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mhcc@Genesis:25:29-34 @ Verse 29-34 - We have here the bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the right, which was Esau's by birth, but Jacob's by promise. It was for a spiritual privilege; and we see Jacob's desire of the birth-right, but he sought to obtain it by crooked courses, not like his character as a plain man. He was right, that he coveted earnestly the best gifts; he was wrong, that he took advantage of his brother's need. The inheritance of their father's worldly goods did not descend to Jacob, and was not meant in this proposal. But it includeth the future possession of the land of Canaan by his children's children, and the covenant made with Abraham as to Christ the promised Seed. Believing Jacob valued these above all things; unbelieving Esau despised them. Yet although we must be of Jacob's judgment in seeking the birth-right, we ought carefully to avoid all guile, in seeking to obtain even the greatest advantages. Jacob's pottage pleased Esau's eye. "Give me some of that red;" for this he was called Edom, or Red. Gratifying the sensual appetite ruins thousands of precious souls. When men's hearts walk after their own eyes, Job strkjv@31:7,. and when they serve their own bellies, they are sure to be punished. If we use ourselves to deny ourselves, we break the force of most temptations. It cannot be supposed that Esau was dying of hunger in Isaac's house. The words signify, I am going towards death; he seems to mean, I shall never live to inherit Canaan, or any of those future supposed blessings; and what signifies it who has them when I am dead and gone. This would be the language of profaneness, with which the apostle brands him, Hebrews strkjv@12:16. and this contempt of the birth-right is blamed, ver.34. It is the greatest folly to part with our interest in God, and Christ, and heaven, for the riches, honours, and pleasures of this world; it is as bad a bargain as his who sold a birth-right for a dish of pottage. Esau ate and drank, pleased his palate, satisfied his appetite, and then carelessly rose up and went his way, without any serious thought, or any regret, about the bad bargain he had made. Thus Esau despised his birth-...he put the bargain past recall....**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Genesis:31:1-21 @ Verse 1-21 - The affairs of these families are related very minutely, while (what are called)...of all that goes past them,...

mhcc@Leviticus:4:1-12 @ Verse 1-12 - Burnt-offerings, meat-offerings, and peace-offerings, had been offered before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai; and in these the patriarchs had respect to sin, to make atonement for it. But the Jews were now put into a way of making atonement for sin, more particularly by sacrifice, as a shadow of good things to come; yet the substance is Christ, and that one offering of himself, by which he put away sin. The sins for which the sin-...a sin committed was past recall....-offering is called sin. What they did to that, we must do to our sins; the body of sin must be destroyed, Romans strkjv@6:6. The apostle applies the carrying this sacrifice without the camp to Christ, Hebrews strkjv@13:11-13.

mhcc@Deuteronomy:1:19-46 @ Verse 19-46 - Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-...us to divide our past lives...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Judges:15:18-20 @ Verse 18-20 - So little notice did the men of Judah take of their deliverer, that he was ready to perish for want of a draught of water. Thus are the greatest slights often put upon those who do the greatest services. Samson prayed to God in this distress. Those that forget to attend God their praises, may be compelled to attend him with their prayers. Past experiences of God's power and goodness, are excellent pleas in prayer for further mercy. He pleads his being exposed to God's enemies; our best pleas are taken from God's glory. The Lord sent him seasonable relief. The place of this action was, from the jaw-bone, called Lehi. And in the place thus called, God caused a fountain suddenly and seasonably to open, close by Samson. We should be more thankful for the mercy of water, did we consider how ill we can spare it. Israel submitted to him whom they had betrayed. God was with him; henceforward they were directed by him as their judge. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Samuel:15:32-35 @ Verse 32-35 -...bitterness of death is past when..._1__16 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Samuel:27:8-12 @ Verse 8-12 -...we forget the Lord's past mercies,..._1__28 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@2Kings:23:25-30 @ Verse 25-30 -...great deep, unfathomable, and past finding...

mhcc@Job:7:7-16 @ Verse 7-16 -...An error here is past retrieve....

mhcc@Job:12:12-25 @ Verse 12-25 -...unsearchable, and his judgments past finding...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Job:36:5-14 @ Verse 5-14 -...afflicts us, to discover past sins...

mhcc@Psalms:23 @ ****** Psalms 23 ****** *** Outline of Psalms 23 *** Confidence in God's grace and care. -...blessed with the green pastures of...__Outline Henry'__24 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Psalms:49:1-5 @ Verse 1-5 -...of our steps, our past sins,...

mhcc@Psalms:90:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 - It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Numbers 14. The favour and protection of God are the only sure rest and comfort of the soul in this evil world. Christ Jesus is the refuge and dwelling-place to which we may repair. We are dying creatures, all our comforts in the world are dying comforts, but God is an ever-...and when it is past, it...-passing life, as the waters of a flood. Man does but flourish as the grass, which, when the winter of old age comes, will wither; but he may be mown down by disease or disaster.

mhcc@Proverbs:19:3. @ Verse 3. -. Men run into troubles by their own folly, and then fret at the appointments of God.4. Here we may see how strong is men's love of money.5. Those that tell lies in discourse, are in a fair way to be guilty of bearing false-...gifts to us are past number,...7. Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty.8. Those only love their souls aright that get true wisdom.9. Lying is a damning, destroying sin.10. A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men.

mhcc@Ecclesiastes:5:18-20 @ Verse 18-20 -...the days of his past life...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Ezekiel:39:23-29 @ Verse 23-29 - When the Lord shall have mercy on the whole house of Israel, by converting them to Christianity, and when they shall have borne the shame of being cast off for their sins, then the nations shall learn to know, worship, and serve him. Then Israel also shall know the Lord, as revealed in and by Christ. Past events do not answer to these predictions. The pouring out of the Spirit is a pledge that God's favour will continue. He will hide his face no more from those on whom he has poured out his Spirit. When we pray that God would never cast us from his presence, we must as earnestly pray that, in order thereto, he would never take his Holy Spirit from us. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@Micah:5:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...This may include the past powerful...

mhcc@Matthew:25:1-13 @ Verse 1-13 - The circumstances of the parable of the ten virgins were taken from the marriage customs among the Jews, and explain the great day of Christ's coming. See the nature of Christianity. As Christians we profess to attend upon Christ, to honour him, also to be waiting for his coming. Sincere Christians are the wise virgins, and hypocrites the foolish ones. Those are the truly wise or foolish that are so in the affairs of their souls. Many have a lamp of profession in their hands, but have not, in their hearts, sound knowledge and settled resolution, which are needed to carry them through the services and trials of the present state. Their hearts are not stored with holy dispositions, by the new-...he will not tarry past the...2Peter strkjv@3:14. It will be a day of search and inquiry; and it concerns us to think how we shall then be found. Some wanted oil to supply their lamps when going out. Those that take up short of true grace, will certainly find the want of it one time or other. An outward profession may light a man along this world, but the damps of the valley of the shadow of death will put out such a light. Those who care not to live the life, yet would die the death of the righteous. But those that would be saved, must have grace of their own; and those that have most grace, have none to spare. The best need more from Christ. And while the poor alarmed soul addresses itself, upon a sick-bed, to repentance and prayer, in awful confusion, death comes, judgment comes, the work is undone, and the poor sinner is undone for ever. This comes of having oil to buy when we should burn it, grace to get when we should use it. Those, and those only, shall go to heaven hereafter, that are made ready for heaven here. The suddenness of death and of Christ's coming to us then, will not hinder our happiness, if we have been prepared. The door was shut. Many will seek admission into heaven when it is too late. The vain confidence of hypocrites will carry them far in expectations of happiness. The unexpected summons of death may alarm the Christian; but, proceeding without delay to trim his lamp, his graces often shine more bright; while the mere professor's conduct shows that his lamp is going out. Watch therefore, attend to the business of your souls. Be in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

mhcc@John:4:4-26 @ Verse 4-26 -...of his disciples. No past sins...

mhcc@John:8:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 - Christ neither found fault with the law, nor excused the prisoner's guilt; nor did he countenance the pretended zeal of the Pharisees. Those are self-...in the forgiveness of past sins...

mhcc@John:8:37-40 @ Verse 37-40 -...remedies nor food, is past hope...

mhcc@John:11:11-16 @ Verse 11-16 -...the labours of the past day....

mhcc@John:21:15-19 @ Verse 15-19 -...doubtful. Every remembrance of past sins,...-searching God, to examine and prove us, whether we are able to stand this test. No one can be qualified to feed the sheep and lambs of Christ, who does not love the good Shepherd more than any earthly advantage or object. It is the great concern of every good man, whatever death he dies, to glorify God in it; for what is our chief end but this, to die to the Lord, at the word of the Lord?

mhcc@2Corinthians:1:1-11 @ Verse 1-11 - We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is able to give peace to the troubled conscience, and to calm the raging passions of the soul. These blessings are given by him, as the Father of his redeemed family. It is our Saviour who says, Let not your heart be troubled. All comforts come from God, and our sweetest comforts are in him. He speaks peace to souls by granting the free remission of sins; and he comforts them by the enlivening influences of the Holy Spirit, and by the rich mercies of his grace. He is able to bind up the broken-hearted, to heal the most painful wounds, and also to give hope and joy under the heaviest sorrows. The favours God bestows on us, are not only to make us cheerful, but also that we may be useful to others. He sends comforts enough to support such as simply trust in and serve him. If we should be brought so low as to despair even of life, yet we may then trust God, who can bring back even from death. Their hope and trust were not in vain; nor shall any be ashamed who trust in the Lord. Past experiences encourage faith and hope, and lay us under obligation to trust in God for time to come. And it is our duty, not only to help one another with prayer, but in praise and thanksgiving, and thereby to make suitable returns for benefits received. Thus both trials and mercies will end in good to ourselves and others.

mhcc@Galatians:2:1-10 @ Verse 1-10 -...the success of his past labours...

mhcc@Philippians:3:12-21 @ Verse 12-21 -...to be content with past labours...-create our souls unto holiness; to deliver us from our enemies, and to employ our bodies and souls as instruments of righteousness in his service. **** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

mhcc@1Thessalonians:5:16-22 @ Verse 16-22 - We are to rejoice in creature-...for common and uncommon, past and...

mhcc@Philemon:1:8-14 @ Verse 8-14 -...allows that in time past he...

mhcc@1Peter:3:14-22 @ Verse 14-22 - We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion with meekness, in the fear of God. There is no room for any other fears where this great fear is; it disturbs not. The conscience is good, when it does its office well. That person is in a sad condition on whom sin and suffering meet: sin makes suffering extreme, comfortless, and destructive. Surely it is better to suffer for well-doing than for evil-...sins, and are now past recovery...._1__4 **** Matthew Henry's Commentary **** _

mhcc@1Peter:4:1-6 @ Verse 1-6 -...think how the time past of...-doers, some even suffering death. But being quickened to Divine life by the Holy Spirit, they lived to God as his devoted servants. Let not believers care, though the world scorns and reproaches them.

mhcc@Revelation:3:7-13 @ Verse 7-13 -...as the reward of past faithfulness;...

mhcc@Revelation:20:11-15 @ Verse 11-15 -...will recollect all his past actions,...**** Matthew Henry's Commentary ****

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