Chap. 28, An Expofstion upo,n4. theBook ofJ o B. Verf. 28. 364 weall inhabitants of the earth,botb low and high. The Hebrew is,Sons ofIjis, that is, thole that arehigh and mighty, and Sons of Alum, that is, chofe that are low and mean. Yet force Doarines which ferve properly for one man, or for force one fort of men, will not ferve for nor fuite another man,or fort of men : there are force commands peculiar to the ricb,and Tome to the poor; Tome to Magif}rates, and force to fubje&s: what God enjoynes one of thefe he doth not enjoyn the other ; but when God faith, The fear ofthe Lord is wifdom. This letton is given (Le- Adam)' Fis for man. °Tisa +:ÿatholick Do&rine,not only in regard of the truth of it, but of theufcfulnefs and extent of it. He faith it to Parents as well as tochildren,toMatters as well as to fervants, to the rich as well as tò the poor, to the Magiftrace as well as to the fub- je&. But though it be aDotrine fitted cò the capacity of all forts of men, yet we find it more emphatically applied to great men, or more efpecially calculated for the meridian of Magi/tracy ; to Magiftrates, to men inpower, who thould be the beu of men, and chiefeft in wifdom, as well as in authority, God faith , this is your wifdom to fear me, and Band in awe of my dreadful Ma- jefiy.When 3etbro,perceiving the burdenof government too hex- vie for the fhoulder of Mofes alone,advifedMofes todivide it,he gave this among ocher chara&ers of men fit for that office (Exod. 18. it.) Thou(halt provide out 'of all the people, able men,fuch as fear God, men of truth, and hating covetoufnefs, andplacefrith o- ver rbem,ro be rulers of tboufank, ótc. By nowmuch Magi(-traces are lifted up above the fear of men, and by how much all Other men ought to far them, by fomuch thouid they be carried out more then ocher men in the fear of God. David, who vsas the chief Msgifira.e in Ifrael, layes this down as the rule of Magifira- cy(2 Sam. 2 2. I) 2.) He that rulctb amongmen Mat be jug,ru- ling tn-4e fear ofGod. That man was a frangepeice of Magtftra- cy, of whom it is faid (Luke 18, v. ) that he neither feared God, nor regarded man : That Scripture is a parable of the unjutt Jùdge, andof the diffrefred widdow, begging for redrefs of her wrongs, and deliverance from the oppreffion of her adverfary, but he had no regard to'rer trouble, only her ciarnoúr and itnpor- tun ry troubled him. Tkct who are in power and fear not god will have very little regard of men :th .refore this isa We`irinc to A a a the
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