...says the Psalmist, speaking of it, " than gold, yea than much fine gold," Ps. xix. 10. And again, " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver," Ps. cxix. 72. In this sense then anrn, may be used for gold, and, perhaps, from the resemblance between...

...tract, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying, chap. iii. sect. 6, on The Advantages of Sickness. 72. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Affliction taketh from us the inclination to offend, and it giveth us, in return, a knowledge of that...

...Job says, " 1 have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food ;" and, says David, " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver; more to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much tine gold ; yea, sweeter also than honey, and...

...delight in thy law. // i,v good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. i JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me : give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments....

...kept thy word. — 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. — 75. I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted...

...honeycomb." And in the one hundred and nineteenth psalm, and seventy-second verse, we find him saying, " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." Now, why do we see the sacred writings spoken of as being as precious even as gold and silver 1 Because...

...delight in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me : give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments....

...I might learn thy statutes ; — I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved; — the law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver ;—O how I love thy law ! it is my meditation all the day;— Thou through thy commandments hast made...

...do thy will : Thy saving pow'r and love display, And guide us to the realms of day. HYMN 91. c. M. " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." — Psal. cxix. 72. 1 GREAT God, with wonder and with praise, On all thy works I look ; But still thy...

...thou caused me to hope'. This is my comfort' in my affliction': for thy word hath quickened me'. 72, The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver'. 92, 93, Unless thy law had been my delights', I should then have perished in mine affliction'; I will...