 | Richard Mant - 1813 - 440 pàgines
...thou, 0 God, hast " created in me a clean heart, and renewed a right spirit within me." " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word;" and therefore " it is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." But... | |
 | John Colquhoun - 1814 - 446 pàgines
...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... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 pàgines
...will be — " 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." . Perhaps here there will occur to the minds of some of my hearers, the following question : — Why... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pàgines
...subject of it would be heard exclaiming, while the sweet tear of penitence moistened his eye, " Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy Word." Then would he find that, "like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 320 pàgines
...and Christian virtues do spring. To this truth the Psalmist bore witness, when he said, " Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept...been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes."* God called his own Son to endure the bitterest sufferings of human nature; and as a reward' of his... | |
 | 1815 - 294 pàgines
...know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept...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... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pàgines
....affliction's fiery furnace. What David says of himself, has been the experience of thousands: " Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept...been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." I believe, that most can recollect more than one instance in which affliction has reclaimed them from... | |
 | William Paley - 1815 - 552 pàgines
...present world . . 4f2 ' i » " ' SERMON XXXIII. THIS LIFE A STATE OF PROBATION. PSALM cxix. 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes . . . 49 1 t SERMON XXXIV. THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONE ANOTHER IN A FUTURE STATE. COL. i. 28. Whom we preach,... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pàgines
...thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for [ have believed thy commandments. 6? Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good, and doest good ; teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me... | |
 | 1815 - 974 pàgines
...precepts with ny whole heart. 10 Their heart isasfatas greafe; tut F delight in thy law. 71 It it good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy ftatutes. 72 The Uwof ihy mouth >r better unto me than thoufands of goldandfilver. JOD. 7S Thy hands... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
