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2081 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 746.21 (Matthew Henry)
… gospel dispensation is to continue to the end of time and not to be succeeded by any other. The kingdom of Christ is a kingdom that cannot be moved; the laws and …
2082 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 746.22 (Matthew Henry)
… -Testament dispensation, to show that though the ceremonial law should be abolished, and the temple service should come to an end, yet God should be still as …
2083 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 758.3 (Matthew Henry)
… God’s dispensations we must still resolve to keep up right thoughts of God, and must be confident of this, that he never did, nor ever will do, the least wrong …
2084 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 758.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the dispensations of divine Providence that he stumbled at and that he thought would bear a debate. It was that which has been a temptation to many wise and …
2085 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 764.5 (Matthew Henry)
… . He dispenses favours indeed in a way of sovereignty, but never punishes by arbitrary power. High is his right hand, yet he rules not with a high hand, but, as it …
2086 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 772.4 (Matthew Henry)
… present dispensation of prophecy just began in Samuel. Now could a sentence be expressed more unexceptionably? Isa. it not a rule of justice ut parium par …
2087 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 776.3 (Matthew Henry)
… . That dispensation which commenced at their return out of captivity brought them to the Messiah. He is called David their King because he was the Son of David …
2088 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 777.19 (Matthew Henry)
… severe dispensation with them should now be brought to an end, that God would proceed no further in his controversy with them for their fathers’ sins, but remember …
2089 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 777.20 (Matthew Henry)
… dark dispensation of that covenant in comparison with this in gospel times. Sinners were saved by that covenant upon their repentance, and faith in a Messiah …
2090 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 778.12 (Matthew Henry)
… and dispensations of Providence it is good for us to have recourse to our first principles, and to satisfy ourselves with the general doctrines of God’s …
2091 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 778.19 (Matthew Henry)
… various dispensations of providence shall concur to it. All things shall appear at last so to have been working for the good of the church that it will be said …
2092 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 781.5 (Matthew Henry)
… be dispensed with in any case of necessity, as here, Jeremiah 35:11. He prescribed these rules to them, (1.) That they might preserve the ancient character of their …
2093 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 781.6 (Matthew Henry)
… a dispensation when the necessity of a case calls for it, which therefore, in making vows of that nature, it is wisdom to provide expressly for, that the way may …
2094 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 782.4 (Matthew Henry)
… . God dispenses his gifts variously; some have a good faculty at speaking, others at writing, and neither can say to the other, We have no need of you, 1 Corinthians …
2095 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 801.10 (Matthew Henry)
… not dispense his frowns as he does his favours, ex mero motu — from his mere good pleasure. If he show us kindness, it is because so it seems good unto him; but, if he …
2096 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 804.22 (Matthew Henry)
… . The dispensations of Providence are compared to wheels, either the wheels of a chariot, in which the conqueror rides in triumph, or rather the wheels of a clock …
2097 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 807.11 (Matthew Henry)
… be dispensed with ( Ezekiel 4:14 ); it seemed to have in it something of a ceremonial pollution, for there was a law that man’s dung should be covered with earth …
2098 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 818.1 (Matthew Henry)
… severe dispensation; and therefore God takes various methods to satisfy him not only that it shall be so, but that there is no remedy: it must be so; it is fit that …
2099 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 818.3 (Matthew Henry)
… are dispensed for the service of man. Among the plants, the roots of some, the seeds or fruits of others, the leaves of others, and of some the stalks, are most serviceable …
2100 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 826.14 (Matthew Henry)
… easily dispense with themselves to oblige a friend. The oil and incense God calls his, not only because they were the gift of his providence, but because they …