A. D. 60. ROM. II. 4, 5. A. D. 60. to life everlasting, 1 Tim. i. 16. | my father's have bread enough and to Which sometimes were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water, 1 Pet. iii. 20. spare, and I perish with hunger! 1 will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants, Luke xv. 17-19. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, 2 Pet. iii. 9. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you, 15. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me, Rev. iii. 20. a VER. 5. But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself revelation of the righteous judgment of wrath against the day of wrath and d He looketh upon men; and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living, Job xxxiii. 27-30. If thou LORD, shouldest mark iniquity, O LORD who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared, Psal. cxxx. 3, 4. And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all Κατὰ δὲ τὴν σκληρότητά σου καὶ ἀμεταthey that wait for him, Isa. xxx. 18. νόητον καρδίαν, θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ ὀργὴν Go, and proclaim these words toward ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς, καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιο the north, and say, Return, thou back-ngiríaç To • sliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD; and I will not keep anger for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD, Jer. iii. 12, 13. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel, 22, 23. That thou mayest remember and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD, Ez. xvi. 63. Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LonD and his goodness in the latter days, Hos. iii. 5. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of God; a For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in, Rom. xi. 25. But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said, Exod. viii. 15. And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall fol. low them; and I will get me honour upon Pharoah, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen, xiv. 17. But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day, Deut. ii. 30. For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he A. D. 60. ROM. II. 5, 6. might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses, Josh. xi. 20. | Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharoah hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? 1 Sam. vi. 6. Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you, 2 Chron. xxx. 8. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel, xxxvi. 13. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall, Psal. xxxv. 8. He, that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy, Prov. xxix. 1. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is as iron sinew, and thy brow brass, Isa. xlviii. 4. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted, Ez. iii. 7. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him, Dan. v. 20. But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of Hosts, Zech. vii. 11, 12. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, Heb. iii. 13. While it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, 15. (Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To-day, after so long a time; as it is A. D. 60. said, To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, iv. 7. b What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction, Rom. ix. 22. Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste, Deut. xxxii. 34, 35. For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces, Am. iii. 10, Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days, Jam. v. 3. That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath, Job xxi. 30. Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death, Prov. xi. 4. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judg ment to be punished, 2 Pet. ii. 9. But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men, iii. 7. For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. vi. 17. d But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God, Rom. ii. 3. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness, i. 18. VER. 6. Ὃς ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα Tou Who will render to every man according to his deeds: a See on Matt. xvi. ver. 27. clause 3. For a See on Matt. x. ver. 22. clause 3. b For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us, Rom. viii. 18. And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, ix. 23. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? John v. 44. which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal, 2 Cor. iv. 16-18. To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is, Christ in you, the hope of glory, Col. i. 27. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ: whom having not seen, ye love: in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory, 1 Pet. i. 7, 8. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you; on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified, iv. 13, 14. e For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this A. D. 60. corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory, 1 Cor. xv. 53, 54. But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel, 2 Tim. i. 10. d See on Matt. xix. ver. 16. clause 3. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised is wisdom, Prov. xiii. 10. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the Churches of God, 1 Cor. xi. 16. But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain, Tit. iii. 9. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness, Rom. i. 18. But God be thanked that we were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you, vi. 17. But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? x. 16. For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, xv. 18. They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof, Job xxiv. 13. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Thess. i. 8. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him, Heb. v. 9. Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, 1 Pet. iii. 1. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God? iv. 17. • He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved, John iii. 18-21. And with all deceiveableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause, God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness, 2 Thess. ii. 10-12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called, To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, Heb. iii. 12, 13. What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction, Rom. ix. 22. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath, Psal. xc. 11. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him, Nah. i. 6. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries, Heb. x. 27. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb, Rev. xiv. 10. And the great city was divided into three parts, and A. D. 60. the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath, xvi. 19. VER. 9. Θλίψις καὶ στενοχωρία ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ψυ χὴν ἀνθρώπου τοῦ κατεργαζομένου τὸ και κόν, Ιουδαίου τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνες b a Tribulation and anguish, upon the Jew first, and also of the Gentile: every soul of man that doeth evil, cof a When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me, Prov. i. 27, 28. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, 2 Thess. i. 6. b Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die, Ezek. xviii. 4. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matt. xvi. 26. < But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile, ver. 10. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek, i. 16. You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities, Amos iii. 2. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judg ment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto hea ven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee, Matt. xi. 20-24. And that servant which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more, Luke xii. 47, 48. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God? 1 Pet. iv. 17. A. D. 60. 17. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ointment of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee, iv. 7-9. Riches and honour are with me: yea, durable riches and righteousness, viii. 18. And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me : for he that is least among you all, the same shall be greatest, Luke ix. 48. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, That he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them, xii. 37. If any man serve me, let him follow me: and where I am, there shall also my servant be: But a glory, honour, b and if any man serve me, him will my Faevery man that worketh good, to the Jew ther honour, John xii. 26. That the VER. 10. Δόξα δὲ καὶ τιμὴ καὶ εἰρήνη παντὶ τῷ ἐργαζομένῳ τὸ ἀγαθὸν, Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ελληνι. first, and also to the Gentile: peace, c to To them who, by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality, eternal life, ver. 7. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same Jump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? ix. 21. And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 23. Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed, 1 Sam. ii. 30. Surely he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies, Psal. cxii. 6-8. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace, Prov. iii. 16, trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. i. 7. And when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away, V. 4. b See on chap. v. ver. 1. clause 2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart, Psal. xv. 2. The wicked worketh a deceitful work : but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward, Prov. xi. 18. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand, Isa. xxxii. 8. But in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him, Acts x. 35. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love, Gal. v. 6. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works and by works was faith made perfect? James ii. 22. Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom, iii. 13. |