...tribulation," this, " this was my comfort in my affliction—thy word hath quickened me. It is GOOD for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy STATUTES." " The poor you have always with you," said our compassionate Redeemer; and if they constitute so large...

...Job xxxvi. 8 — 10. Before I was afflicted, I wentastray ; but now have I 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...

...out of thy law." Nor did he speak from reasoning or faith only, but from experience : " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes." Luther says, " I never knew the meaning of the word till I was afflicted." " We fear," says Bishop...

...of life. Afflictions are by Him made eminently instructive ; His children can say to Him, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. But it is especially by His Divine Spirit that our Lord efficiently teaches. The light which His word,...

...oughkagiok eayondadewenbendy, akaouhha waondaddeweandeghte. 2. 19* . Of Afflictions. • IT is good for me that I have been afflicted : that I might learn thy statutes. PsaZ. cxix. 71 Now no chastning for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless,...

...faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. Psalm xxxviii. 8 — -1O. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. Psalm cxix. 71. Thy vows are upon me, O God : I will render praises unto thee. For thou hast delivered...

...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 — "My son despise not tliini the chastening...

...soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world 284 XXXIII. This Life a State of Probation. PSALM cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes 293 * XXXIV. The Knowledge of one another in a future State. COL. i. 28. "Whom we preach, warning every...

...fat as grease ; cording to thine ordinances: for all tire, tliy servants. but 1 delight in thy law. his household, was six cubits broad, and the third The building I. 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. thy statutes....

...accounting them to be mercies, in conformity with the expression of the holy Psalmist, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." Ps. cxix. 67.; and again, " Before I was afflicted J went astray, but now have I kept thy word." Psalm...