?EXPOSITIONVerse 19. But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong. However weak and dying the righteous man may be, the evils which oppose him are...
Of workings (energhmatwn). Late word, here only in N.T., the effect of a thing wrought (from energew, to operate, perform, energize). Paul uses also ...
they threw dust on their heads An action indicating great mourning and grief over loss (Jos. Jos. 7:6; 1S. 1S. 4:12; Lam. Lam. 2:10; Eze. Eze. 27:30)...
Elucidations.Elucidations.The feast of All Saints is very ancient in the Oriental churches, and is assigned to the Octave of Pentecost, the Anglican T...
206 SERMON XL. I'PREACHED AT LINCOLN'S INN, UPON TRINITY SUNDAY, 1620. Genesis xviii. 25. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? These w...
?EXPOSITION Verse 8. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. The triune God has given us a trinity...
SERMON CIX. PREACHED TO THE KING, AT THE COURT, IN APRIL, 1629. Genesis i. 26. And God said, Let us make man, in our image, after our likeness. ...
And such were some of you (kai tauta tine hte). A sharp homethrust. Literally, And these things (tauta, neuter plural) were ye (some of you). The hor...
Dates of Treatises, &C., Here Translated.Dates of Treatises, &C., Here Translated.(Based on Heyns and Rupp.) 331. Gregory Born. 360. Letters x. xi. ...
CHAPTER II. DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. In the nature of the one God there are three eternal distinctions which are represented to us under the figure ...
According to (kata). Probably to be connected with eklektoi rather than with apostolo in spite of a rather loose arrangement of words and the absence...
CHAPTER II. ANTE-NICENE TRINITARIANISM. ? 1. Preliminary Statements. Tile early history of the Doctrine of the Trinity shows that Christian faith ...
Book XV.Book XV.Begins by setting forth briefly and in sum the contents of the previous fourteen books. The argument is then shown to have reached so ...
The nature of a religion is determined by its conception of a Supreme Being. Of the religions of the world, only three are monotheistic?Judaism, Moha...
SERMON XLII. PREACHED AT ST. DUNSTAN'S, UPON TRINITY SUNDAY, 1627. /- *~~TM Revelations iv. 8. And the four beasts had each of them six wings abou...
Whom (o). Grammatical neuter, but whom is correct translation. The Father will send the Holy Spirit ( 1?Corinthians 14:16 ; Luke 24:49 ; Acts 2:33 ...
Elucidations.Elucidations.ISundry doctrinal statements of Tertullian. See p. 601 (et seqq.), supra.I am glad for many reasons that Dr. Holmes appends ...
Isaiah 11:2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him The rod and branch, the King Messiah, so qualifying him for his office, and the discharge o...
FATHER, GOD THE In the Christian religion God is conceived of as Father, Our Father .... in heaven (Matthew 6:9,14,26, etc.), the God and Father of th...
having six wings The cherubim Ezekiel saw had four wings (Eze. Eze. 1:11-12) whereas these creatures have six wings like the seraphim which Isaiah sa...