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geneva@Genesis:21:24 @ And Abraham said, I will (note:)So that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of importance, to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity.(:note) swear.

geneva@Genesis:24:9 @ Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.

geneva@Genesis:24:27 @ And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy (note:)He does not boast in his good fortune (as the wicked do) but acknowledges that God has dealt mercifully with this matter in keeping his promise.(:note) and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

geneva@Genesis:30:15 @ But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes.

geneva@Exodus:2:15 @ Now Pharaoh heard this matter, & sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the lande of Midian, and hee sate downe by a well.

geneva@Exodus:18:16 @ When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the ordinances of God, and his lawes.

geneva@Exodus:18:22 @ And let them iudge the people at all seasons: but euery great matter let them bring vnto thee, and let them iudge all small causes: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shal beare the burden with thee.

geneva@Exodus:18:26 @ And they iudged the people at all seasons, but they brought the hard causes vnto Moses: for they iudged all small matters themselues.

geneva@Exodus:23:7 @ Keep thee far from a false matter; and the (note:)Whether you are the magistrate or are commanded by the magistrate.(:note) innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

geneva@Exodus:24:14 @ And said vnto the Elders, Tary vs here, vntill we come againe vnto you: and beholde, Aaron, and Hur are with you: whosoeuer hath any matters, let him come to them.

geneva@Exodus:25:19 @ And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one ende, and the other Cherub at the other ende: of the matter of the Mercieseate shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two endes thereof.

geneva@Exodus:27:2 @ And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of (note:)Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it.(:note) the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

geneva@Exodus:30:2 @ A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be] (note:)Of the same wood and matter.(:note) of the same.

geneva@Exodus:34:17 @ Thou shalt make thee no (note:)As gold, silver, brass, or anything that is molten: in this is condemned all types idols, no matter what they are made of.(:note) molten gods.

geneva@Exodus:39:42 @ According to all that the LORD (note:)Signifying that in God's matters man may neither add, nor diminish.(:note) commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

geneva@Numbers:25:18 @ For they vex you with their (note:)Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual fornication by Balaam's counsel, (Num_31:16; Rev_2:14).(:note) wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

geneva@Numbers:27:5 @ And Moses brought their (note:)That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters.(:note) cause before the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:31:16 @ Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD (note:)For worshipping of Peor.(:note) in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:36:1 @ And the (note:)It seems that the tribes contended who might marry these daughters to have their inheritance: and therefore the sons of Joseph proposed the matter to Moses.(:note) chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:26 @ But the Lord was angrie with me for your sakes, and would not heare me: and the Lord said vnto me, Let it suffice thee, speake no more vnto me of this matter.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:8 @ If there rise a matter too harde for thee in iudgemet betweene blood & blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse,

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:15 @ One witnes shall not rise against a man for any trespasse, or for any sinne, or for any fault that hee offendeth in, but at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:26 @ But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so (note:)Meaning, that the innocent cannot be punished.(:note) [is] this matter:

geneva@Ruth:3:18 @ Then sayd she, My daughter, sit still, vntill thou knowe how the thing will fall: for the man wil not be in rest, vntill he hath finished the matter this same day.

geneva@1Samuel:6:12 @ And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after (note:)For the trial of the matter.(:note) them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

geneva@1Samuel:16:18 @ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a (note:)Though David was now anointed king by the prophet, yet God would strengthen and test him in various ways before he had the use of his kingdom.(:note) son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.

geneva@1Samuel:20:19 @ Therefore thou shalt hide thy selfe three dayes, then thou shalt goe downe quickely and come to the place where thou diddest hide thy selfe, when this matter was in hand, and shalt remayne by the stone Ezel.

geneva@1Samuel:20:39 @ But the boy knewe nothing: onely Ionathan and Dauid knew the matter.

geneva@1Samuel:30:24 @ For who will obey you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth downe to the battel, so shall his part be, that tarieth by the stuffe: they shal part alike.

geneva@2Samuel:11:19 @ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling all the matters of the warre vnto the King,

geneva@2Samuel:15:3 @ Then Absalom said vnto him, See, thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no man deputed of the King to heare thee.

geneva@2Samuel:19:27 @ And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king [is] as an (note:)Able for his wisdom to judge in all matters.(:note) angel of God: do therefore [what is] good in thine eyes.

geneva@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the (note:)David did evil in taking his land from him before he knew the cause, but much worse, that knowing the truth, he did not restore them.(:note) land.

geneva@2Samuel:19:42 @ And all the men of Iudah answered the men of Israel, Because the King is neere of kin to vs: and wherefore now be ye angry for this matter? Haue we eaten of the Kings cost, or haue wee taken any bribes?

geneva@2Samuel:20:18 @ Then she spake, saying, (note:)She shows that the old custom was not to destroy a city before peace was offered, (Deu_20:10-11).(:note) They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter].

geneva@2Samuel:20:21 @ The (note:)Hearing his fault, he gave in to reason, and required only he that was instigator of the treason.(:note) matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

geneva@1Kings:1:16 @ And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King; the King saide, What is thy matter?

geneva@1Kings:8:59 @ And these my wordes, which I haue prayed before the Lorde, be neere vnto the Lorde our God day and night, that he defende the cause of his seruant, and the cause of his people Israel alway as the matter requireth,

geneva@1Kings:15:5 @ Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde, and turned from nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriah the Hittite.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:32 @ And his brethren, men of valour, [were] two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to (note:)Both in spiritual and temporal things.(:note) God, and affairs of the king.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:1 @ Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, (note:)Who executed their charge and office, which is meant by coming in and going out.(:note) which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and four thousand.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:8 @ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they (note:)The priests and Levites who should judge matters according to the word of the Lord.(:note) returned to Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:11 @ And, behold, Amariah the chief priest [is] over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the (note:)Shall be chief overseer of the public affairs of the realm.(:note) king's matters: also the Levites [shall be] officers They will have the handling of inferior causes. before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the God will assist them that do justice. good.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:5 @ And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all (note:)He does not mean the ten tribes but only the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin.(:note) Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened [it] not.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:11 @ Now it came to pass, that at what time (note:)Such as were faithful men whom the king had appointed for that matter.(:note) the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that [there was] much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:17 @ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, (note:)That is, let us try the matter hand to hand: for he was offended, that the army of the Israelites whom he had in wages and dismissed by the counsel of the prophet, had destroyed certain of the cities of Judah.(:note) let us see one another in the face.

geneva@Ezra:5:5 @ But the (note:)His favour and the spirit of strength.(:note) eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].

geneva@Ezra:5:17 @ Now therefore, if [it seem] good to the king, let there be search made in the king's (note:)Meaning in the library or places where lay the register or record of times.(:note) treasure house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it be [so], that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

geneva@Ezra:10:4 @ Arise; for [this] matter (note:)Because God has given you authority and learning to persuade the people in this and to command them.(:note) [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].

geneva@Ezra:10:9 @ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It [was] the (note:)Which contained part of November and part of December.(:note) ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of [this] matter, and for the great For the season was given to rain and so the weather was more sharp and cold and also their conscience touched them. rain.

geneva@Ezra:10:14 @ Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, (note:)Let them be appointed to examine this matter.(:note) and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

geneva@Ezra:10:15 @ Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne of Asah-el, & Iahaziah the sonne of Tikuah ouer this matter, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Leuites helped them.

geneva@Ezra:10:16 @ And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, (note:)They went to the chief cities to sit on this matter which took three months to finish.(:note) were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:24 @ And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, (note:)Was chief about the king for all high affairs.(:note) [was] at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

geneva@Esther:2:1 @ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he (note:)That is, he brought the matter again into discussion.(:note) remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed By the seven wise men of his counsel. against her.

geneva@Esther:2:23 @ And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the (note:)In the chronicles of the Medes and Persians, (Est_10:2).(:note) chronicles before the king.

geneva@Esther:3:4 @ Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they (note:)Thus we see that there is no one so wicked but they have their flatterers to accuse the godly.(:note) told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he [was] a Jew.

geneva@Esther:3:13 @ And the letters were sent by postes into all the Kings prouinces, to roote out, to kill and to destroy all the Iewes, both yong & olde, children and women, in one day vpon the thirteenth day of the twelft moneth, (which is the moneth Adar) and to spoyle them as a pray. {\cf2 (13:1) The copie of the letters was this, The great King Artaxerxes writeth these thinges to the princes and gouernours that are vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia in an hundreth and seuen and twentie prouinces. (13:2) When I was made Lord ouer many people, and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion, I would not exalt my selfe by the reason of my power, but purposed with equitie alway and gentlenesse to gouerne my subiects, and wholy to set them in a peaceable life, and thereby to bring my kingdome vnto tranquilitie, that men might safely goe thorow on euery side, and to renewe peace againe, which all men desire. (13:3) Now when I asked my counsellers how these things might be brought to passe, one that was conuersant with vs, of excellent wisdome, and constant in good wil, and shewed him selfe to be of sure fidelitie, which had the second place in the kingdome, euen Aman, (13:4) Declared vnto vs, that in all nations there was scattered abroad a rebellious people, that had lawes contrary to all people, and haue alway despised the commandements of Kings, and so that this generall empire, that we haue begunne, cannot be gouerned without offence. (13:5) Seeing nowe wee perceiue, that this people alone are altogether contrary vnto euery man, vsing strange and other maner of lawes, and hauing an euill opinion of our doings, and goe about to stablish wicked matters, that our kingdome should not come to good estate, (13:6) Therefore haue we comaunded, that all they that are appointed in writing vnto you by Aman (which is ordeined ouer ye affaires, & is as our second father) shall all with their wiues and children be destroyed & rooted out with ye sword of their enemies without all mercy, and that none be spared the fourtenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar of this yeere, (13:7) That they which of olde, and nowe also haue euer bene rebellious, may in one day with violence be thrust downe into the hell, to the intent that after this time our affaires may bee without troubles, and well gouerned in all pointes.}

geneva@Esther:9:31 @ To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the (note:)That they would observe this feast with fasting and earnest prayer, which in Hebrew is signified by this word (they cry).(:note) fastings and their cry.

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:15:2 @ Should a wise man utter (note:)That is, vain words, and without consolation?(:note) vain knowledge, and fill his belly Meaning, with matters that are of no importance, which are forgotten as soon as they are uttered, as the East wind dries up moisture as soon as it falls. with the east wind?

geneva@Job:19:28 @ But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the (note:)Though his friends thought that he was only persecuted by God for his sins, yet he declares that there was a deeper consideration that is, the trial of his faith and patience, and so to be an example for others.(:note) matter is found in me?

geneva@Job:32:18 @ For I am full of (note:)I have conceived in my mind a great store of reasons.(:note) matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

geneva@Job:33:13 @ Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not (note:)The cause of his judgments is not always declared to man.(:note) account of any of his matters.

geneva@Job:34:4 @ Let us choose to us (note:)Let us examine the matter uprightly.(:note) judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

geneva@Psalms:18:30 @ [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the (note:)No matter how great or many the dangers may be, yet God's promise must take effect.(:note) word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.

geneva@Psalms:19:3 @ [There is] no speech nor (note:)The heavens are a schoolmaster to all nations, no matter how barbarous.(:note) language, [where] their voice is not heard.

geneva@Psalms:38:8 @ I am feeble and sore broken: I (note:)This example warns us never to despair, no matter how great the torment: but always to cry to God with sure trust for deliverance.(:note) have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

geneva@Psalms:45:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon (note:)This was a certain tune of an instrument.(:note) Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of Of that perfect love that ought to be between the husband and the wife. loves.» My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.

geneva@Psalms:49:4 @ I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.

geneva@Psalms:53:5 @ There were they in great fear, [where] no (note:)When they thought there was no opportunity to fear, the sudden vengeance of God lighted on them.(:note) fear was: for God hath scattered the No matter how great the enemies power is, or fearful the danger, yet God delivers his in due time. bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.

geneva@Psalms:54:4 @ Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with (note:)No matter how few, as he was with Jonathan.(:note) them that uphold my soul.

geneva@Psalms:55:13 @ But [it was] thou, a man mine (note:)Who was not only joined to me in friendship and counsel in worldly matters, but also in religion.(:note) equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

geneva@Psalms:64:5 @ They (note:)The more the wicked set God's children in misery, the more bold and impudent are they in oppressing them.(:note) encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

geneva@Psalms:74:5 @ [A man] was famous according as he had (note:)He commends the temple for the costly matter, the excellent workmanship and beauty of it, which nonetheless the enemies destroyed.(:note) lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

geneva@Psalms:76:7 @ Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy (note:)God with a look is able to destroy all the power and activity of the enemies, no matter how many or mighty.(:note) sight when once thou art angry?

geneva@Psalms:115:4 @ Their idols [are] (note:)Seeing that neither the matter nor the form can commend their idols it follows that there is no reason that they should be esteemed.(:note) silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

geneva@Psalms:131:1 @ «A Song of degrees of David.» LORD, (note:)He sets forth his great humility as an example to all rulers and governors.(:note) my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great Which pass the measure and limits of his calling. matters, or in things too high for me.

geneva@Proverbs:11:13 @ Hee that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth a secret: but hee that is of a faithfull heart concealeth a matter.

geneva@Proverbs:17:9 @ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] (note:)He that admonishes the prince of his fault makes him his enemy.(:note) friends.

geneva@Proverbs:18:13 @ He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.

geneva@Proverbs:25:2 @ [It is] the glory of God to (note:)God does not reveal the cause of his judgments to man.(:note) conceal a thing: but the honour of Because the king rules by the revealed word of God, the cause of his doings must appear, and therefore he must use diligence in trying causes. kings [is] to search out a matter.

geneva@Proverbs:25:9 @ Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,

geneva@Proverbs:25:10 @ Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thy infamy (note:)Lest while you think by this means to have an end of the matter, it put you to further trouble.(:note) turn not away.

geneva@Proverbs:26:5 @ Answer a fool (note:)Reprove him as the matter requires.(:note) according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

geneva@Proverbs:29:9 @ [If] a wise man contendeth with (note:)He can hear no admonition no matter how it is spoken.(:note) a foolish man, whether he rageth or laugheth, [there is] no rest.

geneva@Proverbs:29:20 @ Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:8 @ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for [he that is] (note:)Meaning, that God will address these things, and therefore we must depend on him.(:note) higher than the highest regardeth; and [there are] higher than they.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:15 @ The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the (note:)The ignorance and beastliness of the wicked is such that they know not common things, and yet will discuss high matters.(:note) city.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:20 @ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a (note:)You cannot work evil so secretly that it will not be known.(:note) bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

geneva@Isaiah:1:18 @ Come now, (note:)To know if I accuse you without cause.(:note) and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be Lest sinners should pretend any rigour on God's part, he only wills them to be pure in heart, and he will forgive all their sins, no matter how many or great. white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

geneva@Isaiah:36:3 @ Then came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who was (note:)For he was now restored to his office, as Isaiah had prophesied in (Isa_22:20).(:note) over the house, and Shebna This declares that there were few godly to be found in the king's house, when he was driven to end this wicked man in such a weighty matter. the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

geneva@Isaiah:41:15 @ Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the (note:)I will make you able to destroy all your enemies no matter how mighty, and this chiefly is referred to the kingdom of Christ.(:note) mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

geneva@Isaiah:44:15 @ Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and (note:)He sets forth the obstinacy and malice of the idolaters who though they see by daily experience that their idols are no better than the rest of the matter of which they are made, yet they refuse the one part, and make a god of the other, as the papists make their cake god, and the rest of their idols.(:note) warm himself; indeed, he kindleth [it], and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down to it.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:7 @ Now when Ebedmelech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the (note:)To hear matters and give sentence.(:note) gate of Benjamin;

geneva@Jeremiah:38:27 @ Then came all the princes vnto Ieremiah and asked him; he tolde them according to all these wordes that the King had commaunded: so they left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceiued.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:59 @ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the (note:)This was not in the time of his captivity but seven years before, when he went either to congratulate Nebuchadnezzar or to intreat of some matters.(:note) fourth year of his reign. And [this] Seraiah [was] a quiet prince.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:12 @ And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it (note:)Signifying by this the great scarcity of fuel and matter to burn.(:note) with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:20 @ Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me, and these hast thou sacrificed to them to (note:)Meaning by fire, read (Lev_18:21; 2Ki_23:10).(:note) be devoured. [Is this] of thy harlotries a small matter,

geneva@Ezekiel:32:21 @ The strong among the mighty shall speak to (note:)To make the matter more sensible, he brings in Pharaoh whom the dead will meet and marvel at him, read (Isa_14:9).(:note) him out of the midst of the grave with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:3 @ Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made [you] desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession to the rest of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of (note:)You are made a matter of talk and derision to all the world.(:note) talkers, and [are] an infamy of the people:

geneva@Ezekiel:39:6 @ And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell securely in the (note:)That is, among all nations where the enemies of my people dwell, no matter how separate they seem.(:note) isles: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Daniel:1:14 @ So hee consented to them in this matter, an proued them ten dayes.

geneva@Daniel:1:20 @ And in all matters of wisedome, and vnderstanding that the King enquired of them, hee founde them tenne times better then all the inchanters and astrologians, that were in all his realme.

geneva@Daniel:2:1 @ And in the (note:)The father and the son were both called by this name, so that this is meant of the son, when he reigned alone: for he also reigned in a way with his father.(:note) second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed Not that he had many dreams, but because many matters were contained in this dream. dreams, wherewith his spirit was Because it was so rare and strange a dream, that he had had nothing similar. troubled, and Or, «his sleep was upon him», that is, that he was so heavy with sleep, that he began to sleep again. his sleep brake from him.

geneva@Daniel:2:10 @ Then the Caldeans answered before the King, and sayde, There is no man vpon earth that can declare the Kings matter: yea, there is neither king nor prince nor lorde that asked such things at an inchanter or astrologian or Caldean.

geneva@Daniel:2:17 @ The Daniel went to his house & shewed the matter to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah his companions,

geneva@Daniel:2:23 @ I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my (note:)To whom you made your promise, and who lived in fear of you: by which he excludes all other gods.(:note) fathers, who hast given me wisdom and Meaning power to interpret it. might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's matter.

geneva@Daniel:3:16 @ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we (note:)For they would have done injury to God, if they would have doubted in this holy cause, and therefore they say that they are resolved to die for God's cause.(:note) [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.

geneva@Daniel:7:1 @ In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: (note:)Whereas the people of Israel looked for a continual peace, after the seventy years which Jeremiah had declared, he shows that this rest will not be a deliverance from all troubles, but a beginning. And therefore he encourages them to look for a continual affliction until the Messiah is uttered and revealed, by whom they would have a spiritual deliverance, and all the promises would be fulfilled. And they would have a certain experience of this in the destruction of the Babylonian kingdom.(:note) then he wrote the dream, [and] told the sum of the matters.

geneva@Daniel:7:28 @ Hitherto [is] the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my (note:)Even though he had many motions in his heart which moved him to and fro to seek out this matter curiously, yet he was content with that which God revealed, and kept it in memory, and wrote it for the use of the Church.(:note) cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

geneva@Daniel:9:23 @ At the beginning of thy supplications the commaundement came foorth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstande the matter and consider the vision.

geneva@Jonah:1:7 @ And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast (note:)Which declares that the matter was very extreme and in doubt, which was God's way of getting them to test for the cause: and this may not be done except in matters of great importance.(:note) lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

geneva@Zechariah:1:8 @ I (note:)This vision signifies the restoration of the Church: but as yet it would not appear to man's eyes, which is here meant by the night, by the bottom, and by the myrtle trees, which are black, and give a dark shadow. Yet he compares God to a King who has his posts and messengers abroad, by whom he still works his purpose and brings his matters to pass.(:note) saw by night, and behold Who was the chief among the rest of the horsemen. a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] These signify the various offices of God's angels, by whom God sometimes punishes, and sometimes comforts, and brings forth his works in various ways. red horses, speckled, and white.

geneva@Matthew:5:22 @ But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be (note:)He speaks of the judgment of God, and of the difference of sins, and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used.(:note) in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men, who had the hearing and deciding of money matters, and such other small causes. of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges, who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs, as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest, or of a false prophet. council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «hell», it is in the text itself «Gehenna», which is one Hebrew word made out of two, and is as if to say «as the Valley of Hinnom», which the Hebrews called Topheth: it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods, whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (Jer_7:31). hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before their government was taken away by Herod: hanging, beheading, stoning, and burning. It is burning that Christ meant, because burning was the greatest punishment; therefore by making mention of a judgment, a council, and a fire, he shows that some sins are worse than others are, but yet they are all such that we must give account for them, and will be punished for them. fire.

geneva@Matthew:12:18 @ Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew (note:)By judgment is meant a godly kingdom, because Christ was to proclaim true religion among the Gentiles, and to cast out superstition; and wherever this is done, the Lord is said to reign and judge there, that is to say, to govern and rule matters.(:note) judgment to the Gentiles.

geneva@Matthew:18:16 @ But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the (note:)That is, by the word and witness; the mouth is sometimes taken for the word of speech, (Num_3:16), and also for a still witness, namely, when the matter speaks for itself, as below in (Mat_21:16).(:note) mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be Sure and certain. established.

geneva@Matthew:19:10 @ His disciples say unto him, If the (note:)If the matter stands in this way between man and wife, or in marriage.(:note) case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

geneva@Matthew:21:16 @ And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast (note:)You have made most perfect. We read in David, «Thou hast established» or «grounded», and if the matter is considered well, the evangelist says here the same thing, for that which is most perfect is stable and sure.(:note) perfected praise?

geneva@Matthew:21:42 @ Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the (note:)Master builders, who are chief builders of the house, that is of the Church.(:note) builders rejected, the same is Began to be. become the The chiefest stone in the corner is called the head of the corner: which bears up the couplings or joints of the whole building. head of the corner: That matter (in that the stone which was cast away is made the head) is the Lord's doing which we behold and greatly marvel at. this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

geneva@Matthew:24:38 @ For as in the days that were before the flood they were (note:)The word which the evangelist uses expresses the matter more fully then ours does: for it is a word which is used of brute beasts: and his meaning is that in those days men will pay attention to their appetites just like brute beasts: for otherwise there is nothing wrong with eating and drinking.(:note) eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

geneva@Mark:1:45 @ But when he was departed, hee began to tel many things, and to publish the matter: so that Iesus could no more openly enter into the citie, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from euery quarter.

geneva@Mark:2:6 @ But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and (note:)In their minds disputing upon the matter, arguing both sides.(:note) reasoning in their hearts,

geneva@Mark:10:10 @ And in the house his disciples asked him againe of that matter.

geneva@Mark:14:15 @ And he will shew you a large (note:)The Greek word signifies that part of the house that is highest from the ground, and because they used to eat supper in that part of the house they called it a supper room, no matter what they were using it for.(:note) upper room furnished [and] prepared: there make ready for us.

geneva@Mark:14:60 @ Then the hie Priest stoode vp amongst them, and asked Iesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What is the matter that these beare witnesse against thee?

geneva@Luke:1:29 @ And when she saw [him], she was (note:)Moved at the strangeness of the matter.(:note) troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

geneva@Luke:1:34 @ Then said Mary unto the angel, (note:)The greatness of the matter causes the virgin to ask this question, not that she distrusted by any means at all, for she asks only of the manner of the conceiving, so that it is plain she believed all the rest.(:note) How shall this be, seeing So speak the Hebrews, signifying by this modest kind of speech the company of man and wife together, and this is the meaning of it: how will this be, for as I will be Christ's mother I am very sure I will not know any man: for the godly virgin had learned by the prophets that the Messiah would be born of a virgin. I know not a man?

geneva@Luke:2:9 @ And, lo, the angel of the Lord (note:)Came suddenly upon them, when they were not at all thinking about such a matter.(:note) came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

geneva@Luke:6:1 @ And (note:)Christ shows against the superstitious, who dwell on every trifling matter, that the law of the very sabbath was not given to be kept without exception: much less that the salvation of man should consist in the outward keeping of it.(:note) it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples Epiphanius notes well in his treatise, where he refutes Ebion, that the time when the disciples plucked the ears of the corn was in the feast of unleavened bread. Now, in those feasts which were kept over a period of many days, as the feast of tabernacles and passover, their first day and the last were very solemn; see (Leviticus. strkjv@23:1-44). Luke then fitly calls the last day the second sabbath, though Theophylact understands it to be any of the sabbaths that followed the first. plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.

geneva@Luke:10:4 @ Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute (note:)This is spoken figuratively, which manner of speech men use when they put down more in words than is meant. This is usual among the Hebrews when they command a thing to be done speedily without delay, as is found in (2Ki_4:29); for in any other case courteous and gentle salutations are matters of Christian duty: as for the calling, it was only for a limited time.(:note) no man by the way.

geneva@Luke:14:1 @ And (note:)The law of the very sabbath ought not to hinder the offices of charity.(:note) it came to pass, as he went into the house of Either one of the elders, whom they called the sanhedrin, or one of the chiefs of the synagogue: for all the Pharisees were not chief men of the synagogue (Joh_7:48); for this word Pharisee was the name of a sect, though it appears by viewing the whole history of the matter that the Pharisees had much authority. one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

geneva@Luke:20:23 @ But he perceived their (note:)Craftiness is a certain diligence and subtle knowledge to do evil, which is achieved by much use and great practise in matters.(:note) craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

geneva@John:7:23 @ If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the (note:)That is to say, if the law of circumcision which Moses gave matters so much to you that you do not hesitate to circumcise upon the sabbath, do you rightly reprove me for thoroughly healing a man?(:note) law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

geneva@John:9:24 @ Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, (note:)A solemn order, by which men were put under oath in ancient time to acknowledge their fault before God, as if it was said to them, «Consider that you are before God, who knows the entire matter, and therefore be sure that you revere his majesty, and do him this honour and confess the whole matter openly rather than to lie before him»; (Jos_7:19; 1Sa_6:5).(:note) Give God the praise: we know that this man is a He is called a sinner in the Hebrew language, who is a wicked man, and someone who makes an art of sinning. sinner.

geneva@Acts:1:7 @ And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the (note:)That is, the proper occasions that provide opportunities for doing matters, which occasions the Lord has appointed to bring things to pass in.(:note) seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

geneva@Acts:2:13 @ Others (note:)The word which he uses here signifies a kind of mocking which is reproachful and insolent: and by this reproachful mocking we see that no matter how great and excellent the miracle, the wickedness of man still dares to speak evil against it.(:note) mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

geneva@Acts:5:38 @ And now I say unto you, (note:)He dissuades his fellows from murdering the apostles, neither does he think it good to refer the matter to the Roman magistrate, for the Jews could endure nothing worse than to have the tyranny of the Romans confirmed.(:note) Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of If it is counterfeit and devised. men, it will come to nought:

geneva@Acts:8:21 @ Thou hast neither part nor lot in this (note:)In this doctrine which I preach.(:note) matter: for thy heart is not Is not upright indeed and without the concealing of hypocritical motives. right in the sight of God.

geneva@Acts:10:36 @ The (note:)God showed the Israelites that whoever lives godly is acceptable to God, no matter what nation he comes from, for he preached peace to men through Jesus Christ, who is Lord not only of one nation, that is, of the Jews, but of all.(:note) word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

geneva@Acts:13:2 @ As they (note:)While they were busy doing their office, that is, as Chrysostom expounds it, while they were preaching.(:note) ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have The Lord is said to call, from which this word «called» comes from, which is common in the Church, when he causes that to be which was not, whether you refer it to the matter itself, or to any quality or thing about the matter: and the use of the word «call» has come about because when things begin to be, then they have some name: and furthermore this also declares God's mighty power, in that he spoke the word, and things were made. called them.

geneva@Acts:17:19 @ And they took him, and brought him unto (note:)This was a place called, as one would say, Mars hill, where the judges sat who were called Areopagita upon important matters, who in ancient time arraigned Socrates, and afterward condemned him of impiety.(:note) Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?

geneva@Acts:18:14 @ And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, (note:)As much as I rightly could.(:note) reason would that I should bear with you:

geneva@Acts:18:15 @ But if it be a question of (note:)As if a man has not spoken well, as judged by your religion.(:note) words and For this profane man thinks that the controversy of religion is merely a fight about words, and over nothing important. names, and [of] your law, look ye [to it]; for I will be no judge of such [matters].

geneva@Acts:19:33 @ And some of the company drew foorth Alexander, the Iewes thrusting him forwards. Alexander then beckened with the hande, and woulde haue excused the matter to the people.

geneva@Acts:19:38 @ Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a (note:)Have anything to accuse any man of.(:note) matter against any man, the For there are certain days appointed for civil causes and matters of judgment, and the deputies sit on those days. law is open, and there are By the deputies are meant also the deputies' substitutes, that is, those who sat for them. deputies: let them implead one another.

geneva@Acts:19:39 @ But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a (note:)He speaks of a lawful assembly not only to speak against the disordered tumult of the people, but also against all meeting and coming together which was not by order: for there were certain days appointed to call people together in.(:note) lawful assembly.

geneva@Romans:1:1 @ Paul, (note:)The first part of the epistle contains a most profitable preface down to verse six.(:note) a Paul, exhorting the Romans to give diligent heed to him, in that he shows that he comes not in his own name, but as God's messenger to the Gentiles, entreats them with the weightiest matter that exists, promised long ago by God, by many good witnesses, and now at length indeed performed.Minister, for this word «servant» is not taken in this place as set against the word «freeman», but rather refers to and declares his ministry and office. servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an Whereas he said before in a general term that he was a minister, now he comes to a more special name, and says that he is an apostle, and that he did not take this office upon himself by his own doing, but that he was called by God, and therefore in this letter of his to the Romans he is doing nothing but his duty. apostle, Appointed by God to preach the gospel. separated unto the gospel of God,

geneva@Romans:14:1 @ Him (note:)Now he shows how we ought to behave ourselves toward our brethren in matters and things indifferent, who offend in the use of them not from malice or damnable superstition, but for lack of knowledge of the benefit of Christ. And thus he teaches that they are to be instructed gently and patiently, and so that we apply ourselves to their ignorance in such matters according to the rule of charity.(:note) that is weak in the faith Do not for a matter or thing which is indifferent, and such a thing as you may do or not do, shun his company, but take him to you. receive ye, [but] not to To make him by your doubtful and uncertain disputations go away in more doubt than he came, or return back with a troubled conscience. doubtful disputations.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:12 @ Now (note:)The matter I would say to you is this.(:note) this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:10 @ According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. (note:)Now he speaks to the teachers themselves, who succeeded him in the church of Corinth, and in this regard to all that were after or will be pastors of congregations, seeing that they succeed into the labour of the apostles, who were planters and chief builders. Therefore he warns them first that they do not persuade themselves that they may build after their own fantasy, that is, that they may propound and set forth anything in the Church, either in matter, or in type of teaching, different from the apostles who were the chief builders.(:note) But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

geneva@1Corinthians:6:1 @ Dare (note:)The third question is of civil judgments. Whether it is lawful for one of the faithful to draw another of the faithful before the judgment seat of an infidel? He answers that is not lawful because it is an offence for the faithful to do this, for it is not evil in itself that a matter be brought before the judgment seat, even of an infidel.(:note)As if he said, «Have you become so impudent, that you are not ashamed to make the Gospel a laughing stock to profane men?» any of you, having a matter against another, go to law Before the unjust. before the unjust, He adds that he does not forbid that one neighbour may go to law with another, if need so require, but yet under holy judges. and not before the saints?

geneva@1Corinthians:6:9 @ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? (note:)Now he prepares himself to pass over to the fourth treatise of this epistle, which concerns other matters, concerning this matter first, how men may well use a woman or not. And this question has three parts: fornication, matrimony, and a single life. As for fornication, he utterly condemns it. And marriage he commands to some, as a good and necessary remedy for them: to others he leaves is free. And others he dissuades from it, not as unlawful, but as inconvenient, and that not without exception. As for singleness of life (under which also I comprehend virginity) he enjoins it to no man: yet he persuades men to it, but not for itself, but for another respect, neither to all men, nor without exception. And being about to speak against fornication, he begins with a general reprehension of those vices, with which that rich and riotous city most abounded: warning and teaching them earnestly, that repentance is inseparable joined with forgiveness of sins, and sanctification with justification.(:note) Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

geneva@1Corinthians:7:1 @ Now (note:)He teaches concerning marriage that although a single life has its advantages, which he will declare afterwards, yet that marriage is necessary for the avoiding of fornication. But so that neither one man may have many wives, nor any wife many husbands.(:note) concerning the things Concerning those matters about which you wrote to me. whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] Commodious, and (as we say) expedient. For marriage brings many griefs with it, and that by reason of the corruption of our first estate. good for a man not to touch a woman.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:37 @ Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his (note:)Resolved himself.(:note) heart, having no That the weakness of his daughter does not force him, or any other matter, that that he may safely still keep her a virgin. necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:1 @ Am (note:)Before he proceeds any further in his purposed matter of things offered to idols, he would show the cause of all this evil, and also take it away. That is, that the Corinthians thought that they did not have to depart from the least amount of their liberty for any man's pleasure. Therefore he propounds himself for an example, and that in a matter almost necessary. And yet he speaks of both, but first of his own person. If (he says) you allege for yourselves that you are free, and therefore will use your liberty, am I not also free, seeing I am an apostle?(:note) I not an apostle? am I not free? He proves his apostleship by the effects, in that he was appointed by Christ himself, and the authority of his function was sufficiently confirmed to him among them by their conversion. And all these things he sets before their eyes, to make them ashamed because they would not in the least way that might be, debase themselves for the sake of the weak, whereas the apostle himself did all the he could to win them to God, when they were utterly reprobate and without God. have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye By the Lord. my work in the Lord?

geneva@1Corinthians:9:22 @ To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to (note:)In matters that are indifferent, which may be done or not done with a good conscience. It is as if he said, «I accommodated all customs and manners, that by all means I might save some.»(:note) all [men], that I might by all means save some.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:29 @ Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: (note:)A reason: for we must take heed that our liberty is not spoken of as evil, and that the benefit of God which we ought to use with thanksgiving is not changed into impiety. And this is through our fault, if we choose rather to offend the conscience of the weak, than to yield a little of our liberty in a matter of no importance, and so give occasion to the weak to judge in such sort of us, and of Christian liberty. And the apostle takes these things upon his own person, that the Corinthians may have so much the less occasion to oppose anything against him.(:note) for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?

geneva@1Corinthians:12:10 @ To another the (note:)By «working» he means those great workings of God's mighty power, which pass and excel among his miracles, as the delivery of his people by the hand of Moses: that which he did by Elijah against the priests of Baal, in sending down fire from heaven to consume his sacrifice: and that which he did by Peter, in the matter of Ananias and Sapphira.(:note) working of miracles; to another Foretelling of things to come. prophecy; to another By which false prophets are know from true, in which Peter surpassed Philip in exposing Simon Magus; (Act_8:20). discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

geneva@1Corinthians:13:1 @ Though (note:)He reasons first of charity, the excellency of which he first shows by this, that without it, all other gifts are as nothing before God. And this he proves partly by an induction, and partly also by an argument taken of the end, for what reason those gifts are given. For, to what purpose are those gifts but to God's glory, and the profit of the Church as is before proved? So that those gifts, without charity, have no right use.(:note) I speak with the tongues of men and of A very earnest amplifying of the matter, as if he said, «If there were any tongues of angels, and I had them, and did not use them to the benefit of my neighbour, it would be nothing else except a vain and prattling type of babbling.» angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a That gives a rude and uncertain sound. tinkling cymbal.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:9 @ So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words (note:)That fitly utter the matter itself.(:note) easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:1 @ Moreover, (note:)The sixth treatise of this epistle, concerning the resurrection: and he uses a transition, or passing over from one matter to another, showing first that he brings no new thing, to the end that the Corinthians might understand that they had begun to swerve from the right course. And next that he does not go about to entreat of a trifling matter, but of another chief point of the Gospel, which if it is taken away, their faith will necessarily come to nothing. And so at the length he begins this treatise at Christ's resurrection, which is the ground and foundation of ours, and confirms it first by the testimony of the scriptures and by the witness of the apostles, and of more than five hundred brethren, and last of all by his own.(:note) brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye In the profession of which you still continue. stand;

geneva@2Corinthians:3:3 @ [Forasmuch as ye are] (note:)The apostle says this wisely, that by little and little he may come from the commendation of the person to the matter itself.(:note) manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ Which I took pains to write as it were. ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Along the way he sets the power of God against the ink with which epistles are commonly written, to show that it was accomplished by God. living God; He alludes along the way to the comparison of the outward ministry of the priesthood of Levi with the ministry of the Gospel, and the apostolical ministry, which he handles afterward more fully. not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:11 @ For beholde, this thing that ye haue bene godly sory, what great care it hath wrought in you: yea, what clearing of yourselues: yea, what indignation: yea, what feare: yea, howe great desire: yea, what a zeale: yea, what reuenge: in all things ye haue shewed your selues, that ye are pure in this matter.

geneva@2Corinthians:9:5 @ Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as [of] (note:)As from covetous men.(:note) covetousness.

geneva@Philippians:2:20 @ For I haue no man like minded, who will faithfully care for your matters.

geneva@Philippians:4:7 @ And the (note:)That great quietness of mind, which God alone gives in Christ.(:note) peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your He divides the mind into the heart, that is, into that part which is the seat of the will and affections, and into the higher part, by which we understand and reason about matters. hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

geneva@2Thessalonians:3:11 @ For we hear that there are some which walk among (note:)How great a fault idleness is, he declares in that God created no man in vain or to no purpose, neither is there any to whom he has not allotted as it were a certain position and place. From which it follows, that the order which God has appointed is troubled by the idle, indeed broken, which is great sin and wickedness.(:note) you disorderly, working not at all, He reprehends a vice, which is joined with the former, upon which follows an infinite sort of mischiefs: that is, that there are none more busy in other men's matters, than they who neglect their own. but are busybodies.

geneva@1Timothy:6:1 @ Let (note:)He adds also rules for the servant's duty towards their masters: upon which matter there were no doubt many questions asked by those who took occasion by the Gospel to trouble the normal manner of life. And this is the first rule: let servants that have come to the faith and have the unfaithful for their masters, serve them nonetheless with great faithfulness.(:note) as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, The reason: lest God should seem by the doctrine of the Gospel to stir up men to rebellion and all wickedness. that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.

geneva@1Timothy:6:4 @ He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and (note:)Strivings about words, and not about matter: and by words he means all those things which do not have substance in them, and by which we can reap no profit.(:note) strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

geneva@1Timothy:6:21 @ Which some (note:)Not only in word, but also in appearance and gesture: to be short, while their behaviour was such that even when they held their peace they would make men believe, their heads were occupied about nothing but high and lofty matters, and therefore they erred concerning the faith.(:note) professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace [be] with thee. Amen. «[The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.]»

geneva@2Timothy:2:21 @ If a man therefore (note:)By these words is meant the execution of the matter, and not the cause: for in that we purge ourselves, it is not to be attributed to any free will that is in us, but to God, who freely and wholly works in us, a good and an effectual will.(:note) purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, [and] prepared unto every good work.

geneva@Hebrews:10:27 @ But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the (note:)For it is another matter to sin through the frailty of man's nature, and another thing to proclaim war on God as on an enemy.(:note) adversaries.

geneva@James:1:6 @ But let him ask in faith, (note:)Why then, what need is there of another mediator or priest?(:note) nothing wavering. A digression or going aside from his matter, as compared to prayers which are conceived with a doubting mind, but we have a trustworthy promise from God, and this is the second part of the epistle. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

geneva@James:3:5 @ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. (note:)On the contrary part he shows how great inconveniences arise by the excesses of the tongue, throughout the whole world, to the end that men may so much the more diligently give themselves to control it.(:note) Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

geneva@1Peter:4:1 @ Forasmuch (note:)Having ended his digression and sliding from his matter, now he returns to the exhortation which he broke off, taking occasion by that which he said concerning the death and resurrection of Christ, so defining our sanctification, that to be sanctified, is all one has to suffer in the flesh, that is to say, to leave off from our wickedness and viciousness: and to rise again to God, that is to say, to be renewed by the virtue of the holy Spirit, that we may lead the rest of our life which remains after the will of God.(:note) then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

geneva@1John:1:7 @ But if we walk in the (note:)God is said to be light by his own nature, and to be in light, that is to say, in that everlasting infinite blessedness: and we are said to walk in light in that the beams of that light shine to us in the Word.(:note) light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, A digression the matter at hand, to the remission of sins: for this our sanctification who walk in the light, is a testimony of our joining and knitting together with Christ: but because this our light is very dark, we must obtain another benefit in Christ, that is, that our sins may be forgiven us being sprinkled with his blood: and this in conclusion is the support and anchor of our salvation. and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

geneva@Jude:1:8 @ Likewise also these (note:)Who are so stupid and void of reason as if all their fears and wits were asleep.(:note) [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, Another most destructive doctrine of theirs, in that they take away the authority of the government and slander them. despise It is a greater matter to despise government than the governors, that is to say, the matter itself than the persons. dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

geneva@Revelation:1:1 @ The (note:)This chapter has two principal parts, the title or inscription, which stands in place of an introduction: and a narration going before the whole prophecy of this book. The inscription is double, general and particular. In (Rev_1:1) the general inscription contains the kind of prophecy, the author, end, matter, instruments, and manner of communication the same, in (Rev_1:2) the most religious faithfulness of the apostle as public witness and the use of communicating the same, taken from the promise of God, and from the circumstance of the time, (Rev_1:3)(:note)An opening of secret and hidden things. Revelation of Which the Son opened to us out of his Father's bosom by angels. Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:[1 AD] The dragon watches the Church of the Jews, which was ready to travail: She brings forth, flees and hides herself, while Christ was yet on the earth. [34 AD] The dragon persecutes Christ ascending to heaven, he fights and is thrown down: and after persecutes the Church of the Jews. [67 AD] The Church of the Jews is received into the wilderness for three years and a half. [70 AD] When the Church of the Jews was overthrown, the dragon invaded the catholic church: all this is in the twelfth chapter. The dragon is bound for a thousand years in chapter twenty. The dragon raises up the beast with seven heads, and the beast with two heads, which make havock of the catholic church and her prophets for 1260 years after the passion of Christ in (Rev_13:11). [97 AD] The seven churches are admonished of things present, somewhat before the end of Domitian his reign, and are forewarned of the persecution to come under Trajan for ten years, chapter 2,3. God by word and signs provokes the world, and seals the godly in chapter 6 and 7. He shows examples of his wrath on all creatures, mankind excepted in chapter 8. [1073 AD] The dragon is let loose after a thousand years, and Gregory the seventh, being Pope, rages against Henry the third, then Emperor in chapter 20. [1217 AD] The dragon vexes the world for 150 years to Gregory the ninth, who wrote the Decretals, and most cruelly persecuted the Emperor Fredrick the second. [1295 AD] The dragon kills the prophets after 1260 years, when Boniface the eighth was Pope, who was the author of the sixth book of the Decretals: he excommunicated Philip the French King. [1300 AD] Boniface celebrates the Jubile. [1301 AD] About this time was a great earthquake, which overthrew many houses in Rome. [1305 AD] Prophecy ceases for three years and a half, until Benedict the second succeeded after Boniface the eighth. Prophecy is revived in chapter 11. The dragon and the two beasts question prophecy in chapter 13. Christ defends his Church in word and deed, chapter 14, and with threats and arms, chapter 16. Christ gives his Church victory over the harlot, chapter 17 and 18. Over the two beasts, chapter 19. Over the dragon and death, chapter 20. The Church is fully glorified in heaven with eternal glory, in Christ Jesus, chapter 21 and 22.

geneva@Revelation:2:15 @ So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the (note:)Which follow the footsteps of Balaam, and such as are abandoned to all filthiness, as he showed in the verse before, and is here signified by a note of similarity, and thus also must (Rev_2:6) be understood. For this matter especially Ireneus must be consulted as well.(:note) Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

geneva@Revelation:5:9 @ And they sung a (note:)No common song.(:note) new That is, composed according to the present matter, the Lamb having received the book as it were with his feet and opened it with his horns, as it is said in the Song of Solomon song, saying, The song of the nobles or princes standing by the throne, consisting of a publication of the praise of Christ and a confirmation of the same from his blessings, both which we have received from him (as are the suffering of his death, our redemption upon the cross by his blood, in this verse: and our communion with him in kingdom and priesthood which long ago he has granted to us with himself and which we hereafter hope to obtain, as our kingdom to come, in Christ, (Rev_5:10). Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

geneva@Revelation:13:17 @ And that no man might (note:)That is, have any trade or dealings with men, but only those who have this annointing and consecration of Clearkely shaving of the head, as they call it, read Gratian «de Consecratione, distincione tertia.c.omnes.cap spiritus, etc.» of these matters.(:note) buy or sell, save he that had the Here the false prophets require three things, set down in the order of their greatness, a character, a name, and the number of the name. The meaning is, that man that does not have their first annointing and clerical shaving of the head: secondly holy orders, by which is communicated the name of the beast: or finally has not attained that high degree of pontifical knowledge, and of the law (as they call it) canonical, and has not made up in account and cast the number of the mysteries of it: for in these things consists the number of the name of the beast. This is excellently set forth in the next verse. mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

geneva@Jdt:7:9 @ {\cf2 So he communicated the matter with Raguel, and Raguel sayde to Tobias, Eate, and drinke, and make merry.}

geneva@Wis:11:9 @ {\cf2 Nowe as concerning the matter which Achier did speake in thy councill, we haue heard his wordes: for the men of Bethulia did take him, and he declared vnto them all that he had spoken vnto thee.}

geneva@Sir:7:25 @ {\cf2 Marrie thy daughter, and so shalt thou performe a weightie matter: but giue her to a man of vnderstanding.}

geneva@Sir:11:7 @ {\cf2 Blame no man before thou haue inquired the matter: vnderstande first, and then reforme righteously.}

geneva@Sir:11:9 @ {\cf2 Striue not for a matter that thou hast not to do with, and sit not in the iudgement of sinners.}

geneva@Sir:11:10 @ {\cf2 My sonne, meddle not with many matters: for if thou gaine much, thou shalt not be blamelesse, and if thou followe after it, yet shalt thou not attaine it, neither shalt thou escape, though thou flee from it.}

geneva@Sir:22:10 @ {\cf2 Who so telleth a foole of wisedome, is as a man, which speaketh to one that is asleepe: when he hath told his tale, he saith, What is the matter?}

geneva@Sir:28:10 @ {\cf2 As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth, & mans anger is according to his power: and according to his riches his anger increaseth, & the more vehement the anger is, the more is he inflamed.}

geneva@Sir:33:4 @ {\cf2 As the question is made, prepare the answere, and so shalt thou be heard: be sure of the matter, and so answere.}

geneva@Sir:37:11 @ {\cf2 Aske no counsell for religion of him, that is without religion, nor of iustice, of him that hath no iustice, nor of a woman touching her of whom she is ielous, nor of a coward in matters of warre, nor of a marchant concerning exchange, nor of a buyer for the sale, nor of an enuious man touching thankfulnesse, nor of the vnmercifull touching kindnesse, nor of an vnhonest man of honestie, nor of the slouthfull for any labour, nor of an hireling for the finishing of a worke, nor of an idle seruant for much busines: hearken not vnto these in any matter of counsell.}

geneva@Sir:38:24 @ {\cf2 The wisdome of a learned man commeth by vsing well his vacant time: and hee that ceaseth from his owne matters and labour, may come by wisdome.}

geneva@Sir:38:33 @ {\cf2 And yet they are not asked their iudgement in the counsell of the people, neither are they hie in the congregation, neither sit they vpon the iudgement seates, nor vnderstand ye order of iustice: they cannot declare matters according to the forme of the Lawe, and they are not meete for hard matters.}

geneva@Sir:41:23 @ {\cf2 Or to vpbraide when thou giuest any thing, or to report a matter that thou hast heard, or to reueile secret wordes.}

geneva@Bar:6:53 @ {\cf2 They can giue no sentence of a matter, neither preserue from iniurie: they haue no power, but are as crowes betweene the heauen and the earth.}

geneva@1Macc:6:3 @ {\cf2 Wherefore hee went about to take the citie, and to spoyle it, but he was not able: for the citizens were warned of the matter,}

geneva@1Macc:8:21 @ {\cf2 And the matter pleased them.}

geneva@1Macc:10:63 @ {\cf2 And saide vnto his Princes, Goe with him into the middes of the citie, and make a proclamation, that no man complaine against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any maner of cause.}

geneva@1Macc:10:71 @ {\cf2 Nowe then if thou trust in thine owne strength, come downe to vs into the plaine fielde, and there let vs trie the matter together: for I haue the strength of cities.}

geneva@1Macc:12:51 @ {\cf2 But when they which followed vpon them, sawe that it was a matter of life, they turned backe againe.}

geneva@1Macc:16:2 @ {\cf2 So Simon called two of his eldest sonnes, Iudas and Iohn, and saide vnto them, I, and my brethren, and my fathers house, haue euer from our youth vnto this day fought against the enemies of Israel, & the matters haue had good successe vnder our hands, and we haue deliuered Israel oftentimes.}

geneva@2Macc:1:33 @ {\cf2 So when this matter was knowen, it was told the King of Persia, that in the place where the Priests, which were led away, had hid fire, there appeared water, wherewith Neemias and his companie had purified the sacrifices.}

geneva@2Macc:2:24 @ {\cf2 For considering the wonderful nomber, and the difficultie that they haue that woulde be occupied in the rehearsall of stories, because of the diuersitie of the matters,}

geneva@2Macc:4:6 @ {\cf2 For he sawe it was not possible except the King tooke order to quiet the matters, and that Simon would not leaue off his follie.}

geneva@2Macc:4:48 @ {\cf2 Thus were they soone punished vniustly, which followed vpon the matter for the citie, and for the people, and for the holy vessels.}

geneva@2Macc:6:17 @ {\cf2 But let this bee spoken nowe for a warning vnto vs: and nowe will we come to the declaring of the matter in fewe wordes.}

geneva@2Macc:8:9 @ {\cf2 Then sent hee speedily Nicanor the sonne of Patroclus, a speciall friend of his, & gaue him of all nations of the heathen no lesse then twenty thousand men, to roote out the whole generation of the Iewes, & ioyned with him Gorgias a captaine, which in matters of warre had great experience.}

geneva@2Macc:11:36 @ {\cf2 But concerning that which he shall report vnto the King, send hither some with speede, when ye haue considered the matter diligently, that wee may consult thereupon as shall be best for you: for we must go vnto Antiochia.}

geneva@2Macc:13:13 @ {\cf2 And he being apart with the Elders, tooke counsell to goe foorth, afore the King brought his hoste into Iudea, and shoulde take the citie, and commit the matter to the helpe of the Lorde.}

geneva@2Macc:13:26 @ {\cf2 Then went Lysias vp into the iudgement seate, and excused the facte as well as he could, and perswaded them, and pacified them, and made them well affectioned, & came againe vnto Antiochia. This is the matter concerning the Kings iourney, and his returne.}

geneva@2Macc:14:10 @ {\cf2 For as long as Iudas liueth, it is not possible that the matter should be well.}

geneva@2Macc:14:18 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse Nicanor hearing the manlines of them that were with Iudas, and the bolde stomackes that they had for their countrey, durst notproue the matter with bloudsheading.}

geneva@2Macc:14:26 @ {\cf2 But Alcimus perceiuing the loue that was betweene them, and vnderstanding the couenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor had taken strange matters in hande, and ordeined Iudas a traytour to the Realme, to be his successour.}

geneva@2Macc:15:17 @ {\cf2 And so being comforted by the wordes of Iudas, which were very sweete & able to stirre the vp to valiantnesse and to incourage the heartes of the yong men, they determined to pitch no campe, but couragiously to set vpon them, and manfully to assaile them, and to trie the matter hand to hand, because the citie and the Sanctuarie and the Temple were in danger.}

geneva@2Macc:15:20 @ {\cf2 Nowe whiles they all wayted for the tryall of the matter, and the enemies nowe mette with them, and the hoste was set in aray, and the beasts were separated into conuenient places, and the horsemen were placed in the wings,}

geneva@2Macc:15:38 @ {\cf2 Thus farre as concerning Nicanors matters, and from that time the Hebrues had the citie in possession; here will I also make an ende.}

geneva@2Macc:15:40 @ {\cf2 For as it is hurtfull to drinke wine alone, & then againe water: and as wine tempered with water is pleasant and delighteth the taste: so the setting out of the matter deliteth the eares of them that reade the storie; here shall be the ende.}