 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 sider
...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 - 1830 - 154 sider
...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... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 sider
...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.) - 1831 - 348 sider
...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 - 1832 - 472 sider
...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 - 1832 - 434 sider
...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 - 1832 - 704 sider
...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 sider
...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.... | |
 | Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - 1833 - 638 sider
...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 - 1833 - 722 sider
...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... | |
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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. 
