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34121 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 877.7 (Matthew Henry)
… our spiritual sacrifice, and, if they come from an upright heart, shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock, Psalms 69:30, 69:32. And the sense of our pardon …
34122 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 877.14 (Matthew Henry)
… ensures spiritual blessings in heavenly things; and it follows upon the healing of their backslidings, for pardoning mercy is always accompanied with …
34123 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 877.16 (Matthew Henry)
… . Note, Spiritual growth consists most in the growth of the root, which is out of sight. The more we depend upon Christ and draw sap and virtue from him, the more …
34124 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 877.17 (Matthew Henry)
… their spiritual sacrifices ( Genesis 8:21 ), and they are accepted of the multitude of the brethren. Grace is the perfume of the soul, the perfume of the name, makes …
34125 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 878.7 (Matthew Henry)
… blossom; spiritual joy is so far from withering then, that it flourishes more than ever, Habakkuk 3:17, 3:18. Let us see here, 1. What perishing uncertain things …
34126 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 878.13 (Matthew Henry)
… that spiritual meat which is not before our eyes, and which cannot be cut off. (2.) Let them look into God’s house, and see the effects of the judgment there; joy and …
34127 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 879.13 (Matthew Henry)
… up spiritual sacrifices. There the people must see them weeping and wrestling, like their father Jacob, and be helped into the same devout frame. Ministers …
34128 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 879.20 (Matthew Henry)
… , and spiritual benefit, thereof. When God gives them plenty again, and gives them to be satisfied with it, (1.) Their reputation shall be retrieved; they and their …
34129 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 880.1 (Matthew Henry)
… our spiritual enemies and all their agents, and will have its full accomplishment in the judgment of the great day. Here is a prediction, I. Of God’s reckoning …
34130 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 880.20 (Matthew Henry)
II. It is promised that the church shall be very happy; and truly happy it is in spiritual privileges, even during its militant state, but much more when it comes to be triumphant. Three things are here promised it:—
34131 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 880.22 (Matthew Henry)
… meant spiritually; the graces and comforts of the new covenant are compared to wine and milk ( Isaiah 55:1 ), and the Spirit to rivers of living water, John 7:38. And …
34132 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 882.1 (Matthew Henry)
… and spiritual mercies God had bestowed upon them, for which they had made him such ungrateful returns, Amos 2:9-2:12. 3. God’s complaint of them for their sins …
34133 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 882.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the spiritual privileges and advantages they enjoyed as a holy nation, Amos 2:11. They had helps for their souls, which taught them how to make good use of their …
34134 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 885.2 (Matthew Henry)
… God’s spiritual Israel, by death or desertion, is just a matter for lamentation; for by whom shall Jacob arise, by whom shall the decays of piety be repaired …
34135 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 885.7 (Matthew Henry)
… their spiritual idolatry. 3. What they have got by oppression and extortion shall be taken from them ( Amos 5:11 ): “ You have built houses of hewn stone, which you …
34136 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 885.16 (Matthew Henry)
… with, spiritual sacrifices will not; even justice and honesty will not excuse for the want of prayer and praise, a broken heart and the love of God. Stephen quotes …
34137 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 887.20 (Matthew Henry)
… promoting spiritual whoredom. Sometimes the sins of our relations are to be looked upon as judgments of God upon us. His children, though they keep honest …
34138 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 888.16 (Matthew Henry)
… of spiritual famine coming upon the whole land, a famine of the word of God, the failing of oracles and the scarcity of good preaching. This is spoken of as a thing …
34139 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 889.11 (Matthew Henry)
… , the spiritual glory of the family of Christ far exceeded the temporal glory of the family of David when it was at its height. In him also God’s covenant with …
34140 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 889.13 (Matthew Henry)
… of spiritual blessings in heavenly things, which all those are, and shall be, blessed with, who are in sincerity added to Christ and his church; they shall be …