...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...

...word hath quickened me z." " Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counsellors *." *' It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes b." 7. God inflicteth trouble of spirit, upon many of •his children, to the end that, by supporting...

...will be — " 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." . Perhaps here there will occur to the minds of some of my hearers, the following question : — Why...

...subject of it would be heard exclaiming, while the sweet tear of penitence moistened his eye, " Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy Word." Then would he find that, "like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear...

...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...been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes."* God called his own Son to endure the bitterest sufferings of human nature; and as a reward' of his...

...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...been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. , Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in...

....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...been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." I believe, that most can recollect more than one instance in which affliction has reclaimed them from...

...present world . . 4f2 ' i » " ' SERMON XXXIII. THIS LIFE A STATE OF PROBATION. PSALM cxix. 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes . . . 49 1 t SERMON XXXIV. THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONE ANOTHER IN A FUTURE STATE. COL. i. 28. Whom we preach,...

...thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for [ have believed thy commandments. 6? Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good, and doest good ; teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me...

...precepts with ny whole heart. 10 Their heart isasfatas greafe; tut F delight in thy law. 71 It it good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy ftatutes. 72 The Uwof ihy mouth >r better unto me than thoufands of goldandfilver. JOD. 7S Thy hands...