And 1 have written to him the great things of my Law

And I have written to him the great things of my Law.

From this manner of phrase, first we are to note this,

That we should look upon the Scripture as concerning ourselves. Here's a letter written to you, and you, and you, every man and woman, therefore it is in the singular number, every man & woman must look upon the Scripture as written to him, or her particularly. God writes to you, he has written a letter to you that you should not commit adultery, nor swear, nor steal, and that you should keep the Sabbath, and that you should not lie, and that you should reverence him, and love him, and fear him, and all such kind of rules that God from heaven has written to you, and it is a marvelous help to obedience and to awaken men's consciences when they apprehend them written to them. Psalm 119:105: Your Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. It is not a light that I see at a distance a great way off, but as a light that is held to my feet that I make use of for the ordering of mine own steps.

Many there are that seem to rejoice in the Word of God as a light to reveal truths to them for matter of discourse, but they make it not as a light to their feet, and a lantern to their steps, as applying it to themselves, and it follows, I have sworn and will perform it, That I will keep your righteous judgments: I have looked upon your Word as a lantern to my feet, as a thing merely concerning me; and then I have sworn and I will perform, I have sworn that I will keep your righteous judgments. It's a mighty means to stir up a man's spirit, and quicken him up to obedience, to look upon the Word as written to himself: as thus, when you come to hear out of God's Word and God directs the Minister so that you apprehend it as spoken to you, it will stir and awaken you, Oh me thought this day every word the Minister spoke it was to me. And so every word in the Scripture that concerns you, God writes to you and conceive it so and it will be a mighty means to stir you up to obedience. As if a man be asleep a great noise will not waken him so soon, as if you call him by his name, John, Thomas &c. So when the Word of God comes as to ourselves in particular it's a mighty means to stir the heart.