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...
Chapter?147This is another psalm of praise. Some think it was penned after the return of the Jews from their captivity; but it is so much of a piece w...
Chapter?25After the threatenings of wrath in the foregoing chapter we have here, I. Thankful praises for what God had done, which the prophet, in the ...
Chapter?44We are not told either who was the penman of this psalm or when and upon what occasion it was penned, upon a melancholy occasion, we are sur...
Chapter?5This chapter contains the triumphal song which was composed and sung upon occasion of that glorious victory which Israel obtained over the fo...
THE SEVENTH BOOK. AUGUSTINE'S THIRTY-FIRST YEAR ? HE IS GRADUALLY EXTRICATED FROM HIS ERRORS, BUT STILL WITH MATERIAL CONCEPTIONS OF GOD ? AIDED BY A...
CHAPTER 20. OF PRAYER--A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT. The principal divisions of this chapter are,--I. Connection...
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?10This chapter seems to be like Solomon?s proverbs, a collection of wise sayings and observations, rather than a part of his sermon; but the p...
Chapter?11The apostle, having reconciled that great truth of the rejection of the Jews with the promise made unto the fathers, is, in this chapter, fu...
Chapter?103This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. The psalmist, I. Stirs up h...
Chapter?14We have, in this chapter, a further account of the progress of the gospel, by the ministry of Paul and Barnabas among the Gentiles; it goes ...
Chapter?2In this chapter we have, I. That extraordinary event, the translation of Elijah. In the close of the foregoing chapter we had a wicked king l...
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...
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?2In this chapter we have an account of the scouts that were employed to bring an account to Joshua of the posture of the city of Jericho. Obse...
God, Names of Names are more than labels. In Old Testament times a name expressed identification, but also identity. Significant meaning often attache...
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...
CHAPTER 2. OF FAITH. THE DEFINITION OF IT. ITS PECULIAR PROPERTIES. This chapter consists of three principal parts.--I. A brief explanation of certai...
Chapter?4This chapter gives a further account of the miraculous passage of Israel through Jordan. I. The provision that was made at that time to prese...