Joshua 23

(Revelation 22:17) This is called willing, "whoever will, let him come and take of the water of life freely"; the soul has a good will to the thing. It is held forth by several other expressions in the Scripture, it is called a cleaving to the Lord, or sticking to him (Joshua 23…

Thus dying Jacob when Joseph was come to take his last farewell of him in this world, strengthened himself and sate upon the bed, and related to him the eminent appearances of God to him, and the places where, Genesis 48. 2, 3. as also an account of his afflictions, Verse 7. So…

Ye that did cleave, or adhere unto the Lord; that is, who did believe. Joshua 23:8. cleave, or adhere unto the Lord your God. The same word is used also in the New testament, Acts 11:23.

Secondly, We find that God does severely both threaten and punish such as give external worship to any other but himself: How often are the Israelites reproved for bowing the knee to Baal, for baking cakes to the Queen of Heaven? Indeed, idolatry is very usually set forth in Scr…

And it is God's manner, when he has very great mercies to bestow on a visible people, first to fit them for them, and then to bestow them on them. So it was here: They believed in God, and by him overcame Sihon and Og, and the giants of Canaan; and are commended for cleaving unt…

How true has God been to his church, and remembered his mercy from generation to generation! We may say concerning what God has done hitherto for his church, as Joshua said to the children of Israel, Joshua 23:14. "That not one thing hath failed of all that the Lord our God hath…

Section 24. Thus God who himself began the writing of the Word with his own finger, Exodus 31:11; after he had spoken it Exodus 20; appointing or approving the writing of the rest that followed, Deuteronomy 31:12; Joshua 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6; 2 Kings 17:13; 1 Chronicl…

This has been the practice of God's saints: Joshua takes notice of it. (Joshua 23:14) Not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. (1 Kings 8:56) There has not failed one word of all his good promises, which he has promised by the…

David owned the kindness as coming according to his word. So do the servants of God observe his accomplishing promises, (Joshua 23:14) And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts, and in all your souls that not one thing has failed o…

So (Deuteronomy 29:14, 15) he says not, he shall make another Covenant with these when they shall be born: but I make a Covenant with you, and with these that are not here, not born. Hence by way of excellency he calls it the Covenant, the Covenant of the Lord (Jeremiah 2[illegi…

It notes a godly submission that the soul dare not speak against God (Psalm 37:7): rest in the Lord — [reconstructed: be subject to] JEHOVAH; LXX: sub ditus esto Domino (Psalm 62:6); from which faith teaches us to submit and hold our peace and lay the mouth in the dust, as a spi…