OT.filter - geneva Afflictions:

geneva@Genesis:1:1 @ In the (note:)First of all, and before any creature was, God made heaven and earth out of nothing.(:note) beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Argument - Moses in effect declares three things, which are in this book chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things in it were created by God, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, with which he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience, who yet for his own mercies sake restored him to life, and confirmed him in the same by his promise of Christ to come, by whom he should overcome Satan, death and hell. Secondly, that the wicked, unmindful of God's most excellent benefits, remained still in their wickedness, and so falling most horribly from sin to sin, provoked God (who by his preachers called them continually to repentance) at length to destroy the whole world. Thirdly, he assures us by the examples of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the rest of the patriarchs, that his mercies never fail those whom he chooses to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he assists them, sends comfort, and delivers them, so that the beginning, increase, preservation and success of it might be attributed to God only. Moses shows by the examples of Cain, Ishmael, Esau and others, who were noble in man's judgment, that this Church depends not on the estimation and nobility of the world: and also by the fewness of those, who have at all times worshipped him purely according to his word that it stands not in the multitude, but in the poor and despised, in the small flock and little number, that man in his wisdom might be confounded, and the name of God praised forever.

geneva@Exodus:2:23 @ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they (note:)God humbles his by afflictions, that they should cry to him, and receive the fruit of his promise.(:note) cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:2 @ And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to (note:)Which is declared in afflictions, either by patience, or by grudging against God's visitation.(:note) prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

geneva@Ruth:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the (note:)In the land of Canaan.(:note) land. And a certain man of In the tribe of Judah, which was also called Bethlehem Ephrathat, because there was another city so called in the tribe of Zebulun. Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. The Argument - This book is called Ruth, who is the main person spoken of in this writing. In which also the state of the Church is set forth figuratively, being subject to many afflictions and yet eventually God gives good and joyful offspring, teaching us to abide with patience till God delivers us out of troubles. In this also it is described how Jesus Christ, who according to the flesh came from David, proceeded by Ruth, of whom the Lord Jesus promised to come, nonetheless she was a Moabite of base condition, and a stranger to the people of God; declaring to us by it that the Gentiles would be sanctified by him, and joined with his people, and that there would be one sheepfold, and one shepherd. It would appear that this account belongs to the time of the judges.

geneva@1Samuel:8:18 @ And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not (note:)Because you do not repent for your sins, but because you long for your afflictions, into which you cast yourselves willingly.(:note) hear you in that day.

geneva@2Samuel:15:26 @ But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, (note:)The faithful in all their afflictions show themselves obedient to God's will.(:note) [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

geneva@2Kings:6:33 @ And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what (note:)So the wicked fall into a rage and desperation, if they do not find a quick remedy for their afflictions.(:note) should I wait for the LORD any longer?

geneva@Job:1:1 @ There was a man in the land of (note:)That is, of the country of Idumea, (Lam_4:21), or bordering on it: for the land was called by the name of Uz, the son of Dishan, the son of Seir (Gen_36:28).(:note) Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and Since he was a Gentile and not a Jew and yet is pronounced upright and without hypocrisy, it declares that among the heathen God revealed himself. upright, and By this it is declared what is meant by an upright and just man. one that feared God, and eschewed evil. The Argument - In this history the example of patience is set before our eyes. This holy man Job was not only extremely afflicted in outward things and in his body, but also in his mind and conscience, by the sharp temptation of his wife and friends: who by their vehement words and subtle disputations brought him almost to despair. They set forth God as a sincere judge, and mortal enemy to him who had cast him off, therefore in vain he should seek him for help. These friends came to him under pretence of consolation, and yet they tormented him more than all his afflictions did. Even so, he constantly resisted them, and eventually succeeded. In this story we must note that Job maintains a good cause, but handles it badly. His adversaries have an evil matter, but they defend it craftily. Job held that God did not always punish men according to their sins, but that he had secret judgments, of which man knew not the cause, and therefore man could not reason against God in it, but he should be convicted. Moreover, he was assured that God had not rejected him, yet through his great torments and afflictions he speaks many inconveniences and shows himself as a desperate man in many things, and as one that would resist God, and this is his good cause which he handles well. Again the adversaries maintain with many good arguments that God punishes continually according to the trespass, grounding on God's providence, his justice and man's sins, yet their intention is evil; for they labour to bring Job into despair, and so they maintain an evil cause. Ezekiel commends Job as a just man, (Eze_14:14) and James sets out his patience for an example, (Jam_5:11).

geneva@Job:3:13 @ For now should I have (note:)The vehemency of his afflictions made him utter these words as though death was the end of all miseries, and as if there were no life after this, which he speaks not as though it were so, but the infirmities of his flesh caused him to break out in this error of the wicked.(:note) lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

geneva@Job:4:3 @ Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou (note:)You have comforted others in their afflictions but you cannot now comfort yourself.(:note) hast strengthened the weak hands.

geneva@Job:5:2 @ For (note:)Murmuring against God in afflictions increases the pain, and uttered man's folly.(:note) wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

geneva@Job:9:27 @ If (note:)I think not to fall into these afflictions, but my sorrows bring me to these manifold infirmities, and my conscience condemns me.(:note) I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:

geneva@Job:15:24 @ Trouble and (note:)He shows the weapons God uses against the wicked, who lift up themselves against him, that is, terror of conscience and outward afflictions.(:note) anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

geneva@Job:16:13 @ His (note:)His manifold afflictions.(:note) archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall I am wounded to the heart. upon the ground.

geneva@Job:17:4 @ For thou hast hid their heart from (note:)That these my afflictions are your just judgments, though man does not know the reason.(:note) understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].

geneva@Job:17:6 @ He hath made me also a (note:)God has made all the world speak of me, because of my afflictions.(:note) byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

geneva@Job:19:8 @ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot (note:)Meaning, out of his afflictions.(:note) pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

geneva@Job:19:12 @ His (note:)His manifold afflictions.(:note) troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

geneva@Job:22:11 @ Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and (note:)That is, manifold afflictions.(:note) abundance of waters cover thee.

geneva@Job:30:22 @ Thou liftest me up to the (note:)He compares his afflictions to a tempest or whirlwind.(:note) wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.

geneva@Job:33:17 @ That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide (note:)He shows for why God sends afflictions: to beat down man's pride, and to turn from evil.(:note) pride from man.

geneva@Job:42:7 @ And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] (note:)You took in hand an evil cause, in that you condemned him by his outward afflictions, and not comforted him with my mercies.(:note) right, as my servant Who had a good cause, but handled it evil. Job [hath].

geneva@Psalms:13:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? (note:)He declares that his afflictions lasted a long time, and that his faith did not waver.(:note) for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

geneva@Psalms:25:19 @ Consider mine (note:)The greater that his afflictions were and the more that his enemies increased, the more near he felt God's help.(:note) enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

geneva@Psalms:34:18 @ The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a (note:)When they seem to be swallowed up with afflictions, then God is at hand to deliver them.(:note) broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

geneva@Psalms:40:16 @ Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, (note:)As the faithful always praise God for his benefits, so the wicked mocked God's children in their afflictions.(:note) The LORD be magnified.

geneva@Psalms:44:1 @ «To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.» We have heard with our (note:)This psalm seems to have been made by some excellent prophet for the use of the people when the Church was in extreme misery, either at their return from Babylon or under Antiochus or in similar afflictions.(:note) ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

geneva@Psalms:44:17 @ All this is come upon us; yet have we not (note:)They boast not of their virtues, but declare that they rest on God in the midst of their affliction: who did not punished their sins now, but by hard afflictions called them to the consideration of the heavenly joys.(:note) forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

geneva@Psalms:46:3 @ [Though] the waters thereof (note:)Though the afflictions rage, yet the rivers of God's mercies bring sufficient comfort to his.(:note) roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:57:1 @ «(note:)This was either the beginning of a certain song, or the words which David uttered when he stayed his affection.(:note) To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.» Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] He compares the afflictions which God lays on his children, to a storm that comes and goes. calamities be overpast.

geneva@Psalms:102:10 @ Because of thine (note:)He shows that not only the afflictions moved him, but chiefly the feeling of God's displeasure.(:note) indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

geneva@Psalms:132:1 @ A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, [and] all his (note:)That is, with great difficulty he came to the kingdom, and with great zeal and care he went about to build your temple.(:note) afflictions:

geneva@Psalms:143:2 @ And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy (note:)He know that his afflictions were God's messengers to call him to repentance for his sins, though toward his enemies he was innocent, and in God's sight all men are sinners.(:note) sight shall no man living be justified.

geneva@Proverbs:21:23 @ He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

geneva@Songs:1:6 @ Look not upon me, because I [am] (note:)Consider not the Church by the outward appearance.(:note) black, because the The corruption of nature through sin and afflictions. sun hath looked upon me: My own brethren who should have most favoured me. my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] my own vineyard have I not She confesses her own negligence. kept.

geneva@Isaiah:26:9 @ With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn (note:)Meaning that by afflictions men will learn to fear God.(:note) righteousness.

geneva@Isaiah:26:20 @ Come, my people, (note:)He exhorts the faithful to be patient in their afflictions and to wait on God's work.(:note) enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation shall be past.

geneva@Isaiah:54:4 @ Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy (note:)The afflictions which you suffered at the beginning.(:note) youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy When you were refused for your sins, (Isa_50:1). widowhood any more.

geneva@Isaiah:63:9 @ In all their affliction he was (note:)He bore their afflictions and griefs as though they had been his own.(:note) afflicted, and the angel Which was a witness of God's presence, and this may be referred to Christ, to whom belongs the office of salvation. of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:3 @ And death shall be chosen (note:)Because of the afflictions that they will feel through God's judgments.(:note) rather than life by all the remnant of them that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:13 @ And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all (note:)When your oppression will be great, and your afflictions cause you to repent your disobedience and also when the seventy years of your captivity will be expired, (2Ch_36:22; Ezr_1:1; Jer_25:12; Dan_9:2).(:note) your heart.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:26 @ Make ye him (note:)He willed the Chaldeans to lay afflictions enough on them till they are like drunken men that fall down to their shame and are derided by all.(:note) drunk: for he magnified [himself] against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:7 @ Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the (note:)By whom the Lord poured out the drink of his vengeance, to whom it pleased him.(:note) LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are For the great afflictions that they have felt by the Babylonians. mad.

geneva@Lamentations:1:13 @ From above hath (note:)This declares that we should acknowledge God to be the author of all our afflictions to the intent that we might seek him for remedy.(:note) he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.

geneva@Lamentations:3:1 @ I [am] the man [that] hath seen (note:)The prophet complains of the punishments and afflictions that he endured by the false prophets and hypocrites when he declared the destruction of Jerusalem, as in (Jer_20:1-2).(:note) affliction by the rod of his wrath.

geneva@Lamentations:3:27 @ [It is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his (note:)He shows that we can never begin too soon to be exercised under the cross, that when the afflictions grow greater, our patience also by experience may be stronger.(:note) youth.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:4 @ And I looked, and, behold, a (note:)By this diversity of words he signifies the fearful judgment of God and the great afflictions that would come on Jerusalem.(:note) whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness [was] about it, and from the midst of it as the colour of amber, from the midst of the fire.

geneva@Ezekiel:2:6 @ And thou, son of man, (note:)Read (Jer_1:17). He shows that for no afflictions they would cease to do their duties.(:note) be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns [are] with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they [are] a rebellious house.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:33 @ Thou shalt be filled with (note:)Meaning that it's afflictions would be so great that they would cause them to lose their senses and reason.(:note) drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of horror and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

geneva@Daniel:1:1 @ In the (note:)Read (2Ki_24:1; Jer_25:1).(:note) third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. The Argument - The great providence of God, and his singular mercy towards his Church are set forth here most vividly, who never leaves his own destitute, but now in their greatest miseries and afflictions gives them Prophets, such as Ezekiel and Daniel, whom he adorned with special graces of his Holy Spirit. And Daniel above all others had most special revelations of such things as would come to the Church, even from the time that they were in captivity, to the last end of the world, and to the general resurrection, as of the four Monarchies and empires of all the world, that is, of the Babylonians, Persians, Grecians, and Romans. Also of the certain number of the times even until Christ, when all ceremonies and sacrifices would cease, because he would be the accomplishment of them: moreover he shows Christ's office and the reason of his death, which was by his sacrifice to take away sins, and to bring everlasting life. And as from the beginning God always exercised his people under the cross, so he teaches here, that after Christ is offered, he will still leave this exercise to his Church, until the dead rise again, and Christ gathers his own into his kingdom in the heavens.

geneva@Daniel:5:7 @ The king cried aloud to bring in (note:)Thus the wicked in their troubles seek many means, which draw them from God, because they do not seek for him who is the only comfort in all afflictions.(:note) the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. [And] the king spake, and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

geneva@Daniel:7:2 @ Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon (note:)Which signified that there wold be horrible troubles and afflictions in the world in all corners of the world, and at various times.(:note) the great sea.

geneva@Daniel:7:18 @ But the saints of the (note:)That is, of the most high things, because God has chosen them out of this world, that they should look up to the heavens, upon which all their hope depends.(:note) most High shall take the Because Abraham was appointed heir of all the world, (Rom_4:13), and in him all the faithful, therefore the kingdom of him is theirs by right, which these four beasts or tyrants would invade, and usurp until the world were restored by Christ. And this was to strengthen and encourage those that were in troubles, that their afflictions would eventually have an end. kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

geneva@Daniel:8:12 @ And (note:)He shows that their sins are the cause of these horrible afflictions: and yet comforts them, in that he appoints this tyrant for a time, whom he would not allow to utterly abolish his religion.(:note) an host was given [him] against the daily [sacrifice] by reason of transgression, and it This horn will abolish for a time the true doctrine, and so corrupt God's service. cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

geneva@Hosea:7:9 @ Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea, (note:)Which are a token of his manifold afflictions.(:note) gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

geneva@Joel:2:31 @ The (note:)The order of nature will seem to be changed because of the horrible afflictions that will be in the world; (Isa_13:10; Eze_32:7; Joe_3:15; Mat_24:29).(:note) sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:18 @ Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy (note:)He declares in what the joy of the faithful consists, though they see ever so great afflictions prepared.(:note) in the God of my salvation.

geneva@Zechariah:6:2 @ In the first chariot [were] (note:)Which signifies the great cruelty and persecution that the Church had endured under different enemies.(:note) red horses; and in the second chariot Signifying that they had endured great afflictions under the Babylonians. black horses;

geneva@Zechariah:9:8 @ And I will encamp about (note:)He shows that God's power alone will be sufficient to defend his Church against all adversaries, be they ever so cruel, or assert their power ever so often.(:note) my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now That is, God has now seen the great injuries and afflictions with which they have been afflicted by their enemies. have I seen with my eyes.

geneva@Zechariah:13:8 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, (note:)The greatest part will have no portion of these blessings, and yet they that will enjoy them will be tried with great afflictions, so that is will be known that only God's power and his mercies preserve them.(:note) two parts in it shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left in it.