Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:30 — fue así. Ver. 30. Y fue así. ] Tanto el hombre como la bestia fueron bien pagados por el nombramiento de Dios, como buena causa que tenían; porque él no es padre de un centavo, sino que abre su mano y llena con su bendición todo ser viviente. Salmo 145: 16 "Y fue así"; un argumento indudable seguramente de la bondad infinita de Dios, por haber provisto así a tan diversas naturalezas y apetitos, diversos alimentos, remedios y armaduras; Sal 104: 1-35 para los hombres, especialmente, "llenando su

Ezekiel 26:14 — unto which our Saviour wrought miracles, in which Paul abode seven days with the brethren. Here Origen died, Jerome. Ulpian the great lawyer was born, Ulp. Digest. Tit. de Cens. … Of this city read Gul. Tyrius, de Bello Sacro, lib. xiii. cap. 1.

Ezekiel 37:24 — and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And David my servant, — i.e., Christ, who came to do the will of his Father in the shape of a servant. Philippians 2:7 Isaiah 42:1 And they shall all have one shepherd. — Even David their king is for his clemency here called a shepherd, saith Jerome, tending and tendering his people. See Ezekiel 34:23-24 They shall also walk in my judgments. — All Christ’s subjects

Ezekiel 40:2 — In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which [was] as the frame of a city on the south. Brought he me, — i.e., The Spirit brought me, who is called God’s hand, Ezekiel 40:1 quia a Patre Filioque quasi marius dimanat: so he is called the "finger of God" Exodus 8:19 - that is, his power. And set me upon a very high mountain. — Moriah, where had stood the temple which overlooked the city, and had been a kind

Ezekiel 43:12 — the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about [shall be] most holy. Behold, this [is] the law of the house. Upon the top of the mountain. — The Church is as a city on a hill, seen far and near, Matthew 5:14 and the members of it are still ascending from one degree of grace to another, from strength to strength, till they see the face of God in Zion. Psalms 15:1 Hebrews 12:22-23 The whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. — All the Lord’s

Ezekiel 44:15 — are careful to fulfil the ministry that they have received in the Lord; to be best in the worst times as right heirs of Moses’s benediction. Deuteronomy 33:9 , … Saith the Lord God. — "Them that honour me I will honour." 1 Samuel 2:20 This is a bargain of God’s own making. Huius rei fides penes Deum tota est; Oecolamp. we may trust to it.

Daniel 2:12 — For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon. For this cause the king was angry and very furious. — A cutting answer may mar a good cause. Proverbs 15:1 See on Daniel 2:9 . And commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. — So rash is rage, it is no better than a short madness. Sed de vita hominis nulls potest esse satis diuturna cunctatio, saith the orator. Cicero. In case of life and

Daniel 3:2 — Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes. — Satrapas, not so called quia sat rapiant, as Lyra doateth; for it is a Persian word signifying such as were near the king’s person. Superstition first looks to wind in great ones. Ezra 8:11 The Vulgate are "carried away to dumb idols, like as they are led." 1 Corinthians 12:2 They are sheepish, and will follow a leader as well into a penfold as a pasture; they also feed most greedily on the grass that will rot them.

Daniel 7:18 — High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. But the saints of the Most High. — Or, The most high saints, highly exalted in Christ, and preferred far above those earth sprung mushroom monarchs, Daniel 7:17 who are of the earth earthy, and partake not of the inheritance of the saints in light. Now this is a very true definition of a Church, saith Junius here, viz., Coetus sanctorum ad excelsa, a company of saints partaking of a high and heavenly calling.

Daniel 8:15 — past, and entitled it falsely to Daniel, as a prophecy of things to come. Os durum! Harsh mouth. Then, behold, there stood before me. — They who seriously and sedulously seek after divine knowledge, shall find means to attain unto it. Revelation 13:1

Amos 7:3 — Here was mutatio rei, non Dei; facti, non consilii: a change, not of God’s will, but of his work; therefore (by way of explication) it followeth, "It shall not be, saith the Lord." To speak properly, there can be no repentance in God, 1 Samuel 15:20 , but this is spoken after the manner of men; and it notably setteth forth the power of faithful prayer, able, after a sort, to alter God’s mind, and to transfuse a dead palsy into the hands of omnipotence, Exodus 32:10 , where God

Zephaniah 1:15 — heap of words, the prophet would frighten and arouse these dead and indolent sinners, settled upon their lees, so wedded and wedged to their wicked practices that nothing can sunder them but an extraordinary touch from the hand of Heaven. See Joel 2:1-3 cf. Amos 5:18-20 , See Trapp on " Amos 5:18 " See Trapp on " Amos 5:19 " See Trapp on " Amos 5:20 " and consider what the terror of the Lord’s last day will be.

Zephaniah 2:10 — noted for their pride as now the Spaniards are; and are therefore here devoted to destruction. Pride goeth before a fall, … A bulging wall stands not long; a joint luxated and swelled, till that be down cannot be set. God resisteth the proud, 1 Peter 5:5 , he bringeth those ungodly down to the ground, Psalms 147:6 . Because they have reproached, … — And all this out of the pride of their hearts, which breaketh out, as a master pox, in their body; so that the pride of Moab testifieth

Matthew 20:12 — those Jewish justiciaries, Isaiah 58:3 , hit God in the teeth with their good services and small thanks. So the proud Pharisee sets forth, not his wants, but his worth. Contrariwise, Jacob cries out in a low language, Domine, non sum dignus, Genesis 30:10 . So doth Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:9 ; the centurion,Matthew 8:6; Matthew 8:6 ; the Baptist, Matthew 3:11 . St Augustine, Non sum dignus, quem tu diligas, Domine, Lord, I am not worthy of thy love.

Matthew 21:22 — manus. Faith and prayer are the soul’s two hands, whereby she begs and receives of God all good things both for this and a better life. Hence of old when the saints prayed they spread out the palms of their hands, as to receive a blessing from God, 1 Kings 8:22 ; Exodus 9:29 ; Psalms 143:6 .

Mark 1:26 — devil’s birds (saith he to all wicked ones), whom, when he hath well fed, he will broach you, and eat you, chew you, and champ you, world without end, in eternal woe and misery. And cried with a loud voice — But said nothing, according to Mark 1:25 . He came out of him — With as ill a will goes the worldling’s soul out of his body. God tears it out, as Job somewhere hath it; death makes forcible entry, Job 27:8 .

Mark 4:24 — unto you that hear shall more be given. Take heed what you hear — As the husbandman is very curious in the choice of his seed. With what measure you mete — i.e. As you mete to God in duty, so will God mete to you in mercy, Song of Solomon 1:3 . Shall more be given — sc. If you bring with you a loan of your former hearings. He that hears as he ought, every time he hears he grows something more rich: he picks up the gospel’s pearls, and presents them to God the next time, that

John 12:47 — that men may come apace to me without fear. Some ancient heretics held, that God in the time of the law was a severe judge; and now, in the days of the gospel, he was all made of mercy and mildness. But the apostle saith somewhat otherwise, Hebrews 2:1-3 . God is more peremptory in his judgments now than ever of old. And, John 12:29 , he telleth us that even our God also, as well as the God of the Jews, "is a consuming fire."

John 21:21 — look through the anger of God’s corrections, to the sweetness of his loving countenance, as by a rainbow we see the beautiful image of the sun’s light in the midst of a dark and waterish cloud. (See my "Love Tokens," Doct. 2, Use 1.)

Acts 2:4 — Spirit gave them utterance — αποφθεγγεσθαι , to utter divine apothegms, grave and gracious sentences, or rather oracles; those Magnalia Dei, great things of God, Acts 2:11 ; Mirabilia legis, Great things of the law, Psalms 119:18 . 2 Peter 1:21 Cedro digna et Cerite cera. Horat. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost — And so gifted for their offices and employments in the Church. The heathens tell us that