 | John Milton - 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,... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 588 pages
...afflicted, saith the Psalmist, / went " Heb. xii. 5, 6. astray: but now I have kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes* . No chastening for the present, saith the Apostle, seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless,... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1825 - 124 pages
...bringing her to her God, and have enabled her to say to him, in the words of the psalmist, "it is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." Thus, then, you see, dear children, that a time of worldly pleasures may be called one's BETTER DAYS,... | |
 | John Hewlett - 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... | |
 | William Carpenter - 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... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 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 in general that the goodness of God... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 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 affliction in general that the goodness... | |
 | Henry Scudder - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Wesley - 1826 - 466 pages
...preach a sermon over me, on those words of David (unless he thinks any other to be more fit) Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now I have kept thy word. "I asked him, 'How do you find yourself now? He said, 'In great pafn, but full of love.' I asked, But... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
