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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verse 7
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Lastly, We may hence infer, If the righteous are with Kings on the Throne, then righteousness hath a reward. Them that honour me (saith the Lord, 1 Sam. 2.30.) I will honour. It is no vain thing to serve the Lord; to be righteous, and to do righteously, ⟨p. 214⟩cannot but issue well. The Lord hath all promotions at his dispose, (Psal. 75.6, 7.) And therefore he saith, Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings, (Isa. 3.10.) With Kings are they on the Throne.
Lastly, We may hence infer, If the righteous are with Kings on the Throne, then righteousness hath a reward. Them that honour me (saith the Lord, 1 Sam. 2.30.) I will honour. It is no vaine thing to serve the Lord; to be righteous, and to do righteously, ⟨p. 214⟩cannot but issue well. The Lord hath all promotions at his dispose, (Psal. 75.6, 7.) And therefore he saith, Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eate the fruit of their doings, (Isa. 3.10.) With Kings are they on the Throne.
Yet, let me add, by way of Caution, that neither this Text, nor the notes given from it, are so to be understood, as if all righteous persons might hence expect great advancements in this world, or to be the special Favourites of Kings and Princes: The word of God doth not feed such humours, but mortifies them; nor doth it cherish any such aspiring expectations in righteous men, but teaches them quiet submission in their own private stations and callings, to those who are upon the Throne. So that while Elihu saith of the righteous, With Kings are they on the Throne, his meaning must be taken soberly, and may be taken distinctly, thus;