 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...15. Before I was afflicted, I went astray : but now have I kept thy word, Psal. cxix. 67. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes, 71. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God : and all the people, when... | |
 | John Milton - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 472 pages
...Almighty." Psal. xciv. 12. " blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah." cxix. 71. " it is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." Prov. i. 23. " turn you at my reproof." iii. 11, 12. " my son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah,... | |
 | John Hewlett - Sermons, English - 1825 - 516 pages
...as the holy Psalmist ; who said, in the true spirit of submission to the Divine Will, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." Those who enjoy almost uninterrupted health, prosperity, and happiness, are apt to perform many of... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 528 pages
...the partakers of his holiness ? Does not the experience of each justify him in saying, " 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." • .' Nor is it merely in... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 558 pages
...the partakers of his holiness ? Does not the experience of each justify him in saying, " 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." Nor is it merely in affliction... | |
 | Henry Scudder - Christian life - 1826 - 456 pages
...it will hold its weight still for all the burning. Hence it is that the Psalmist saith, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes;" and the apostle saith, " All things work together for good to them that love God." He is a froward... | |
 | 1826 - 870 pages
...says, (Psalm cxix. 71), " It is good for me, Lord, that thou hast humbled me — [in our translation, that I have been afflicted] — that I might learn thy statutes ;" the other, after having said, I was caught up into the third heavens, and translated to paradise, proceeds... | |
 | 1783 - 540 pages
...may judge by my own feelings, I mufl contend for the truth of it. David himfelf faid, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy ftatutes." Adverfity and ill fortune ferve materially to wean us from earth ; — they teach us the... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...affliction, and always found himself the better for his trials. In the 119th Psalm he says : " 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." And then he adds, " Thou art good... | |
 | George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 514 pages
...thankfully, accounting our afflictions to be mercies, according to that of David, Psalm cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 4. And lastly, In the day of adversity we are to consider how and by what means we may be freed from... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
