INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 43
"...God never cast off any that trusted in him" "We need desire no more to make us happy than the good that flows from God's favour & is included in his promise." "The nearer we come, the closer we cleave, to God, the better." "Those that come unto God must come to him as their exceeding joy, not only as their future bliss, but as their present joy, & that not a common, but an exceeding joy, far exceeding all the joys of sense & time." "God is to be praised with the best we have;" CHAPTER 44 "Those that went before us told us what God did in their days, we are bound to tell those that come after us what he has done in our days, & let them do the like justice to those that shall succeed them; thus shall one generation praise his works to another, the fathers to the children shall make known his truth. Isaiah 38:19." "Former experiences of God's power & goodness are strong supports to faith & powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities." "Many a time have the persecutors of the Christian church, & those that hate it, been put to shame by the power of truth. Acts 6:10." "Let those that trust in God make their boast in him, for they know whom they have trusted; let them boast in him all the day long, for it is a subject that can never be exhausted. But let them withal praise his name for ever; if they have the comfort of his name, let them give unto him the glory due to it." "God's people, when they are cast down, are tempted to think themselves cast off & forsaken of God; but is is a mistake. Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. Romans 11:1." "...it is the evil heart of unbelief that inclines to depart from God." "Forgetting God was a heart-sin..." "...heart-sins & secret sins are known to God, & must be reckoned for; for he knows the secrets of the heart, & therefore is an infallible judge of the words & actions." "God's mercy: 'O redeem us for thy mercies' sake; we depend upon the goodness of thy nature" CHAPTER 45 "Those that speak of Christ speak of a good matter, no subject so noble, so copious, so fruitful, so profitable, & so well-becoming us; it is a shame that this good matter is not more the matter of our discourse." "What God has wrought in our souls, as well as what he has wrought for them, we must declare to others" "Those that have an admiration & affection for Christ love to go to him, & tell him so." "Jesus Christ is in himself, & in the eyes of all believers, more amiable & lovely than the children of men." "The beauties of this lower world, & its charms, are in danger of drawing away our hearts from Christ, & therefore we are concerned to understand how much he excels them all, & how much more worthy he is of our love." "Where God gives his grace he will give his blessing. We are blessed with spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 1:3." "The gospel, as far as it prevails with men, sets up in their hearts truth, meekness, & righteousness, rectifies their mistakes by the light of truth, controls their passions by the power of meekness, & governs their hearts & lives by the laws of righteousness." "The salvation of sinners is the joy of angels (Luke 15:10), but much, more of the Son." "All true believers are born from above; they are the children of the King of kings. These attend the throne of the Lord Jesus daily with their prayers & praises, which is really their honour, & he is pleased to reckon it his." "...we owe our redemption, so we owe our adorning, not to corruptible things, but to the precious blood of the Son of God." "If we confess that Christ is Lord, & pay our homage to him accordingly, it is to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:11." "Let us see here what is that true glory which we should be ambitious of, not that which makes a fair show in the flesh, but that which is in the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible (I Peter 3:4)." "Those that help to support the honour of Christ on earth shall in heaven see his glory, & share in it, & be for ever praising him." CHAPTER 46 "God is our refuge & strength; we have found him so, he has engaged to be so, & he ever will be so" "Those that with a holy reverence fear God need not with any amazement to be afraid of the power of hell or earth." "God's word & ordinances are rivers & streams with which God makes his saints glad in cloudy & dark days." "The spiritual comforts which are conveyed to the saints by soft & silent whisperers, & which come not with observation, are sufficient to counterbalance the most loud & noisy threatenings of an angry & malicious world." "If God be for us, if God be with us, we need not be moved at the most violent attempts made against us." "...if God be in our hearts, in the midst of us, by his word dwelling richly in us, we shall be established, we shall be helped; let us therefore trust & not be afraid; all is well, & will end well." "War & peace depend on his word & will, as much as storms & calms at sea do." "Let his own people be still; let them be calm & sedate, & tremble no more, but know, to their comfort, that the Lord is God, he is God alone, & will be exalted above the heathen;" "Though we be depressed, yet let us not be dejected, for we are sure that God will be exalted, & that may satisfy us; he will work for his great name, & then no matter what becomes of our little names." "Mark this, & take the comfort of it, & say, If God be for us, who can be against us?" Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 398 - 412.
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September 2023
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