1 John 4:5 They are of the world That is, the false prophets and teachers that were gone into the world, and had the spirit of antichrist in them; the...
Matthew 14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea That is, the ship in which the disciples were put into, to go on the other side, had by thi...
Tractate XXXI.Tractate XXXI. John VII. 25-36.1. You remember, beloved, in the former discourses,-for it was both read in the Gospel and also discussed...
Ezekiel 34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown Or, for a name; or, of a name F20; a famous one: this is to be understood, not of the Jew...
Chapter?10 The parable of the good shepherd. (1-5) Christ the Door. (6-9) Christ the good Shepherd. (10-18) The Jews' opinion concerning Jesus. (19-2...
Homily XI.Homily XI. Colossians iv. 5, 6.-Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seaso...
Job 10:2 I will say unto God, do not condemn me Not that he feared eternal condemnation; there is none to them that are in Christ, and believe in him ...
1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ The object of a believer's hope is not any creature, man, or angel; nor any creature e...
John 17:13 And now come I to thee As in ( John 17:11 ) , which he repeats as a very great happiness to himself, and with much pleasure and joy, but no...
Micah 7:18 Who [is] a God like unto thee There is no God besides him, none so great, so mighty, as he; none like him for the perfections of his nature...
Preface MANY times of late I have been asked to put the salient points of Christian doctrine into more popular form than that of my Systematic Theol...
Chapter?16 Paul takes Timothy to be his assistant. (1-5) Paul proceeds to Macedonia, The conversion of Lydia. (6-15) An evil spirit cast out, Paul an...
Proverbs 24:16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up [again], &c.] This is to be understood of a truly just man; not of one that is only...
Love of God, the Is a part of his character 2?Corinthians 13:11 ; 1?John 4:8 Christ, the especial object of John 15:9 ; 17:26 Christ abides...
Jeremiah 50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, &c.] Either to Jerusalem, near to which Mount Zion was; or to the land of I...
John 9:25 He answered and said That is, the man who had been blind, who takes no notice of the confession they pressed him to, which is what he could ...
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled In some copies this verse begins thus, and he said to his disciples; and certain it is, that these words are ...
Similitude First Similitude First(1) As in This World We Have No Abiding City, We Ought to Seek One to Come.He says to me, You know that you who are t...
Chapter?13 The abuse of God's favour leads to punishment. (1-8) A promise of God's mercy. (9-16) Verses 1-8 While Ephraim kept up a holy f...
2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord Or the fear of the Lord; by which is meant either the grace of the fear of the Lord, impla...