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5581 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 …
5582 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 …
5583 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 …
5584 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 …
5585 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 …
5586 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 …
5587 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 …
5588 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 …
5589 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 …
5590 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 …
5591 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 871.10 (Matthew Henry)
… conclusive argument, and the inference so very plain that one would think their own thoughts should have suggested it to them, so as to make them ashamed of …
5592 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 871.11 (Matthew Henry)
… former argument shall be convinced by this that it is not God, but an unprofitable idol, as the Chaldee calls it. It shall be broken to shivers, like a potter’s …
5593 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 873.13 (Matthew Henry)
… . The arguments used for the pressing of these duties. Consider, (1.) It is time to do it; it is high time. The husbandman sows in seed-time, and, if that time be far spent …
5594 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 879.12 (Matthew Henry)
… . What arguments are here used to persuade this people thus to turn to the Lord, and to turn to him with all their hearts. When the heart is rent for sin, and rent …
5595 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 882.2 (Matthew Henry)
… an argument of a base spirit for those to trample upon a dead lion who, were he alive, would tremble before him. 2. Moab’s doom for this transgression is, (1.) A judgment …
5596 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 885.8 (Matthew Henry)
… proper arguments to enforce the exhortation.
5597 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 900.3 (Matthew Henry)
… are arguments for duty, if they be not improved by us, will be improved against us as aggravations of sin. When he brought them out of Egypt into a vast howling …
5598 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 909.4 (Matthew Henry)
II. Arguments urged to press them to the utmost seriousness and expedition herein ( Zephaniah 2:2 ): “Do it in earnest; do it with all speed before it is too late, before …
5599 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 926.21 (Matthew Henry)
… cogent arguments, and brighter patterns of holiness, and because there shall be a more plentiful effusion of the Spirit of holiness and sanctification …
5600 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 933.9 (Matthew Henry)
… . The argument he used to enforce this call was, For the kingdom of heaven is at hand. The prophets of the Old Testament called people to repent, for the obtaining …