Chap. 34. An Expoftiore upon the Boole, of Jos. Verf. 17. 61 3 off fomuch love from thefe dearefl worldly enjoyments, ashin- ders men infollowing Chrift ; and he who through grace is ena- bled CO do fo, is in a true and clear Gofpel fence faid to hate them. That which the can leave for Chrift, we hare. in compari- fon of that love which we bear tb Chrift. Thus in theText and Point, they may be Paid to hate the right, who bear not a due proportion of love unto it ; not to love righteoufnefs with higheft & warmefl affeclions,is a degree of hatred. Some love the right, but they love it lightly,they love it lefs then riches andgain ; and and therefore for fell-gain they turnafide from, and forfake the right. Some will fpeak fair for Jullice, till the offer of private advantage either put out their eyes, or Itoptheir mouths ; he that loves not to do right to othersmore then to enrich himfelf, will quickly wrong others to enrich himfelf : Now he that upon any terms or co fiderati©ns whatfoever (though it were to the advan- tage only of forne otherswhoare pooranddiflrefled, much more when its for his own advantage) is drawn to pervert the righr, is a hater of it. -Remember, any lecher degree of love to that which isright, may at any timebe interpreted the hatredof it and when we love it lefs thenour own concernments, wecannot re- fill temptations which entice us to do that which will declare a dire& hatred of it. Thirdly,From the whole tenour of thefe words, Shall he that hateth right govern ? Note. They that hate right, or righteoufnefs, are altogether unfit to Go- vern, or to be Governoars ? Nothing is more contrary to the flare of Government; or the qualification of aGovernour, then to hate right; righteoufnefs is the fphear wherein he ought towalk, and never tomove out of ;'tis the bufinefs he path to do,the trade which he bath todrive; whatfoever he doth in that capacity, he mull be doing righteous things. So far as any man bath the power of. Government in his hand, if it bebut over a family, much more over a Nation, he ought to do right; Davidsprayer for himfelf as a King, and for his fonwho was to fucceed him in the Kingdom, was only and al- together this, .(Pfal.7 z. a.) Give the King thy judgements, O Lord, and thy righreetsfnefs,unto the Kings fon ; that is, reachboth me,.:
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