Bible Commentaries

Song of Solomon 7:6 — hereupon "turn again to folly," Psalms 85:8 or give way to carnal security. Laetemur in domino, sed caveamus a recidivo. Argue not from mercy to liberty - that is the devil’s logic - but from mercy to duty, as those good souls do. Ezra 9:13-14 Having received such and such, both privative and positive favours, should we again break thy commandments? There is so much unthankfulness and disingenuity in such an entertainment of mercy, that holy Ezra thinks heaven and earth would be ashamed

Isaiah 10:6 — stir him up by a secret providence, which, being nothing else but the carrying on of the divine decree, is that helm that turneth about the whole ship of the universe. Against an hypocritical nation. — Pretenders only to religion, see Isaiah 9:17 qui toti ex hypocrisi sunt conflati, such as are wholly made up of hypocrisy: God was near in their mouth, and far from their reins. Jeremiah 12:2 Nemo tam prope proculque Deo. Matthew 15:8 Hot meteors they are. saith one, shooting, yet showing like

Isaiah 15:1 — brat of an incestuous birth, as his name also, De Patre, declareth. There is now no such nation; their very name is rooted out, ever since they were destroyed, first by Shalmaneser, as is here forethreatened, and then by Nebuchadnezzar as Jeremiah 48:1-47 - where we meet with many like passages as here - so that they live but by fame only, as they are mentioned in Holy Scripture, but never for any good. Their destruction is foretold for a comfort to the poor afflicted Jews, to whom they were near

Isaiah 18:2 — Plin., lib. vi. cap. 22. These were much in use among the Ethiopians and Egyptians, both for expedition and also for safety against rocks, shallows, and falls of rivers. Go, ye swift messengers. — Tirhaka’s words to his heralds. See 2 Kings 19:9 . To a nation scattered and peeled, — i.e., To the Assyrians, whose great forces are at this time scattered up and down in several countries, and therefore with more ease and safety to be set upon. Thus the Ethiopian pleaseth himself in the

Isaiah 22:13 — us therefore make much of ourselves while we may. “ Indulge genio, carpamus dulcia: nostrum est Quod vivis: cinis et manes et fabula fies. ” - Pers., Sat. v. St Paul saith that the epicures of his time used the like atheistic expressions. 1 Corinthians 15:32 , see there It is the guise of graceless wretches to jest out God’s judgments, and to jeer when they should fear.

Isaiah 25:1 — heart of it were seen, as it were in an anatomy, in the sending of his Son, and the benefits thereby; concerning which the apostles afterwards discoursing more plainly and plentifully, do yet make use of some passages in this chapter, as is to be seen. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 Revelation 7:10-17 ; Revelation 21:24-27 Thou art my God. — So to say ex animo is the very pith of true faith; the property whereof is to individuate God, and appropriate him to itself. I will exalt thee. — This we do

Isaiah 40:2 — comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. Speak ye comfortably. — Speak to the heart, as Genesis 34:3 Hosea 2:14 . Cheer her up, speak to her with utmost earnestness, that your words may work upon her and stick-by her; do it solidly, not frigidly. That her warfare is accomplished. — Militiam, not malitiam, as the Vulgate hath it; the word signifieth also

Isaiah 45:19 — who do all their mischief by working underground.) But God, as he delivered his law openly on Mount Sinai, so his gospel he commanded to be preached "on the house top," and in Mount Zion. Christ "spoke openly" to the world. John 18:20 Truth seeketh no corners: "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ." Romans 1:16 But what was this word that was delivered so plainly and perspicuously? Seek ye me. — And for your encouragement ye shall not do it "in vain";

Isaiah 5:24 — lodestone doth iron, as dry stubble and light chaff doth fire; suddenly and with no ado shall sinners be consumed, when God once taketh them to do; exorientur et exurentur. So their root shall be rottenness. — In allusion to the vine Isaiah 5:1 which brought forth rotten grapes. Isaiah 5:4 And their blossom shall go up as dust. — Shall vanish and come to nothing, as it needs must where the root is putrified. Of wild vines Pliny Lib. xvi. cap. 27. saith, Ostentant fructum potius quam

Isaiah 57:2 — He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness. He shall enter into peace, — i.e., Into heaven, where the righteous - however looked upon as lost Isaiah 57:1 - shall have "life and peace," Romans 8:6 joy and bliss, Matthew 25:21 ; Matthew 25:23 rest and peace, Revelation 14:13 and this απαρτι amodo, strait upon it so soon as ever they are dead; from henceforth forthwith

Isaiah 6:9 — "Hear" ye shall for a mischief to you, but "understand" no more than the seats you sit on, or the pillars you lean against, because stupified, delivered up to a reprobate sense. And see indeed, — sc., Both my words, Jeremiah 2:31 and my works, when my hand is lifted up especially. Isaiah 26:11 See Isaiah 42:18-20 . But perceive not, — sc., That the cause of your calamity is your sin, the end repentance, the author God, with whom, therefore, it is a righteous thing to punish

Isaiah 61:10 — is triumphant, as "more than a conqueror." For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation. — By salvation and righteousness, Jerome here understandeth Christ our Saviour and Justifier, whom we are bidden also to put on. Romans 13:14 Galatians 3:27 Revelation 12:1 As a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments. — Tanquam sponsum qui sacerdotem refert ornatu, so Piscator rendereth it: as a bridegroom bravely arrayed; like a priest, os humerosque Deo similis. Iερατευμενος

Isaiah 61:3 — people, sc., by clearing up their consciences from the stain and sting of sin, and by healing their natures, causing them to grow in grace as trees of righteousness, well rooted and well fruited. To appoint unto them, — sc., Comfort. as Isaiah 61:2 To give unto them beauty for ashes. — ôàø for àôø . Cidarim pro cinere, lusum pro luctu, risum pro rictu, …, to turn all their sighing into singing, all their musing into music, all their sadness

Isaiah 9:7 — reason of it; Hebrew Text Note yea, to conceit many mysteries, where wiser men can find no such matter. It is a good note which one giveth here, viz., that the more Christ’s government increaseth in the soul, the more peace there is. See Isaiah 32:17 Psalms 119:136 . To establish it. — Or, Support it, uphold it. Bασιλευς as if Bασις του λαου . A king hath his name in Greek

Jeremiah 1:10 — doing showeth a man to be right, like as such are living fish as swim against the stream. To root out, and to pull down, — i.e., To denounce destruction to evildoers, and then I will effect it. Elisha hath his sword, as well as Hazael or Jehu, 1 Kings 19:17 and vengeance for the disobedient is every whit as ready in God’s hands as in his minister’s mouth. 2 Corinthians 10:6 See Hosea 6:5 . See Trapp on " Hosea 6:5 " John 20:23 . But what a mercy of God to the Church was

Jeremiah 12:2 — than heart can wish. Psalms 73:7 And in lieu of God’s goodness to them, they profess largely, and pretend to great devotion; but that is all. Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. — That is, From their affections. Titus 1:16 Hypocrites are like that heap of heads 2 Kings 10:8 that had never a heart among them; they have vocem in choro, mentem in foro; virtutem non colunt sed colorant. Voices in the choir, minds in the market place, they do not worship in strength but

Jeremiah 17:11 — rem, Unde habeat nemo quaerit, sed oportet habere. ” Right or wrong, many are resolved to be rich, but are usually crossed or else cursed with a blessing for treasures of wickedness profit not, but righteousness delivereth from death. Proverbs 10:2 God sometimes giveth wealth to the wicked, as men put money into an earthen bottle, which, that they may get out again, they break the bottle in pieces. Shall leave them in the midst of his days. — Either they shall leave him, or he them, to

Jeremiah 20:2 — Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD. Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet. — Either with his fist, as Zedekiah did Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:24 and as Bonner did Hawkes and other martyrs, pulling off part of their beards; or else with a staff, as they dealt by our Saviour, Matthew 26:67 and as that Popish bishop, degrading a martyr minister, struck him so hard with his crosier staff

Jeremiah 5:7 — as many deem it, since God maketh here a great question how he can pardon it. For why? it is a forsaking of him, a giving away his honour to another, a disgrace done to a man’s self - since we always "swear by the greater," Hebrews 6:16 and a means to procure his utter ruin, without God’s greater mercy. Amos 6:14 Zephaniah 1:3-5 Men sport themselves with oaths, as the Philistines did with Samson, which will at last pull the house about their ears. Zechariah 5:4 When I fed them

Jeremiah 9:2 — might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place. — Some sorry shed, such as those worthies had who dwelt in dens and caves of the earth, Hebrews 11:38 such as Athanasius had, who lived, say some, six years in a well without the light of the sun, forsaken of friends, and everywhere hunted by enemies; such as the ancient hermits and monks had, who, because they lived in caves and subterranean holes,