Cxnr.3.1. LA' Commentarie upon the 5 , neut4j.a. ofcourage,fearing God, and hatingcouttoufnefe: so this purpofe he gaue a lawe to the Iewes,thac no baltard Ibould be railed unto office among them to the tenth generation ; and this was, leafs thepiace should bee embafed by fuch perfons. 2. Concerning their behauiour in the place, it mull carrie with is a (latelygranitic beleeming the place ; and fcor- ,.sam :exa ning to attempt any meant or bate aitions, fuch as Dauid intimated Promt.4. Saul did inperfecuting andhunting him, Ir the Kingoflfraelcome out to fèekeaflea ?To this ferue fuch precepts as that,it is notfor Kings to drinke wine, norfor Princesflrongdrinke; thiswere an indigne thing,and a great blot in his high place. 3. Concerningour behauiour towards them, it r?:oa.:'.,e. mull be euery way humble and dutiful!: hence are fuch precepts, thou Ecdci.tosx pialt not raffle, or revile the 'Prince ofthypeople : no nor curie the King in thy heart ,nor the rich in thy bedchamber. Thus is the Lord euery way careful' by his !awe to preuent whatfoeuermight lighten this authority 4 in the hearts of men. 4. The Lord maintaineth this authority by dire- rfat,ts.,. being their counfells; Godftteth in themidfl of the gods: by proteé+ing rfila44.to. their perfons, forhegiueth fgluatiou veto Kings; and firangely to this purpofe by reuealing the priuie thoughtsoneiy imagined again(+ them. By all which, the Lord will haue vs to honour themwhom himfelfe thus honoureth,and efpie his owneftampe and image vpon them: fo as in our fubie&ion and obedience unto them, we may knowe that we haue ,to deale with God; and in our defpifing ofthem,make account to hcare that in t. Sam.8.y. They haue net caft theeaway , butme from ruling euer them. II The fecond reafon is drawne from the profit we receive by this ordi- ßo1n.13 4. nance,which is alto the Apoftles reafon , beietheminifler of Godfor thy wealth ; namely,both to defend from a thou fend euills , from therobber and fpoyler,from him that woulddefile wife anddaughter:as allo fettle emery man under his vine and figtree,that with good heartsand cheere- fulneffe they may ferue God. AKing neuer fo bad is agreat good, and better a tyrant then no king : when there was no king in Ifrael, euery tudotr.fs. lob '9 te. mandidwhatfoeuer feemed good in hie owne eyes; anarchie openeth the windowe toall licencioufneffe; and farre better is it to beare one tyrant thenmany,& rofuller wrongof one,rather then ofal,and topart witha tenth,thenbe ffript of the whole:for whereanygouernmét is, although fometimes the goodbe punifhed , fo are the bad too, that they cannot doewhat villanie they gladly would. What a rich biefling then is a religious andvertuousKing from whom his people under God receiue the whole benefit ofreligion and iuliice?here is the nurfeoftheChurch, thc father ofthe commonwealth,an husband to the widow, a mouth for D n.42' the dumb:here is Nebuchadnezzar, tree fiourifhingagaine,the height of
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