...David, 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, Psal cxix. 71, 67. Although our Lord and Saviour was the only Son, and the beloved of the father, yet...

...take away his sin." Isa. xxvii. 9. To the same purpose is that place in Psal. cxix. 67, " Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." And here it may be asked, On what account afflictions are said to purge away the iniquities of the...

...read, " Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord! and teachest him out of thy law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted. Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation ; for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life...

...that he gave the same account to another friend, applying to himself the words of David ; " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; before I was afflicted I went astray." On being further questioned, how he derived his instruction, he said, that " his Father had told him...

...us learnt to purpose, but in this way? so that we have had reason to say, with David. " ' It is good for me that I have been afflicted : before I was afflicted I went astray :' I had ' forgotten the exhortation, which speaketh unto me as unto a child ;' but afterward I perceived...

...thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for I have believed thy commandments. C7 Before I is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women ? whither i 68 Thou art good, and doest good : teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forced a lie against me...

...For he niaketh sore, and bindeth up ; he woundeth, and his hands -make whole, Job v. 17, 18. 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. I know, O Lord, thy...

...word. 66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 67. 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...

...her hand, and the fever left her : and she arose, and ministered unto them, Matt. viii. 15. Before I was afflicted, I went astray : but now have I kept thy word, Psal. cxix. 67. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes, 71....

...seasons, from this experience, is sweetly in unison with David's, in a similar situation. "It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; before I was afflicted, I went astray," &c. &c. The declaration is an absolute one. " I have refined thee." It is already done, judicially;...