486 Chap. 29. 4n Expofitionupon the BokafJ o B. Verf. S ìn Pia Sparta reverence to the aged, that it grew into a Proverb ;.Only in Spar- expedire f eri to it isgood to be old. fobs Government and perfori were Co much fenem. reverenced among the younger ( who are commonly in all Corn- Mon wealths the ruder ) fort, that when they law him they would not be feen. Theyoung menhid thernfelves. And the aged arofe andflood up. Aliça1 vertunt The young mens withdrawing was an argument of great re- decrepiti :fener fpe , but the rifing and ffanding up of the aged when fob paired tgne Græ N by, was an argument of fomuch the more re pelt, by horomuch z: uoy4eor the aged are of more refpea than the young, We fay, Honour is . vocantur. in the perfon honouring ; Therefore the more honourable the per- comprehendit fon is that gives the refpeet, the more honour is givenby it. The etiamfene£tu honour of Jefus Chrift is highly advanced in that Prophefieof him remmedian et ( . ¡x. 9, : o, r I. ) where it is not only laid ( v.9. ) They primam. thatdwell in the Tildernej (bywhomwe may underftand perfons of a ruder breeding and meaner quality) fhaR bow beforehim, but, as it follows (v. 9, ro.) The Kings of Tarfhifh, andof the ¡Iles, ¡bull bring prefents : The Kings ofSheba and Seba (hall bring gifts ,yea all Kings fhallfall down beforehim. How honourable is Jefus Chrift ! whom not only the Cottagers of the Wiiderneffe, but the mightyKings of the earth adore and worfhip. We may thus àlfo in proportion take the elevation or bight of fobs honour upon the fame account, who was not only reverenced by young men, but by the aged. And ( which highte ns it fomewhat more ) the Hebrewword here ufed for aged, fignifies theoideff, evende- crepit old age. Thofe old men whofe lal glafs was running, and who were taking their lafi Rep (as it were) even they did arife, andflood up. Some read, they arofe and flood ; that is, when once they arofe from their feats, they wouldnot, or did not fit down in his pre- fence. To arife and Rand up are poflures referring to a double relation ; FinCi, to that of a fervant or waiter, who prefents him- fell ready for bufinefs at a call or beck. Secondly, to that of a Hearer or Learner : In this latter fence force conceive the aged a- rote and flood up : As if when fob came into the Court, they arofe and flood up ready to hear and receive the Law from his mouth, ,or to take inftru6tions what to do incafes that came before him. But this geflure of the aged here refers only to the ufual cufiome of
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