Chap. 29. an Expofitionuport theBook.ofJo B. Verf, 8. 433 would furely reprove them for ic. Young men are apt tooffend ( that'sa flippery age and are therefore loath co appeare before their fuperiours, eCpecially when eminently fuch (as fob was) in holynefs,wifdome, and a.Spirit of dilcerning concerningmen and manners, things andperfons. Job's jug fevericy ¡truck the young men with a kind of amazement. Hence note, firff. Eminent vertues and graces draw reverence and refpect upon the perfons ofmen, aven from thofe who are apt to take too much liberty to themfelves, The fpirits of young men are ufually vain and light, and often deboyft and oppofite to fobriecy and goodneffe, yet there were overcomeby Jobs prefence., It isnot greatnefs, or riches,outward pompeor fplendour, that can over-awe the vain fpirits of youth : But a vercuousgravity and the fplendour of Jugice will. 'ris very Valer. Mu. ' memorable which is reported of . Cato in the Romane 1iftory lib, z, car. 5. He was a man of fuchveneration in the Cityof Rome, that though they ufed much immodetty, both in fpeech and gegure at their publick playes and thews, especially in he Floral Games, yet when once Cato appeared upoh the Theater, the-e; was not a man durf+ fpeak any iarmaodefi .word , or ufe any wanton behaviour, till he was withdrawn. If heathen Cato, becaufe he was aman of a compofed fpirir, of much Juftice and Integrity, a man of an un- fpotted converfation and reputation (if he I fay) had fuck a reve- rence, much more will the Grace of Chrifi, ¡pining torch wish beams of light in a converfation becoming the Gofpel, command refpe&. It is Paid of King Herod ( Mack 6. zo. ) That Hefeared John ( the Baptif+ ) knowing that hewas a jolt man,andan holy,and obfervedhim. As the name of God is holyand reverend (Pal.' r r. g,). So there is,a reverence in that holinege which is imprinted upon man. Grace is fomtimes, at leaf+, feemingly honoured even in their confciences who haveno grace. Secondly, Looking upon fob as a Magifirare ; Note. There is a Majefty in Magifirates. God puts their dread upon men ; all are in we of them. As David often acknowledgesl, that Cod fubdued his enemies ro q q 2 him :
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