Introduction JOHN the Baptist ? came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light,...
PSALM 30 Psalms 30:1-12 . Literally, A Psalm-Song--a composition to be sung with musical instruments, or without them--or, Song of the dedica...
PSALM 102 Psalms 102:1-28 . A Prayer of the afflicted, &c.--The general terms seem to denote the propriety of regarding the Psalm as suitably...
LETTER V. Dear Sir, 'JpHERE seems an important instruction, and of frequent use, in these words of our dear Lord, Mine hour is not yet come. The tw...
The Lord's Supper. 1 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communio...
Deuteronomy 32:34 [Is] not this laid up in store with me The fruit of the degenerate vine, its bitter clusters of grapes, and poisonous wine; meaning ...
Chapter 1717:1 The sin of Judah [is] a written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the b tablet of their heart,...
?EXPOSITION Verse 12. Blessed art thou, O LORD. These are words of adoration arising out of an intense admiration of the divine character, which the w...
?EXPOSITION Verse 16. The man of God in paying his vows rededicates himself unto God; the offering which he brings is himself, as he cries, O LORD, tr...
We have spoken of the places nearest the city, the mention of them taking its rise from the triumph of Christ sitting upon the ass, and the people mak...
Daniel 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans In the same language they spoke to him: the thing is gone from me; either the dream was gone fr...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 5. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? The man of God looks calmly for...
SERMON LI. PREACHED UPON THE PENITENTIAL PSALMS. Psalm vi. 4, 5. Return, O Lord; deliver my soul; O Lord save me, for thy merey's sake. For in de...
Epistle IV.Epistle IV.To the Presbyters and Deacons.(1) Argument.-Cyprian Exhorts His Clergy from His Place of Retirement, that in His Absence They S...
Zechariah 5:2 And he said unto me That is, the angel: What seest thou? and I answered, I see a flying roll, the length whereof [is] twenty cubits, and...
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make, &c.] Not have made; for this is not to be understood of the heavens and the...
Chapter 33:1 I [am] the man [that] hath seen a affliction by the rod of his wrath. (a) The prophet complains of the punishments and afflictions that h...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 3. Thou hast proved mine heart. Like Peter, David uses the argument, Thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. It is a ...
The Book of 2?TimothyChapter 1Verses:1:3Whom I serve from my forefathers - That is, whom both I and my ancestors served. With a pure conscience - He a...
LETTER VI. Dear Sir, INHERE is much piety and spirit in the grateful acknowledgement of Jacob, with my staff I passed this Jor- dan, and now I am ...