Bible Commentaries

Genesis 32:1 — angels. (1.) Our nature is more highly advanced in Christ. (2.) The righteousness whereby we come to glory is more excellent than theirs; which, though perfect in its kind, is but the righteousness of mere creatures, such as God may find fault with, Job 4:18 such as may need mercy; therefore the cherubims are said to stand upon the mercy seat, and to be made of the matter thereof. (3.) The sonship of the saints is founded in a higher right than theirs - viz., in the Sonship of the second Person in Trinity.

Genesis 6:5 — the coldness of love, as saith Ludolfu. De Vita Christ ., lib. ii., cap. 7. And that every imagination of the thoughts. — Omne figmentum cogitationum :The whole fiction or "every creature of the heart," as the apostle has it, Hebrews 4:13 speaking there of the thoughts and intents of the heart. There is a general disorderliness; the whole frame is out of frame. All the thoughts extensively are intensively only evil, and protensively continually. The understanding dark as hell, and

Esther 1:10 — pleasures. Vina parant animos Veneri (Ovid). Aristophanes calleth wine the milk of Venus and fuel of lust. Ambrose saith that lust is fed with feasts, nourished with delicacies, kindled with wine, set on flame with drunkenness (lib. i. de Paenit. c. 4). A belly filled with wine foameth out filthiness, saith Jerome. When the heart of the king was merry with wine — The property whereof is to exhilarate the heart of man, as the Scripture speaketh, Judges 9:13 Psalms 104:15 . Pluto calleth wine

Esther 4:1 — βλαβαι ποδωκεις , and comes like ill weather, before it be sent for, Mordecai taketh knowledge of that bloody decree, though Esther and those about her had not heard of it, Esther 4:4-5 . Neither sitteth he still at home, as desponding and despairing, or seeketh by sinister practices to help himself and his people, but applieth himself, first, to God, by hearty humiliation and prayer; and then to the king, by the intercession of

Job 39:5 — that they can hardly be taken, much less tamed? To the colt of this wild creature is a natural man compared by Zophar, Job 11:12 , for his extreme rudeness and unruliness. The prophet Jeremiah hath the like of the idolaters of his time, Jeremiah 2:24 , who were lawless and lewd losels, obstinate, and refractory; such as multo facilius fregeris quam flexeris, will sooner break than bend: with these froward God will wrestle, Psalms 18:26 ; with these antipodes God will walk contrary, Leviticus 26:41

Job 8:6 — Si alzaras manos puras a Dios en oración, etc. Oς κε θεοις επιπειθηται μαλα τ εκλυον αυτου .. Pura Deus mens est, pura vult mente vocari: Et puras iussit pondus habere preces. La fuente de la bondad no estará cargada de manos y corazones Jeremias 4:14 , Jeremias 4:14 Santiago 4: 8 Isa 1: 15-16 Juan 9:31 1 Timoteo 2:8 . Así, un filósofo pagano, estando en el mar en medio de una gran tormenta, y percibiendo a muchos desdichados con él en el barco invocando a los dioses, Silencio, indaga, ne Dii

Psalms 24:1 — in the temple on that day), which is now the Christian sabbath, in memory of Christ’s resurrection and rule over all, which is here celebrated. The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof — He alone is the true proprietary, Job 41:11 Deuteronomy 10:14 , and the earth is Marsupium Domini, as one saith, the Lord’s great purse; the keeping whereof he hath committed to the sons of men, Psalms 115:16 ; like as also he hath given the heavenly bodies to all peoples, Deuteronomy

Proverbs 10:24 — of Caesar, delivered up Christ to be crucified, and was afterwards by the same Caesar kicked off the bench - yea, off the stage of the world), those wicked Jews that feared that the Romans would come and take away both their place and nation, John 11:48 which accordingly befell them some forty years after, at which time some of them also killed themselves, lest they should be taken by the enemy. Hic rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori! The like may be said of our Richard III, See Trapp on "

Proverbs 10:24 — El temor de los impíos vendrá sobre él, pero el deseo de los justos será concedido. Ver. 24. El temor de los impíos vendrá sobre él. ] "Un sonido de miedo está en sus oídos: en la prosperidad vendrá sobre él destructor". Job 15:21 Pessimus in dubiis Augur Timor. a Así les sucedió a Caín, Saulo, Belsasar, Pilato (quien, por temor a César,

Isaiah 50:4 — El Señor DIOS me ha dado lengua de sabio, para que sepa hablar una palabra a tiempo al cansado: despierta mañana tras mañana, despierta mi oído para que oiga como los sabios. Ver. 4. El Señor Dios. ] Heb., El egoísmo soberano. Me ha dado. ] Yo, Isaías; pero mucho más Jesucristo, el archiprofeta de su Iglesia, que "habló como nunca ha hablado ningún hombre". Juan 7:46 Ver Mateo 7: 28-29 Lucas 4:22 . "Gracia fue derramada en sus

Hosea 13:1 — before him," Daniel 5:19 ; wheresoever his commands or armies came there were very great heart quakes and concussions of spirit. "Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?" Ecclesiastes 8:4 . Job was no king; and yet while he was Jobab, Genesis 36:34 , that is, in a prosperous condition, "The young men saw him, and hid themselves; the nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth," Job 29:8 ; Job

Hosea 14:7 — [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return — Or, shall sit still, shall be at rest. The Chaldee hath it, They shall dwell in the shadow of his Christ. See a like promise of reconcillation and protection, Isaiah 4:6 ; Isaiah 25:4 Psalms 35:8 . The refuge and refreshment of the Church is wholly from Christ; under the shadow of whose divine grace she resteth in her members, shaded and sheltered under the hollow of his hand, when the blast of the terrible ones is

Micah 3:2 — αποστυγουντες , "and cleave," or be fast glued, κολλωμενοι , "to that which is good," Romans 12:9 . You are direct antipodes to the godly, Psalms 15:4 , and have nothing in you of the Divine nature, 2 Peter 1:4 , or of the spot of God’s children, but are a "perverse and crooked generation," Deuteronomy 32:3 . Who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones

Zechariah 9:12 — Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee; Turn ye to the strong hold — i.e. To Christ, the Rock of Ages, Isaiah 26:4 ; the hope of Israel, Jeremiah 17:13 ; the expectation of all the ends of the earth, Luke 2:25 ; Luke 2:38 . Or to the promise, that strong tower, whereunto the righteous run and are safe; that are Christi munitissima, the strongest defence of Christ,

Matthew 1:2 — begat Judas and his brethren; Abraham begat Isaac — The fruit, not more of his flesh than of his faith, Vere fuit Isaac beatae senectutis et emeritae fidei filius. Bucholcer. whence he is said to be "born after the spirit,"Galatians 4:29; Galatians 4:29 . Isaac begat Jacob — After twenty years’ expectance, and many a hearty prayer put up therewhile, Genesis 25:21 . The Hebrew word is, "to frequent and multiply prayer." So Adam lived "an hundred and twenty

Matthew 21:5 — cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. Tell ye the daughter of Sion — Here was that also of the Psalmist fulfilled, "God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth," Psalms 74:12 . For Jerusalem is by the Fathers observed to stand in the very centre and navel of the habitable earth, as if it were fatally founded to be the city of the great King. Thy King cometh unto thee — All in Christ is for our behoof and benefit,

3 John 1:14 — Pero confío en verte pronto y hablaremos cara a cara. La paz sea contigo. Nuestros amigos te saludan. Salude a los amigos por su nombre. Ver. 14. Pero confío ] Él no podría prometer nada perentoriamente, sino que se somete a Dios. Ver a Trapp en " Jam 4:15 " Cara a cara] Como el hierro afila el hierro, así es el rostro de un hombre amigo suyo.

Revelation 19:7 — Gocémonos y alegrémonos y démosle gloria, porque han llegado las bodas del Cordero, y su mujer se ha preparado. Ver. 7. Se ha preparado a sí misma ] Siendo preparada primero por la gracia de Cristo. Certain est nos facere quod facimus; sed ille facit ut faciamus. (Ago.) Las copas del candelero no tenían más aceite que el que caía de las ramas de olivo, Zacarías 4:12 .

Revelation 22:4 — Y verán su rostro; y su nombre estará en sus frentes. Ver. 4. Y verán su rostro ] Cómo veremos a Dios, ya sea con la mente solamente o con los ojos corporales, veremos su Majestad invisible en el rostro glorioso de Jesucristo, no puede haber nada determinado. Y será su nombre ] Como los siervos de antaño tenían el nombre de su amo grabado en la frente.

Revelation 7:8 — De la tribu de Zabulón , doce mil sellados. De la tribu de José , doce mil sellados. De la tribu de Benjamín , doce mil sellados. Ver. 8. De José ] Es decir, de Efraín, quien, aunque era el hijo menor de José, tenía la primogenitura. Efraín no se nombra (aunque tácitamente se refiere aquí) porque esté unido a ídolos; Dejadle pues, dice Dios, Oseas 4:17 .