Thomas Temple, D. D.?This learned divine was brother to Sir John Temple, master of the rolls, and one of his majesty's privy council in Ireland. He wa...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 9 13?Solomon's revenue in gold. 15?His targets and shields. 17?The throne of ivory. 20?His vessels. 23?His presents. 25?H...
Overview - Exodus 9 1?The murrain of beasts. 8?The plague of boils and blains. 13?The message of Moses about the hail. 22?The plague of hail. 27?Phar...
Overview - 1?Kings 14 1?Abijah being sick, Jeroboam sends his wife, disguised, with presents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh. 5?Ahijah, forewarned by...
Overview - Genesis 42 1?Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. 16?They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. 18?They are set at liberty, on cond...
Overview - Exodus 14 1?God instructs the Israelites in their journey. 5?Pharaoh pursues after them. 10?The Israelites murmur. 13?Moses comforts them....
Overview - 1?Kings 20 1?Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria. 13?By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain. 22?As th...
Overview - Joshua 12 1?The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of. 7?The one and thirty kings on the other side of Jordan which Joshua ...
Thomas Gataker, B. D.?This celebrated divine was the son of Mr. Thomas Gataker, another puritan divine, the pastor of St. Edmund's, Lombard-street, Lo...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JOEL\\ In some Hebrew Bibles this prophecy is called Sepher Joel, the Book of Joel; in the Vulgate Latin version, the Prophecy of J...
The Book of LukeChapter 6Verses:6:1The first Sabbath - So the Jews reckoned their Sabbaths, from the passover to pentecost; the first, second, third, ...
HARVEST har'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actu...
The Book of LukeChapter 4Verses:4:1The wilderness - Supposed by some to have been in Judea; by others to have been that great desert of Horeb or Sinai...
John Ley, A. M.?This laborious divine was born at Warwick, February 4, J583, and educated at Christ's Church, Oxford. Having finished his studies at t...
The Book of LukeChapter 19Verses:19:1He passed through Jericho - So that Zaccheus must have lived near the end of the town: the tree was in the town i...
Proverbs 30:17 The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father At his advice, admonitions, and instructions; looks upon him with scorn and disdain, and treats ...
Job 32:13 Lest ye should say, we have found out wisdom They were left to themselves, and not directed to take the proper methods of convincing Job, an...
Compassion [N]That (human) disposition that fuels Acts of kindness and mercy. Compassion, a form of love, is aroused within us when we are confronted ...
Obadiah Sedgwick, B. D.?This excellent person was brother to Mr. John Sedgwick, another puritan divine, born at Marlborough in Wiltshire, in the year...
Edward Deering, B. D.?This learned and distinguished puritan was descended from a very ancient and worthy family at Surrenden-Dering, in Kent; and hav...