I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
      II. How ready God's prophets should be to encourage every good purpose. Nathan was no sooner aware of David's good design than he bade him go and do all that was within his heart (1 Chronicles 17:2; 1 Chronicles 17:2), for he had no reason to doubt but that God was with him in it. Ministers should stir up the gifts and graces that are in others as well as in themselves.