Mat. 8:21. "And another of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, suffer
me first to go and bury my father," - _i.e._ let me stay till my aged
father is dead. He was not willing to follow Him yet, and pleads this
as an excuse, that his father was old and needed his care; or he was
dear to him, and he wa... [ Continue Reading ]
Mat. 8:25. "And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying,
Lord, save us, we perish." This ship shadows to us the Christian
church, which indeed it contained in it, with its head. God commonly
suffers his people to be just upon the very brink of destruction
before he delivers them; as here th... [ Continue Reading ]