Note, 1. Ill-gotten gains will not prosper: He that sows iniquity, that
does an unjust thing in hopes to get by it, shall reap vanity; what he
gets will never do him any good nor give him any satisfaction. He will
meet nothing but disappointment. Those that create trouble to others do
but prepare trouble for themselves. Men shall reap as they sow. 2.
Abused power will not last. If the rod of authority turn into a rod of
anger, if men rule by passion instead of prudence, and, instead of the
public welfare, aim at nothing so much as the gratifying of their own
resentments, it shall fail and be broken, and their power shall not
bear them out in their exorbitances, Isa. x. 24, 25.