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<p>Here is, 1. The comfort of good men flourishing and lasting: <i>The light of the righteous rejoices</i>, that is, it increases, and makes them glad. Even their outward prosperity is their joy, and much more those gifts, graces, and comforts, with which their souls are illuminated; these <i>shine more and more</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Prov.4.18" href="/passage/?search=Prov.4.18">Prov. 4:18</a>. The Spirit is their light, and he gives them a fulness of joy, and <i>rejoices to do them good</i>. 2. The comfort of bad men withering and dying: <i>The lamp of the wicked</i> burns dimly and faint; it looks melancholy, like a taper in an urn, and it will shortly <i>be put out</i> in utter darkness, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.50.11" href="/passage/?search=Isa.50.11">Isa. 50:11</a>. The light of the righteous is as that of the sun, which may be eclipsed and clouded, but will continue; that of the wicked is as a lamp of their own kindling, which will presently go out and is easily put out.</p>
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