20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Ver. 20. Building up ] By holy conference, a singular help, a most needful but too much neglected duty. Praying in the Holy Ghost ] Whose creature fervent prayer is. read more
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Ver. 21. Keep yourselves ] Remit nothing of your former fervour. But keep afoot and alive that twofold love of God: 1. That of desire, and earnest delight and intense longing after him, as our chiefest good. 2. Of delight and complacency, whereby we hug and embrace him, solacing ourselves in the fruition of him. read more
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: Ver. 22. And of some ] Or (according to other copies), "Retell their false reasonings," and dispute them out of their errors, ελεειτε , alias ελεγχετε . read more
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Ver. 23. Out of the fire ] viz. of hell; as the angel pulled Lot out of Sodom, as ye would save a drowning man, though ye pulled off some of his hair to save him. a Hic est depingendus Satan et Tartarus, et career atrocissimus et luctuoaus, in quo vere sit strider dentium et fletus, saith Aretins. Those that are obstinate, and receive not reproofs, are to be terrified and told of the... read more
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Ver. 24. That is able ] q.d. I can only counsel you, it is God must keep you. read more
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Ver. 25. See Trapp on " 1Ti 1:17 " read more
Jdg 1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day. Ver. 26. And built a city. ] Therefore it seemeth he was well rewarded, and not in counterfeit coin: as the Spaniard rewarded a countryman of ours who had betrayed a town to him in the Netherlands, saying that false money was good enough for so false a knave. read more
Jdg 1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Ver. 27. See Joshua 17:11-12 . read more
Jdg 1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. Ver. 28. They put the Canaanites to tribute. ] When they could have cast them out: this they did out of covetousness, that root of all evil, neglecting the command of God to the contrary. Well might David pray, "Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness." Psa 119:36 Sallust saith, Ubi divitiae clarae habentur, ibi omnia bona vilia sunt, fides,... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 1:19
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Ver. 19. Who separate ] From Church assemblies, upon pretence of newer lights, greater holiness. The Arabic renders it, intermitters, sc. of Church worship. Such as upon pretence of a more than ordinary holiness, and I know not what imaginary perfection, thought they might give over hearing of the word, as having immediate teaching; and separated from holy duties, as the words following show. Sensual ] Gr. ψυχικοι ,... read more