Chap. 29... AnExpofition upon ;beBookof J o s. Verf. 8. 485, Fourthly, Note. Modefly andbafhfulorefs is avenue in thole who are young,wben their ancients andfuperiours are inpretence, It was both the honour of rob, and the praife of theft young hÿ dicitar men, that theyhid themfelves. The word which the Hebrews ufe D$ÿfla6 oc- for a young man fgnificthhiding, becaufe young. men and maid- cuttattdo,quia ens fhould rather hide thanput themfelves forward at all times, ...erecuttdia efpecially whengreat and grave men appear. Shamefaanefs is forum eß fife a. piece of their c©mlinefs aiwrayes, but ma of all when they oecultare. have doneamife; how deformed are they whodo evill and are not afhamed, but fuffer thevery (hew of their Countenance ( as the Prophet (peaks ) to tePrifieagaina them,declaring their Gnne as Sodome, andneither hiding themfelves nor it (Ifa. 3. 9.) 'Tisa (hame to commit a fault ; -therefore notto be afhamed of itwhen committed,but to appear with a brazen face, and with an Iron front, not caring who feesor knows it, is a doubling of the fault. As it is a great (in tohide our finsby excufes,fo it is agreater fin to thew our fins with impudence ; . Hypocritically tohide our fins, and audacioufly to declare them, are high aggravations of fin, and of the two the latter is thehigheff, both as it carryes a con- tempt of God in ir, and anavouchment of it to man. The former hath a hope to deceive God and man, but the latter is not affraid to fend them a defiance, and having done it, bids them both doe their worn. Fifthly, Noce. 'Tis the duty ofyoung men to reverence the aged, efpec allythef aged who are in Power. TheLaw of Mofes gave this in charge ( Levit. 19. 3 a. ) Thou (halt rife up before the hoary bead, and . honour the face of the old man.When young men know not their diflance,but are bold with and irreverent toward the aged, 'cis one of the worft figns of an Evil Government, and of the evills which follow upon it in fami- lies, Cities, and Nations. lcwas threatned as a great Judgment in it felf, and as the prefage of a greater (Ifa. 3 5 5. ) Children fhall behave themfelves proudly againfi the ancient, and the bate againit the honourable. The difcìpline of the Lacedemoniens was foexa& towards their youth, and they were bound to give fuch reve-
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