CONTENTS The same subject of reproof and expostulation forms the burden of this Chapter. The Lord, by his servant the Prophet, is still speaking to Israel. Hosea 10:1 Reader! do pray remark the change of circumstances in the Church, by reason of the Lord Jesus coming for the salvation of his peop... [ Continue Reading ]
Alas! how often do the Lord's people still find a divided heart! Precious Jesus! though I am fully convinced that there can be no happiness but in thee, yet how frequently is my poor heart going after idols! Jesus! do thou exercise thy lawful sovereignty over my affections, and by thy Holy Spirit so... [ Continue Reading ]
It is remarkable what connection there is in the apprehension of sinners in their fears, how remote soever they are from their sinful transactions. A plain proof of the workings of conscience! Revelation 6:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
The reference here to the battle of Gibeah, seems to be that which is spoken of, Judges 20:1. But spiritually considered, to the Israel of God at large, the allusion is yet more striking. Here the charge is, from the first moment of Israel's call, to the last of Israel as a Church. Under this view,... [ Continue Reading ]
The expressions and the figure of an heifer, in these verses, are not so clear so as to enter into the full apprehension of them. But generally speaking, they describe the Lord's grace, and Israel's unfaithfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the opening of this paragraph we find blessed allusions to the person of Christ: for He, and He alone, is the righteousness to which God's people can sow; and as they are God's husbandry, so Jesus is the only mercy in which they can reap. The figure of fallow ground is very striking, to point out... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS READER! it is very blessed, in reading these scriptures of the Old Testament, to behold how the figures made use of are explained under the New. Our emptiness as a vine, and the plowing of the heart in wickedness, are strong representations to what is really the case of every man by natu... [ Continue Reading ]