From Reformation to Reformation

A threefold occasion for writing the Epistle befalls Paul, 1. The Argument of the Epistle, 2. The time of writing. That it was written...

Verse 22:[1] And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them...

2. The Argument of the book. Now, this book teaches the veracity of the Divine promise concerning the liberation of the people from...

HOLY FATHERS: Origen. REFORMED: Gomarus, Landreben,[1] Musculus, Scultetus, Zanchi, Zwingli. English: Jewel,[2] Rollock, Sclater,...

I. An Exhortation to constancy, chapters 1-3. In which is: 1. His giving of thanks for them: chapters 1:1-3:10: in which: a. After...

1. The inscription and writer of the book. Ezra is described. He was a ready Scribe in the law of Moses. The tale concerning the...

7. There are two parts: I. An Exhortation to constancy, conceived in the form of thanksgiving and prayer (1 Thessalonians 1-3). II. ...

6. Also, the first Epistle was written before the second, contrary to the assertion of Grotius. Grotius certainly went wide of the mark,...

The inscription and writer of the book. Ezra is described. He was a ready Scribe in the law of Moses. The tale concerning the restoration...

5. The time of writing. It is the first of all the Epistles of Saint Paul. That this is the first of all the Pauline Epistles, has not...

Verse 4:[1] And (Ps. 141:2; Luke 1:10) the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out...

Verse 18:[1] Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is. [Saul drew near to...

4. It appears to have been written, not at Athens, but at Corinth. That the Epistle was written at Athens, the common subscription...

Verse 3:[1] And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he...

The Interpreters of this Book are almost the same as of the former. Let the Interpreters of the Books of the Old Testament be added....

3. The argument. Of course, the Apostle does this, so that he, stroking the Thessalonians with praises on account of their known faith...

2. The occasion of the writing of the Epistle furnished by the narration of Timothy concerning them. Therefore, Timothy, having returned...

The Parts of the book are two: I. The History of the undivided Kingdom under Solomon, Chapters 1-9: in which are: 1. Solomon’s piety...

1. The Inscription of the Epistle. Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia. At first called Halia, and Therma. The entrance of Saint Paul...

The Inscription of the Epistle.Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia. At first called Halia, and Therma. The entrance of Saint Paul into that...