2. I would particularly observe that wherein the Virtuousness of this her Resolution consists, viz. That it was for the Sake of the God of Israel, and that she might be one of his People that she was thus resolved to cleave to Naomi. Thy People shall be my People, and thy God my God. It was for God's Sake that she did thus; and therefore her so doing is afterwards spoken of as a Virtuous Behaviour in her. Chap. 2.11 12. And S••• answered and said unto her, it hath sa•• been showed me▪ all that th•• ••st done unto thy Mother-in law, since the Death of thy Husband, & how […] hast •eft thy Father and thy Mother, and the Lord of ••y Nativity, and art came unto a People which thou knowest was heretofore. The Lord recompense thy Work, and a full Reward ⟨p. 4⟩be given th•• of the Lord God of Israel, under whose Wings thou art came to trust. She left her Father and Mother, and the Land of her Nativity, to come and trust under the Shadow of God's Wings; and she had indeed a full Reward given her, as Boaz wished; for besides immediate spiritual Blessings to her own Soul▪ & eternal Rewards in another World, she was rewarded with plentiful and prosperous outward Circumstances, in the Family of Boaz: and God raised up David and Solomon of her Seed, and established the Crown of Israel (the People that she chose before her own People) in her Posterity, and (which is much more) of her Seed he raised up Jesus Christ, in whom all the Families of the Earth are blessed.
2. I would particularly observe that wherein the Virtuousness of this her Resolution consists, viz. That it was for the Sake of the God of Israel, and that she might be one of his People that she was thus resolved to cleave to Naomi. Thy People shall be my People, and thy God my God. It was for God's Sake that she did thus; and therefore her so doing is afterwards spoken of as a Virtuous Behavior in her. Chap. 2.11 12. And S••• answered and said unto her, it hath sa•• been shewed me▪ all that th•• ••st done unto thy Mother-in law, since the Death of thy Hu•band, & how 〈…〉 hast •eft thy Father and thy Mother, and the Lord of ••y Nativity, and art came unto a People which thou knowest was heretofore. The Lord recompence thy Work, and a full Reward ⟨p. 4⟩be given th•• of the Lord God of Israel, under whose Wings thou art came to trust. She left her Father and Mother, and the Land of her Nativity, to come and trust under the Shadow of God's Wings; and she had indeed a full Reward given her, as Boaz wished; for besides immediate spiritual Blessings to her own Soul▪ & eternal Rewards in another World, she was rewarded with plentiful and prosperous outward Circumstances, in the Family of Boaz: and God raised up David and Solomon of her Seed, and established the Crown of Israel (the People that she chose before her own People) in her Posterity, and (which is much more) of her Seed he raised up Jesus Christ, in whom all the Families of the Earth are blessed.
