9.retí, r 8. Zj.vetC I;. I. Sam. 2 et the 4. alto. Bro.:; 23. Proa ;>2 t, Cololf.;.so. Hpltcf, 6.t. QZe[lions and Anfweres g.Command. his rodde,bateth his fonne : but hee'thatfourth him,doth chaflen him betimes. íhaflen thy fonne nd:de there it hope , and let not thy foule(pare for hit murmuring. And in another place, Whithholde not correiiion from thy childe , for if thou fmite him bee fhall notdie. Quell. Butwhet if parents in foolif{ pitie cocker vp their children,andpretermit this due admenfement? eifnfe. Then will they look this reuerence 'moftaffuredliein their Ileums , and often make them come to cuill endes. It is prooued by Ileli his two Sonncs,who by their Fathers lcnitie conceiued not what it was to finne againft the Lord , and there- fore to their owne hurt , and their Fathers great griefe , tailed the heauie handc of G O D, and died both in a day. Alf.) by Abfalon, Ammon , and Adoniah, Daniels Sonnes. Whole f earcfull endes mayfettle for euertoadmonifha llParentes,howthey fooli(hly loue their children, and cannot abide to fay or to doe their dueties to them, nor yet to let others. Marke well the fiat verfe of the firfl chapter of the firfl booke of Ktnges, and bee wifebetime. A fmalltwigge not kill the tenderef+Prince, Lord or Lady in the world. If thou fmite him,faith Salomon, you heard before, he (hall nor dm: 1 warrant him. ,Queff. Whar it the fecondpart oft &it honest. that children owe to their Fareater? AAfw. Readie and willing obedience, Quell. And what is that ? An fir. Obedience is the performance ofParentswill,fofarce às litth in our power, and lawfully we may. ,Queft. And how prooueyou that this,ebildren are bound unto? Anjw. Firff by the wordes of Salomon : Obty thy father that bath begotten thee, anti dafpife not thy mother whenfhesisa id. Secondlit, by the Apolfle to the Coloffvos Children obeyyour parents in all thingo;, for that is well pleafing unto the Lord. And to the Epheftansagaine: Children obey your Parent: in the Lord, for that is right. Thirdly, it is very ffronglyprooucd by the (harper punifhment,whichGod appointed for all difo- bedient children,to wit euen flat and pprefent death. For we read in the Law : If.ny feu.21.I S. man haste a fonne that it finbborneand d fobedient, that he will not harken veto the voice of his fatherand mother , and they hasse chat/cited him, and he would not hearken untothem, then fhall his Father and mother tale him and bring him unto the elders of the Cetie , and -unto the gate of the fameplace,andfay veto the Elders of the Citie,this our Tonne is fubborne and difobedient, androidnot hearken vota our voice, he it a riotourand a drunkard, and all the men of the Citie /hall f onehim withflosei todsath,andthou fhalt put euill away from thee & a!! Ifiaell fhall hear: andfeare. well. But home fasre nee a chtlde obey? Anfm. If we paffe otter the difcourft of Philofophers touching this matter, and come to the fcripsures,theApofilèPaul determineth it thus, That children muff obey their parentet in all things. Quell. why burl/sal/we thinhg ?stsil*onidbaiscsi chi/dc in deede obey is Parente: it 411 t /singer, at the wordes founde ? what ifthey commaund a wicked thing? Anfw. No indeed we may not take Potter words fo generally , we mull expounde that place by another place of`Paul to the Ephefians, where het biddeth Children (as you heard aboue) obey their Parentes in the Lord. And by the words of Matthew where it is fayde , Hce that loner& Father or mother more than me , w au wortbie ofum well. And how then coneletdeyoes touching my qutfiion ? Anfiv. Thus I conclude, that a Childe is bound to obey his Parentes in all things in the Lord that is , fo farre as bin obedience may Rand with the duetie which hoe oweth to his God , and with filch circumflances touching his owne perfon , as both reafon and pietie would , thouldt bee regarded. Which conclufioncomprifethaffu- redly their obedience as touching rnariagc. Quell. What begetteth this obedience in children ? Anfw. When Parentes delire obedience, they mull knowe that It is their dueties to command thinges lawful' in refpe& ofGod,& conuenient in regard oftheirchildren. Qucfl. &c. Collof.;.so. Ephef 6. Match. I o. This actü- derh forcing to marie a- gainfì a!l li. king.
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