 | John Milton - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 472 pages
...the chastening of the 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 Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease ; /mi I delight in thy law. ll my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance ii in mine heart, and the year of my red 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 Thy hands have... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. SERMON IX. THE BENEFIT OF AFFLICTION. FSALM exix, 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted.; that I might learii tin statutes, THOUGH the Word of God furnishes a Minister with a rich variety of topics ; yet... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Amelia Opie - Children - 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,... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...look up, when smarting under the stroke of God's afflicting rod, and with humility exclaim, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. Many, doubtless, are the advantages resulting from Sanctified afflictions : they compel us to look... | |
 | 1825 - 366 pages
...whole, Job v. 17, 18. 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 know, O Lord, thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me, Ps. cxix.... | |
 | 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... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
