 | 1812 - 680 pages
...to duty those, whom the bounty of Providence could not keep in the ways of the Lord ; " 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. If they are bound in fetters and... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1812 - 420 pages
...gratefully acknowledges, that he had found peculiar benefit from the afflictive hand of God "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 I have kept thy word." • God has often reclaimed,... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Psal. cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn thy statutes. 1 Cor. xv. 54. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have... | |
 | Richard Mant - Apologetics - 1813 - 440 pages
...Godhead, be all honour and glory henceforth and for ever! SERMON XXIX. THE USES OF AFFLICTION. PSALM cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. " IT is good for me that I have been afflicted !" This is not the language of nature ; this is not... | |
 | John Colquhoun - Christian life - 1814 - 446 pages
...word hath quickened me z." " Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counsellors *." *' It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes b." 7. God inflicteth trouble of spirit, upon many of •his children, to the end that, by supporting... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1815 - 552 pages
...acquired of their danger and of their want. t SERMON XXXIII. THIS LIFE A STATE OF 1'ROBATION. PSALM cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. & the various views under which human life has been considered, no one seems so reasonable as that... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...keep thy 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
