Chapter?14John the Baptist had said concerning Christ, He must increase, but I must decrease, Jn.?3:30 . The morning-star is here disappearing, and th...
Chapter?4We have here proper instructions given us (very proper to close the canon of the Old Testament with), I. Concerning the state of recompence a...
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY. PART I. PROLEGOMENA. CHAPTER I. IDEA OF THEOLOGY. I. Definition.?Theology is the science of God and of the relations between...
Chapter?1The narrative which this evangelist gives us (or rather God by him) of the life of Christ begins earlier than either Matthew or Mark. We have...
CHAPTER 2. OF FAITH. THE DEFINITION OF IT. ITS PECULIAR PROPERTIES. This chapter consists of three principal parts.--I. A brief explanation of certai...
Chapter?65We are now drawing towards the conclusion of this evangelical prophecy, the last two chapters of which direct us to look as far forward as t...
Chapter?10We have in this chapter, I. A further account of Jehu?s execution of his commission. He cut off, I. All Ahab?s sons (v.?1-10). All Ahab?s ki...
CHAPTER 7. A SUMMARY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. OF SELF-DENIAL. The divisions of the chapter are,--I. The rule which permits us not to go astray in the s...
THIRD PERIOD. FROM THE SOJOURN IN EGYPT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL IN SHILOH. THE PERIOD OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAEL, AND THE SPRING-TIME IN THE LAND OF PRO...
Chapter?21In this chapter we have, I. An explication of the prophecy in the close of the foregoing chapter concerning the fire in the forest, which th...
CHAPTER IV. THE WORKS OF GOD; OR THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREES. SECTION I.?CREATION. I. Definition Op Creation. By creation we mean that free act ...
Chapter?47Infinite Wisdom could have ordered things so that Israel might have been released and yet Babylon unhurt; but if they will harden their hear...
Chapter?119This is a psalm by itself, like none of the rest; it excels them all, and shines brightest in this constellation. It is much longer than an...
Chapter?20We have four things in this chapter. I. The parable of the labourers in the vineyard (v.?1-16). II. A prediction of Christ?s approaching suf...
Chapter?32It is a very lamentable interruption which the story of this chapter gives to the record of the establishment of the church, and of religion...
PAPYRUS pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, the Books = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri ...
WORSHIP wur'-ship (Anglo-Saxon: weorthscipe, wyrthscype, honor, from weorth, wurth, worthy, honorable, and scipe, ship): 1. Terms 2. Old Testament ...
Footnotes(1 )Eusebius seems to have adopted this name as a token of friendship and respect for Pamphilus, bishop of Caesarea. See McGiffert, Prolegome...
CHAPTER II. THE ORIGINAL STATE OF MAN. In determining man's original state, we are wholly dependent npon Scripture. This represents human nature as ...
CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, II \ II. Examination of the Witnesses. 1. The Old Testament's Witness to Itself (circa 1450-444 BC): Though the Old Testa...