Mark 3

You may as well bid an elephant fly in the air, as a covetous man live by faith. We preach to men to give freely to Christ's poor; but covetousness makes them to be like him in the gospel, who had a withered hand (Mark 3:1). They have a withered hand, and cannot stretch it out t…

Here was a temptation handed over to him by his wife: the woman was made of the rib, the Devil turned this rib into an arrow, and would have shot Job to the heart, but his faith quenched this fiery dart. Beware of carnal relations: we read, that some of Christ's kindred laid hol…

But to hold out Christ upon the one side to be a man of sorrows, and upon the other side to show that men esteemed him not: how was he undervalued at his birth when his mother was thrust out to a stable, and he laid in a manger? And no sooner does he appear in the exercise of hi…

It's unbelievers through their unbelief, they think not Christ worth the having, and reject all that is spoken of Him, and cry away with Him, as the Jews did; and as to their particular guilt, they crucify Him, for they cannot refuse Him, without affronting Him, and can there be…

How often was our Lord Jesus, the most excellent and tender preacher that ever preached, put to this complaint? All the affronts and reproaches He met with, grieved Him not so much as the unbelief and hardness of heart that were in the people; It is said (Mark 3:5), that He look…

James commands not such a confession. Daniel's, Ezra's, Peter's confession were some other thing (John 1:20; Acts 19:18; Hebrews 11:13; Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 4:2; Mark 3:6; Joshua 7:19; Daniel 9:4; Romans 10:10; 1 Timothy 6:13; Psalm 32:5; James 5:16; Leviticus 5:5; Leviticus 1…

So abundant was he in Labors, that oftentimes he scarcely allowed himself Time to eat or drink; insomuch that his Friends sometimes went out to lay hold of him, saying, He is beside himself. Mark 3:20, 21. That three Years and an half of his public Ministry was so filled with Ac…

His baptism was the taking of the field as General; we undertake to fight under him in our rank and place. 2. At this baptismal engagement the Father had given him a testimony by a voice from heaven, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, and the Holy Ghost had descen…

For of such Christ says (Luke 13:26), Depart from me you workers of iniquity. It was a great privilege to be allied to Christ in respect of blood, yet in the kingdom of Christ, it is of no use: and therefore Christ says, He that does the will of my Father, is my brother, sister,…

Outward actions of fasting, alms, prayer. Nay, kindred and alliance, as to be mother or brother of Christ, is nothing: for if the blessed virgin had not borne Christ in her heart, as she did in her womb, she should never have been saved (Luke 11:27-28); and if his kinsmen had no…

Mark 3:13-19 13. And he went up into a mountain, and called to him whom he would: and they came to him.

21. And in his name the Gentiles will trust. Mark 3:6-12 6. And the Pharisees went out, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, to destroy him.

24. But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out devils but by Beelzebub prince of the devils. Mark 3:20-22 20. And they come into the house, and immediately a multitude assembled, so that they could not even eat bread.

32. And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but he who shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in the present life nor in the future. Mark 3:23-30 23. And having called them to him, he spoke in parables,…

50. For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. Mark 3:31-35 31. And his mother and brethren came, and standing without, sent to him to call him.

And he stretched it out, and it was restored to soundness like the other. Mark 3:1-5 1. And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there having a withered hand.

We read of his great Zeal, fulfilling that in the sixty-ninth Psalm, The Zeal of thine House hath eaten me up, John 2:17. We read of his Grief for the Sins of Men, Mark 3:5. He looked round about on them with Anger, being grieved for the Hardness of their Hearts.

And on this Account is the Opposition made between him and the Unholy, or unclean Spirit. Mark. 3. 29, 30. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, has never forgivness.

So the Captains of the Host esteemed the Prophet that came to anoint Jehu, 2 Kings 9. 11. And the Kindred of our Saviour, when he began to Preach the Gospel, said, He was besides himself, or extatical, Mark 3. 21. and they went out to lay hold of him. So Festus judged of Paul, A…

And as these natural disunions are the affliction of natural things; so civil disunions and civil divisions are much more the affliction of people and nations. Christ assures us that the strongest Kingdom divided cannot stand (Mark 3:24). Weak things are strong by union, and tha…

My zeale has even consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten your law. Mark. 3. 5. Christ mourned for the hardnesse of the hearts of the people. and Luke 19. 41, 42.

And so again, (Matthew 12:10): Christ heals a man that had a withered hand, and justifies this work of charity to this man, by their works of mercy to their beasts; and asserts, (verse 12): It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days. Indeed, he appeals to their very consciences…

And therefore we find that passage (Psalm 59) applied to this action of Christ, "The zeal of your house has eaten me up." So likewise, when by their hypocritical silence they seemed to discountenance and disallow the curing of a man on the Sabbath Day, it is said, he looked roun…

The wicked are still dissuading us from this violence; they will say, it is preciseness and singularity. As Christ's friends laid hold on him when he was going to preach (Mark 3:21), they went out to lay hold on him; for they said, he is beside himself. Such as are unacquainted…

But truly and properly did he prefer his Spouse before his mother. For when he was instructing his Spouse, and his mother came to interrupt him, he said to his mother, who is my mother? and to his Spouse, behold my mother (Mark 3:33-34). Of the same mind must the Church, and all…

4. It justifies our zeal in reproving. Surely reproof had need to be managed with great tenderness and compassion, that it may not seem to flow from hatred and ill-will to the persons reproved, nor from petulancy of spirit, nor a desire of venting reproaches, but from pure zeal…

Afflictions are compared in Scripture to fire that purges away our dross (1 Peter 1:7): Now for a season if need be, you are in manifold temptations, that the trial of your faith being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to…

The poets feign that Biblis was turned into a fountain; thus we should wish with Jeremiah that our eyes were a fountain of tears, that we might weep day and night for the iniquity of the times. Our blessed Savior mourned for the sins of the Jews (Mark 3:5), being grieved super c…

If it were Iron it might be mollified in the furnace; but a Stone put in the fire will not melt, it will sooner fly in your face. Impenitency is a sin grieves Christ, (Mark 3:5). Being grieved for the hardness of their hearts.

If they are suffer'd to make an inroad into the mind, if we accustom our selves to give them entertainment, if they are wont to lodge within, in vain shall we hope or desire to be spiritually minded. Herein consists a principal part of that duty which our Savior so frequently, s…

For can you think there is a disagreement between him and the Father about these things? And whereas we find our blessed Lord, in the days of his flesh, one while complaining men would not come to him that they might have life (John 5:40), elsewhere grieved at the hardness of th…

The places are: Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; John 9:32; Ephesians 2:7; 3:9; Colossians 1:26; Hebrews 6:5. The places are as follows: Matthew 6:13; 21:19; Mark 11:14; Luke 1:33, 55; John 4:14; 6:51, 58; 8:35, twice, 51, 52; 10:28; 11:26; 12:34; 13:8; 14:16; Acts 15:18; Romans 1:25; 9:…

Next follows Doctor C.'s answer to the argument from what is said concerning the sin against the Holy Ghost (Matthew 12:32); Whoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. (Mark 3:29); He that shall bla…

They are Matthew 12:31-32; The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, shall not be forgiven to men — whoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world neither in the world to come. Mark 3:29: He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, has…

We cry, Lord Jesus, lovest thou us? and again, Lord Jesus, lovest thou us? and that with distrustful thoughts, that it is not, it cannot be. Of the Unbelieving Jews, the Holy Ghost tells us, Jesus was grieved for the hardness of their hearts: Mark 3:5. And as it is bitter to him…