S Queftions. and Anfwers S. Command. women he meante,and to bee honoured ? 'Jim. $.2. Anfw. The wordesofTaul to Timothy teachethit :Forrebobenotan elder (faith hee) but exhort himas a Father,and the elderwomen as Mothers. And touching the ho- Luit.I9.32. nouringofthem, thelawehplaine, Thoufha lt rift vp before the bore headed, andhonour theperfon of the oldman , and dread thy GOD : 1 am the Lord. And in Elihuwee Iob.32.6. fee the praife , who flayed his fpeache that his auncientes might fpeake before him. .Quefl. How thenmay we conclude this matter? Let all towne Anfw. Thus,for this thing wee may note and end. That if the fcripture to Magi. officers coni - f}rates, minil3ers., .mailers and fuck like fuperiours,haue giuen the name of parents, derchìs,aad then ought they all and eueryone of them in heart, affe &ion, and a &ion, be anfwe.- become pa- rents g y ' y notfpoi. table to the Came.. lersof the Quefl. Now then toproceded,heere is a promife added to the keepers ofthis commaunde-. town: ment,that their dales (hall be long in the l and. And to the Ephe flans it is faid,that this is the Lphd. 6. frff commaundemeut which is a promife ,yet was there one added to thefecond,ifyau Tooke: on it bow then anfwere we this ? : Anfw. We anfwere, that the promife annexed to the fecond commandement belonged to all , but this belongeth particularly to this, and therefore it is the fiat with any fpeciall promife. Aueft. What an ghtbethereafon of this .promife? Anfw. This may feetne to be Come reafon ofit. Natural parents are the inflru- ments oflife, other parents. ;s Magifirats minifiers , and benefaaors, are the inflru- mentes of good and comfortable life , now it pleafed the Lorde to giue them fora Welling long life,who duetifully behaue themfelues to the inflruments of life. Qefl. why ben is lorg life fuchab/fing? Anfw. Surely mans lite is full of trouble and griefe , it cannot bee denied. Yet I anfwere firfl , that notwithflandingeucn'to hue and haue abeeingis of it Celle a mercy of the Lordes , yet to continue liuing, to fettle and praife the Lord,to indeafe his kingdome by any ability in vs,is a greater mercy. For a good naturereioyceth in oportunity giuen to íhtw, hitnfelle thankfull, though it bee to his trouble and coil, and fo [ tauft yee , Secondly 1 anfwere, that all thefe miferies of mans life haue come of man himfelfe,aptd not ofGod , & therefore we ought no leffe to accompt ofG ods bleffing for.the thing,w hieb we our felues haue beene caufe of. Thirdly it may be an- fwered,that God both not promifebarely long life in this place,but good with it alto, eyther in refpeél of outward profperity,or inward comfort, ,queft. HOW próoueyouthat? Anfw. By hauingrecourfe to Pauls words,who repeating this bleffing upon them that honour Father and Mother, doth not fay onely, that thou matfi hue long anearth, but, that itmay,beewi /lwitb tee ,and thou maßIsfe long vpgnearth. Therefore though mans life bee full of miferies, yet as God protnifeth continuance of it, it is a bleffimg and a great biding,. weft. How can this promiferc(Pettvs , feing it nametis particularly Canaan faying, that thy daies may be tong in the landewhich the Lord thy God gruetb thee, mea- ning it? . Anfw. Paul aggálne loth anfwere this, who boldly putteth for, thole wordes thefe on the edrtell therefore by his.interpretation it is not to bee reftraindto Canaan onely. , uefl. ahvaics they that hvaour? arentes hue long ,andcontrariwifeaoaine? ., Anfw. We may not fay fo. For all things fall out alike to the good and euti! , iul and vniuíl, faith Salomon,meafling ofoutward things aslife is, and it is thewifedome ofthe Lorde it fhould bee<fo,;that good things (as we call them) may not be-roo greedily fought for, becaufe they are common to the wicked,neyther euill thingesbe unlawfully efchewed, becaufe they are incident tothe goo_ d. Queft. How then is God true in bid promifes? 3nfw.. So forte as long -life may.bee abenefite to his children fo farce he- euer giuctb
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