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5561 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 746.11 (Matthew Henry)
… rational arguments which a prudent father uses, but with the tender affections and compassions of a loving mother, that bemoans her afflicted child when …
5562 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 748.1 (Matthew Henry)
… , the arguments used for their conviction very close and pressing, and the expostulations very pungent and affecting. The sin which they are most particularly …
5563 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 748.8 (Matthew Henry)
… of arguments and follow their blow. God had before pleaded with their fathers, and asked why they walked after vanity and became vain, Jeremiah 2:5. Now he pleads …
5564 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 749.30 (Matthew Henry)
… an argument with the elders of Judah that it would be a shame for those that were his bone and his flesh to be the last in bringing the king back, when the men of …
5565 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 757.12 (Matthew Henry)
… no argument for their relief. 1. It is true God had done great things for them; that people had been favourites above any people under the sun; they had been the …
5566 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 758.3 (Matthew Henry)
… this argument: Righteous art thou, O Lord! when I plead with thee. Thus he arms himself against the temptation wherewith he was assaulted, to envy the prosperity …
5567 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 759.13 (Matthew Henry)
III. This counsel is enforced by some arguments if they continue proud and unhumbled.
5568 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 764.9 (Matthew Henry)
… more arguments, or to press the matter any further; we will have our way, whatever it cost us; we will do every one the imagination of his own evil heart, and will …
5569 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 766.10 (Matthew Henry)
… with argument; nay, didst overpower me, by the influence of thy Spirit upon me, and thou hast prevailed .” Jeremiah was very backward to undertake the prophetic …
5570 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 775.14 (Matthew Henry)
… rational arguments for the support of his prophecies concerning the speedy return of the captives; but he writes to the priests, those faithful patrons …
5571 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 788.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the argument they had against abiding in this land. They feared the king of Babylon ( Jeremiah 41:18 ), lest he should come and avenge the death of Gedaliah upon …
5572 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 800.17 (Matthew Henry)
… strongest argument for patience under it; we are bound to submit to what God does, for, (1.) It is the performance of his purpose: The Lord has done that which he had …
5573 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 800.19 (Matthew Henry)
… this argument: “ What thing shall I liken to thee, or what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee ? What city, what country, is there, whose case is parallel to …
5574 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 816.10 (Matthew Henry)
… with arguments against it. Note, Those have a great deal to answer for who grieve the spirits, and weaken the hands, of good people, and who gratify the lusts of …
5575 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 821.26 (Matthew Henry)
… good arguments used to enforce these calls to repentance:—1. It is the only way, and it is a sure way, to prevent the ruin which our sins have a direct tendency to …
5576 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 836.29 (Matthew Henry)
… or argument, to cross themselves in any instance, to part with any one beloved sin, or apply themselves to any one duty that is against the grain to flesh and …
5577 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 853.26 (Matthew Henry)
… great argument which Isaiah had long before urged against idolaters, and particularly the idolaters of Babylon, when he challenged the gods they worshipped …
5578 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 857.11 (Matthew Henry)
… by argument and by authority he labours till the going down of the sun to deliver him, that is, to persuade his accusers not to insist upon his prosecution. Note …
5579 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 860.11 (Matthew Henry)
… and arguments to enforce the petitions. God gives us leave not only to pray, but to plead with him, which is not to move him (he himself knows what he will do), but …
5580 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 865.2 (Matthew Henry)
… such arguments as are here put into their mouths. Note, Private persons may, and ought in their places, to appear and plead against the public profanations …