And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
13. Neither is there any creature, etc. The conjunction here, as I think, is causal, and may be rendered for; for in order to confirm this truth, that whatever is hid in man is discerned and judged by God’s word, he draws an argument from the nature of God himself.
Labour now to enter that rest, for this is the only way to it; those who will not work now shall not rest hereafter. The sleep of the labouring man is sweet, and labour now will make that rest more pleasant when it comes. Call upon one another to this diligence, for their lost and restless souls crying from torment call loudly upon us not to follow them into the same unbelief.
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Commenting on Hebrews 4:11-16
Seeing then that we have a great high priest,.... That Christ is a priest, and an high priest, has been observed already, in Heb 2:1 but here he is called a great one, because of the dignity of his person, as follows, and the virtue of his sacrifice; and because of the place where he now officiates as a priest, heaven and with respect to...