,t86 Commandemtnt. aren, that depriue themfelues of all the commendation of ·their obedience. For, if they frame themfelues to be offici– ous in one thing, they will allow themfelues to be.as offen.. · fiue in manyother. For,either.rhey grow to be ·munnurcrs', iftheir turnc:s be nGt feruc:d to their liking· (and ·fo dc:praue their mallers or parents)or elfe maHerfull and arrogant,an'd ·· will endure noadmonition,nor receiueany reproofe or dire~ cHon.The fame fault is alfo to be found in·diuers wiues,who though they be frugall and thriftie, and fo helpe to increafe their husbands wealth ; yet, they peruert and corrupt all . their acHons, either with boatllng ·or vpbraiding,·or pub.. IHhing their infit:mities, or other diaempers ; that many times they bring more vexation to their he:art by thefr paffi. ons and vnquietnes,and difcredit to their names~nd houfes · by their vndiretl: courfes, then helpe them in·t~eir eHate :Exod.4J-.l5. with all their indufirie. Sodealt Zippora ·with UUo[tl, fuec helped ~ndeed t.o faue hi.s life, .by- circumcifing hi's fonne, wh~ch htmfelfe tnextremtt:yoffickneffe was OGt able to per. fonne : but then thee rated him, and"inu'eighes againflhim, c.allinghim abloQdiehusband. · · ... . ' --~~· . ... - ' ! Thy Father. · . .·T. His is the firA reafon, wherebyGod would mou~ infe. riours to obey, Becaufebe is thy father. In that God makes this his reafon,why the child·fhouldobey hi; father, becaufehe is his father;· we gather this doetrine; That ~he chiefe motiue to obey fl}periours, mull be·theparticular tu~ rifdietiQn, which God hath ,giuen them ouer vs, and that fpeciall bond, whereby he bath tied vs vnto them. IfGod haue made him the infirument ofthy lifeand maintenance, and fet hitn ouerthee, thou muflfer this eaufe, p~rforme all' duties ofhonorvntohim. So;in theProuerbs,Hinirthyftttherthatbelatethee, aNdthy 'mt~th#rth~t/JIIrtthee~ As if he~ fhould f<Jy, Honor thyparents;·and be dutifull vnto ' them~ not. becauf~ theyb,~ ricn; or jngreat place:orfor any refpeCt · · . but dJis;beca-ufe they1bethy; parents~Be they father and mo- · ther , how elier rich or poore, thou mufl be~bedient. So the . Bph.~.H · .Ap·oftlefpeaketlitQ~ wi~~s, W.iuerphiJ }QNr ,~~~ h#jbll~J: . V11ng
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