Jeremiah 39:18

For God would deliver him, so as he should not die by the sword; but how little else soever he saved, he should save his life, because he had put his trust in God, not fearing the wrath of men in the doing of what was his duty. We read no more in holy writ of this man, and so cannot tell how otherwise God dealt with him; only may be assured that he was not slain by the Chaldeans. And from this we may observe,

1. How kind God hath always declared himself to those who have showed the least kindness to those that have been his true and faithful ministers.

2. That the root of such good works as God rewardeth must be faith, a trusting in the Lord.

3. That those who do good works out of a principle of faith may yet be encumbered with slavish fears.