CONTENTS We have an awful sequel to the life of Rehoboam in this chapter. The lustful king forsaking God is left in the hand of the king of Egypt. His death. 2 Chronicles 12:1 The Reader would do well to consult the parallel history, 1 Kings 14:1. From the entrance of Rehoboam on his government t... [ Continue Reading ]
How gracious is the Lord in raising up instruments of correction!... [ Continue Reading ]
It is lovely always to see souls humbled under afflictions.... [ Continue Reading ]
What a poor trifling, uninteresting character was this man! alas! what can make any character respectable but a life of piety and obedience towards God.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS READER! what evidences do the whole earth afford of the reality of grace. We see men like Rehoboam, filling up a place in history, and the sum total of their lives is this, they lived, and eat, and drank, and then died. But is this the end of man's existence? Oh! for distinguishing grac... [ Continue Reading ]