[a(es of Conjcience. d1fprarle, to excufe or accu[e and condemne A l"'nfclfc before others: and grace mufi teach him thus ruuch, not vaincly to commend or boaU of hrs ownegifrs andadro11s 1 burrather to bury them in filence, and referre rhem to the JU Jgcmcnt of others. Now to conclude this puinr:The doC!rine dclmcrcd, is moil necdfarie for thefe times. Forrhe falhron of mof! men is, to giue ralh aodtiulllcriudgcnlcntof others; but tllem– fclues they willcommend,andrhar highly. If any thmg be eUIIJ (aid or .done, all men mull hauenorrceofl!. If a thing bedoubrtull,i< is ahvay conlhued in the ••orlerpart. Ifa thing be do1><: o.(wcaknelfe and infirmrty, we aggra– natelt,and !)lakeita double finne.Weare cu- H i1oUi m {earchmg& inquiring into d1c li.ues of others, that wee may hauc {omcthing to carpe ana finde fault with. Bur let this be re– membred,thar •• we iudgc,lo wee lhall be iud· ged; 6rfi,ofGod by condemnation,and then by h>rd aQ.dvnequall iudgment from others. Againe, wP~t ISH [hat !}lakes men tobeopen mouthed,mdtclaring&cen(uring our faults, bur this;that we openour mouthes ro the dr(– graceand d~faJuarion of.others/ Wherefore, ifweewoy_\d haue othec men roiudge ofvs, and our act1ons in loue, wee muG al(o m:;.ke .,:<m(ciC!Jce, lo giue >harit~ble iudgement ,of thell'· · u I I. Qr!efii.;n, c How one ma~ fhou!d ho-.. nour anot·'her l "_· ." 0 ' (~, j f • . I' A'!{,.: I hat 1ve may rightly hon<J,urmen, wee mulifirlllnow the caufes,for whrcp men ~te_ro bee h9ro!lre~d. And that rhe caufes of l3onop[ 'l'.!\Ycb'l"' cqncCiued, I will lay downe !lJis Grq~g<l.! rfonour i. in the firft pia«P<inci· f,fllly•nd.prqff;r/a_, tobegiucnv,~ogod_. J .Tim.~, ':17.To (l~tj,•llflj}•ifc, be hunotirandglorie, !.he ~ rea[on.lfs.r<epfis rend5~4 i_o t~e Lorqs,prllyer; · !>~!'a~fe h(!M~iiJgd•n;>~·Bqf"'ft'~d gf"JtAgain, Godisgp~-~p~lfc rt~~ltej,his goodncil~aQ<l hi 1 etfence.~-~one a~d !I:~l•JYle: th.,qrore 0 :hllnqr rs due.r.nio him''!!li,e fir£! place. Now cu~rx- cre3t~r~_as itco~es_ n~~{cyr-t?God.j (o is it honourable; and 'O~'Ill.orehonqgra· pi~, by h~q!Y.!l.Jfl~h ne;rcr tt:for.nmeth "'nto hrm.But man e\pccially,~y ha\• much necrer ,he c.d'mjn~ho~o God in.diuioc things, by fa muc~ t,lJO!£ is heeto becohop9~red in rcfpect of othct,Yf~ar.ures, Frol'l r~is Grpund doe follow ~hefe !=or.cluiJoii~f • i : \· Fu!f,tbat man is firfi of all to b"ehonoured, .f.or y,erruesfa,ke ;bcfaufctl)~r~in principally, lland,.hc,inrernall lm•g?of.c:l_od.Rom. z. 1C?! To eut:r~ mlln,(~at dothg~o1Jl:all ~e~ homm,r, g!or1,andpeafl';tq the kw ft'ft.,r7-c..Now wh~re~ ., the quell1on might be, Who is the Iew, to ."h"nle rl;H§<il9n,our mull bce.yeclded I Paul anfwers,.vcrf.Z-.9. thnt be is noralew, whiCh is one outward,but he is aJew, wl)o is onewith– m: and rhecircumcifionis ofthe bean. And Salomonfaith, that Hmuuris vnfmmiJfDr4 foolc,Prou.•q.,. And theHoly Ghofi tothe Hebrewesfatth, thatibJ f•ith,uur Elders""' wcDrfp~~f'd<f,Heb.u.s. The Heathen man M•mu M•mPm, a Rdmanc, dedicated a tell]pie to the goddctfeofHonour,& theway to that temple was,bythe houfe of Vertue. The fe£ond Conclulion is, That man is to be hoqo~red,noronly for vertue, but alfo for diume reprefenratJOns ofother gvod rhings: an aworA~ bccaufcone manbetoreanother, bearcs rbe imageoffomerhingthat is io God. As firfi,ofhisMatCflic, Thus theKino is ho• noured, becaufe in hi• Ma(eUieand tl~rc,bee carrreth a refeGlblancc of rhe powerand glo– ryofGod; foas rharwhich is faidofGod, may be alfo fpoken ofhim, Henceit was,rhar Damcl laid to Nebuchadnczzar: 0 King,th•u D,n, '·J 7, "''a f(j•g ofKmgs\andl'·hx /fortheG•difhca· tun _ha!~ gjmnrpee kJ.ngdome, power,/lrmgth, andgloru.ScconJiy,of J11s Dtuni~;ion.Thus the husb>nd is to behonor~liofrhe wrfe, becaule he beoretb before rhc wQman, the imageof the glory of<;iod;yea,ofhis prouidencc,wrfe– dome,Lor:d.fllip,andgoucmmcnr, I.Cor.l 1. 7. Thirdly,of his l'atcrnttpand[o the Father rs honoured ofthe Sonne, bccaufe bee bcares in hisprFlon the Image vf Gods paternity or fatherhood. Fourthly, of his£mmtic: and hence it is, rhar honour is giuen to the aged, befo~c; the youngman, becaufellee b'l:arerh rhe ill]age thereof. Thus weefee, that diuine reprefe~cationsdoe I!Hptint akinde of excel· lency, in fame perfono, and confequcnrly doe bring forrh honour. ·• · The third Concl.u6on is,That men ar1: to be hop~ured, cuen for.the vcriucs ofothers, towhome they Hand in relation, Thusthe fonnes,t>f,P,rinces~rccalled bythe honoura· blenam~ofPrinces.Thechildren ofNobler, are cfie~med bybirtb;noble. Thus.digtil!ies doe run rn dcfcenr,and thepolleriryis-ho~oured in_the uameof.~he'aun~ellours, but p~iq· qpajly{Q! r.J:>evertuesdthe auncell<lurs."• · Thcfsl,!J.!thCooduOoriis, Men ar<>tobce honoured fat the(! Jjlibe•; 1l meane'not·for riche••4n?el,r.;bllt Forrbenghrvfe ofrlclies; nall}o)y, is fh,eyare made inllrumenrs to vp– holde and m.arnraincVerrue. , If iT be.fard, that ro honcur richmen, is to hau·er.hefa\th or'rbe LordJefusChrrll mre– fpeCl ofperfons,Iam:a 1. lanliver: In that place wee are nor forbidden rohonliufrich rnen;-but tbc Apo£lJe&meaning is,tortpr6ue afaul~ef another kinde, 11'hen men preferre riches before pre1y; when rich menareho– nored being vngadly; and when godly poore men are defprfed and reieCled, bccaofe thej are poorc:. . . ·· , Now hauing ,premifcd the GrotJnd,-wec com~ togrueAr1fwer.~o die Q_udlicnbefor~ propounded. A man·thereforeisto•honour eucry one Jo hiS place, whether hee bee his ----~------------------~--------------------------------~Le_r_io~"~;·~----
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