Note, 1. It ought to be the great care of old people to be found in the
way of righteousness, the way of religion and serious godliness. Both
God and man will look for them in that way; it will be expected that
those that are old should be good, that the multitude of their years
should teach them the best wisdom; let them therefore be found in that
way. Death will come; the Judge is coming; the Lord is at hand. That
they may be found of him in peace, let them be found in the way of
righteousness (2 Pet. iii. 14), found so doing, Matt. xxiv. 46. Let old
people be old disciples; let them persevere to the end in the way of
righteousness, which they long since set out in, that they may then be
found in it. 2. If old people be found in the way of righteousness,
their age will be their honour. Old age, as such, is honourable, and
commands respect (Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, Lev. xix.
32); but, if it be found in the way of wickedness, its honour is
forfeited, its crown profaned and laid in the dust, Isa. lxv. 20. Old
people therefore, if they would preserve their honour, must still hold
fast their integrity, and then their gray hairs are indeed a crown to
them; they are worthy of double honour. Grace is the glory of old age.