INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 9
"Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted hereafter." "While we find our hearts such fountains of sin, it is fit that our eyes should be fountains of tears." "God has many ways of turning a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell therein" "Lewdness & uncleanness constituted that crying sin of Sodom at which righteous Lot was vexed in soul, & it is a sin that renders men loathsome in the eyes of God & all good men; it makes men an abomination." "Those that will be faithful to the truth must be valiant for it, & not be daunted by the opposition given to it, nor fear the face of man." "Men's ignorance of God is the cause of all their ill conduct one towards another." "Those that will not know God as their lawgiver shall be made to know him as their Judge." "When God afflicts his people, it is with a gracious design to mollify & reform them" "...sinners must be weepers" "All human force is nothing without God, worse than nothing against him." "Those that refused to know God (v. 6) will boast in vain of their wisdom & wealth" "We may glory in this, that, wherever we are, we have an acquaintance with & an interest in a God that exercises lovingkindness, & judgment, & righteousness in the earth, that is not only just to all his creatures & will do no wrong to any of them, but kind to all the children & will protect them & provide for them." "The Judge of all the earth is impartial" CHAPTER 10 "A solemn charge given to the people of God not to conform themselves to the ways & customs of the heathen." "It ill becomes those that are taught of God to learn the way of the heathen, & to think of worshipping the true God with such rites & ceremonies as they used in the worship of their false gods." "They are worshipped as the gods that gave us breath & life & sense, whereas they are lifeless senseless things themselves, & there is no breath in them; there is no spirit in them... they are not animated, or inhabited, as they are supposed to be, by any divine spirit" "The God of Israel is the one only living & true God, & those that have him for their God need not make their application to any other" "There is an admirable decency & congruity in the worshipping of God only. It is fit that he who is God alone should alone be served, that he who is Lord of all should be served by all, that he who is great should be greatly feared & greatly praised." "The gods of the heathen are dead things, worthless & useless, but ours is a living God & hath immortality." "The God we worship is he that made the heavens & the earth, & has a sovereign dominion over both" "While the heathen worship gods that they made, we worship the God that made us & all things" "There is no sort of weather but what furnishes us with a proof & instance of the wisdom & power of the great Creator." "Those that have the Lord for their God have a full & complete happiness in him." "Sooner or later sinners will find it just as the word of God has represented things to them" "Those are brutish people that do not seek the Lord, that live without prayer, & live without God in the world." "Those cannot expect to prosper who do not by faith & prayer take God along with them in all their ways." "We cannot of ourselves do any thing for our own relief, unless God work with us & command deliverance for us" "We are not masters of our own way, nor can we think that everything should be according to our mind; we must therefore refer ourselves to God & acquiesce in his will." "Those that restrain prayer prove that they know not God; for those that know him will seek to him & entreat his favour." CHAPTER 11 "God keeps an account how long we have enjoyed the means of grace & how powerful those means have been, how often we have been not only spoken to, but protested to, concerning our duty." "The words of the covenant shall not fall to the ground." "Those that will not submit to God's government shall not be able to escape his wrath." "Evil pursues sinners & entangles them in snares out of which they cannot extricate themselves." "Those that have so far thrown themselves out of God's favour that he will not hear their prayers cannot expect benefit by the prayers of others for them." "Every sin against God is a sin against ourselves, & so it will be found sooner or later." "It is matter of comfort to us, when men deal unjustly with us, that we have a God to go to who does & will plead the cause of injured innocency & appear against the injurious." "Their condition is sad who have the prayers of good ministers & good people against them." CHAPTER 12 "When we are most in the dark concerning the meaning of God's dispensations we must still resolve to keep up right thoughts of God, & must be confident of this, that he never did, nor ever will do, the least wrong to any of his creatures" "We are as our hearts are, & our hearts are good or bad according as they are, or are not, towards God; & this is that therefore concerning which we should examine ourselves, that we may approve ourselves to God." "The God with whom we have to do perfectly knows how our hearts are towards him." "Ministers have lessons to learn as well as lessons to teach, & must themselves hear God's voice & preach to themselves." "While we are in this world we must expect troubles & difficulties." "God has a kindness & concern for his church, though there be much amiss in it" "When all flesh have corrupted their way, no flesh shall have peace; those only have peace that walk after the Spirit." "Those that would have their lot with God's people, & their last end like theirs, must learn their ways & walk in them, must observe the rule they walk by & conform to that rule, must notice the steps they take by that rule & go forth by those footsteps." "Those that diligently learn the ways of God's people shall enjoy the privileges & comforts of his people." "Those that will not be ruled by the grace of God shall be ruined by the justice of God." Matthew Henry's Commentary: Isaiah to Malachi, Mac Donald, pgs. 464 - 490.
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September 2023
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