Bible Commentaries

Genesis 27:1 — called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I. Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim. — Old age is of itself a disease, and the sink of all diseases. This Solomon sweetly sets forth Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 by a continued allegory, Ubi quot lumina imo flumina orationis exerit saith one. In general, he calls it "the evil day, the years that have no pleasure in them." In particular, the senses all fail; the hands tremble; the legs buckle;

Genesis 27:19 — name in vain. This was his sin, and he smarted for it to his dying day: for he had scarcely a merry hour after this; but God followed him with one sorrow upon another, to teach him and us what an "evil and bitter thing sin is," Jeremiah 2:19 and how it ensnares and ensnarls us. Aristotle could say, that a lie is in itself evil and wicked. Arist. Ethic., lib. iv. cap. 7. The Hebrews call it Aven, a great iniquity. And the Scripture reckons it among monstrous sins, Revelation 21:8 and condemns

Psalms 32:2 — πανσπερμια , common cause and impure seminary of all actual disobediences. Neither this, nor any of the fruits of it, doth the Lord impute, reckon, count, or think to the pardoned sinner, 2 Corinthians 5:19 . Cui non cogitat peccatum, so some render it, To whom he thinketh no sin, that is, he reputeth or imputeth it not for a sin, he putteth it not into the reckoning, Isaiah 43:25 ; Isaiah 48:9 ; Isaiah 48:11 ; the bill or bond is cancelled, Colossians

Psalms 32:2 — ese peccatum peccans, como lo llaman las escuelas, ese πανσπερμια, causa común y seminario impuro de todas las desobediencias actuales. Ni esto, ni ninguno de sus frutos, el Señor imputa, cuenta, cuenta o piensa al pecador perdonado, 2 Corintios 5:19 . Cui non cogitat peccatum, así algunos lo devuelven , a quien no piensa en pecado, es decir, no lo considera ni lo imputa como pecado, no lo toma en cuenta, Isaías 43:25 ; Isaías 48:9 ; Isaías 48:11 ; se cancela la factura o fianza, Colosenses

Song of Solomon 6:11 — pared almost every day, or else all will be out of order. Christ, therefore, as a careful gardener, αιρει, καθαιρει , Putat, purgat, amputat, weeds, lops, prunes his garden. John 15:2 Be careful, therefore, saith a worthy divine: Christ walks in his garden, spies how many raw, unripe, undigested prayers, …, hang on such a branch; what gum of pride, what leaves or luxuriant sprigs and rotten boughs there are, and with his

Jeremiah 5:1 — Corre de aquí para allá por las calles de Jerusalén, y mira ahora, y conoce, y busca en sus espacios amplios, si puedes encontrar un hombre, si hay [alguno] que haga juicio, que busque la verdad; y lo perdonaré. Ver. 1. Corre de un lado a otro. ] Spatiamini, scrutamini. Vayan tantos de ustedes como quieran; los verbos son plurales. En las calles de Jerusalén. ] Donde era extraño, debería haber una rareza de los justos. Pero "la ciudad fiel se había convertido ahora

Hosea 2:23 — people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God. And I will sow her unto me in the earth — Not in the air, as once, when they were scattered into the four winds of heaven; but in the earth which the heavens should hear, Hosea 2:21 , the inhabitants whereof should be multiplied, and become as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered, Hosea 1:10 , See Trapp on " Hosea 1:10 " and Jeremiah 31:27 Ezekiel 36:37 . The preaching of the gospel is a kind of

Joel 2:15 — Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Blow the trumpet in Zion — That all may hear and convene, those of Jerusalem in the temple, and the rest in their several synagogues, Leviticus 23:31 , for that yearly fast was a standard to the rest, kept upon extraordinary and emergent occasions, as here, for the preventing of the forethreatened judgment. Papists appoint set fasting days, as Lent, and Friday in every week, eves of holidays, …,

Amos 3:6 — you. And the people not be afraid — Or run together to make resistance? Will ye not then tremble at my threats, saith the Lord? "Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob," Jeremiah 5:22 Psalms 114:7 . Fear is an affection of the soul, shrinking in itself from some eminent evil. God is the proper object of it, whence he is called fear in the abstract, Psalms 76:11 , and those that come on his errand should be received with reverence, yea, "with

Amos 3:6 — filisteos están sobre ti. Y la gente no tenga miedo ] ¿O correr juntos para hacer resistencia? ¿No temblaréis entonces ante mis amenazas, dice el Señor? "Tiembla, tierra, ante la presencia del Señor, ante la presencia del Dios de Jacob", Jer 5:22 Salmo 114:7 . El miedo es un afecto del alma, que en sí mismo se aleja de algún mal eminente. Dios es el objeto apropiado de ella, de donde se le llama miedo en abstracto, Salmo 76:11 , y aquellos que vienen a su misión deben ser recibidos con reverencia, sí,

Amos 4:6 — stirred, much less destroyed by any potion I have yet given you. In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction, Jeremiah 2:30 . In all your cities — One as well as other, lest you should say as those Philistines, It was a chance, 1 Samuel 6:9: and as the Rabbis tell us, that the idolatrous priests told Jeroboam that the drying up of his hand happened merely by accident. And want of bread in all your places — Thus the Scripture often interpreteth itself, and is ever its own

Amos 5:2 — The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up. The virgin of Israel is fallen — i.e. Though of the spouse of God she be become the devil’s adulteress, Jeremiah 3:1 Hosea 1:2 , yet she will needs be counted and called a virgin still; as Sardis, she hath a name to live, but is dead, Revelation 3:1 ; as the Romish crew cry themselves up the only Church Catholic, and therein (like oyster wives) do much outcry us.

Micah 3:4 — mal en sus obras. Ver. 4. Entonces clamarán al Señor, pero él no los escuchará ] Entonces, sc. cuando Dios haya cambiado su alegría, les haya quitado el bocado gordo de entre los dientes y los haya alimentado con pan de aflicción y agua de aflicción, 1 Reyes 22:27 , con la miseria de los prisioneros, como ellos lo llaman, que no mantendrán que vivan ni les dejen morir; entonces llorarán y gimotearán como cerdos cuando tienen hambre, como perros cuando son atados de su carne; pero Dios no los escuchará. Incluso

Micah 3:9 — that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. Hear this, I pray you, ye heads, … — He had had a bout with them before; but because little good was thereby done, he is at them again; according to that counsel of the wise man, Ecclesiastes 11:6 , "In the morning sow thy seed, in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not," … "Preach the word," saith the apostle, "be instant" (or stand over the work, επιστηθι

Zechariah 7:3 — fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? And to speak unto the priests — Whose office is to preserve knowledge, and present it too; to teach Jacob God’s judgments, and to put incense before him, Deuteronomy 33:10 , to sell oil, Matthew 25:9 , to bring balm from Gilead, Jeremiah 8:22 , to speak as the oracles of God, 1 Peter 4:11 , which scarcely one of a thousand has the skill of, Job 33:23 . And to the prophets — Who were extraordinarily raised up sometimes

Matthew 19:11 — expedience: inasmuch as he that can keep himself unmarried, hath little else to care for but how he may please the Lord, and attend upon his work without distraction, sitting close at it (as the Greek word signifies) and not taken off by other business. 1 Corinthians 7:35 . ευπαρεδρον, απερισπαστως . An instance whereof was clearly to be seen in George Prince of Anhault, whose family

Matthew 27:5 — the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And he cast down the pieces of silver — That wage of wickedness burnt in his purse, in his conscience; neither could it secure him in the day of wrath. See Zephaniah 1:18 ; Ezekiel 7:19 ; Obadiah 1:4 James 4:1-2 . Omnia fui, et nihil mihi profitit, I had everything and it profited my nothing, said Severus the emperor, when he lay dying. Most of the emperors got nothing by their advancement to the empire, whereof they

Matthew 4:20 — likewise to this "author and finisher of our faith;" and for love of him cast away every clog, and the sin that doth so easily beset or surround us. ευπεριστατον , Hebrews 12:1-2 Divorce the flesh from the world, and there is no great danger. Admire not overmuch, rest not in, dote not on, cleave not to, the things of this life (those nets and snares of Satan, whereby he entangleth and encumbereth us), that we may attend

Luke 22:66 — Y tan pronto como se hizo de día, los ancianos del pueblo y los principales sacerdotes y los escribas se reunieron y lo llevaron a su concilio, diciendo: Ver. 66. Ver Mateo 27:1 .

Romans 1:30 — Murmuradores, odiadores de Dios, despreciativos, orgullosos, fanfarrones, inventores de maldades, desobedientes a los padres, Ver. 30. Odiadores de Dios ] Y así, asesinos de Dios, 1 Juan 3:15 . Ver Trapp en " 1Jn 3:15 "