Chap. 29 cflnExpofi.ionupon the BookofJ0 E. Verb, 7. 479 Cods $!lion men, the molt of men would be heads, yea Devils among men. fis the prefervative of publick peace and order a. tr;ong seen. The ,nf untains bring forthpeace to the people, and tht 'irtle liifls by. righteotefnefs (Pïa1.72.3.) but without it,the moun- tains are mountains of prey, and the hills filled with Robbers. All are out of place, where none arechief in place. The flrongett Notions prove Weak, where Powers are not maintained and obeyed'. Sixthly, Magi{lracy is the Fence of our liberty, and property q. if none were fubje&, none could be free. Anarchy brims in the worn flavery No man (hould long cali any thinghis o»n, if Go- vérnrnent were notowned. Were there not laws to limit men,. and Magifirates to enliven thole laws, many would chink that lawfully enough theirs, which they have power enough to make. theirs. Seventhly, Magiffrates arethe very vital fpirits and breath by which millions of men fubfiPcomfortably in one body Politick.. Teremy in his Lamentations ( Chap. 4. 20. ) calls their King ( though none of the belt) the breath of their Nofirils. And therefore as in duty, fo for necellity, as for Confcience, fo for our owncomfort andcommodity, we fhould ( as Chrifl com- manded his Difciples in his own cafe ( Math. 22. 21. ) Render to Cafar the things that are Capers. The Apof le not only exhorts but enjoyns ( Rom. 13. a .) Let every foulbe fubjeLE to the higher Towers, Widi this fubjeókion to them he commands îupplicatton for them (t Tim. 2. r,2.) 1 exhort that firfi of ay Prayers and Supplications be made for all men, for Kings, and )r all that are authority, that tender them we may lead 'quiet andpeaceable lives, &c. And as he commands that Magifirates should be much the fubje& of prayer, fo alfo of preaching ( Tit. 3. a.) Putthem in mind to befubleb: to Principalities and Poo ers, and to obey Magi... Prates.. Which thews, fir[}, that this is no new Do&rine, but an oldduty, which they were to be put in mind of. Subjection to Magifirates is the old commandment, and it doth not wax old, 'tis as firong as at firfle Secondly, that they were often to have this inculcated upon them ; men have avery untoward fpìrit, as for ftibjeaion to God, fo to man ; we are naturally fo high- minded,. that ve cannot [loop to thole who are higheif, therefore fAitla
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