 | 1822 - 184 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 stamtes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. F 73 Thy bauds... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...sanctified affliction ? Before I was afflicted I went us tray ; 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, 71.) 8. Are sorrow and sympathy truly beneficial? It is better to go to the house of mourning,... | |
 | Lydia Wakeman - 1823 - 112 pages
...peculiar pleasure.—To a friend she thus writes : " I hope I can say with the Psalmist, " it is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." I have indeed been gently dealt with, fortho' I trust sin is daily more exceeding sinful in my eyes,... | |
 | John Griscom - Europe - 1823 - 532 pages
...and nineteenth Psalm, he immediately joined the choir in the seventy-first verse — .' It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes." We arrived at Pavia at ten o'clock, and after dining, called to deliver our letter of introduction... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1823 - 382 pages
...this present world.— Titus ii. 11, 12. 237 SERMON XXXIII. THIS LIFE A STATE OF PROBATION. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. — Psalm cix, 71. CiT SERMON XXXIV. THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONE ANOTHER IN A FUTURE STATE. Whom we preach,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bible - 1824 - 526 pages
...our souls. . He that could say, " Remember David and all his troubles," could also say, " It is good for me, that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes," Ps. cxix. 71. Well therefore did the angel that spake to Daniel, put these two together, telling him... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...Job xxxvi. 8 — 10. Before I was afflicted, I wentastray: but now have I kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes, O Lord. Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. — Ps. cxix. 67. 71. 75. They that sow in tears, shall... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - Death - 1824 - 654 pages
...this manner' to sanctify his chastisements unto thee, thou wilt one day cry out with David, 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, Psal cxix. 71, 67. Although our... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...in prayer with God. 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* I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I will tear, and... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 450 pages
...and virtue, which Avas the genuine effect intended to be produced. He says within himself, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes, 0 Lord ; for before I was afflicted I went wrong ; but noio I have kept thy word. In patience he possesseth... | |
| |
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
