In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. In the beginning; - that is the beginning of time; for from eternity, Jehovah himself subsisted in his threefold character of Persons, revealed in Scripture, under the sacred names of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. In proof of this his eternal po... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark! what a resemblance there is between the empty void of nature, before the lights of heaven were introduced into the creation, and that of the human soul before the light of grace hath passed upon it. No expression can more strikingly point out the state of an unawakened, unregenerated soul, tha... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Corinthians 4:6. Is it not a sweet thought, that the same Spirit which gave light to the old creation gives light to the new.... [ Continue Reading ]
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Several sweet thoughts arise here. God's approbation of his work. The light was good: James 1:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. And God said, Let us pause over this verse; and... [ Continue Reading ]
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Reader! mark the peculiarity of expression. Here is not, as before, a command to create, but a council is first called. The Holy Persons of the Godhead consult, as it were, before the formation... [ Continue Reading ]
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. It is deserving our attention, that God's approbation of his work at the close of it; and after the creation of man, differs from what was said before. All was said to be good;... [ Continue Reading ]