S ,Command. vpon the.Còmmandements. 53 weft: fwaoirthrthirdándla J11 part efthirhonour? . Anfw. Maintenance ofour parents,ifneede be ,Queft. what meaneyouby this maintenance ? Anfw.: ItisathankefullfufteiningofthewantofourParenteseytherbyourriches, counfell, tlrength, or any other thing, which God,hath blelfed vs withal , ad they haue not. Queft. Bu: how dareweinterprete the commaundement :k m:HonorthyParents :thatis mamtaine them as thou art able and they haneneede? Anfw. Surely firft very reafon telleth vs , that this is as due as eyther reverence or obedience : but to let that paffe,we haue apparant fcriptures, whereby honor is meant maintenance, As namely in the Apofllesfpeechto Timothy : Honour widdowes,rhatr. Tim.4e beWiddowesindeede. That is,prouide for them and let them be fuftained. Againe , in the fame place a little after, They that mile wellareworthyofdoublehonor ; whereby ho- 17. hour in part is meantmaintenance. Laftly, in the Gofpell of S. Marke our Sauiour Marke 7. Chrift notably fheweth that the Scribes,and Pharifees,perfwading children to glue to their vie , thatwherewìth they fhould haue helped their Parentes , caufed them to breake thisCommaundement in nothonouring them as they fhould. Where we cui- dently fee Chrifl himfelfeincludeth in this honour, maintenance, and thefe places as they warrant this interpretation, fo doe they alloplainely prooue that children owe this dusty to their parents. Quell. What further may 6e faid for the warranting ofthis,that children ought to release their parents wherein they can ? Anfw. Betide the teflimonies of Scripture nowe alledged to prooue it , the fpirit of God bath added rea fonstovrge it,and there are alto examples to.perfwade it, and fearefull experiences of Gods wrathaiponthe eontrarie to feare vs from it. ,Quell. What reafons? Anfw. In the 6.to the Ephefians tbefirfit,erfe this reafon is added: becaufe it is a iuu thing or right. And indeed foit is right both in refpeélofGod that appointeth it,and in refpedl ofthat which ourparents haue done for vs before. Quell. Whatelfe? eflnfw. Againein the 3 ,to the Gólnfans, the 2o. verfe this make isaledged,be- caufe it is well plea[ng tothe Lord1. ,Queft. what il..u,lri;j Anfw. Valerius in the .y, bookc and-¢r:aeñapter iheweth a notable example of a daughter that nourifhedbermotherinptifon with berbreaftes And if Heathens by the law of nature knew famuch to bee'theirduety, how much more Chriflians, ha- uing added thereunto the light of Gods . word ? Qeft. what elfe? Anfw. It is alto read of the Storkes, charwhen the are old they keepe continually the nefl,and their yong bird es prouide for rhem;and feeds them till they die. uefl. Wellthen, jet what no* ifchildrenrefufethustobehauethemfe rues is their pa- ronts,or neglell it? Iufw. They are then to looke for the wrath of theLorde in them fharptly with heauie hand punifhing fo foule a fault.And to confider Well that as others haue found him, fo fhall they vndoubtedly. Chem,Reuben,Hophin, and ?hines :with anumbet others are before their eyes, as experiences to bee wife by: ifthey haue grace. And about al other, Abfalon that gracelefe man , who like adifobedient childe to .5 good father,foughtgreatiy.todifhonóuehirn, and fo horrible was this frnne,, that <euen the earth was wearie óffo wicked a burden and would carie him no Ion ger,The eauens alfo were áfhamed of him and the wrath of God hangs d.him vp betwixt .beauen and earth by the -haire ofhis head , till /94 thrufl him through with three dartes bceing yet abut. A fearefull fpc4?acle to all Rebelles againll their Prince , or .difobedient Children againf} their parc rtes+ ;; - ,; ;,,, Quell. Trvflyvorwlponaceyeix noshioótç, or nprehen4edheereunderthetitleParents? Anfw. Firft,Parents by nature: fecondly,by dignitir;and of{ice:t ucdly by age,and 3 fourthly
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