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204. . That lawful! honour: are to be de fired. the author and fountaine ofall there graces and good gifts, and our Lord and Mafier,vnder whore rule and gouernment wee thus profit in venue and goodnefl'e : and alto becaufe' whatfocuer praifc we haue ofinen, we thankfully returne it s.Sam.tz.4. vn;ohim. Euen as contrariwife when as wedifhonour our felues by our fins, we alto caufe the name of the Lord to be blafphetncdand euillfpokenofby chore .wlio.are firangers to his grace. And therefore though there were no other reafon moouing vs to feeke this honour and'good report, yet this were fufllcient,thac by it ourheauenly father is allo glorified,though WC. did notrefpeói ourfame,for our owne fakes,yet for Gods fake we muff refpe& ir, becaufe our dif- credit doth alfo tend.tohis difhonour. 4.Set3i.16. So alto wee are to defire and efieeme this lawfull honour Tbatweare to for our neighbours good; firfi,becaufe performinga dulie de firelawjbll inioyned them by God, they are alto made partakers of his honours f rsur promifcs and rewards ; for the Lord requireth in the fifth old ruff bend .Commandement,that we fhould honour them who are fu- caafe thereby periour unto vs in gifts, and that wee fhould acknowledge hedorbbis and give duc refpe& to his graces wherefoeuer wee find dune. them ; and in the ninth Commandement,that we fhould be Rom.az.to. careful! in preferuing the fame and reputation .ofourneigh- I.f'cr.z.r7. bouts; the Apofilea to chargethvs, hatingiteinehonour,we flriuetogoe one beforeanother ; and ;hat we !herald horaourall men, lone brotherlie lone feare God and honour the King. And tahis Commandement the Lord bath added rhepromife of lotyg life,as a type oflife euerlafüng, and the earthly Cana - an,as a pledge ofour heaucnly inheritance, of which it is a mofi manifefi ligne that we are licites, when as we Ioue, re- verence andrefpedi the children ofGod,for thofe gifts and graces which wee fee Ihining in them; as appeareth in the fifteenth Praline, where it is made a marke oboe that is to inherit Gods Kingdome, to contemne g vile perfon, or a der- Pfal.t 5.4.. petate Griner, and to honour them thatfeare the Lord. And therefore when our neighbours doe thus refped and reve- rence vs,for our verrues and good parts,we are excecdinglie to reioyce, not onely in refpeéi of God, becaufe his will is çionc on carth,or our fclues, becaufewee are adorned with this