...it will hold its weight still for all the burning. Hence it is that the Psalmist saith, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes;" and the apostle saith, " All things work together for good to them that love God." He is a froward...

...the partakers of his holiness ? Does not the experience of each justify him in 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...

...receive them thankfully, accounting our afflictions to be mercies, according to that of David, Psalm cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 4. And lastly, In the day of adversity we are to consider how and by what means we may be freed from...

...together for good to 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 to 57. So when this corruptible shall have put on corruption, and this mortal shall have...

...receive them thankfully, accounting our afflictions to be mercies, according to that of David, Psalm cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 4. And lastly, In the day of adversity we are to consider how and by what means we may be freed from...

...holy psalmist — " 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" — And thus, extensively, the apostle to the Hebrews — "NIv son despise not tlmu the chastening...

...never will here. In this manner therefore David speaks of the troubles he had met with : " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes," Ps. cxix. 71. " I know, 0 Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted...

...when he signed himself A BIGOT. SUGGESTED IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION BY A MODERN SONNET. " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." Psa. cxix. 71. ANOTHER and another fearful blow ! My earthly hopes and comforts all o'erthrown ! And...

...affliction, and always found himself the better for his trials. In the 119th Psalm he says : " 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." And then he adds, " Thou art good...

...O Lord, according to thy word :' still he cries, ' Teach me good judgment and knowledge. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.' 1797. I love to feel the kindlings of repentance ; self loathing under a sense of ingratitude ; heart...