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Let them have faithful Ministers about them, which will show them their sins, and deal faithfully with their souls, as Gad and Nathan did with David: and let them hearken to their wholesome counsels, as David did to Gads and Nathans.

Let them haue faithfull Ministers about them, which will shew them their sinnes, and deale faithfully with their soules, as Gad and Nathan did with Dauid: and let them hearken to their wholesome counsels, as Dauid did to Gads and Nathans.

Doct. 2 The throne is established, &c.] The goodness and justice of men in authority doth better uphold their estate than greatness and riches.

Doct. 2 The throne is established, &c.] The goodnesse and iustice of men in authoritie doth better vphold their estate than greatnesse and riches.

The Lord by Jeremiah declaring how happy Josiah the father had been, and how wretched Jehoiakim the son should be; and why the one did speed so well, and wherefore the other could thrive no better, saith, Shalt thou reign because ¹thou closest thy self in Cedar? Did not thy father eat, and drink, and prosper, when he executed judgement and justice? When he judged the cause of the afflicted and poor, he prospered. Was not this because he knew me, saith the Lord? But thine eyes and thy heart are only for thy covetousness, and for oppression, &c. And so his ruin and destruction is showed in the words following.

The Lord by Ieremiah declaring how happy Iosiah the father had beene, and how wretched Iehoiakim the sonne should be; and why the one did speed so well, and wherefore the other could thriue no better, saith, Shalt thou raigne because