Chap. z 2. An Expofition upon the Bookof job.Verf.24.. eves y where. it is ill when theheart is taken from theheels or Lowe i of the people,buc how miferab'.e is ir,when the heart is ta- ken from the beads or higheft of the people. A people whole heads have noheart,are upon thematter headlefs. Aheartleft head,ie nobetter than no head. Laftly Obferse, 41mankind it not of one rank; We have here the people,and the Heads of 'the people. As the natural body is diftinguilhed into fuperiour and inferiour, into noble and ignoble parts Co is the political body : As that body is a Monfer, which is all head,or whole head is too big for the bo- dy,fo is that which pathno head, or a head,too little for the bo- dy. Where all govern there is no Government and where all are chief there can be no order. Andas God hash appointed fume to the dignity of Headfhip,for the prefers'ation of order, fo it is their duty who are Heads to preferve order. The head takes care naturally for the whole body, the head fees for the foot, and re- fpe&s the little finger. Magifirates are Rulers over the perlons of the people,but they are fervents to the good of the people. A people ou,ht to ferve their Rulers,yet Rulersare the greateft ter- vents. As it is the duty of all to ferve them, fo it is their office o ferveall. He taketh away the heart of the ebief,or,of the heads of thepeople. And What then None of the works of God are 'without effe&, when he að . fomewhat will come of it, here isa threefold effe& following this judiciary a& of God in taking away the heart of the Chief of the earth. i. They wander in aWildernefs where there kii no way. 2. They grope in the dark without light. 3. They ftaggar like a drunkenman. The firft of theft effcas is laid down in the latter claufe of the 24th verfe. He caufeth them to wander. The wotd which we tranflate, to wander, fignifies both cor- nyn Marrs, poral and mental wandering; the errour of the foot and the trsrdeerrore errour of the mind. 'ris put fOr corporal wandering ( Gen. cordir aqueac 20. t3.) When Godcaufed me ( faith 4brahem) to wander from de errorepedir. my fathers hoi e;' and again, Gen.37.15. 'ris put for mental wandering, Pff1. i c9.ttlt. I have' gone affray liked loft Peep, leek U u the 329
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