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581 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 929.14 (Matthew Henry)
… for the support of religion, and give him not his dues out of their estates; and yet they ask, Wherein have we robbed thee ? 3. The plain proof of the charge, in answer …
582 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 931.28 (Matthew Henry)
… to the Messiah, who, every one knew, was to be a descendant from David. Sometimes, when great honours devolve upon those who have small estates, they care not for …
583 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 934.68 (Matthew Henry)
… all the learning of the Egyptians. Note, Christ sometimes chooses to endow those with the gifts of grace who have least to show of the gifts of nature. Yet this …
584 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 935.33 (Matthew Henry)
… for the slaughter. This has been the effect of the enmity of the serpent’s seed against the holy seed, ever since the time of righteous Abel. It was so in Old-Testament …
585 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 935.66 (Matthew Henry)
… with the law, and there is danger of our being crushed by it. Many ruin their estates by an obstinate persisting in the offences they have given, which would …
586 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.20 (Matthew Henry)
… get the estates of widows and orphans into their hands (who would not trust such devout, praying men?) and that, when they had them, they might devour them without …
587 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.97 (Matthew Henry)
… ; but the measure of a cubit denotes it to be meant of the stature, and the age at longest is but a span, Psalms 39:5. Let us consider, (1.) We did not arrive at the stature …
588 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.100 (Matthew Henry)
… an estate in the world. Thoughtfulness for our souls in the most effectual cure of thoughtfulness for the world. (2.) You have a surer and easier, a safer and more …
589 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 938.29 (Matthew Henry)
… regard the low estate of his people, and give more abundant honour to that part which lacked. Christ’s humility, in being willing to come, gave an example to …
590 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 938.55 (Matthew Henry)
… into the world, should put himself into such a very low condition, as to want the convenience of a certain resting-place, which the meanest of the creatures …
591 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 940.29 (Matthew Henry)
… , on the one hand, they shall not raise estates by their work, so, on the other hand, they shall not spend what little they have of their own upon it. This was confined …
592 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 946.108 (Matthew Henry)
… in the end self-destruction; the life saved is but for a moment, the death shunned is but as a sleep; but the life lost is everlasting, and the death run upon is the …
593 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 949.64 (Matthew Henry)
… is the danger of setting the heart upon them, Psalms 62:10. If he had had but two mites in all the world, and had been commanded to give them to the poor, or but one …
594 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 949.71 (Matthew Henry)
… into the kingdom of heaven, either here or hereafter. The way to heaven is to all a narrow way, and the gate that leads into it, a strait gate; but it is particularly …
595 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.126 (Matthew Henry)
[1.] Some, through ignorance, stumble at Christ in his estate of humiliation; when this Stone lies on the earth, where the builders threw it, they, through their …
596 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 952.71 (Matthew Henry)
… , Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Let none be sure of the advancement and perpetuity of their names and families, unless they …
597 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 953.39 (Matthew Henry)
… of the best for men of their figure; or by insinuating themselves into their affections, and so getting to be the trustees of their estates, which they could …
598 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.40 (Matthew Henry)
… , body, estate, relation, and interest, divine grace dispenses spiritual gifts accordingly, but still the ability itself is from him. Observe, First, Every one …
599 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.43 (Matthew Henry)
… religion; the enjoyments of the world—estate, credit, interest, power, preferment, must be improved for the honour of Christ. The ordinances of the gospel, and …
600 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.60 (Matthew Henry)
… his estate, or as they that were ready, went in to the marriage feast. Here the joy of our Lord enters into the saints, in the earnest of the Spirit; shortly they …