2 Chronicles 6

(2) Things indefinitely expressed are to be expounded universally. 1 Kings 8:39. and to give to every man according to his ways, that is, 2 Chronicles 6:30. and render to every man according to all his ways. Deuteronomy 19:15. At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall the mat…

And when it rested he said, Return O Lord to the many thousands of Israel. And from there the Ark was called the Ark of God's strength (see Psalms 68:1, 2; 132:8; 2 Chronicles 6:41), because it was a pledge of God's putting forth his strength and power in the behalf of the peopl…

3. There is Benedictio Charitativa: this is, when one is said to bless another, by praying for a blessing on him, or using the means whereby he may obtain a blessing. This may be done by superiors, equals, inferiors, any or all persons mutually towards one another (see 1 Kings 8…

Want of this keeps men from salvation. 2 Chronicles 6:37, if they bethink themselves in the land where they are carried away, and turn and pray to me, in their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly; then I will hear. So Jeremiah 8:6, God heark…

In the foreseen height of man's enmity, this was the steady bent of his mind towards them, to rejoice in the habitable parts of this earth, and to have his delights with the sons of men. Thus also in (2 Chronicles 6:18) do we find Solomon in a rapture of admiration on this accou…

The God of Abraham, Jacob, &c. (Exodus 3:15). Hence, because the Lord in excellency is remembered in his works, by likeness they are called his name (Psalm 8:2; 2 Chronicles 6:32). Much more his Gospel (Acts 9:15).

But observe here more particularly, 1. That all the elect people of God are lying under iniquity even as others; this we spoke to the last day, and shall not repeat what was then said; it's with respect to iniquity in the elect that all the business of redemption is transacted,…

James commands not such a confession. Daniel's, Ezra's, Peter's confession were some other thing (John 1:20; Acts 19:18; Hebrews 11:13; Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 4:2; Mark 3:6; Joshua 7:19; Daniel 9:4; Romans 10:10; 1 Timothy 6:13; Psalm 32:5; James 5:16; Leviticus 5:5; Leviticus 1…

2. God does nothing in the election of Peter, more than of Judas; nor can grace and mercy have place in the choosing of the one, rather than the other; but as free will is foreseen to play the game ill, or well, so go the eternal decrees of election and reprobation, and there ca…

That place of my rest.] And yet the Lord had said of the Temple, in Psalm 132:8, Behold this is my rest, here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. And in 2 Chronicles 6:41, Arise O Lord, and enter into your rest. Moreover, we have seen before, in Isaiah 11:10, that God's…

He tells them, that God does not need a strong light to perceive good actions: for those things, which appear to be buried in darkness, are open to his view. We have no reason, therefore, to suppose that what escapes the notice, and receives not the testimony of men, is lost: fo…

Besides secondly, it could not absolutely preserve men in its own observation; for it required that obedience which never any sinner did or could in all things perform; as the Scriptures of the Old Testament abundantly manifest. For they tell us, there is no man that sins not (1…

Interpreters are much divided about the sense of these words. First, Some observe that the Hebrew word Barach, does signify not only to bless, but to bow the knee; So it is used (2 Chronicles 6:13). Solomon at the dedicating of the Temple had made a brazen scaffold, and upon it…

But now David wholly subdued it, as we have an account in 2 Samuel 5. And now God proceeded to choose that city to place his name there, as appears by David's bringing up the ark thither soon after; and therefore this is mentioned afterwards as the first time God proceeded to ch…

This was the glory and privilege of Israel, as the Psalmist declares (Psalms 147:19, 20): He sheweth his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel; He has not dealt so with any nation. The Church then knew him; yet so as that they had an apprehension that he dwelt…

And so the stability and certainty of the decree and oath is not to make the children of David secure, but watchful in their duty: But this is not a condition without which the Messiah should not reign, but without this he should not reign to their comfort and everlasting good.…

This was the glory and privilege of Israel, as the Psalmist declares (Psalm 147:19-20): "He shows his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel; he has not dealt so with any nation." The church then knew him; yet so as that they had an apprehension that he dwel…

They answered, Yes; but we did not imagine, said they, that this fine-spoken man had been he. (Romans 16:17-18). Then I saw in my dream, that he commanded them to lie down; which when they did, he chastised them sore, to teach them the good way wherein they should walk (Deuteron…

Away then with your dead heart to this principle of life to quicken you, that his Almighty power may pluck you out of your sepulcher, unloose your grave-locks, that so you may live. 3. He is an infinite God, whereby he is without limits of being (2 Chronicles 6:18). Horrible the…