 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 страници
...the World will learn Righteoufnefs : and in their Affliction they will feek him eaily. * It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy Statutes, O Lord; For before I was afflicted, I went aftray; but now I have kept thy Word. 1 Wherefore doth a... | |
 | Richard Bundy - 1740 - 478 страници
...trou,* bled ; and very affectionately and gratefully cries out in the Words of the Text, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy Statutes. So that thefe Words imply the Pfalmift's Senfe of the Benefits he had reaped from the Afflictions he... | |
 | Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 страници
...Hands make whole. Pfalm cxfa:. 67, 71. Before I was affli&ed I went aftray, but now have I kept tby Word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy Statutes. I know, O Lord, that thy Judgments are juft : And that in Faithfulnefs, thou hath caufed me to be afflicted.... | |
 | John WITHERSPOON (President of Princeton College.), William Shenstone - 1768 - 342 страници
...Before I was afflicted, I went a' dray; but now have I kept thy word: and, ver. • 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, ' that I might learn thy ftatutes.' And the apoftle Paul, Rom. v. 3. 'And not only fo, but we glory • in tribulations alfo,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 520 страници
...teacheth them ! Surely they reckon it an abundant recompense of all that they fuffer. " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, " that I might learn thy itatutes," Pfalm cxix. i \ . Yea, he refrefhes as well as teaches, and no cordials revive like his.... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1793 - 384 страници
...Pfalm cxix. 67. Before 1 was afflicted, 1 went aftray : but now have 1 kept thy word. v. "i. It is good for me that. I have been afflicted : that I might learn thy fiatutes. James i. 2. My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into divers: temptations. a Matth.... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 страници
...of a much loved relation or friend, or dreadful reverse of fortune in a pecuniary way ? " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept...been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. "§ And it is contrary to all the experience of men of observation to say, that uninterrupted prosperity... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 738 страници
...cxix. 67. Before I was afflicted, 1 went aftny : but now 1 have ' Itept thy word. Verle 71. It is fcojd for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn thy ftaiutes. James i. 2. My brethren, count it all joy, when ye fall iine divers temptations. 8 Matin,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 666 страници
...Spirit teacheth them! Surely they reckon it an abundant recompenfe of all that they fuffer. " It is good for me ' ' «' that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy ftatutes," Pfalm csix. 71. Yea, he refreflies as well as teaches, and no cordials revive ' f like his.... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1802 - 564 страници
...enjoy in private, the more exalted pleafures of abftinence, meditation, and prayer. 7i. It is good for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn thy jlatutes. God's ftatutes are beft learned in the fchool of affliction, becaufe by affliction the great... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
