418 Chap. 19. , An Expofition ;Ion the Bookç of JO I . Verf. 29, Thus ferre I have opened the frrfr part of lobs conclufion ; namely, thedireftion and counfeli which he gives his friends to take them off from their bitter oppofition, and to fweeten, or meeken their fpirits towards him ; Ye fheuldfay, why perfecnte . we hint, feting the root of thematter isfound in me. He proceeds . to a Comrnination, threatning them into this duty ifhe could not perfvade.tbem.toit !isye afraidof thefword, J'e a- 19. Ter(. 29.: áxß i r afraid ofthefword : far.mrathbringeth the that or the ['word ; ye may know. that there is a judgement, TN the former verfe ?ob counfelled, and direr` ed'his friends; here he Warnes, and threatneth them. ertl timere Verf. 29., Bey [ afraid] of thefword a!?ç expave,'.re :h a'i.uitn p s- The word notes firong feare, Inch a feare as makes us fltc, pal ant con ;. va terribili, or run for it So tome tranflate the word here, whereas we fay, aught ergo a Be afraid of, they ray, fleefrom the face of the fword : feare puts fade glaáii, many to their fete Fleefrom thefword or beafraidofthefword. The fword is an inftrument of death. The fword may be looked upon in a twofoldhand. Firft, In the hand of the Souldier ; and fo it is the fword of warre. Secondly, In the handof theMagifrate; and fo it is the fword ofpeace ; both ought to be the fwordof ¡office, yet the latter is more properly called fo. He ( that is, the Magiftrate) beareth not the fword in vaine. He beareth it to doe juftice, and to maintaine peace. The fword is one of the chiefe Emblemes ofMagiftracie, and power. We may take the fword here as in either of thefe hands, Reyafraidofthe fword ; the fword ofthe S;ouldier, and thefword of the Judge or Megiftrate. Ageine,
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