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CHAPTER 99
"God governs the world by his providence, governs the church by his grace, & both by his Son." "The Lord reigns... Those that submit to him shall be established, & not moved; but those that oppose him will be moved. Heaven & earth shall be shaken, & all nations; but the kingdom of Christ is what cannot be moved; the things which cannot be shaken shall remain. Hebrews 12:27." "The greater the public mercies are which we have a share in the more we are obliged to bear a part in the public homage paid to God." "Those were the greatest men & most honourable that were most eminent for keeping God's testimonies & conforming to the rule of his word." "...for the Lord our God is holy, & appears so, not only in his holy law, but in his holy gospel." CHAPTER 100 "A strong invitation to worship God... it is his will that we should serve the Lord, should devote ourselves to his service & employ ourselves in it" "Let God be served with gladness. By holy joy we do really serve God; it is an honour to him to rejoice in him; & we ought to serve him with holy joy. Gospel-worshippers should be joyful worshippers; if we serve God in uprightness, let us serve him with gladness." "We must take it as a favour to be admitted into his service, & give him thanks that we have liberty of access to him, that we have ordinances instituted & opportunity continued of waiting upon God in those ordinances." "Knowledge is the mother of devotion & of all obedience: blind sacrifices will never please a seeing God." "...he is our sovereign ruler: We are his people" "We are not at liberty to do what we will, but must always make conscience of doing as we are bidden." "He that made us maintains us, & gives us all good things richly to enjoy." "His truth endures to all generations, & no word of his shall fall to the ground as antiquated or revoked. The promise is sure to all the seed, from age to age." CHAPTER 101 "Whatever our outward condition is, whether joyful or sorrowful, still we must give glory to God, & sing praises to him; neither the laughter of a prosperous condition nor the tears of an afflicted condition must put us out of tune for sacred songs." "To act conscientiously & with integrity, to walk in a perfect way, in the way of God's commandments; that is a perfect way, for the law of the Lord is perfect." "When we make the word of God our rule, & are ruled by it, the glory of God our end, & aim at it, then we walk in a perfect way with a perfect heart." "We must never turn aside out of the perfect way, under pretence of behaving ourselves wisely; but while we keep to the good way, we must be wise as serpents." "In all our worldly business we must see that what we set our eyes upon be right & good & not any forbidden fruit, & that we never seek that which we cannot have without sin. It is the character of a good man that he shuts his eyes from seeing evil." "If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. Proverbs 29:12." "God resists the proud, & so will David." "Those are commonly most fit for places of honour & trust that are least fond of them" "The Son of David has his eyes upon the faithful in the land; his secret is with them, & they shall dwell with him." "The day is coming when the Son of David shall cut off all wicked doers from the new Jerusalem, for there shall not enter into it any that do iniquity." CHAPTER 102 "The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer" "Even good men may be almost overwhelmed with their afflictions, & may be ready to faint under them." "When our state is afflicted, & our spirits are overwhelmed, it is our duty & interest to pray, & by prayer to pour out our complaints before the Lord, which intimates the leave God gives us to be free with him & the liberty of speech we have before him, as well as liberty of access to him" "If we put up a prayer in faith, we may in faith say, Hear my prayer, O Lord!" "'Manifest thyself to me, hide not thy face from me in displeasure, when I am in trouble." "When troubles press hard upon us, God gives us leave to be thus pressing to prayer, yet with humility & patience." "We must eye the hand of God both in lifting us up & casting us down, & say, 'Blessed be the name of the Lord, who both gives & takes away.'" "A good man loves God better than himself" "God endures for ever, his church's faithful patron & protector" "Those who truly love the church of God love it when it is in affliction as well as when it is in prosperity" "The edifying of the church will be the glorifying of God, & therefore we may be assured it will be done in the set time. Those that pray in faith, Father, glorify thy name, may receive the same answer to that prayer which was given to Christ himself by a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it & I will glorify it yet again, though now for a time it may be eclipsed." "God takes notice not only of the prayers of his afflicted people, which are the language of grace, but even of their groans, which are the language of nature." "This is a prayer for the afflicted... that God would not take us away in the midst of our days, but that, if it be his will, he would spare us to do him further service & to be made riper for heaven." "God's sovereign dominion over heaven & earth. He can change them as he pleases & when he pleases" "Those that hope to wear out the saints of the Most High will be mistaken." "...as one generation of good people passes away, another shall come, & thus the throne of Christ shall endure." Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 611 - 622.
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CHAPTER 95
"Spiritual joy is the heart & soul of thankful praise." "We must praise God with our voice; we must speak forth, sing forth, his praises out of the abundance of a heart filled with love, & joy, & thankfulness" "He is a great God; the mighty God" "To him all power is given both in heaven & in earth." "...Christ's voice must be heard to-day" "Nothing is more offensive to God than disbelief of his promise & despair of the performance of it because of some difficulties that seem to be in the way." "Sins are errors, practical errors, errors in heart;" "The sins of God's professing people do not only anger him, but grieve him, especially their distrust of him" "If our sins have grieved God, surely they should grieve us" "Those that, like Israel, distrust God, & his power & goodness, & prefer the garlick & onions of Egypt before the milk & honey of Canaan, will justly be shut out from his rest" CHAPTER 96 "We must acknowledge God to be the sovereign Lord, & pay homage to him accordingly" "The gods of the nations were all made-gods, the creatures of men's fancies; but our God is the Creator of the sun, moon, & stars, those lights of heaven, which they imagined to be gods & worshipped as such." "...it is the duty of every one of us to bid Christ & his kingdom welcome;" CHAPTER 97 "The Lord Jehovah reigns; he that made the world governs it" "All have reason to rejoice in Christ's government." "When our God appears as a consuming fire even rocks will be wax before him." "All should bid the kingdom of the Messiah welcome, but few do." "Those that pay allegiance to Christ as a King shall be sure of his protection." "Those that rejoice in Christ Jesus, & in his exaltation, have fountains of joy treasured up for them, which will be opened sooner or later." "Those that sow in tears shall, without fail, reap in joy" "Gladness is sure to the upright in heart, to those only that are sincere in... (their relationship with Jesus Christ)." "We ought to be much in the remembrance of God's holiness, the infinite purity, rectitude, & perfection of the divine nature." "Sinners tremble, but saints rejoice, at the remembrance of God's holiness. Psalms 30:4." CHAPTER 98 "The work of our salvation by Christ is a work of wonder." "Salvation denotes the redemption itself, & righteousness the way in which it was wrought, by the righteousness of Christ." "We must rejoice before the Lord whenever we draw near to him! Deuteronomy 12:12. before the Lord Jesus, & before him, not only as the Saviour, but as the King, the King of kings" Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 600 - 611. |
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September 2023
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