 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 pages
...of the word of God to the nourishment and exhilaration which food affords to the exhausted body : " Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy...was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart." — There is great beauty and propriety in the three series of the Apocalypse being addressed to the... | |
 | Thomas Watson - Theology, Practical - 1830 - 154 pages
...A gracious heart loves every thing that hath the stamp of God upon it. The word is his delight—" Thy words were found and I did eat them, and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart," Jer. xv. 16. The Sabbath is his delight—" Jf thou turn away thy foot from doing thy pleasure... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1841 - 612 pages
...meditation all the day. How sweet are thy words to my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth." — "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart." Jer. xv. 16. "As new born babes desire the pure milk of the... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Christian life - 1830 - 176 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." And we not only come short of their experience, but frustrate God's gracious intentions,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 pages
...understood," afford both spiritual employment and edification to believers. " Thy words," said the prophet, " were found, and I did eat them : and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart," Jer. xv. 16. The " statutes of the Lord," says the psalmist, " are right, rejoicing the... | |
 | 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...word was unto me the joy and 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
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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. 
