Micah 5

Has Christ waded through a sea of blood and wrath to purchase my peace, has he not only made peace, but spoken peace to me; how should my heart ascend in a fiery chariot of love, how willing should I be to do and suffer for Christ! 3. This peace quiets the heart in trouble (Mica…

But it is certain in general that they were great oppressors of the world roving up and down for dominion and spoil. Therefore Abraham's conquest of them, was not only a pledge of the final success of the church in the world, but also a representation of the usefulness of the ch…

As when Paul first preached at Philippi, Lydia only was converted, who was a stranger in those parts, belonging to the city of Thyatira in Asia (Acts 16:14, 15). And a whole country may fare the better for one city, and a whole city for some part of it, as (Micah 5:7). God conce…

And among other things, lest they should glory in this, that whatever they were before, they became afterward as silver refined seven times in the furnace; no, says the Lord, I have refined you in some sort, but not as silver, not so as that you are clean from your dross: but I…

And of a child that should be the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6). This the Prophets foretold that he should be God, and the Son of God (Micah 5:2). His going forth is from everlasting, though born at Bethlehem; so the bud of the Lord, and the fruit of the earth…

"Neque parum facit;" -- "ce n'est pas un poinct de petite importance." to the certainty of faith to know, that Mary was drawn suddenly, and contrary to her own intention, to Bethlehem, that "out of it might come forth" (Micah 5:2) the Redeemer, as he had been formerly promised.…

Thus it stands literally in the Prophet: “And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth to me, who is Ruler in Israel,” (Micah 5:2.) For Ephratah Matthew has put Judah, but the meaning is the same; for Micah…

And therefore upon his Ascension he says that he went to his God and Father (John 20:17). And he rules in the name and majesty of God (Micah 5:4). This is the importance of the words; they intend not the eternal and natural relation that is between the Father and Son, which neit…

That he should be honoured and worshipped of all nations (Psalm 45:11, 12; Psalm 72:10, 11, 15), and yet that he should be rejected and despised as one altogether undesirable (Isaiah 53:3). That he should stand and feed, or rule in the name and majesty of God (Micah 5:4), and ye…

This is [in non-Latin alphabet], Messiah, the prince, leader, or ruler over all. And [in non-Latin alphabet] is the same with [in non-Latin alphabet] (Micah 5:1), the ruler; and [in non-Latin alphabet] (Ezekiel 34:23), the shepherd; and [in non-Latin alphabet], the prince, or [i…

The Genealogie of Matthew declared, and of Luke. The place of the Birth of the Messiah, Bethlehem, Micah 5:2. Circumstances enforcing this consideration.

The principal distributions of these, planting themselves together in the cities or towns of Canaan, however afterward they multiplied or were decreased, continued to be called by the names of the thousands of Israel, or Judah. So Bethlehem Ephratah is said to be little among th…

For the former, they declare that he was to be the Son of God, God and Man in one Person (Psalm 2:7; Psalm 110:1; Isaiah 9:6, 7; Jeremiah 23:5, 6; Zechariah 2:8, 9, 10), and in sundry other places is the same mystery intimated, whereby the Church was farther instructed how God w…

Hosea 14:8. Micah 5.2. Vindicated.

2. That Christ's flock may be, indeed, usually are in hazard both of sin or straying, and also of affliction. 3. That Christ Jesus is tender of his people, in reference to any hazard they are in of sin, or suffering; He is the good shepherd (John 10:11), he carries the lambs in…

And if ever the government of this nation, in this present constitution, suppose it the most exactly framed, and balanced, in the several parts of it, for the furtherance of public good, be devolved into the hands of men, not interested in God by Christ, though the constitution…

(Numbers 23:9) "Lo the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nation; yea they are separated from them, while they are in their bowels, and dwell in the midst of them." (Micah 5:7, 8) Whether they are among them, as the spring of their mercies, or the rise…

And in what glory does he exercise this power? He gives eternal life to his elect: ruling them in the power of God (Micah 5:3) until he bring them to himself; and for his enemies! His arrows are sharp in their hearts (Psalm 45:5) he dips his vesture in their blood: Oh how glorio…

First and principally; in that which is internal and spiritual, in and over the souls of men, over spirits both good and bad, in reference to the ends which he has to accomplish upon them: of that which is direct and immediate upon the hearts and souls of men, there are two part…

Falsehoods need some outward interest to back them, and the supports of a secular arm; but God's interest does many times stand alone, though God does now and then make kings nursing fathers, and queens nursing-mothers, according to his promise (Isaiah 49:23). Oftentimes the Chu…

Peace is a crown jewel of his reign; he whispers his love to the soul and sends his Spirit, that blessed dove, which brings an olive branch of peace in its mouth. The peace which Christ gives is peace in the midst of trouble (Micah 5:5): this man shall be our peace, when the ene…

Sooner or later he will call to an account every instrument of persecution in the world. Hence he is said to be a Lion in the behalf of this House, that treads down all before him (Micah 5:8). Jacob says of him in Judah, He is a Lion, as an old Lion, who shall rouse him up? (Gen…

Christ is a noble example in this, teaching us to ride at this [reconstructed: anchor] of hope: 'you are my God by Covenant.' (Micah 5:4): Christ shall feed in the Name of the Lord his God (Isaiah 55:4). Argument 2. Is taken from the Lord's way of calling of Christ to his Office…

(5.) God swore to the Son of David for the seed, that is, for the whole race, and gave them all to Christ, and gave you among them; and Christ closed with the condition, though you cannot come to application. It's good to feed the soul upon the solacing thoughts, I cannot apply,…

The whole world owes its preservation and being, to them, whom they make it their business to root out of it: they are as the foolish woman, that pulls down her own house with both her hands. It is not your counsels, you know how they have been divided, entangled, ensnared, it i…

For if it be rightly concluded that from his conception he began to be the Son of God, because he that is conceived is called the Son of God, then shall it follow that he began to be the Word at his manifesting in the flesh, because John says that he brings them tidings of the W…

Those doxologies which the Scripture uses are but acknowledgments of this attribute: "Blessed be the Lord for ever and ever" (Nehemiah 9:5); "To whom be glory, and honor, and dominion, for ever and ever" (Galatians 1:5); and in many other places. Here we may refer all those plac…

1. Because he is given to fulfill the covenant on both sides. 2. He is the covenant, in abstracto, he is very peace and reconciliation itself (Micah 5:5). And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come to our land.

For indeed it is that wherein God designs a good to all, Vir bonus communeBonum. A good man is a good to all (Micah 5:7). And therefore God in the communication of saving grace to any, has a three-fold respect to others, which it is the duty of them that receive it diligently to…

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…