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December 17—Morning Devotion
"Fear not: I have the keys of hell and of death."—Revelation 1:17,18 Is it Jesus, all precious, all lovely, all powerful Jesus, that saith this? He who hath redeemed my soul from hell, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling? And hath Jesus, my Husband, my Brother, my Redeemer, the keys both of hell and of death? Why…
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75 Type
TYPE An impression, image, or representation of some model, which is termed the antitype. In this sense we often use the word to denote the prefiguration of the great events of man's redemption by persons or things in the Old Testament. Types are distinguished into, 1. Such as were directly appointed for that end; as the sacrifices.--2. Such as had…
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 4, Verse 5
“Not in the lust of concupiscence, etc.]” Or “passion of lust”; for the mere gratifying and indulging of that; for a man so to possess his vessel, is to cherish the sin of concupiscence, the first motions of sin in the heart, by which a man is drawn away, and enticed; to blow up the flame of lust, and to…
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December 16—Morning Devotion
"He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretyship is sure."—Proverbs 11:15 Blessed Jesus, well is it for me that thou didst not hate to become a Surety; for hadst thou so done, and refused the vast undertaking, I must have perished for ever. And hadst thou consented to have become a Surety…
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74 Parable
PARABLE A fable or allegorical instruction, founded on something read or apparent in nature or history, from which a moral is drawn, by comparing it with something in which the people are more immediately concerned: such are the parables of Dives and Lazarus, or the prodigal son, of the ten virgins, &c. Dr. Blair observes, that "of parables, which form…
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 4, Verse 4
“That everyone of you should know how to possess his vessel, etc.]” By which may be meant, either a man's wife, or his body, and it is not very easy to determine which, for the Jews call both by this name. Sometimes they call a woman μlwg, which the gloss says is a “vessel” unfinished. It is reported, that when…
