2 Chronicles 26

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXVI.—A godly, faithful, and prudent, instructor is a great advantage to a youthful king: and a noted regard to the laws and worship of God lays an excellent foundation for prosperity; for God honours those that honour him: and, as long as we cleave to him, he will be our assistant. And what extensive capacities God gives some men, that they can take care of a multitude of things at once! But how bewitching is pride! it can decoy men to their ruin in a thousand forms. And it is difficult to be prosperous and yet be humble! But seldom do men gratify their pride without bringing themselves to deserved shame. The offices and ordinances of God’s church are sacred and appropriate: it is at our highest peril if we interfere with them without his call. And when God’s ministers magnify their office, an boldly withstand the sinful attempts of the greatest monarchs, it is honourable and becoming. But how impatient are the proud of faithful reproof or zeal of opposition! The most wise and just rebuke exasperates the wilful. And the who will not submit to admonition rush on their own ruin. God marks them with disgraceful punishments, answerable to their crimes. And, when we feel his displeasure, it is madness to persist. Humiliation is our only door of escape. And sometimes, when sins are pardoned of God, they leave an indelible state among men