Bible Commentaries

Nehemiah 6:18 — upon their own Torah or book of the law, brought out of their synagogues (Weemse). Because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah — One of those corrupt nobles, Nehemiah 6:17 , and Meshullam was another, who also helped to build the wall, Nehemiah 3:4 , and seemed forward, but now shows himself in his colours. Thou mayest be the lead horse in the team (saith one), a ring leader of good exercises, as Joash, 2 Chronicles 24:4-6 . Thou mayest flock after zealous preachers, as those did after John Baptist,

Nehemiah 9:15 — also was sacramental, that this ancient Church might give no warrant of a dry communion: for they did all eat of the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink, the same that we do at the Lord’s supper, 1 Corinthians 10:3-4 . And promisedst them that they should go in, … — And the like promise he hath made of heaven to all his people. "Let us therefore fear," …, Hebrews 4:1 . Let us therefore cleanse ourselves, …, 2 Corinthians 6:1

Esther 8:4 — appeareth by this, that she once more put her life in her hand; hazarding it for her people’s safety (as Arsinoe interposed her own body between her children and the murderers sent to slay them), and so performing her promise made to Mordecai, Esther 4:16 . God’s children are all such as will not lie, Isaiah 63:8 ; if they swear to their hurt, yet they dare not change, Psalms 15:4 , dare not say and unsay, 2 Corinthians 1:18-19 . Of many promises it may be said, as Tertullian doth to the peacock,

Job 3:26 — I counted not myself simply the safer and happier man, because of creature comforts; but knowing their uncertainty, I held at a distance, and hung loose to them all. Neither had I rest — I set not up my rest here, as did Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 4:4 , and that rich fool, Luke 12:20 , and the purple whore, who sitteth and saith, I shall see no sorrow. Once indeed Job said (but not so well), "I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand," Job 29:18 . And so (by a like error,

Job 5:22 — mercy, but truth; they come to them in a way of a promise, as bound to them by covenant; and hence their holy courage lifteth them up so far above dangers and fears, that they even laugh at them, as Leviathan laugheth at the shaking of the spear, Job 41:29 . They famish famine, and destroy destruction itself; like as Christ Jesus, the Captain of their salvation, swallowed up death in victory; and as many of the martyrs baffled it, deriding their tormentors. Neither shall thou be afraid of the beasts

Psalms 1:6 — providence (which is the carrying on of his decree) is that helm which turns about the whole ship of the universe with singular skill and justice. Dominus diligit, et dirigit viam, id est, vitam et omne institutum iustorum. See Psalms 37:18 ; Psalms 142:4 Nahum 1:7 Proverbs 2:8 , with the notes there. God knows the righteous by name, Exodus 33:17 , knows them for his own, looks upon them and their whole course with singular delight and complacency; they are his Hephzibah, Isaiah 62:4 , the dearly

Psalms 29:9 — of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory. The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve — Which they naturally do not without a great deal of difficulty, Job 39:4-6 . See Trapp on "Job "39:4" See Trapp on "Job "39:5" See Trapp on "Job "39:6" And discovereth the forests — By driving the beasts into their dens, baring the forests of their leaves and fruits, turning

Psalms 44:1 — used. Our fathers have told us — According to that they were commanded, Deuteronomy 6:1-10 and elsewhere, to whet good things upon their young children, and to propagate the memory of God’s noble acts to all posterity, Exodus 12:26 ; Exodus 13:14 Joshua 4:6-7 Psalms 78:4 ; Psalms 78:6 . Hear this, saith Basil, and blush, ye fathers, that neglect to teach your children. They made their mouths as it were books, wherein the noble acts of the Lord might be read to his praise, and to the drawing

Proverbs 10:3 — himself by evil arts, and to rise by wicked principles. For it might be objected, If I strain not my conscience, I may starve for it. Fear not that, saith the wise man; faith fears not famine. Necessaries thou shall be sure of; Psalms 37:25-26 ; Psalms 34:15 superfluities thou art not to stand upon τροφην ου τρυφην: σκηπασματα ου κοσμηματα

Proverbs 13:15 — Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard. Good understanding giveth favour. — See this exemplified in Joseph, David, Daniel, Paul. Acts 27:43 ; Acts 28:2 God oft speaketh for such in the hearts of their enemies, who cannot but admire their piety and patience, and spend more thoughts about them than the world is aware of; as Darius did about Daniel when cast into the den. Natural conscience

Proverbs 31:1 — Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. The words of King Lemuel. — Lemuel’s lesson, Bathsheba’s catechism. Lemuel she calls him, because God had owned him. "I will be his father, and be shall be my son"; 2 Samuel 7:14 and was "with him" so long as he was "with God," according to 2 Chronicles 15:2 . Indeed, when he grew discinct and dissolute, then God’s soul sat loose to him, and was disjointed from him, Jeremiah 6:8 and the rather because

Ecclesiastes 10:19 — money answereth all [things]. A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry. — Slothful governors, Regni dilapidatores (so our Henry III was called for his pride and prodigality), Daniel. are all for feasting and frolicking. See Proverbs 31:4 Daniel 5:3-4 . This cannot be maintained without money, for the getting and gathering in whereof the poor people are peeled and polled, and rich men’s gifts are received, to the perverting of justice by those corrupt rulers, qui vili precio nihil

Ecclesiastes 3:15 — That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. That which hath been is now, …, — viz., With God, to whom all things are present. Romans 4:17 2 Peter 3:8 Jeremiah 1:5-7 Hence God is said to know future things, Exodus 3:9 John 18:4 not to foreknow them. For indeed neither foreknowledge nor remembrance are properly in God, since his whole essence is wholly an eye or a mind; it is the example

Isaiah 27:4 — which prick God and his people, galling them to the heart. These he will make a hand of, take an order with, by treading them down and burning them up, especially if once they shall be so mad and mankind, as they say, as to bid him battle. See Job 9:4 . See Trapp on " Job 9:4 " I would burn them together. — Or, I will burn them out of it. See 2 Samuel 23:7 . See Trapp on " 2 Samuel 23:7 "

Joel 1:6 — Oecolampadius, who holdeth it to be propheta indignum, unbeseeming the prophet to preach thus concerning worms and locusts: for concerning such poor creatures deal the prophets by the instinct of the Holy Ghost, in sundry other places, Proverbs 6:6 Amos 4:9 ; Amos 7:1 Nahum 3:15 . Whose teeth are the teeth of a lion — That is, they devour all that is in their way; as there is no standing before a lion, no, not before a moth that hath commission to crush a man, Job 4:19 .

Micah 1:8 — — Good men are usually more deeply affected with the wretched estate of wicked persons than they themselves are. Thus Samuel mourned for Saul’s rejection; Daniel was astonished and troubled at the import of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, Daniel 4:19 ; Habakkuk’s belly trembled, and his lips quivered, at the consideration of the judgments that were to come upon the Chaldeans, Habakkuk 3:16 . Do we so (saith Mr Perkins) at other men’s smartings? I will go stripped — Tam mente

Zechariah 2:7 — daughter of Babylon. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon — q.d. Is Babylon a fit place for thee to abide in? what comfort canst thou take in such lewd company? Save thyself from this untoward generation, Acts 2:40 "Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense," Jeremiah 51:6-7 . Shortly after this exhortation

James 1:4 — Pero que la paciencia tenga su obra perfecta, para que seáis perfectos y completos, sin falta de nada. Ver. 4. Que la paciencia tenga su obra perfecta ] La paciencia no debe ser ni una pulgada más corta que la aflicción. Si el puente llega a la mitad del arroyo, no tendremos más que un paso desfavorable. Es el deseo del diablo apurarnos; sabe que sus tentaciones funcionarán mejor.

2 Peter 1:3 — Según su divino poder nos ha dado todas las cosas que pertenecen a la vida y a la piedad, mediante el conocimiento de Aquel que nos llamó a la gloria y a la virtud: Ver. 3. Gloria y virtud ] Gloria como fin, virtud como medio. Los mismos paganos hicieron su paso al templo del honor a través del templo de la virtud. Hazlo dignamente y sé famoso, Rut 4:11 .

Ruth 3:13 — be sure to come clear to it, if thou expect comfort. If he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman. — Let "no man go beyond, or defraud his brother in any matter, because that the Lord is the avenger of all such," 1 Thessalonians 4:6 and no man would himself be deceived or wronged. As the Lord liveth. — This was an oath. Jeremiah 4:2 A private oath may be taken, but sparingly and warily, not but upon a necessity, for the satisfaction of the other party, Matthew 5:37 and