. ~ . 19~ many times ferue him elfc; now a goo·d childe lhould ferue his father. For cuery ChriHian childe muH bee his fathers ~al_·3:t'1~ feruanr, but hee that is vndutifull and Hubborne, is a rebell ch~I~~~~~~ againll God. And as in other matters,the parents are to bee f.arehtheir · d ,. fi · 11 · · A 1r r; b · f .tt ers fer.. obeye '10 e pecta y 111 martage. . s ;aac, emg a man 0 uatlt$. difcretion of fgurtie yeercs old, would not once goe about Childrcbn k 'f. C'. h' r 1c b ll d h' mutt o ey to ta ea wt e 10r . 1m1e re, ut was content to ~.lan at ts rheir pafathers chufing. And [iu;ob would not difpofe of himfelfe ren !~in in mariage, till lpac and Rebeck._a/; had confu{tedvpon the manage-. matter, aQd dire&ed him where, and among whomJ he~ tbould chufe his wife. Ruthbeing but a daughter in law,yet would not be at her owne difpofition .to~akewhat husband liked her beH,but was willing tobe diCpofcdby Naemie it1 her mariage. Though Ifmc:~el was a !infull man, and iullly .excotnmunicated frmn his fathers houfe: yet very nature and ordinarie ciuilitie made him fubmit himfdfc to his mother for the choifeof hjs wife, when hee could not haue his fathers direCtion. Therefore childrenmufi giue this honour Gen.2r.u to their parents,to think them vvifer, and better able toprouide for them then themfelues. And as in matters leffe weightie,fo efpecially to cake theircounfell,and be dire6ted by them,in this great matter)that fo necrelyconcernes their cHace. A fecond thing wherein children mull obey their pa.. rents,is,in quiet andpatient bearing their admonitions and _ ·corret1ion. As is often faid it1Prouerbs: DefPifo not the CQr• Pron, r;.r; re:lion of thy father, nor ctmtemne the ~tdmenitun of thy mfJ15·f ther. Set not light by them, but weigh them and conlider them well in thine heart. Therefore the childe is bound ro obeyhis parents, not onely in doing the things commanded, hue alfo in fuftering their rebukes and chaflifem"nts: firll_,becaufe ic is a dutie lying vpon the foule of the father, and commanded vnto him from God, to corrett, and in· !lruahis children. And fecondly,becaufe it is a token ofl1is , fathers loue to him: for, He that fpares the rod )hateJ the child: Prou·'3·24 lJNt ~e that IINeshim,ctJrrcfls him 6etime. And likewitecorre... .Prou.u.1 ) t't!on is a meal'ls ofcheir faluation,and keeps them frorn bel: FtJr 1 {fJolifones k· I11UtJd ttJ1h1 he;ert afthech~lde.It is tied there N 4 as
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