Edward Snape was educated most probably in the university of Cambridge; afterwards he became minister at St. Peter's church, Northampton. He was a de...
CHAPTER XXI. MEMORIAL. An eloquent and touching sermon was delivered by Rev. Henry H. Stebbins, at Central Church, Rochester, N. Y., as a memorial t...
Overview - Romans 5 1?Being justified by faith, we have peace with God; 2?and joy in our hope; 8?that since we were reconciled by his blood, when we...
ADDENDA CONTAINING A SKETCH OF THOSE PURITAN DIVINES OF WHOM NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE OBTAINED. Mr. Allen was an eminent puritan divine, and...
Anthony Gilby.?This pious and zealous nonconformist was born in Lincolnshire, and educated in Christ's college, Cambridge, where he obtained a most ex...
Nicholas Byfield.?This pious and learned divine was born in Warwickshire, in the year 1579, and educated in Exeter college, Oxford. He was son to Mr. ...
Job 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? &c.] Or has such wisdom as to be able to count them when the heavens are full of them; hence they are u...
John Price was a zealous preacher among the independents, during the civil wars. Edwards styles him an exchange-man, a beloved disciple of Mr. John G...
FOREST for'-est: (1) choresh (compare proper name Harosheth), 2?Chronicles 27:4. In 1?Samuel 23:15 translated wood; in Isaiah 17:9, wood; in Ezekiel ...
Thomas Cartwright, B. D.?This most celebrated person was born in Hertfordshire, about the year 1535, and educated in St. John's college, Cambridge. He...
Overview - 2?Kings 11 1?Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from Athaliah's massacre of the seed royal, is hid six years in the house of God. ...
Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better [is] a handful [with] quietness These are the words of the fool, according to Aben Ezra; and which is the sense of other inter...
Man (anhr). Instead of anqrwpo (general term) in verse Ephesians 7 , perhaps for variety (Ropes), but often in James ( Ephesians 1:12 Ephesians 1:23...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge2 Samuel 1:10??(King James Version)So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after t...
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...
Hugh Peters, A. M.?This unhappy man was born at Fowey in Cornwall, in the year 1599. His father was a respectable merchant, and his mother of the anc...
John Huckle was pastor of the church at Aythorp Roding in Essex, but prosecuted by Bishop Aylmer, for nonconformity. Mr. Strype is pleased to stigmati...
The beast (to qhrion). Diminutive of qhr and so little beast. See on Mr 1:13. Aristotle and the medical writers apply the word to venomous serpents, ...
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 - Exodus 14 1?God instructs the Israelites in their journey. 5?Pharaoh pursues after them. 10?The Israelites murmur. 13?Moses comforts them....