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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. VII.</FONT>
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In this chapter we have God's answer to Solomon's prayer.
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I. His public answer by fire from heaven, which consumed the sacrifices
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:1">ver. 1</A>),
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with which the priests and people were much affected,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:2,3">ver. 2, 3</A>.
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By that token of God's acceptance they were encouraged to continue the
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solemnities of the feast for fourteen days, and Solomon was encouraged
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to pursue all his designs for the honour of God,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:4-11">ver. 4-11</A>.
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II. His private answer by word of mouth, in a dream or vision of the
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:12-22">ver. 12-22</A>.
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Most of these things we had before,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+8:1-9:66">1 Kings viii. and ix.</A></P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>God's Gracious Answer to Solomon.</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=-1>B. C.</FONT> 1004.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came
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down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the
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sacrifices; and the glory of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> filled the house.
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2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>,
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because the glory of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> had filled the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>'s house.
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3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came
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down, and the glory of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> upon the house, they bowed
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themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and
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worshipped, and praised the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, <I>saying,</I> For <I>he is</I> good; for
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his mercy <I>endureth</I> for ever.
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4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before
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the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>.
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5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two
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thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the
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king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
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6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also
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with instruments of music of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, which David the king had
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made to praise the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, because his mercy <I>endureth</I> for ever,
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when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded
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trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
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7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that <I>was</I>
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before the house of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>: for there he offered burnt
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offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen
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altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt
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offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
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8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and
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all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering
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in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
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9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they
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kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven
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days.
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10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he
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sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart
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for the goodness that the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> had showed unto David, and to
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Solomon, and to Israel his people.
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11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, and the king's
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house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the
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house of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, and in his own house, he prosperously
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Here is,
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I. The gracious answer which God immediately made to Solomon's prayer:
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The <I>fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>.
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In this way God testified his acceptance of Moses
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+9:24">Lev. ix. 24</A>),
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of Gideon
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jdg+6:21">Judg. vi. 21</A>),
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of David
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+21:26">1 Chron. xxi. 26</A>),
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of Elijah
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+18:38">1 Kings xviii. 38</A>);
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and, in general, to accept the burnt-sacrifice is, in the Hebrew
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phrase, to turn it to ashes,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+20:3">Ps. xx. 3</A>.
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The fire came down here, not upon the killing of the sacrifices, but
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1. This fire intimated that God was,
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(1.) Glorious in himself; for <I>our God is a consuming fire,</I>
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terrible even in his holy places. This fire, breaking forth (as it is
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probable) out of the thick darkness, made it the more terrible, as on
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Mount Sinai,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ex+24:16,17">Exod. xxiv. 16, 17</A>.
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<I>The sinners in Sion</I> had reason to be <I>afraid</I> at that
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sight, and to say, <I>Who among us shall dwell near this devouring
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fire?</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+33:14">Isa. xxxiii. 14</A>.
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And yet,
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(2.) Gracious to Israel; for this fire, which might justly have
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consumed them, fastened upon the sacrifice which was offered in their
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stead, and consumed that, by which God signified to them that he
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accepted their offerings and that his anger was turned away from
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2. Let us apply this,
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(1.) To the suffering of Christ. When it pleased the Lord to bruise
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him, and put him to grief, in that he showed his good-will to men,
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having laid on him the iniquity of us all. His death was our life, and
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he was made sin and a curse that we might inherit righteousness and a
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blessing. That sacrifice was consumed that we might escape. <I>Here am
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I, let these go their way.</I>
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(2.) To the sanctification of the Spirit, who descends like fire,
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burning up our lusts and corruptions, those beasts that must be
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sacrificed or we are undone, and kindling in our souls a holy fire of
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pious and devout affections, always to be kept burning on the altar of
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the heart. The surest evidence of God's acceptance of our prayers is
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the descent of the holy fire upon us. <I>Did not our hearts burn within
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us?</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Lu+24:32">Luke xxiv. 32</A>.
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As a further evidence that God accepted Solomon's prayer, still <I>the
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glory of the Lord filled the house.</I> The heart that is thus filled
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with a holy awe and reverence of the divine glory, the heart to which
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God manifests himself in his greatness, and (which is no less his
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glory) in his goodness, is thereby owned as a living temple.</P>
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II. The grateful return made to God for this gracious token of his
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favour.</P>
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1. The people <I>worshipped and praised God,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>.
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When they saw the fire of God come down from heaven thus they did not
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run away affrighted, but kept their ground in the courts of the Lord,
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and took occasion from it,
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(1.) With reverence to adore the glory of God: <I>They bowed their
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faces to the ground and worshipped,</I> thus expressing their awful
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dread of the divine majesty, their cheerful submission to the divine
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authority, and the sense they had of their unworthiness to come into
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God's presence and their inability to stand before the power of his
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wrath.
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(2.) With thankfulness to acknowledge the goodness of God; even when
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the fire of the Lord came down they praised him, saying, <I>He is good,
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for his mercy endureth for ever.</I> This is a song never out of
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season, and for which our hearts and tongues should be never out of
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tune. However it be, yet God is good. When he manifests himself as a
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consuming fire to sinners, his people can rejoice in him as their
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light. Nay, they had reason to say that in this God was good. "<I>It is
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of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,</I> but the sacrifice
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in our stead, for which we are bound to be very thankful."</P>
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2. The king and all the people offered sacrifices in abundance,
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With these they feasted this holy fire, and bade it welcome to the
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altar. They had offered sacrifices before, but now they increased them.
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Note, The tokens of God's favour to us should enlarge our hearts in his
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service, and make us to abound therein more and more. The king's
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example stirred up the people. Good work is then likely to go on when
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the leaders of a people lead in it. The sacrifices were so numerous
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that the altar could not contain them all; but, rather than any of them
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should be turned back (though we may suppose the blood of them all was
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sprinkled upon the altar), the flesh of the burnt-offerings and the fat
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of the peace-offerings were burnt <I>in the midst of the court</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:7"><I>v.</I> 7</A>),
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which Solomon either hallowed for that service or hallowed by it. In
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case of necessity the pavement might be an altar.</P>
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3. The priests did their part; they waited on their offices, and the
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singers and musicians on theirs
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>),
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with the instruments that David made, and the <I>hymn that David had
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put into their hand,</I> as some think it may be read (meaning that
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+16:7">1 Chron. xvi. 7</A>),
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or, as we read it, <I>when David praised by their ministry.</I> He
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employed, directed, and encouraged them in this work of praising God;
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and therefore their performances were accepted as his act, and he is
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said <I>to praise by their ministry.</I></P>
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4. The whole congregation expressed the greatest joy and satisfaction
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imaginable. They kept the feast of the dedication of the altar seven
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days, from the second to the ninth; the tenth day was the day of
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atonement, when they were to afflict their souls for sin, and that was
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not unseasonable in the midst of their rejoicings; on the fifteenth day
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began the feast of tabernacles, which continued to the twenty-second,
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and they did not separate till the twenty-third. We must never grudge
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the time that we spend in the worship of God and communion with him,
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nor think it long, or grow weary of it.</P>
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5. Solomon went on in his work, and prosperously effected all he
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designed for the adorning both of God's house and his own,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:11"><I>v.</I> 11</A>.
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Those that begin with the service of God are likely to go on
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successfully in their own affairs. It was Solomon's praise that what he
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undertook he went through with, and it was by the grace of God that he
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prospered in it.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>12 And the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto
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him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to
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myself for a house of sacrifice.
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13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command
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the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my
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people;
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14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble
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themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their
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wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their
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sin, and will heal their land.
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15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the
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prayer <I>that is made</I> in this place.
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16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my
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name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be
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there perpetually.
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17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy
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father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded
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thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
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18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as
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I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not
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fail thee a man <I>to be</I> ruler in Israel.
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19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my
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commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve
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other gods, and worship them;
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20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which
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I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my
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name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it <I>to be</I> a
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proverb and a byword among all nations.
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21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to
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every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the
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22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> God
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of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of
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Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and
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served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
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That God accepted Solomon's prayer appeared by the fire from heaven.
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But a prayer may be accepted and yet not answered in the letter of it;
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and therefore God appeared to him in the night, as he did once before
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and after a day of sacrifice too, as then, and gave him a peculiar
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answer to his prayer. We had the substance of it before,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+9:2-9">1 Kings ix. 2-9</A>.</P>
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I. He promised to own this house for <I>a house of sacrifice to
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Israel</I> and a <I>house of prayer for all people</I>
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<I>My name shall be there for ever</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:12,16"><I>v.</I> 12, 16</A>),
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that is, "There will I make myself known, and there will I be called
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II. He promised to answer the prayers of his people that should at any
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time be made in that place,
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National judgments are here supposed
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famine, and pestilence, and perhaps war, for by the locusts devouring
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the land meant enemies as greedy as locusts, and laying all waste.
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2. National repentance, prayer, and reformation, are required,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:14"><I>v.</I> 14</A>.
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God expects that his people who are called by his name, if they have
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dishonoured his name by their iniquity, should honour it by accepting
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the punishment of their iniquity. They must be humble themselves under
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his hand, must pray for the removal of the judgment, must seek the face
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and favour of God; and yet all this will not do unless they turn from
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their wicked ways, and return to the God from whom they have revolted.
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3. National mercy is then promised, that God will forgive their sin,
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which brought the judgment upon them, and then heal their land, redress
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all their grievances. Pardoning mercy makes ways for healing mercy,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+103:3,Mt+9:2">Ps. ciii. 3; Matt. ix. 2</A>.</P>
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<P>
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III. He promised to perpetuate Solomon's kingdom, upon condition that
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he persevered in his duty,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:17,18"><I>v.</I> 17, 18</A>.
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If he hoped for the benefit of God's covenant with David, he must
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imitate the example of David. But he set before him death as well as
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life, the curse as well as the blessing.
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1. He supposed it possible that though they had this temple built to
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the honour of God, yet they might be drawn aside to worship other gods,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:19"><I>v.</I> 19</A>.
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He knew their proneness to backslide into that sin.
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2. He threatened it as certain that, if they did so, it would certainly
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be the ruin of both church and state.
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(1.) It would be the ruin of their state,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+7:20"><I>v.</I> 20</A>.
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"Though they have taken deep root, and taken root long, in this good
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land, yet I will pluck them up by the roots, extirpate the whole
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nation, pluck them up as men pluck up weeds out of their garden, which
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are thrown to the dunghill."
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(2.) It would be the ruin of their church. This sanctuary would be no
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sanctuary to them, to protect them from the judgment of God, as they
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imagined, saying, <I>The temple of the Lord are we,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jer+7:4">Jer. vii. 4</A>.
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"This house which is high, not only for the magnificence of its
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structure, but for the designed ends and uses of it, shall be an
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astonishment, it shall come down wonderfully
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=La+1:9">Lam. i. 9</A>),
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to the amazement of all the neighbours."</P>
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