Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew

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1. ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,
2. A few foot-notes explaining difficult passages, have
3. In the next place, I cannot help hoping that the work
4. ^fulness of Gospel invi-
5. Prophecy continued, about miseries to come/
6. Let us remember our deep responsibility. We shall
7. They that are born again are not born of bloody nor of
8. Let us observe the conduct of Joseph described in these
9. God, and perfect God as well as perfect man. If we once
10. Bethlehem of Judsea ; for thus it is
11. Luke, to rejoice at His birth. " He came unto his own,
12. Blessed indeed are those that can believe in this fashion !
13. Do you envy the rich and gi-eat ? Does your heart
14. Joseph, is highly probable. We only know, that almost
15. None ever received such praise from the great Head of
16. We need to be straitly warned, that it is no light matter
17. Let as beware on the one hand^ that tee do not attcuA
18. God, command that these stones be
19. It is the yielding tq^the temptation, and giving it a place
20. IQ The people which sat in darkness
21. Christian teaching can be called sound, which does not
22. These miracles not least are intended to show us Christ's
23. Of all things created light is the most usefuL It ferti-
24. But they all looked by faith to the same Saviour, and
25. Christian who is content with a low standard of personal
26. Now all this is very instructive. It ought to raise very
27. Biat not evil : bat whosoever shall
28. Christian ought to be influenced by higher principles than
29. Verily I say unto you, They have
30. In all our duties, whether giving, or praying, the great
31. On
32. We here pray that God's laws may be obeyed by men as
33. Him the profession of our hearts, that we give Him all
34. God. Paul and Barnabas fasted, when they appointed
35. Christ and serve the world at the same time. Let us
36. He points out the useUssnesa of over-anxiety. Our life
37. Where is our confidence in our Saviour's words ? We
38. Thiis is a golden rule indeed ! It does not merely for-
39. Christ, and live holy and humble lives ? If not, in spite
40. And what is the end of this man's religion ? It breaks
41. Lord Jesus Christ. Leprosy is the most fearful disease by
42. Let us lay firm hold on this lesson. It deserves to be
43. In the first part of these verses we see a striking example
44. He hears their cry and stills the waters with a word, so
45. But that the devil is ever near us in spirit, and ever
46. There are only too many like these Gergesenes. There
47. Lord Jesus calls on him to follow Him, and become His
48. Pharisees fast oft, hut thy disciples
49. Uwers, because they did not fast as John the Baptist's
50. Who can forget the awful feeling, that a mighty change
51. Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah. They believed that
52. EXPOSITOBT THOUGHTS,
53. Laziness and frivolity are bad enough in any profession,
54. But tne words of Scripture, which we have read, are
55. There are few of our Lord's instructions which it is
56. Himself is our most perfect example. None were ever
57. Let us work on steadily and quietly. Men may not un-
58. Yariance against his father, and the
59. A prophet ? yea, I say unto you, and
60. Baptist/' In time past John had boldly confessed Jesus
61. Bittinff in the marketa, and calling
62. Do we tell them of salvation by grace, and justification
63. Lord of neaven and earth, because
64. Let us learn, in the second place, from these verses,
65. Mark what a gracious offer Jesus makes. " I will
66. Priests in the temple profane the
67. Sabbath to idleness, pleasure-seeking, or the world, is
68. Ghost is here describing persons whose grace is at present
69. Spirit of God, then the kingdom of
70. Strange as this charge may sound, it is one that has
71. The doctrine here taught is one that does not stand
72. Let us be watchful as we read this passage about wordB,
73. Spirit inspired men to write of Solomon and Jonah who
74. It is a picture most painfully fuU of meaning. Let ua
75. If we love life, let us pray that these lessons may be
76. Icnow the mysteries of the kingdom of
77. He may go to and fro, and seem to say much, and to
78. Aowed good seed in bis field :
79. It is a vast " field'' in which " wheat and tares'' grow side
80. Henry, " their sanctification will be perfected, and their
81. MATTHEW, CHAP. XHI. .W3
82. The first thing which we ought to notice in these verses,
83. Men forget that truth is truth, however old and hackneyed
84. There are three great enemies against which God^s
85. They will find, like Herod, that it is an evil thing and
86. EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS
87. There are mines of rich instruction in all His words and
88. Enough for us to remember, that to Him who created
89. He that curseth father or mother, lei
90. We learn, for another thing, from these verses, the
91. The heart is the principal thing in the relation of
92. It is clear from examination of the passage, that the
93. Lord overthrew this miserable doctrine, by showing His
94. We see, in the first place, that true faith may some"
95. The woman about whom we are reading, found small
96. Let us remember this history, when we intercede for
97. We know little of human nature, if we wonder at
98. Do we feel soul-sick and want a cure P We must just
99. When it is evening, ye sa^, B wiU h$
100. The second point which deserves special notice in these
101. Sadduceeism are continually striving far the mastery in
102. But what are we to understand, when we read the
103. In the first place, let us admire the noble confession
104. It is the whole body of believers of every age, and
105. Peter, James, and John his brother,
106. There can be little question that this was one main
107. In the last place, we have in these verses a remarh-
108. Mid sayinff,
109. Vet be healed. They may yet repent, and be converted,
110. May we all bear in mind our Lord's words to His disci-
111. Christ to hear, and to do nothing we would not like Christ
112. It may sound very fine, and seem very heroic to be al-
113. It were better for him that a millstone
114. Cometh."
115. The last thing we are taught in these verses, is tht
116. Who can tell but he may say at once, " I was wrong"—'
117. Out- Lord commands disagreements between Christians,
118. RiQ against me, and I forgive hizn?
119. We are to look over much, and submit to much, rathei
120. Let these truths sink down deeply into our hearts. It
121. In these verses we have the mind of Christ declared on
122. Christ and His Church. It is a relation which nothing
123. Finally, let us draw from these verses encouragement
124. Let us see how it touches our own souls. Are we honest
125. Let us beware of the love of money. It is possible to
126. Are often perilled, by a conscientious adherence to the
127. Thebe are undeniable difficulties in the parable contained
128. Christ to the heathen of our own times, as fully as it did
129. New. In the matter of justification, there is no distinc-
130. the
131. Insteth against the spirit in all GK)d's children, and Luther
132. Lord might well say to us, " Ye know not what ye asf
133. Lord Jesus, are indeed widely different. They are more
134. Himself. He died to redeem us from the curse which
135. These blind men sat " by the wayside." Had they not
136. We see here an illustration of that old truth, which we
137. His last journey had been accomplished, and that there
138. As he said, so it came to pass. As he foretold, so it was
139. Son of David; they were sore dis-
140. Malachi : " Who may abide the day of His coming ?
141. The point on which they fasten is his commission : " By
142. But for all this, we must never forget that '^wisdom is
143. Pharisees had heard his parables,
144. Truly that is a serious question, and one that ought to
145. The wedding is ready, but they which
146. PhaiiseeSy saw the influence which He was obtaining,
147. Israel, and considered the children of Abraham no longer
148. English king John. In order to have a right judgment
149. Let tts observe, in the second place, what a remarkable
150. Are we ready for this life ? Should we enjoy it, if

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