Chap. 3 . .Qn Expofttton ripen the,B k.of J o B. Verf..j. ;7 word of the fame force ; Senators were elders, not alwayes in time ( therewas no -Lawmuch leife neceiiiry that every Senator thouldbe anold man).but in undertianding : every Senator ought to bea.wife. man, though not an old_Man. They who are to go- verneothers wifely, had need be furnilhed with wifdome them- felves. Grayhaires,alone cannot make a good Magiltrare. We . read the word applyed both to.Church-Elders called ( Ifs. 37. 2.) The Elders of the Priefis,, and to State-Elders, called El- ders of the people ( Exod. 17. 5.) or of the Land (Gen. 5o.7.) The Elders ofthe Land-of Egypt went with them. 'Tis faid (Pfal io5.21,22.) Pharoah madeJofeph Lordofhis houfe, and ruler of all his fubf ance,to binde his Princes at his pleafure,&.teaels his Se- nators wifdome. Young fofeph made Pharaohs wife men wifer, and gave counfel to his counfellers. Here Eiihucalls 7obr friends Elders and we may take him either fpeaking f tialy, that they were his Elders in time, or (peaking modeftly, that they were his Elders in.wifdome,knowledge,,and underftanding, and there- fore he was not hay.to, fpeake ,_ but gave them their fcope,wait- ingtill.job had fpolsen, Becaufe they were elder then he. Hence note, Firft in General. Thing men fhoùld'hew refpelt and waite upon their Elders. TheApoftle wouldnot have Timothy flighted, though young;; (i Tim..}. 1'2.) Let no man defpifethy youth ; He chargeth the people not rodefpife Timothy becaure young ; and he chargeth Timothy to carry it fo, that none might have the thew of acaufe todefpife him though young ; Let no man defpife thy youth ; let . not thofe that feeke occafion linde it. Now, asyoungmen, efpe- cially young Minifters fhould be fo holy and grave in their con - verfation, as not to draw difrefpeel or contempt upon thém- felves, and as no man ought todefpife the youngmeerly becaufe they are young ; foall men ought to honour old age. The old Law was expreiffe for it ( Levit. 19. 32. ) Thou 'halt rife up be- 'Ore the hoary head, andhonour the face ofthe ol4:man , and feare thy God, Iam the Lord. See, how there two are joyned toge- ther, Thou(halt honour the face ofthe old'man , andfeare thygod; As ifhehad faid, honour old men in the feare of God, or thew, feare to God in the reverence and honour which thou giveft to old men, who, having lived a to a. time or manydayes in the world,,
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