...of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times, Ps. xii. 6. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver, Ps. cxix. 72. 2. Personal religion, described under the various names of wisdom, understanding, the...

...34, 35. Isa. ix. 13. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes : the law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.— Ps. cxix. 71, 72. My beloved hath withdrawn himself, and was gone ; my soul failed, &c. I sought bim,...

...of Human Life, Psa. xxxix. 5 345 * Death, Heb. ix. 27 347 THE TRANSCENDENT EXCELLENCY OF THE BIBLE. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. — Psalm cxix. 72. THE Bible is unquestionably one of the most invaluable treasures ever communicated...

...the observance of them is calculated to convey to the soul. " 0 how I love thy law '." says David, " it is my meditation all the day. The law of thy mouth...better unto me, than thousands of gold and silver. I have rejoiced in thy testimonies as much as in all riches." The moral maxims contained in the writings...

...child of God and a hypocrite, the one serves God from a principle of delight, the other doth not. " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver," Psal. cxix. 72. With what delight doth a covetous man tell over his thousands! but God's law was better...

...kept my word." " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." " Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments."...

...never have given him, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might Learn thy statutes, The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver %. * Psalm cxlv. 18, 19. f Jb'd cvii. 9. J Ibid. cxix. 71. 72. Every word of that division of this...

...97. 99. 148. " I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food ;" Job xxiii. 12. " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver ;" Psal. cxix. 72. " Have ye not read the Scriptures ?" Markxii. 10. The eunuch " sitting in his chariot...

...So did David, in common with other Scripture worthies, as his own declarations abundantly show. " O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day."...better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." Now, what we delight in, it is natural to make known. We read to others the book or the paragraph we...

...the winds and storms ; by whom all things were made, and are upheld, by his word and power. Heb. i. ' the law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.' Psa. cxix. 71. GF Swarthmore in Lancashire, the 28th of the 8th month, 1676. Concerning how the World...