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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>PSALM CXII.</FONT>
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This psalm is composed alphabetically, as the former is, and is (like
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the former) entitled "Hallelujah," though it treats of the happiness of
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the saints, because it redounds to the glory of God, and whatever we
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have the pleasure of he must have the praise of. It is a comment upon
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the
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+111:10">last verse</A>
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of the foregoing psalm, and fully shows how much it is our wisdom to
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fear God and do his commandments. We have here,
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I. The character of the righteous,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:1">ver. 1</A>.
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II. The blessedness of the righteous.
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1. There is a blessing entailed upon their posterity,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:2">ver. 2</A>.
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2. There is a blessing conferred upon themselves.
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(1.) Prosperity outward and inward,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:3">ver. 3</A>.
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(2.) Comfort,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:4">ver. 4</A>.
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(3.) Wisdom,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:5">ver. 5</A>.
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(4.) Stability,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:6-8">ver. 6-8</A>.
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(5.) Honour,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:6,9">ver. 6, 9</A>.
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III. The misery of the wicked,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:10">ver. 10</A>.
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So that good and evil are set before us, the blessing and the curse. In
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singing this psalm we must not only teach and admonish ourselves and
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one another to answer to the characters here given of the happy, but
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comfort and encourage ourselves and one another with the privileges and
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comforts here secured to the holy.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 Praise ye the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>. Blessed <I>is</I> the man <I>that</I> feareth the
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L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, <I>that</I> delighteth greatly in his commandments.
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2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the
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upright shall be blessed.
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3 Wealth and riches <I>shall be</I> in his house: and his
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righteousness endureth for ever.
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4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: <I>he is</I>
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gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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5 A good man showeth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his
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affairs with discretion.
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The psalmist begins with a call to us to praise God, but immediately
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applies himself to praise the people of God; for whatever glory is
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acknowledged to be on them it comes from God, and must return to him;
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as he is their praise, so they are his. We have reason to praise the
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Lord that there are a people in the world who fear him and serve him,
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and that they are a happy people, both which are owing entirely to the
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grace of God. Now here we have,</P>
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I. A description of those who are here pronounced blessed, and to whom
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these promises are made.</P>
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1. They are well-principled with pious and devout affections. Those
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have the privileges of God's subjects, not who cry, <I>Lord, Lord,</I>
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but who are indeed well affected to his government.
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(1.) They are such as stand in awe of God and have a constant reverence
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for his majesty and deference to his will. The happy man is he <I>that
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fears the Lord,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>.
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(2.) They are such as take a pleasure in their duty. He <I>that fears
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the Lord,</I> as a Father, with the disposition of a child, not of a
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slave, <I>delights greatly in his commandments,</I> is well pleased
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with them and with the equity and goodness of them; they are written in
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his heart; it is his choice to be under them, and he calls them an
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easy, a pleasant, yoke; it is his delight to be searching into and
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conversing with God's commandments, by reading, hearing, and
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meditation,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+1:2">Ps. i. 2</A>.
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He delights not only in God's promises, but in his precepts, and thinks
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himself happy under God's government as well as in his favour. It is a
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pleasure to him to be found in the way of his duty, and he is in his
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element when he is in the service of God. Herein he delights greatly,
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more than in any of the employments and enjoyments of this world. And
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what he does in religion is done from principle, because he sees
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amiableness in religion and advantage by it.</P>
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2. They are honest and sincere in their professions and intentions.
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They are called <I>the upright</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:2,4"><I>v.</I> 2, 4</A>),
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who are really as good as they seem to be, and deal faithfully both
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with God and man. There is no true religion without sincerity; that is
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gospel-perfection.</P>
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3. They are both just and kind in all their dealings: <I>He is
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gracious, full of compassion, and righteous</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:4"><I>v.</I> 4</A>),
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dares not do any wrong to any man, but does to every man all the good
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he can, and that from a principle of compassion and kindness. It was
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said of God, in the foregoing psalm
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:4"><I>v.</I> 4</A>),
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He <I>is gracious, and full of compassion;</I> and here it is said of
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the good man that he is so; for herein we must be <I>followers of God
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as dear children;</I> be merciful as he is. He is <I>full of
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compassion, and</I> yet <I>righteous;</I> what he does good with is
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what he came honestly by. God hates robbery for burnt-offerings, and
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so does he. One instance is given of his beneficence
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>):
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He <I>shows favour and lends.</I> Sometimes there is as much charity in
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lending as in giving, as it obliges the borrower both to industry and
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honesty. He is <I>gracious and lends</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+37:26">Ps. xxxvii. 26</A>);
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he does it from a right principle, not as the usurer lends for his own
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advantage, nor merely out of generosity, but out of pure charity; he
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does it in a right manner, not grudgingly, but pleasantly, and with a
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cheerful countenance.</P>
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II. The blessedness that is here entailed upon those that answer to
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these characters. Happiness, all happiness, to <I>the man that feareth
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the Lord.</I> Whatever men think or say of them, God says that they are
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blessed; and his saying so makes them so.</P>
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1. The posterity of good men shall fare the better for his goodness
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:2"><I>v.</I> 2</A>):
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<I>His seed shall be mighty on earth.</I> Perhaps he himself shall not
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be so great in the world, nor make such a figure, as his seed after him
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shall for his sake. Religion has been the raising of many a family, if
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not so as to advance it high, yet so as to fix it firmly. When good
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men themselves are happy in heaven their seed perhaps are considerable
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on earth, and will themselves own that it is by virtue of a blessing
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descending from them. <I>The generation of the upright shall be
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blessed;</I> if they tread in their steps, they shall be the more
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blessed for their relation to them, <I>beloved for the Father's
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sake</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ro+11:28">Rom. xi. 28</A>),
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for so runs the covenant--<I>I will be a God to thee, and to thy
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seed;</I> while <I>the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.</I>
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Let the children of godly parents value themselves upon it, and take
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heed of doing any thing to forfeit the blessing entailed upon the
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generation of the upright.</P>
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2. They shall prosper in the world, and especially their souls shall
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prosper,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>.
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(1.) They shall be blessed with outward prosperity as far as is good
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for them: <I>Wealth and riches shall be in</I> the upright man's
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<I>house,</I> not in his heart (for he is none of those in whom the
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love of money reigns), perhaps not so much in his hand (for he only
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begins to raise the estate), but in his house; his family shall grow
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rich when he is gone. But,
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(2.) That which is much better is that they shall be blessed with
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spiritual blessings, which are the true riches. His <I>wealth shall be
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in his house,</I> for he must leave that to others; but <I>his
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righteousness</I> he himself shall have the comfort of to himself, it
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<I>endures for ever.</I> Grace is better than gold, for it will outlast
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it. He shall have wealth and riches, and yet shall keep up his
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religion, and in a prosperous condition shall <I>still hold fast his
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integrity,</I> which many, who kept it in the storm, throw off and let
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go in the sunshine. <I>Then</I> worldly prosperity is a blessing when
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it does not make men cool in their piety, but they still persevere in
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that; and when this endures in the family, and goes along with the
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wealth and riches, and the heirs of the father's estate inherit his
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virtues too, that is a happy family indeed. However, the good man's
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<I>righteousness endures for ever</I> in the <I>crown of righteousness
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which fades not away.</I></P>
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3. They shall have comfort in affliction
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:4"><I>v.</I> 4</A>):
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<I>Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness.</I> It is here
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implied that good men may be in affliction; the promise does not exempt
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them from that. They shall have their share in the common calamities
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of human life; but, <I>when they sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a
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light to them,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mic+7:8">Mic. vii. 8</A>.
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They shall be supported and comforted under their troubles; their
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spirits shall be lightsome when their outward condition is clouded.
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<I>Sat lucis intus--There is light enough within.</I> During the
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Egyptian darkness the Israelites had <I>light in their dwellings.</I>
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They shall be in due time, and perhaps when they least expect it,
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delivered out of their troubles; when the night is darkest the day
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dawns; nay, at <I>evening-time,</I> when night was looked for, <I>it
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shall be light.</I></P>
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4. They shall have wisdom for the management of all their concerns,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>.
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He that does good with his estate shall, through the providence of God,
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increase it, not by miracle, but by his prudence: <I>He shall guide his
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affairs with discretion,</I> and his God <I>instructs him to
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discretion</I> and <I>teaches him,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+28:26">Isa. xxviii. 26</A>.
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It is part of the character of a good man that he will use his
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discretion in managing his affairs, in getting and saving, that he may
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have to give. It may be understood of the affairs of his charity: He
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<I>shows favour and lends;</I> but then it is with discretion, that his
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charity may not be misplaced, that he may give to proper objects what
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is proper to be given and in due time and proportion. And it is part of
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the promise to him who thus uses discretion that God will give him
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more. Those who most use their wisdom see most of their need of it, and
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<I>ask it of God,</I> who has promised to <I>give it liberally,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jam+1:5">Jam. i. 5</A>.
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<I>He will guide his words with judgment</I> (so it is in the
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original); and there is nothing in which we have more occasion for
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wisdom than in the government of the tongue; blessed is he to whom God
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gives that wisdom.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be
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in everlasting remembrance.
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7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed,
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trusting in the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>.
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8 His heart <I>is</I> established, he shall not be afraid, until he
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see <I>his desire</I> upon his enemies.
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9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
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righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with
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honour.
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10 The wicked shall see <I>it,</I> and be grieved; he shall gnash
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with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall
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perish.
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In these verses we have,</P>
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I. The satisfaction of saints, and their stability. It is the happiness
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of a good man that <I>he shall not be moved for ever,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>.
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Satan and his instruments endeavour to move him, but his foundation is
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firm and he shall never be moved, at least <I>not moved for ever;</I>
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if he be shaken for a time, yet he settles again quickly.</P>
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1. A good man will have a settled reputation, and that is a great
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satisfaction. A good man shall have a good name, a name for good
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things, with God and good people: <I>The righteous shall be in
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everlasting remembrance</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>);
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in this sense <I>his righteousness</I> (the memorial of it) <I>endures
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for ever,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>.
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There are those that do all they can to sully his reputation and to
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load him with reproach; but his integrity shall be cleared up, and the
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honour of it shall survive him. Some that have been eminently righteous
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are <I>had in a lasting remembrance</I> on earth; wherever the
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scripture is read their good deeds are <I>told for a memorial</I> of
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them. And the memory of many a good man that is dead and gone is still
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blessed; but in heaven their remembrance shall be truly everlasting,
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and the honour of their righteousness shall there endure for ever, with
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the reward of it, in the <I>crown of glory that fades not away.</I>
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Those that are forgotten on earth, and despised, are remembered there,
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and honoured, and <I>their righteousness found unto praise, and honour,
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and glory</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Pe+1:7">1 Pet. i. 7</A>);
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then, at furthest, shall the horn of a good man <I>be exalted with
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honour,</I> as that of the unicorn when he is a conqueror. Wicked men,
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now in their pride, <I>lift up their horns on high,</I> but they shall
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all be <I>cut off,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+75:5,10">Ps. lxxv. 5, 10</A>.
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The godly, in their humility and humiliation, have <I>defiled their
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horn in the dust</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Job+16:15">Job xvi. 15</A>);
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but the day is coming when it <I>shall be exalted with honour.</I> That
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which shall especially turn to the honour of good men is their
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liberality and bounty to the poor: <I>He has dispersed, he has given to
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the poor;</I> he has not suffered his charity to run all in one
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channel, or directed it to some few objects that he had a particular
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kindness for, but he has dispersed it, <I>given a portion to seven and
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also to eight,</I> has <I>sown beside all waters,</I> and by thus
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scattering he has increased: and this is <I>his righteousness,</I>
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which <I>endures for ever.</I> Alms are called <I>righteousness,</I>
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not because they will justify us by making atonement for our evil
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deeds, but because they are good deeds, which we are bound to perform;
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so that if we are not charitable we are not just; we <I>withhold good
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from those to whom it is due.</I> The honour of this endures for ever,
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for it shall be taken notice of in the great day. <I>I was hungry, and
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you gave me meat.</I> This is quoted as an inducement and encouragement
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to charity,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Co+9:9">2 Cor. ix. 9</A>.</P>
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<P>
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2. A good man shall have a settled spirit, and that is a much greater
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satisfaction than the former; for <I>so shall a man have rejoicing in
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himself alone, and not in another. Surely he shall not be moved,</I>
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whatever happens, not moved either from his duty or from his comfort;
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for <I>he shall not be afraid; his heart is established,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:7,8"><I>v.</I> 7, 8</A>.
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This is a part both of the character and of the comfort of good people.
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It is their endeavour to keep their minds stayed upon God, and so to
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keep them calm, and easy, and undisturbed; and God has promised them
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both cause to do so and grace to do so. Observe,
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(1.) It is the duty and interest of the people of God not to <I>be
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afraid of evil tidings,</I> not to be afraid of hearing bad news; and,
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when they do, not to be put into confusion by it and into an amazing
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expectation of worse and worse, but whatever happens, whatever
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threatens, to be able to say, with blessed Paul, <I>None of these
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things move me,</I> neither will I <I>fear, though the earth be
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removed,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+46:2">Ps. xlvi. 2</A>.
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(2.) The fixedness of the heart is a sovereign remedy against the
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disquieting fear of evil tidings. If we keep our thoughts composed, and
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ourselves masters of them, our wills resigned to the holy will of God,
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our temper sedate, and our spirits even, under all the unevenness of
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Providence, we are well fortified against the agitations of the
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timorous.
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(3.) Trusting in the Lord is the best an surest way of fixing and
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establishing the heart. By faith we must cast anchor in the promise, in
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the word of God, and so return to him and repose in him as our rest.
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The heart of man cannot fix any where, to its satisfaction, but in the
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truth of God, and there it finds firm footing.
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(4.) Those whose hearts are established by faith will patiently wait
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till they have gained their point: <I>He shall not be afraid, till he
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see his desire upon his enemies,</I> that is, till he come to heaven,
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where he shall see Satan, and all his spiritual enemies, trodden under
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his feet, and, as Israel saw the Egyptians, dead on the sea-shore.
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<I>Till he look upon his oppressors</I> (so Dr. Hammond), till he
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behold them securely, and look boldly in their faces, as being now no
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longer under their power. It will complete the satisfaction of the
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saints, when they shall look back upon their troubles and pressures,
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and be able to say with St. Paul, when he had recounted the
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persecutions he endured
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ti+3:11">2 Tim. iii. 11</A>),
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<I>But out of them all the Lord delivered me.</I></P>
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<P>
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II. The vexation of sinners,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+112:10"><I>v.</I> 10</A>.
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Two things shall fret them:--
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1. The felicity of the righteous: <I>The wicked shall see</I> the
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righteous in prosperity and honour and shall <I>be grieved.</I> It will
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vex them to see their innocency cleared and their low estate regarded,
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and those whom they hated and despised, and whose ruin they sought and
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hoped to see, the favourites of Heaven, and advanced to have
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<I>dominion over them</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+49:14">Ps. xlix. 14</A>);
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this will make them <I>gnash with their teeth and pine away.</I> This
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is often fulfilled in this world. The happiness of the saints is the
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envy of the wicked, and that envy is the <I>rottenness of their
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bones.</I> But it will most fully be accomplished in the other world,
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when it shall make damned sinners <I>gnash with their teeth,</I> to see
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<I>Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in him bosom,</I> to see <I>all the
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prophets in the kingdom of God and themselves thrust out.</I>
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2. Their own disappointment: <I>The desire of the wicked shall
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perish.</I> Their desire was wholly to the world and the flesh, and
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they ruled over them; and therefore, when these perish, their joy is
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gone, and their expectations from them are cut off, to their
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everlasting confusion; their hope is as a spider's web.</P>
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