 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1812 - 668 pages
...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 holden in the cords of affliction, then he sheweth them their work,... | |
 | John Brewster - 1813 - 404 pages
...corruptible creatures to the glorioirs liberty of the sons of God. " Before I " was troubled, I went wrong, but " now have I kept thy word. It is " good for me that I have been in " trouble, that I may learn thy sta" tutes. I know, O Lord! that t-iy " judgements are... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...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... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1813 - 550 pages
...David gratefully acknowledges thai tie derived real benefit from the divine corrections. "Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and thou in faithfulness hath corrected me." Thus God... | |
 | Richard Mant - Apologetics - 1813 - 440 pages
...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 - 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... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Sermons, American - 1815 - 320 pages
...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... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...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... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
