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<p>Observe, 1. Our riches will fail us when we are in the greatest need: <i>He that trusts in them</i>, as if they would secure him the favour of God and be his protection and portion, <i>shall fall</i>, as a man who lays his weight on a broken reed, which will not only disappoint him, but run into his hand and pierce him. 2. Our righteousness will stand us in stead when our riches fail us: <i>The righteous shall</i> then <i>flourish as a branch</i>, the branch of righteousness, like a tree whose leaf shall not wither, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.1.3" href="/passage/?search=Ps.1.3">Ps. 1:3</a>. Even in death, when riches fail men, the <i>bones</i> of the righteous <i>shall flourish as a herb</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.66.14" href="/passage/?search=Isa.66.14">Isa. 66:14</a>. When those that take root in the world wither those that are grafted into Christ and partake of his root and fatness shall be fruitful and flourishing.</p>
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