A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

Tully an Heathen observeth the same, •ietate adversus Deos sublatâ fides etiam & soci•tas humani generis, &c. Partly because opposition to Magistracy is a kind of indirect blow and aim at God, and that either as 'tis his ordinance, Rom 13. or a kind of resemblance of his glory; I have said you are Gods, Psal 84. 6. So that 'tis a contempt of God in his image and picture; look as under the Law God forbade men cruelty to the beasts, as not to destroy the Dam from the Young, loseth the Kid in the Mothers milk, &c. but such kind of Prohibitions might be as a fence and rail about the life of man; so respect to Magistracy is a kind of fence about his own. Dignity and divine Glory: Magistrates being representative Gods [Greek or Hebrew]; and therefore through their sides they strike at God himself. Partly because the end of Magistracy is to suppress evil, Rom. 13. 5. an indefinite speech is equivalent to an universal, in a matter of necessary duty, ⟨p. 348⟩and the universal particle is expressed elsewhere, Prov. 20. 8. A King that sitteth upon the Throne of judgement scattereth away all evil with his eyes: all evil that falleth under his cognisance, whether it be of a Civil or Spiritual concernment; we must not limit and distinguish where the word doth not; I know there be some that do defalcate and cut off a great part of that duty which belongeth to the Magistrate, confining his care only to things of a civil concernment, but preposterously, truths according to godliness, belonging also to his inspection, upon which ground we are bound to pray for them, that they may come to the knowledge of the truth, 2 Tim. 2. 2. and under them we may lead a quiet life in all godliness and honesty; where it is plainly implied that the converted Magistrate is to look to the countenance and maintenance of godliness as well as honesty. Well then, sensual Heretics being doubly obnoxious, as sensual, as venting errors, no wonder that they rise up in defiance of Gods Ordinance.

Tully an Heathen observeth the same, •ietate adversus Deos sublatâ fides etiam & socitas humani generis, &c. Partly because opposition to Magistracy is a kind of indirect blow and aim at God, and that either as 'tis his ordinance, Rom 13. or a kind of resemblance of his glory; I have said you are Gods, Psal 84. 6. So that 'tis a contempt of God in his image and picture; look as under the Law God forbade men cruelty to the beasts, as not to destroy the Dam from the Young, loseth the Kid in the Mothers milk, &c. but such kind of Prohibitions might be as a fence and raile about the life of man; so respect to Magistracy is a kind of fence about his own. Dignity and divine Glory: Magistrates being representative Gods ; and therefore through their sides they strike at God himselfe. Partly because the end of Magistracy is to suppresse evil,