CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

In the first place, Know and set this down for a Rule, That wheresoever any Christian hath a Government, there is also a spiritual Charge and trust going along with it; In a Minister it is clear, In a Magistrate it is as clear, for he was to write the Law of God out, and that not for his own particular use, Deut. 17.18. But thereby to govern his people, Insomuch that it's a promise, Kings and Queens shall be Nursing Fathers and Mothers to his Church, Isa. 49.23. As for Parents you have not only many places in Solomons Proverbs, where both Father and Mother do again and again give spiritual counsel to their Son, but the Apostle Eph. 6.4. enjoineth it as a duty in the New Testament; Thus also Masters Phil 6.9. They must aim and look up to Christ in the discharge of their government, and remember they also have a Master in heaven, That as the Servant must look at God in his Relation, so must the Master, therefore he saith, And ye Masters do the same things unto them: And certainly this Relation Grace will discover the truth of a man; Aliter Rex servit Deo, ut homo, aliter ut Rex, and thus a Father, a Master they serve God as men, or as Fathers and Masters, and to this charge they are to attend unto.

In the first place, Know and set this down for a Rule, That wheresoever any Christian hath a Government, there is also a spirituall Charge and trust going along with it; In a Minister it is clear, In a Magistrate it is as clear, for he was to write the Law of God out, and that not for his own particular use, Deut. 17.18. But thereby to govern his people, Insomuch that it's a promise, Kings and Queens shall be Nursing Fathers and Mothers to his Church, Isa. 49.23. As for Parents you have not only many places in Solomons Proverbs, where both Father and Mother do again and again give spiritual counsell to their Son, but the Apostle Eph. 6.4. enjoyneth it as a duty in the New Testament; Thus also Masters Phil 6.9. They must aim and look up to Christ in the discharge of their government, and remember they also have a Master in heaven, That as the Servant must look at God in his Relation, so must the Master, therefore he saith, And ye Masters do the same things unto them: And certainly this Relation Grace will discover the truth of a man; Aliter Rex servit Deo, ut homo, aliter ut Rex, and thus a Father, a Master they serve God as men, or as Fathers and Masters, and to this charge they are to attend unto.