Chapter?33The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of the foregoing chapter?to confirm the promise of the restoration of the Jews, notwith...
Praise [N] [T]Praise, mostly of God, is a frequent theme in the psalms, the Hebrew title of which is Praises. Yet praise is a theme that pervades the ...
Footnotes(1 )He came in with a slow and stately step; he spoke with a broken utterance, sometimes with a kind of disjointed sobs rather than words. He...
Chapter?13This chapter brings us again to the history of the kings of Israel, and particularly of the family of Jehu. We have here an account of the r...
Footnotes(1 )Luke xi. 10.(2 )Prov. xvii. 28, lxx.(3 )Is. ii. 3, lxx.(4 )Phil. iii. 14.(5 )i.e., confessed or denied himself a Christian. The Benedicti...
THE COMMENCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE THREEFOLD LIFE. Sec, VIII. Wherever the Holy Scripture speaks of the act of begetting and conception, e.g. ...
Psalms, Theology of The Book of Psalms is a sizable collection of musical poems and prayers of diverse authorship and form. Psalms are independent lit...
PSALM 145 OVERVIEW. This is one of the alphabetical psalms, composed with much art, and, doubtless, so arranged that the memory might be aided. The H...
CHAPTER 20. OF PRAYER--A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT. The principal divisions of this chapter are,--I. Connection...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth. Upon consideration, the psalmist finds little room to bewail the length of life,...
Chapter?28In the foregoing chapters, we saw the Captain of our salvation engaged with the powers of darkness, attacked by them, and vigorously attacki...
Chapter?9Both the world and the church were now again reduced to a family, the family of Noah, of the affairs of which this chapter gives us an accoun...
PART IV. THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD. CHAPTER I. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. In contemplating the words and acts of God, as in contemplating ...
Chapter?8The work of ministers is rightly to divide the word of truth and to give every one his portion. So the prophet is here instructed to do, in t...
?EXPOSITION Verse 4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth. His breath goes from his body, and his body goes to the grave. His spirit goes...
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 ...
Chapter?119This is a psalm by itself, like none of the rest; it excels them all, and shines brightest in this constellation. It is much longer than an...
Chapter?24Christ?s preaching was mostly practical; but, in this chapter, we have a prophetical discourse, a prediction of things to come; such however...
CHAPTER 5. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD CONSPICUOUS IN THE CREATION, AND CONTINUAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD. This chapter consists of two parts: 1. The former...
CHAPTER 10. THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW. This chapter consists of four parts. I. The sum, utility, and necessity of this d...