2 Chronicles 11

Nor will Christ only defend his Church as he is King, but deliver it (2 Timothy 4:17), He delivered me out of the mouth of the lion; namely, Nero. (2 Chronicles 11:14) The Lord saved them by a great deliverance. Sometimes Christ is said to command deliverance (Psalm 44:4), somet…

It is mercy to men's souls to tell them of their sins. And surely those are priests for the devil (2 Chronicles 11:15), who see men go on in sin and ready to drop into hell, yet never pull them back by a reproof; nay, perhaps flatter them in their sins. God never made ministers…

He that kills ox, or goat, or lamb to the Lord, in the camp, and brings it not to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to the Priest (verse 7), offers sacrifice to devils. 2 Chronicles 11:15, Jeroboam ordained him Priests for the high places, and for the devils, and f…

If he cannot have them with innocency and purity to his soul, he must let them go. All the good priests that were accustomed to minister before the Lord in the synagogue throughout the ten tribes, when they could not enjoy their places but must worship the calves — (though the c…

Truth is Insigne Honoris, an ensign of honor; it distinguishes us from the false church, as chastity distinguishes a virtuous woman from a harlot. In short, truth is Ecclesiae praesidium, the bulwark of a nation (2 Chronicles 11:17): it is said the Levites (who were the antesign…

The visible church of Christ from Solomon's reign, was mainly in the tribe of Judah. The tribe of Benjamin, that was annexed to them, was but a very small tribe, and the tribe of Judah exceedingly large; and as Judah took Benjamin under his covert when he went into Egypt to brin…

If we lose our coat to keep our conscience, others of God's children have been thus tried before us (Hebrews 10:3-4): You took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in heaven a better, and an enduring substance. The Levites left their inheritan…

And yet all that complied with him therein, are charged for walking so willingly after the commandment (Hosea 5:11). We dare not offend God to please men; the good Levites are commended (2 Chronicles 11:14). So it was pride in Nebuchadnezzar to command all men to bow before his…

Princes have their homage and peculiar honor done to them; Satan is served upon the knee of his subjects, the wicked are said to worship the devil, Revelation 13:4. No Prince expects such worship as he, no lesse then religious worship will serve him, 2 Chronicles 11:15. Jeroboam…

(Deuteronomy 1:37) Also the Lord was angry with me for your sake: And the story shows, because Moses sanctified not the Lord at the waters of Meribah, God would not suffer him to set his foot in the holy land. (2 Chronicles 11:9) God was angry with Solomon. (Deuteronomy 1:20) Th…

But if you bestow them with an honest and a good heart, and willing to employ them any way to the glory of God, you might lay up for yourselves a sure foundation; not that a man that has lived all his days and done no good, and then at his death give all to a monastery, or such…