INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 1
“Those whom God has endued with abilities for his service ought not to be despised nor laid aside for the meanness either of their origin or of their beginnings.” “God gives warning before he strikes.” “We are chastened, that we may not be condemned.” “Though God bear long, he will not bear always, with those that provoke him” “Even royal palaces are no defence against the judgments of God, though ever so richly furnished, though ever so strongly fortified.” “God will make a full end of those that think to make a full end of his church & people.” “The fire of our anger against our brethren kindles the fire of God’s anger against us.” “Those who by violence & fraud seek to enlarge their own border will justly be expelled & excluded their own border” CHAPTER 2 “It is barbarous to abuse human bodies, for we ourselves also are in the body” “Those that deal cruelly shall be cruelly dealt with…” “…those that are led away into the error of idolatry are by that led into a multitude of other errors…” “Men’s seeking to enrich themselves by the impoverishing of others is a transgression which God will not long turn away the punishment of” “We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received, which are the heaviest aggravations of the sins we have committed.” “Faithful ministers are great blessings to any people, & it is God that raises them up to be so, that they may justly be reckoned an honour to the families they are of.” “It is as great a blessing to any place to have eminent good Christians in it as to have eminent good ministers in it; for so they have examples to their rules.” “Those have a great deal to answer for that cannot bear faithful preaching, & those much more that suppress it.” “Those that will not submit to the convictions of the word, that will neither be won by that nor by the conversation of those about them, shall be made to sink under the weight of God’s judgments. If God load us daily with his benefits, & we, notwithstanding that, load him with our sins, how can we expect any other than that he should load us with his judgments?” “Let not the strong man then glory in his strength, nor trust in it, but strengthen himself in the Lord his God, for in him is everlasting strength.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary: Isaiah to Malachi, Mac Donald, pgs. 1224 – 1233.
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September 2023
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