...is but a kind prelude to that lucid interval when Jesus, the sun of righteousness, shall arise, and be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even amorning without clouds. The soul, emerg'd from nature's night, Shall view the dawning ray, With splendid...

...introduction, he breaks out into a kind oftransfwrt 3 of joy and expectation at the jirosjiect before him. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to...over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God ; or, as it should be rtndered, Thejutt one ruling over men, he ruleth in the fear of 4 God. And [he...

...delineation of David still more exactly than the benign administration of one man could accomplish, and be " as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...without clouds, as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after the rain." There are several circumstances which may encourage us...

...absente for a season, and tees him between the clouds.] He that ruleth over men must be just: — and be shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds. II. Sam. xxiii. 3. Blair observes, that this is one of the most regular, and formal comparisons in...

...people, in what are called the last words of David, recorded in the 2d book of Samuel : (xxiii. 3.) " He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the...even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springeth out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." This is one of the most regular and formal...

...words of this Uv and these statutes to do them. \\-\-. 15, 16, 17, 20. Josh. i. 8. 2 Sam. xxiii. 3. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 2 Chron. xix. 6, 7, 9. Neh. v. 9. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of God ? Ps. ii. 10. Be wise, ye...

...republican governments. In public elections preference should always be given to religtoui characters. " He that ruleth over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of (Jod." If the open enemies of religion should ever become administrators of our government, we should...

...sacred .poets, are generally short, touching only one point of resemblance. Such is the following : " He that ruleth over men, " must be just, ruling in...even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass " springmg out of the earth by clear shining after « rain." s Allegory is likewise frequently employed...

...of David the same truth forms his great consolation, " there shall be - a righteous ruler over men, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the...even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springeth out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God ; yet...

...soever they be, seriously consider that weighty charge given them by God himself: 2 Sam. xxiii. 3. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to...over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 2. Let us, in the nest place, consider the Duties of Subjects . towards their Magistrates and Rulers....