Deuteronomy 8:1
Live — Live comfortably and happily.... [ Continue Reading ]
Live — Live comfortably and happily.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the way — All the events which befel three in the way, the miraculous protections, deliverances, provisions, instructions which God gave thee; and withal the frequent and severe punishments of thy disobedience. To know — That thou mightest discover to thyself and others that infidelity, inconsta... [ Continue Reading ]
By every word — That is, by every or any thing which God appoints for this end, how unlikely so — ever it may seem to be for nourishment; seeing it is not the creature, but only God's command and blessing upon it, that makes it sufficient for the support of life.... [ Continue Reading ]
As a man chastiseth his son — That is, unwillingly, being constrained by necessity; moderately, in judgment remembering mercy; and for thy reformation not thy destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
Depths — Deep wells or springs, or lakes, which were numerous and large.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whose stones are iron — Where are mines of iron in a manner as plentiful as stones, and upon which travellers must tread, as in other parts they do upon stones.... [ Continue Reading ]
Bless the Lord — Solemnly praise him for thy food; which is a debt both of gratitude and justice, because it is from his providence and favour that thou receivest both thy food and refreshment and strength by it. The more unworthy and absurd is that too common profaneness of them, who, professing to... [ Continue Reading ]
Lifted up — As if thou didst receive and enjoy these things, either, by thy owns wisdom, and valour, and industry, or for thy own merit.... [ Continue Reading ]
That he might humble thee — By keeping thee in a constant dependence upon him for every day's food, and convincing thee what an impotent, helpless creature thou art, having nothing whereon to subsist, and being supported wholly by the alms of divine goodness from day to day. The mercies of God, if d... [ Continue Reading ]