OA £ He alludes to the Cuſtom of Princes, who hadcertain nor expreſſed in the Decalogue. All Commandments reſpeting ous - -73 going before them, bearing the Enfigns of their Authority. Nerghbour , are fumm'd up in this One ; Thou ſhalt Love thy Nerghe of The Magiſtrate Lek not his Authority for nothing, or for bour ns thy ſelf, vid. Mar. 22. 39. Gal. 5. 14. 1 Tin. 1. 5.
10 Love worketh no ill to his Neighbour : there-
* J v L =” Fn efore) ſhould be «ſaid of the Magiltrare : Or, rather, the wr” og the wary the law © "Mar. 2: -” - Reſon in other and plainer words, becauſe heis God's Offi- | = + erle 15 an Argument to prove what was propeied, 42. ver. * — Execute Mra:b upon him that doth Evil ; He is in God's | J*7: 8. It may bo chus formed, Thar which worketh no ill, or cer wud Earth, and doch the Work which primarily belongeth doth no hurt to our Neighbour, fulfilleth the Lew : Bur Love wors- _— wid. chap 12. 19. By Wrath, here underſtand Puniſh- eth no ill to his Neighbonr; Ergo. That this is the property of Lovs, m_ (ſo-in Luke 21. 23. chap. 2. 8.) The word Execute, is not in wide 1 Cor. 13.5. When he faith, Love doth no hurt, this 1s 112 - meTexr bur aptly eriongh ſupptied by our Tranflators. ply'd, That ir doth good ro bis Neighbour. Where only Negative: the ng | ; are mentioned, the Affirmative alſo is included ; and the N:g 87:2 s Wheictore ye muſt needs be fubje&, not only for| is only ſer down in this place, that it may the better correſpond wrath, but aſe for contciages a . Ee with the foregoing Verſe. 4. Secing things are ſo asT have ſaid ; That Magiſtcacy is $0 e TIE. T | TI f Cod, thit 7 is his Ordinance, that it 1s for Kg aa” fo” hi 4 And that Gy — _- 1" D, that now zf ml! ; Mankind, and that it is Armed with the Sword ; Therefore, igh || time to awake out of Heep © : tor now « {| our : Or, 2c there is a necellity of SubjeCtion, and thar for a donble Reaſon. Salvation nearer than when we believed 4, hour 10 ©:
firſt, From far of Wrath, or Puniſhment from the Magiſtrate. a Or, Moreover; the Speech is Ellip:: ca}; ſometbing muſt hen Sicondly, Ad more eſpecially from the obligation 'of Conf. ience, underſtood, as (! jay, or, add) q.d. Unto this Exhortation to wats 24 b:cauſe God hath ſo Commanded ; and to Erre in this Particular, |Chrjſtian Love, 1 further add what followeth. 5 7. e. Contider- © ©
. 14 {01 wW C 1 y þ "g-" d ; - . . , Healer 35+ i; co offend God, and ro wornd our own Confciences, wid. 1 Sam. ing itis a Time of great Trya), or Time of Goſo«l-light, c #, e.9 Þ 24. 5+ Ecelej.'8. 2. and 1 Per, 2. 13.
| To ſhake off Slothfulnefs, Security, and all former Sinful Courtes, 6 For, tor (his cauſe p pay you tribute q alſo : for |See thelike, t Cor. 15, 34. Eph. 5. 14, 1 The. 5.6, 7,8. qd. they are Gods miniſters, attending continually upon this Conſider, now itis the hour or feaſon to Awake or Rite up, tolay hing r alide our Ny/gh:-Cloaths; as ir 15 in the following Verſe. d Or, yery t on = bo Teftimony of that Subeftioavimuain Salvation is nearer tO us, than wh.n we firſt began to Belicye, 1,0. 0 ; - » k : u WE > w Magiftracy, you pay Tribute, q The Word is Plural in Ho Ori- pn one —_— Eg _ _ inal, and thereby iSinrended al] Taxes and Burthens, which are wn wr Ch wh Ages oy ot wh" a Theks: tally and cuſlomarily impoſed. 7 This is a Reaſon why Tribwce | ered *by the DeſtruBtion of the Jewr, thrir Perſecmrors, This ſhould be paid to Rulers; becauſe it is for the Support of their Me fi 6 Id by Ch:ift, and Ok fd b «rt TIO as Authority, and a dune Recompence for their great Care and In- =_— A 2 "of h P FA roam 0. Sr Mir auſtry. When the ſays, they atrend continually upon this very | _ _— og _ Na 1 _—_— , wy one the = ;* he thing : The meaning is not, they atrend always upon the recei- ys ems = ; rows Pa Q Bette - ogy "aiggn 2h 7 bo ving of Tribute ; but it is to be underſtood of the Duty of Ma. lays, org — = wen they Fo = © In w = - emis $, iftrates, which is, to be continzally promoting the goed and wel- yo hewanggy-way ES os Ce cork eons hr: r p I OP jc of their SubjeAs; to encourage the Good, and puniſh the Evil my The p "ay h ” —_ ws —_ he Ws Doer, which is rhe very thing he had been before ſpeaking of. ef nr" Second , oma oor the word. Therfore ET peaking ot. fit ſhould be with them, as with choſe that Run in a Race ; the 7 Render therefore to all their dues s : tribute to whom j--7e7 they come to the Goal, the faſter they Run, leſt others
vibute de, cuſtom to whom cuſtom, fear to whom |9u1d get before them.
far, honour to whom honour ?. 12 The night is far ſpent, the day is at hand c: *let*® Cel 2 £. ; This Verſe Concludes his Discourſe about the civil Powers. [us therefore caſt off the works of darkneſs f, and let When he faith, Render ro all their Dues ; he doth not mean all} jc he f lizh | "drag pur on the armour of light g.
Men, bur all Magiſtrates, whatever they be for Quality, either ET EN good or bad ; 'or whatever they be for Degree, either ſupream or |, © Some, by Night and Day, do underſtand the night of Jewiſh wee, Render to th.m thtir Duts. i.e, Whatever of right Perſecution, and the 4ay of Deliverance and Sa]vation. vid, Heb. belongs co them, vid. Mat. 22. 21. #t There are Two things | 1; 25: Others, by N:gh:, underſtand the 15-72 of Ignorance tht more eſpecially belong to Rulcrs, and are due from thoſe that | and Infidelity ; This he ſays 25 far ſpent, or for the greateſt part weunder them. The one is M#intcnance ; The other is Reverence. |*, 15 paſt and gone : Drkn:ſ5 is not perfeltly done away in this The Firſt is expreſt here by Tribute and Cuſtom ; if theſe two Life among Believers themſclves, 1 Cor. 13. 9, 10. By, Day difer, then the Former is a Tax laid upon the Subſtance ; the they underſtand the :ime of Goſpel-Ligh: and Seving-Kniwledge : Later upon the Perſon. The Secend by Fear and Honour ; Fear |92 inthe next Verſe, and in 1 Th:/: 5. 5. This he ſays is ac totes inward, and Honour outward Reverence and Reſpe&. Fear hand, or is come nigh ; it was Dawning upon the World, and s the Magiſtrates due, by reaſon of his Authority; Honour by rea- would Shine brighrer and brighter, till ir were perfe& Dzy. ſon6f his Dignity. f i.e. All our former Sins, which are called Works of 4arkn:ſs,
$0 h; here, and in Eph. 5. 11. They are fo called, becauſe they are
we no man any thing «, but to love one a- | uſually Committed by thoſe that are in Ignorance and Darkneſs ;