 | Francis Asbury - 1821 - 420 pages
...truth, as if falsehood alone were pleasing. Wednesday 14. I preached at brother Wells!s on " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes :" this cannot be the language of any but gracious souls. Sinners think all these things are against... | |
 | Otis Thompson - Funeral sermons - 1821 - 28 pages
...their afflictions ; they too shall have equal cause to say, with God's antient servant, " 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." 5. It greatly concerns all parents... | |
 | 1821 - 588 pages
...time he should be permitted to re-enter his pulpit. The text he chose was Psalm cxix. 67, " Before I was afflicted, I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word." He mentioned another text to Mr. Ilillyard, which had afforded him great pleasure, and from which he... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge ; for I have believed thy commandments. 67 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. 60 The proud have forged a lie against me:... | |
 | 1822 - 570 pages
...and this affliction most graciously sanctified ! Before I was afflicted I went astray, bat now I have kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. — I would not change places with any one in the world. — I do not jir;iy that my affliction may... | |
 | 1822 - 550 pages
...Indeed.it is good for us, to keep us humble. The royal Psalmist found it so ; for he says, " Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word"—" It is good for me to be afflicted," &c. Believers, therefore, welcome the cross, while they still keep the crown in view.... | |
 | William Foster - 1822 - 118 pages
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 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...sanctified affliction? 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. (119 P. 67. 7l.) 8. .Are sorrow and sympathy truly beneficial? .. It is better to go to the house of... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge ; for I have believed thy commandments. 67 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... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 504 pages
...take away his sin." Isa. xxvii. 9. To the same purpose is that place in Psal. cxix. 67, " Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." And here it may be asked, On what account afflictions are said to purge away the iniquities of the... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
