of/'auation and damn4tion.. 1.? The Refolutior.. Honour]This Worde, by the figure , fignifiethall that duty , wherebyour neighbours dignity is prc1ercd , but efpeciallyour Superiours. This dignitie proceedethofthis, that euerymanbeareth in him fome part ofthe image of God, ifwe ref-pea the outward order anddecencie , which isobferuedinthe Churchandcommon wealth. I n the Magiirate there is a certaine image of the power and glorie ofGod.Dan. a. 37.0King, thouart aKingofKings, for the Godofhumeri bathgtatenthee a1¿,ingdome,power, andftrengtb, andgle- rie. Hence isit,that Magiaratesare called Gods. Pfal . 8 z z. In an oldeman is the fimilitudeoftheeternity ofGod : in afather,the likeneffeof his father- hood. Matth. 23. 9. And call nomanyourfathervpon theearthforthere isbut o*ce,your Father which isinheateers, In aman is the imageofGods prouidence & authoritie.z.Cor. r z.7. Foraman ought nottocower his head,becatifhe isthe imageoftheglorie ofGod : 6:atthewoman is theglorie ofher husband. Finally, in a learnedman , is the likeneffeofthe knowledge and wifedome ofGod. Now therefore that perfon, inwhome euen the leali titleofthe image ofGod appeareth,is tobehonoured and reuerenced. ThyFather]Bya figure,wemull here vnderfland,allthofe that areour fu. periours: as,Parents, and fuch likeof our kindred,or aliance which areto vs indead ofparents: MagifIrates, Miniflers,our Elders, and thofe that doe ex- cell vs in anygifces whatfoeuer. Thekinges ofGerar were called Abimelecb, myFather thekieìg. Gen. 20.2. Gen. 45. 8. godhath mademe a Fatherv it. Pharaoh,andLordotter allhishonfe. i.Cor. 4.1 5. For thougbyehaue ten thou- landinftruTlours in Chrift,yet baneye not manyFathers :florin Chrift lefus I banebegottenyou. 2. King. 5. i 3 . But hisferssantescam., and/ji4eunto him, andfaid,Father, i ftheProphet hadcommandedtheeagreat tbing,wouldeftthou not hauedone it? 2. King. 2. 12, AndElifhafan, it, andhe cryed, My Father, my Father,my Father, the chariot of ',Nell, andthehorfmen thereof, Andthymother] This isadded, leaf} wefhoulddefpife ourmothers,becaufe oftheirinfirmities . Prou. z 3.22. Ohl thyfatherwhichbath begotten thee,e defife not thy motherwhen fhe is old. Here weareput in mind toperfor neduehonour to our'ilepmothersand fa- thers in law,as iftheywereour proper andnaturallparentes. Ruth. 3 . i .and 5. AfterwardNaomi her motherin lawfayde untoher, ,li'fydaughter, fhallnot t ['eke reflforthee,that thon men. profer?Andfhe anfweredher, All that thou biddeft me,Iwil do.Exo. i 8,17. Rut Milesfatherin lawjaydvnto hirn,The thingwhich thou does`i,rsnot well. 19, Hearnow my voyce,Lwillgiue theecoun- fell,andGod fhall be with thee. 24. So Mofes obeyed the voiceofhisfather in }awe, anddidall thathe had Mich. 7. 6. For the formereutleth theFa. ther,thedaughterfileth tip againri hermother,thedaughter inlaw again, i her faother inlaw. F Thigif
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