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92921 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1141.14 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith, having our minds sprinkled from an evil conscience. The former priesthood rather kept men at a distance, and under a spirit of bondage.
92922 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.21 (Matthew Henry)
… that faith by which we must apply all. Now with these Moses sprinkled, [1.] The book of the law and covenant, to show that the covenant of grace is confirmed by the …
92923 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1143.27 (Matthew Henry)
… by faith; they look for him by hope and holy desires. They look for him in every duty, in every ordinance, in every providence now; and they expect his second coming …
92924 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.5 (Matthew Henry)
… and faith, that he may have a comfortable sense of a continued pardon.
92925 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.20 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith, with a faith grown up to a full persuasion that when we come to God by Christ we shall have audience and acceptance. We should lay aside all sinful distrust …
92926 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.21 (Matthew Henry)
… a faithful God, true to his word; there is no falseness nor fickleness with him, and there should be none with us. His faithfulness should excite and encourage …
92927 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.33 (Matthew Henry)
… all faithful Christians ( Hebrews 10:35 ): Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. Here, (1.) He exhorts them not to cast away …
92928 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1144.34 (Matthew Henry)
… by faith, till they receive the end of their faith and patience, even the salvation of their souls. If we live by faith, and die in faith, our souls will be safe for …
92929 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.1 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith and a life of faith as the best preservative against apostasy, he how enlarges upon the nature and fruits of this excellent grace. I. The nature of it …
92930 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.2 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith in two parts. 1. It is the substance of things hoped for. Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope are the object of …
92931 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.3 (Matthew Henry)
… . Their faith was their honour; it reflected honour upon them. They were an honour to their faith, and their faith was an honour to them. It put them upon doing the …
92932 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.4 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith has a retrospect as well as prospect; it looks not only forward to the end of the world, but back to the beginning of the world. By faith we understand …
92933 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.5 (Matthew Henry)
… whose faith are specified. 2. Those whose names are barely mentioned, and an account given in general of the exploits of their faith, which it is left to the reader …
92934 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith here recorded is that of Abel. It is observable that the Spirit of God has not thought fit to say any thing here of the faith of our first parents; and …
92935 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.7 (Matthew Henry)
… be faithful with the saints; some, like the Pharisee, will lean to their own righteousness; others, like the publican, will confess their sin, and cast themselves …
92936 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.8 (Matthew Henry)
… of faith. In this place we are told that he obtained by his faith some special advantages; as, (1.) Witness that he was righteous, a justified, sanctified, and accepted …
92937 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.9 (Matthew Henry)
II. Of the faith of Enoch, Hebrews 11:5. He is the second of those elders that through faith have a good report. Observe,
92938 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.10 (Matthew Henry)
… by faith walk with God in a sinful world are pleasing to him, and he will give them marks of his favour, and put honour upon them.
92939 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.11 (Matthew Henry)
… his faith, Hebrews 11:6. It is said that without this faith it is impossible to please God, without such a faith as helps us to walk with God, an active faith, and …
92940 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1145.12 (Matthew Henry)
III. The faith of Noah, Hebrews 11:7. Observe,