5oo Chap. 29. An Expofition open the Book of JoB. Verf.ro. fome are high and fome are low, Come are mountains and hills, others are plains and vallies. David praying again{+ mighty enc- mies, faith ( Pfal. 144. 5.) Touch themotentains (0 Lord) that is, the Great men of the earth) and they (hallfmoake; That is,they fhall vani{h into fmoake. And among hills and mountains there is a difference ; fome hills are but hillocks CO others, though high compared with the vallycs. Some great men arc like great hills or mountains, others are fmaller mountains, or little hills, fob was not only a mountain, but a great mountain, he was a chief among the fans of mcn;Princes and Nobles,whowere much above the commonpeople, weremuch his underlings. As the Apoflle fpeaks of the difiribution of heavenly bodies (r Cor. íS, 39, 40. ) Thereare cele/lial bodies, and bodyes terreftrial. But thegio r, of the celeftial is one, and the glory of the terreflrial is another. So it isamong men in civil refpeets ; There are amongmen cele- Rial bodies, and bodies terre{trial.The vulgar are in this account, but bodies terreflrial ; The Magiftrates are, as it were, bodies celel ial, and the glory of the one differs from the gloryof the ether. The people have their glory, but they have not theglory of Princes or Soveraignes. Nor have thefe metaphorically cele- ftial bodyes one glory, as the naturally celeflial bodyes have not : as there is one glory of the Sun, another oftheStars ; For one Star eliffcreth from another in glory. So there is one glory of the Soveraign Prince, who is as the Sun in the Sphear ofMagi{tra- cy, and another Glory of fubordinate Governours, who are as Stars in the Sphcar of Magiftracy ; yea, among thefe Stars, or fubordinate Governours, fome are bigger, and fome are leffer, one Governour differeth from another Governour in power and glory. All thefe diflinecions and fubordinations ofmen concerne and ferve for not only the beauty and ornament, but the fafety and well-being of mankind. And as it contributes much to the good of all, that fome {hould govern, and others be fubjeet, fo that fome {hould be fupreame, and others inferiour«in govern- ment. Hence, Secondly, Obferve ; As it is the duty of all the people in common to obey and befub- jebi to their t vi giPirates, fait is theduty of inferiour Magi- ffrates to obey, refpctta and be fubjeíp te thefupreame c;'t1ags- 'rate. lob
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