All that only looked like religion, but was not real and genuine, was purged away at his coming. He was like a refiner's fire, consuming the false …

The Prophet in this verse contends more sharply with the Jews and shows that it was a mere pretense that they so eagerly anticipated the coming of …

But who may abide the day of his coming ?
&c.] When he should be manifest in Israel, and come preaching the Gospel o…

The first words of this chapter seem to be an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is …