Isaiah 14

The world is God's diocese, and shall not he do what he will in his own diocese? He it was that turned King Nebuchadnezzar to grass, and threw the angels to Hell when they sinned, that broke the head of the Babylonish empire (Isaiah 14:12). How have you fallen from Heaven, O Luc…

His seed are exposed to God's heavy judgments in this life: God visits the iniquity of the fathers upon their children. I think I hear God speak, as (Isaiah 14:21): Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers. Use 2. See what a privilege it is to be the…

When Saul left God, he went to the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:8). 3. The serpent has a subtlety in its wings; for naturalists report, such serpents are found in Ethiopia, as have wings; and the Scripture mentions a fiery flying serpent (Isaiah 14:29). Which wings denote the sub…

Sometimes there is no expression to that purpose, only God affirms that he has sworn, for he is every way his own witness (1 Samuel 3:14): I have sworn to the House of Eli. So Psalm 132, Isaiah 14:24. Sometimes he expresseth some of the properties of his nature, as Psalm 89:35:…

2. The most likely thing in their sin was pride, there is pride in every sin, namely a despising and contempt of the commandment; and this is a sin agreeable enough to a spiritual nature, as adultery, drunkenness, and such sins are proper to a corporal and sensitive nature, ⟨in…

It is affirmed of the Prince of Tyrus, that he said, He was a God, and sat in the Seat of God (Ezekiel 28:3). And the like foolish thoughts are ascribed to the King of Babylon (Isaiah 14:13, 14). None of the children of men can attain so great glory, power and dominion in this w…

Now such a hope as Arminians allow to Heathen and Indians, to Reprobates, who believe that Christ died for all and every one, and such as perish eternally, we gladly leave to themselves; and if our doctrine of particular redemption furnishes ground of despair as opposed to this…

Princeps, Dominus, Caput familiae; the Prince, Lord, and Head of the family, that has right to the inheritance, and distributes portions to others. Hence [⟨ in non-Latin alphabet ⟩] is used for every thing that excels, and has the preeminence in its own kind (Job 18:10; Isaiah 1…

Neither is the word any where else used in the Scripture, and may as well have something foreign in it, as come from its root. So also v. 17. is no where else used for sobolescet, or pliabit, as it is here rendered; from a Son, which is but three times used in that signification…

When God lays us low, he can lay us lower, and therefore it is best for us, to lay ourselves as low as we can: so does he, who sits upon the ground, if his heart sit down with him too. It is possible for the body to lie groveling upon the earth, when the spirit is nestling among…

It's ever true (John 3:8), The wind blows where it lists. The more angel-like and the more spiritual pride is, such as is angel-haughtiness in the damned spirits who were not content with their own station, and in Eve, the more sinful guiltiness is in it; pride resulting from ac…

Flying to him for Refuge, Hebrews 6:18 as before. Looking unto Christ, or beholding him, Isaiah 14:25. Look unto me all ye Ends of the Earth and be saved.

For there is a man speaking within a man, and a heart within a heart acting, as if it were a man made up of soul and body. You have said in your heart, I will ascend up to Heaven, so the King of Babylon (Isaiah 14:13). So the heart acts Heaven or Hell within the man (Psalm 14:1;…

14. And upon this account there is required a deadening of our hearts to shipping and trading with diverse mighty nations, as we see in the case of Tyre (Ezekiel 27), of Babylon (Revelation 18:11-13; Jeremiah 51). So are we to be mortified to fair houses (Isaiah 5:8), stately ci…

And Alexander hearing that Parmenio his General had won the Victory, and his young Son Alexander was born the same day, prayed the Gods to spice his joy with some bitterness, lest he should surfeit of too much joy. But this prosperous state of the wicked is matter rather of pity…

On either side of the river was also a meadow, curiously beautified with lilies; and it was green all the year long. In this meadow they lay down and slept, for here they might lie down safely (Psalm 23:2; Isaiah 14:30). When they awoke they gathered again of the fruit of the tr…

And all the bright lights of Heaven will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord God: behold Heaven and Earth, Sun, Moon and stars, all shaken and confounded, in the destruction of Egypt, the thing the Prophet treats of, their kingdom and nation bein…

This will, according to which it is said, He would that no man should know it, was his human will, according to which the Lord Jesus was a man as we are, yet without sin; which was not always fulfilled; for his Divine will, being backed with omnipotency, can never be resisted: i…

Which certain and infallible execution of his pleasure, is extended to particular contingent events (chapter 48:17). Yes, it is an ordinary thing with the Lord, to confirm the certainty of those things that are yet for to come, from his own decree: as — The Lord of Hosts has swo…

I have purposed I will also do it (verse 11). No, so certain is he of accomplishing all his purposes; that he confirms it with an oath, the Lord of Hosts has sworn, surely as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, and as I have purposed so it shall stand (Isaiah 14:24). And i…

The greatness of the Persian emperors made them all usurp religious worship from their subjects. The like insolence we find in the Babylonian monarchs, they exalted themselves above the height of the clouds, and made themselves equal to the most high (Isaiah 14:14). Indeed their…

It is an assuming of a dominion over the souls and consciences of men in the worship of God, wherein and whereby this may be pretended, and therein alone. And all this description of the invasion of the Throne of God, from where he, who did so, is compared to Lucifer, who sought…

Q. 2. What are the decrees of God? A. (a) Eternal, (b) unchangeable purposes of his will, concerning the being, and well-being of his creatures. (a) Micah 5:2; Ephesians 3:9; Acts 15:18. (b) Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 46:10; Romans 9:12; 2 Timothy 2:19. Q. 3. Concerning which of his c…

Q 2. What are the decrees of God? A. (a) Eternal, (b) unchangeable purposes of his will, concerning the being, and well-being of his creatures. (a) Micah 5:2, Ephesians 3:9, Acts 15:18. (b) Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 46:10, Romans 9:12, 2 Timothy 2:19. Q. 3. Concerning which of his cr…