The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 26:3-4
Isaiah 26:3-4Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on TheePerfect peaceThe Scriptures are full of priceless secrets, and here is one of them--the secret of trust in God as revealed to us in Jesus Christ, as the sole method and means of that peace which we all desire.“Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace”; or, as the original expresses it still more forcibly in its Semitic simplicity, “Thou shalt keep him in peace, peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee.” It is not the promise... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 26:1-10
Isaiah 26:1-10In that day shall this song be sungPeriods of restorationIf it be demanded, what period of time is this which the prophet speaks of?we must answer, that it is the time when the people, who for their provocations were thrown into the furnace of affliction, and had continued in it till they were purged from their sins, were delivered from it, and restored to the favour of God, and the enjoyment of His former mercies. Of which restoration there are three kinds or degrees plainly... read more