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Contents of the Works of John Gill
Volume 1:
The Cause of God and Truth, Parts 1 & 2
Volume 2:
The Cause of God and Truth, Parts 3 & 4
Volume 3:
An Exposition of the Book of Solomon’s Song
Volume 4:
A Complete Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity –
Book 1: Of God – His Word Names, Nature, Perfections,
and Persons
Book 2: Of the Acts and Works of God
Book 3: Of the External Works of God
Book 4: Of the Acts of the Grace of God Towards and upon His Elect
in Time
Book 5: Of the Grace of Christ, as Expressed in His States of
Humiliation and Exaltation and the Offices Exercised by Him in
Them
Book 6: Of the Blessings of Grace
Volume 5:
A Complete Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity –
Book 1: Of the Final State of Men
Book 2: Of the Worship of God, or Practical Religion
Book 3: Of External Worship, as Public
Book 4: Of the Public Ordinances of Divine Worship

Book 5: Of Private Worship, or of Various Duties, Personal, Relative,
Domestic, and Civil
A Dissertation Concerning the Baptism of Jewish Proselytes
Volume 6:
A Collection of Sermons and Tracts –
Annual Sermons
Volume 6 (cont.):
Occasional Sermons
Funeral Sermons
Volume 7:
A Collection of Sermons and Tracts –
Ordination Sermons
Polemical Tracts
Dissertations
Volume 8:
A Collection of Sermons and Tracts –
The Doctrine of the Trinity: Stated and Defended
Sermon 1: The Doctrine of the Resurrection, Stated and Defended:
in Two Sermons
Sermon 2
The Doctrine of Justification: By the Righteousness of Christ,
Stated and Maintained

The Doctrines of God’s Everlasting Love to His Elect, and Their
Eternal Union with Christ
The Doctrine of the Saints Final Perseverance, Asserted and Vindicated
The Doctrine of Predestination: Stated, and Set in the Scripture Light
The Prophesies of the Old Testament, respecting the Messiah,
Considered; and Proved to be Literally Fulfilled in Jesus
A Dissertation: Concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language,
Letters, Vowel-Points, and Accents
Two Discourses; The One on Prayer, the Other on Singing of Psalms:
From 1 Corinthians 14:15
An Essay: On the Original of Funeral Sermons, Orations, and Odes
A Declaration of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ in
Carter-Lane, Southwark
Volume 9:
A Discourse on the Five Points
A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion
Miscellaneous

The
WORKS OF JOHN GILL, D.D.
Volume 1
The Cause of God and Truth
Parts 1 & 2
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The Works of John Gill, D.D. – Volume 1
The Cause of God and Truth – Parts 1 & 2
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CONTENTS
Publisher’s Note
General Preface
Original Preface
ix
xi
xix
PART 1
EXAMINATION OF
SECTION PAGE
1. Gen. 4:7 1
2. Gen. 6:3 7
3. Deut. 5:29 13
4. Deut. 8:2 17
5. Deut. 30:19 23
6. Deut. 32:29 32
7. Psalm 81:13-14 36
8. Psalm 125:3 39
9. Psalm 145:9 42
10. Prov. 1:22-30 45
11. Isa. 1:16, 17 51
12. Isa. 1:18, 19 54
13. Isa. 5:4 57
14. Isa. 30:15 61
15. Isa. 55:1 65
16. Isa. 55:6 67
17. Isa. 55:7 69
18. Jer. 4:4 73
19. Ezek. 18:2475
20. Ezek. 18:3080
21. Ezek. 18:31, 32 84
22. Ezek. 24:1388
23. Matt. 5:13 90
24. Matt. 11:21, 23 94
25. Matt. 23:37 97
26. Matt. 25:14–30 101
27. Luke 19:41, 42 104
28. John 1:7 108
29. John 5:34 113
30. John 5:40 115
EXAMINATION OF
SECTION PAGE

31. John 12:32 117
32. Acts 3:19 120
33. Acts 7:51 125
34. Rom. 5:18 127
35. Rom. 11:32 131
36. Rom. 14:15 134
37. 1 Cor. 8:11 137
38. 1 Cor. 10:12 139
39. 2 Cor. 5:14, 15 144
40. 2 Cor. 5:19 150
41. 2 Cor. 6:1 154
42. 2 Cor. 11:2, 3 157
43. Phil. 2:12 159
44. 1 Tim. 1:19, 20 164
45. 1 Tim. 2:4 171
PART 2
CHAPTER 1:
OF REPROBATION 243
A VINDICATION OF
SECTION
PAGE
1. Prov. 16:4 246
2. John 12:39-40 251
3. 1 Pet. 2:8 254
4. Jude, 4 259
46. 1 Tim. 4:10 179
47. Tit. 2:11, 12 181
48. Epistle to the Hebrews
186
49. Heb. 2:9 189
50. Heb. 6:4-6 193
51. Heb. 10:26-29 198
52. Heb. 10:38 204
53. 2 Pet. 1:10 208
54. 2 Pet. 2:1 211
55. 2 Pet. 2:20-22 214
56. 2 Pet. 3:9 216
57. 1 John 2:2 221
58. Jude, 21 230
59. Rev. 2-3 234
60. Rev. 3:20 240
5. Rev. 13:8 264
CHAPTER 2:
OF ELECTION 271
1. 1 Pet. 2:9 272
2. Rom. 9:10-13 282
3. Coloss. 3:12 290
4. Ephes. 1:4 292
5. Rom. 8:28-29 296

6. John 6:37 300
7. Acts 13:48 308
8. Rom. 8:29-30 317
9. 2 Tim. 2:19 326
10. Rom. 5:19 329
CHAPTER 3:
OF REDEMPTION 337
1. Matt. 20:28 338
2. John 10:15 343
3. John 17:9 345
4. Rom. 8:34 348
5. Rom. 8:32 351
6. Rom. 5:10 354
7. John 15:13 357
CHAPTER 4: OF
EFFICACIOUS GRACE
361
1. Ephes. 1:19, 20 362
2. 2 Cor. 5:17 366
3. John 3:5 369
4. Ephes. 2:1 372
5. 1 Cor. 2:14 376
6. 2 Cor. 3:5 379
7. John 15:5 382
8. John 6:44 385
9. Acts 11:18 390
10. Acts 16:14 393
11. Jer. 31:18 396
12. Jer. 31:33 400
13. Ezek. 36:26 404
14. Phil. 2:13 407
15. 1 Cor. 4:7 410
16. Ephes. 2:8-9 414
CHAPTER 5: OF THE
CORRUPTION OF
HUMAN NATURE, AND
THE IMPOTENCE OF
THE WILL OF MAN TO
THAT WHICH IS
SPIRITUALLY GOOD
419
1. Job 14:4 420
2. Psalm 51:5 422
3. Gen. 6:5 430
4. John 3:6 435
5. Rom. 7:18-19 437
6. Rom. 8:7-8 446
CHAPTER 6: OF
PERSEVERANCE 449
1. John 13:1 451
2. John 17:12 453
3. Rom. 11:29 456

4. Matt. 24:24 458
5. John 6:39, 40 462
6. Rom. 11:2 467
7. Rom. 8:38, 39 469
8. Ephes. 1:13, 14 472
9. 1 Pet. 1:5 476
10. 1 John 2:19 478
11. 1 John 3:9 482
12. Isa. 54:10 485
13. Isa. 59:21 489
14. Hos. 2:19-20 493
15. Jer. 32:40 496
16. John 14:16 500
17. John 10:28 503
18. 1 Cor. 1:8-9 507
Scripture Index 515

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General Preface
John Gill (1697–1771), known affectionately as “Dr. Voluminous,” 1
was a scholar-pastor who served as a faithful minister to the same
church for fifty-one years in Southwark (London). Additionally, God
used Mr. Gill to stand as a tower of truth to fellow Baptists
throughout the country and was also greatly appreciated by “many
other churches of different denominations.” 2
By many accounts he can rightly be considered the greatest
theologian within the Particular (Calvinistic) Baptist tradition. He left
an indelible impression upon the eighteenth-century non-conformist
religious movement, and according to fellow minister and admirer
John Collet Ryland, he is to be credited for the Particular Baptist’s
“unswerving allegiance to the doctrine of Scripture” 3 during a time
when many churches throughout England were crippled by the
rationalistic proponents of the Enlightenment movement. 4 In fact, it
was during this time that “only among the Baptists do we find
traditional Reformed orthodox exegesis of any significant note, in the
work of the brilliant but somewhat anachronistic figure of John
Gill.” 5 In this way, Gill stood as “a bastion against the destructive
forces unleashed during the eighteenth century” 6 and thus, will
1 A term believed to be coined by Gill’s friend John Collet Ryland referencing Gills
insatiable appetite for reading, learning, and most noticeably, writing.
2 John Rippon, A Brief Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Late Rev. John Gill, D.D.
Reprint ed., edited by D. W. Barger (London: Knightstown, IN: Particular Baptist
Heritage Books, 2022), 34.
3 John Collet Ryland, The Beauty of Social Religion (Northhamptonshire Baptist
Association, 1771), 7.
4 A movement which questioned many truths fundamental to the Christian faith. It
resulted in the growth of Deism and other more radical forms of unbelief such as
Skepticism and Atheism.
5
Carl R. Trueman, “The End of Reformed Orthodoxy,” in The Oxford Handbook
of Early Modern Theolgy, 1600-1800, edited by Ulrich L. Lehner, Richard A.
Muller, A. G. Roeber (New York City: Oxford University Press, 2016), 192.
6 Michael Haykin, “John Gill Comes to London (1719).” Unpublished seminary
lecture given at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary, Owensboro, KY.

forever be remembered for his contributions to and defense of
English Reformed orthodoxy.
Regarding Gill’s theological commitments, Muller observes that Gill
“stands in the trajectory of the older Reformed orthodoxy … [and]
remains one of the most significant representatives of so-called precritical
exegesis in eighteenth-century Britain.” 7 Elsewhere, Muller
suggests that a “brief survey of Gill’s sources indicates that, after the
Bible, the main positive points of reference for Gill’s theology were
the great Reformed and Puritan writers of the seventeenth century.” 8
In Muller’s words, this locates Gill “in relation to the Reformed
dogmatic tradition, specifically, the tradition of Puritanism and its
continental analogue, post-Reformation Reformed orthodoxy.” 9
Furthermore, it evidences that “without in any way diminishing Gills
commitment to the distinctive teachings of the Baptist churches, it
identifies the larger number of his theological antecedents as thinkers
not belonging to the Baptist tradition: Gill was not, in other words,
and insular thinker, but he was clearly selective.” 10
Perhaps Gill’s unwavering commitment to Biblical and Reformed
truth could be best communicated by sharing an actual account
related to his work entitled The Cause of God and Truth. 11 Since its
original publication in 1738, it stands unmatched as the surest
defense of the doctrines of grace.
C. H. Spurgeon records, “My eminent predecessor, Dr. [John] Gill,
was told, by a certain member of his congregation who ought to have
known better, that if he published his book, The Cause of God and
Truth, he would lose some of his best friends, and that his income
7 Richard A. Muller, “Review of The Collected Writings of John Gill by John Gill.” Calvin
Theological Journal 38.2 (2003), 380.
8 Richard A. Muller, “John Gill and the Reformed Tradition: A Study in the
Reception of Protestant Orthodoxy in the Eighteenth Century,” in The Life and
Thought of John Gill (1697-1771): A Tercentennial Appreciation, edited by Michael Haykin
(Leiden: Brill, 1997), 55.
9 Muller, “John Gill and the Reformed Tradition,” 55.
10 Muller, “John Gill and the Reformed Tradition,” 55.
11
John Gill, The Cause of God and Truth in Four Parts, Reprint ed., edited by D. W.
Barger (Knightstown, IN: Particular Baptist Heritage Books, 2022).

would fall off. The doctor said, 'I can afford to be poor, but I cannot
afford to injure my conscience;' and he has left his mantle as well as
his chair in our vestry." 12
While Gill wrote prolifically on many practical and doctrinal subjects,
today he is perhaps best known for his commentary on the whole
Bible, which remains in popular use today. 13 This massive
undertaking took Gill roughly twenty-two years to complete, from
1746 to 1768, and when completed the work filled ten thousand
pages in a total of seven folio volumes in small print. In 1748, at the
age of 51, after his completion of the New Testament commentary
portion, Gill was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by the University of
Aberdeen, who among other things, recognized Gill’s rabbinical
scholarship.
The continued demand for Gill’s Commentary and other published
works is perhaps best understood in the words of J. C. Philpot
(1802–1869) in his review of Gill’s ‘Solomon’s Song’: 14
As an expositor of Scripture, Gill shines with unrivaled luster. John
Owen’s Commentary on Hebrews is probably the deepest and
greatest ever given to the church, but Gill is more readable, more
concise and pregnant, more lively and animated than Owen; if he did
not dig so deeply in the mines of heavenly truth nor turn up such
massive ore, yet is there dust of gold in all that he lays bare and
brings to the light of day. Both Owen and Gill were Masters in Israel,
both eminent for natural abilities and acquired learning, both good
and great men whose works praise them in the gates and whom
successive generations rise up and call blessed. 15
12 C. H. Spurgeon, Autobiography, Revised ed., edited by Susannah Spurgeon and
Joseph Harrald (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1973), 2:477.
13 This was the first commentary ever produced by a single author on the entire New
Testament.
14 To learn more about Joseph Philpot, consult J. H. Philpot, The Seceders: the Story of
J. C. Philpot and William Tiptaft, Reprint ed. (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1961).
15 J. C. Philpot, “Review of An Expositions of the Books of Solomon’s Songs,
Commonly Called Canticles.” Gospel Standard Reviews 1 (1901).

Since their original publication, many of Gill’s works have thankfully
survived, largely due to the efforts of David Alfred Doudney (1811–
1894). 16 It is “mainly Doudney’s excellent productions that have
provided the basis of modern reprints.” 17 With some research, one
can still locate many of Gills’ works; however, when found, they are
difficult to read due to small, outdated type and formatting methods.
Considering the ways in which God used this Particular Baptist
minister to reform and guide the Church during a critical time in her
history, it is somewhat baffling as to why Gill’s completed works
have not been compiled and freshly typeset for the benefit of the
modern church. The fault may lie in part to a misunderstanding of
Gill’s life and ministry.
Timothy George shares three reasons why he believes Gill’s life and
ministry has suffered neglect. First, during times of controversary,
Gill was called upon to defend biblical truth. As such, his writings
were at times polemical, which inadvertently produced many enemies
that carried over into following centuries. Second, the theological
descendants of Gill may have, at times, carried his theology further
than he would have been comfortable with. This led to a distorted
view of Gill based on others rather than Gill himself. Third, Gill was
an intense defender of the doctrines of grace (i.e. the five points of
Calvinism). As a result, many of his other works have tended to be
overshadowed by his admirable zeal for gospel purity. George
contends for “a more balanced presentation of his life and work.” 18
This publisher agrees.
Thankfully, in the current century, amid a growing movement to
resource and retrieve classic Reformed theology, Gill has captured
the interest of many. Particular Baptist Heritage Books is excited
about the many efforts underway to reevaluate and publish works
16 Doudney's abridgment of John Gill's expositions of the Old and New Testaments
appeared in six volumes between the years 1852 and 1854.
17 George M. Ella, John Gill and the Cause of God and Truth (Eggleston: Go Publications,
1995).
18
Timothy George, “John Gill”, Theologians of the Baptist Tradition, edited by
Timothy George and David S. Dockery (B&H Academic, Nashville, 2001).

elated to the life and ministry of such an eminent theologian and
exegete so mightily used by God. As part of this commendable effort
to make Gill’s works accessible once again, we have set out to
republish the works of Gill which were not included in Gill’s
Commentary on the Old and New Testament. While Gill’s commentaries
have remained accessible throughout the centuries, his other
important works have largely remained out of print.
The projected Works of John Gill will include nine volumes. A
breakdown of each volume’s content may be found in subsequent
pages of this book. Each volume will include unabridged, newly
typeset, word-for-word republications of the originals. This means
keeping the original spellings, punctuations, and sentence structures
of the originals even as we employ modern fonts, formatting and
book binding techniques. Each volume will be produced with quality
clothbound hard covers and finished off with gold stamped lettering
and satin bookmarks, the type of quality such works deserve.
Our prayer is that the Works of John Gill will further equip modern
Christians in the pursuit of growing in the knowledge and grace of
the Lord Jesus Christ. Gill’s contributions in the areas of theology
and biblical exegesis will be found helpful in aiding any individual to
pursue a deeper understanding God’s word. Lastly, Gill has much to
offer the reader in Christian piety. Although Gill is largely
remembered for his scholastic achievements, the reader will also
discover among Gill’s works a marked tone of warmth and devotion
often found among the writings of the English Puritans and
continental Reformers. This is not only because of Gill’s
acquaintance with such authors, but also because of his own affection
for Jesus Christ—the kind that flows from the heart of a sinner who
knows he has been saved by God’s free grace.
D.W. Barger
Knighstown, IN
2023

THE
C A U S E
OF
GOD AND TRUTH
In Four Parts
WITH
A VINDICATION OF PART IV
FROM THE CAVILS, CALUMNIES, AND DEFAMATIONS OF
MR. HENRY HEYWOOD, &C.
BY JOHN GILL, D.D.
A NEW EDITION
LONDON:
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73, CHEAPSIDE;
R. GRIFFIN AND CO., GLASGOW; TEGG AND CO., DUBLIN; AND J. AND S. A.
TEGG, SYDNEY AND HOBART TOWN
MDCCCXXXVIII

PART 1
SECTION 1
If thou dost well, shalt thou not be accepted? &c.—GEN. 4:7.
I. It will be proper to inquire, whether a wicked, an unregenerate
man, as was Cain, can perform good works. To which may be
answered,
1. Adam had a power to do every good work the law required; which
men, since the fall, have not. Men indeed, in an unregenerate state,
might do many things which they do not; such as reading the
Scriptures, attending on public worship, &c. No doubt but the persons
in the parable, who were invited to the dinner, could have gone to it,
had they had a will, as well as the one did to his farm, and the other to
his merchandise. Men have an equal power, had they an heart, a will,
an inclination, to go to a place of divine worship, as to a tavern, or
alehouse; but it is easy to observe, that persons oftentimes have it in
the power of their hands, when they have it not in the power of their
hearts, to do a good work; as a rich man to give alms to the poor.
Unregenerate men are capable of performing works, which are in a
natural and civil, though not in a spiritual sense, good. They may do
those things, which externally, in appearance, and as to the matter and
substance of them, may be good; such as hearing, reading, praying,
giving alms to the poor, &c., when the circumstances requisite to good
works are wanting; for whatsoever is done as a good work, must be
done in obedience to the will of God; from a principle of love to him;
must be performed in faith; in the name of Christ, and to the glory of
God by him. Therefore,
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2. It must be denied, that wicked, unregenerate men, have a power
to perform good works in a spiritual manner; which is evident from
their natural estate and condition, according to the scriptural
representation of it, which is this: that the bias of their minds is to that
which is evil, and to that only; that they are wholly carnal, and mind
nothing else but the things of the flesh; that they are weak and
strengthless, yea, dead in trespasses and sins; nay, that they are under
an impossibility to do that which is spiritually good.
There is none that doth good, no not one of them, nor are they able;
they are not subject to the law of God, nor can they be. When the
Ethiopian changes his skin, and the leopard his spots, then may they
also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. Men may expect as soon
to gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles, as good fruit to grow
upon, or good works to be performed by, unregenerate men: no, they
must be created in Christ Jesus, have the Spirit of Christ put into them,
and his grace implanted in them; they must be believers in him, before
they are capable of doing that which is spiritually good.
And even believers themselves are not able to think a good thought
or perform a good work of themselves; it is God who works in them
both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Sometimes when they have
a will to that which is good, yet how to perform they know not; they
can do nothing without Christ, though all things through him, who
strengthens them; much less then have unregenerate persons either a
power or a will to that which is spiritually good. Nor,
3. Is there any foundation for such a proposition in these words,
which are hypothetically expressed, and therefore nothing absolutely
to be concluded from them; that is to say, we are not to argue from
God’s saying to Cain, If thou dost well, therefore Cain had a power to
do well, or to do that which is spiritually good, well; much less should
we infer from hence, as one does, that “God could not have proposed
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the doing of good as a condition, if he had not given Cain sufficient
strength whereby he was capable to do good 19 ”.
Since God could not only have proposed the doing of good, but have
required it according to his law, without being under obligation to give
sufficient strength to obey; for though man by his sin has lost his
power to obey the will of God in a right manner, yet God has not lost
his authority to command; which he may use without obliging himself
to find man sufficient strength to act in obedience to it. Besides,
4. These words regard doing well, not in a moral, but in a ceremonial
sense. Cain and Abel were very early taught the necessity, manner, and
use of sacrifices; and in process of time they brought their offerings to
the Lord, each according to his different calling and employment: the
one brought of the fruit of the ground, the other of the firstlings of his
flock.
Now to Abel and his offering the Lord had respect, that is, he
accepted him and his offering; but to Cain and his offering he had not
respect; which made Cain very wroth, and his countenance fell; upon
which the Lord expostulates with him after this manner, Why art thou
wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou dost well, ἐαν ὀρθῶς
προσενέγκης, If thou hadst offered rightly, as the Septuagint render the
words; which though it is not a proper literal translation of them, yet
agreeable enough to their sense, shouldst thou not be accepted?
Cain failed either in the matter or manner of his sacrifice; probably
in the latter; since the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews observes,
that by faith, Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain 20 . Cain
offered his sacrifice without faith, without any view to the sacrifice of
Christ: he performed this his sacrifice hypocritically, in show and
appearance only; he acted from no right principle, nor to any right end;
and therefore his works, whatever show of righteousness they might
19 Barclay’s Apology, p. 151.
20 Heb. 11:4.
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have, are, by the apostle John 21 , rightly called evil; as are also all the
works of wicked and unregenerate men. I proceed,
II. To consider whether man’s acceptance with God is on the
account of his good works.
1. There is a difference between the acceptance of men’s works, and
of their persons for them: there are many actions done by men, which
are acceptable and well-pleasing to God, when they themselves are not
accepted by him, on account of them. Besides, no man’s works are
accepted by him whose person is not previously accepted: God first
had respect to the person of Abel, and then to his offering; which
shows that his person was not accepted for the sake of his offering.
The best works of the saints are imperfect, and attended with sin,
and are only acceptable to God through Jesus Christ, in whom, and in
whom only, who is the beloved, their persons are accepted and wellpleasing
to God. No man can be justified or saved by his works, and
therefore no man can be accepted with God on that account; which is
the current doctrine of the sacred writings: this will help us to
understand the true sense of such passages, as Acts 10:35; Rom. 14:18;
2 Cor. 5:9; compared with Eph. 1:6; 1 Pet. 2:5.
2. Nor do these words suppose that man’s acceptance with God
stands upon the foot of works. The Hebrew word ‏,שאת for there is but
one word in the original text, which our translators render, shalt thou
not be accepted? signifies either excellency, as in Psal. 62:4, and may
design the dignity of primogeniture, or honour of birth-right, as it does
in Gen. 49:3, and so be rendered, shalt thou not have the excellency?
that is, shall not the right of primogeniture continue with thee? shall
not the honour and privilege of being the first-born abide with thee?
thou needest not be afraid that this shall be taken from thee, and given
to thy younger brother, who is willing to be subject to thee, and ready
21 1 John 3:12
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to serve thee; which well agrees with the latter part of the text, and
unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Or the word signifies an elevation, or lifting up, and is to be
understood as Aben Ezra 22 observes of פגים ‏,שאת a lifting up of the
countenance, which was fallen, ver. 5, 6, and then the sense is, If thou
hadst done well, when thou broughtest thine offering, thou mightest
have lift up thy face without spot, and doubtless thou wouldst have
done so; but inasmuch as thou hast sinned and done evil, and which is
to be seen in thy fallen countenance, sin lies at the door of thy
conscience; which, when once opened, it will enter in, and make
dreadful work; as it did a little after; which made him say, My
punishment is greater than I can bear. But admitting that the word
signifies acceptance, and be rendered, shall there not be an acceptance?
it is to be understood, not of an acceptance of his person, but of his
sacrifices and services.
III. It remains to be considered, whether Cain had a day of grace 23 ,
in which it was possible for him to be accepted with God.
1. There is no acceptance of any man’s person, but as he is
considered in Christ the Mediator. Now as there is no reason to believe
that ever Cain, who was of the wicked one, the devil, was ever in Christ,
or ever considered in him; so there is no reason to conclude, that he
either was, or that it was possible for him to be, accepted with God.
2. The text does not speak of his doing well in a moral or spiritual,
but in a ceremonial way; and not at all of the acceptance of his person,
on the foot of so doing; but at most, only of the acceptance of his
sacrifice and ceremonious services, supposing them rightly performed.
3. These words are not expressive of a day of visitation in a way of
grace and mercy to him; but are to be considered as an expostulation
with him for his wrath, fury, and fallen countenance, and an upbraiding
22 In loc.
23 So says Barclay in his Apology, p. 151.
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of him with his evil doing, in order to awaken his conscience, and bring
him to a full sense of his sin; which was so far from proving a day of
grace to him, that it quickly issued in the utmost distress of mind,
torture of conscience, and black despair.
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And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also
is flesh; yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.—GEN. 6:3.
It will be necessary, in order to understand the sense of this text, to
inquire,
I. Who is meant by the Spirit of God; and whether the Holy Ghost,
the third person in the trinity, is designed or not.
1. Some of the Jewish writers 24 think, that the soul of man is
intended; which is called not only the spirit of man, but also the Spirit
of God; as in those words of Job, All the while my breath is in me, and
the Spirit of God is in my nostrils 25 . Some of them 26 derive the word
sword, which signifies the scabbard of a ‏,גדן translated strive, from ‏,ידןן
and say, what the scabbard is to the sword, that the body is to the soul;
and give this as the sense of the words; “My Spirit, or the soul which I
have put into man, shall not always abide in him as a sword in its
scabbard; I will unsheath it, I will draw it out; he shall not live always,
seeing he is flesh, corrupt, given up to carnal lusts; yet his days, or term
of life, which I will now shorten, shall be one hundred and twenty
years.”
Another of them 27 delivers the sense of the words to this purpose;
“My Spirit, which I have breathed into man, shall not be any more in
contention with the body; for it does not delight in nor receive profit
from the desires of the body; for the body is drawn after beastly
desires, and that because it is flesh, and its desires are plunged and fixed
24 R. Levi Ben Gersom, R. Aben Ezra, &c., in loc.
25 Job 22:3.
26 So some in R. Aben Ezra, in loc R. Hona in Bereshit Rabba, fol. 22, 3.
דוז rad. 27 R. Joseph Kimchi in R. David Kimchi, lib. Shotash,
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in the propagation of the flesh: however, I will prolong their days one
hundred and twenty years; and if they return by repentance, very well;
but if not, I will destroy them from the world.” The Targum
paraphrases the words thus, “This wicked generation shall not be
established before me for ever.”
2. Others, as Sol. Jarchi, understand it of God himself, thus saying,
within himself; “My Spirit, which is within me, shall not always be, as
it were, in a tumult, or contention about man, whether I shall spare
him, or destroy him, as it has been a long time, but it shall be no longer
so; I will let man know, that I am not fluctuating between mercy and
judgment, but am at a point, being determined to punish him, since he
is wholly given up to carnal pleasures, when I have spared him an
hundred and twenty years more.”
This sense of the words much obtains among learned men 28 . And if
either of these senses be received, the reasonings of the Arminians
from these words, in favour of any branch of their scheme, fall to the
ground; but I am willing to allow,
3. That by the Spirit of God, we are to understand the Holy Ghost;
so Jonathan Ben Uzziel, in his Targum, expressly calls him; and I am
the rather induced to believe this to be the meaning of the phrase; since
the apostle Peter, when he speaks of Christ being put to death in the
flesh, and quickened by the Spirit, which is to be understood of the
Holy Spirit, adds, by which, that is, by which Spirit, also he went and
preached unto the spirits in prison, which sometimes were disobedient,
when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah 29 :
which words refer to those in Genesis, and are the best key unto them,
and comment on them. I proceed to consider,
II. Whether the Holy Spirit was in the men of the old world, since,
as it is observed 30 , the words may be rendered, My Spirit shall not
28 Vid. Fuller. Miscell. Sacra, 1. 5, c. 5; and Vatablus, and Capellus, in loc.
29 1 Peter 3:18-20.
30 Barclay’s Apology, p. 154.
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always strive in man; and whether it may be concluded from hence,
that the Spirit of God is in every man, from whom he may wholly
remove through man’s misconduct.
1. The Spirit of God is every where, in every creature, and so in every
man, as he is the omnipresent God: hence says the Psalmist, Whither
shall I fly from thy Spirit 31 ? He may also be in some persons by his gifts
natural or divine, and that either in an ordinary or in an extraordinary
way, or by some operations of his on the mind; which are not of a
saving nature, nor designed to a saving purpose; and in one or other
of these senses, the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to
profit withal 32 ; and the Spirit may be said to be both in the men of the
old world, and of this. But,
2. That he is in every man in a way of special grace, and to saving
purposes, provided they behave well, must be denied; for every
unconverted man is destitute of the Spirit: were the Spirit, in this sense,
in every man, the indwelling of the Spirit would be no evidence of
regeneration; the difference between a regenerate and an unregenerate
man lying in this, the one has, the other has not the Spirit of God.
Hence,
3. It is easy to judge in what sense the Spirit of God does, and does
not depart where he once is. Where he is only by his gifts or external
operations, he may wholly remove, he may take away those gifts, or
cease from those works; and men, notwithstanding these, may be
everlastingly lost; but where he is by his special grace, he never totally
departs, though he may withdraw his gracious presence for a time; his
people may not be indulged with his joys and comforts, and in their
apprehension he may seem to be taken away from them, yet he always
abides in them; otherwise Christ’s prayers for his perpetual
continuance with his people would not be answered; nor would the
Spirit’s indwelling be a security of the saints’ perseverance, nor any
31 Ps. 139:7.
32 1 Cor. 12:7.
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certain pledge of their future glory. To add no more, the words of the
text speak not of the Spirit’s being in the men of the old world, but of
his striving with them. Wherefore the next inquiry
III. Is, what is meant by the strivings of the Spirit? and whether
through man’s neglect of him, or opposition to him, he may strive to
no purpose.
1. The Hebrew word ‏,דוז here used, signifies to judge, to execute
judgment, or punish in a righteous way; and so some 33 read the words,
My Spirit shall not judge these men for ever; I will not reserve them to
everlasting torments; I will punish them here in this world; for they are
flesh, frail sinful creatures; I will not contend for ever, neither will I be
always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which
I have made 34 ; or rather the sense is according to this version, My Spirit
shall not exercise judgment on them for ever 35 , that is, immediately,
directly, at this very instant: though they are so corrupt, I will give them
the space of one hundred and twenty years to repent in; and after that,
if they repent not, I will deliver them up to destruction; which
accordingly was the event of things.
2. The word hero translated strive, signifies also to litigate a point, or
reason in a cause; before it is ripe for judgment, or the execution of it.
Now the Spirit of God had been litigating and reasoning with these
men in the court and at the bar of their own consciences, about their
sins, by one providence or another, and by one minister or another;
particularly by Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and that to no
purpose: hence he determines to go on no longer in this way, but to
proceed to pass and execute the sentence of condemnation on them,
since they were so very corrupt, being nothing else but flesh.
33 So Symmachus, Hieron. Trad. Heb. Tom. 3. P. 66; R. Juda Bar Elhai in Bcreshit
Rabba, fol. 22, 3.
34 Isa. 57:16.
35 Vid. Fuller. Miscell. Sacr. 1. 5. c. 5.
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However, to show his clemency and forbearance, he grants them a
reprieve for one hundred and twenty years; which is that long-suffering
of God the apostle speaks of, that waited in the days of Noah, while
the ark was preparing 36 . Hence it appears, that the strivings of the Spirit
of God with these men, were only by the external ministry of the word,
and in a way of moral suasion, which came to nothing. This may lead
us to observe the insufficiency of moral suasion and the external
ministry of the word, without the powerful and efficacious grace of the
Spirit.
3. It is now easy to discern in what sense the Spirit of God may be
opposed and resisted, and strive to no purpose, and in what sense not.
The things of the Spirit of God are disagreeable to a natural man: it is
no wonder that the external ministry of the word and ordinances are
despised, opposed, and resisted. The external call may be rejected; yea,
some inward motions and convictions may be overruled, stifled, and
come to nothing: nay, it will be granted, that there may be and is an
opposition and resistance to the work of the Spirit of God in
conversion; but then the Spirit cannot be so resisted in the operations
of his grace, as to be obliged to cease from his work, or to be overcome
or hindered in it; for he acts with a design which cannot be frustrated,
and with a power which is uncontrollable; were it otherwise, the
regeneration and conversion of every one must be precarious, and
where the grace of the Spirit is effectual, according to the doctrine of
free will, it would be more owing to the will of man than to the Spirit
of God.
IV. It may be asked whether the old world had a day of grace 37 , and
so all mankind, in which they might be saved if they would; during
which time the Spirit strives with man; and when that is expired he
strives no longer.
36 1 Peter 3:20.
37 See Barclay in his Apology, pp. 153, 154.
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1. The space of one hundred and twenty years allowed the old world
for repentance, was indeed a favour, and indulgence of Divine
Providence, a time of God’s long-suffering and forbearance; but it
does not follow, that because they had such a space allotted to them,
in which, had they repented, they would have been saved from
temporal ruin; that therefore all mankind have a day of grace, which if
they improve, they may be saved with an everlasting salvation. For,
2. If by a day of grace are meant the means of grace, the external
ministry of the word and ordinances, these are insufficient to salvation,
without the efficacious grace of God; and besides, these are not
enjoyed by all mankind. Every man has not a day of grace in this sense.
Sometimes the means of grace have been confined to one particular
nation, and all the rest of the world have been without them for a
considerable number of years.
This was the case of all the nations of the world whom God suffered
to walk in their own ways; overlooked them, took no notice of them,
gave them no day of grace; while his worship was only kept up in the
land of Judea. And since the coming of Christ, the administration of
the word and ordinances has sometimes been in one place, and
sometimes in another, when the rest of mankind have been without
them: so that every man in this sense has not had a day of grace.
3. The whole Gospel dispensation in general may be called a day of
grace; but this day does not expire while men live, or at their death; it
reaches from the coming of Christ, unto the end of the world; it will
continue until all the elect of God are gathered in: nor can it be said of
any man, that he has outlived or outsinned this day of grace; for still it
is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice 38 ; Now is the accepted time, now
is the day of salvation.
4. The open special day of grace to God’s elect, begins at their
conversion, which will never end, never be over with them; though
38 Heb. 3:7; 2 Cor. 6:2.
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they may have their clouds and darkness, until it is changed into the
everlasting day of glory.
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A
TABLE OF THE SCRIPTURES
WHICH ARE EXPLAINED IN THIS WORK.
Genesis
Chap. Ver.
Page
2:15, 17 ..................................... 333
4:7 .................................................. 1
6:3 ......................................... 7, 435
6:5 ............................ 379, 425, 430
7:14 ............................................ 175
8:21 ................................... 425, 431
9:11 ............................................ 488
27:43.......................................... 285
32:3, 4, 11, 13 .......................... 285
33:3, 5-8, 13-15 ....................... 285
36:31.......................................... 285
39:9 ............................................ 232
49:3 ................................................ 4
49:10.......................................... 118
Exodus
5:2 ................................................ 24
10:17............................................ 78
15:17.......................................... 246
20:5 ............................................ 334
32:32.......................................... 124
32:33.......................................... 267
Leviticus
26:3-10 ........................................ 56
26:15.......................................... 499
26:25, 33 ..................................... 56
Deuteronomy
4:21 ............................................ 499
5:6 .............................................. 468
5:27 .............................................. 16
5:28 .............................................. 16
5:29 .............................................. 13
5:32, 33 ....................................... 56
5:33 .............................................. 15
6:24, 25 ....................................... 56
7:6 ....................................... 14, 428
8:2 ................................................ 17
10:16............................................ 73
13:5 .............................................. 52
17:7, 12 ....................................... 52
20:6 .............................................. 74
23:2 ............................................ 423
28:1-14 ........................................ 56
29:3, 4 ....................................... 305
30:6 ............................................ 396
30:16, 20 ..................................... 30
30:17, 18 ..................................... 30
30:19.......................... 23, 398, 399
30:20.......................................... 398
32:5 ............................................ 212
32:6 ............................................ 212
32:7-14 ........................................ 34
32:15-18 ...................................... 34
32:19-25 ...................................... 34
32:27............................................ 34
32:28............................................ 34
32:28, 29 ..................................... 16
32:29............................................ 32
32:30............................................ 34
1 Samuel
16:12, 18 ................................... 425
2 Samuel
7:14, 15 ..................................... 169
1 Kings
8:33-39 ...................................... 124
11:4, 6 ....................................... 169
22:23.......................................... 391
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2 Kings
8:22 ............................................ 285
2 Chronicles
11:17.......................................... 170
Job
4:17-19 ...................................... 420
9:20 ............................................ 441
11:14............................................ 52
14:1, 2 ....................................... 420
14:3 ............................................ 420
14:4 ............................................ 420
15:14, 16 ................................... 420
17:9 ............................................ 206
22:3 ................................................ 7
22:23............................................ 52
23:13.......................................... 172
25:4, 5 ....................................... 420
31:18................................. 426, 433
34:33.......................................... 165
Psalms
1:6 .............................................. 318
4:3 .............................................. 272
9:6, 18 ....................................... 452
12:4 .............................................. 24
14:2, 3 ....................................... 431
22:9, 10 ..................................... 426
31:19.......................................... 246
38:3, 4 ....................................... 441
42:4 ............................................ 423
44:23.......................................... 452
46:2 .............................................. 78
51:1, 9 ....................................... 124
51:2, 7, 10 ................................... 51
51:5 .......................... 420, 422, 433
51:10.......................................... 368
51:11, 12 ................................... 169
55:14.......................................... 423
58:3 .......................... 422, 425, 427
58:3, 5 ......................................... 63
62:4 ................................................ 4
63:1, 2 ....................................... 423
69:28.......................................... 267
71:5, 6 .............................. 426, 433
81:11, 12 ................................... 248
81:11–13 ..................................... 16
81:13, 14 ..................................... 36
84:1, 10 ..................................... 423
86:16.......................................... 423
89:3, 19 ..................................... 272
89:28.......................................... 319
105:26 ....................................... 272
106:23 ....................................... 272
115:3............................................ 88
116:16 ....................................... 423
122:1.......................................... 423
125:3..................................... 39, 93
130:7.......................................... 132
137:7.......................................... 285
139:7.............................................. 9
139:13-16.................................. 424
145:9............................................ 42
145:15, 16 ................................... 43
147:8, 9 ....................................... 43
147:19, 20 ................................. 173
149:9.......................................... 131
Proverbs
1:22-30 ........................................ 45
1:25, 30 ....................................... 46
1:26 .............................................. 87
1:31 .............................................. 47
2:3, 4............................................ 49
8:22 ............................................ 260
8:22-23 ...................................... 292
11:3, 4 ......................................... 49
16:4 ................................... 216, 246
20:9 ..................................... 51, 441
21:1 .............................................. 23
23:17................................. 161, 162
24:16.......................................... 206
24:17.......................................... 257
28:14................................. 161, 162
29:11............................................ 48
30:12............................................ 52
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Ecclesiastes
7:20 ............................................ 440
9:11 ............................................ 392
10:1 ............................................ 313
Song of Songs
5:2 .............................................. 241
6:13 ............................................ 444
Isaiah
1:11, 12 ....................................... 53
1:11-15 ........................................ 52
1:13, 14 ....................................... 53
1:15, 17 ....................................... 53
1:16, 17 ....................................... 51
1:17 .............................................. 55
1:18, 19 ................................ 54, 65
5:4 ................................................ 57
5:5, 6............................................ 60
5:18-20 ........................................ 58
8:14, 15 ..................................... 257
8:16, 18 ....................................... 97
11:9 ............................................ 487
11:10.......................................... 118
14:6 ............................................ 441
27:11.......................................... 131
30:1 .............................................. 63
30:2, 3 ......................................... 63
30:7 .............................................. 63
30:15............................................ 61
31:7 .............................................. 84
35:10.......................................... 339
43:1 ............................................ 366
43:5-7, 19-21 ............................ 366
43:20.......................................... 272
43:20, 21 .......................... 273, 275
43:22.......................................... 275
43:24, 25 ..................................... 55
43:25.......................................... 124
44:3 .............................................. 47
44:3, 4 ....................................... 490
44:22.......................................... 124
48:4, 8 ......................................... 63
48:8 .......................... 422, 428, 433
48:18............................................ 38
53:5, 8, 11, 12 .......................... 346
53:6 ............................................ 331
53:6, 11, 12 ............................... 341
53:9 ............................................ 191
54:3 ............................................ 486
54:5 ............................................ 486
54:7-10 ...................................... 486
54:9 ............................................ 488
54:9, 10 ..................................... 231
54:10.......................................... 485
54:11, 12 .......................... 486, 487
54:12.......................................... 487
54:13.......................................... 486
54:15-17 .................................... 486
54:16.......................................... 367
55:1 ............................... 65, 70, 373
55:2 .............................................. 70
55:3 ..................................... 67, 498
55:4 .............................................. 67
55:5 .............................................. 68
55:6 .............................................. 67
55:7 .............................................. 69
55:7-9 .......................................... 70
55:8, 9 ......................................... 72
55:10, 11 ..................................... 70
55:12, 13 ..................................... 72
57:16............................................ 10
59:20................................. 490, 491
59:21................................. 489, 501
65:2 .............................................. 49
65:15, 22 ................................... 272
65:17.......................................... 368
65:19.......................................... 368
66:8 ............................................ 368
Jeremiah
1:5 ..................................... 318, 426
2:37 ............................................ 165
3:19 ............................................ 498
4:4 ................................................ 73
4:14 .............................................. 52
6:16, 17 ....................................... 62
9:24 .............................................. 87
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12:16.......................................... 498
13:11, 27 ..................................... 62
13:27............................................ 52
17:1 ............................................ 403
17:9 ............................................ 427
18:12................................... 62, 249
24:7 ............................................ 498
29:19............................................ 62
31:11.......................................... 339
31:18.......................... 69, 363, 396
31:19................................. 398, 399
31:20.......................................... 398
31:33.......................................... 400
31:32.......................................... 400
32:4-9 ........................................ 403
32:40................................. 162, 496
51:9 .............................................. 89
Lamentations
3:33 .............................................. 87
Ezekiel
3:5-7 ............................................ 95
7:19 ............................................ 257
11:19................................... 86, 404
11:19, 20 ................................... 404
11:21.......................................... 404
14:3, 4, 7 ................................... 257
15:23, 32 ..................................... 77
16:8 .............................................. 49
16:45.......................................... 165
18:2 .............................................. 87
18:5-9 .......................................... 76
18:9, 17, 19 ................................. 76
18:24............................................ 75
18:25............................................ 87
18:26............................................ 78
18:27, 28 ..................................... 82
18:30............................................ 80
18:31, 32 ..................................... 84
20:7, 8 ......................................... 84
20:8 .............................................. 62
20:15.......................................... 499
24:13............................................ 88
33:11............................................ 86
33:12, 13 ..................................... 76
33:13............................................ 76
33:19..................................... 78, 82
33:24-29 ...................................... 86
34:26............................................ 85
36:25.......................................... 369
36:26.......................................... 404
36:27.......................................... 501
39:29............................................ 47
Daniel
4:35 ............................................ 173
9:26, 27 ..................................... 105
Hosea
2:7 .............................................. 495
2:11 ............................................ 494
2:12 ............................................ 494
2:14 ............................................ 494
2:15 ............................................ 494
2:19, 20 ..................................... 493
2:23 ............................................ 273
4:6 .............................................. 165
5:4 ................................................ 62
5:6 ................................................ 87
11:4 ............................................ 386
11:8 .............................................. 38
14:1 ............................................ 257
14:4 ............................................ 267
Joel
2:28 ..................................... 47, 175
Amos
3:2 .............................................. 468
Habakkuk
2:4 ..................................... 204, 205
Malachi
2:8 .............................................. 257
3:6 .............................................. 230
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Matthew
1:21 ................................... 144, 340
4:23, 24 ..................................... 175
5:13 .............................................. 90
7:18 ............................................ 389
7:22, 23 ..................................... 102
7:23 ................................... 118, 318
8:22 ............................................ 375
9:16, 17 ....................................... 91
10:28.......................................... 135
11:6 ............................................ 257
11:19.......................................... 322
11:21, 23 ..................................... 94
11:22, 24 ..................................... 95
11:25, 26 ............................ 96, 172
11:28.......................................... 302
12:27............................................ 97
12:37.......................................... 322
12:41..................................... 94, 95
13:21.......................................... 321
13:57.......................................... 257
16:6, 12 ....................................... 91
16:18................................. 326, 327
18:5 .............................................. 92
18:6 ..................................... 92, 464
18:6, 14 ..................................... 464
18:6-9 ........................................ 257
18:10............................................ 92
18:11............................................ 92
18:14............................................ 92
19:14............................................ 97
20:16.......................... 49, 272, 277
20:28................................. 175, 338
21:31, 32 .............................. 94, 95
21:40, 41 ..................................... 60
21:44.......................................... 257
23:13............................................ 99
23:37............................................ 97
24 ............................................... 262
24:4, 5 ......................................... 91
24:6, 14 ..................................... 452
24:11.......................................... 168
24:12, 13 .......................... 168, 236
24:13.......................................... 452
24:22.......................................... 278
24:22, 24, 31 ............................ 272
24:24................................. 168, 458
25:14-30 .................................... 101
25:34.......................................... 279
25:35, 37 ................................... 418
25:41.......................................... 118
25:46.......................................... 173
26:39.......................................... 461
27:25.......................................... 120
Mark
3:14 ............................................ 246
6:3 .............................................. 257
10:21................................... 99, 105
10:21, 22 ................................... 321
16:15.......................................... 176
16:16................ 179, 224, 476, 264
Luke
1:15 ............................................ 426
2:1 .............................................. 226
2:29 ............................................ 212
2:34 ............................................ 258
4:15 ............................................ 323
4:25-28 ...................................... 302
7:23 ............................................ 257
7:30 ............................................ 126
8:13 ............................................ 464
8:18 ............................................ 267
10:42.......................................... 277
11:42.......................................... 231
13:3 .............................................. 65
13:3-5 ........................................ 264
16:31............................................ 94
17:10.......................................... 418
18:5 ............................................ 452
18:7 ............................................ 272
18:8 ............................................ 280
19:41............................................ 99
19:41, 42 ................................... 104
19:42.......................................... 346
19:43, 44 ................................... 104
19:44.......................................... 106
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21:34, 36 ............................ 91, 141
22:42............................................ 99
24:47.......................................... 123
John
1:7 .............................................. 108
1:10 ............................................ 221
1:29 .......................... 221, 222, 229
3:3 .............................................. 426
3:5 .............................................. 369
3:6 .............................................. 435
3:16 ..................................... 65, 223
3:16, 17 ..................................... 229
3:17 ............................................ 224
3:18, 36 ..................................... 179
3:36 ............................................ 264
4:14 .......................... 369, 500, 502
4:39, 42 ..................................... 464
4:42 ............................................ 229
4:43 ............................................ 224
4:44 ............................................ 118
5:18 ............................................ 113
5:24 .............................................. 22
5:25 ............................................ 375
5:34 ............................................ 113
5:38 ............................................ 113
5:40 ............................................ 115
5:42 ............................................ 113
6:29 ............................................ 395
6:33 ................................... 224, 229
6:33, 51 ..................................... 221
6:35 ................................... 500, 502
6:37 ............................................ 300
6:39 ............................................ 301
6:39, 40 ..................................... 462
6:40 ............................................ 476
6:44 ................................... 306, 385
6:45 ............................................ 388
6:47 .............................................. 22
6:51 ............................................ 224
6:64, 70 ....................................... 91
6:65 ................................... 388, 414
6:66 .............................................. 90
6:70 ............................................ 455
7:37-39 ...................................... 369
8:24 .............................................. 65
8:31 ............................................ 465
8:43, 47 ..................................... 373
8:47 ............................................ 303
8:54 ............................................ 323
8:55 ............................................ 199
9:39 ............................................ 261
10:15................................. 144, 343
10:15, 51, 52 ............................ 340
10:26.......................................... 304
10:28.......................................... 503
11:4 ............................................ 323
11:52.......................................... 118
12:19.......................................... 221
12:32.......................................... 117
12:39, 40 ................................... 251
12:47.......................................... 224
13:1 ............................................ 451
13:18.......................................... 454
13:31, 32 ................................... 323
14:8 ............................................ 305
14:16.......................................... 500
14:17.......................................... 500
14:26.......................................... 500
15:5 ................................... 379, 382
15:13................................. 343, 357
15:19.......................................... 221
16:1 ............................................ 499
16:15.......................................... 323
16:28.......................................... 221
17:1 ............................................ 323
17:1, 5 ....................................... 450
17:2 ............................................ 347
17:8 ................................... 304, 323
17:9 ................................... 221, 345
17:9, 19 ..................................... 345
17:10.......................................... 347
17:11, 15 .......................... 347, 454
17:12.......................................... 453
17:17, 19 ................................... 347
17:20................................. 323, 347
17:21, 23 ................................... 347
17:22.......................................... 323
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17:24.......................................... 347
Acts
3:13 ............................................ 323
3:14-18 ...................................... 120
3:15 ............................................ 323
3:19 ............................................ 120
4:4 .............................................. 122
4:24 ............................................ 212
5:31 .............................................. 55
7:2 ................................................ 97
7:51 ............................................ 125
7:52 ............................................ 126
8:10 ............................................ 464
8:45, 46 ..................................... 165
10:35.............................................. 4
10:44.......................................... 391
11:18.......................................... 390
11:21.......................................... 363
13:22, 23 ................................... 426
13:42.......................................... 314
13:46.......................................... 126
13:48........................ 301, 308, 458
13:50.......................................... 394
14:16................................. 173, 248
14:22.......................................... 465
15:1, 24 ..................................... 481
15:2 ............................................ 314
15:14.......................................... 279
16:6-10 ...................................... 311
16:14.......................................... 393
17:26.......................................... 425
17:30................................. 122, 173
18:10.......................................... 311
20:13.......................................... 312
20:16.......................................... 461
20:20, 27 ................................... 205
20:24.......................................... 182
20:28.......................................... 212
20:29, 30 ................................... 480
21:20.......................................... 464
22:1 .............................................. 97
22:3 ............................................ 199
22:10.......................................... 314
23:1 ............................................ 165
26:5 ............................................ 199
27:22, 24, 31 ............................ 141
28:23.......................................... 314
Romans
1:5 .............................................. 154
1:7 .............................................. 321
1:8 .............................................. 226
1:16 ..................................... 70, 401
1:28 ............................................ 244
2:4, 5.......................................... 122
2:12 ............................................ 122
2:15 ............................................ 165
2:29 .............................................. 73
3:9-12 ........................................ 431
3:17 ............................................ 106
3:19 ............................................ 226
3:20, 28 ..................................... 416
3:22 ............................................ 130
3:25 ............................................ 227
3:27 ............................................ 416
4:2 .............................................. 416
4:6 .............................................. 331
4:16 ............................................ 130
5:9 .............................................. 129
5:10 ................................... 354, 359
5:17 ............................................ 130
5:18 ............................................ 127
5:19 ............................................ 329
6:23 ............................................ 309
7:5 .............................................. 409
7:9 .............................................. 438
7:14-25 .................... 438, 443, 444
7:18, 19 ..................................... 437
8:1, 5-8 ...................................... 435
8:1, 30, 33 ................................. 201
8:3 .............................................. 129
8:7 .............................................. 389
8:7, 8.......................................... 446
8:13 ............................................ 447
8:17 ............................................ 323
8:17, 18, 21, 23 ........................ 324
8:23 .......................... 294, 323, 475
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8:24 ............................................ 325
8:28 ................................... 321, 323
8:28, 29 ..................................... 296
8:29, 30 ..................... 21, 317, 467
8:30 ......... 210, 266, 289, 351, 468
8:32 ............................................ 351
8:33 .......................... 282, 288, 323
8:33, 34 ..................................... 130
8:34 ................................... 345, 348
8:38, 39 ..................................... 469
9:6 ..................................... 468, 496
9:7 .............................................. 492
9:10-13 ...................................... 282
9:11 ..................................... 21, 297
9:15, 18 ..................................... 287
9:16 ............................................ 171
9:18 ................................... 131, 264
9:19 ................................... 173, 216
9:22 ............................................ 216
9:22, 23 ................... 131, 287, 328
9:23-26 ...................................... 494
9:25 ............................................ 273
9:30 ................................... 269, 289
9:32, 33 ..................................... 257
10:1 ............................................ 269
10:12.......................................... 174
10:14.......................................... 109
10:17.......................................... 309
11:1, 2, 7 ................................... 496
11:2 ............................................ 467
11:5 ............................................ 272
11:5, 7 ....................................... 468
11:8 ............................................ 391
11:12, 15 ................. 152, 176, 228
11:20................................. 161, 162
11:22.......................................... 465
11:25.......................................... 132
11:26................................... 14, 132
11:27.......................................... 490
11:29.......................................... 456
11:32.......................................... 131
12:6 ............................................ 154
12:18.......................................... 461
13:1 ............................................ 313
14 ............................................... 464
14:13.......................................... 135
14:13, 21 ................................... 257
14:14, 15, 20 ............................ 464
14:15................................. 134, 137
14:18.............................................. 4
14:19.......................................... 135
14:20................................... 93, 135
14:20, 21 ................................... 257
14:21.......................................... 135
15:4 ................................... 262, 263
16:13.......................................... 293
1 Corinthians
1:2 .............................................. 509
1:8, 9.......................................... 507
1:9 .............................................. 321
1:18 ............................................ 264
1:23 ............................................ 378
1:24 ............................................ 509
1:27 ............................................ 460
1:29 ............................................ 414
2:4 .............................................. 378
2:14 ............................................ 376
3:16, 17 ..................................... 473
4:6 .............................................. 411
4:7 .............................................. 410
6:12 ............................................ 444
6:15 ............................................ 473
6:20 ............................................ 212
8 ................................................. 464
8:7 .............................................. 137
8:7, 10 ....................................... 137
8:8 .............................................. 137
8:9, 11 ......................................... 93
8:11 ................................... 137, 464
8:12 ............................................ 137
8:13 ................................... 137, 257
9:15 ............................................ 416
9:27 ................................... 158, 244
10:12.......................................... 139
10:13................................. 505, 507
10:23.......................................... 444
11:32................................. 176, 349
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12:7 ................................................ 9
12:13.......................................... 501
12:26.......................................... 323
12:29, 30 ................................... 411
13:1, 2 ....................................... 102
13:1-3 ........................................ 444
15:10........................ 154, 418, 443
15:13, 14, 19 ............................ 326
15:20, 23 ................................... 130
15:22.......................................... 130
15:47.......................................... 319
2 Corinthians
1:10 .............................................. 78
1:12 ............................................ 416
1:21, 22 ..................................... 472
2:16 .............................................. 70
3:3, 4.......................................... 380
3:5 ..................................... 309, 379
3:6 ................................................ 70
3:8-11 ........................................ 322
3:18 ............................................ 319
4:3 .............................................. 264
4:7 .............................................. 370
4:13 ............................................ 501
5:1 .............................................. 475
5:9 .................................................. 4
5:10 ............................................ 149
5:11 ............................................ 149
5:14, 15 ............................ 144, 152
5:16 ............................................ 152
5:17 ................................... 153, 366
5:17, 18, 21 ............................... 145
5:19 ............................................ 150
5:20 ............................................ 153
5:21 ............................................ 331
6:1 ..................................... 154, 182
6:2 ....................................... 12, 155
6:3 ..................................... 155, 257
7:1 ................................................ 52
11:2, 3 ....................................... 157
11:10.......................................... 416
11:23............................................ 78
11:25.......................................... 166
12:8 ............................................ 511
12:9 ............................................ 512
12:10.......................................... 443
Galatians
1:7 .............................................. 455
2:12 ............................................ 205
2:18, 20 ..................................... 444
2:20 ............................................ 111
3:1 ..................................... 262, 263
3:22 ............................................ 133
3:28 ............................................ 490
4:11 ............................................ 157
4:27 ............................................ 486
5:4 ..................................... 167, 503
5:6 .............................................. 409
5:13 ............................................ 321
5:17 ............................................ 444
5:17, 19 ..................................... 435
5:24 ............................................ 447
6:4 .............................................. 417
6:15 ............................................ 366
Ephesians
1:3-12 ........................................ 293
1:4 ............................ 292, 300, 510
1:5 .............................................. 320
1:5, 11 ....................................... 296
1:6 .................................................. 4
1:7 .............................................. 212
1:11 ................................... 173, 409
1:13 ............................................ 293
1:13, 14 ..................................... 472
1:17 ............................................ 305
1:19, 20 ..................................... 362
2:1 ..................................... 365, 372
2:2 .............................................. 408
2:3 ..................................... 199, 425
2:4, 5.......................................... 375
2:6 .............................................. 325
2:8 ....... 22, 62, 309, 325, 369, 390
2:8, 9.......................................... 414
2:12 ............................................ 384
2:10 ............................................ 366
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2:14-18 ...................................... 177
3:8 .............................................. 154
3:15 ............................................ 324
3:20 ............................................ 409
4:3 .............................................. 232
4:6 .............................................. 174
4:14 ............................................ 460
4:16 ............................................ 189
4:23, 24 ....................................... 85
4:24 ............................................ 366
4:30 ............................................ 472
5:2 .............................................. 232
5:2, 25 ....................................... 340
5:25 ................................... 144, 343
Philippians
1:5 .............................................. 513
1:6 ............................ 162, 507, 513
1:7 .............................................. 513
1:29 ............................................ 414
2:12 ............................................ 159
2:13 ............................................ 407
3:6 .............................................. 199
3:21 ............................................ 409
4:8 .............................................. 380
Colossians
1:6 .............................................. 226
1:18 ............................................ 319
1:20 ............................................ 324
1:22, 23 ..................................... 511
1:23 ............................................ 465
1:28 ............................................ 149
1:29 ............................................ 409
2:4, 8, 18 ................................... 142
2:10 ............................................ 142
2:11 .............................................. 74
2:12 .......................... 309, 369, 395
2:13 ............................................ 372
3:11 ............................................ 490
3:12 ................................... 208, 290
3:15 ................................... 231, 321
4:14 ............................................ 170
1 Thessalonians
1:4 .............................................. 290
1:16 ............................................ 134
2:12 ............................................ 321
2:13 ................................... 208, 409
3:3 .............................................. 300
3:5 .............................................. 157
4:16 ............................................ 279
5:23, 24 ..................................... 507
2 Thessalonians
1:11 ............................................ 369
2:3 .............................................. 169
2:7, 9.......................................... 408
2:9, 10, 13 ................................. 461
2:10–12 ..................................... 264
2:12 ............................................ 216
2:13 .......................... 260, 290, 292
2:14 ............................................ 321
3:3 .............................................. 507
1 Timothy
1:15 ............................................ 443
1:19, 20 ..................................... 164
2:1 ............................ 173, 175, 176
2:2 .............................................. 174
2:4 ....................................... 13, 171
2:5 .............................................. 174
2:6 ..................................... 175, 339
2:15 ............................................ 465
3:9 .............................................. 166
3:15 ............................................ 327
4:1 ..................................... 166, 168
4:1, 2.......................................... 165
4:10 ............................................ 179
5:8 .............................................. 166
5:24 ............................................ 151
6:21 ............................................ 166
2 Timothy
1:9 ............................ 292, 321, 416
2:10 ................................... 290, 291
2:13 ............................................ 511
2:16, 17 ..................................... 164
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2:17 ............................................ 318
2:18, 19 ..................................... 166
2:19 ................................... 326, 475
2:20, 21 ..................................... 328
2:21 ............................................ 212
3:8 .............................................. 244
4:10 ............................................ 170
4:14, 15 ..................................... 164
4:18 ............................................ 475
Titus
1:1 ............................ 290, 291, 458
1:2 .............................................. 308
1:16 ............................................ 244
2:9, 10 ....................................... 183
2:11 ............................................ 155
2:11, 12 ..................................... 181
2:14 ................................... 184, 339
3:3 ..................................... 199, 459
3:5 ..................................... 415, 416
3:7 .............................................. 277
Philemon
1:24 ............................................ 170
6 ................................................. 409
18 ............................................... 330
Hebrews
2:1 .............................................. 199
2:9 .............................................. 189
2:9, 10 ....................................... 144
2:10 ................................... 189, 191
2:10, 13 ..................................... 187
2:11, 12 ..................................... 189
2:12 ............................................ 189
2:13, 14 ..................................... 190
2:16 ............................................ 190
3:2 .............................................. 247
3:6, 14 ....................................... 465
3:7 ................................................ 12
3:12 ............................................ 142
4:1 .................... 142, 161, 163, 199
4:12 ............................................ 409
6:1, 2.......................................... 326
6:4–6 ......................................... 193
6:8 .............................................. 244
6:8, 9.......................................... 196
6:9 ..................................... 187, 195
6:11, 12 ..................................... 196
6:12 ............................................ 324
6:17, 18 ..................................... 187
6:17-20 ...................................... 196
6:19 ............................................ 187
7:25 ............................................ 187
8:6-8 .......................................... 488
8:12 .............................................. 54
9:13, 14 ..................................... 201
10:4 .............................................. 53
10:10.......................................... 201
10:14.......................................... 187
10:18.......................................... 201
10:24.......................................... 232
10:25................................. 200, 205
10:26–29 ................................... 198
10:32................................. 193, 195
10:34, 39 ................................... 187
10:38................................. 204, 205
10:38, 39 ................................... 200
10:39................................. 205, 281
11:1 ................................... 187, 327
11:4 ................................................ 3
12:15................ 142, 155, 182, 503
12:17.......................................... 287
12:21.......................................... 407
12:23........................ 266, 291, 327
12:24.......................................... 175
12:28........................ 161, 162, 187
13:12.......................................... 201
James
1:12 ............................................ 236
1:21 .............................................. 52
2:5 .............................................. 272
2:21, 25 ..................................... 322
3:2 .............................................. 209
4:8 ................................................ 52
5:8, 9.......................................... 241
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1 Peter
1:1 .............................................. 209
1:1-5 .......................................... 273
1:2 ............................ 217, 296, 468
1:2-5 .......................................... 209
1:5 .............................................. 476
1:17 ................................... 161, 162
1:18-19 ...................................... 212
2:5 .................................................. 4
2:8 .............................................. 254
2:9 ........... 209, 254, 258, 272, 321
2:9, 10 .............................. 366, 508
2:20, 21 ..................................... 320
2:24 ............................................ 341
2:25 ............................................ 363
3:18-20 .......................................... 8
3:20 .............................................. 11
4:3 .............................................. 199
4:7 .............................................. 452
5:8 ................................................ 20
5:13 ............................................ 208
2 Peter
1:1 .............................................. 209
1:3 .............................................. 216
1:10 ............................................ 208
2:1 ..................................... 211, 459
2:1-3 .......................................... 262
2:3 .............................................. 262
2:12, 13 ..................................... 212
2:18 ............................................ 215
2:21 ............................................ 140
2:20–22 ..................................... 214
3:1, 8, 14, 17 ............................ 217
3:3, 4.......................................... 217
3:9 ....................................... 13, 216
3:15 ............................................ 217
3:17 ............................................ 142
1 John
1:7 .............................................. 201
1:7, 9.......................................... 340
1:8 .............................................. 441
2:1 .............................................. 227
2:1, 2.......................................... 345
2:2 ........... 152, 176, 221, 225, 229
2:18 ............................................ 479
2:19 ............................................ 478
2:22 ............................................ 479
2:24 ............................................ 465
3:2 .............................................. 320
3:9 .............................................. 482
3:12 ................................................ 4
4:3 .............................................. 480
4:4-6 .......................................... 480
4:14 ............................................ 224
5:16 ................................... 174, 346
5:19 ................................... 176, 227
2 John
1:7, 9, 10 ................................... 143
1:8 .............................................. 143
1:13 ................................... 272, 276
Jude
1:4 ........... 155, 173, 212, 216, 259
1:14 ................................... 262, 263
1:21 ............................................ 230
1:24 ............................................ 233
Revelation
1:5 .............................................. 319
2 and 3 ...................................... 234
2:2, 3.......................................... 235
2:4, 5.......................................... 235
2:10 ............................................ 236
2:16 ............................................ 236
2:25 ............................................ 238
3:2, 3.......................................... 235
3:3 .............................................. 238
3:4, 5.......................................... 238
3:5 .............................................. 267
3:7 .............................................. 393
3:10 ..................................... 19, 226
3:11 ............................................ 238
3:15-18 ...................................... 242
3:16 ............................................ 239
3:18 .............................................. 66
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3:19 ............................................ 239
3:20 ............................................ 240
5:9 .............................................. 212
6:4, 8.......................................... 391
6:10 ............................................ 212
12:9 ............................................ 226
12:10.......................................... 460
13:3 ............................................ 226
13:5, 7 ....................................... 391
13:8 .......................... 264, 265, 292
14:3, 4 ....................................... 212
17:8 ................................... 265, 267
17:13, 14 ................................... 269
21 ............................................... 487
21:8 ............................................ 179
21:19, 23, 24 ............................ 487
21:27.......................................... 455
22:17............................................ 66
22:19.......................................... 267
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