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33621 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 298.18 (Matthew Henry)

… God’s spiritual Israel. Through him we have access with confidence to God. All the angels of God, those blessed cherubim, have a charge to worship him. 2. Every …

33622 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 299.10 (Matthew Henry)

… God. Spiritual strength and stability are to be had at the door of God’s temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace in the use of the means of grace. [2.] It was …

33623 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 299.12 (Matthew Henry)

… Lord. Spiritual priests and spiritual sacrifices must be washed in the laver of Christ’s blood and of regeneration. We must wash often, for we daily contract …

33624 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 299.14 (Matthew Henry)

… of spiritual food and heavenly light which the gospel blesses us with than the law of Moses did our could afford. Even the hinges of the door were of gold ( 1 Kings …

33625 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 300.27 (Matthew Henry)

… our spiritual diseases. Every Israelite indeed endeavours to know these, that he may mortify them and watch against the risings of them. These he complains …

33626 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 300.33 (Matthew Henry)

… God’s spiritual Israel will rest from all their labours. 2. He does, as it were, write a receipt in full on the back of these bonds: There has not failed one word …

33627 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 300.34 (Matthew Henry)

… :58. Spiritual blessings are the best blessings, with which we should covet earnestly to be blessed. Our hearts are naturally averse to our duty, and apt to decline …

33628 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 300.38 (Matthew Henry)

… , his spiritual Israel, in their sanctification and consolation, pursuant to the covenant of grace. If we rejoice not herein always it is our own fault.

33629 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 302.13 (Matthew Henry)

… of spiritual riches lessen our esteem of all earthly possessions. If gold in abundance would make silver to seem so despicable, shall not wisdom, and grace …

33630 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 305.5 (Matthew Henry)

… a spiritual judgment, represented by this, and much more dreadful.

33631 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 309.15 (Matthew Henry)

… a spiritual life; the Holy Ghost comes upon them, overshadows them, and puts life into them. He is very particular in his prayer: I pray thee let this child’s soul …

33632 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 312.9 (Matthew Henry)

… our spiritual conflicts. Peter fell by his confidence. While we are here we are but girding on the harness, and therefore must never boast as though we had put …

33633 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 312.17 (Matthew Henry)

… our spiritual enemies, and therefore to mark and see what we do.

33634 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 314.7 (Matthew Henry)

… had spiritual senses exercised could discern the fallacy, and therefore he enquired for a prophet of the Lord besides, 1 Kings 22:7. He is too much of a courtier …

33635 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 316.4 (Matthew Henry)

… the spiritual good we can one to another, and get all we can one by another, while we are together, because we are to be together but a little while. 2. Because he …

33636 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 316.11 (Matthew Henry)

… for spiritual blessings that are most sensible of their worth and their own unworthiness to receive them. (2.) Provided he kept close to his master, even to the …

33637 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 318.18 (Matthew Henry)

… to spiritual life ministers can do no more by their own power than Gehazi here could; they lay the word, like the prophet’s staff, before their faces, but there …

33638 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 318.20 (Matthew Henry)

… conveying spiritual life to dead souls must thus affect themselves with their case, and accommodate themselves to it, and labour fervently in prayer for …

33639 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 319.5 (Matthew Henry)

… are spiritually diseased would hearken thus readily to the tidings brought them of the great Physician! See what Naaman did upon this little hint. 1. He would …

33640 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 319.9 (Matthew Henry)

… the spiritual leprosy must wait at Wisdom’s gate, and watch at the posts of her doors. Naaman expected to have his compliment returned, but Elisha gave him …