'The Churches Carriage. 81 · vidence, fubmit; and whereas men will fay, ifI/ .were thus or 'thus in fuch a coedition firfi, then I would be conteJ.llt j what is this, but tO makehis . will Regulam regulatam? · The third thing are motives to be fl1bjed:. From the nature of ~ubje~ion; which is as it i · I was defined, that the mfeqour ought to be fub- 1 jea to the fuperiotlr; fo as there is reafon for this, ifthou be an inferiour tG him, and when a man fc:es rea[on, hewill not be ftubborne. Now, that there is reafon for this, looke through thewhole univerfe. 'That which is moft bafe is loweft; and ifthere fhould not be fuch a fubordinatiQn, what confufion would therebe, a.s ifthe waters t'bould over-flow the earth, or the fire poffHfe the place ofthe ayre? As in the body 0f nature; fo politic:all; if fervants fhould not ~e fub ject: to their mail:ers, inferiours to fuperiour~, what confu- · fionwould it breed-? 1 o.. Ecclef. 5. 6. for the ftrvant to be on horft-bAcke, and the m~tfler onfoot, this h an evill, and a folly. So in the body ofman} for the humours to be predominant, it brings fickneife and death; fo in the foule, for reafon to be below, and the affections above, what diforder is it ? So that there is reafon, that in all things the inferiour fhould be fub ject to the fu periour. Confider who it is you are to be fubje& to. I It is to him that is able to doe you much good, ;. 2 -and one that is willing t:o recornpence thee to the utrnofi. Why are men fo willing to .be fubjeet toKings:~and doe themfervice? becaufe rhevare able toadvance them,; and therefore menwill doe F f 4 any ,
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