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13921 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 573.21 (Matthew Henry)
… . Paul comforted himself with this, Romans 11:1 .
13922 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 573.26 (Matthew Henry)
… no comforter, none that dare own them, or speak a good word for them, Ecclesiastes 4:1. When St. Paul was brought before Nero’s throne of iniquity no man stood by …
13923 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 573.27 (Matthew Henry)
… world’s comforts give but little delight to the soul when it is hurried with melancholy thoughts; they are songs to a heavy heart. But God’s comforts will …
13924 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 576.1 (Matthew Henry)
… . II. Comfort to his friends and loyal subjects, arising from his sovereign dominion, the care he takes of his people, and the provision he makes for them, Psalms …
13925 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 576.3 (Matthew Henry)
… speaks comfort in general to the Gentiles, whose countries are called the isles of the Gentiles, Genesis 10:5. There is enough in Christ for the multitude of …
13926 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 576.9 (Matthew Henry)
… their comfort. Those that rejoice in Christ Jesus, and in his exaltation, have fountains of joy treasured up for them, which will be opened sooner or later ( Psalms …
13927 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 576.10 (Matthew Henry)
… divine comforts should put their mouths out of taste for sensual pleasures. 2. Let the joy terminate in God ( Psalms 97:12 ): Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous. Let …
13928 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 578.1 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts of those times; this psalm seems to dwell more upon the Old-Testament dispensation and the manifestation of God’s glory and grace in that. The …
13929 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 579.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of our lives to have communion with God; and we must be pleasant and cheerful in it, must say, It is good to be here, approaching to God, in every duty …
13930 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 581.1 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfortable part of this psalm will be the more comfortable to us in the singing of it.
13931 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 581.5 (Matthew Henry)
… precious comforts are here thought of, and mustered up, to balance the foregoing complaints; for unto the upright there arises light in the darkness, so that …
13932 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 581.6 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts are dying, but God is an everliving everlasting God ( Psalms 102:12 ): “ My days are like a shadow; there is no remedy; night is coming upon me; but, thou, O …
13933 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 581.8 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of the experiences of others, it is fit that we should give God the glory of them: The people who shall be created shall praise the Lord for what he …
13934 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 581.13 (Matthew Henry)
… very comfortable, in reference to all the changes that pass over the church, and all the dangers it is in, that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for …
13935 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 581.14 (Matthew Henry)
… . A comfortable assurance of an answer to this prayer ( Psalms 102:28 ): The children of thy servants shall continue; since Christ is the same, the church shall continue …
13936 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 582.4 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts of his Spirit, recovers his people from their decays, and fills them with new life and joy, which is to them an earnest of eternal life and joy, then …
13937 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 582.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts which we have forfeited, which should make us think the worse, and not the better, of sin; for God’s patience should lead us to repentance, Romans …
13938 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 582.12 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort, yet of the benefit others have by it we must give him the glory. Observe, (1.) The transcendent riches of God’s mercy ( Psalms 103:11 ): As the heaven is high …
13939 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 582.13 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts them ( Isaiah 66:13 ), pities them when they have fallen and helps them up again, pities them when they have offended, and, upon their submission, forgives …
13940 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 582.17 (Matthew Henry)
… , and comforts himself in reference to his own weakness and defect in the performance of this duty with this consideration, That there is a world of holy angels …