...enabled to amend what had been hitherto amiss, and to advance in piety. As he says, ver. 67, " before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." There were errors and faults in his conduct, in the time of ease and prosperity, which afflictions...

...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...

...Sanctified afflictions become the most precious blessings. The I'.s.ii •!!! it. could say, "Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have i kept thy word,* It is good for uie that I have been afflicted, Jhat I might learn thy statutes." 1 hope you \viH never...

...incidents of your present calamity, and say, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted. Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy word. This bereavement may be intended to exalt your character by calling into exercise your religious principles....

...well as Luther, may call affliction one of the best schoolmasters ; and with David may say, ' Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word.' Many 6 u thousand recovered sinners may cry, ' O healthful sickness ! O comfortable sorrows ! O gainful...

...Psalmist, " 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. I know, O Lord, that R thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me." T*...

...Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in great 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 was afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." All the saints will at last...

...on which ground David urgeth his request ; " for I have believed thy com" mandments." 67. Before I was afflicted, I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. We collect from this verse, that prosperity is too often the parent of sin ; that adversity is, first,...

...affliction f. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes s. Before I was afflicted, I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word h. Hear my cry, O God, attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee ; when...

...prosperity, on the one hand ; the blessed fruits of sanctified afflictions, on the other. " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word." — Happy the man whom God correcteth ! And frequently the scriptural expressions are such as to intimate...