Amy Chap. Queffions,andCafes ofConscience a$ Quell. c/`lfufl children be fubjeit to Guardians and Tutors. Anfw. Yea, for the Apollle faith that they are under them , Gal.i4. z. So Ejther, ch. 2. 2o. and Eli fha, a King.2.1 5, &c. and 6.5. Q.Ileft. What arguments may move Children to obey their parents? e/Iniw. Firfl, they are commanded to obey them in the Lord , i. e. becaufe parents are to the children in the Lords Read, Liberis fuispater eft vice Dei.Greg. Nazian. they bear Gods image, and children in obeying them,obey God. Secondly; it is right, Col.6.r. which implies three things. r. Its agreeable toall Laws of God, Nature, Nations. 2. The place of parents requires fo much : ForriLht requires that everyone fhould havehis due. 3. Parents deferve fo much,fo that its done by way of recompence. Thirdly, its well pleafing to the Lord, Col.3.io1 and he will reward it , Gen. 31.7, &c. 42. contrary, 5 Sam.2.34. 2 Sam, r8.9. I King.2.25. Fourthly, its Gods charge to them : Honour thyfather, andthy mother. Its a perpetual and general Law. Quell. what ifchildren begrown to years , and not under their parents go- vernment ? Anfw. This may taufe fome difference : yet fo long as a child bath a parent, he owes honour to him : as we fee in 7ofeph , though married, and a great man, Gen.47.5 2. and48.r z. and 50.5. and inSoloman, r King.z. 19. Fifthly, becaufe of Gods promife made to fuch obedient children, that thy days may be long in the land,CYc. Dr. Gouge. Houfhold duties. uefl. Whether are many children a blefng ? Anfw. Yea, fo faithDay id,Pfal.t27.5. and í23.3,6. Hence, Ruth 4. T. Qefl. whether may parents make void a contrail fecretlymade by their chil- dren, without, or againft their eonfent Aufw.TheScripturesgives them authority, either to ratifie fuch contraäs, or to make them void,Numb.30.6. the father may make void a vowof hischild in matters pertaining to Gods worfhip, muchmore a matrimonial promife. If a youngman defloure a maid, in equity he is to be compelled to marry her, Dear. 22.28. yet by Gods Law it may not be without the fathers eonfent, E.rod.22.t 7. Quell. Whether is amarriagemade without, or againft theparents eonfent va- lid, or no? Anfw. It may be valid in the courtsofmen according to humane lawes , and therefore the iffue offuch is free frombaflardy : yet its not a divine, or fpiri- tual conjunClion, or marriage, being flatly againfl Gods precept , Dent. 7. 3. Eaod. 34.16. 5 Cor.7. 38. Mr. Perk. upon Gal. Quell. what rules are parents to obferve ingiving names to their children ? Anfw. Fir(l, they fhould give them fuch names as may put them in mindeof fome good duty. 'Paulcouldnever hear, or remember his new name, but he was thereby put inmind ofhis new office,and duty which hewas to perform amonglì the Gentiles. Secondly, as much as may be theft names mull be given in the natural lan- guage : Thus the Hebrews gave fit names in Hebrew : The Greeks in Çreek, as 'Jimothy, &c. Alt. 26, s. the Latines in Latine, as Tertime, .9uartws, Rom. 56.22, 23. Thirdly, we mull neither be too curious, nor too careleffe in giving names to our children. Quell. Who are too curiesu ? Anfw. Such as give them names above the nature of men : Some drawing too
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