2 t 2 Chap. 36. Ef.n E ipoftiàn ;Ion the Kookof J o B. Ve7f.7:' Yu«- ,utetur, be in great favour with Kmgs, even Icings Favourites. rttpalTrt fìtin Scondly , They (hall be 301.11) icings repon the Throne, that is, ho:: l:Gro, they themielves fhall be Kings. The Hebrew aria! read is, Marc: 7 Y and Kings on the Throne ; they (hall nor onlybe like Kings, but *î2i arti:zulos they themfelves (hall be Kings, and fit apon Thrones : either of accufaúci ca' chefe interpretations reach the (cope of Flihu fully. As if he had árRtfr vet- laid,The righteous (hall hegreatly advancedor exalted by Kings, aftivaregent; whore priviledge it is to fit on Thrones, or they fhall be Kings tip- accipiturtainen on the Throne. Some experiences and examples have conhrsaaed non ray() pro à this. TheLord bath not only given righteous perlons great ad- ax, deV," cum vancemenr, and great favour with Kings, who fit onThrones , but præpofruf: hath even advanced them to Kingly -dignity and given them bkr, Druf:Ob a a Y i far: facra. I.A. Thrones co fir upon. c.7. aThrone is a Seat Royal, the Seat of Majelly ; AThrone is a feat exalted above other feats, as the perfon fitting upon it is exalted above other perlons. Solomon madehim a great Throneof Ivory, and the Throne had jî.flaps,( a Kings io. t 8.) God isre- prefented fitting upon a Throne,and there receiving honour from all that were before him, ( Rev. 4. 2, g. ) The whole Heaven is called the Throne ofGod, and the earth his foatfloele, (ICa.66. c.) becaufe as Heaven is high above all,fo thereare the fulled mani- feflacions of the greatnefsand glory of God.And becaufe Thrones rose power and dignity, therefore the Angels (who among all meet creatures excel! in power and dignity,) a-e called Thrones, ( Col, 7. 76. ) So then, tobe with Kings on the Throne, that is, to be near them, and much accepted by them, is a very great- ho- nour;and chat is the leaf+ here intended. But to be Kings on the Throne, is the greate(I worldly honour ; and po!fibly fo much is here intended the righteous, whileelihu faith , But with Kings are they upon the Throw.. In that the righteous are faid here to be with Kings upon the Throne, we learn, Righteous perfons are in high e/eemwith God: Hewould not thus, in love, let them high, if he did not highly eaeem them; he would not thusprefer them, ifhe did not know their worth.The world ufually judges righteous perfons,as if they were fit only for the dunghill, as if they were the filch of the world, and the off-fcouring of all chingo,(_ Cor. 4. I 3.) but God hoth
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