Kings: when Good: Favour the Wise

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Proverbs 14:35
The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
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2 Kings iv. 25, 26.
... 2 KINGS IV ... be it unto me according to thy Word[l]. Jonah the Prophet, tho'
favour'd with ... dear Babe be dead, yet my Heavenly Father is just, and he is good in ...
/.../submission to divine providence in the death of children/2 kings iv 25 26.htm

The Greek Kings of Egypt.
... these places were named after the Greek Kings of Syria ... him by poisoning him for fear
her favour should not ... Greek learning was doing the Jews no good, and some ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xvi the greek kings.htm

What is Useful is the Same as what is virtuous...
... case of private individuals but even of kings, what is ... and honoured his obsequies,
and evinced his good faith in ... What is so likely to win favour as gratitude? ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vii what is useful.htm

The Discussions among Philosophers About the Comparison Between ...
... For instance, we call God good and a man good; but it bears in each case ... And let
no one seek his own favour or his own praise, but another's ... [609] 1[[3] Kings iv ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ii the discussions among.htm

He Passes from Philosophy to the Philosophers, Beginning with ...
... Socrates or Plato, who are esteemed as kings of philosophers ... the part of the foolish
man to do good; because, as ... with anger, so he is not influenced by favour. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xvii he passes from philosophy.htm

Letter Xlvii to the Brother of William, a Monk of Clairvaux.
... but the love of poverty makes us kings ourselves. ... marks of royal power is to do good
to friends ... men, with simple confidence in the Divine favour, thus reaching ...
/.../letter xlvii to the brother.htm

That the Ruler Should Be, through Humility, a Companion of Good ...
... not to be over men, but to do them good. ... fathers are said to have been not kings
of men ... itself; and, while outwardly surrounded by unbounded favour, he loses ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter vi that the ruler.htm

National Privileges
... one kingdom of God, whose rulers are kings and parliaments ... seems as if God had been
too good to us ... not believing in Christ's presence and Christ's favour; of not ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon xxii national privileges.htm

Of the Vanity and Crimes, Impious Superstitions, and of the ...
... of the people, they willingly err, and favour their own ... same impudence to give to
the good the name ... their flamens, augurs, and also sacrificing kings, and the ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xx of the vanity and.htm

The Providence of God
... virgins brought before the king, Esther should find favour in the ... a clear instance
of this in I Kings 22:24. ... It is good to observe providence, but we must not ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/14 the providence of god.htm