Again, Amaziah, that was a man whose heart was not upright with God, 2 Chron. 25. he had likewise hired an Army, and there comes a man of God to him, in v. 7. saying, O King, let not the Army of Israel go with thee, for the Lord is not with Israel, to wit, with all the Children of Ephraim—But saith Amaziah, what shall we do for the hundred talents, which I have given to the Army of Israel? They had their pay afore-hand, why, saith the Prophet, the Lord is able to give thee much more then this: and Amaziah was content not only to part with his Army, but to lose the pay that he had given them beforehand, merely at the word of God, by one poor Prophet of his: Now one would think, a wicked man that was a Soldier, should have contemned such a message from a poor weak man, and bad him go and meddle with what he had to do with; yet these two men did not: But now, you shall find Asa that was a godly, man he did not do so well: These two the Scripture brands for wicked men at this time when they did so, and so for ought appears, continued and perished in their wickedness: But now, I say, Asa, that the Scripture notes for a godly man, you find him quite otherwise, ⟨p. 33⟩2 Chron. 16. there a Prophet did but come to Asa, and rebuke him for relying upon wicked men, for so much correspondency with those who were ungodly, the Text notes in the 10. v. Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him in a Prison-House, for he was in a rage with him, because of this thing; and Asa oppressed some of the people the same time: This was a godly man, and the other wicked—You will say, here now the spot of Asa was worse than the spot of Rehoboam, or Amaziah, that were wicked men; sometimes, therefore, for some acts of sin, wicked men may do better than the Saints—And therefore, by the way, you should learn not to bless your selves in this, that you in some particular acts do good things; you may do good things, in particular acts, better than others that are godly, and yet you may perish eternally, and they may be saved in the day of Jesus Christ.
Again, Amaziah, that was a man whose heart was not upright with God, 2 Chron. 25. he had likewise hired an Army, and there comes a man of God to him, in v. 7. saying, O King, let not the Army of Israel go with thee, for the Lord is not with Israel, to wit, with all the Children of Ephralm—But saith Amaziah, what shall we do for the hundred talents, which I have given to the Army of Israel? They had their pay afore-hand, why, saith the Prophet, the Lord is able to give thee much more then this: and Amaziah was content not only to part with his Army, but to lose the pay that he had given them beforehand, meerly at the word of God, by one poor Prophet of his: Now one would think, a wicked man that was a Soldier, should have contemned such a message from a poor weak man, and bad him go and meddle with what he had to do with; yet these two men did not: But now, you shall find Asa that was a godly, man he did not do so well: These two the Scripture brands for wicked men at this time when they did so, and so for ought appears, continued and perished in their wickedness: But now, I say, Asa, that the Scripture notes for a godly man, you find him quite owise, ⟨p. 33⟩2 Chron. 16. there a Prophet did but come to Asa, and rebuke him for relying upon wicked men, for so much correspondency with those who were ungodly, the Text notes in the 10. v. Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him in a Prison-House, for he was in a rage with him, because of this thing; and Asa oppressed some of the people the same time: This was a godly man, and the other wicked—You will say, here now the spot of Asa was worse than the spot of Rehoboam, or Amaziah, that were wicked men; sometimes, therefore, for some acts of sin, wicked men may do better than the Saints—And therefore, by the way, you should learn not to bless your selves in this, that you in some particular acts do good things; you may do good things, in particular acts, better than others that are godly, and yet you may perish eternally, and they may be saved in the day of Jesus Christ.
