Chap. 3o, rin Expof tion upon the Book of J ò s. Verf. rt. g5 diet or lifeup againft hisDonation. Wemuff not fay, if power were in fuch a hand we would reverence it, if in fuch a way we would fubmit to it ; for in whatfoever hand God puts it , dude bindles as to obey it ; If ke ( as elihn fpeakes at the 34thChapter of this booke, v. 24th ), fh.all breake inpieces mighty men without number ( or as we put in the Margin, without fearcbing out, that is, without any legal proceffe, Or courfe appearing openly to man : If I fay, God (hall thus breake in pieces mighty men ) andlet others in their Bead, who are we, that we fhould let our felves againfl him ? Thirdly Eo ery foule muff be tub:ea to the higher powers, that we may honour the impreffions of God upon the higher powers ; there is a Rampe or - impreffe of the power, wifdome, juftice, and foveraignty ofGod upon Magiftrates, yea God puts his own name upon them ; /( faith the f.ord,Pfal 82. 6.) have . faid, yearegods ; now as all the appearances of God are to be re- fpeeted, fo efpecially the great and "illuflrious appearances of God, fuch as areupon Princes ; and therefore lob complainer of this as their fin as well as his own afilicsti1on, that becaufe his cord . was holed, they let bofe the bridle before Fourthly , Thebenefits that we receive by govcrrment,,'call for reverence to Governours ; As God bath let M,giffrates a- boveother', fo he bath let them up for others, that is, for a corm mon is tereft ; Noman (bould live to himfelfe,much leffe fhould any rule or governe tohimfelfe : Yea, he that would governe all to himfeIfe,doth not at all governe. Thus the ApoRle argues for fubjeestion (Rom.' 3. ÿ.) Wheref:reye mull needs befubjeif, why needs ? or what's the noceffity ? He tells us at the 6th verfeof the. fameChapter, For this caufe payyou tribute alfo , for they are Cods MiniFiers, attending continually upon this very thing. But you will fay, what is this thing, upon which Magiffratesby ver tue of their office continually attend ?,We may reade what it is, at the 4th verle ; For be is the minifier of. god ro thee for good that is, for thy profit and proteetion, if (as he fpeakes.at the 3d verfe,) thou art inch aone as doeft good. Indeed if those doe that . which is evill (as it follows in the 4'h verfe ) be afraid ; for lee, beareth not the(word invaine, for he is the rninifier of god, a re- venger to execute wrath upon him that doth evill. And though this executionofwrath ( which is a molt neceffarypart of the Magi-,
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