...High, and praised and honored him that liveth for ever ;' so David himself, ' Before,' said he, ' I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word.' It is that whereby God doth prepare men, and doth entitle them to the blessed rewards hereafter: '...

...every review, " it is good for me that 1 have been at dieted, that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word." To conclude. There is no subject under which we cannot teach and preach Jesus Christ How is it that...

...robbed the vine ? Can you say 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" — Has the Lord forgotten to be gracious to you ? Fourthly, he does it by discovery. " The word of...

...religious duties ; and can say with David—whose heart was thus purified by suffering— " before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy word V Let not, therefore, trials like these for a moment lead us to doubt the loving-kindness of the Lord,...

...of the children of God in every age. How decidedly does David speak on this point :- — " 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." " Surely," says Solomon,...

...the Most High rules. In view of the trials incident to life, we hear the Psalmist exclaim "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." This seems to be the lamentable condition of man. When rolling in the calm tide of uninterrupted* prosperity,...

...the right of the poor. This is my comfort in my affliction : for thy word hath quickened me. 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. Let,...

...therefore, and washed, and came seeing. John ix. 6, 7. And they followed him.] See ehap. viii. 15. Before I ft. cxix. 67. The law of thy mouth it better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Ps. cxix. 72....

...visitations ; " It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes ; " " before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." And if so holy and pious a man as David, (though he once greatly fell,) found affliction to be necessary...

...robbed the vine ? Can you say with David, " It is good for rne that I have been afflicted ; before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word"— Has the Lord forgotten to be gracious to you ? Fourthly, he does it by discovery. " The word of the...