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<p>We wish this were always true as a proposition, and we ought to make it our prayer for kings, and all in authority, that a <i>divine sentence</i> may be in their lips, both in giving orders, that they may do that in wisdom, and in giving sentence, that they may do that in equity, both which are included in <i>judgment</i>, and that in neither <i>their mouth may transgress</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="1Tim.2.1" href="/passage/?search=1Tim.2.1">1 Tim. 2:1</a>. But it is often otherwise; and therefore, 1. It may be read as a precept to the kings and judges of the earth to be wise and instructed. Let them be just, and rule in the fear of God; let them act with such wisdom and conscience that there may appear a holy divination in all they say or do, and that they are guided by principles supernatural: let not their mouths transgress in judgment, for the judgment is God’s. 2. It may be taken as a promise to all good kings, that if they sincerely aim at God’s glory, and seek direction from him, he will qualify them with wisdom and grace above others, in proportion to the eminency of their station and the trusts lodged in their hands. When Saul himself was made king God gave him another spirit. 3. It was true concerning Solomon who wrote this; he had extraordinary wisdom, pursuant to the promise God made him, See <a class="bibleref" title="1Kgs.3.28" href="/passage/?search=1Kgs.3.28">1 Kgs. 3:28</a>.</p>
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