Nehemiah 7

For to this end it was not only needful that he should be declared to be a Priest, as the Messiah was to be, but also in that declaration all those circumstances were to be observed, wherein the nature of the priesthood of Christ might be any way praefigured. After this the Chur…

A Christian recreation, is an exercise of some thing indifferent, both for the nature & use of it, only for the necessary refreshing of the body or mind, or both. So are allowed in the Scriptures the use of the Bow (2 Samuel 1:18), of Music (Nehemiah 7:67), of hunting (Canticles…

Use: It informs us who are God's servants. Those that have most of this fear of God planted in their hearts (Nehemiah 7:2): "He was a faithful man, and feared God above many." And then that they express it in their conduct; God will not take it as planted in our hearts, if we do…

He had a true godliness, or a filial awe of God which kept him from sin, and the temptations whereby it might insinuate itself into his soul. So Obadiah, Ahab's Steward, is described to be a man that feared God greatly (1 Kings 18:3), and of one Hananiah it is said (Nehemiah 7:2…

Fourthly, the Magistrates exercised their coercive power in matters of Religion, as freely after Urim and Thummim were lost, and that judgment ceased, as they did before, which clearly shows the enquiring by Urim under the old Law, was not the cause of those laws concerning puni…

Isaiah 60:4: Lift up your eyes round about, and see, all they gather themselves about, they shall come to you: your sons shall come from far, and your sons shall be nourished at your side. Israel marrying and Israel according to the flesh is the holy seed (Nehemiah 7:61; Nehemia…