Isaiah, Chapter 25, verses 6-10
6 for his saving benefits, 9 and for his victorious salvationPhilippians, Chapter 4, verses 12-14, 19-20
10 showing how he rejoiced at their liberality towards him lying in prison, not so much for the supply of his own wants, as for the grace of God in them, 19 And so he concludeth with prayer and salutations4
4:12 I know how to be abased - Having scarce what is needful for my body. And to abound - Having wherewith to relieve others also. Presently after, the order of the words is inverted, to intimate his frequent transition from scarcity to plenty, and from plenty to scarcity. I am instructed - Literally, I am initiated in that mystery, unknown to all but Christians.Both to be full and to be hungry - For one day. Both to abound and to want - For a longer season.
4:13 I can do all things - Even fulfil all the will of God.
Matthew, Chapter 22, verses 1-14
1 The parable of the marriage of the king's son, 9 The vocation of the Gentiles, 12 The punishment of him that wanted the wedding garment22
22:1 Jesus answering, spake - That is, spake with reference to what had just past.
22:2 A king, who made a marriage feast for his son - So did God, when he brought his first - begotten into the world.
22:3 Them that were invited - Namely, the Jews.
22:4 Fatlings - Fatted beasts and fowls.
22:5 One to his farm, another to his merchandise - One must mind what he has; another, gain what he wants. How many perish by misusing lawful things!
22:7 The king sending forth his troops - The Roman armies employed of God for that purpose. Destroyed those murderers - Primarily the Jews.
22:8 Go into the highways - The word properly signifies, the by - ways, or turnings of the road.
22:10 They gathered all - By preaching every where.
22:11 The guest - The members of the visible Church.
22:12 A wedding garment - The righteousness of Christ, first imputed, then implanted. It may easily be observed, this has no relation to the Lord's Supper, but to God's proceeding at the last day.
22:14 Many are called; few chosen - Many hear; few believe. Yea, many are members of the visible, but few of the invisible Church. Mat 20:16.
25 God glorious in his judgments on Babel, Isa 25:1-5.
and his people's salvation, Isa 25:6-12.
25:6 And - In mount Zion, in God's church. All people - Both Jews and Gentiles. A feast - A feast made up of the most delicate provisions, which is manifestly meant of the ordinances, graces, and comforts given by God in his church. Of wines - Which have continued upon the lees a competent time, whereby they gain strength, and are afterwards drawn off, and refined.
25:7 The face - The covering of the face. The veil - The ignorance of God, and of the true religion, which then was upon the Gentiles, and now is upon the Jews.
25:8 He - Christ will by his death destroy the power of death, take away the sting of the first death, and prevent the second.In victory - Heb. unto victory; so as to overcome it perfectly; which complete victory Christ hath already purchased for, and will in due time actually confer upon his people. Rebuke - The reproach and contempt cast upon his faithful people by the ungodly world.
25:9 Our God - Our Messiah, long since promised, and for whom we have waited long, is come into the world, bringing salvation with him.
25:10 Rest - The powerful and gracious presence, of God shall have its constant and settled abode. Moab - The Moabites are put for all the enemies of God's church.