 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1815 - 552 pages
...present world . . 4f2 ' i » " ' SERMON XXXIII. THIS LIFE A STATE OF PROBATION. PSALM cxix. 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes . . . 49 1 t SERMON XXXIV. THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONE ANOTHER IN A FUTURE STATE. COL. i. 28. Whom we preach,... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...never will here. In this manner therefore David speaks of the troubles he had met •with: " It is good for me that I have been afflicted,' that I might learn thy statutes," Ps. cxix. 71. " I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease ; 6ut I delight in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 Thy hands have... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - Sermons, American - 1815 - 320 pages
...when he said, " Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." — " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes."* God called his own Son to endure the bitterest sufferings of human nature; and as a reward' of his... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...hast afflicted me. Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. , Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in... | |
 | 1815 - 974 pages
...precepts with ny whole heart. 10 Their heart isasfatas greafe; tut F delight in thy law. 71 It it good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy ftatutes. 72 The Uwof ihy mouth >r better unto me than thoufands of goldandfilver. JOD. 7S Thy hands... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the fruit to take away sin." David could say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now J have kept thy word." A good man may even glory in tribulation,... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...who was an eminent prophet and preacher, leaving on record apart of his own experience: It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. From these words I shall take occasion to discourse on the following observation : — SANCTIFIED AFFLICTIONS... | |
 | Isabella Graham - 1816 - 428 pages
...me, O Lord, according to thy word : still he cries, Teach me good judgment and knowledge. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. 1797. I love to feel the kindlings of repentance ; self loathing under a sense of ingratitude ; heart... | |
 | Seth Coleman, Nathan Perkins - Funeral sermons - 1817 - 306 pages
...heart, he will, most assuredly, enable you hereafter to say, with the pious Psalmist, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted, I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word. I know, O Lord, that R thy judgments... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
