The Forgiveness of Sins. 'Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.'?Ps. xxxii. 1. 'Bless the Lord, 0 my soul .... who fo...
BOOK 3 43. We receive Christ the Redeemer by the power of the Holy Spirit, who unites us to Christ; and, therefore, he is called the Spirit of sancti...
LECTURE VII. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT is not uncommon in Scripture, as all readers know, to represent the especial gif...
Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun The eastern and western antichrist being ...
1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am As he was what he was by the grace of God in a private capacity, upon a level with other Ch...
Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait Who have believed in Christ, Christians in general, and the apostle and the brethren with him in particul...
Isaiah 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord Not the carnal seed of Israel, or the natural posterity of Jacob, for only a remnant of them were s...
Amos 9:9 For, lo, I will command What follows; which is expressive of afflictive and trying dispensations of Providence, which are according to the wi...
CHAPTER 17. THE PROMISES OF THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL RECONCILED. In the following chapter, the arguments of Sophists, who would destroy or impair the d...
1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words To introduce them into the affections, and gain the esteem and good will of men; ...
Chapter?25Bildad here makes a very short reply to Job?s last discourse, as one that began to be tired of the cause. He drops the main question concern...
Twenty-fifth Day. THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST. ?l)t JHmistrg of tfje Spirit. ?Oar sufficiency is of God; who also made us sufficient aa ministers of a new...
Psalms 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit Which, with the following phrase, out of the miry clay, expresses the state and condition Ch...
Romans 6:3 Know ye not that so many of us as, etc.] You must know this, you cannot be ignorant of it, that whoever were baptized into Jesus Christ, w...
Romans 4:7 Saying, blessed are they These words are cited from ( Psalms 32:1 ) , and contain the proof of the happiness of justified persons. In this ...
Matthew 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men The confession of Christ here, more especially designed, does not so much intend, though...
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb The Lord Jesus Christ, by whose blood they were redeemed and ransomed out of the hands...
Colossians 2:13 And you being dead in your sins Not corporeally, though sin had subjected them to a corporeal death, and their bodies were really mort...
CHAPTER 2 James 2:1-26 . THE SIN OF RESPECT OF PERSONS: DEAD, UNWORKING FAITH SAVES NO MAN. James illustrates the perfect law of liberty ( J...
Deuteronomy 32:5 They have corrupted themselves This and what follows may seem to be the characters of the enemies of Christ, who lightly esteemed and...