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12421 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 723.2 (Matthew Henry)
… abundant comfort to all believers. The new creature, wherever it is, is of God’s forming. All who are redeemed with the blood of his Son, he has set apart for himself …
12422 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 723.3 (Matthew Henry)
… his comforts, the kind care of his providence, and the truth of his promise. All servants of God can give such an account of what he has wrought in them, and done …
12423 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 724.4 (Matthew Henry)
… . The comforts that flow into the soul when sin is pardoned, are like clear shining after clouds and rain. Let not Israel be discouraged; nothing is too hard for …
12424 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 725.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of those that earnestly longed, yet quietly waited, for the redemption of Israel. The redemption of sinners by the Son of God, and the pouring out …
12425 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 725.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , and comfort and satisfaction of soul.
12426 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 728.3 (Matthew Henry)
… is comfort to God’s people, that God will secure his own honour, therefore work deliverance for them. And if God delivers his people, he cannot be at a loss for …
12427 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 729.3 (Matthew Henry)
… own comforts. Though there are difficulties in the way to heaven, yet the grace of God will carry us over them, and make even the mountains a way. This denotes …
12428 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 729.5 (Matthew Henry)
… a comfort to her. There are times when the church is desolate and few in number; yet its desolations shall not last for ever, and God will repair them. God can raise …
12429 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 730.3 (Matthew Henry)
… which comfort the broken, contrite heart, those weary of sin, harassed with afflictions. And as the Holy Spirit was upon him, that he might speak as never man …
12430 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 730.4 (Matthew Henry)
… . Creature-comforts are as sparks, short-lived, and soon gone; yet the children of this world, while they last, seek to warm themselves by them, and walk with pride …
12431 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 731.2 (Matthew Henry)
… greatest comfort to be made serviceable to the glory of God. The more holiness men have, and the more good they do, the more gladness they have. Let us seriously …
12432 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 731.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of it when time and days shall be no more. Clouds darken the sun, but do not stop its course. The believer will enjoy his portion, while revilers of …
12433 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 731.5 (Matthew Henry)
… her comforters, were their own tormentors. They have no patience by which to keep possession of their own souls, nor any confidence in God’s promise, by which …
12434 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 732.2 (Matthew Henry)
… temporal comfort sins are, we shall more value the redemption which is in Christ. Do we seek victory over every sin, recollecting that the glory of God requires …
12435 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 734.3 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort them! He will have mercy on them. God’s gathering his people takes rise from his mercy, not any merit of theirs; and it is with great mercies, with everlasting …
12436 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 734.4 (Matthew Henry)
… speaking comfortably to them by these words, taking notice of their griefs and fears. The church is all glorious when full of the knowledge of God; for none …
12437 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 735.2 (Matthew Henry)
… solid comfort and content to the soul. They do not satisfy even the appetites of the body; for all is vanity and vexation. Let the disappointments we meet with …
12438 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 736.3 (Matthew Henry)
… , are comforts which cannot be made bitter. Those who love the Lord truly, will serve him faithfully, and then his commandments are not grievous. Three things …
12439 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 737.4 (Matthew Henry)
… his comforts. Their ungoverned lusts and passions made them like the troubled sea. Also the terrors of conscience disturbed their enjoyments. God hath said …
12440 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 738.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort, even in this world. Good works will bring the blessing of God, provided they are done from love to God and man, and wrought in the soul by the Holy Spirit …