 | 1816 - 926 pages
...field of his duties. " O," say» he, " how I love thy law ! It is nr» meditation all the day." " Ho\f sweet are thy words unto my taste; yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" Here, then, w« have, I conceive, another most important distinction between these two classes. The... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...teachers, for thy tes: my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. Through thy precepts I get understanding ; therefore I hate every false way." Psalm cxix. 98, 99, 100, lO-t. " Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : neither do I... | |
 | Seth Coleman, Nathan Perkins - Funeral sermons - 1817 - 306 pages
...mouth is better unto me than gold or silver. Oh, how-love I thy law; it is my meditation all the day ! How sweet are thy words unto my taste ; yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth." But alas ! "How is the gold become dim, how is the most refined gold changed!" How have I flagged in... | |
 | Wesleyan Methodists services - 1817 - 278 pages
...evil way, that I may keep thy word. 6 I have not shrunk from thy judgments: for thou teiichest me. 7 O how sweet are thy words unto my taste; yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth ! 8 Through thy commandments I get understanding; therefore I hate all evil ways. THY... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1879 - 822 pages
...which separates the mind from error and guides into all truth. " The entrance of thy word giveth light. Through thy precepts I get understanding, therefore...I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. The doctrine of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul ; the testimony... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...the lesson, he bestoweth on the scholar both a disposition to learn, and an ability to perform. 103. How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. The soul hath its " taste," as well as the body, and that taste is then in good order, when the " words... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1844 - 638 pages
...say, like good king David, "The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver;" "How sweet are thy words unto my taste; yea, sweeter than honey to my lips." And therefore they are glad when Sunday comes, because they have a day when they may quietly... | |
 | Andrew Ramsay - Sermons, English - 1821 - 500 pages
...way, walk ye in it." —" Thy testimonies are my delight," saith the Psalmist, " and my counsellors. " How sweet are thy words unto my " taste, yea, sweeter...understanding, therefore I hate every " false way." In every situation and circumstance of life, the word of God affords direction ; and if we apply to... | |
 | Anthony Forster - Congregational churches - 1821 - 372 pages
...the children of God have in every age delighted. " O how I love thy law," exclaimed the Psalmist.* " How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. "f " Thy word was unto me," said Jeremiah, " the joy and rejoicing of my heart."J When Philip preached... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...I might keep thy word. 102 I have not departed from thy judgments : for thou hast taught me. > 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding : therefore I hate every false way. MORNING PRAYER. NUN.... | |
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How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. 
