15. He fashioneth their hearts alike. By which
is meant that all hearts are equally fashioned by the Lord, kings’ hearts as
well as the hearts of beggars. The text does not mean that all hearts are created
originally alike by God; such a statement would scarcely be true, since there
is the utmost variety in people’s constitutions and dispositions. All equally
owe the possession of life to the Creator, and have therefore no reason to
boast. He considereth all their works. Not in vain does God see our
acts: he ponders and judges them. He reads the secret design in the outward
behavior, and resolves the apparent good into its real elements. This
consideration foretokens a judgment when the results of the divine thoughts
will be meted out in measures of happiness or woe. Consider thy ways, O man,
for God considers them!
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