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A
COMMENTARY
VPON
THE
SIXTH
CHAPTER
OFTHE
Epiftle
of
S.
PAUL to
the
Ephe¡rans.
CHAP.
6.
VERS.
I.
Children
obey
your Parents
in
the Lord,
for
thie
is
right.
Ow followeth the
fecond
divifon
of
particular pre-
cepts
,
concerning Father
and
Children
:
for thefe
refpeds
are
the next
in
antiquity,
and
therefore have
the next
place
to the
former. This exhortation
is
ab-
folved
in
foure verles.
Concerning children
in
the
three
firft,
the Parents duty
in
the fourth
verfe.
The
Childrens
duty
is
firft laid
downe
in
the
firft
verfe,and backed
by
a
reafoo; Children
be
fubjecll to
your Parents
:
The
Reafon
;
It
is
a
juff
thing
to
dap.
3.
He confirmeth
this Reafon
by the
tables
of
all
equity, quoting Gods
Commandement,
which
is
the
rule
ofìighte-
oufneffe;that
is
jufl
which God hath commanded,this
is
Gods
Com-
mandement; which
is,
Firit, propounded. Secondly,
defcribed
from
this, that
it
is
the
firft wich
promife
;
that
is, firft
of
the
fecond
Table,
or
firft wich
a
particular promife.
Thirdly,
it
is
perfwaded from
the
promife
annexed.
Now
in
the
firft
verfe mutt
be marked
foure things.
I.
That
children
Rand
charged with obedience to
Parenrsaj'
2. That
hedoth
not
fay,
Obey
thy
Father,
but
both the
Parts.
3.
That
he faith, in
the
Lord
;
which bath
a
double
force,
for
it
ftinteth obedience
:
and
fheweth
the
true manner
of
it. Be fubjeEl
fo
farre forth
as
theycroffe not Gods Commandement,
bee
fubjc6t
to
them,
as
knowing
thou
dealeft
not with man, but
God,
whole Ordi-
nance this
is.
4. Laftly, the
equity
of
it
;
Thçfe
foure
things mutt be profccuted
further.
It