Bible Commentaries

Genesis 35:13 — , 1 Timothy 2:1 a standing upon interrogatories with him; especially when Satan, sin, and conscience accuse. It was a part of the Persian kings’ silly glory, to keep their greatest subjects from coming near them without special licence. Esther 4:11 To God we have free access upou all occasions, and are bid to "come boldly." Hebrews 4:16 If Seneca could say, Audacter Deum roges, nihil illum de alieno rogaturus; how much more may the faithful Christian, since all is his, God and all!

Genesis 9:13 — shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. I do set my bow in the cloud, … — There it was before, but not till now as a token of the covenant; as still it is applied for a sign of grace from God to his Church. Revelation 4:3 ; Revelation 10:1 Ezekiel 1:28 It is planted in the clouds, as if man were shooting at God, and not God at man. This bow with both ends downward, and back to heaven, must needs be an emblem of mercy; for he that shooteth, holdeth the back of the bow

Nehemiah 8:14 — write any letter of it but by a copy; not to read it but in a clean place; not to touch it but with the right hand; not to carry it about him but next his heart, … (Schickard). That the children of Israel should dwell in booths — See Ezra 3:4 , See Trapp on " Ezra 3:4 " For this the law was dear, Leviticus 23:34 Deuteronomy 16:13 . But this they had not so fully observed, sc. by dwelling in booths, till now that they were returned from Babylon, where they had been lately, and for

Esther 4:6 — to hear, slow to speak. Unto the street of the city — The broad street, as the word signifieth; Rechob, πλατεια : there Mordecai kept him, and might not come nearer the court, because a mourner. See Esther 4:2 . Tiberius the emperor, counterfeiting grief at the funeral of Drusus, there was a veil laid between the dead and him, because being high priest forsooth, he might not see any mournful object. The statues of the gods were transported or covered (for

Job 15:18 — is communicated. The more you teach and impart to others, eo ditior ac doctior fias, saith one, the richer and more skilfull you become (Bodin. Theat. Nat. p. 9). It is not the pouring out which drieth up the streams of grace, like that oil, 2 Kings 4:6 . See Proverbs 11:24-25 Psalms 78:2-4 .

Job 3:22 — made Julian the apostate to die so confidently; and many today that have little reason for it to be so prodigal of their lives, and seemingly fond of death? Is it not because they are fearfully blinded by the god of this present world, 2 Corinthians 4:4 , who holdeth his black hand before their eyes, lest they should see the evil consequents of death, and be saved? which because they do not, what do they else but rejoice exceedingly (or with exultation, as the word here signifieth) in their woeful

Psalms 88:1 — Leannoth — A musical instrument sounding heavily as a shaulm doth, and therefore called infirmity, for humbling, or for antiphenies. A fit title. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite — i.e. The instruction of Heman, who was a very wise man, 1 Kings 4:31 , descended of Zerah, the son of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:4 , and thence called the Ezrahite, brother to Ethan, who penned the next psalm, 1 Chronicles 2:6 . Nobile par fratrum. O Lord God of my salvation — This is the only one expression of his

Proverbs 12:22 — abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord. — Who hath therefore threatened to "cut them off," Psalms 12:3 and to broil them on "coals of juniper," Psalms 120:4 which burn sweetly, fiercely, lastingly; and to make them eat their false words, as Master Lewes of Manchester made the summoner that came to cite his wife eat the citation, by setting a dagger to his heart. Acts and Mon., fol. 1825. But they that deal

Proverbs 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Whoso curseth his father, … — See Trapp on " Exodus 21:17 " See Trapp on " Matthew 15:4 " Parents usually give their children sweet and savoury counsel; but they, for want of grace, listen rather to flatterers and whisperers, vilipending their parents’ advice, and vilifying them for the same, as Eli’s sons did. His lamp

Isaiah 63:9 — angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. In all their afflictions he was afflicted. — See Exodus 3:7 ; Exodus 3:9 Judges 10:16 Zechariah 2:8 Acts 9:4 Jeremiah 31:20 . O God, we may better say, than the poet did of Augustus - “ Est placidus, facilisque parens, veniaeque paratus: Et qui fulmineo saepe sine igne tonat. Qui rum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse: Cuique fere poenam sumere

Numbers 20:11 — said redire ad se, to come again to himself. And the water came out abundantly. — This cleaving of the hard rock was a work of omnipotency. Psalms 78:15 The works of God are in contrariis medias. Luther. This rock was Christ, 1 Corinthians 10:4 fitly compared to a rock; (1.) For despicable appearance; Isaiah 53:2-3 (2.) For exaltation and advancement; (3.) For firmness and stability; Matthew 16:18 (4.) For scandal and offence to the wicked; Romans 9:33 (5.) For weight and danger. Matthew 21:44 And

Deuteronomy 23:5 — men’s evil actions to a good end. Hence it is that they fulfil - though they intend no such thing, but the satisfying of their own lusts - neither Isaiah 10:5-7 more nor less than "what the hand and counsel of God hath determined." Acts 4:28 ; Acts 13:27 Howbeit the hands that nailed Christ to the cross were "wicked hands." Acts 2:23 And Judas the traitor received strangling and shedding of bowels, as a "reward of his iniquity, for being guide to them that took Jesus."

Galatians 3:1 — of the doctrine of Christ crucified, and in the administration of the Lord’s Supper, that lively picture of Christ on the cross. The Greek word προεγραφη signifieth to paint forth a thing,Romans 15:4; Romans 15:4 , by a theological painting, not artificial, as the Papists would have it to warrant crucifixes.

Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Provoke not, … — God forbids bitterness and austerity in husbands, Colossians 3:19 ; masters,Colossians 4:1; Colossians 4:1 ; parents here, and Colossians 3:21 . Superiors must so carry themselves as to be at once loved and feared. But bring them up in the nurture, … — Or, nourish them and nurture them. The latter is as needful as the former.

Colossians 3:18 — that she reverence her husband," Ephesians 5:33 , as Sarah did, and is chronicled for it,1 Peter 3:6; 1 Peter 3:6 . But God hath a barren womb for mocking Michal. 2. Obedience to all his lawful commands and restraints, as the Shunammite, 2 Kings 4:22 , and the Shulamite, who lives by Christ’s laws, and yields to his will, direction, and discretion. As it is fit — Ut decet, as it is comely; and women love comeliness, delight to be neat. Hereby shall appear comely, first, to God, 1

1 Thessalonians 4:1 — the devil to and fro, up and down, Job 1:7 , his motion is circular, and therefore fraudulent, 1 Peter 5:8 . Apostates run retrograde, they stumble at the cross, and fall backward, Heretics run out on the right hand, worldlings on the left, James 1:14 . Hypocrites turn aside unto their crooked ways,Psalms 125:5; Psalms 125:5 . They follow Christ, as Samson did his parents, till he came by the carcase; or as a dog doth his master, till he meeteth with a carrion. The true Christian only walks so as

Hebrews 11:40 — Dios ha provisto algo mejor para nosotros, para que ellos sin nosotros no sean perfeccionados. Ver. 40. Algo mejor ] ie Cristo, ese gran misterio, como 1 Timoteo 3:16 ; ese jefe de diez mil, etc. ese don, Juan 4:10 ; ese beneficio, 1 Timoteo 6:2 .

James 4:1 — easily be composed, did we not forget that we are brethren and fellow sufferers. Even of your lusts — Gr. νδονων , of your pleasures, for wicked men take pleasure in unrighteousness, it is their meat and drink, Proverbs 4:17 , they cannot sleep, nay, live without it, James 4:16 . Look how Tartarians feed upon carrion with as great delight as we do upon venison; as the Turkish galley slaves eat opium as if it were bread, and as the maid in Pliny fed on spiders, and digested

Revelation 1:16 — only have Christ by the hand (who as he will not cast away a perfect man, so neither will he take the ungodly by the hand, saith Bildad, Job 8:20 ), but are held fast in Christ’s right hand, "that teacheth him terrible things,"Psalms 45:4; Psalms 45:4 , against such as seek to pull them thence. It is well observed by a worthy writer, that about the time of the silencing of ministers, many churches in England were torn at once (within our remembrance) with terrible lightning; and almost

Revelation 13:2 — fights with her fore feet; so doth the Papacy with its canons, decrees, traditions, … As the mouth of a lion — Wide, ravenous, roaring, and insatiable. And the dragon gave him his power — This bargain was offered to Christ,Matthew 4:8-10; Matthew 4:8-10 , but he would none of it. The bramble in Jotham’s parable thought it a goodly thing to reign; so did not the vine and fig tree.