...ready to return to his heavenly father, to see whether he will be gracious; and now he says; "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." 11. Another means,...

...his children. The afflictions of believers, in a peculiar manner, contribute to this end." " 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." " Tribulation worketh...

...calculated to impart, have confessed with David, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." The following doctrine appears necessarily connected with the principle w r e are attempting to establish,...

...is good for me to have been afflicted," says the psalmist, " that I might learn thy law." " Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word." It is very well when affliction is submitted to without a murmur—but better still when it quickens...

...frequently have this tendency, is undeniable. " It is good for me that I have been afflicted—before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me." If...

...threatenings; on which ground David urgeth his request; ' for I have believed thy commandments.' 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,...

...great in my own eyes. I am the unworthiest of the children of men. With David, I can say, ' Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word.' For these two months I have kept a diary, that in this mirror I might learn to know myself. I have...

...hope." It constrains to obedience. — Hear the acknow• ledgmentof the royal Psalmist: " before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy Word :'' and even of our Lord himself, we read, " though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the...

...on the zeal and piety of David. Do you remember what he himself remarks on this subject? " Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." In what commendable preparations did his revived devotion manifest itself? MARY. Gathering workmen...

...brings us to God. And is not this a blessed use of our troubles ? So the Psalmist says, " Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word." But you are weary: we will speak more of this another time. Enough has been said at present, I hope,...