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12741 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 2.33 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts of this life, and to him we must give thanks. He gives us all things richly to enjoy, not only for necessity, but plenty, dainties, and varieties, for …
12742 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 3.1 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort ( Genesis 2:1-2:3 ). II. A more particular account of man’s creation, as the centre and summary of the whole work ( Genesis 2:1-2:7 ). III. A description of the …
12743 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 3.17 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts of his paradise-state were owing to God’s free grace. He could not plead a tenant-right to the garden, for he was not born upon the premises, nor had …
12744 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 3.27 (Matthew Henry)
… his comfort, Genesis 2:18. Though God had let him know that he was a subject, by giving him a command, ( Genesis 2:16, 2:17 ), yet here he lets him know also, for his encouragement …
12745 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 3.28 (Matthew Henry)
… his comfort; for man is a sociable creature. It is a pleasure to him to exchange knowledge and affection with those of his own kind, to inform and to be informed …
12746 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 3.29 (Matthew Henry)
… be comfortable when meetness directs and determines the choice, and mutual helpfulness is the constant care and endeavour, 1 Corinthians 7:33, 7:34. (4.) Family …
12747 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 3.33 (Matthew Henry)
… their comfort who by faith and prayer, and a humble dependence upon providence, put themselves under a divine conduct. That wife that is of God’s making by …
12748 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.10 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts of it. [3.] It was an instance of her resolution that she adhered to the command, and faithfully repeated it, as of unquestionable certainty: “ God hath …
12749 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.20 (Matthew Henry)
… their comforts. Sooner or later, it will have shame, either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt to which …
12750 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.22 (Matthew Henry)
… : miserable comforters they had become to each other!
12751 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.37 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort we have under them, will abundantly balance our sorrows, how greatly soever they are multiplied.
12752 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.41 (Matthew Henry)
… a comfortable dwelling to them. But sin has altered the property of it. It is now cursed for man’s sin; that is, it is a dishonourable habitation, it bespeaks man …
12753 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.47 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of God’s favour, which is life, and the bread of life. (6.) The soul, like the body, returns to the dust of this world; its tendency is that way; it has an earthy …
12754 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 5.3 (Matthew Henry)
… pains. Comforts, though alloyed, are more than we deserve; and therefore our complaints must not drown our thanksgivings. Many suppose that Eve had a conceit …
12755 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 5.15 (Matthew Henry)
… , thy comfort and honour restored, and all shall be well.” See here the effect of a Mediator’s interposal between God and man; we do not stand upon the footing of …
12756 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 5.27 (Matthew Henry)
… , a comfort or a cross, a blessing or a curse. If the earth yield not her strength to us, we must therein acknowledge God’s righteousness; for we have not yielded …
12757 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 5.30 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts of this life, and concludes that, being a fugitive, he is, in effect, driven out this day from the face of the earth. As good have no place on earth as …
12758 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 5.33 (Matthew Henry)
… his comfort. Hell is destruction from the presence of the Lord, 2 Thessalonians 1:9. It is a perpetual banishment from the fountain of all good. This is the choice …
12759 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 5.43 (Matthew Henry)
… one comfort from them, he gives them another instead of it, which may prove a greater blessing to them than that was in which they thought their lives were bound …
12760 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 5.44 (Matthew Henry)
… small comfort to a good man to see his children’s children, if he do not, withal, see peace upon Israel, and those that come of him walking in the truth. Doubtless …