El/silkof S. Pad1971W. CHAP.3s]. C horch, which otherwife would be deffroyed in vs : but eis we muff meekly beare all vniuff vexations,and in fuch times take heed ofinedlíng with thefeditioue. Thefe two former groundswill become clearer, by the explaining of Come inflances which we meet with in the Scripture, and therefore it will be worth our labour briefly to enquire into force fewofthem. And firff,whetherc>Wordecaidid with good confcience denie fubieaion yea' reuerencetoHaman,feeinghereby he not onely made lightof a great man Pent by the King, but altoofthe Kings commandement, who com- manded Haman thus to behonoured , as the reprehenfion of the Kings feruanes noted in the text prooueth, Why tranfgrefeft themthe Kingscam- mandement ? Anfw. Okfordecay was bound in confcience to obey nei- ther ofthem in any thing contrarie to the word ofGod, as this required honour was: r. Becaufe it was more then ciuill : for fuch the Perfian Kings required,as was at leaff mixed with that which was due to God; elfe it is lawful! enough to fall downeon ones face beforePrinces, a. If it had been but ciuill honour, yet it hadnot beene due fromMordecay to Haman, becaufe Haman was defcended from a nation which God had curfed, and willed his people to hate andabhorre, and neuer to feeke their peace all their dales: but efpecially they were charged, neuer t forget the inhumani:ieof the Amalekites, but 'utterly todeffroie thsro,be- eaufe they were the fitff that came out to warre againfi them after their e commingout of Egypt. If thehonour had been but ciuill ; and Mor- decay of any other people then the Iewes, to whome that commaunde- ment was dire&ed,and Haman ofany other offfpring then an Agagite, that is, ofthe offfpring of the Kingsofthe Amalekites, whowere all of Agag, furnamedAgags, as it were thePharaohs of Egypt, and Cefars ofRome;he would not haue denied this honour;or if he had,he had fin- ned. The fecond inflance is inNaboth, ofwhom it may beenquired, whe- ther he could iuflly denie Ahab his vineyard,feeing the King bath pow- er to rake fields &vineyards,and giue themto his fernants, I.Sam.8.r4. and in outward things we muff obey, although to our detriment and Ioffe. vtnfir. Naboth iufily refufed, becaufeGod had forbad him fo to do. In Leuit. 25.thelaw is exprefle, that no Ifraelite might fell his field but vpon conditionofredeeming it,and returning veto it in the Iubely: but Ahabdid not fo require it, but eitherto purchafe it out , becaufe it lay fo fit for bim;or els toexchange it.Now that this was the WI grofiti of his denial!, appearethin his anfwer : God forbid that I fhculd giue the inheritance of my Fathers unto thee: hee knewwell, that if coppie- holders and tenants vino men,may not fet, le :,or alienate without their Mm 4 land- 553 Prou.aq.ss. HowMordecai ncglatedH,. man. 6Ret:r.r. DetL'-ar,iJ.II. nKinay. ;. HowNaboih denied Ahab his vineyard.
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