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Discourse of the Efficient of Regeneration by Charnock, Stephen (1628-1680)
A Discourse of the Efficient of Regeneration Part 1 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.—John 1:13. This evangelist so plainly describes the deity of Christ, and in so majestic a style, in the beginning of the chapter, that the accidental view of it in a book lying open by neglect, was instrumental for the conversion of Junius,…
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
1. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2. “Ye know that after two days is the feast of the Passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.” Hilary: After the discourse in which the Lord had declared that He should return in splendour, He announces to them His approaching Passion,…
NPNF1-09. St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
F. ———————————— 1. I know well that to coarse-minded persons, who are greedy in the pursuit of present things, and are nailed to earth, and enslaved to physical pleasure, and have no strong hold upon spiritual ideas, this treatise will be of a strange and paradoxical kind: and they will laugh immoderately,…
NPNF1-08. St. Augustine: Exposition on the Book of Psalms by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Lat. XXXIV. Delivered upon the occasion of some Council. [He begins by addressing his “fellow-bishops.”—C.] 1. …The title of it causeth us no delay, for it is both brief, and to be understood not difficult, especially to those nursed in the Church of God.
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
OLIVES: DISCOURES TO THE DISCIPLES CONCERNING THE LAST THINGS. (St. Matt. xxiv.; St. Mark xiii.; St. Luke xxi. 5-38; xii. 35-48.) THE last and most solemn denunciation of Jerusalem had been uttered, the last and most terrible prediction of judgment upon the Temple spoken, and Jesus was suiting the action to the word.
Lord's Prayer by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
The Sixth Petition in the Lord’s Prayer ‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ Matt 6: 13. This petition consists of two parts. First, Deprecatory, ‘Lead us not into temptation.’ Secondly, Petitionary, ‘But deliver us from evil.’ I.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
J U D G E S CHAP. III. In this chapter, I. A general account of Israel's enemies is premised, and of the mischief they did them, ver. 1-7. II. A particular account of the brave exploits done by the first three of the judges.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
D A N I E L. CHAP. VI. Daniel does not give a continued history of the reigns in which he lived, nor of the state-affairs of the kingdoms of Chaldea and Persia, though he was himself a great man in those affairs; for what are those to us? But he selects such particular passages of story as serve for the confirming of our faith in God and the encouraging of our obedience to him,…
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. V by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
Ver. 5. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed them that believed not.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
1. And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 1.