...great and sore afflictions have brought me nearer to my God ; so that I can say with, David " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept...been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." I have inquired seriously into the cause of my afflictions, and liar."! sought why God should thus...

...not that which always best, promotes tiie growth of piety. " Before 1 was afflicted/' says David, " I went astray, but now have I kept thy word.*' It is true, indeed, of religion, that all lier ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paitis peace; but,...

...taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Ps. Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now I have kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I jmight learn thy statutes. I know O Lord that thy judgments are right, and that thou in mercy hast...

...chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.' And says the Psalmist, Psal. cxix. 71. ' It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes.' 2. God can fully satisfy the desire of the soul, and in him it may rest with complacency and delight"....

...gratefully acknowledges, that he had found peculiar benefit from the afflictive hand of God "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 I have kept thy word." • God has often reclaimed,...

...the Lord ; " 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. If they are bound in fetters and holden in the cords of affliction, then he sheweth them their work,...

...the Lord ; " 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. If they are bound in fetters and holden in the cords of affliction, then he sheweth them their work,...

...corruptible creatures to the glorioirs liberty of the sons of God. " Before I " was troubled, I went wrong, but " now have I kept thy word. It is " good for me that I have been in " trouble, that I may learn thy sta" tutes. I know, O Lord! that t-iy " judgements are...

...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. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have...

...David gratefully acknowledges thai tie derived real benefit from the divine corrections. "Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and thou in faithfulness hath corrected me." Thus God...