INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 1
"Divine grace can make great sinners great converts, & renew even those to repentance who, after they had known the way of righteousness, turned aside from it, & heal their backslidings, though it is a difficult case." "If men of honour would lay out themselves to do good, what a great deal of good might they do" "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity" "This intimates that the wise man had his own heart fully convinced of & much affected with this truth, & that he was very desirous that others should be convinced of it & affected with it, as he was." "There is a constant fatigue in worldly business." "The fruit of our labour in heavenly things is meat that endures to eternal life, but the fruit of our labour for the world is only meat that perishes." "...when we leave this world we leave the earth behind us, that abides for ever where it is, & therefore the things of the earth can stand us in no stead in the future state." "If we would be entertained with new things, we must acquaint ourselves with the things of God, get a new nature; then old things pass away, & all things become new. II Corinthians 5:17. The gospel all is new. (Rev. 21:5)." "It becomes great men to be studious, & delight themselves most in intellectual pleasures. When God gives great advantages of getting knowledge he expects improvements accordingly." "It is all vexation of spirit, troublesome & prejudicial, & that which does us hurt. It is feeding upon wind" "It vexed him to see many that had wisdom not use it, & many that had folly not strive against it." "The minds & manners of men are crooked & perverse." "Learning will not alter men's natural tempers, nor cure them or their sinful distempers" "The more we know the more we see of our own ignorance." "He that increases in heavenly wisdom, & in an experimental acquaintance with the principles, powers, & pleasures of the spiritual & divine life, increases joy, such as will shortly be consummated in everlasting joy." CHAPTER 2 "Innocent mirth, soberly, seasonably, & moderately used, is a good thing, fits for business, & helps to soften the toils & chagrins of human life: but, when it is excessive & immoderate, it is foolish & fruitless." "When we have spent ourselves in doing good, we may then most comfortably refresh ourselves with the gifts of God's bounty." "Wine is a mocker; it is a great cheat; & it will be impossible, for any man to say that thus far he will give himself to it & no further." "Our happiness consists not in being idle, but in doing aright, in being well employed." "Good works indeed are truly great, but many are reputed great works which are far from being good, wondrous works which are not gracious. Matthew 7:22." "The delights of the children of God are of quite another nature, pure spiritual, & heavenly, & the delights of angels." "The pleasures of wisdom, though they suffice not to make men happy, yet vastly transcend the pleasures of wine. Wisdom enlightens the soul with surprising discoveries & necessary directions for right government of itself; but sensuality clouds & eclipses the mind, & is as darkness to it; it puts out men's eyes, makes them to stumble in the way & wander out of it." "...get wisdom, get understanding." "Those that labour are said to be heavy-laden, & are therefore called to come to Christ for rest. Matthew 11:28." "The best use which is therefore to be made of the wealth of this world, & that is to use it cheerfully, to take the comfort of it, & do good with it." "We must set God always before us, & give diligence in everything to approve ourselves to him." "To those who are good in God's sight, who are of a good spirit, honest & sincere, pay a deference to their God & have a tender concern for all mankind. God will give wisdom & knowledge in this world, & joy with the righteous in the world to come" "To the sinner God gives travail, by leaving him to himself & his own foolish counsels" "All is vanity & vexation of spirit." Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 980 - 995.
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September 2023
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