EpifileofS. PaultoTitre. Char ;.r, or without paying the halfe fhekell appointed emery ones redemption at 55; _uery time ofnumbring: his fpeach in i.Chro.at.3.{heweth, that it Exod.;o.u. was not onely againft the lawof God, but the light of his owne confci- ence:are not all thepeople my Lordsferuants: wherefore doti,my Lord require this thing?why /hoøldbc beacanfeoftrefpaffetolfrael? as if hee had laid, there is no warre in hand,no rebellion in the land , no connnaundement fromGod,and therefore this will beturned into trefpaffe againffIfrael, yet he did it. Thusby there inflances we handcleared the fecondpoint confidered in this do6trine,and haue feene wherein andhow fare we are bound to obey:nowwe come to the third. The thirdpoint in this feconddoarine is,whereforewe muff be lab- Rearoae Why ie6t? alnfw. The reafons are fundrie .Firlf, that we may herein acknow- ChdRùnsmuß ledge the ordinanceof God, which we muff looke unto whatfoeuer Mafiéra;o the perfons be : for to this theforme of fpeach in the text calleth vs, as ; I haue already noted. The which thatwe may take better notice of, I.! the Lord challengeth it tobelong to himfelfe to rail: vp and giue Kings toruleouerpeople, Bymee .Kings raigne: and Daniel 4.14. Themof.rros.,s. highbath potter ouer thekingdom: of men , andgiueth it to whomfoeuer he 1 .xst will. Mofes praying for a fucceffor faith, Let the God of the fpirit of all Lau,7b. zcomer, mb7,,6, flefhappoint aman. Secondly, the Lord hath put his own: name vpon 2 fuchwhom he thus raifeth : Ifaid lee are Gods. Thirdly , he fetteth a 3 1ampeofhis own: maìeay ,mercy, iuflice, and wifedome vpon chele suçÇ,Ypgrt` little gods ; yea a great part ofhis image fhineth vpon euery oneofthé; xes e,,, both in that fo many hundred thoufands are fubdued vnder the power of one, in that the whole adminiifration of apeopleis in one hand, and that the good elfate of all dependeth vpon him under God alone, Fourthly,he putteth his own fpirit vpon them as he didvpon the feauë- 4 ty Elders toaffift Mofes, yeahe giueth them extraordinary fpirits, and No,ìb.xt.t7. as we readofSaul, changeth them into other men; not alwaies the fpi- rit offandtification, but ofregiment and authoritie.Fifthly,hemaintai- S neth this their authority ,and thus fundry wayes. i.byputting on them ; amaieffy andprefence,euen a fparkle of his own to draw an awfull re- uerence of themfelues,aud daunt offenders. 2. he permitteth them an taeto d mgin. anfwerableeffate , whereby they may lawfully beare themfelues with cainerótheir ffate,pompe, and magnificence aboue all other; and by their coffly ap- aurhoritio4, parell,ffately palaces,and futable feruice andattendance, theymay not w'i "' be only diffingui{hed from their fubieóìs,but expreffe alfo the maieflie 4 and greatnesoftheir efface. 3.by diuerfe laws and infiruEtions he pre- uenteth fuch things asany way might bring the calling into contempt. As r.coneernifng their perfons,ifany be to bechofen, theymuff be men of
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