176. Chap.19.. finExpofition upon the Bockof JOB. Vert r9.. are to a State as the foundation is to the building ; The whole ffbricke whereof quickly falls and decayes without Counfell ;, , Therefore in the holy language fafad fignifies to lay a founda. 1 e at fenda*e tvn as allo togathar together in Counfell, becaufe the foundation con venire in con; ofthe peaceand prolperitie ofa Nation is laid in good Coun- lio, fell, 74 being a publique man had his Côunfell. It was the laying ofone of the Ancients; That Common. wealth is moft fafe frfaxin,, è falva and fiourifhing, where the heads of ancient men, and the armes of elf rer;ubtica young men are employed and improved. (Prov. i 1.14. ) Where no x5i confiliom feR i Ccun s thepeoplefall, but in the multitudeofcounfellers there is fom - f rrra o f y' The worfi of Princes have hated Counfell. Nero nxrn a,:ent, Pint: was an utter enemy to theRomane Senete,And Cafar cared little for their advice. They tvhowould rule by their own will, would. rule by their owne wifdome ; and they who would make all the people their [laves, have no defire to make any of them. their Counfellers. And they. whom I loved are turned againft me. Having fpoken ofhis friends before, he now fpeakes of his friendlinef e to them, They whom Iloved ; There is no friend - fhip without mutual' love. Loving may be taken two wayes, Ii.frebae b either as oppoled to hating, or as oppoled to leffe degree of 7`" loving. ob loved all his friends, but fome more ; here love is 4xa ea ctri: oppoled to a leffer degree oflove, Thofe whom Iloved, that is, thofë whom I loved greatly, thole who had fo much of my love, that in refpeaofthem I might be laid to love none but them. Chrift lovedall his Dilciples,, yet one was called the. Difciple whom efua loved., A man that loves many, may fo love one that comparatively he doth not love any but him.. Such fnould our love to God be, asballanced. with our love to man. Though it bea duty and the great Commandement to love one another, yet God'mull be fo lovedby us, that wemay (in this fenle) affirme we love nonebut God. The law is espreffe,Thou (halt love the Lord thy Cod,with all thy heart,with all thyfoul,with all thy firength(Luk. i 0.2,7.) IfGod be loved with all the heart, then the love that we beare to the creatures is no love in compa.r rifon of that,we owe to God ; And in proportion the love we . b,eare to fame men, fo far exceeds our love to others, that they say.be laid to engrofte.all our love. Frb fpäke here di(tinc` ly,and.., difàinti .
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