2 Chronicles 9

UPON CHAP. IX.—God honours such as honour him. They, who know the value of divine wisdom and truth, will grudge no pains to search for it. They only are truly great, whose piety and zeal for God distinguish them. And whatever gifts we enjoy, they are but lent us for the edifying of the body of Christ, and ought to be employed with diligence and care. How comely is good, and especially religious, order in families, particularly those of princes! Happy are they who have constant access to, and intimacy with, the intelligent and zealous fearers of God! And we ought to be thankful for the gifts and graces of God to others; especially if made instrumental for our good. Great souls are ever generous; and ought to be so, according to their stations and ability. But not the most engaging things on earth ought long to detain us from that home, in which God calls us to act for his glory. What a transient blaze is all the glory and wealth of earth! Eic it be long, Solomon’s family shall be poor and con-remned. Yet God seems, as it were, unwilling to remember those sins against Solomon, or any of his people, of which they have sincerely repented. What a sudden gloom death spreads over the brightest honours on earth! But rejoice, my soul, that Jesus has wisdom, has wealth, has glory, and fame, which neither death nor eternity can ever sully or consume! Of him it may truly be said, the half has not been told us. Happy are they that wait around this exalted King of Israel–chosen through the love of the eternal Father–and placed to do justice and judgment, and to establish his people in eternal glory