Chap. 36. AlixpoftionupontheBookof Jos. Verf.'7. 213 harhanother opinion of them, he thinks them fit to ferve Princes, and to be near the Throne.Take need of judging them unworthy to beat the foo: whomGod thinks worthy to be with Kings on the Throne. Secondly , Note ; God bath exalted, and will exalt righteous perfons. Whom he highly efleems, he fometimes advanceth highly in this world, they (hall be with Kings on the Throne, ( Pfal. 107. 40, 41. ) Heporereth contempt upon ¶Printer, that is, upon un- righteous Princes ; yet (as it followerh) He fetteth the peor on high from afiílion, fo we tranflate and put in the Margen, He fetteth the poor on high after a f içlion. He affli9is the righteous to purge them, and, fo to prepare and fir them for greatefl enjoy- ments. We have a like afpi.mation,(Pfal.i 13.7,8.)He ratfeth up the poor out of the and lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill, that he mayfet deem withPrinces, even the Princes of his people. Thus fpake Hannah in her Song, (t Sam. i. b.) and thus, in ef- fe&, fpáke the blefTed Virgin in hers, ( Luke I. g z.) He bath brought down the mighty from theirfeats, andbathexalted thelow- ly and meek. We have forne Scripture-inflánces of filch exaltati- ons. fofeph, a righteous perfon, was earl into bonds, yet God fets him,not only at liberty, but on high, he was with the King on the Throne, Only in the Throne, (faid Pharaoh, Gen. 42. 40.) will I begreater than thus ; and all were commanded to bow the knee to,him. David, a righteous perfon, followed the Ewes great with young, and the Lord fet himupon the Throne , upon the Throne of Ifrael. Valentinian was committed to prifon by the command of yalian the Apoflare, becaufe he flruck an Idolatrous Priell, that would have fprinkled him ( aqua lufirali ) with their unholy holy water, as he flood in the gate of the Temple, where folian was facrificing to his Idol -gods ; yet he efcaped that danger, and afterwards afcended the Throne of that Great Empire. The Lord knows both how to deliver the righteous out of trouble, and to bring them ro honour. Laflly, We may hence infer, If the righteous are with Kings on the Throne, then righteoufnefr bath a reward. Them that ho- nour me ( faith the Lord, i Sam. 2. 3o. ) Iwill honour. It is no vain: thing to ferve the Lord ; to be righteous, and to do ri hte- oolly,
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