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<p>That is, 1. The wicked are oftentimes impoverished and brought low, so that they are forced to beg, their wickedness having reduced them to straits; while good men, by the blessing of God, are enriched, and enabled to give, and do give, even to the evil; for where God grants life we must not deny a livelihood. 2. Sometimes God extorts, even from bad men, an acknowledgement of the excellency of God’s people. The evil ought always to <i>bow before the good</i>, and sometimes they are made to do it and <i>to know that God has loved them</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Rev.3.9" href="/passage/?search=Rev.3.9">Rev. 3:9</a>. They desire their favour (<a class="bibleref" title="Esth.7.7" href="/passage/?search=Esth.7.7">Est. 7:7</a>), their prayers, <a class="bibleref" title="2Kgs.3.12" href="/passage/?search=2Kgs.3.12">2 Kgs. 3:12</a>. 3. There is a day coming when the upright shall have the dominion (<a class="bibleref" title="Ps.49.14" href="/passage/?search=Ps.49.14">Ps. 49:14</a>), when the foolish virgins shall come begging to the wise for oil, and shall knock in vain at that gate of the Lord at which the righteous entered.</p>
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