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349 Of the vattítie of worldly ngdo»tet: kettle more peculiar to this royal] and foueraigne aduanee. men r, Where firflwee are to know that the followingdif- eourCe is not intended to 'hew the vanity, or perfwade the contempt ofcrue!1 and barbarous tyrannie, which being o. dious to God and men needs no reafons to moue all to haue it in dercfiation and bale eleeme; but oflawful monarchies and kingdotnes, abufed either by ouerualuing their worth, or through the corruption and faultineffe of gouernment. The contempt whereofas itought not to be abfolute in any but onely in refpe& ofabufe : for it is a thing of as great e- Reeme as any elfe in the world, when as a good kingruleth well,andnot according to his owne lulls and vnlimited plea. fure,but according to the law of God, the law of nations, and theparticular lawes of his owne king dome : fo ought it not to be in all, but in thofe onely who are eitherpoffeffed, or in po'fbility of this fupreame foueraignetie ; vnleffe it be as we vnderfland it comparatiuelyin relpe& either of fpirituall graces or heauenly ioyes. For as for thofe who are 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 are his deputies and lieuetenants,and as it were the great Rewards of his fa- mihe, whom hee hath dignified by giuing them his owne name and titles, and hath bound vs by his word to owe and yeeld vnto them all honour, loueanddutie. So the Apoffle i.om.r3,r.a. faith, Let emery foule be fubieli to the higher powers , for there is a.Pe4.243 no power but ofÇjod,andthe powers that be are ordained ofGod, dc. And as it is to be highly efleemed of the people, as be- inganordinance of God in it felfe good ; fo alfo becaufe it is fo ncceffarie to the wel -being ola commonwealth,that it is impoflible without it that it fhould hand, much leffe flou- rifh and profper.Forlook what the 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 are by Gods Frouidence aduanced-to this roy. altie;