 | 1828 - 110 pages
...good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seek»th him." Lam. iii. 25. . XXXV. PSALM cxix. 69. I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. The heart of fallen man is turned to his own iniquity, Is. liii. 6. God is not in all his thoughts, Ps.... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1828 - 408 pages
...says, " My people do not consider." Therefore he cries, '* Consider your ways." Therefore David says, " I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies." This extends to each part of religion, as well as the whole. The Christian's abhorrence of sin is not... | |
 | Robert Leighton - Theology - 1828 - 302 pages
...lies exposed to the greatest hazard, and there to guard. Thus David expresses it iu another psalm ; I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. And this should be done not only in the great change of one's first conversion from sin, but this double... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...the grand concern of life, the " one thing needful.?' Then shall we he able to say with the Psalmist, "I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies." LESSON XII. The Stranger and his Friend. Matt. xxv. 35—40. — MONTGOMERY. A POOR wayfaring man of... | |
 | Assembly of divines shorter catech - 1828 - 84 pages
...I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. c Psalm cxix. 59. I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 88 Q. What are the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption ? A.... | |
 | Abijah Wines - Bible - 1828 - 36 pages
...become, in the language of inspiration, morally a new creature. With the Psalmist he can now say, " I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not, to keep thy commandments." And I ask, what is there in all this, mysterious,... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...precepts, &c. Princes also did sit and speak against me, but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes, &c. I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies, &c. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, and have comforted myself, &c. I have remembered thy... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...the will or heart. We give the following as specimens of numerous passages which might bt cited. " I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies." — "Because he " considereth and turneth away from his wickedness, he shall save his soul alive."... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 576 pages
...orderly way for the conversion of a sinner, and the preventing of his sin and misery. David saith, " I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies." (Psal. cxix. 59.) The prodigal " came to himself," and returned to his father, by the success of his... | |
 | Jane Taylor - Children's stories - 1830 - 306 pages
...grand concern of life, the " one thing needful." Then shall we be able to say with the Psalmist, " I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies." III. A DAY'S PLEASURE. ONE fine May morning a large party of young people, of which I was one, set... | |
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I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 
