Chap.4. 4 Cotmmentetrie vp.sr There are three. c(peciall of}ates wherebyman lines in focietie with man : theChurch,the Commonwealth,the familie.In the Church , that religion fits vp another head , betide Chrifi : in theCommonwealth, it letsvp an authoritie that ferues to curb, and reflraine the Supremacieof Princes in caufes Ecclefiafli. call. In the familie , it puts downe the authoritieof the father: for it ratified] clandeflinecontrads,and it gluts hbertie to chit. dren pall twelueor fourteeneyeares of age toenter intoany order ofreligion againft the confent of their parents. Againe,parentsmuff be put inminde to know their audio. rifle, to maintaine it, and to vfe it aright, for thegood of their children, fpecially for their faluation. And children mutt be warned in all things.honeft and lawfull , toyeeld fubieïfion to their parents : and in this fubiellion shall they find theblcf ling ofGod. Againe,here isfit downe theofficeofparents, and that is,to prouide meete oucrfecrs.and Tutors for their children after their departure. When Chrifl upon the croffehad the pangs ofdeath vponhim , he commends his mother to the tuition of John. Ioh. 19. 76. When widdowesand Orphanes arewron- ged, God himfelftakesvpon him the office ofaTutor in their bchalfe.Exod.2z.zz.And this fhewes that it is.a ncceffàry du. tie tobe thought vpon. Thirdly,here the dutieofchildren is fit downe, and thatis, that they mull be fubieet to their Tutors and gouernours,as to their owne fathers and mothers. Reath lowedNaarmi , andclaue vnte her ante her owne mother. Ruth. r . 16. Chrift was fubiea to lofeph whowas but a reputed father. Lulc. z. Daft. The fonncs of the Prophets obay their mailers as their owne fathers, a. king.z.rz.andfo doe the feruantsto their mafler.z.kingS.1 3. ¡owe I come to the fecundpart of the fimilitude, v. 3.. Caten in althat is, the lewes , and all the peopleof Godin thé.ólde I hts c"nt. Were chiliven] were as children in refpe& of the "(I" n Church,in the new.Tef}ament. fpc1, thin 6orlsiage]The Tewes are Paid to be in bondage in re- 7. And''s:becaure they were fubieet to more lawes then we he which,ey wanted the fruition ofthe liberty whichwe inioy. 2I.2fI. d the right ofTonnes , but they inioyed not their right This :e :and thisis their bondage. For otheswife hbertie in, marriage:e fr5.hell,dcath, &in,they had cuen as we now have^ RH- tg tg 2) zg 30 33
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