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14041 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 606.4 (Matthew Henry)
… them, comforts or crosses. Solomon multiplied wives, contrary to the law, but we never read of more than one son that he had; for those that desire children as …
14042 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 607.1 (Matthew Henry)
… families comfortable is to live in the fear of God and in obedience to him. Those that do so, in general, shall be blessed ( Psalms 128:1, 128:2, 128:4 ), In particular …
14043 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 607.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of the promise, and expect the benefit of it, as if it were directed to thee by name, if thou fear God and walk in his ways. Happy shalt thou be, that is …
14044 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 607.5 (Matthew Henry)
… live comfortably upon it. It is not promised that they shall live at ease, without care or pains, but, Thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands. Here is a double promise …
14045 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 607.6 (Matthew Henry)
… of comfort in their family-relations. As a wife and children are very much a man’s care, so, if by the grace of God they are such as they should be, they are very much …
14046 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 607.8 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts of the rising generations: “Thou shalt see thy children’s children, as Joseph, Genesis 50:23. Thy family shall be built up and continued, and thou …
14047 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 607.9 (Matthew Henry)
… private comforts allayed and embittered by public troubles.” A good man can have little comfort in seeing his children’s children, unless withal he see peace …
14048 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 609.6 (Matthew Henry)
… to comfort ourselves with that when we see ourselves obnoxious to his justice, Psalms 130:4. Here is, 1. God’s grace discovered, and pleaded with him, by a penitent …
14049 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 609.7 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort, believing it will come, longing till it does come, but patiently bearing the delay of it, and resolving to look for it from no other hand. My soul doth …
14050 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 610.2 (Matthew Henry)
Here are two things which will be comforts to us:—
14051 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 610.5 (Matthew Henry)
… lives comfortably, upon God and the covenant-grace, when creatures prove dry breasts. When our condition is not to our mind we must bring our mind to our condition …
14052 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts of this life till we have laid a foundation for hopes of a better.
14053 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of the due administration of holy ordinances among them: Let thy saints shout for joy. They did so when the ark was brought into the city of David …
14054 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.7 (Matthew Henry)
… very comfortable to us. Here is,
14055 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.10 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort and joy of all its members.
14056 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 611.13 (Matthew Henry)
… more comfortable, than a great deal without that blessing. God’s people have a special blessing upon common enjoyments, and that blessing puts a peculiar …
14057 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 612.3 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort. It is pleasant and pleasing to God and all good men; it brings constant delight to those who do thus live in unity. Behold, how good ! We cannot conceive …
14058 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 614.9 (Matthew Henry)
… be comforted concerning them; he will return in ways of mercy to them and will delight to do them good. Psalms 135:14, 32:36 is taken from the song of Moses, Deuteronomy …
14059 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 615.1 (Matthew Henry)
… saints’ comfort and that which they glory in. It is that which therefore our hearts should be full of and greatly affected with, so that the most frequent mention …
14060 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 616.1 (Matthew Henry)
… hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal …