...whole heart. 70 tO. Their heart is curdled like milk : lut I delight in thy law. 71 tO. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 tO. Better to me is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 \ Thy hands...

...ample, bears full testimony to- their utility. " Before I was afflicted, I went astray : but no\r " have I kept thy word." " It is good for me that '•** -I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy sta" totes.*1 He .had good reason, therefore, to subjoift, " I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are...

...danger and of their want. SERMON XXX1I1. THIS LIFE A STATE OF PROBATION. • PSALM cix. 71. " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. " OF the various views, under which human life has been considered, no one seems so reasonable, as...

...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. I thought on my ways, and turned "my feet unto thy testimonies. tl made " haste, and delayed not to...

...thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before I 68 Tnou art good, and doest good ; teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me...

...keep Thy commandments. Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O LORD, according to Thy word. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted i that I might learn Thy statutes. , They that fear Thee, will .be glad when they...

...earnest in prayer with God. Ps. cxix. 6J1, 71. ' 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 might learn thy statutes.' Hos. v. 14, 15. ' I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even...

...and instead of long life on earth, he giveth them eternal lite in heaven. Psalm cxix. 71, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. Isa. Ivii. 1, The righteous perisheth, and merciful men are taken away from the evil to come. 1 John...

...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...

...been brought nearer to God than ever. The Psalmist saith, in his address to the Most High, " before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word." (Psalm exist. 67.) " We glory in tribulations," saith the Apostle Paul, « knowing that tribulation...