 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - Christian life - 1831 - 348 pages
...night. With the prophet, therefore, they can cordially join in saying, " Thy words were found of me, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart." * And to every line of these words of the Psalmist they can cordially subscribe ; " The law of the... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...persecutors ; take me not away in thy longsuffering : know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy...rejoicing of mine heart : for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced ; I sat alone, because... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - Theology - 1832 - 434 pages
...psalmist and the prophet : How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. And hence, too. the reverence of believers for the holy scripture. It is the language and... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...Do I love this; and can I call the Sabbath a delight? There is "the word of Christ" — Can I say, " Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoicing of my heart ?" He has a house for his name — Can I say, " I have loved the habitation... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1832 - 336 pages
...and hear with thine ear, — E/ek. iii, 1, 10. " Thy words were found," says Jeremiah, (xv. 16,) " and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart." John was commanded not to write ; but it was given unto him to see and understand the vision.... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1832 - 342 pages
...water out of the wells of salvation ; " 8 and we are then constrained to cry out with Jeremiah — " Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was to me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart."9 I fear that I have already taken too much time upon this... | |
 | Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - Quakers - 1833 - 638 pages
...food ; indeed, it was with them, in their measure, as it was with the Prophet Jeremiah, where he says, "Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart." It is evident, they received it " not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb." Jeremiah said, " I found thy words and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart." The noble army of Martyrs overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the word of his testimony, and loved... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Dissenters, Religious - 1833 - 774 pages
...hungry man did upon his necessary food, or epicure upon his dainties ; I perfectly regaled myself with them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart:" (Jer. xv. 16.) and we not only come short of their experiences, but frustrate God's gracious... | |
 | Christian life - 1834 - 428 pages
...fruit pleasant to their taste ; and his word sweeter than honey or the honey-comb. They can now say, " thy words were found and I did eat them, and thy word...unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart ; for 1 am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts, Jer. xv. 16. 5thly. They have felt the burden of sin,... | |
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Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts. 
