...thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, was sent to buffet me." 2 Cor. 12 : 7. So David, " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word." Psalm 119 : 67. Afflictions are used by God, as thorns by husbandmen, to stop the gaps and keep you from...

...will, to the end of the World. BY JOHN BUNYAN, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. Psalm cxix. 67. ',' Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy Word." lletocg: Published by JOHN BAXTEB. Sold by E. Htmtington, 21, High-Street, Bloomsbury, and J. Badcpcjf,...

...psalm expresses, in a few words, the ideas contained in this particular. " It is good for me that 1 have " been afflicted. Before I was afflicted, I " went astray ; but now have I kept thy "word. 1 thought on my ways, and turned " my feet unto thy testimonies. t 1 made " haste, and delayed not...

...thou, 0 God, hast " created in me a clean heart, and renewed a right spirit within me." " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word;" and therefore " it is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." But...

...the World. BY JOHN BUNYAN, Author of " The Pilgrim's Progress," &c. &c. PSALM cxix. 67.—Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy Word." LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BAYNES. NO. 5i, PATER-NOSTER-ROW. -/ #. , ADVERTISEMENT. THE following...

...know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 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. , Remember the word...

...affliction's fiery furnace. What David says of himself, has been the experience of thousands: " Before I was afflicted, I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word. It is good for me that I have beea afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." I believe, that most...

...and Christian virtues do spring. To this truth the Psalmist bore witness, when he said, " 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."* Let us then be persuaded...

...us learnt to purpose, but id this way ? so that we have had reason to say, with David, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted: before I was afflicted I went astray: I had forgotten the exhortation, which speaketh unto me as unto a child; but afterwards I perceived...

...of the Holy Spirit f In short, I believe every sincere Christian will confess with David, liefrre T was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. If then sorrow and affliction-are our medicines, let us take from the hand of the Lord the cup of salvation,...