An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

So that in the words we may take notice of what he is said to be, a God; and then the Extent, or Universality of it, a God of comfort, and a God of all comfort. The Greek word [Greek or Hebrew], is used sometimes for exhortation; and sometimes for comfort; for exhortation, Act. 13. 15. Rom. 12. 8. and for comfort in many places. In 1 Cor. 14. 3. there is [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], Exhortation and comfort put together. Some say, therefore is the same word put for exhortation and comfort, because spiritual consolation is hardly received by the afflicted humbled sinner; and therefore he must again and again be pressed and exhorted to entertain it; for the Devil is the prince of darkness, and father of terrors and fears, and so immediately opposite to this glorious Attribute in God, The God of all comfort. The holy Ghost from this word is called [Greek or Hebrew], the Comforter. So that although by way of economy it is attributed to him in an appropriated manner, yet that doth not exclude the Father. For opera ad extra sunt indivisa, but (as was formerly said) this fountain doth not need any stone to be removed from it, and therefore we may immediately drink of it. Observe,

So that in the words we may take notice of what he is said to be, a God; and then the Extent, or Universality of it, a God of comfort, and a God of all comfort. The Greek word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, is used sometimes for exhortation; and sometimes for comfort; for exhortation, Act. 13. 15. Rom. 12. 8. and for comfort in many places. In 1 Cor. 14. 3. there is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Exhortation and comfort put together. Some say, therefore is the same word put for exhortation and comfort, because spiritual consolation is hardly received by the afflicted humbled sinner; and therefore he must again and again be pressed and exhorted to entertain it; for the Devil is the prince of darkness, and father of terrors and fears, and so immediately opposite to this glorious Attribute in God, The God of all comfort. The holy Ghost from this word is called , the Comforter. So that although by way of oeconomy it is attributed to him in an appropriated manner, yet that doth not exclude the Father. For opera ad extra sunt indivisa, but (as was formerly said) this fountain doth not need any stone to be removed from it, and therefore we may immediately drink of it. Observe,