 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...to enjoy in private the more exalted pleasures of abstinence, meditation, and prayer. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted : that I might learn thy statutes. God's statutes are best learned in the school of affliction, because by affliction the great impediments... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1818 - 554 pages
...present world. . . . 472 SERMON XXXIII. THIS LIFE A STATE OF PROBATION. PSALM cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy stattttes. . . . . . 491 SERMON XXXIV. THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONE ANOTHER IN A FUTURE STATE. Cox. i. 28.... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...Psalm xxv. 18. c Psalm Ix^i. 80, 81. me to hope ; this is my comfort in my affliction f. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes s. Before I was afflicted, I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word h. Hear my cry, O God, attend... | |
 | Willis Harris - Methodist Church - 1821 - 344 pages
...IMPORTANT SUBJKCTS. 107 lore 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." Christian contentment also implies a willingness to do the will of God. 1 can, saith the apdstle, do... | |
 | Otis Thompson - Funeral sermons - 1821 - 28 pages
...their afflictions ; they too shall have equal cause to say, with God's antient servant, " 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." 5. It greatly concerns all parents... | |
 | Francis Asbury - 1821 - 420 pages
...truth, as if falsehood alone were pleasing. Wednesday 14. I preached at brother Wells!s on " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes :" this cannot be the language of any but gracious souls. Sinners think all these things are against... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease : but 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. o EVENING PRAYER. JOET.... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...sanctified affliction? 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. (119 P. 67. 7l.) 8. .Are sorrow and sympathy truly beneficial? .. It is better to go to the house of... | |
 | 1822 - 570 pages
...graciously sanctified ! Before I was afflicted I went astray, bat now I have kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. — I would not change places with any one in the world. — I do not jir;iy that my affliction may... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 504 pages
...Spirit teaches them ! Surely they reckon it an abundant recompence of all that they suffer. " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes," Psal. cxix. 71. Yea, he refreshes as well as teaches, and no cordials revive like his. " In the multitude... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
