 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 732 halaman
...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,... | |
 | Philip Allwood - 1829 - 538 halaman
...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 z ; and... | |
 | 1829 - 592 halaman
...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 prayer,... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1829 - 378 halaman
...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... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1830 - 154 halaman
...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 on my... | |
 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 halaman
...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... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1830 - 176 halaman
...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, if we do not... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1841 - 612 halaman
...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... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 halaman
...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 heart : the... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - 1831 - 348 halaman
...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... | |
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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. 
