276 Chap.' 2. AnExpoftion "hHpon the BookofJOB. Vert: 18. tribes oftwelve departed from his obedience, and never return- cd again; neither did God permit Rebobohartz to proceed in his attempt for the reducing of them, but took the revolt upon him('elf,faying plainly by the mouth of his Prophet,Thi, thing is from tne, i King 52.24, Thus the bonds of that King were loof- ned, and himlelfwas brought into (traits, while he endeavour... ed unjuflly to ftraiten thole in whole 10ít liberties h: (hould- have rejoyced. Thole are the freeft Kings who govern a free People, and the more free a people are, the more are they truly. fubje&. Slavery doth either embale the fpirits ofa people, or heightens them to dilobeiience. Opprefon nukes a wife man mad, but none are fo madas oppreffoi rs,howwife foever they feem to, be. When their bonds are loofed ( as they (lull ) they Toole more then they could get, (hould they continue faftned. Secondly, As Kings have opprefng bends ; fo governing bonds.:. Wholelome lawes are the peoples bonds, and it is both their du- ty and their liberty to be thus bound. It is a far greater bon doge to be under no laws, then to be under hard ones. Whenevery Salcheum re- manBoth that which is right inbis owneyes, there is (carte any man gum dijfolvir. willbefound either doing or enjoying that which is right. Therefore let people takeheed,left while they complain of the bonds of op. jl rarem reflion Qg incperium p ,that they donot throw offthe bonds of fubje&ion : Yet lisadimät. Me, thus. alto God loofeth the bonds of Kings : He in judgment to In Baltbeo reg- Kings and Kingdoms,leaves a people to forget their duty, and to . ranrisänrelligí- withdraw from d re obedience. rut glor o in The Vulgar tranflateth *He unbuc lethor di olveth the belt o Tuneveto è reg- i f no d pofiti igne- Kings ; which is gloflWed to this fence ; I) he dire;ls them of regal minia heron. power. The belt was alwaiesa mark ofhonour, and Tome ache Auras Bahbo. Learned ohlerve that it was anciently an emblem ofKingly pow. Us in gne f er. And fo the unloofing of it muff imply the taking away of riffimi ; magi- that power. * The belt is taken here by others for the ernálem ftratus, quere ofa fouldiers power only, not ofa Kings. Hence girdinp or j iiari eingulo putting on the belt, is as much as preparing for war : Girdup dreebantur qui now thy loins like a atan, faith God to Job ( chap 38.3.) when he dignitate tupry_ challenged him to a difpute,which is a verbal war. (Pfal.93.a. ) vabastar. pi. The Lordreigneth, he is clothed with tnajel?y, the Lord is clothed tied. dnith firer/gib, wherewith he bath girded hirnfelf. David riving Baltheus nm charge to Solomon upon his deathbed concerning Joab, who had, fuit in.¡igne re- been his chief Commander, or the Generali no of his forces, tare. (told milt- faith, he put the .blondofwar span his girdle ( or the heir, fo Fag,'mine
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