Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. VI

Name: Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. VI
Author: Thomas Manton

Thomas Manton (1620–1677) was an English Puritan clergyman, clerk to the Westminster Assembly and later rector of St Paul's, Covent Garden, in London. A respected preacher — he also served as a chaplain to Oliver Cromwell — Manton was ejected in 1662 and continued ministering in private. His sermons were collected after his death in the multi-volume Complete Works in our library, including his much-loved exposition of Psalm 119.

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First published: 1677
Category: Sermons & Preaching
Length: 300k words · about 20 hours
Chapters: 54
Modernized version: In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 93% of the original wording.

About this book

The sixth volume of the collected works of Thomas Manton, the Puritan preacher who served as one of the clerks of the Westminster Assembly. The sermons gathered here come from his London ministry and show his manner at its best: a text opened carefully, doctrines drawn out in order, and everything pressed home upon the conscience.

To the Reader.
To the Reader.
Sermon I. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.—Ver. 1.
Sermon II. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.
Sermon III. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.
Sermon IV. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Sermon V. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Sermon VI. Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Sermon VII. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 🔒
Sermon VIII. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 🔒
Sermon IX. I will keep thy statutes. forsake me not utterly. 🔒
Sermon X. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. 🔒
Sermon XI. With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments. 🔒
Sermon XII. Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. 🔒
Sermon XIII. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. 🔒
Sermon XIV. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 🔒
Sermon XV. I have rejoiced in the way of thy commandments, as much as in all riches. 🔒
Sermon XVI. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 🔒
Sermon XVII. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. 🔒
Sermon XVIII. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. 🔒
Sermon XIX. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. 🔒
Sermon XX. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 🔒
Sermon XXI. My soul breaketh for the longing it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 🔒
Sermon XXII. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. 🔒
Sermon XXIII. Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. 🔒
Sermon XXIV. Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. 🔒
Sermon XXV. Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. 🔒
Sermon XXVI. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 🔒
Sermon XXVII. I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me; teach me thy statutes. 🔒
Sermon XXVIII. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 🔒
Sermon XXIX. My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according to thy word. 🔒
Sermon XXX. Remove from me the way of lying; and grant me thy law graciously. 🔒
Sermon XXXI. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. 🔒
Sermon XXXII. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. 🔒
Sermon XXXIII. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame. 🔒
Sermon XXXIV. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 🔒
Sermon XXXV. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 🔒
Sermon XXXVI. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. 🔒
XXXVII. Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 🔒
Sermon XXXVIII. Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 🔒
Sermon XXXIX. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight. 🔒
Sermon XL. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 🔒
Sermon XLI. And not unto covetousness. 🔒
Sermond XLII. Turn thou away mine eyes from ‘beholding vanity, and quicken thou me in thy way. 🔒
Sermon XLIII. Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. 🔒
Sermon XLIV. Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good. 🔒
Sermon XLV. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; quicken me in thy righteousness. 🔒
Sermon XLVI. Behold I have longed after thy precepts, &c. 🔒
Sermon XLVII. Let thy mercies come also to me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word. 🔒
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. 🔒
Sermon XLIX. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 🔒
Sermon L. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. 🔒
Sermon LI. And I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy precepts. 🔒
Sermon LII. I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 🔒