446 Chap.3i. An Expofition upon the Book of Jo a. Vert.' 5. wards their fervants,& keepe all men in high place from high and (welling thoughts ofthéfelves, asalfo from contemning thoughts ofthole who areof any lower forme then they in the world. lob was confident (Cáap.i4.i j'.) That Godwould have a defre to the worke of his hands. Surely thenall they that are the worke of his hands,fhould under that notion,bothhave a delire & give a fuita- hie refpe& to oneanother. God humbleeb bimfelfe (Pf. i 13.6,) to behold (that is,to take care of andprovide for) the things that are in heavenand in the earth,and fhall men be fo proud as not tobe- hold with a favourable regard chofe who are (where themfelves are)on earth.When the Apofile Teter lawCornelius inclining to give himmore honor then came to the (hareofacreature,henot only modeftly but gracioufly declined it, laying, Standup, I my felfe alfoama man (A&. i 0.26.) Now as we fhouhi take heedof receiving more honour from any man then becomes us as men, becaufe this were to entrench upon Gods prerogative , and to take that from God,which hehath Paid he will not give to anyo- ther (his glory) So we fhould take heed of defpifing the meaneft men, or our meaneft fervants,feing they alto are men,and men of the fame make, having alto the fame maker with our felves; be- caufe in defpifing them we refte& upon God who made them,&" deny them that refpe&which he bath commandedevery man to give unto any other man. For as the Apoftle faith of the mem- bers ofthe Natural! Body ( Co..' 2, 23, 24.) Thole members of the body which we thinke to be leffe honourable,upon there we beftow more aboundant honour, and our uncomelyparts have more down- dant comelineffe ;for our comelypartsbave no need, but Godbathfo tempered the body together, havinggiven more aboundant honour to that part which lacleth, that there fhouldhe nofcbifine in the body, but that the membersfhould have thefame careone of another; As (I fay )God hath ordered themembers of the Natural! body ( which the Apoítle there applyes andmakes ufe of with refpe& to the Spiritual] body the Church which is a company of profef- fing Weevers gathered by their ówne free confent into a holy fellowfhip) So allo he bath ordered the members of that Ci- vili body whether Greater in Nations and Commonwealths or leffer inhoufholds and familyes, fo that there might be no fchifine in them neyther, but that the leffe honourable members might be both cared for and encouraged by fitting refpe&s'to doe their dutyfor the good ofthe whole Body. And
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