Bible Commentaries

Song of Solomon 5:3 — do they "make void or reject the counsel of God against themselves" with those unhappy lawyers, Luke 7:30 being ingrati gratiae Dei, as Ambrose speaketh, and judging themselves unworthy of everlasting life, with those perverse Jews! Acts 13:46 Who can say it is otherwise than righteous that Christ should regest one day upon such ungrateful Gadarenes, "Depart from me ye wicked"; that such as say to him, as Felix did once to Paul, "Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient

Hosea 4:14 — without chastisement, for an argument that you are bastards, and not sons. Never was Jerusalem’s condition so desperate as the time when God said unto her, "My fury shall depart from thee, I will be quiet and no more angry," Ezekiel 16:42 . Feri, Domine, feri, cried Luther, Strike, Lord, strike, and spare not. “ Ferre minora volo, ne graviora feram. ” There is not a greater plague can befall a man than to prosper in sinful practices. Bernard calleth it misericordiam omni

Hosea 4:14 — No castigaré a tus hijas cuando se prostituyan, ni a tus esposas cuando cometan adulterio: porque se separan con prostitutas y sacrifican con prostitutas; por tanto, el pueblo que no entiende caerá. Ver. 14. No castigaré a tus hijas cuando cometan prostitución ] qd no me ensuciaré los dedos ni una sola vez con ellas, ni me esforzaré por corregirlas, sino que harán su swing en el pecado por mí, etc. Orígenes en cierta homilía, citando esta Escritura, dice:

Hosea 8:1 — verdadero arrepentimiento, para divertir su disgusto. "Rompe tus pecados con la justicia", dijo el profeta a Nabucodonosor; Sea brusco en el trabajo, corte las cuerdas del carro de la vanidad, si "puede ser una prolongación de la tranquilidad", Daniel 4:27 . Toma la corteza del árbol y la savia nunca podrá encontrar el camino hacia las ramas; haz que el pecado sea remitido, y el castigo será quitado. En este sermón del profeta (que es mucho más agudo que el anterior, y puede parecer uno de los últimos,

Micah 2:7 — la casa de Jacob, refutará nuestras vanas confidencias y nos eliminará del rollo, como lo hizo con Dan y Efraín, que fue llamado la casa de Jacob, y sin embargo, por su maldad, son pasados ​​por alto en el cómputo de las doce tribus, Apocalipsis 7:4,8 , como si fueran soldados sin sueldo y destituidos. ¿Está estrecho el espíritu del Señor? ] ¿O abreviado? ¿Es un padre penny? ¿Tiene él solo una bendición? ¿No está con él "el residuo del espíritu", Malaquías 2:15 ; abundante redención, una bondad

Micah 6:4 — Porque te saqué de la tierra de Egipto y te redimí de casa de siervos; y envié delante de ti a Moisés, Aarón y María. Ver. 4. Porque yo te saqué de la tierra de Egipto ] Aquí Dios los intercambia con sus favores anteriores; lo que nunca hace sino en caso de desagradecimiento brutal. Ahora era brutal y peor. Dar bien por mal es divino; el bien para el bien es humano; mal por

Haggai 2:3 — may sooner come to an end. God maketh haste to have the number of his elect fulfilled, and therefore dispatcheth away the generations, shorteneth life for his elect’s sake, fetcheth home his pilgrims, makes their days few, though evil, Genesis 47:9 takes them away from the evil to come, …, death being to them aerumnarum requies rest from all toils, (as Chaucer’s motto was), yea, ianua vitae, porta coeli, the door of life, the gate to heaven, the daybreak of eternal brightness. And

Zechariah 9:9 — taken for the positive part also, viz. fruition of all good; because it is easier to tell from what than unto what we are saved by Jehovah our righteousness. Lowly — Or poor, afflicted, abject. See them set together, Zephaniah 3:12 Philippians 4:12 . I have learned to want and to be abased. Poverty rendereth a man contemptible and ridiculous. Pauper ubique iacet, men go over the hedge where it is lowest; the poor are trampled upon, and despised, as Luke 16:30 . This thy son, he scorned to call

Malachi 4:2 — which is compared to the enlightening of this lower world by the beams of the sun 2. Remission of sins, which is compared to the healing of diseases. 3. Regeneration, which is likened to a sick man’s walking forth when he is somewhat recovered. 4. Spiritual growth as calves of the stall. 5. Victory over all enemies, corporal and spiritual, which shall be trodden under-foot, as ashes of the furnace, Malachi 4:3 . Shall the Sun of righteousness arise — So Christ is called (as by other prophets,

Malachi 4:2 — de Cristo, que se compara con la iluminación de este mundo inferior por los rayos del sol 2. Remisión de pecados, que se compara con la curación de enfermedades. 3. Regeneración, que se asemeja a la marcha de un enfermo cuando está algo recuperado. 4. Crecimiento espiritual como terneros del establo. 5. Victoria sobre todos los enemigos, corporales y espirituales, que serán pisoteados, como cenizas del horno, Malaquías 4:3 . ¿Se levantará el sol de justicia ] Por eso Cristo es llamado (como por

Acts 22:19 — right; Hic vir unus et solus verum videt, said he to his collegioners; many of whom he convinced and converted to the truth. (Scult. Annal.) It is judged by many that the fear of disgrace began to work upon Paul here (as it had done upon Jonah, Jonah 4:2 ), q.d. I shall be counted a moon-calf; An abortive shapeless fleshy mass in the womb; a false conception. Obs. Regarded as being produced by the influence of the moon. ŒD a Retraxit shall be entered against me, as is against a plaintiff that

Acts 26:23 — they had it from the Artemonites, a sort of heretics, A. D. 220, that, out of Aristotle and Theophrastus, corrupted the Scripture, by turning all into questions. In detestation of whose vain jangling and doting about questions (Jac. Revius, 1 Timothy 6:4 ), Luther saith, Propre est ut iurem: I dared to swear, almost, that there was not one school divine that rightly understood one chapter of the Gospel. So that we may say of their expositions as one did once, when being asked whether he should read

Romans 11:25 — sticks, Ezekiel 37:19 , and made way for those kings of the East,Revelation 16:12; Revelation 16:12 , then it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, "What hath God wrought?" Numbers 23:23 . Jachiades (a Jewish doctor) upon those words, Daniel 12:4 , would have us believe that God sealed up the time of the coming of the Messiah; that for their sins, which are many, it is deferred, …, but concludeth his animadversions there with this truth, Verum enimvero Deus nos dignabitur clarissima visione;

Romans 11:6 — think that as he that standeth on two firm branches of a tree is surer than he that standeth upon one only; so he that trusteth to Christ and works too is in the safest condition. But, 1. They are fallen from Christ that trust to works, Galatians 5:4 ; Galatians 2:1-21 . He that hath one foot on a firm branch, and another on a rotten one, stands not so sure as if he stood wholly on that which is sound. But let them be Moses’ disciples, let us be Christ’s. Set not up a candle to this

1 Corinthians 2:6 — field, the pearl in the sea, the precious stone in the earth; so the foundation of all renovation is illumination. O cry aloud to the Father of lights, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 4:6 . This will hold out, when the wisdom of this world and the philosophorum facile principes "come to nought." That come to nought — That are tumbled into hell with all their learning ( nos cum doctrinis nostris, … Aug.), which

1 Thessalonians 2:14 — for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Of your own countrymen — Malice against the truth breaks all bonds of nature or amity. Moab was irked because of Israel, or vexed at them, Numbers 22:3-4 , though they were allied to Israel, who passed by them peaceably, and by the slaughter of the Amorites, freed them from evil neighbours, which had taken away part of their country, … The English Papists in four years sacrificed 800 of their

Hebrews 10:38 — any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. Now the just shall live by faith — In the want of feeling; he shall rest upon God in the fail of outward comforts, as the believing Jews were to do in the Babylonish captivity, Habakkuk 2:4 , quoted here by the apostle, though with some variation of words. But if any man draw back — Gr. υτοστειληται . Steal from his colours, run from his captain, revolt from Christ,

1 John 1:1 — we have heard, … — The man Christ Jesus, the arch-prophet. Which we have seen — And what so sure as sight? See Luke 1:2 . αυτοπτης , this was denied to many kings and prophets, Luke 10:24 . To have seen Christ in the flesh was one of the three things that Austin wished, which yet St Paul set no such high price upon, in comparison to a spiritual sight of him, 2 Corinthians 5:16 . See Trapp on " 2 Corinthians 5:16 " Which we

Revelation 21:14 — Y el muro de la ciudad tenía doce cimientos, y en ellos los doce nombres de los doce apóstoles del Cordero. Ver. 14. Y el muro ] Un muro que la Iglesia tiene alrededor, y un pozo dentro de él, Apocalipsis 21:6 ; "Huerto cerrado es mi hermana, mi esposa un manantial cerrado, una fuente sellada", Cantares de los Cantares 4:12 . Este muro de la Iglesia tiene doce

Revelation 3:4 — faith upon the earth? Yes, sure, saith one; now he may find many faiths; such as they be; so many men, so many faiths, but few that hold faith and a good conscience together, 1 Timothy 1:19 , whereby they have put on Christ, Galatians 3:27 ; Ephesians 4:24 ; Revelation 16:15 . They shall walk with me in white — That is, they shall be glorified with perfect righteousness, purity, charity, dignity, and festivity. For they are worthy — In Christ’s account and acceptation. Like as those