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Concerning Christian Liberty by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Christian faith has appeared to many an easy thing; nay, not a few even reckon it among the social virtues, as it were; and this they do because they have not made proof of it experimentally, and have never tasted of what efficacy it is.
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. V by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
Ver. 2. Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied. We are now come to the third thing in the inscription, and that is the form of salutation, delivered, as all apostolical salutations are, in the way of a prayer.
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. V by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
Ver. 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration, to endear our hearts unto him — His description, Cant. v., opened. To strengthen our hearts in the resignation mentioned of ourselves unto the Lord Christ as our husband, as also to make way for the stirring of us up to those consequential conjugal affections of which mention shall afterward be made,…
Exposition of Genesis: Volumes 1 and 2 by Leupold, Herbert Carl (1892-1972)
CHAPTER II 1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their host. Though the first word literally reads "and they were finished," yet the idea of retrospect involved in the verse was caught, very beautifully by Luther, who rendered "and" also; "thus" is an equally correct rendering of A.V.
Ten Commandments by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
‘And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God,’ &c. Exod 20: 1, 2. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments? The preface to the Ten Commandments is, ‘I am the Lord thy God.’ The preface to the preface is, ‘God spake all these words, saying,’ &c.
NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
(i) As of the De Spiritu Sancto, so of the Hexæmeron, no further account need be given here. It may, however, be noted that the Ninth Homily ends abruptly, and the latter, and apparently more important, portion of the subject is treated of at less length than the former.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
1. When the morning was come, all the Chief Priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2. And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
NPNF2-07. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Ezekiel xviii. 20–23 The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins, &c.
Abstract of Systematic Theology by Boyce, James Petigru (1827-1888)
In the last chapter, nothing was said specifically of the awards of the judgement day. Yet is the public bestowal of these the culminating point of interest in that occasion.