Amos 9

O the infinite power of Jehovah! Before his scepter angels veil, and prostrate themselves, kings cast their crowns at his feet (Amos 9:5). He touches the mountains and they melt.

It is a blaspheming the name of God to call him Father, yet live in sin. Such as profess God is their Father, yet live unholily, they will slander and defraud, these are as bad to God as heathens: (Amos 9:7) Are you not as children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel,…

The scandalous Jews (though circumcised) were in God's account as heathens. Amos 9:7: "Are you not as children of the Ethiopians to me, says the Lord?" Alas! What is it to have the name of Christ, and want his image?

Next observe the correspondence that is between all the parts of the world, compared sometimes to a building, therefore God is called [in non-Latin alphabet], an artificial builder (Hebrews 11:10). In this great house every part conspires to the beauty, service, and decency of t…

He shows his love to them, and how much he values them, that when he is acting justice and pouring out his wrath, when he is (as it were) cutting and flashing on all sides, and is in fury with wicked men, he has nothing but sweetness and tenderness towards his own. (Amos 9:9-10)…

A time of great temporal prosperity; of great health (Isaiah 33:24, "The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick."); of long life (Isaiah 65:22, "As the days of a tree, are the days of my people."). A time wherein the earth shall be abundantly fruitful (Psalm 67:6; Isaiah 30:23, 24;…

Christ's free and invisible love is a fair white web of gold, that a saint is wrapped in on the evil day. Where is he? he is hid, yet he goes through the sieve, and sifted he must be, but not a grain of him falls to the earth (Amos 9:9). 3. There have been questions about the Pr…

So Isaiah in this place shows that he propounds nothing of his own head, but only refreshes their memories with the consideration of that which God had in times past promised touching the eternity of this kingdom. By the way then, he touched that which Amos had handled more full…

The passages in which he is called "the son of David" are sufficiently well known. In a word, the angel declares that in the person of Christ would be fulfilled the prediction of Amos, "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen," (Amos 9:11.) 33. And he…

That its royal dignity had crumbled down long before, and that by slow degrees its supremacy had nearly given way, does not imply such a discontinuance as to be at variance with Jacob's prophecy. For God had promised two things seemingly opposite; that the throne of David would…

But as Herod's dread of arousing the people against him deprived him of the use of his reason, so again he is driven by such madness, that he does not hesitate or shudder at the thought of provoking God. For he knew that, if a King were born, it was ordained by God, that he shou…

These [in non-Latin alphabet], or [in non-Latin alphabet], are those whom the Jews of Jerusalem called the [in non-Latin alphabet] (John 7:35), the Dispersion, or those of their nation that were dispersed among the Gentiles; those especially they intend in the Greek Empire. Thes…

First, by preferring the promised relief and remedy above all the present glory and worship of the Church; directing it to look above all its enjoyments to that which in all things was to have the pre-eminence. See Isaiah 2:2; chapter 4:2-5; chapter 7:13-15; chapter 9:6-7; chapt…

From the beginning God has so ordered all the nations of the world that they may bear a proportion to what he has to do with his people; that he may so order and dispose of them, as that his design towards his own may be accomplished. Amos 9:9: For lo I will command and will sif…

He is nowhere included, and yet nowhere excluded; His circumference is everywhere: God hath an eye in Councils, in Armies, he makes an Heart-anatomy; he sees what men's designs are, and whither they are driving. If hatred wears the livery of Friendship, if Ambition comes masked…

And this poor virgin was espoused to an husband who was a poor man. Though they were of the royal family of David, the most honourable family, and Joseph was the rightful heir to the crown; yet the family was reduced to a very low state, which is represented by the tabernacle of…

"For the seed shall be prosperous, the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give her dew, and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things." See also Jeremiah 31:12, 13 and Amos 9:13. Yea then they shall…

MEn have their winnowing dayes, and God has his; a day to separate the chaff from the wheat, the godly from the ungodly, who shall both be held up to the wind, but only the wicked shall be driven away by it. Such a day God has in this world, wherein he winnows his wheat, and sep…

He will meet you as a lion, and as a bear robbed of her whelps. You shall see how the Lord expresses it: (Amos 9:2-4) "Though they dig into hell, from there shall my hand take them: though they climb up to heaven, from there will I bring them down," etc. It is a common opinion,…

O what a favor is this, that in the midst of the greatest confusions in the world, God has given such abundant security to his people, that it shall be well with them? Amos 9. 8. Ecclesiastes 8:12.

He disposes of all nations and their interests according to what is for the good of believers. Amos 9:9: in all the siftings of the nations, the eye of God is upon the house of Israel — not a grain of them shall perish. Look to heaven: angels are appointed to minister for them,…

By Jonathan Edwards, Master of Arts, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northampton. Amos 9:2-3. Though they dig into hell, thence shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will…

If therefore sinners in the world must perish, for their falling short of the glory of God; sinners in the visible Church much more for offering abuse and contempt to these essays that have been used with them, to bring them to repentance. It is certain that such though they hav…

Ezekiel 37:12: O my people, I will open your graves, as many as Saul and David did feed, whether they have a new heart or not, the Lord calls them his people (1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 7:8). See Psalm 50:7: Hear O my people (Psalm 81:13; Jeremiah 9:26), and so the church of Corint…

The Fathers have Church-right to Circumcision, to Baptism, to the Passover, and to the Lord's Supper, so have the Children: but it is most false of the invisible mystical body and root only, and of real and internal holiness; For neither in Old or New Testament is it true, If th…

Jeremiah 23:23, 24. Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him, says the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, says the Lord? Amos 9:2, 3. Though they dig into hell, from there shall mine hand take th…

V. 17, 18. I will make your officers Peace, and your exactors Righteousness: Violence shall no more be heard in your land, wasting nor destruction within your borders, but you shall call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. See at your leisure to this purpose: Amos 9:11,…

By Jonathan Edwards, Master of Arts Pastor of the Church of CHRIST in Northampton. Amos 9. 2, 3. Though they dig into Hell, thence shall my Hand take them; though they climb up to Heaven, thence will I bring them down.