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Contents <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Works</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong><br />
Volume 1:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cause <strong>of</strong> God and Truth, Parts 1 & 2<br />
Volume 2:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cause <strong>of</strong> God and Truth, Parts 3 & 4<br />
Volume 3:<br />
An Exposition <strong>of</strong> the Book <strong>of</strong> Solomon’s Song<br />
Volume 4:<br />
A Complete Body <strong>of</strong> Doctrinal and Practical Divinity –<br />
Book 1: Of God – His Word Names, Nature, Perfections,<br />
and Persons<br />
Book 2: Of the Acts and <strong>Works</strong> <strong>of</strong> God<br />
Book 3: Of the External <strong>Works</strong> <strong>of</strong> God<br />
Book 4: Of the Acts <strong>of</strong> the Grace <strong>of</strong> God Towards and upon His Elect<br />
in Time<br />
Book 5: Of the Grace <strong>of</strong> Christ, as Expressed in His States <strong>of</strong><br />
Humiliation and Exaltation and the Offices Exercised by Him in<br />
<strong>The</strong>m<br />
Book 6: Of the Blessings <strong>of</strong> Grace<br />
Volume 5:<br />
A Complete Body <strong>of</strong> Doctrinal and Practical Divinity –<br />
Book 1: Of the Final State <strong>of</strong> Men<br />
Book 2: Of the Worship <strong>of</strong> God, or Practical Religion<br />
Book 3: Of External Worship, as Public<br />
Book 4: Of the Public Ordinances <strong>of</strong> Divine Worship
Book 5: Of Private Worship, or <strong>of</strong> Various Duties, Personal, Relative,<br />
Domestic, and Civil<br />
A Dissertation Concerning the Baptism <strong>of</strong> Jewish Proselytes<br />
Volume 6:<br />
A Collection <strong>of</strong> Sermons and Tracts –<br />
Annual Sermons<br />
Volume 6 (cont.):<br />
Occasional Sermons<br />
Funeral Sermons<br />
Volume 7:<br />
A Collection <strong>of</strong> Sermons and Tracts –<br />
Ordination Sermons<br />
Polemical Tracts<br />
Dissertations<br />
Volume 8:<br />
A Collection <strong>of</strong> Sermons and Tracts –<br />
<strong>The</strong> Doctrine <strong>of</strong> the Trinity: Stated and Defended<br />
Sermon 1: <strong>The</strong> Doctrine <strong>of</strong> the Resurrection, Stated and Defended:<br />
in Two Sermons<br />
Sermon 2<br />
<strong>The</strong> Doctrine <strong>of</strong> Justification: By the Righteousness <strong>of</strong> Christ,<br />
Stated and Maintained
<strong>The</strong> Doctrines <strong>of</strong> God’s Everlasting Love to His Elect, and <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
Eternal Union with Christ<br />
<strong>The</strong> Doctrine <strong>of</strong> the Saints Final Perseverance, Asserted and Vindicated<br />
<strong>The</strong> Doctrine <strong>of</strong> Predestination: Stated, and Set in the Scripture Light<br />
<strong>The</strong> Prophesies <strong>of</strong> the Old Testament, respecting the Messiah,<br />
Considered; and Proved to be Literally Fulfilled in Jesus<br />
A Dissertation: Concerning the Antiquity <strong>of</strong> the Hebrew Language,<br />
Letters, Vowel-Points, and Accents<br />
Two Discourses; <strong>The</strong> One on Prayer, the Other on Singing <strong>of</strong> Psalms:<br />
From 1 Corinthians 14:15<br />
An Essay: On the Original <strong>of</strong> Funeral Sermons, Orations, and Odes<br />
A Declaration <strong>of</strong> the Faith and Practice <strong>of</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong> Christ in<br />
Carter-Lane, Southwark<br />
Volume 9:<br />
A Discourse on the Five Points<br />
A Discourse <strong>of</strong> the Grounds and Reasons <strong>of</strong> the Christian Religion<br />
Miscellaneous
<strong>The</strong><br />
WORKS OF JOHN GILL, D.D.<br />
Volume 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cause <strong>of</strong> God and Truth<br />
Parts 1 & 2<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Publisher’s Note<br />
General Preface<br />
Original Preface<br />
ix<br />
xi<br />
xix<br />
PART 1<br />
EXAMINATION OF<br />
SECTION PAGE<br />
1. Gen. 4:7 1<br />
2. Gen. 6:3 7<br />
3. Deut. 5:29 13<br />
4. Deut. 8:2 17<br />
5. Deut. 30:19 23<br />
6. Deut. 32:29 32<br />
7. Psalm 81:13-14 36<br />
8. Psalm 125:3 39<br />
9. Psalm 145:9 42<br />
10. Prov. 1:22-30 45<br />
11. Isa. 1:16, 17 51<br />
12. Isa. 1:18, 19 54<br />
13. Isa. 5:4 57<br />
14. Isa. 30:15 61<br />
15. Isa. 55:1 65<br />
16. Isa. 55:6 67<br />
17. Isa. 55:7 69<br />
18. Jer. 4:4 73<br />
19. Ezek. 18:2475<br />
20. Ezek. 18:3080<br />
21. Ezek. 18:31, 32 84<br />
22. Ezek. 24:1388<br />
23. Matt. 5:13 90<br />
24. Matt. 11:21, 23 94<br />
25. Matt. 23:37 97<br />
26. Matt. 25:14–30 101<br />
27. Luke 19:41, 42 104<br />
28. <strong>John</strong> 1:7 108<br />
29. <strong>John</strong> 5:34 113<br />
30. <strong>John</strong> 5:40 115<br />
EXAMINATION OF<br />
SECTION PAGE
31. <strong>John</strong> 12:32 117<br />
32. Acts 3:19 120<br />
33. Acts 7:51 125<br />
34. Rom. 5:18 127<br />
35. Rom. 11:32 131<br />
36. Rom. 14:15 134<br />
37. 1 Cor. 8:11 137<br />
38. 1 Cor. 10:12 139<br />
39. 2 Cor. 5:14, 15 144<br />
40. 2 Cor. 5:19 150<br />
41. 2 Cor. 6:1 154<br />
42. 2 Cor. 11:2, 3 157<br />
43. Phil. 2:12 159<br />
44. 1 Tim. 1:19, 20 164<br />
45. 1 Tim. 2:4 171<br />
PART 2<br />
CHAPTER 1:<br />
OF REPROBATION 243<br />
A VINDICATION OF<br />
SECTION<br />
PAGE<br />
1. Prov. 16:4 246<br />
2. <strong>John</strong> 12:39-40 251<br />
3. 1 Pet. 2:8 254<br />
4. Jude, 4 259<br />
46. 1 Tim. 4:10 179<br />
47. Tit. 2:11, 12 181<br />
48. Epistle to the Hebrews<br />
186<br />
49. Heb. 2:9 189<br />
50. Heb. 6:4-6 193<br />
51. Heb. 10:26-29 198<br />
52. Heb. 10:38 204<br />
53. 2 Pet. 1:10 208<br />
54. 2 Pet. 2:1 211<br />
55. 2 Pet. 2:20-22 214<br />
56. 2 Pet. 3:9 216<br />
57. 1 <strong>John</strong> 2:2 221<br />
58. Jude, 21 230<br />
59. Rev. 2-3 234<br />
60. Rev. 3:20 240<br />
5. Rev. 13:8 264<br />
CHAPTER 2:<br />
OF ELECTION 271<br />
1. 1 Pet. 2:9 272<br />
2. Rom. 9:10-13 282<br />
3. Coloss. 3:12 290<br />
4. Ephes. 1:4 292<br />
5. Rom. 8:28-29 296
6. <strong>John</strong> 6:37 300<br />
7. Acts 13:48 308<br />
8. Rom. 8:29-30 317<br />
9. 2 Tim. 2:19 326<br />
10. Rom. 5:19 329<br />
CHAPTER 3:<br />
OF REDEMPTION 337<br />
1. Matt. 20:28 338<br />
2. <strong>John</strong> 10:15 343<br />
3. <strong>John</strong> 17:9 345<br />
4. Rom. 8:34 348<br />
5. Rom. 8:32 351<br />
6. Rom. 5:10 354<br />
7. <strong>John</strong> 15:13 357<br />
CHAPTER 4: OF<br />
EFFICACIOUS GRACE<br />
361<br />
1. Ephes. 1:19, 20 362<br />
2. 2 Cor. 5:17 366<br />
3. <strong>John</strong> 3:5 369<br />
4. Ephes. 2:1 372<br />
5. 1 Cor. 2:14 376<br />
6. 2 Cor. 3:5 379<br />
7. <strong>John</strong> 15:5 382<br />
8. <strong>John</strong> 6:44 385<br />
9. Acts 11:18 390<br />
10. Acts 16:14 393<br />
11. Jer. 31:18 396<br />
12. Jer. 31:33 400<br />
13. Ezek. 36:26 404<br />
14. Phil. 2:13 407<br />
15. 1 Cor. 4:7 410<br />
16. Ephes. 2:8-9 414<br />
CHAPTER 5: OF THE<br />
CORRUPTION OF<br />
HUMAN NATURE, AND<br />
THE IMPOTENCE OF<br />
THE WILL OF MAN TO<br />
THAT WHICH IS<br />
SPIRITUALLY GOOD<br />
419<br />
1. Job 14:4 420<br />
2. Psalm 51:5 422<br />
3. Gen. 6:5 430<br />
4. <strong>John</strong> 3:6 435<br />
5. Rom. 7:18-19 437<br />
6. Rom. 8:7-8 446<br />
CHAPTER 6: OF<br />
PERSEVERANCE 449<br />
1. <strong>John</strong> 13:1 451<br />
2. <strong>John</strong> 17:12 453<br />
3. Rom. 11:29 456
4. Matt. 24:24 458<br />
5. <strong>John</strong> 6:39, 40 462<br />
6. Rom. 11:2 467<br />
7. Rom. 8:38, 39 469<br />
8. Ephes. 1:13, 14 472<br />
9. 1 Pet. 1:5 476<br />
10. 1 <strong>John</strong> 2:19 478<br />
11. 1 <strong>John</strong> 3:9 482<br />
12. Isa. 54:10 485<br />
13. Isa. 59:21 489<br />
14. Hos. 2:19-20 493<br />
15. Jer. 32:40 496<br />
16. <strong>John</strong> 14:16 500<br />
17. <strong>John</strong> 10:28 503<br />
18. 1 Cor. 1:8-9 507<br />
Scripture Index 515
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General Preface<br />
<strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> (1697–1771), known affectionately as “Dr. Voluminous,” 1<br />
was a scholar-pastor who served as a faithful minister to the same<br />
church for fifty-one years in Southwark (London). Additionally, God<br />
used Mr. <strong>Gill</strong> to stand as a tower <strong>of</strong> truth to fellow Baptists<br />
throughout the country and was also greatly appreciated by “many<br />
other churches <strong>of</strong> different denominations.” 2<br />
By many accounts he can rightly be considered the greatest<br />
theologian within the Particular (Calvinistic) Baptist tradition. He left<br />
an indelible impression upon the eighteenth-century non-conformist<br />
religious movement, and according to fellow minister and admirer<br />
<strong>John</strong> Collet Ryland, he is to be credited for the Particular Baptist’s<br />
“unswerving allegiance to the doctrine <strong>of</strong> Scripture” 3 during a time<br />
when many churches throughout England were crippled by the<br />
rationalistic proponents <strong>of</strong> the Enlightenment movement. 4 In fact, it<br />
was during this time that “only among the Baptists do we find<br />
traditional Reformed orthodox exegesis <strong>of</strong> any significant note, in the<br />
work <strong>of</strong> the brilliant but somewhat anachronistic figure <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong><br />
<strong>Gill</strong>.” 5 In this way, <strong>Gill</strong> stood as “a bastion against the destructive<br />
forces unleashed during the eighteenth century” 6 and thus, will<br />
1 A term believed to be coined by <strong>Gill</strong>’s friend <strong>John</strong> Collet Ryland referencing <strong>Gill</strong>s<br />
insatiable appetite for reading, learning, and most noticeably, writing.<br />
2 <strong>John</strong> Rippon, A Brief Memoir <strong>of</strong> the Life and Writings <strong>of</strong> the Late Rev. <strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>, D.D.<br />
Reprint ed., edited by D. W. Barger (London: Knightstown, IN: Particular Baptist<br />
Heritage Books, 2022), 34.<br />
3 <strong>John</strong> Collet Ryland, <strong>The</strong> Beauty <strong>of</strong> Social Religion (Northhamptonshire Baptist<br />
Association, 1771), 7.<br />
4 A movement which questioned many truths fundamental to the Christian faith. It<br />
resulted in the growth <strong>of</strong> Deism and other more radical forms <strong>of</strong> unbelief such as<br />
Skepticism and Atheism.<br />
5<br />
Carl R. Trueman, “<strong>The</strong> End <strong>of</strong> Reformed Orthodoxy,” in <strong>The</strong> Oxford Handbook<br />
<strong>of</strong> Early Modern <strong>The</strong>olgy, 1600-1800, edited by Ulrich L. Lehner, Richard A.<br />
Muller, A. G. Roeber (New York City: Oxford University Press, 2016), 192.<br />
6 Michael Haykin, “<strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> Comes to London (1719).” Unpublished seminary<br />
lecture given at Covenant Baptist <strong>The</strong>ological Seminary, Owensboro, KY.
forever be remembered for his contributions to and defense <strong>of</strong><br />
English Reformed orthodoxy.<br />
Regarding <strong>Gill</strong>’s theological commitments, Muller observes that <strong>Gill</strong><br />
“stands in the trajectory <strong>of</strong> the older Reformed orthodoxy … [and]<br />
remains one <strong>of</strong> the most significant representatives <strong>of</strong> so-called precritical<br />
exegesis in eighteenth-century Britain.” 7 Elsewhere, Muller<br />
suggests that a “brief survey <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>’s sources indicates that, after the<br />
Bible, the main positive points <strong>of</strong> reference for <strong>Gill</strong>’s theology were<br />
the great Reformed and Puritan writers <strong>of</strong> the seventeenth century.” 8<br />
In Muller’s words, this locates <strong>Gill</strong> “in relation to the Reformed<br />
dogmatic tradition, specifically, the tradition <strong>of</strong> Puritanism and its<br />
continental analogue, post-Reformation Reformed orthodoxy.” 9<br />
Furthermore, it evidences that “without in any way diminishing <strong>Gill</strong>s<br />
commitment to the distinctive teachings <strong>of</strong> the Baptist churches, it<br />
identifies the larger number <strong>of</strong> his theological antecedents as thinkers<br />
not belonging to the Baptist tradition: <strong>Gill</strong> was not, in other words,<br />
and insular thinker, but he was clearly selective.” 10<br />
Perhaps <strong>Gill</strong>’s unwavering commitment to Biblical and Reformed<br />
truth could be best communicated by sharing an actual account<br />
related to his work entitled <strong>The</strong> Cause <strong>of</strong> God and Truth. 11 Since its<br />
original publication in 1738, it stands unmatched as the surest<br />
defense <strong>of</strong> the doctrines <strong>of</strong> grace.<br />
C. H. Spurgeon records, “My eminent predecessor, Dr. [<strong>John</strong>] <strong>Gill</strong>,<br />
was told, by a certain member <strong>of</strong> his congregation who ought to have<br />
known better, that if he published his book, <strong>The</strong> Cause <strong>of</strong> God and<br />
Truth, he would lose some <strong>of</strong> his best friends, and that his income<br />
7 Richard A. Muller, “Review <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Collected Writings <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> by <strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>.” Calvin<br />
<strong>The</strong>ological Journal 38.2 (2003), 380.<br />
8 Richard A. Muller, “<strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> and the Reformed Tradition: A Study in the<br />
Reception <strong>of</strong> Protestant Orthodoxy in the Eighteenth Century,” in <strong>The</strong> Life and<br />
Thought <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> (1697-1771): A Tercentennial Appreciation, edited by Michael Haykin<br />
(Leiden: Brill, 1997), 55.<br />
9 Muller, “<strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> and the Reformed Tradition,” 55.<br />
10 Muller, “<strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> and the Reformed Tradition,” 55.<br />
11<br />
<strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>, <strong>The</strong> Cause <strong>of</strong> God and Truth in Four Parts, Reprint ed., edited by D. W.<br />
Barger (Knightstown, IN: Particular Baptist Heritage Books, 2022).
would fall <strong>of</strong>f. <strong>The</strong> doctor said, 'I can afford to be poor, but I cannot<br />
afford to injure my conscience;' and he has left his mantle as well as<br />
his chair in our vestry." 12<br />
While <strong>Gill</strong> wrote prolifically on many practical and doctrinal subjects,<br />
today he is perhaps best known for his commentary on the whole<br />
Bible, which remains in popular use today. 13 This massive<br />
undertaking took <strong>Gill</strong> roughly twenty-two years to complete, from<br />
1746 to 1768, and when completed the work filled ten thousand<br />
pages in a total <strong>of</strong> seven folio volumes in small print. In 1748, at the<br />
age <strong>of</strong> 51, after his completion <strong>of</strong> the New Testament commentary<br />
portion, <strong>Gill</strong> was awarded a Doctor <strong>of</strong> Divinity by the University <strong>of</strong><br />
Aberdeen, who among other things, recognized <strong>Gill</strong>’s rabbinical<br />
scholarship.<br />
<strong>The</strong> continued demand for <strong>Gill</strong>’s Commentary and other published<br />
works is perhaps best understood in the words <strong>of</strong> J. C. Philpot<br />
(1802–1869) in his review <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>’s ‘Solomon’s Song’: 14<br />
As an expositor <strong>of</strong> Scripture, <strong>Gill</strong> shines with unrivaled luster. <strong>John</strong><br />
Owen’s Commentary on Hebrews is probably the deepest and<br />
greatest ever given to the church, but <strong>Gill</strong> is more readable, more<br />
concise and pregnant, more lively and animated than Owen; if he did<br />
not dig so deeply in the mines <strong>of</strong> heavenly truth nor turn up such<br />
massive ore, yet is there dust <strong>of</strong> gold in all that he lays bare and<br />
brings to the light <strong>of</strong> day. Both Owen and <strong>Gill</strong> were Masters in Israel,<br />
both eminent for natural abilities and acquired learning, both good<br />
and great men whose works praise them in the gates and whom<br />
successive generations rise up and call blessed. 15<br />
12 C. H. Spurgeon, Autobiography, Revised ed., edited by Susannah Spurgeon and<br />
Joseph Harrald (Carlisle, PA: Banner <strong>of</strong> Truth, 1973), 2:477.<br />
13 This was the first commentary ever produced by a single author on the entire New<br />
Testament.<br />
14 To learn more about Joseph Philpot, consult J. H. Philpot, <strong>The</strong> Seceders: the Story <strong>of</strong><br />
J. C. Philpot and William Tiptaft, Reprint ed. (Carlisle, PA: Banner <strong>of</strong> Truth, 1961).<br />
15 J. C. Philpot, “Review <strong>of</strong> An Expositions <strong>of</strong> the Books <strong>of</strong> Solomon’s Songs,<br />
Commonly Called Canticles.” Gospel Standard Reviews 1 (1901).
Since their original publication, many <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>’s works have thankfully<br />
survived, largely due to the efforts <strong>of</strong> David Alfred Doudney (1811–<br />
1894). 16 It is “mainly Doudney’s excellent productions that have<br />
provided the basis <strong>of</strong> modern reprints.” 17 With some research, one<br />
can still locate many <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>s’ works; however, when found, they are<br />
difficult to read due to small, outdated type and formatting methods.<br />
Considering the ways in which God used this Particular Baptist<br />
minister to reform and guide the Church during a critical time in her<br />
history, it is somewhat baffling as to why <strong>Gill</strong>’s completed works<br />
have not been compiled and freshly typeset for the benefit <strong>of</strong> the<br />
modern church. <strong>The</strong> fault may lie in part to a misunderstanding <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Gill</strong>’s life and ministry.<br />
Timothy George shares three reasons why he believes <strong>Gill</strong>’s life and<br />
ministry has suffered neglect. First, during times <strong>of</strong> controversary,<br />
<strong>Gill</strong> was called upon to defend biblical truth. As such, his writings<br />
were at times polemical, which inadvertently produced many enemies<br />
that carried over into following centuries. Second, the theological<br />
descendants <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> may have, at times, carried his theology further<br />
than he would have been comfortable with. This led to a distorted<br />
view <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> based on others rather than <strong>Gill</strong> himself. Third, <strong>Gill</strong> was<br />
an intense defender <strong>of</strong> the doctrines <strong>of</strong> grace (i.e. the five points <strong>of</strong><br />
Calvinism). As a result, many <strong>of</strong> his other works have tended to be<br />
overshadowed by his admirable zeal for gospel purity. George<br />
contends for “a more balanced presentation <strong>of</strong> his life and work.” 18<br />
This publisher agrees.<br />
Thankfully, in the current century, amid a growing movement to<br />
resource and retrieve classic Reformed theology, <strong>Gill</strong> has captured<br />
the interest <strong>of</strong> many. Particular Baptist Heritage Books is excited<br />
about the many efforts underway to reevaluate and publish works<br />
16 Doudney's abridgment <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>'s expositions <strong>of</strong> the Old and New Testaments<br />
appeared in six volumes between the years 1852 and 1854.<br />
17 George M. Ella, <strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong> and the Cause <strong>of</strong> God and Truth (Eggleston: Go Publications,<br />
1995).<br />
18<br />
Timothy George, “<strong>John</strong> <strong>Gill</strong>”, <strong>The</strong>ologians <strong>of</strong> the Baptist Tradition, edited by<br />
Timothy George and David S. Dockery (B&H Academic, Nashville, 2001).
elated to the life and ministry <strong>of</strong> such an eminent theologian and<br />
exegete so mightily used by God. As part <strong>of</strong> this commendable effort<br />
to make <strong>Gill</strong>’s works accessible once again, we have set out to<br />
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PART 1<br />
SECTION 1<br />
If thou dost well, shalt thou not be accepted? &c.—GEN. 4:7.<br />
I. It will be proper to inquire, whether a wicked, an unregenerate<br />
man, as was Cain, can perform good works. To which may be<br />
answered,<br />
1. Adam had a power to do every good work the law required; which<br />
men, since the fall, have not. Men indeed, in an unregenerate state,<br />
might do many things which they do not; such as reading the<br />
Scriptures, attending on public worship, &c. No doubt but the persons<br />
in the parable, who were invited to the dinner, could have gone to it,<br />
had they had a will, as well as the one did to his farm, and the other to<br />
his merchandise. Men have an equal power, had they an heart, a will,<br />
an inclination, to go to a place <strong>of</strong> divine worship, as to a tavern, or<br />
alehouse; but it is easy to observe, that persons <strong>of</strong>tentimes have it in<br />
the power <strong>of</strong> their hands, when they have it not in the power <strong>of</strong> their<br />
hearts, to do a good work; as a rich man to give alms to the poor.<br />
Unregenerate men are capable <strong>of</strong> performing works, which are in a<br />
natural and civil, though not in a spiritual sense, good. <strong>The</strong>y may do<br />
those things, which externally, in appearance, and as to the matter and<br />
substance <strong>of</strong> them, may be good; such as hearing, reading, praying,<br />
giving alms to the poor, &c., when the circumstances requisite to good<br />
works are wanting; for whatsoever is done as a good work, must be<br />
done in obedience to the will <strong>of</strong> God; from a principle <strong>of</strong> love to him;<br />
must be performed in faith; in the name <strong>of</strong> Christ, and to the glory <strong>of</strong><br />
God by him. <strong>The</strong>refore,<br />
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2. It must be denied, that wicked, unregenerate men, have a power<br />
to perform good works in a spiritual manner; which is evident from<br />
their natural estate and condition, according to the scriptural<br />
representation <strong>of</strong> it, which is this: that the bias <strong>of</strong> their minds is to that<br />
which is evil, and to that only; that they are wholly carnal, and mind<br />
nothing else but the things <strong>of</strong> the flesh; that they are weak and<br />
strengthless, yea, dead in trespasses and sins; nay, that they are under<br />
an impossibility to do that which is spiritually good.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is none that doth good, no not one <strong>of</strong> them, nor are they able;<br />
they are not subject to the law <strong>of</strong> God, nor can they be. When the<br />
Ethiopian changes his skin, and the leopard his spots, then may they<br />
also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. Men may expect as soon<br />
to gather grapes <strong>of</strong> thorns, or figs <strong>of</strong> thistles, as good fruit to grow<br />
upon, or good works to be performed by, unregenerate men: no, they<br />
must be created in Christ Jesus, have the Spirit <strong>of</strong> Christ put into them,<br />
and his grace implanted in them; they must be believers in him, before<br />
they are capable <strong>of</strong> doing that which is spiritually good.<br />
And even believers themselves are not able to think a good thought<br />
or perform a good work <strong>of</strong> themselves; it is God who works in them<br />
both to will and to do <strong>of</strong> his good pleasure. Sometimes when they have<br />
a will to that which is good, yet how to perform they know not; they<br />
can do nothing without Christ, though all things through him, who<br />
strengthens them; much less then have unregenerate persons either a<br />
power or a will to that which is spiritually good. Nor,<br />
3. Is there any foundation for such a proposition in these words,<br />
which are hypothetically expressed, and therefore nothing absolutely<br />
to be concluded from them; that is to say, we are not to argue from<br />
God’s saying to Cain, If thou dost well, therefore Cain had a power to<br />
do well, or to do that which is spiritually good, well; much less should<br />
we infer from hence, as one does, that “God could not have proposed<br />
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the doing <strong>of</strong> good as a condition, if he had not given Cain sufficient<br />
strength whereby he was capable to do good 19 ”.<br />
Since God could not only have proposed the doing <strong>of</strong> good, but have<br />
required it according to his law, without being under obligation to give<br />
sufficient strength to obey; for though man by his sin has lost his<br />
power to obey the will <strong>of</strong> God in a right manner, yet God has not lost<br />
his authority to command; which he may use without obliging himself<br />
to find man sufficient strength to act in obedience to it. Besides,<br />
4. <strong>The</strong>se words regard doing well, not in a moral, but in a ceremonial<br />
sense. Cain and Abel were very early taught the necessity, manner, and<br />
use <strong>of</strong> sacrifices; and in process <strong>of</strong> time they brought their <strong>of</strong>ferings to<br />
the Lord, each according to his different calling and employment: the<br />
one brought <strong>of</strong> the fruit <strong>of</strong> the ground, the other <strong>of</strong> the firstlings <strong>of</strong> his<br />
flock.<br />
Now to Abel and his <strong>of</strong>fering the Lord had respect, that is, he<br />
accepted him and his <strong>of</strong>fering; but to Cain and his <strong>of</strong>fering he had not<br />
respect; which made Cain very wroth, and his countenance fell; upon<br />
which the Lord expostulates with him after this manner, Why art thou<br />
wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou dost well, ἐαν ὀρθῶς<br />
προσενέγκης, If thou hadst <strong>of</strong>fered rightly, as the Septuagint render the<br />
words; which though it is not a proper literal translation <strong>of</strong> them, yet<br />
agreeable enough to their sense, shouldst thou not be accepted?<br />
Cain failed either in the matter or manner <strong>of</strong> his sacrifice; probably<br />
in the latter; since the author <strong>of</strong> the Epistle to the Hebrews observes,<br />
that by faith, Abel <strong>of</strong>fered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain 20 . Cain<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered his sacrifice without faith, without any view to the sacrifice <strong>of</strong><br />
Christ: he performed this his sacrifice hypocritically, in show and<br />
appearance only; he acted from no right principle, nor to any right end;<br />
and therefore his works, whatever show <strong>of</strong> righteousness they might<br />
19 Barclay’s Apology, p. 151.<br />
20 Heb. 11:4.<br />
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have, are, by the apostle <strong>John</strong> 21 , rightly called evil; as are also all the<br />
works <strong>of</strong> wicked and unregenerate men. I proceed,<br />
II. To consider whether man’s acceptance with God is on the<br />
account <strong>of</strong> his good works.<br />
1. <strong>The</strong>re is a difference between the acceptance <strong>of</strong> men’s works, and<br />
<strong>of</strong> their persons for them: there are many actions done by men, which<br />
are acceptable and well-pleasing to God, when they themselves are not<br />
accepted by him, on account <strong>of</strong> them. Besides, no man’s works are<br />
accepted by him whose person is not previously accepted: God first<br />
had respect to the person <strong>of</strong> Abel, and then to his <strong>of</strong>fering; which<br />
shows that his person was not accepted for the sake <strong>of</strong> his <strong>of</strong>fering.<br />
<strong>The</strong> best works <strong>of</strong> the saints are imperfect, and attended with sin,<br />
and are only acceptable to God through Jesus Christ, in whom, and in<br />
whom only, who is the beloved, their persons are accepted and wellpleasing<br />
to God. No man can be justified or saved by his works, and<br />
therefore no man can be accepted with God on that account; which is<br />
the current doctrine <strong>of</strong> the sacred writings: this will help us to<br />
understand the true sense <strong>of</strong> such passages, as Acts 10:35; Rom. 14:18;<br />
2 Cor. 5:9; compared with Eph. 1:6; 1 Pet. 2:5.<br />
2. Nor do these words suppose that man’s acceptance with God<br />
stands upon the foot <strong>of</strong> works. <strong>The</strong> Hebrew word ,שאת for there is but<br />
one word in the original text, which our translators render, shalt thou<br />
not be accepted? signifies either excellency, as in Psal. 62:4, and may<br />
design the dignity <strong>of</strong> primogeniture, or honour <strong>of</strong> birth-right, as it does<br />
in Gen. 49:3, and so be rendered, shalt thou not have the excellency?<br />
that is, shall not the right <strong>of</strong> primogeniture continue with thee? shall<br />
not the honour and privilege <strong>of</strong> being the first-born abide with thee?<br />
thou needest not be afraid that this shall be taken from thee, and given<br />
to thy younger brother, who is willing to be subject to thee, and ready<br />
21 1 <strong>John</strong> 3:12<br />
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to serve thee; which well agrees with the latter part <strong>of</strong> the text, and<br />
unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.<br />
Or the word signifies an elevation, or lifting up, and is to be<br />
understood as Aben Ezra 22 observes <strong>of</strong> פגים ,שאת a lifting up <strong>of</strong> the<br />
countenance, which was fallen, ver. 5, 6, and then the sense is, If thou<br />
hadst done well, when thou broughtest thine <strong>of</strong>fering, thou mightest<br />
have lift up thy face without spot, and doubtless thou wouldst have<br />
done so; but inasmuch as thou hast sinned and done evil, and which is<br />
to be seen in thy fallen countenance, sin lies at the door <strong>of</strong> thy<br />
conscience; which, when once opened, it will enter in, and make<br />
dreadful work; as it did a little after; which made him say, My<br />
punishment is greater than I can bear. But admitting that the word<br />
signifies acceptance, and be rendered, shall there not be an acceptance?<br />
it is to be understood, not <strong>of</strong> an acceptance <strong>of</strong> his person, but <strong>of</strong> his<br />
sacrifices and services.<br />
III. It remains to be considered, whether Cain had a day <strong>of</strong> grace 23 ,<br />
in which it was possible for him to be accepted with God.<br />
1. <strong>The</strong>re is no acceptance <strong>of</strong> any man’s person, but as he is<br />
considered in Christ the Mediator. Now as there is no reason to believe<br />
that ever Cain, who was <strong>of</strong> the wicked one, the devil, was ever in Christ,<br />
or ever considered in him; so there is no reason to conclude, that he<br />
either was, or that it was possible for him to be, accepted with God.<br />
2. <strong>The</strong> text does not speak <strong>of</strong> his doing well in a moral or spiritual,<br />
but in a ceremonial way; and not at all <strong>of</strong> the acceptance <strong>of</strong> his person,<br />
on the foot <strong>of</strong> so doing; but at most, only <strong>of</strong> the acceptance <strong>of</strong> his<br />
sacrifice and ceremonious services, supposing them rightly performed.<br />
3. <strong>The</strong>se words are not expressive <strong>of</strong> a day <strong>of</strong> visitation in a way <strong>of</strong><br />
grace and mercy to him; but are to be considered as an expostulation<br />
with him for his wrath, fury, and fallen countenance, and an upbraiding<br />
22 In loc.<br />
23 So says Barclay in his Apology, p. 151.<br />
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<strong>of</strong> him with his evil doing, in order to awaken his conscience, and bring<br />
him to a full sense <strong>of</strong> his sin; which was so far from proving a day <strong>of</strong><br />
grace to him, that it quickly issued in the utmost distress <strong>of</strong> mind,<br />
torture <strong>of</strong> conscience, and black despair.<br />
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And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also<br />
is flesh; yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.—GEN. 6:3.<br />
It will be necessary, in order to understand the sense <strong>of</strong> this text, to<br />
inquire,<br />
I. Who is meant by the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God; and whether the Holy Ghost,<br />
the third person in the trinity, is designed or not.<br />
1. Some <strong>of</strong> the Jewish writers 24 think, that the soul <strong>of</strong> man is<br />
intended; which is called not only the spirit <strong>of</strong> man, but also the Spirit<br />
<strong>of</strong> God; as in those words <strong>of</strong> Job, All the while my breath is in me, and<br />
the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God is in my nostrils 25 . Some <strong>of</strong> them 26 derive the word<br />
sword, which signifies the scabbard <strong>of</strong> a ,גדן translated strive, from ,ידןן<br />
and say, what the scabbard is to the sword, that the body is to the soul;<br />
and give this as the sense <strong>of</strong> the words; “My Spirit, or the soul which I<br />
have put into man, shall not always abide in him as a sword in its<br />
scabbard; I will unsheath it, I will draw it out; he shall not live always,<br />
seeing he is flesh, corrupt, given up to carnal lusts; yet his days, or term<br />
<strong>of</strong> life, which I will now shorten, shall be one hundred and twenty<br />
years.”<br />
Another <strong>of</strong> them 27 delivers the sense <strong>of</strong> the words to this purpose;<br />
“My Spirit, which I have breathed into man, shall not be any more in<br />
contention with the body; for it does not delight in nor receive pr<strong>of</strong>it<br />
from the desires <strong>of</strong> the body; for the body is drawn after beastly<br />
desires, and that because it is flesh, and its desires are plunged and fixed<br />
24 R. Levi Ben Gersom, R. Aben Ezra, &c., in loc.<br />
25 Job 22:3.<br />
26 So some in R. Aben Ezra, in loc R. Hona in Bereshit Rabba, fol. 22, 3.<br />
דוז rad. 27 R. Joseph Kimchi in R. David Kimchi, lib. Shotash,<br />
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in the propagation <strong>of</strong> the flesh: however, I will prolong their days one<br />
hundred and twenty years; and if they return by repentance, very well;<br />
but if not, I will destroy them from the world.” <strong>The</strong> Targum<br />
paraphrases the words thus, “This wicked generation shall not be<br />
established before me for ever.”<br />
2. Others, as Sol. Jarchi, understand it <strong>of</strong> God himself, thus saying,<br />
within himself; “My Spirit, which is within me, shall not always be, as<br />
it were, in a tumult, or contention about man, whether I shall spare<br />
him, or destroy him, as it has been a long time, but it shall be no longer<br />
so; I will let man know, that I am not fluctuating between mercy and<br />
judgment, but am at a point, being determined to punish him, since he<br />
is wholly given up to carnal pleasures, when I have spared him an<br />
hundred and twenty years more.”<br />
This sense <strong>of</strong> the words much obtains among learned men 28 . And if<br />
either <strong>of</strong> these senses be received, the reasonings <strong>of</strong> the Arminians<br />
from these words, in favour <strong>of</strong> any branch <strong>of</strong> their scheme, fall to the<br />
ground; but I am willing to allow,<br />
3. That by the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God, we are to understand the Holy Ghost;<br />
so Jonathan Ben Uzziel, in his Targum, expressly calls him; and I am<br />
the rather induced to believe this to be the meaning <strong>of</strong> the phrase; since<br />
the apostle Peter, when he speaks <strong>of</strong> Christ being put to death in the<br />
flesh, and quickened by the Spirit, which is to be understood <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Holy Spirit, adds, by which, that is, by which Spirit, also he went and<br />
preached unto the spirits in prison, which sometimes were disobedient,<br />
when once the long-suffering <strong>of</strong> God waited in the days <strong>of</strong> Noah 29 :<br />
which words refer to those in Genesis, and are the best key unto them,<br />
and comment on them. I proceed to consider,<br />
II. Whether the Holy Spirit was in the men <strong>of</strong> the old world, since,<br />
as it is observed 30 , the words may be rendered, My Spirit shall not<br />
28 Vid. Fuller. Miscell. Sacra, 1. 5, c. 5; and Vatablus, and Capellus, in loc.<br />
29 1 Peter 3:18-20.<br />
30 Barclay’s Apology, p. 154.<br />
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always strive in man; and whether it may be concluded from hence,<br />
that the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God is in every man, from whom he may wholly<br />
remove through man’s misconduct.<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> Spirit <strong>of</strong> God is every where, in every creature, and so in every<br />
man, as he is the omnipresent God: hence says the Psalmist, Whither<br />
shall I fly from thy Spirit 31 ? He may also be in some persons by his gifts<br />
natural or divine, and that either in an ordinary or in an extraordinary<br />
way, or by some operations <strong>of</strong> his on the mind; which are not <strong>of</strong> a<br />
saving nature, nor designed to a saving purpose; and in one or other<br />
<strong>of</strong> these senses, the manifestation <strong>of</strong> the Spirit is given to every man to<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>it withal 32 ; and the Spirit may be said to be both in the men <strong>of</strong> the<br />
old world, and <strong>of</strong> this. But,<br />
2. That he is in every man in a way <strong>of</strong> special grace, and to saving<br />
purposes, provided they behave well, must be denied; for every<br />
unconverted man is destitute <strong>of</strong> the Spirit: were the Spirit, in this sense,<br />
in every man, the indwelling <strong>of</strong> the Spirit would be no evidence <strong>of</strong><br />
regeneration; the difference between a regenerate and an unregenerate<br />
man lying in this, the one has, the other has not the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God.<br />
Hence,<br />
3. It is easy to judge in what sense the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God does, and does<br />
not depart where he once is. Where he is only by his gifts or external<br />
operations, he may wholly remove, he may take away those gifts, or<br />
cease from those works; and men, notwithstanding these, may be<br />
everlastingly lost; but where he is by his special grace, he never totally<br />
departs, though he may withdraw his gracious presence for a time; his<br />
people may not be indulged with his joys and comforts, and in their<br />
apprehension he may seem to be taken away from them, yet he always<br />
abides in them; otherwise Christ’s prayers for his perpetual<br />
continuance with his people would not be answered; nor would the<br />
Spirit’s indwelling be a security <strong>of</strong> the saints’ perseverance, nor any<br />
31 Ps. 139:7.<br />
32 1 Cor. 12:7.<br />
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certain pledge <strong>of</strong> their future glory. To add no more, the words <strong>of</strong> the<br />
text speak not <strong>of</strong> the Spirit’s being in the men <strong>of</strong> the old world, but <strong>of</strong><br />
his striving with them. Wherefore the next inquiry<br />
III. Is, what is meant by the strivings <strong>of</strong> the Spirit? and whether<br />
through man’s neglect <strong>of</strong> him, or opposition to him, he may strive to<br />
no purpose.<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> Hebrew word ,דוז here used, signifies to judge, to execute<br />
judgment, or punish in a righteous way; and so some 33 read the words,<br />
My Spirit shall not judge these men for ever; I will not reserve them to<br />
everlasting torments; I will punish them here in this world; for they are<br />
flesh, frail sinful creatures; I will not contend for ever, neither will I be<br />
always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which<br />
I have made 34 ; or rather the sense is according to this version, My Spirit<br />
shall not exercise judgment on them for ever 35 , that is, immediately,<br />
directly, at this very instant: though they are so corrupt, I will give them<br />
the space <strong>of</strong> one hundred and twenty years to repent in; and after that,<br />
if they repent not, I will deliver them up to destruction; which<br />
accordingly was the event <strong>of</strong> things.<br />
2. <strong>The</strong> word hero translated strive, signifies also to litigate a point, or<br />
reason in a cause; before it is ripe for judgment, or the execution <strong>of</strong> it.<br />
Now the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God had been litigating and reasoning with these<br />
men in the court and at the bar <strong>of</strong> their own consciences, about their<br />
sins, by one providence or another, and by one minister or another;<br />
particularly by Noah, a preacher <strong>of</strong> righteousness, and that to no<br />
purpose: hence he determines to go on no longer in this way, but to<br />
proceed to pass and execute the sentence <strong>of</strong> condemnation on them,<br />
since they were so very corrupt, being nothing else but flesh.<br />
33 So Symmachus, Hieron. Trad. Heb. Tom. 3. P. 66; R. Juda Bar Elhai in Bcreshit<br />
Rabba, fol. 22, 3.<br />
34 Isa. 57:16.<br />
35 Vid. Fuller. Miscell. Sacr. 1. 5. c. 5.<br />
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However, to show his clemency and forbearance, he grants them a<br />
reprieve for one hundred and twenty years; which is that long-suffering<br />
<strong>of</strong> God the apostle speaks <strong>of</strong>, that waited in the days <strong>of</strong> Noah, while<br />
the ark was preparing 36 . Hence it appears, that the strivings <strong>of</strong> the Spirit<br />
<strong>of</strong> God with these men, were only by the external ministry <strong>of</strong> the word,<br />
and in a way <strong>of</strong> moral suasion, which came to nothing. This may lead<br />
us to observe the insufficiency <strong>of</strong> moral suasion and the external<br />
ministry <strong>of</strong> the word, without the powerful and efficacious grace <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Spirit.<br />
3. It is now easy to discern in what sense the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God may be<br />
opposed and resisted, and strive to no purpose, and in what sense not.<br />
<strong>The</strong> things <strong>of</strong> the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God are disagreeable to a natural man: it is<br />
no wonder that the external ministry <strong>of</strong> the word and ordinances are<br />
despised, opposed, and resisted. <strong>The</strong> external call may be rejected; yea,<br />
some inward motions and convictions may be overruled, stifled, and<br />
come to nothing: nay, it will be granted, that there may be and is an<br />
opposition and resistance to the work <strong>of</strong> the Spirit <strong>of</strong> God in<br />
conversion; but then the Spirit cannot be so resisted in the operations<br />
<strong>of</strong> his grace, as to be obliged to cease from his work, or to be overcome<br />
or hindered in it; for he acts with a design which cannot be frustrated,<br />
and with a power which is uncontrollable; were it otherwise, the<br />
regeneration and conversion <strong>of</strong> every one must be precarious, and<br />
where the grace <strong>of</strong> the Spirit is effectual, according to the doctrine <strong>of</strong><br />
free will, it would be more owing to the will <strong>of</strong> man than to the Spirit<br />
<strong>of</strong> God.<br />
IV. It may be asked whether the old world had a day <strong>of</strong> grace 37 , and<br />
so all mankind, in which they might be saved if they would; during<br />
which time the Spirit strives with man; and when that is expired he<br />
strives no longer.<br />
36 1 Peter 3:20.<br />
37 See Barclay in his Apology, pp. 153, 154.<br />
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1. <strong>The</strong> space <strong>of</strong> one hundred and twenty years allowed the old world<br />
for repentance, was indeed a favour, and indulgence <strong>of</strong> Divine<br />
Providence, a time <strong>of</strong> God’s long-suffering and forbearance; but it<br />
does not follow, that because they had such a space allotted to them,<br />
in which, had they repented, they would have been saved from<br />
temporal ruin; that therefore all mankind have a day <strong>of</strong> grace, which if<br />
they improve, they may be saved with an everlasting salvation. For,<br />
2. If by a day <strong>of</strong> grace are meant the means <strong>of</strong> grace, the external<br />
ministry <strong>of</strong> the word and ordinances, these are insufficient to salvation,<br />
without the efficacious grace <strong>of</strong> God; and besides, these are not<br />
enjoyed by all mankind. Every man has not a day <strong>of</strong> grace in this sense.<br />
Sometimes the means <strong>of</strong> grace have been confined to one particular<br />
nation, and all the rest <strong>of</strong> the world have been without them for a<br />
considerable number <strong>of</strong> years.<br />
This was the case <strong>of</strong> all the nations <strong>of</strong> the world whom God suffered<br />
to walk in their own ways; overlooked them, took no notice <strong>of</strong> them,<br />
gave them no day <strong>of</strong> grace; while his worship was only kept up in the<br />
land <strong>of</strong> Judea. And since the coming <strong>of</strong> Christ, the administration <strong>of</strong><br />
the word and ordinances has sometimes been in one place, and<br />
sometimes in another, when the rest <strong>of</strong> mankind have been without<br />
them: so that every man in this sense has not had a day <strong>of</strong> grace.<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> whole Gospel dispensation in general may be called a day <strong>of</strong><br />
grace; but this day does not expire while men live, or at their death; it<br />
reaches from the coming <strong>of</strong> Christ, unto the end <strong>of</strong> the world; it will<br />
continue until all the elect <strong>of</strong> God are gathered in: nor can it be said <strong>of</strong><br />
any man, that he has outlived or outsinned this day <strong>of</strong> grace; for still it<br />
is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice 38 ; Now is the accepted time, now<br />
is the day <strong>of</strong> salvation.<br />
4. <strong>The</strong> open special day <strong>of</strong> grace to God’s elect, begins at their<br />
conversion, which will never end, never be over with them; though<br />
38 Heb. 3:7; 2 Cor. 6:2.<br />
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they may have their clouds and darkness, until it is changed into the<br />
everlasting day <strong>of</strong> glory.<br />
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A<br />
TABLE OF THE SCRIPTURES<br />
WHICH ARE EXPLAINED IN THIS WORK.<br />
Genesis<br />
Chap. Ver.<br />
Page<br />
2:15, 17 ..................................... 333<br />
4:7 .................................................. 1<br />
6:3 ......................................... 7, 435<br />
6:5 ............................ 379, 425, 430<br />
7:14 ............................................ 175<br />
8:21 ................................... 425, 431<br />
9:11 ............................................ 488<br />
27:43.......................................... 285<br />
32:3, 4, 11, 13 .......................... 285<br />
33:3, 5-8, 13-15 ....................... 285<br />
36:31.......................................... 285<br />
39:9 ............................................ 232<br />
49:3 ................................................ 4<br />
49:10.......................................... 118<br />
Exodus<br />
5:2 ................................................ 24<br />
10:17............................................ 78<br />
15:17.......................................... 246<br />
20:5 ............................................ 334<br />
32:32.......................................... 124<br />
32:33.......................................... 267<br />
Leviticus<br />
26:3-10 ........................................ 56<br />
26:15.......................................... 499<br />
26:25, 33 ..................................... 56<br />
Deuteronomy<br />
4:21 ............................................ 499<br />
5:6 .............................................. 468<br />
5:27 .............................................. 16<br />
5:28 .............................................. 16<br />
5:29 .............................................. 13<br />
5:32, 33 ....................................... 56<br />
5:33 .............................................. 15<br />
6:24, 25 ....................................... 56<br />
7:6 ....................................... 14, 428<br />
8:2 ................................................ 17<br />
10:16............................................ 73<br />
13:5 .............................................. 52<br />
17:7, 12 ....................................... 52<br />
20:6 .............................................. 74<br />
23:2 ............................................ 423<br />
28:1-14 ........................................ 56<br />
29:3, 4 ....................................... 305<br />
30:6 ............................................ 396<br />
30:16, 20 ..................................... 30<br />
30:17, 18 ..................................... 30<br />
30:19.......................... 23, 398, 399<br />
30:20.......................................... 398<br />
32:5 ............................................ 212<br />
32:6 ............................................ 212<br />
32:7-14 ........................................ 34<br />
32:15-18 ...................................... 34<br />
32:19-25 ...................................... 34<br />
32:27............................................ 34<br />
32:28............................................ 34<br />
32:28, 29 ..................................... 16<br />
32:29............................................ 32<br />
32:30............................................ 34<br />
1 Samuel<br />
16:12, 18 ................................... 425<br />
2 Samuel<br />
7:14, 15 ..................................... 169<br />
1 Kings<br />
8:33-39 ...................................... 124<br />
11:4, 6 ....................................... 169<br />
22:23.......................................... 391<br />
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2 Kings<br />
8:22 ............................................ 285<br />
2 Chronicles<br />
11:17.......................................... 170<br />
Job<br />
4:17-19 ...................................... 420<br />
9:20 ............................................ 441<br />
11:14............................................ 52<br />
14:1, 2 ....................................... 420<br />
14:3 ............................................ 420<br />
14:4 ............................................ 420<br />
15:14, 16 ................................... 420<br />
17:9 ............................................ 206<br />
22:3 ................................................ 7<br />
22:23............................................ 52<br />
23:13.......................................... 172<br />
25:4, 5 ....................................... 420<br />
31:18................................. 426, 433<br />
34:33.......................................... 165<br />
Psalms<br />
1:6 .............................................. 318<br />
4:3 .............................................. 272<br />
9:6, 18 ....................................... 452<br />
12:4 .............................................. 24<br />
14:2, 3 ....................................... 431<br />
22:9, 10 ..................................... 426<br />
31:19.......................................... 246<br />
38:3, 4 ....................................... 441<br />
42:4 ............................................ 423<br />
44:23.......................................... 452<br />
46:2 .............................................. 78<br />
51:1, 9 ....................................... 124<br />
51:2, 7, 10 ................................... 51<br />
51:5 .......................... 420, 422, 433<br />
51:10.......................................... 368<br />
51:11, 12 ................................... 169<br />
55:14.......................................... 423<br />
58:3 .......................... 422, 425, 427<br />
58:3, 5 ......................................... 63<br />
62:4 ................................................ 4<br />
63:1, 2 ....................................... 423<br />
69:28.......................................... 267<br />
71:5, 6 .............................. 426, 433<br />
81:11, 12 ................................... 248<br />
81:11–13 ..................................... 16<br />
81:13, 14 ..................................... 36<br />
84:1, 10 ..................................... 423<br />
86:16.......................................... 423<br />
89:3, 19 ..................................... 272<br />
89:28.......................................... 319<br />
105:26 ....................................... 272<br />
106:23 ....................................... 272<br />
115:3............................................ 88<br />
116:16 ....................................... 423<br />
122:1.......................................... 423<br />
125:3..................................... 39, 93<br />
130:7.......................................... 132<br />
137:7.......................................... 285<br />
139:7.............................................. 9<br />
139:13-16.................................. 424<br />
145:9............................................ 42<br />
145:15, 16 ................................... 43<br />
147:8, 9 ....................................... 43<br />
147:19, 20 ................................. 173<br />
149:9.......................................... 131<br />
Proverbs<br />
1:22-30 ........................................ 45<br />
1:25, 30 ....................................... 46<br />
1:26 .............................................. 87<br />
1:31 .............................................. 47<br />
2:3, 4............................................ 49<br />
8:22 ............................................ 260<br />
8:22-23 ...................................... 292<br />
11:3, 4 ......................................... 49<br />
16:4 ................................... 216, 246<br />
20:9 ..................................... 51, 441<br />
21:1 .............................................. 23<br />
23:17................................. 161, 162<br />
24:16.......................................... 206<br />
24:17.......................................... 257<br />
28:14................................. 161, 162<br />
29:11............................................ 48<br />
30:12............................................ 52<br />
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Ecclesiastes<br />
7:20 ............................................ 440<br />
9:11 ............................................ 392<br />
10:1 ............................................ 313<br />
Song <strong>of</strong> Songs<br />
5:2 .............................................. 241<br />
6:13 ............................................ 444<br />
Isaiah<br />
1:11, 12 ....................................... 53<br />
1:11-15 ........................................ 52<br />
1:13, 14 ....................................... 53<br />
1:15, 17 ....................................... 53<br />
1:16, 17 ....................................... 51<br />
1:17 .............................................. 55<br />
1:18, 19 ................................ 54, 65<br />
5:4 ................................................ 57<br />
5:5, 6............................................ 60<br />
5:18-20 ........................................ 58<br />
8:14, 15 ..................................... 257<br />
8:16, 18 ....................................... 97<br />
11:9 ............................................ 487<br />
11:10.......................................... 118<br />
14:6 ............................................ 441<br />
27:11.......................................... 131<br />
30:1 .............................................. 63<br />
30:2, 3 ......................................... 63<br />
30:7 .............................................. 63<br />
30:15............................................ 61<br />
31:7 .............................................. 84<br />
35:10.......................................... 339<br />
43:1 ............................................ 366<br />
43:5-7, 19-21 ............................ 366<br />
43:20.......................................... 272<br />
43:20, 21 .......................... 273, 275<br />
43:22.......................................... 275<br />
43:24, 25 ..................................... 55<br />
43:25.......................................... 124<br />
44:3 .............................................. 47<br />
44:3, 4 ....................................... 490<br />
44:22.......................................... 124<br />
48:4, 8 ......................................... 63<br />
48:8 .......................... 422, 428, 433<br />
48:18............................................ 38<br />
53:5, 8, 11, 12 .......................... 346<br />
53:6 ............................................ 331<br />
53:6, 11, 12 ............................... 341<br />
53:9 ............................................ 191<br />
54:3 ............................................ 486<br />
54:5 ............................................ 486<br />
54:7-10 ...................................... 486<br />
54:9 ............................................ 488<br />
54:9, 10 ..................................... 231<br />
54:10.......................................... 485<br />
54:11, 12 .......................... 486, 487<br />
54:12.......................................... 487<br />
54:13.......................................... 486<br />
54:15-17 .................................... 486<br />
54:16.......................................... 367<br />
55:1 ............................... 65, 70, 373<br />
55:2 .............................................. 70<br />
55:3 ..................................... 67, 498<br />
55:4 .............................................. 67<br />
55:5 .............................................. 68<br />
55:6 .............................................. 67<br />
55:7 .............................................. 69<br />
55:7-9 .......................................... 70<br />
55:8, 9 ......................................... 72<br />
55:10, 11 ..................................... 70<br />
55:12, 13 ..................................... 72<br />
57:16............................................ 10<br />
59:20................................. 490, 491<br />
59:21................................. 489, 501<br />
65:2 .............................................. 49<br />
65:15, 22 ................................... 272<br />
65:17.......................................... 368<br />
65:19.......................................... 368<br />
66:8 ............................................ 368<br />
Jeremiah<br />
1:5 ..................................... 318, 426<br />
2:37 ............................................ 165<br />
3:19 ............................................ 498<br />
4:4 ................................................ 73<br />
4:14 .............................................. 52<br />
6:16, 17 ....................................... 62<br />
9:24 .............................................. 87<br />
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12:16.......................................... 498<br />
13:11, 27 ..................................... 62<br />
13:27............................................ 52<br />
17:1 ............................................ 403<br />
17:9 ............................................ 427<br />
18:12................................... 62, 249<br />
24:7 ............................................ 498<br />
29:19............................................ 62<br />
31:11.......................................... 339<br />
31:18.......................... 69, 363, 396<br />
31:19................................. 398, 399<br />
31:20.......................................... 398<br />
31:33.......................................... 400<br />
31:32.......................................... 400<br />
32:4-9 ........................................ 403<br />
32:40................................. 162, 496<br />
51:9 .............................................. 89<br />
Lamentations<br />
3:33 .............................................. 87<br />
Ezekiel<br />
3:5-7 ............................................ 95<br />
7:19 ............................................ 257<br />
11:19................................... 86, 404<br />
11:19, 20 ................................... 404<br />
11:21.......................................... 404<br />
14:3, 4, 7 ................................... 257<br />
15:23, 32 ..................................... 77<br />
16:8 .............................................. 49<br />
16:45.......................................... 165<br />
18:2 .............................................. 87<br />
18:5-9 .......................................... 76<br />
18:9, 17, 19 ................................. 76<br />
18:24............................................ 75<br />
18:25............................................ 87<br />
18:26............................................ 78<br />
18:27, 28 ..................................... 82<br />
18:30............................................ 80<br />
18:31, 32 ..................................... 84<br />
20:7, 8 ......................................... 84<br />
20:8 .............................................. 62<br />
20:15.......................................... 499<br />
24:13............................................ 88<br />
33:11............................................ 86<br />
33:12, 13 ..................................... 76<br />
33:13............................................ 76<br />
33:19..................................... 78, 82<br />
33:24-29 ...................................... 86<br />
34:26............................................ 85<br />
36:25.......................................... 369<br />
36:26.......................................... 404<br />
36:27.......................................... 501<br />
39:29............................................ 47<br />
Daniel<br />
4:35 ............................................ 173<br />
9:26, 27 ..................................... 105<br />
Hosea<br />
2:7 .............................................. 495<br />
2:11 ............................................ 494<br />
2:12 ............................................ 494<br />
2:14 ............................................ 494<br />
2:15 ............................................ 494<br />
2:19, 20 ..................................... 493<br />
2:23 ............................................ 273<br />
4:6 .............................................. 165<br />
5:4 ................................................ 62<br />
5:6 ................................................ 87<br />
11:4 ............................................ 386<br />
11:8 .............................................. 38<br />
14:1 ............................................ 257<br />
14:4 ............................................ 267<br />
Joel<br />
2:28 ..................................... 47, 175<br />
Amos<br />
3:2 .............................................. 468<br />
Habakkuk<br />
2:4 ..................................... 204, 205<br />
Malachi<br />
2:8 .............................................. 257<br />
3:6 .............................................. 230<br />
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Matthew<br />
1:21 ................................... 144, 340<br />
4:23, 24 ..................................... 175<br />
5:13 .............................................. 90<br />
7:18 ............................................ 389<br />
7:22, 23 ..................................... 102<br />
7:23 ................................... 118, 318<br />
8:22 ............................................ 375<br />
9:16, 17 ....................................... 91<br />
10:28.......................................... 135<br />
11:6 ............................................ 257<br />
11:19.......................................... 322<br />
11:21, 23 ..................................... 94<br />
11:22, 24 ..................................... 95<br />
11:25, 26 ............................ 96, 172<br />
11:28.......................................... 302<br />
12:27............................................ 97<br />
12:37.......................................... 322<br />
12:41..................................... 94, 95<br />
13:21.......................................... 321<br />
13:57.......................................... 257<br />
16:6, 12 ....................................... 91<br />
16:18................................. 326, 327<br />
18:5 .............................................. 92<br />
18:6 ..................................... 92, 464<br />
18:6, 14 ..................................... 464<br />
18:6-9 ........................................ 257<br />
18:10............................................ 92<br />
18:11............................................ 92<br />
18:14............................................ 92<br />
19:14............................................ 97<br />
20:16.......................... 49, 272, 277<br />
20:28................................. 175, 338<br />
21:31, 32 .............................. 94, 95<br />
21:40, 41 ..................................... 60<br />
21:44.......................................... 257<br />
23:13............................................ 99<br />
23:37............................................ 97<br />
24 ............................................... 262<br />
24:4, 5 ......................................... 91<br />
24:6, 14 ..................................... 452<br />
24:11.......................................... 168<br />
24:12, 13 .......................... 168, 236<br />
24:13.......................................... 452<br />
24:22.......................................... 278<br />
24:22, 24, 31 ............................ 272<br />
24:24................................. 168, 458<br />
25:14-30 .................................... 101<br />
25:34.......................................... 279<br />
25:35, 37 ................................... 418<br />
25:41.......................................... 118<br />
25:46.......................................... 173<br />
26:39.......................................... 461<br />
27:25.......................................... 120<br />
Mark<br />
3:14 ............................................ 246<br />
6:3 .............................................. 257<br />
10:21................................... 99, 105<br />
10:21, 22 ................................... 321<br />
16:15.......................................... 176<br />
16:16................ 179, 224, 476, 264<br />
Luke<br />
1:15 ............................................ 426<br />
2:1 .............................................. 226<br />
2:29 ............................................ 212<br />
2:34 ............................................ 258<br />
4:15 ............................................ 323<br />
4:25-28 ...................................... 302<br />
7:23 ............................................ 257<br />
7:30 ............................................ 126<br />
8:13 ............................................ 464<br />
8:18 ............................................ 267<br />
10:42.......................................... 277<br />
11:42.......................................... 231<br />
13:3 .............................................. 65<br />
13:3-5 ........................................ 264<br />
16:31............................................ 94<br />
17:10.......................................... 418<br />
18:5 ............................................ 452<br />
18:7 ............................................ 272<br />
18:8 ............................................ 280<br />
19:41............................................ 99<br />
19:41, 42 ................................... 104<br />
19:42.......................................... 346<br />
19:43, 44 ................................... 104<br />
19:44.......................................... 106<br />
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21:34, 36 ............................ 91, 141<br />
22:42............................................ 99<br />
24:47.......................................... 123<br />
<strong>John</strong><br />
1:7 .............................................. 108<br />
1:10 ............................................ 221<br />
1:29 .......................... 221, 222, 229<br />
3:3 .............................................. 426<br />
3:5 .............................................. 369<br />
3:6 .............................................. 435<br />
3:16 ..................................... 65, 223<br />
3:16, 17 ..................................... 229<br />
3:17 ............................................ 224<br />
3:18, 36 ..................................... 179<br />
3:36 ............................................ 264<br />
4:14 .......................... 369, 500, 502<br />
4:39, 42 ..................................... 464<br />
4:42 ............................................ 229<br />
4:43 ............................................ 224<br />
4:44 ............................................ 118<br />
5:18 ............................................ 113<br />
5:24 .............................................. 22<br />
5:25 ............................................ 375<br />
5:34 ............................................ 113<br />
5:38 ............................................ 113<br />
5:40 ............................................ 115<br />
5:42 ............................................ 113<br />
6:29 ............................................ 395<br />
6:33 ................................... 224, 229<br />
6:33, 51 ..................................... 221<br />
6:35 ................................... 500, 502<br />
6:37 ............................................ 300<br />
6:39 ............................................ 301<br />
6:39, 40 ..................................... 462<br />
6:40 ............................................ 476<br />
6:44 ................................... 306, 385<br />
6:45 ............................................ 388<br />
6:47 .............................................. 22<br />
6:51 ............................................ 224<br />
6:64, 70 ....................................... 91<br />
6:65 ................................... 388, 414<br />
6:66 .............................................. 90<br />
6:70 ............................................ 455<br />
7:37-39 ...................................... 369<br />
8:24 .............................................. 65<br />
8:31 ............................................ 465<br />
8:43, 47 ..................................... 373<br />
8:47 ............................................ 303<br />
8:54 ............................................ 323<br />
8:55 ............................................ 199<br />
9:39 ............................................ 261<br />
10:15................................. 144, 343<br />
10:15, 51, 52 ............................ 340<br />
10:26.......................................... 304<br />
10:28.......................................... 503<br />
11:4 ............................................ 323<br />
11:52.......................................... 118<br />
12:19.......................................... 221<br />
12:32.......................................... 117<br />
12:39, 40 ................................... 251<br />
12:47.......................................... 224<br />
13:1 ............................................ 451<br />
13:18.......................................... 454<br />
13:31, 32 ................................... 323<br />
14:8 ............................................ 305<br />
14:16.......................................... 500<br />
14:17.......................................... 500<br />
14:26.......................................... 500<br />
15:5 ................................... 379, 382<br />
15:13................................. 343, 357<br />
15:19.......................................... 221<br />
16:1 ............................................ 499<br />
16:15.......................................... 323<br />
16:28.......................................... 221<br />
17:1 ............................................ 323<br />
17:1, 5 ....................................... 450<br />
17:2 ............................................ 347<br />
17:8 ................................... 304, 323<br />
17:9 ................................... 221, 345<br />
17:9, 19 ..................................... 345<br />
17:10.......................................... 347<br />
17:11, 15 .......................... 347, 454<br />
17:12.......................................... 453<br />
17:17, 19 ................................... 347<br />
17:20................................. 323, 347<br />
17:21, 23 ................................... 347<br />
17:22.......................................... 323<br />
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17:24.......................................... 347<br />
Acts<br />
3:13 ............................................ 323<br />
3:14-18 ...................................... 120<br />
3:15 ............................................ 323<br />
3:19 ............................................ 120<br />
4:4 .............................................. 122<br />
4:24 ............................................ 212<br />
5:31 .............................................. 55<br />
7:2 ................................................ 97<br />
7:51 ............................................ 125<br />
7:52 ............................................ 126<br />
8:10 ............................................ 464<br />
8:45, 46 ..................................... 165<br />
10:35.............................................. 4<br />
10:44.......................................... 391<br />
11:18.......................................... 390<br />
11:21.......................................... 363<br />
13:22, 23 ................................... 426<br />
13:42.......................................... 314<br />
13:46.......................................... 126<br />
13:48........................ 301, 308, 458<br />
13:50.......................................... 394<br />
14:16................................. 173, 248<br />
14:22.......................................... 465<br />
15:1, 24 ..................................... 481<br />
15:2 ............................................ 314<br />
15:14.......................................... 279<br />
16:6-10 ...................................... 311<br />
16:14.......................................... 393<br />
17:26.......................................... 425<br />
17:30................................. 122, 173<br />
18:10.......................................... 311<br />
20:13.......................................... 312<br />
20:16.......................................... 461<br />
20:20, 27 ................................... 205<br />
20:24.......................................... 182<br />
20:28.......................................... 212<br />
20:29, 30 ................................... 480<br />
21:20.......................................... 464<br />
22:1 .............................................. 97<br />
22:3 ............................................ 199<br />
22:10.......................................... 314<br />
23:1 ............................................ 165<br />
26:5 ............................................ 199<br />
27:22, 24, 31 ............................ 141<br />
28:23.......................................... 314<br />
Romans<br />
1:5 .............................................. 154<br />
1:7 .............................................. 321<br />
1:8 .............................................. 226<br />
1:16 ..................................... 70, 401<br />
1:28 ............................................ 244<br />
2:4, 5.......................................... 122<br />
2:12 ............................................ 122<br />
2:15 ............................................ 165<br />
2:29 .............................................. 73<br />
3:9-12 ........................................ 431<br />
3:17 ............................................ 106<br />
3:19 ............................................ 226<br />
3:20, 28 ..................................... 416<br />
3:22 ............................................ 130<br />
3:25 ............................................ 227<br />
3:27 ............................................ 416<br />
4:2 .............................................. 416<br />
4:6 .............................................. 331<br />
4:16 ............................................ 130<br />
5:9 .............................................. 129<br />
5:10 ................................... 354, 359<br />
5:17 ............................................ 130<br />
5:18 ............................................ 127<br />
5:19 ............................................ 329<br />
6:23 ............................................ 309<br />
7:5 .............................................. 409<br />
7:9 .............................................. 438<br />
7:14-25 .................... 438, 443, 444<br />
7:18, 19 ..................................... 437<br />
8:1, 5-8 ...................................... 435<br />
8:1, 30, 33 ................................. 201<br />
8:3 .............................................. 129<br />
8:7 .............................................. 389<br />
8:7, 8.......................................... 446<br />
8:13 ............................................ 447<br />
8:17 ............................................ 323<br />
8:17, 18, 21, 23 ........................ 324<br />
8:23 .......................... 294, 323, 475<br />
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8:24 ............................................ 325<br />
8:28 ................................... 321, 323<br />
8:28, 29 ..................................... 296<br />
8:29, 30 ..................... 21, 317, 467<br />
8:30 ......... 210, 266, 289, 351, 468<br />
8:32 ............................................ 351<br />
8:33 .......................... 282, 288, 323<br />
8:33, 34 ..................................... 130<br />
8:34 ................................... 345, 348<br />
8:38, 39 ..................................... 469<br />
9:6 ..................................... 468, 496<br />
9:7 .............................................. 492<br />
9:10-13 ...................................... 282<br />
9:11 ..................................... 21, 297<br />
9:15, 18 ..................................... 287<br />
9:16 ............................................ 171<br />
9:18 ................................... 131, 264<br />
9:19 ................................... 173, 216<br />
9:22 ............................................ 216<br />
9:22, 23 ................... 131, 287, 328<br />
9:23-26 ...................................... 494<br />
9:25 ............................................ 273<br />
9:30 ................................... 269, 289<br />
9:32, 33 ..................................... 257<br />
10:1 ............................................ 269<br />
10:12.......................................... 174<br />
10:14.......................................... 109<br />
10:17.......................................... 309<br />
11:1, 2, 7 ................................... 496<br />
11:2 ............................................ 467<br />
11:5 ............................................ 272<br />
11:5, 7 ....................................... 468<br />
11:8 ............................................ 391<br />
11:12, 15 ................. 152, 176, 228<br />
11:20................................. 161, 162<br />
11:22.......................................... 465<br />
11:25.......................................... 132<br />
11:26................................... 14, 132<br />
11:27.......................................... 490<br />
11:29.......................................... 456<br />
11:32.......................................... 131<br />
12:6 ............................................ 154<br />
12:18.......................................... 461<br />
13:1 ............................................ 313<br />
14 ............................................... 464<br />
14:13.......................................... 135<br />
14:13, 21 ................................... 257<br />
14:14, 15, 20 ............................ 464<br />
14:15................................. 134, 137<br />
14:18.............................................. 4<br />
14:19.......................................... 135<br />
14:20................................... 93, 135<br />
14:20, 21 ................................... 257<br />
14:21.......................................... 135<br />
15:4 ................................... 262, 263<br />
16:13.......................................... 293<br />
1 Corinthians<br />
1:2 .............................................. 509<br />
1:8, 9.......................................... 507<br />
1:9 .............................................. 321<br />
1:18 ............................................ 264<br />
1:23 ............................................ 378<br />
1:24 ............................................ 509<br />
1:27 ............................................ 460<br />
1:29 ............................................ 414<br />
2:4 .............................................. 378<br />
2:14 ............................................ 376<br />
3:16, 17 ..................................... 473<br />
4:6 .............................................. 411<br />
4:7 .............................................. 410<br />
6:12 ............................................ 444<br />
6:15 ............................................ 473<br />
6:20 ............................................ 212<br />
8 ................................................. 464<br />
8:7 .............................................. 137<br />
8:7, 10 ....................................... 137<br />
8:8 .............................................. 137<br />
8:9, 11 ......................................... 93<br />
8:11 ................................... 137, 464<br />
8:12 ............................................ 137<br />
8:13 ................................... 137, 257<br />
9:15 ............................................ 416<br />
9:27 ................................... 158, 244<br />
10:12.......................................... 139<br />
10:13................................. 505, 507<br />
10:23.......................................... 444<br />
11:32................................. 176, 349<br />
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12:7 ................................................ 9<br />
12:13.......................................... 501<br />
12:26.......................................... 323<br />
12:29, 30 ................................... 411<br />
13:1, 2 ....................................... 102<br />
13:1-3 ........................................ 444<br />
15:10........................ 154, 418, 443<br />
15:13, 14, 19 ............................ 326<br />
15:20, 23 ................................... 130<br />
15:22.......................................... 130<br />
15:47.......................................... 319<br />
2 Corinthians<br />
1:10 .............................................. 78<br />
1:12 ............................................ 416<br />
1:21, 22 ..................................... 472<br />
2:16 .............................................. 70<br />
3:3, 4.......................................... 380<br />
3:5 ..................................... 309, 379<br />
3:6 ................................................ 70<br />
3:8-11 ........................................ 322<br />
3:18 ............................................ 319<br />
4:3 .............................................. 264<br />
4:7 .............................................. 370<br />
4:13 ............................................ 501<br />
5:1 .............................................. 475<br />
5:9 .................................................. 4<br />
5:10 ............................................ 149<br />
5:11 ............................................ 149<br />
5:14, 15 ............................ 144, 152<br />
5:16 ............................................ 152<br />
5:17 ................................... 153, 366<br />
5:17, 18, 21 ............................... 145<br />
5:19 ............................................ 150<br />
5:20 ............................................ 153<br />
5:21 ............................................ 331<br />
6:1 ..................................... 154, 182<br />
6:2 ....................................... 12, 155<br />
6:3 ..................................... 155, 257<br />
7:1 ................................................ 52<br />
11:2, 3 ....................................... 157<br />
11:10.......................................... 416<br />
11:23............................................ 78<br />
11:25.......................................... 166<br />
12:8 ............................................ 511<br />
12:9 ............................................ 512<br />
12:10.......................................... 443<br />
Galatians<br />
1:7 .............................................. 455<br />
2:12 ............................................ 205<br />
2:18, 20 ..................................... 444<br />
2:20 ............................................ 111<br />
3:1 ..................................... 262, 263<br />
3:22 ............................................ 133<br />
3:28 ............................................ 490<br />
4:11 ............................................ 157<br />
4:27 ............................................ 486<br />
5:4 ..................................... 167, 503<br />
5:6 .............................................. 409<br />
5:13 ............................................ 321<br />
5:17 ............................................ 444<br />
5:17, 19 ..................................... 435<br />
5:24 ............................................ 447<br />
6:4 .............................................. 417<br />
6:15 ............................................ 366<br />
Ephesians<br />
1:3-12 ........................................ 293<br />
1:4 ............................ 292, 300, 510<br />
1:5 .............................................. 320<br />
1:5, 11 ....................................... 296<br />
1:6 .................................................. 4<br />
1:7 .............................................. 212<br />
1:11 ................................... 173, 409<br />
1:13 ............................................ 293<br />
1:13, 14 ..................................... 472<br />
1:17 ............................................ 305<br />
1:19, 20 ..................................... 362<br />
2:1 ..................................... 365, 372<br />
2:2 .............................................. 408<br />
2:3 ..................................... 199, 425<br />
2:4, 5.......................................... 375<br />
2:6 .............................................. 325<br />
2:8 ....... 22, 62, 309, 325, 369, 390<br />
2:8, 9.......................................... 414<br />
2:12 ............................................ 384<br />
2:10 ............................................ 366<br />
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2:14-18 ...................................... 177<br />
3:8 .............................................. 154<br />
3:15 ............................................ 324<br />
3:20 ............................................ 409<br />
4:3 .............................................. 232<br />
4:6 .............................................. 174<br />
4:14 ............................................ 460<br />
4:16 ............................................ 189<br />
4:23, 24 ....................................... 85<br />
4:24 ............................................ 366<br />
4:30 ............................................ 472<br />
5:2 .............................................. 232<br />
5:2, 25 ....................................... 340<br />
5:25 ................................... 144, 343<br />
Philippians<br />
1:5 .............................................. 513<br />
1:6 ............................ 162, 507, 513<br />
1:7 .............................................. 513<br />
1:29 ............................................ 414<br />
2:12 ............................................ 159<br />
2:13 ............................................ 407<br />
3:6 .............................................. 199<br />
3:21 ............................................ 409<br />
4:8 .............................................. 380<br />
Colossians<br />
1:6 .............................................. 226<br />
1:18 ............................................ 319<br />
1:20 ............................................ 324<br />
1:22, 23 ..................................... 511<br />
1:23 ............................................ 465<br />
1:28 ............................................ 149<br />
1:29 ............................................ 409<br />
2:4, 8, 18 ................................... 142<br />
2:10 ............................................ 142<br />
2:11 .............................................. 74<br />
2:12 .......................... 309, 369, 395<br />
2:13 ............................................ 372<br />
3:11 ............................................ 490<br />
3:12 ................................... 208, 290<br />
3:15 ................................... 231, 321<br />
4:14 ............................................ 170<br />
1 <strong>The</strong>ssalonians<br />
1:4 .............................................. 290<br />
1:16 ............................................ 134<br />
2:12 ............................................ 321<br />
2:13 ................................... 208, 409<br />
3:3 .............................................. 300<br />
3:5 .............................................. 157<br />
4:16 ............................................ 279<br />
5:23, 24 ..................................... 507<br />
2 <strong>The</strong>ssalonians<br />
1:11 ............................................ 369<br />
2:3 .............................................. 169<br />
2:7, 9.......................................... 408<br />
2:9, 10, 13 ................................. 461<br />
2:10–12 ..................................... 264<br />
2:12 ............................................ 216<br />
2:13 .......................... 260, 290, 292<br />
2:14 ............................................ 321<br />
3:3 .............................................. 507<br />
1 Timothy<br />
1:15 ............................................ 443<br />
1:19, 20 ..................................... 164<br />
2:1 ............................ 173, 175, 176<br />
2:2 .............................................. 174<br />
2:4 ....................................... 13, 171<br />
2:5 .............................................. 174<br />
2:6 ..................................... 175, 339<br />
2:15 ............................................ 465<br />
3:9 .............................................. 166<br />
3:15 ............................................ 327<br />
4:1 ..................................... 166, 168<br />
4:1, 2.......................................... 165<br />
4:10 ............................................ 179<br />
5:8 .............................................. 166<br />
5:24 ............................................ 151<br />
6:21 ............................................ 166<br />
2 Timothy<br />
1:9 ............................ 292, 321, 416<br />
2:10 ................................... 290, 291<br />
2:13 ............................................ 511<br />
2:16, 17 ..................................... 164<br />
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2:17 ............................................ 318<br />
2:18, 19 ..................................... 166<br />
2:19 ................................... 326, 475<br />
2:20, 21 ..................................... 328<br />
2:21 ............................................ 212<br />
3:8 .............................................. 244<br />
4:10 ............................................ 170<br />
4:14, 15 ..................................... 164<br />
4:18 ............................................ 475<br />
Titus<br />
1:1 ............................ 290, 291, 458<br />
1:2 .............................................. 308<br />
1:16 ............................................ 244<br />
2:9, 10 ....................................... 183<br />
2:11 ............................................ 155<br />
2:11, 12 ..................................... 181<br />
2:14 ................................... 184, 339<br />
3:3 ..................................... 199, 459<br />
3:5 ..................................... 415, 416<br />
3:7 .............................................. 277<br />
Philemon<br />
1:24 ............................................ 170<br />
6 ................................................. 409<br />
18 ............................................... 330<br />
Hebrews<br />
2:1 .............................................. 199<br />
2:9 .............................................. 189<br />
2:9, 10 ....................................... 144<br />
2:10 ................................... 189, 191<br />
2:10, 13 ..................................... 187<br />
2:11, 12 ..................................... 189<br />
2:12 ............................................ 189<br />
2:13, 14 ..................................... 190<br />
2:16 ............................................ 190<br />
3:2 .............................................. 247<br />
3:6, 14 ....................................... 465<br />
3:7 ................................................ 12<br />
3:12 ............................................ 142<br />
4:1 .................... 142, 161, 163, 199<br />
4:12 ............................................ 409<br />
6:1, 2.......................................... 326<br />
6:4–6 ......................................... 193<br />
6:8 .............................................. 244<br />
6:8, 9.......................................... 196<br />
6:9 ..................................... 187, 195<br />
6:11, 12 ..................................... 196<br />
6:12 ............................................ 324<br />
6:17, 18 ..................................... 187<br />
6:17-20 ...................................... 196<br />
6:19 ............................................ 187<br />
7:25 ............................................ 187<br />
8:6-8 .......................................... 488<br />
8:12 .............................................. 54<br />
9:13, 14 ..................................... 201<br />
10:4 .............................................. 53<br />
10:10.......................................... 201<br />
10:14.......................................... 187<br />
10:18.......................................... 201<br />
10:24.......................................... 232<br />
10:25................................. 200, 205<br />
10:26–29 ................................... 198<br />
10:32................................. 193, 195<br />
10:34, 39 ................................... 187<br />
10:38................................. 204, 205<br />
10:38, 39 ................................... 200<br />
10:39................................. 205, 281<br />
11:1 ................................... 187, 327<br />
11:4 ................................................ 3<br />
12:15................ 142, 155, 182, 503<br />
12:17.......................................... 287<br />
12:21.......................................... 407<br />
12:23........................ 266, 291, 327<br />
12:24.......................................... 175<br />
12:28........................ 161, 162, 187<br />
13:12.......................................... 201<br />
James<br />
1:12 ............................................ 236<br />
1:21 .............................................. 52<br />
2:5 .............................................. 272<br />
2:21, 25 ..................................... 322<br />
3:2 .............................................. 209<br />
4:8 ................................................ 52<br />
5:8, 9.......................................... 241<br />
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1 Peter<br />
1:1 .............................................. 209<br />
1:1-5 .......................................... 273<br />
1:2 ............................ 217, 296, 468<br />
1:2-5 .......................................... 209<br />
1:5 .............................................. 476<br />
1:17 ................................... 161, 162<br />
1:18-19 ...................................... 212<br />
2:5 .................................................. 4<br />
2:8 .............................................. 254<br />
2:9 ........... 209, 254, 258, 272, 321<br />
2:9, 10 .............................. 366, 508<br />
2:20, 21 ..................................... 320<br />
2:24 ............................................ 341<br />
2:25 ............................................ 363<br />
3:18-20 .......................................... 8<br />
3:20 .............................................. 11<br />
4:3 .............................................. 199<br />
4:7 .............................................. 452<br />
5:8 ................................................ 20<br />
5:13 ............................................ 208<br />
2 Peter<br />
1:1 .............................................. 209<br />
1:3 .............................................. 216<br />
1:10 ............................................ 208<br />
2:1 ..................................... 211, 459<br />
2:1-3 .......................................... 262<br />
2:3 .............................................. 262<br />
2:12, 13 ..................................... 212<br />
2:18 ............................................ 215<br />
2:21 ............................................ 140<br />
2:20–22 ..................................... 214<br />
3:1, 8, 14, 17 ............................ 217<br />
3:3, 4.......................................... 217<br />
3:9 ....................................... 13, 216<br />
3:15 ............................................ 217<br />
3:17 ............................................ 142<br />
1 <strong>John</strong><br />
1:7 .............................................. 201<br />
1:7, 9.......................................... 340<br />
1:8 .............................................. 441<br />
2:1 .............................................. 227<br />
2:1, 2.......................................... 345<br />
2:2 ........... 152, 176, 221, 225, 229<br />
2:18 ............................................ 479<br />
2:19 ............................................ 478<br />
2:22 ............................................ 479<br />
2:24 ............................................ 465<br />
3:2 .............................................. 320<br />
3:9 .............................................. 482<br />
3:12 ................................................ 4<br />
4:3 .............................................. 480<br />
4:4-6 .......................................... 480<br />
4:14 ............................................ 224<br />
5:16 ................................... 174, 346<br />
5:19 ................................... 176, 227<br />
2 <strong>John</strong><br />
1:7, 9, 10 ................................... 143<br />
1:8 .............................................. 143<br />
1:13 ................................... 272, 276<br />
Jude<br />
1:4 ........... 155, 173, 212, 216, 259<br />
1:14 ................................... 262, 263<br />
1:21 ............................................ 230<br />
1:24 ............................................ 233<br />
Revelation<br />
1:5 .............................................. 319<br />
2 and 3 ...................................... 234<br />
2:2, 3.......................................... 235<br />
2:4, 5.......................................... 235<br />
2:10 ............................................ 236<br />
2:16 ............................................ 236<br />
2:25 ............................................ 238<br />
3:2, 3.......................................... 235<br />
3:3 .............................................. 238<br />
3:4, 5.......................................... 238<br />
3:5 .............................................. 267<br />
3:7 .............................................. 393<br />
3:10 ..................................... 19, 226<br />
3:11 ............................................ 238<br />
3:15-18 ...................................... 242<br />
3:16 ............................................ 239<br />
3:18 .............................................. 66<br />
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3:19 ............................................ 239<br />
3:20 ............................................ 240<br />
5:9 .............................................. 212<br />
6:4, 8.......................................... 391<br />
6:10 ............................................ 212<br />
12:9 ............................................ 226<br />
12:10.......................................... 460<br />
13:3 ............................................ 226<br />
13:5, 7 ....................................... 391<br />
13:8 .......................... 264, 265, 292<br />
14:3, 4 ....................................... 212<br />
17:8 ................................... 265, 267<br />
17:13, 14 ................................... 269<br />
21 ............................................... 487<br />
21:8 ............................................ 179<br />
21:19, 23, 24 ............................ 487<br />
21:27.......................................... 455<br />
22:17............................................ 66<br />
22:19.......................................... 267<br />
THE END.<br />
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