John Trapp on Proverbs 14:19

Verſ. 19. The evil bow before the good] Here they do ſo many times, as Joſephs brethren before him in his greatneſſe, as Saul before Samuel, Balſhazzar before Daniel, Euſeb. the perſecuting tyrants before Conſtantine the great; yea one of them, viz. Maximinus Galerius, being viſited with grievous ſickneſſe, not only proclaimed liberty to the poor perſecuted Chriſtians, but alſo commanded their Churches to be re-edified,Creſius and publick Prayers to be made for his recovery. So Ezra 6.10. Pray for the Kings life, and for his Sons: ſome of which had dyed in their minority, for the reſt therefore Prayer muſt be made by the Church. That place is wel known, Iſa. 49.23. Kings ſhall be thy nurſing fathers, and their Queens thy nurſing mothers: they ſhall bow down to thee with their faces toward the earth, and lick up the duſt of thy feet, &c. The Prophet ſeems to allude to the manner of the Perſians: Pictorum ſolea baſiare regum. Martial. who when they were to ſpeak to their King, did firſt kiſſe the pavement whereon he trod. Howſoever natural conſciences cannot but doe homage to the Image of God, ſtamped upon the natures and practices of the righteous (as is afore-noted,) and the worſt cannot but think well of ſuch, and honour them in their hearts. In the life to come theſe things ſhall have their full accompliſhment, and at the laſt day when the Saints ſhall judge the world, and Chriſt ſhall have put all things under his feet, ſo that they ſhall have power over the Nations, Rev. 2.26.