Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me By whom is meant, the third person in the Trinity; so called, to distinguish him from all other spirits; a...
CHAPTER 39 Genesis 39:1-23 . JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE. 1. Potiphar--This name, Potiphar, signifies one devoted to the sun, the local deity ...
Chapter?6In this chapter we have, I. A further account of the wondrous works of Elisha. 1. His making iron to swim (v.?1-7). His disclosing to the kin...
CHAPTER 8 - AHAZ, (TWELFTH) KING OF JUDAH, PEKAH (NINETEENTH), HOSHEA, (TWENTIETH) KING OF ISRAEL Import of the Changes introduced by Ahaz - Purpose ...
Chapter?42The prophet seems here to launch out yet further into the prophecy of the Messiah and his kingdom under the type of Cyrus; and, having the g...
A Letter of Mara, Son of Serapion. A Letter of Mara, Son of Serapion.(1) Mara, son of Serapion, to Serapion, my son: peace.When thy master and guardia...
1. NOW the king of Babylon was very intent and earnest upon the siege of Jerusalem; and he erected towers upon great banks of earth, and from them ...
Chapter?1We have here, I. An account of the penman of this epistle, a character of the church, the blessings and privileges of that happy society (v.?...
Chapter?16It is some rebuke to Barnabas that after he left Paul we hear no more of him, of what he did or suffered for Christ. But Paul, as he was rec...
Homily VIII.Homily VIII. Chapter IV. Verses 1, 2.-I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were...
Book IBook I------------Argument-Augustin censures the pagans, who attributed tile calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of Rome by ...
Chapter?9In this chapter we have, I. The famous story of St. Paul?s conversion from being an outrageous persecutor of the gospel of Christ to be an il...
Chapter?25Ever since David?s time Jerusalem had been a celebrated place, beautiful for situation and the joy of the whole earth: while the book of psa...
Chapter?8The prophet proceeds, in this chapter, both to magnify and to justify the destruction that God was bringing upon this people, to show how gri...
Chapter?12In this chapter we have the story, I. Of the martyrdom of James the apostle, and the imprisonment of Peter by Herod Agrippa, who now reigned...
Chapter?12Though the vision of God?s glory had gone up from the prophet, yet his word comes to him still, and is by him sent to the people, and to the...
The Epitome of the Divine InstitutesThe Epitome of the Divine InstitutesAddressed to His Brother Pentadius. The Preface.-The Plan and Purport of the W...
In my Travels, as I walked through many Regions and Countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous Continent of Universe; a very large and s...
In my Travels, as I walked through many Regions and Countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous Continent of Universe; a very large and s...
LETTER I. My dear Friend, I HAVE lately been engaged in a religious controversy, in which my original design was directed against what I considere...