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<p>Note, 1. It ought to be the great care of old people to <i>be found in the way of righteousness</i>, the way of religion and serious godliness. Both God and man will look for them in that way; it will be expected that those that are old should be good, that the multitude of their years should teach them the best wisdom; let them therefore be found in that way. Death will come; the Judge is coming; <i>the Lord is at hand</i>. That they may <i>be found of him in peace</i>, let them <i>be found in the way of righteousness</i> (<a class="bibleref" title="2Pet.3.14" href="/passage/?search=2Pet.3.14">2 Pet. 3:14</a>), <i>found so doing</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Matt.24.46" href="/passage/?search=Matt.24.46">Matt. 24:46</a>. Let old people be old disciples; let them persevere to the end <i>in the way of righteousness</i>, which they long since set out in, that they may then be found in it. 2. If old people <i>be found in the way of righteousness</i>, their age will be their honour. Old age, as such, is honourable, and commands respect (<i>Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Lev.19.32" href="/passage/?search=Lev.19.32">Lev. 19:32</a>); but, if it be found in the way of wickedness, its honour is forfeited, its crown profaned and laid in the dust, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.65.20" href="/passage/?search=Isa.65.20">Isa. 65:20</a>. Old people therefore, if they would preserve their honour, must still hold fast their integrity, and then their gray hairs are indeed <i>a crown</i> to them; they are <i>worthy of double honour</i>. Grace is the glory of old age.</p>
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