But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Ver. 8. As ye have done unto this day,] viz., Since I have had the governance of you, Vita Principis censura est, imo Cynosura: the life of the prince is the loade star of the Commonwealth, Magnates magnetes; good governors make good people: and on the contrary, Qualis rix, talis grex.