| Congregational churches - 1816 - 600 pages
...Sanctified afflictions become the most precious blessings. The I'.s.ii •!!! it. could say, "Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have i kept thy word,* It is good for uie that I have been afflicted, Jhat I might learn thy statutes." 1 hope you \viH never... | |
| Missions - 1816 - 560 pages
...of the Holy Spirit f In short, I believe every sincere Christian will confess with David, liefrre T was afflicted, I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word. If then sorrow and affliction- are our medicines, let us take from the hand of the Lord the cup of... | |
| Timothy East - 1817 - 246 pages
...incidents of your 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.... | |
| Seth Coleman, Nathan Perkins - Funeral sermons - 1817 - 306 pages
...Psalmist, " 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. I know, O Lord, that R thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me." T*... | |
| Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...well as Luther, may call affliction one of the best schoolmasters ; and with David may say, ' Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word.' Many 6 u thousand recovered sinners may cry, ' O healthful sickness ! O comfortable sorrows ! O gainful... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...threatenings ; on which ground David urgeth his request ; " for I have believed thy com" mandments." 67. Before I was afflicted, I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. We collect from this verse, that prosperity is too often the parent of sin ; that adversity is, first,... | |
| William Barlass, Peter Wilson - Sermons, English - 1818 - 688 pages
...Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in great faithfulness hast afflicted me. Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." All the saints will at last... | |
| Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...affliction f. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes s. Before I was afflicted, I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word h. Hear my cry, O God, attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee ; when... | |
| Isaac Milner - Sermons, English - 1820 - 442 pages
...prosperity, on the one hand ; the blessed fruits of sanctified afflictions, on the other. " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word." — Happy the man whom God correcteth ! And frequently the scriptural expressions are such as to intimate... | |
| 1821 - 588 pages
...intended to preach, the first 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... | |
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