Evil pursueth sinners
They pursue the evil of sin, and the evil of punishment pursues
them, and at last overtakes them; their damnation, though it may
seem to slumber and linger, it does not; it is upon the full
speed after them, and will quickly seize upon them. Some
understand this of the evil of sin in the conscience, which
pursues the sinner, and fills him with terror; but to the
righteous good shall be repaid;
or, "he shall recompense the righteous with good" F21, or
"good to the righteous"; that is, God shall do it; for all the
good things they have done, from a right principle, and to a
right end; which good works of theirs will pursue and follow
them; and for all the ill things they have suffered for
righteousness's sake, a reward of grace, though not of debt, will
be given them; as they have had their evil things here, they
shall have their good things hereafter; as well as are often
recompensed in this life, either in themselves or in their
posterity, as follows.