* The wise men's search after Christ. (1-8) The wise men worship
Jesus. (9-12) Jesus carried into Egypt. (13-15) Herod causes the
infants of Bethlehem to be massacred. (16-18) Death of Herod, Jesus
brought to Nazareth. (19-23)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-8 Those who live at the greatest distance from the means of grace
often use most diligence, and learn to know the most of Christ and his
salvation. But no curious arts, or mere human learning, can direct men
unto him. We must learn of Christ by attending to the word of God, as
a light that shinet... [ Continue Reading ]
9-12 What joy these wise men felt upon this sight of the star, none
know so well as those who, after a long and melancholy night of
temptation and desertion, under the power of a spirit of bondage, at
length receive the Spirit of adoption, witnessing with their spirits
that they are the children of... [ Continue Reading ]
13-15 Egypt had been a house of bondage to Israel, and particularly
cruel to the infants of Israel; yet it is to be a place of refuge to
the holy Child Jesus. God, when he pleases, can make the worst of
places serve the best of purposes. This was a trial of the faith of
Joseph and Mary. But their f... [ Continue Reading ]
19-23 Egypt may serve to sojourn in, or take shelter in, for awhile,
but not to abide in. Christ was sent to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel, to them he must return. Did we but look upon the world as our
Egypt, the place of our bondage and banishment, and heaven only as our
Canaan, our home, o... [ Continue Reading ]