349 Ofthevattítieofworldly ngdo»tet: kettlemore peculiar to this royal] and foueraigne aduanee. menr, Where firflwee are toknowthat the followingdif- eourCe is not intended to 'hew the vanity, orperfwade the contemptofcrue!1 andbarbarous tyrannie, whichbeingo. dious toGod and men needsno reafons to moueall to haue it in dercfiationand baleeleeme; but oflawful monarchies and kingdotnes, abufed either by ouerualuing their worth, or through the corruption and faultineffe of gouernment. Thecontempt whereofas itought not to be abfolute inany but onely in refpe&ofabufe : for it isa thing ofas great e- Reeme as anyelfe in the world, whenasa good kingruleth well,andnot according to his owne lulls and vnlimited plea. fure,but according to the lawof God, the law ofnations, and theparticular lawes ofhis owne king dome : foought it not to be in all, but in thofe onelywho areeitherpoffeffed, or in po'fbility of this fupreame foueraignetie ; vnleffe itbeas we vnderfland it comparatiuelyin relpe& either of fpirituall graces or heauenly ioyes. For as for thofewhoare in fubie &ion, they are to honour and efleeme their loue. raignes in the next place to God himfelfe: feeing this rule L'fa1.8z,r,6. and authoritie is Gods ordinance,and kings arehis deputies and lieuetenants,andas it were the great Rewardsof his fa- mihe, whom hee hath dignified by giuing them his owne name and titles, andhath boundvs by his word to owe and yeeldvnto them all honour, loueanddutie. So the Apoffle i.om.r3,r.a. faith, Let emeryfoule befubieli to the higherpowers ,for there is a.Pe4.243 nopower but ofÇjod,andthe powers thatbeare ordainedofGod, dc. Andas it is tobe highly efleemedofthe people, asbe- inganordinanceof God in it felfe good ; fo alfo becaufe it is fo ncceffarie to thewel-being ola commonwealth,that it is impoflible without it thatit fhouldhand, much leffe flou- rifhandprofper.Forlook whatthe fhepheard is to the fheep, thepilote to the fhip, the captaine to the fouldier, yea the headand heart to the body; and fuch is the king to the com- mon-wealth. 4.Set1.z. And in the faine regard this preferment of foueraigne and That royalty tranfcendent power is to bee duely valued and efleemed eandrspreame ofthofe,yvho arebyGods Frouidence aduanced-to thisroy. altie;
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