Again, the title of a “holy nation” confirms the same; for “holy” signifies that which is God’s by special, not by general right. All the earth, as is said in the text, is God’s; but all the earth is not called “holy,” but that only which is set apart for His especial service, as was the nation of the Jews. It is therefore manifest enough by this one place, that by the “kingdom of God,” is properly meant a commonwealth, instituted by the consent of those which were to be subject thereto, for their civil government, and the regulating of their behaviour, not only towards God their king, but also towards one another in point of justice, and towards other nations both in peace and war; which properly was a kingdom wherein God was king, and the high priest was to be, after the death of Moses, his sole viceroy or lieutenant.