Now An Infinite Happiness Cannot

The Same Sun That Hardens The Clay Softens The Wax.

Remember That The Word Of God Is Not Sent To Particular Persons, As If By Name; And Do Not Think You Have No Part In It, Because You Are Not Named There.

To Suppose More Than One Supreme Source Of Infinite Wisdom, Power, And All Perfections, Is To Assert That There Is No Supreme Being In Existence.

The Grand Obstacle To The Salvation Of The Scribes And Pharisees Was Their Pride, Vanity And Self-love. They Lived On Each Other's Praise. If They Had Acknowledged Christ As The Only Good Teacher, They Must Have Given Up The Good Opinion Of The Multitude; And They Chose Rather To Lose Their Souls Than To Forfeit Their Reputation Among Men!

Verse 11. (they Presented Unto Him Gifts). The People Of The East Never Approach The Presence Of Kings And Great Personages, Without A Present In Their Hands. The Custom Is Often Noticed In The Old Testament, And Still Prevails In The East, And In Some Of The Newly Discovered South Sea Islands.