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5601 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.100 (Matthew Henry)
… double argument against the sin of thoughtfulness; take no thought for your life, the life of the body; for, (1.) You have greater and better things to take thought …
5602 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 939.12 (Matthew Henry)
… general argument to prove that Christ had a divine mission. His miracles, especially his miraculous cures, confirm what he said of himself, that he was the …
5603 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 939.37 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument is taken from the common usage of joy and rejoicing during the continuance of marriage solemnities; when all instances of melancholy and sorrow …
5604 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 942.13 (Matthew Henry)
(2.) He justifies them by arguments, three cogent ones.
5605 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 942.23 (Matthew Henry)
… Christ’s arguments, they were resolved to persist in their prejudice and enmity; but Christ went on with his work notwithstanding. Note, Duty is not to be left …
5606 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 942.52 (Matthew Henry)
Christ’s reply to this imputation is copious and cogent, that every mouth may be stopped with sense and reason, before it be stopped with fire and brimstone. Here are three arguments by which he demonstrates the unreasonableness of this suggestion.
5607 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 945.85 (Matthew Henry)
… of argument in that which looked like a slight. Note, A lively, active faith will make that to be for us, which seems to be against us; will fetch meat out of the eater …
5608 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 946.105 (Matthew Henry)
… are arguments to persuade us to submit to these laws, and come up to these terms. Self-denial, and patient suffering, are hard lessons, which will never be learned …
5609 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 947.84 (Matthew Henry)
… that argument, and considers, that if he should refuse this payment, it would increase people’s prejudice against him and his doctrine, and alienate their …
5610 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 948.32 (Matthew Henry)
… . The argument is taken from the future state, from heaven and hell; thence are fetched the most cogent dissuasives from sin. The argument is the same with that …
5611 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 948.41 (Matthew Henry)
… this argument urged, Romans 14:15, 8:11, 8:12. Nay, if Christ came into the world to save souls, and his heart is so much upon that work, he will reckon severely with …
5612 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 948.42 (Matthew Henry)
… the argument; the angels of God are their servants, the Son of God is their Saviour, and, to complete their honour, God himself is their Friend. None shall pluck …
5613 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 948.57 (Matthew Henry)
… and argument, not with passion.” Where the fault is plain and great, the person proper for us to deal with, and we have an opportunity for it, and there is no apparent …
5614 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 949.9 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument is this; “If husband and wife are by the will and appointment of God joined together in the strictest and closest union, then they are not to be lightly …
5615 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 950.28 (Matthew Henry)
… hard arguments; if our inferiors are peevish and provoking, yet we should not thereby be put into a passion, but speak calmly to them. [1.] It is incontestably true …
5616 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.68 (Matthew Henry)
… .” Gamaliel’s argument turned upon this hinge ( Acts 5:38, 5:39 ); either this counsel is of men or of God. Though that which is manifestly bad cannot be of God, yet that …
5617 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 952.55 (Matthew Henry)
… an argument sufficient to support it, so as to lay down a rule for his church in this matter, and yet to avoid giving offence, and to break the snare.
5618 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 952.82 (Matthew Henry)
… . Christ’s argument to confirm this great truth of the resurrection and a future state; the matters being of great concern, he did not think it enough (as in some …
5619 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 952.83 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument—from the scripture; that is the great magazine or armoury whence we may be furnished with spiritual weapons, offensive and defensive. It is written …
5620 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 952.84 (Matthew Henry)
… his argument was ( Matthew 22:32 ); I am the God of Abraham. This was not an express proof, totidem verbis—in so many words; and yet it was really a conclusive argument …