CONTENTS
The Chapter opens with the same melancholy relation as the former. But
several sweet views of Christ arise here and there as we prosecute the
contents; and in the close we have a lovely manifestation of the
Redeemer under one of his divine offices.... [ Continue Reading ]
We have here the continuance of the same subject; the Lord's charge
against Israel. It is not the nations around, but Israel, against whom
the Lord pleads. Sin in God's people becomes exceeding sinful.... [ Continue Reading ]
When we consider the Lord's dealings with Israel, we cannot
sufficiently lament their depravity. Other nations of the earth, which
knew not the Lord, we behold with a different aspect to that of the
seed of Jacob. A family like this, so blessed, so fed, so taught, and
so protected! What apology can... [ Continue Reading ]
Do not forget, Reader, nor overlook the sweet feature of grace here
appearing. Though unworthy, degenerate, and fallen, still Jacob is
reminded of his name, and called upon to recollect, that Him with whom
is the residue of the Spirit, is not straitened, limited, or confined.
Reader! I have found th... [ Continue Reading ]
I would read this verse by itself, because I humbly conceive, that it
is not connected with what went before, neither in what follows. And
moreover, I think it is a blessed verse, suitable to be read with
every Chapter in the Old Testament and the New. Is it not indeed the
call of God the Spirit to... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is a very awful scripture. The Lord alone knows in how many
instances it may be daily fulfilling. Alas! when false teachers are
given to a people of a deluded mind, what a state must that people be
in!... [ Continue Reading ]
Remark, Reader, in the worst of times, how the Lord is richly giving
out sweet promises concerning the Lord Jesus Christ to his people. For
to whom is the gathering of the people to be, but to the Lord Jesus
Christ? And observe the expression, all of Jacob; not an hoof, as
Moses told Pharaoh, should... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is a verse concerning the Lord Jesus, which it would take the
whole of life to go over every part and explain; and after all,
numberless beauties pointing to the Lord Jesus in it would be left
unexplored and unknown. That by the breaker is meant the Lord Jesus
Christ, the general consent of all... [ Continue Reading ]