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6g6

'I

Bphefianr,

Chap.6.

V

E

R,

z,3:

wardneflb,

theparcatmayfrnnein

beftowing,him otheewifc, but

he

doth

well

in

taking that, courte

of,

life, which

his

father

will

traine

him

to

:

fo

a

parent may perverily provoke

to

many things, where

a

child may

fuller

without

offending

God

:

but

in

&full

things wemutt

notyeeld to

them,like good

Jonathan;

r

King.

like

good

vifah,r

King.

15.

who

did depofe

his_Qeene:mother

for

her, Idolatries,

yea like

Chrift, who rather

then

he

would with'

carnal! refpeét

of,perfons, or

prevent the

feafon

which

his

Father

had fet

for thofe

miraculous

workes

which

fhould teftifie

of

him,

fayd

CO

his

mother,

Woman, what

have-1

to

doe

with

thee

my

hare

is:nte

yet, come,

lob.

2.

4.

Though

we

muff

love them

dearely,

yet

if

they come

againft

God,

we mutt

not

know them, Dent.

35.

rea

he

that

hated,

not

Father

and

tiYtotber

for

tjssy

fake,is

notworthy

of

me, Luke

21.

r4.

the

wife is nearer then the

parent,

yet if

the

wife in

the

bofomeerfwade

againft

God,

&c.

Ffe

r.

Which

many children, who

as

the old ones

crow,:

fo

theywill

follow,

likeas

Abaziah,

z

Chron.

z

z.4..cmark

-6.

Herodias

begged

IohnBaptiftshead,

being fchooled by

her

mother,: fo

many

if

the Parembid them

lye,

ufc

deceite, ride

on

the

Sabbath,

runne, they

will do

fo.

fC

Z

In

the

fecond place it

mutt

teach us,

that

no companions

tuna

have

fuch

intereft

in

us, as

to draw

us

to

evil!; furely

our Parents

are

of

all

thedeareft,

yet

we

mutt obey them but

in

the Lord

:

many

in good

nature

as they count,

andin

kindneffe

of

heart, though they

have

no

mindeto

many matters

which

are nought and unprofitable,

yet

if

a

companion give

butthe

whiffleto

them, theycannot

refute him

:

but,

fbould

your father perfwade

you..

to

unfruitfull

courfcs, to

mifpend

your

time, you

were,

not

to

heare him.in it; obey

Parents

fo farre:

as

you may

in

the Lord,

in

fo

doing,

no farther.

Doll.

Now

theft eafonfollowethforitiojufi

:

which

dotbfhtwus

how

equal'

a

thing

-it

isy

that

we

fbeuldbe

fubjell.

Our

boyfterous natures doe think

.

it a

hard word,

we

think

it

unreafonable,

but

there,

is

nothing more

squall, the heathens

have feene it, and

Therefore

have

ended

molt

fevere lawes,

topunifh the

contumacie

of

children,as

a

molt notorious

part

of

And how jufl

is

it

that they

fhould,. have:

duty

,

to

whom

we owe our

(elves:"

we

fay

to.a

friend,and thinke

it name,

that

if he

have done

us

any fpeciall

favour,

we.fhould be

at

his

command

in

what we are able.

rte.

The

Ufe

of

it

is

to

perfwade.us

to

obedience,

even

as

we have any

care

of

jufl

dealing: many

of

us would not take

fix

pence,

nor

keepe

theworth

of

apenny.

with

us,

which belongeth

to

another;much

more

mutt

we avoide

this injuilice, to withhold obedience,

where

we owe

duty.

VERS.z,3.

VERSE

z,

;.

Honour thy

Father and

Mother

,(which

is

the

ftrji

Cora,

mandement

with Promife.)

That

it

may

be

well

with

thee,

.

andthat

thou

may

fi

live

longupon

earth.

Now

he proverb

it juft, from the

tables

of

equine.

Where you

have

to 'confider,

3.

things.

r.

The