Joshua 10

(2.) In the days of Joshua, the king of Hierusalem was called Adonizedec, a name of the same signification with Melchisedec, which possibly from him was the name of the kings who afterwards reigned in that city. And that man as it should seem was in some reputation for righteous…

This appurtenance of them to the Ark, the Apostle expresseth by the Preposition [⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩] from the Hebrew [⟨in non-Latin alphabet⟩] now this preposition is so frequently used in the Scripture to signify, adhesion, conjunction, approximation, appurtenance of one t…

And again, "I will make your enemies your footstool" (Psalm 110:1). As Joshua dealt with the five kings that were hidden in the cave (Joshua 10:24); he first makes a slaughter of their armies; then he brings them forth and makes the people to set their feet on their necks, and t…

Luther's prayer recovered Theodorus Vitus of a consumption, after the physicians had given him over for dead. The prayer of the righteous has stopped the sun in its full career (Joshua 10:13). It has divided the waters (Exodus 14:15).

Objection 3. Some books of the canon of Scripture are lost, as the book of the Wars of God (Numbers 21:14), the book of the Just (Joshua 10:13), the books of Chronicles of the kings of Israel and Judah (1 Kings 14:19), and the books of certain prophets, Nathan, Gad, Iddo, Ahijah…

I do not remember any instance in Scripture, that God went out of the usual tract of his providence, and acted in an extraordinary manner, but where his people were one way or other concerned. It was for Joshua's and the Israelites' sake that the sun was arrested to stand still…

It may be objected, the Apostles, Prophets, and others, had a gift to work miracles. Joshua commanded the sun to stand (Joshua 10:12): and Elijah commanded fire to come down from heaven (2 Kings 1). Answer: God never gave to any man power to work and effect a miracle, either med…

For they stick not to belch out glorious titles without any shame at all, albeit the lamentable confusion [2 pages missing] to flight in the valley of Baal-perazim by the pursuit of David (2 Samuel 5:20-25; 1 Chronicles 14:11). Secondly, when the Amorites and other enemies were…

For he says, that the Lord will work far above the order of nature, in this his liberality. We never read that the light of the sun was augmented, unless it were when it stayed itself in the days of Joshua, that he might have leisure to pursue his enemies (Joshua 10:13). Also in…

Locusts are his mighty army to punish Israel (Joel 2:25). Hailstones destroy the Canaanites (Joshua 10:11). Stones of the wall slay the Syrians (1 Kings 20:30).

The expression is metaphorical, and is to be interpreted and applied variously, according to the nature and condition of the enemies with whom he has to do. The allusion in general is taken from what was done by Joshua his type, towards the enemies of his people (Joshua 10:24);…

We are created anew to be his holy frame and workmanship, and then hardly can we but consent; nor bought we his love-influences. Yes, nor is the Lord obliged to give the Sun-influences for shining and moving, nor the fire for casting out heat: he has interposed his sovereignty i…

Assure yourselves (Christians) there is a day of recompenses for the controversy of Zion coming (Isaiah 34:8), and it is at hand; behold the judge stands before the door (James 5:9). Then vice and wickedness which now appear so daring, so threatening, will be effectually and irr…

(3.) It is to look with delight and confidence (Isaiah 17:7), as oppressed servants (Psalm 123:1-2). (4.) There is a word that notes to be silent, not to speak, not to move (Joshua 10:12-13): the Sun was silent, it moved not. It notes a godly submission that the soul dare not sp…

The ox and the donkey being more knowing to their owner, and the swallow and the crane being more discerning of their times, than men are. 2. They so keep their line, that there is more self-denial in their actings, than in man's way: as if fire were not fire, and nature in it d…

For it is above the power of natural generation, that the substance of one creature should be really turned into the substance of another, as the substance of a rod into the substance of a serpent. Of the like kind, were the standing of the sun in the firmament without moving in…

When it is said Christ's enemies shall be made his footstool (Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 10:13), no one will pretend that this means either a cordial submission to Christ, or annihilation. When the captains of Israel put their feet on the necks of the Canaanite kings (Joshua 10:24), a…