Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

Thirdly, Another thing in an humble Spirit in reference unto others is this, he gives due honour, and due respect unto all living that he doth any way converse with, in Rom, 12. 10. Be kindly affected one to another with brotherly Love▪ in honour preferring one another, Strive who shall give most honour to one another, Oh, this is a gracious temper, to strive who shall give most honour, not who shall get most honour, who shall be most honourable and greater then another, But in honour preferring one another every man should strive who should give most honour to one another, my Brother strives to give respect and honour unto me, and I should strive to give more respect and honour to him, if I should be above my Brother in any thing, I should strive to give more respect to him then he doth to me, quite contrary to the common course of the world, how hard is it for men to acknowledge that others have more Grace then they, merely because they would not give more honour to others then to themselves, now an humble heart doth this. Men should ⟨p. 577⟩give to men due honour, if God hath lifted a man up above me in Estate, or in civil respects, it may be you think him not so gracious a man as you, What then? You are to give him honour according to the place that God hath set him in. And so in another Relation, as now the Wife to the Husband: For the Husband, apparently the Scripture shows that God sets the Husband above the Wife, perhaps the parentage of the Wife is better then the Husbands, perhaps the Estate of the Wife is better then the Husbands, perhaps the gifts of the Wife may be more then the Husbands, the Wife may have more understanding in Religion then the Husband hath, yet she must Honour her Husband above all, as one that God hath set above her. And so Servants to Honour their Governors, though they are of greater parentage, may be better then your Master or Mistress, yet God having set them over you, you are to give due honour and respect to them, this an humble Heart will do, and an humble Heart gives respect unto all. In Rom. 12. 16.

THirdly, Another thing in an humble Spirit in reference unto others is this, he gives due honor, and due respect unto all living that he doth any way converse with, in Rom, 12. 10. Be kindly affected one to another with brotherly Love▪ in honr preferring one another, Strive who shall give most honor to one another, Oh, this is a gracious temper, to strive who shal give most honor, not who shal get most honor, who shal be most honorable and greater then another, But in honor preferring one another every man should strive who should give most honor to one another, my Brother strives to give respect and honor unto me, and I should strive to give more respect and honor to him, if I should be above my Brother in any thing, I should strive to give more respect to him then he doth to me, quite contrary to the common course of the world, how hard is it for men to acknowledg that others have more Grace then they, meerly because they would not give more honor to others then to themselves, now an humble heart doth this. Men should