 | John Edmund Jones - 1827 - 402 oldal
...much to humble and encourage. "Thy words" will he be able to say, in the language of the Prophet,—" thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart."J t Rer. i. 3. J Jer. Xv. 16. Thus reading and meditating on the prophecies for purely devotional... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1827 - 502 oldal
...the house of God, or to produce late and lame service ! Lady Burford could say, with the prophet, " 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. She has frequently expressed, how much -she has been animated and comforted... | |
 | Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Erskine - 1827 - 394 oldal
...all. If he should slay me ten thousand times ten thousand times, I'll trust." He often repeated, " ' Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.' " Exhorting one to be diligent in seeking God, he said, " It is no easy thing to be a Christian,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1828 - 714 oldal
...Jeremiah b expresses his spiritual joy, and the sense of this mystery : "• Thy words were found and J did eat them, and thy word was unto me the joy and ' Moreh Nevoch. lib. ic 30. ' Ecelus. xv. 3. v Isaiah, Iv. I, 2. ' Matt. v. 6. J Amos, viii. 11. '... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 732 oldal
...Jeremiah b expresses his spiritual joy, and the aense of this mystery : *< Thy words were found and J did eat them, and thy word was unto me the joy and ' Moreh Nevoch. lib. ic 30. ' EeduS. xv. 3. " Isaiah, Iv. 1, 2. * Matt. v. 6. y Amos, viii. 11. ' Isaiab,... | |
 | 1829 - 592 oldal
...healthful period, and under his long affliction it was his best comforter. He could say with Jeremiah, Thy words were found and I did eat them, and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. It was his constant practice, whenever it was read in the family circle, to ofiier an ejaculatory... | |
 | Philip Allwood - 1829 - 538 oldal
...converted into food and nourishment to the mind. Thus, Jeremiah pathetically pleads, in prayer to GOD,—" Thy words were found, and " I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the " joy and rejoicing of my heart y :" and Ezekiel expressly declares, that he was commanded to " eat the roll" of his prophecy... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1829 - 378 oldal
...know with what relish the saints of old spake of it. — " Thy words were found," says the Prophet, " and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart." " Thy statutes," says the Psalmist, " are more to be desired than gold, yea, than much... | |
 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 oldal
...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 word 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... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1830 - 154 oldal
...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... | |
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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. 
