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2Sa_15:26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Ver. 26. But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee.] As justly he may, for my many foul offences and daily disobediences, lay me aside as a broken vessel.
Behold, here am I.] Alexander the emperor in Herodian could say, ÷ñç áíäñáò ãåííáéïõò êáé óùöñïíáò åõ÷åèáé ìåí õðáñ÷åéí ôá âåëôéóôôá, öåñåéí äå ôá ðñïóôðéðôïíôá ; It behoveth generous and wise men to pray that all may go well with them, but to bear patiently whatsoever shall befall them. A Christian followeth his suit for earthly things coldly and negligently, saith a reverend man, {a} as one indifferently disposed to them: or rather generously and nobly, tanquam Candidatus Caesaris, as a favourite of Caesar, as they were wont to say at Rome.
{a} Dr Stought.