192 Verf.i ao.t Ait Expofitionupon the Bookof J O B. Chap.i. There is a civil worfhip mentioned in Scripture, as w ell as di- vine worthip. Civil worthipmay be given tomen. And there is a twofold Civil worship (fpoken ofin Scripture ; ) There is a civil worfhip ofduty, and there is.a civil worfhip of courtefie. That ofduty is from inferiors to their fuperiours,from Children to their Patents, from Servants to their Mailers , from Subjeós to Kings and Magiflrates ; There Gods mutt have civil worthip, As Gen. 48.1r. when .7ofph came into the pretence ofJacob his Fa- ther, he bowed down to the ground ; this was a civil worfhip, and.a worthipofduty from an inferiour to a fuperiour. And it is laid ofthe brethren ofJudah,Gen.49.8. when Jacob on his death- bed bleff'ed the r a. Tribes, Thy brethren fhaUworfhip thee, or bow down to thee. It is the fame word ufed here in this Text. Judahs honour was to weild the Scepter the government was laid upon his'boulders ; now he being the chief Magiftrate, all the reft of the Tribes, all his brethrenmutt worfhip him, or give civil honour au- to him. Secondly, there is likewife a worfhip of courtefe, which is from equals, whenone equal will bow to another, or when a fuperi- our tas fometimes in sourtefe he will) bowesdown or worfhips his inferiour : As it is notedconcerning Abraham, that when he came before the menof the Country of Heth, he bowed himfelf: Gen. 13.12. NowAbraham was theSuperiour,he was aPrince and a Great man, yet comingbefore the teenof theCountry, he bowed himJilf, and it is the fame word. So then, this civil worfhip may lawfully be given unto men. But as for divine worthip, that is proper and peculiar unto God, that glory they will not give tograven Images,Man or Angel ; and therefore we mutt not. Hence we find that Cornelius and Johndidad their civil worthip a little too far., they were prefently takenofffor fear they fhould intrench upon the divine worfhip. Civil worfhip when it is exccfive and goeth too far, is finful As in API: to. 25. Luke relates, that as foot' as Peter came in, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worfhipped him ; the worthipwas to Peter, for we are not to think that Cornelius was fogrofly ignorant as to take Peter for a God, and togive him dïvine worfhip; but the meaningofit is, that he fell down at his feet, and gave him an honour and refped beyond what he ought tohave done, he Was exceflive in it : therefore Peter takes himoff, Standup (faithhe) I myPelfalfo am a man, I am a man as thou art.
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