...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....

...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...

...according unto 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...

...thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for I have believed thy commandments. C7 Before I is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women ? whither i 68 Thou art good, and doest good : teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forced a lie against me...

...her hand, and the fever left her : and she arose, and ministered unto them, Matt. viii. 15. Before I was afflicted, I went astray : but now have I kept thy word, Psal. cxix. 67. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes, 71....

...For he niaketh sore, and bindeth up ; he woundeth, and his hands -make whole, Job v. 17, 18. 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. I know, O Lord, thy...

...chastenest, O Lord! and teachest him out of thy law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted. Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation ; for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life...

...saying, " 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." • .' Nor is it merely in affliction in general that the goodness of God is manifest, but in its peculiar...

...saying, " 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." Nor is it merely in affliction in general that the goodness of God is manifest, but in its peculiar...

...then he would fervently thank God for having afflicted him. Of him it may well be said, " Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." He was not, as he himself expressed it, a good scholar ; but some plain and easy Tracts supplied him...