INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 12
“Those that make creatures their confidence make fools of themselves” “Men’s being in the right in some things, in the main things, will not exempt them from correction” “Prayers & tears are the weapons with which the saints have attained the most glorious victories.” “Let those that are converted to him walk with him in all holy conversation & godliness” “Let those that walk with God be encouraged to live a life of dependence upon him” “To oppress is bad enough, but to love to do so is much worse.” “Carnal hearts are often confirmed in a good opinion of their evil ways by their worldly prosperity & success in those ways.” “…God sees not as man sees; he judges not as man judges.” “When sinners perish their blood is left upon them.” “Shameful sins shall have shameful punishments.” “The benefit we have had by the word of God greatly aggravates our sin & folly if we put any slight upon the word of God.” “God keeps an account, whether we do or no, of the sermons we hear; & those that have long enjoyed the means of grace in purity, plenty, & power, that have been frequently, faithfully, & familiarly, told the mind of God, will have a great deal to answer for another day if they persist in a course of iniquity.” CHAPTER 13 “God did what was fit to be done to keep them close to himself; what could have been done more?”’ “Those that humbles themselves, especially that humble themselves before God, shall be exalted.” “Deserting God is the death of any person or persons.” “The way of idolatry, as of other sins, is down-hill, & men cannot easily stop themselves. It is the sad case of all those who have forsaken God that they sin yet more & more.” “The Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God, & will not give his glory to another” “No solid lasting comfort is to be expected any where but in God.” “Worldly prosperity, when it feeds men’s pride, makes them forgetful of God; for they remember him only when they want him.” “Despised patience will turn into fury.” “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, let us be persuaded to make peace with him; for are we stronger than he?” “Wilful sinners are self-destroyers.” “Those that rebel against their God destroy themselves, for they make him their enemy for whom they are an unequal match.” “Those may justly be reckoned their own destroyers who defer & put off their repentance, by which alone they might help themselves.” “…wise & happy are those who have laid up their treasure in heaven, & in the pleasant things of that world, which cannot be spoiled” “Those destroy themselves who are not pleased with what God does for them, but think they can do better for themselves.” “Christ has abolished death, has broken the power of it & altered the property of it, & so enabled us to triumph over it.” “Thanks be to God therefore who gives us the victory.” CHAPTER 14 “Sin is a fall; & it concerns those that have fallen by sin to get up again by repentance.” “It is the great concern of those that have revolted from God to return to God, & so to do their first works. ‘Return to him from whom thou hast fallen, & who alone is able to raise thee up.’” “When we are in affliction we should be more concerned for the forgiveness of our sins than for the removal of our trouble.” “God’s gracious acceptance, & the blessed fruits & tokens of that acceptance, are to be earnestly desired & prayed for by us in our returning to God.” “Our prayers for pardon & acceptance with God should be always accompanied with sincere purposes & vows of new obedience.” “We cannot expect that God should take it away by forgiving it if we do not put it away by forsaking it.” “True repentance takes us off from trusting to an arm of flesh, & brings us to rely on God only for all the good we stand in need of.” “Those may expect to find help in God that are truly sensible of their helplessness in themselves & are willing to acknowledge it.” “It is a great encouragement to our faith & hope, in returning to God, that it is his glory to father the fatherless& the helpless.” “Though backslidings from God are the dangerous diseases & wounds of the soul, yet they are not incurable, for God has graciously promised that if backsliding sinners will apply to him as their physician, & comply with his methods, he will heal their backslidings. He will heal the guilt of their backslidings by pardoning mercy & their bent to backslide by renewing grace.” “Grace is the perfume of the soul” “The God of heaven takes cognizance of the penitent reflections & resolutions of returning sinners.” “God will be to all true converts both a delight & a defence; under his protection & influence they shall both dwell in safety & dwell at ease.” “The same sun softens wax & hardens clay.” Matthew Henry's Commentary: Isaiah to Malachi, Mac Donald, pgs. 1185 - 1202.
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September 2023
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