 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pagine
...openeth also their ear to discipline. — Job xxxvi. 8 — 10. Before I was afflicted, I wentastray: but now have I kept thy word. It is good for me that...have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes, O Lord. Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. — Ps. cxix. 67. 71. 75. They that sow in tears, shall... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pagine
...their ear to discipline. — Job xxxvi. 8 — 10. Before I was afflicted, I weutastray: but now have 1 kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes, O Lord. Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. — Ps, cxix. 67. 71. 75. They that sow in tears, shall... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 450 pagine
...and virtue, which Avas the genuine effect intended to be produced. He says within himself, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes, 0 Lord ; for before I was afflicted I went wrong ; but noio I have kept thy word. In patience he possesseth... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1824 - 526 pagine
...our souls. . He that could say, " Remember David and all his troubles," could also say, " It is good for me, that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes," Ps. cxix. 71. Well therefore did the angel that spake to Daniel, put these two together, telling him... | |
 | 1873 - 350 pagine
...made him acquainted with the true God and the true religion. With David he might say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn Thy statutes." God's ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts. His counsels are of old faithfulness... | |
 | 1824 - 448 pagine
...incidents of ycjur present calamity, and say, It is good for me that I have been afflicted. Before I was afflicted, I went • astray, but now have I kept thy word. This bereavement may be intended to exalt your character by calling into exercise your religious principles.... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 pagine
...David, 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, Psal cxix. 71, 67. Although our Lord and Saviour was the only Son, and the beloved of the father, yet... | |
 | John Flavel - 1824 - 302 pagine
...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... | |
 | 1847 - 390 pagine
...discipline ? Surely a full acknowledgment of its necessity, and of Divine goodness in sending it. " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word," Psa. cxix. 67. " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes," Psa.... | |
 | 1824 - 188 pagine
...made my mountain to stand strong ; but thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled." — " Before 1 was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word. O Lord, thou hast been my Saviour; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation." Who is... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
