...my mouth." Verse 162, " I rejoice at thy word as one that findeth great spoil." Jeremiah xv. 16, " Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word wag unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart." In Psalm xviii. SO, " The word of the Lord is tried...

...persecutors ; take me not away in thy long-suffaring : know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 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. I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced;...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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. '...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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 fine gold ;...