of the gospel, since^ Christianity is in fashion ? Ans. 1. Sometimes the simplicity of the gospel is contemned by the wits of the world ;…
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Use. See the strange perversion of human nature. Men are ashamed where they should be bold, and bold and confident where they should be ashamed : ' They glory in their shame ; ' but think it a disgrace to speak of God, and own God, not before kings only, but before their familiars and companions. Be ashamed to be filth…
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