Chapter?3We are now called to attend the public affairs of Israel, in which we shall find Elisha concerned. Here is, I. The general character of Jehor...
Chapter?15In this chapter, we have our Lord Jesus, as the great Prophet teaching, as the great Physician healing, and as the great Shepherd of the she...
Chapter?19As Assyria was a breaking rod to Judah, with which it was smitten, so Egypt was a broken reed, with which it was cheated; and therefore God ...
Chapter?50This psalm, as the former, is a psalm of instruction, not of prayer or praise; it is a psalm of reproof and admonition, in singing which we ...
Chapter?40At this chapter begins the latter part of the prophecy of this book, which is not only divided from the former by the historical chapters th...
Chapter?106We must give glory to God by making confession, not only of his goodness but our own badness, which serve as foils to each other. Our badne...
Chapter 1In this chapter we have, I. The common circumstances of the prophecy now to be delivered, the time when it was delivered (v. 1), the place wh...
?EXPOSITION Verse 66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge. Again he begs for teaching, as in verse 64, and again he uses God's mercy as an argument. ...
CHAPTER 10. HOW TO USE THE PRESENT LIFE, AND THE COMFORTS OF IT. The divisions of this chapter are,--I. The necessity and usefulness of this doctrine...
Chapter?5The great work which Solomon was raised up to do was the building of the temple; his wealth and wisdom were given him to qualify him for that...
Chapter?1This book begins with the laws concerning sacrifices, of which the most ancient were the burnt-offerings, about which God gives Moses instruc...
SLEEPING, WAKING, DREAMING. Sec. XIV. The soul, as we have concluded on biblical grounds, as well in respect of the spirit whose self-manifestatio...
Chapter?13In this chapter, we have, I. The favour which Christ did to his countrymen in preaching the kingdom of heaven to them (v.?1-2). He preached ...
WISDOM wiz'-dum: 1. Linguistic 2. History 3. Religious Basis 4. Ideals 5. Teaching of Christ 6. Remainder of the New Testament (1) James (2) P...
Chapter?5Reproof for sin and threatenings of judgment are intermixed in this chapter, and are set the one over against the other: judgments are threat...
Chapter?5This chapter is the only authentic history extant of the first age of the world from the creation to the flood, containing (according to the ...
Chapter?28The strain of this chapter is very unlike the rest of this book. Job forgets his sores, and all his sorrows, and talks like a philosopher or...
CHAPTER IV. THE WORKS OF GOD; OR THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREES. SECTION I.?CREATION. I. Definition Op Creation. By creation we mean that free act ...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
Chapter?4Exhortations to several Christian duties, as stedfastness, unanimity, joy, etc. (v.?1-9). The apostle?s grateful acknowledgments of the Phili...