Chap. a 9. An Expofition upon the Booke of JOB. Verf. i 8. 273 of the law ofnature, and ofNations, when the hoary head ri- fing up is defpifed by the younger. 'Paul gives caution concer- ning Timothy (ITim. 4.12. ) Let no mandefpife thy youth.' rig a fin to defpile the young who are gracious, what is it then to defpife grave and gracious old age .? Secondly, Obferve It is an addition to our offlitiion to be del piled in affliflion, eipe- eially to be defpifedby our inferiors, whether in degreeor age. This is th reatnedas a foreJudgement upon the ?ewes, when an enemy fhould invade their borders ( ¶Deut. 28. 30. 1 will bringvpon thee aNation offeirce countenance, that¡hall not regard theface' ofthe old;Noting that old men fhould be reverenced, and ufually are reverenced among all Nations. labwas once re- verencedboth by young and old, ( Chap.29. 18. ) Theyoung menfay, me, anddid hide themfelves. When a man of venerable age comes in prefence, young menThould fart back and mo- deftly withdraw ; Tea ( faith he ) the aged rafe and flood up ;He had reverence in former times, not onely from young men but from the aged. This (hewed the height of his worldly fe- licitie. But now ( to fhew the depth ofhis . worldly mifery ) the youngeft ofyoungones, who could defpife hirrm,did defpire Rrrrrgendï ha- him. It was a crime punifhable in theSpartan- Common-wealth biro, a pueri, for youngmen not to ri fe up and íhew reverence to the aged v adolefcenti- when they paffedby. Hence that proverbial) fpeech tooke its b.e, in adventu originali ; It is onely good to bean old man in Sparta. 'Tis corn- feniorum reli- ftorè obferva- ly inall Common-wealths and families, when every perfon keeps banrt r, prefer. bis ranke, when honour is given ro whom honour is due . ntn aped Spar- Rebuke not an Elder (it is the Apoftles rule toTimothy, i Epiff. tao, uncle di- 5. i. ) but exhort him as a father. Though we muffnot flatter ifum, In fola ra nor favour any perfon, to the prejudice ofthe truth,or bolines, S dpaire i fe- .yet while we fpeake truth, or reprove unholiness we muff put new. Plot. a difference betweene the perfons of men. We muff not handle ordeale with Eldersas we deale with the younger men. When we fpeake reproofe, we muff fpeake refpect unto the ancient ; The Prophet gives it as the Chara t r ofa confutedState, when children behave themfelves proudly againfi the ancient, and the bafe againf-the honortbic( Ifa. 3.5 . ) N n Verf. r9.
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