INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 23
"God can soon quiet those, & strike them down, that are the noisy busy people of the world. Be still; for God will do his work (Ps. 46:10; Zech. 2:13), & you cannot resist him." "Those that have lived in the greatest pomp & splendour know not what hardships they may be reduced to before they die." "We deceive ourselves if we promise ourselves rest any where in this world." "...the sin of pride is fastened upon as that which was the particular ground of God's controversy with Tyre; for he resists the proud." "The love of worldly wealth is a spiritual whoredom, & therefore covetous people are called adulterers & adulteresses (James 4:4), & covetousness is spiritual idolatry." "We must first give up ourselves to be holiness to the Lord before what we do, or have, or get, can be so." CHAPTER 24 "Sin has turned the earth upside down; the earth has become quite a different thing to man from what it was when God made it to be his habitation." "The world we live in is a world of disappointment, a vale of tear, & a dying world; & the children of men in it are but of few days, & full of trouble." "Those that make the world their chief joy cannot rejoice evermore." "Carnal joy is a noisy thing; but the noise of it will soon be at an end, & the end of it is heaviness." "The Lord only knows those that are his; the world does not." "It is much for the honour of God if those who fear him rejoice in him, & praise him, even in the most melancholy times." "We do the greatest honour imaginable to ourselves when we employ ourselves in honouring & glorifying God." "Upon the wicked God shall rain snares (Ps. 11:6); &, the fountains of the great deep being broken up, the foundations of the earth do shake of course, the frame of nature is unhinged, & all is in confusion." "Sin is a burden to the whole creation; it is a heavy burden, a burden under which it groans now & will sink at last. Sin is the ruin of states, & kingdoms, & families" "Let us therefore judge nothing before the time." "The glory of the Creator infinitely outshines the glory of the brightest creatures." CHAPTER 25 "...those that would stir up others should in the first place stir up themselves to praise God." "We & others must exalt God & praise him; for 1. He has done wonders, according to the counsel of his own will." "God is a sufficient protection to his people in all weathers, hot & cold, wet & dry." "Believers may triumph over death, & look upon it as a conquered enemy: O death! where is thy sting?" "Those particularly that suffer for Christ shall have consolations abounding as their afflictions do abound." "Our triumphs must not terminate in what God does for us & gives to us but must pass through them to himself, who is the author & giver of them: This is our God." "There is no fortress impregnable to Omnipotence, no fort so high but the arm of the Lord can overtop it & bring it down." CHAPTER 26 "The church is a strong city, for it has walls & bulwarks, or counterscarps, & those of God's own appointing" "It is the character of righteous men that they keep the truths of God" "Thou wilt keep him in peace, peace, in perfect peace, inward peace, outward peace, peace with God, peace of conscience, peace at all times, under all events; this peace shall he be put into, & kept in the possession of, whose mind is stayed upon God, because it trusts in him." "Those that trust in God must have their minds stayed upon him, must trust him at all times, under all events, must firmly & faithfully adhere to him, with an entire satisfaction in him; & such as do so God will keep in perpetual peace, & that peace shall keep them." "Those that trust in God shall not only find in him, but receive from him, everlasting strength, strength that will carry them to everlasting life, to that blessedness which is for ever; & therefore let them trust in him for ever, & never cast away nor change their confidence." "He will make humble souls that trust in him to triumph over their proud enemies." "It is our duty, & will be our comfort, to wait for God, & to keep up holy desires towards him in the darkest & most discouraging times." "Our great concern must be for God's name; & our earnest desire must be that his name may be glorified, whatever becomes of us & our names. This is that which we must wait for, & pray for." "Our desires towards God must be inward, fervent, & sincere." "Even in the darkest night of affliction our desires must be towards God, as our sun & shield; for, however God is pleased to deal with us, we must never think the worse of him, nor cool in our love to him." "The intention of affliction is to teach us righteousness; & blessed is the man whom God chastens, & thus teaches, Ps. 94:12." "Those that are enemies to God's people, & envy them, God looks upon as his enemies, & will deal with them accordingly." "...henceforth we will make mention of God's name only & by him only, that we will keep close to God & to our duty & never desert it." "In affliction those will seek God early who before sought him slowly, Hosea 5:15. It will make men fervent & fluent in prayer." "We cannot praise God's name, but by his strength." "The cause that is maintained in opposition to God & his kingdom among men, though it may prosper awhile, will certainly sink at last, & all that adhere to it will perish with it." "If God has set apart those that are godly for himself, they ought to set themselves apart." "When dangers are threatening it is good to retire, & be hid, as Elijah did by the brook Cherith." "Those sins which seemed to be buried in oblivion will be called to mind, & called over again, when the day of reckoning comes. Let's God's people therefore wait awhile with patience, for behold the Judge stands before the door." Matthew Henry's Commentary: Isaiah To Malachi, Mac Donald, pgs. 122 - 144.
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September 2023
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