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15861 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1052.15 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforting of the hearts of true believers, in showing a correspondence between our fall and our recovery, and not only a like, but a much greater power …
15862 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1052.24 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort and encouragement of believers, who, considering what a wound Adam’s sin has made, might begin to despair of a proportionable remedy. His expressions …
15863 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1052.25 (Matthew Henry)
… gospel-comforts so much the sweeter. Sin abounded among the Jews; and, to those of them that were converted to the faith of Christ, did not grace much more abound …
15864 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1053.2 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil that good may come, as some say we do? Romans 3:8. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound ? Shall we hence take encouragement …
15865 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1053.5 (Matthew Henry)
… no comfortable receivings from God, nor acceptable regards to God, but in and through Jesus Christ; no intercourse between sinful souls and a holy God, but …
15866 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1053.12 (Matthew Henry)
… very comfortable word to all true believers. If we were under the law, we were undone, for the law curses every one that continues not in every thing; but we are …
15867 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1054.10 (Matthew Henry)
… to comfort and happiness, proved unto death, through the corruption of nature, Romans 7:10. Many a precious soul splits upon the rock of salvation; and the same …
15868 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1054.15 (Matthew Henry)
2. What he comforts himself with. The case was sad, but there were some allays. Three things comforted him:—
15869 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1054.17 (Matthew Henry)
… take comfort from the covenant of grace, which accepts the willingness of the spirit, and has provided pardon for the weakness of the flesh. He likewise herein …
15870 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1054.18 (Matthew Henry)
… great comfort lay in Jesus Christ ( Romans 7:25 ): I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. In the midst of his complaints he breaks out into praises. It is a special …
15871 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.1 (Matthew Henry)
… saints. “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,” so runs our commission, Isaiah 40:1. It is the will of God that his people should be a comforted people. And we have here …
15872 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort with himself to all true believers, who are all interested in it. 1. It is the unspeakable privilege and comfort of all those that are in Christ Jesus …
15873 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.8 (Matthew Henry)
… very comfortable life. All the paths of spiritual wisdom are paths of peace. It is life and peace in the other world, as well as in this. Spiritual-mindedness …
15874 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , and comforter. Having the Spirit of Christ is the same with having the Spirit of God to dwell in us. But those two come much to one; for all that are actuated by …
15875 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.21 (Matthew Henry)
… a Comforter. Beareth witness with our spirit. Many a man has the witness of his own spirit to the goodness of his state who has not the concurring testimony …
15876 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.22 (Matthew Henry)
… . How comfortable should this be to all the children of God, how little soever they have in possession, that, being heirs, they have enough in reversion! But the …
15877 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.23 (Matthew Henry)
… , to comfort them in reference to those sufferings, he tells them that they suffered with Christ—for his sake, for his honour, and for the testimony of a good conscience …
15878 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.26 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts are consistent with a great many groans; not as the pangs of one dying, but as the throes of a woman in travail—groans that are symptoms of life, not …
15879 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.30 (Matthew Henry)
… a comforting Spirit silences our fears, and helps us over all our discouragements. The Holy Spirit is the spring of all our desires and breathings towards …
15880 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1055.31 (Matthew Henry)
… more comfortable than that God searches the heart, for then he will hear and answer those desires which we want words to express. He knows what we have need …