Isaiah 11

4. If God be our Father we are of peaceable spirits: (Matthew 5:9) Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called the children of God. Grace infuses a sweet amicable disposition; it files off the ruggedness of men's spirits; it turns the lion-like fierceness into a lamb-like…

Now, that you may throw off distracting thoughts and drowsiness on the Lord's Day, and may hear the Word with reverent attention, consider, 1. It is God that speaks to us in his Word; therefore the preaching of the Word is called the breath of his lips (Isaiah 11:4). And Christ…

Revenge is the proper sin of the Devil; he is no drunkard, or adulterer, but this old serpent is full of the poison of malice; and what shall we say to them who make profession of religion, yet instead of forgiving pursue others spitefully? It was prophesied the wolf should [rec…

Hence we learn, that the true valor and manhood that was in Moses, and is in all Gods children, like unto him, is a gift of grace. Among many gifts of the Spirit, poured upon our Savior Christ, the spirit of strength, or courage, is one, Isaiah 11.2. And Jethro's counsel to Mose…

Now, this peace is, when a man is kind and peaceable to all, but especially to those that are of the household of faith. And undoubtedly it is a fruit of faith, which the Prophet Isaiah foretold should be under the Gospel, Isaiah 11:6; that then the Wolf should dwell with the La…

The laws of this kingdom are the word of God in the books of the old and new testament. Therefore it is called the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 13), the Gospel of the kingdom (Mark 1:13), the rod of his mouth (Isaiah 11:4), the arm of God (Isaiah 53:1). As a king by his laws bring…

It is nothing else but concord which must be kept in a holy manner, with all men, both good and bad, so far forth as can be. Isaiah the prophet speaking of the fruits of the gospel says, The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard with the kid, etc. (Isaiah 11:6). Where…

Though it keeps its dart, it has lost its sting. A saint — to allude to Isaiah 11:8 — may play upon the hole of the asp and put his hand into the cockatrice's den. Death is the cockatrice or asp; the grave is his hole or den.

He was the most excellent scholar among all his school-fellows, and yet the rod of God was heaviest and most frequent on him; he learned his lesson beyond them all. He was quick in understanding, in the fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:3). He had in him an excellent Spirit — the Spir…

And Verse 21: Sin reigned to death, that grace might reign to life — that Christ's grace might play the King. The saving knowledge of God under the Kingdom of the Messiah (Isaiah 11:9) fills the earth, as the Sea is covered with waters. A Sea of Faith, and an Earthful of the gra…

Now by the Arminian way, he is set upon the throne of David to execute vengeance on all his subjects, and that he may utterly destroy all, if all rebel, and not to save one of Judah and Israel; for he may be a King without any subject; suppose all his subjects were cast in hell.…

And if the Spirit once coming upon his members abides with them for ever, (as Christ promises, John 14:16) then much more does this Spirit abide upon Christ the head, from whom we all (since Christ was in heaven) receive that Spirit, and by virtue of which Spirit's dwelling in h…

If therefore God take from us a wanton and wild heart, a loose and irreverent heart, and work in us an awful reverent fear of his name, in every duty of his service, and our own callings, that keeps us from departing from God, and it keeps God from departing from us, that we alw…

The first is, peace with angels, for man is redeemed by Christ: and by means of this redemption, sinful man is reconciled to good Angels (Colossians 1:20). The second is, peace with the godly: who are all made of one heart and mind (Isaiah 11:9). The third is, peace with ourselv…

True prophecy judges men, discovers the things of the heart, and causes men to say, The Lord is within you (1 Corinthians 14:25). The scepter of Christ whereby he smites the nations, is in his mouth (Isaiah 11:4): that is, in the Ministry of the word (Jeremiah 15:19). And it is…

They suffer wrong, but they do none. In the mount of the Lord there is no hurt done (Isaiah 11:9), they turn their spears and swords, into mattocks and scythes (Isaiah 2:4). And they which do no wrong, but are content to suffer wrong (and that for a good cause,) are in this resp…

Unity may be outside the Church, and dissension in the Church, as here we see. It may be objected that there is peace in the kingdom of God, and that there the wolf and the lamb dwell together (Isaiah 11). Answer: This is but in part verified in the kingdom of grace upon earth:…

So quick motions, sudden perturbations, strong affections, proceeding either from the spirit of God, or of Satan, are termed by the name of spirit. Hence we learn, that the Holy Ghost is author not only of meekness, but of all sanctifying graces, and therefore is called the spir…

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 rest in the Temple should be glorious. In a word, the very name of the Temple was honorable.

There can be no doubt that she was fully convinced of the restoration of the church, and easily gave way to what the flesh would have pronounced to be incredible. And then it is probable that the attention of the public was everywhere directed at that time to the prediction of I…

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…

Whereas the Scripture speaks of the body, and calls that part the loins, from which from the Father proceeds natural generation, according as we read in Genesis 46, that Christ should spring out of the loins of Judah. Therefore corporally to gird the loins signifies nothing else…

Which grace issues and flows from the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ: as if he should say: This grace no man can have unless he also have the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of this knowledge of God, as well the Apostles as the prophets do very of…

The Lord seeth not as Man seeth; for Man looketh on the outward Appearance, but the Lord looketh on the Heart. Isaiah 11:3. He shall not judge after the Sight of [his Eyes], neither reprove after the Hearing of his Ears

Grace has as great a Tendency to restrain and mortify such Sins, as are contrary to the Spirit that has been spoken of, as it has to mortify Drunkenness or Lasciviousness. Yea the Scripture represents the Change wrought by Gospel Grace, as especially appearing in an Alteration o…

So also the sharpness of its sight or eyes, as Cant. 1. 16. Chap. 4. 1. is fixed on, to represent a quick and discerning Understanding, such as was in Christ from the resting of the Spirit upon him, Isa. 11. 3. He to whom all personal Properties, Attributes, Adjuncts, Acts and O…

If Grace has not cured that Passion, Pride, Causeless Anger, Inveterate Wrath, Intemperance, which mens Constitutions peculiarly incline to, I know not for my part what it has done, nor what a number of outward Dutyes do signifie. The Spirit and Grace of Christ causes the Wolf t…

I would be far from giving Countenance to th[•]sinfull Distempers of any; but yet I doubt not, but that the Infirmities of many are represented by Envy and Hatred of Profession to an undeserved Disadvantage. (3) Whereever there is the seed of Grace and Holiness, there an Entranc…

Where ever that is received or believed, it producs other effects, Titus 2:11, 12. Isaiah 11 6, 7, 8, 9. It teachs men to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts.

It was as it were God's planting the root, whence that branch of righteousness was afterwards to spring up, that was to be the everlasting king of his church; and therefore this everlasting king is called the branch from the stem of Jesse. Isaiah 11:1. "And there shall come fort…

There are many passages of scripture that can be understood in no other sense. What can be more universal than that in Isaiah 11:9, "For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." As much as to say, As there is no part of the channel or c…

So Sinners in Zion, or in God's visible Church, are called Hypocrites, Isaiah 33. 14. The Sinners in Zion are afraid, Fearfulness has surprised the Hypocrites. Isaiah 11. 17. Every one is an Hypocrite and an Evil-Doer. So they are called lying Children, Isaiah 30. 9. and Chapter…

Teach your faith to see things that cannot be seen, beauty in distractions, unity and order in violence and division; faith is exercised not when you get water out of the fountain, but out of the rock, when you make the eater give you meat, devouring differences yield comfort an…

Man's corrupt nature has made him like the wild ass used to the wilderness, or the swift dromedary traversing her ways (Jeremiah 2:23-24). But the grace of meekness, when that gets dominion in the soul, alters the temper of it, brings it to hand, submits it to management, and no…

If we either faint, or fret in such a day of adversity, it is a sign our strength is small indeed. May it not satisfy us, that by our meekness and quietness under reproaches, we engage God for us, who has promised, that he will with righteousness judge the poor, the poor in spir…

Difference between the earnest of the Spirit, and tasting of the powers of the world to come. Unction by the Spirit (Isaiah 11:2-3). The various teachings of the Holy Ghost.

It is the fear of God which moves men conscientiously to submit themselves one to another. This made David so well to rule the people of God (2 Samuel 23:3): and Joseph to deal so well with his brethren (Genesis 42:18): indeed, this is noted to be the cause of the righteous rule…

He bears testimony concerning our condition as it is indeed; we may possibly mistake, and trouble ourselves in vain, or flatter ourselves upon false grounds, but he is the Amen, the faithful witness, and what he speaks of our state and condition, that it is indeed. He is said no…

To them gave he Power to become the Sons of God, even to as many as believed on his Name. Seeking to him, Isaiah 11:10. To him shall the Gentiles seek.

These things rightly qualifying it, it does no wrong to good manners and the courtesy here enjoined, but is truly a part of it — by due admonishments and reproofs to seek to reclaim a sinner; it were worst unkindness not to do it: you shall not hate your brother, etc. But that w…

But yet must we not separate the second point from it: which is, that we must be sanctified by his holy spirit, according to this saying, that he has received the fullness of all grace, to the end that all of us should draw out of him (John 1:16; Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9)…

Now on the contrary part he says, Light in the Lord, to show that all the wisdom which we have, comes of a supernatural grace, as they term it, that is to say, we have it not by inheritance, neither can we father it upon ourselves, but it is altogether of God's working, and we m…

And seeking, that notes our diligence in the use of means. That faith is implied in seeking, appears by comparing these two Scriptures, Isaiah 11:10. To it shall the Gentiles seek. Now when this is spoken of in the New Testament, it is rendered thus, Romans 15:12. In him shall t…

2. There is a filial fear, a fear of reverence. This fear of God was in Christ as Mediator (Isaiah 11:1-2). Among other graces there reckoned up which belong to Jehovah the Branch, to Christ Jesus, this is one — "the fear of the Lord."

For that's the manner of the Lord's proceeding with the soul of a sinner, when he intends savingly and effectually to work upon him, he changes his nature, gives him another heart, and as it was said of Saul in a like case (1 Samuel), he makes him another man. It's the prophecy…

There is a fitness in regard of the subject, which however it gives no cause nor help to the accomplishment of the work now in doing, yet it makes way for the further manifestation of the skill and goodness of the workman, and holds out the work done to greater admiration. Thus…

Grace turns the vulture into a dove, the brier into a myrtle tree, the lion-like fierceness into a lamb-like gentleness. Isaiah 11:7-8: The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid. This is spoken of the power the gospel shall have upon men's h…

If you would have grace, frequent the means of grace; lie at the pool of Bethesda, wait at the posts of wisdom's door. Inward grace is wrought by outward means; the preaching of the Word is God's engine for working grace — it is called the rod of his strength (Psalm 110:2) and t…

(4.) There is a more numerous company of these who have not loved their lives to the death, and the martyrs that suffered more exquisite torments for Christ, under the persecuting Emperors and reign of Antichrist, than ever before; the constraining love of Christ, which is stron…

2. The Anabaptists from these places say none are to be baptized, but such as are so in Covenant, and as have these promises fulfilled in them, in whom the Lord has wrought a new heart, and a new spirit; and that there is no external covenanting under the New Testament. But then…