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in our feveral relations, as interiors, fuperiors, or equals £ Q. 127. What is the honour that inferio s owe to their ju• periors?

A. The honour which inferiors owe to their fuperiors, is all due reverence in heart, wordm, and behaviour n; prayer and thankfgiving for them o; imitation of their virtues and gracesp; willing obedience to their lawful commands and counfels q; due fubmifhon to their corrections

yourselves one to another in the fear of God. i Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to a nother, with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.

127. Mal. i. 6. A fon honoureth his father, and à fervant his master; if then I be a father, where is mine honour and if I be a master, where is my fear faith the Lord of hofts into you, O priefts, that defpife my name and ye fay, Wherein have we defpifed thy name? Lev. xix. 3. Ye fhall fear every man his mother and his father, and keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.

mi Prov. xxxi. 28. Her children arife up, and call her bleffed; her husband alfo, and he praiseth her. I Pet. iii. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whofe daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any

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n Lev. xix. 32. Thou fhalt rife up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God; I am the Lord. 1 Kings ii. 19. Bathsheba therefore went unto King Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah; and the king rofe up to meet her, and bowed bimfelf unto her, and fat down on his throne, and caufed a feat to be fet for the king's mother; and the fat on his right hand.

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ó 1 Tim. ii. 1. I exhort therefore, that first of all. fupplications, prayers, interceffions, and giving of thanks be made for all men : For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quier and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

pHeb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whofe faith follow, confidering the end of their conversation. Phil. iii. 17. Brethren be followers together of me, and mark them which walk fo, as ye have us for an enfample.

q Eph. vi. f. Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. v 2. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment, with promife). v. 5. Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in finglenefs of your heart, as unto Chrift: v. 6. Not with eye-fervice, as men-pleafers but as the fervants of Chrift, doing the will of God from the heart; v. 7. With goodwill doing fervice, as to the Lord, and not to men i Pet. . 13. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's fake: whether it be to the king, as fupreme: v. 14. Or unto governors, as unto them that are fent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praife of them that do .. well.

rections r; fidelity to f, defence t, and maintenance of their perfons and authority, according authority, according to their feveral

well. Rom. xiii. 1. Let every foul be fubject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God. v. 2. Whofoever therefore refifteth the power, refifteth the ordinance of God; and they that refist, shall receive to themselves damnation. v. 3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power; do that which is good, and thou fhalt have praise of the fame: v. 4. For he is the minifter of God to thee for good, But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the fword in vain; for he is the minifter of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil. Y. 5. Wherefore ye muft needs be fubject, not only for wrath, but also for confcience fake. Heb. xiii. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you, and fubmit yourfelves: for they watch for your fouls, as they that must give account: that they may do it with joy, and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you. Prov. iv. 3. For I was my father's fon, tender and only beloved in the fight of my mother. v. 4. He taught me alfo, and faid unto me, Let thine heart retain my words, keep my commandments and live. Prov. xxiii. 22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and defpife not thy mother when fhe is old. Exod. xviii. 19. Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counfel, and God fhall be with thee. v. 24. So Mofes hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had faid.

r Heb. xii. 9. Furthermore, we haye had fathers of our flesh, which

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corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in fubjection unto the Fa¬ ther of fpirits, and live? 1 Pet. ii. 18. Servants, be fubject to your mafters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but alfo to the froward. V. 19. For this is thank worthy, if a man for confcience toward God endure grief, fuf, fering wrongfully. v. 20. For what glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye fhall take it patiently? but if when ye do well, and fuffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is acceptable with God.

/Tit. ii. 9. Exhort fervants to be obedient unto their own mafters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again. v. Io. Not purloining, but fhewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

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t1 Sam. xxvi. 15. And David faid to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man; and who is like to thee in Ifrael? wherefore then haft thou not kept thy Lord the King? for there came one of the people in to destroy the King thy Lord. v. 16. This thing is not good that thon haft done: as the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your mafter the Lord's anointed. 2 Sam. xviii. 3. But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thou fand of us; therefore now it is better that thou fuccour us out of the city. Efth. vi. 2. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Tereh, two of the

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ranks and the nature of their places v; bearing with their infirmities, and covering them in love w, that fo they may be an honour to them and to their government x.

2. 128. What are the fins of inferiors against their fuperiors? A. The fins of inferiors against their fuperiors, are all neglect of the duties required toward themy; envying at z, contempt

king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who fought to lay hand on the King Ahafuerus.

Matth. xxii. 21. They fay unto him, Cefar's. Then faith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cefar, the things which are Cefar's: and unto God, the things that are God's. Rom. xiii. 6. For, for this caufe pay you tribute alfo; for they are God's minifters, attending continually upon this very thing. v. 7. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom cuftom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour. 1 Tim. v. 17. Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honour, efpecially they who labour in the word and doctrine. v. 18. For the fcripture faith, Thou fhalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn: and, The labourer is worthy of his reward. Gal. vi. 6. Let him that is taught in the word, communicate unto him that teacheth, in all good things. Gen. xlv. 11. And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine) lelt thou, and thy household, and all that thou haft, come to poverty. Gen. xlvii. 12. And Jofeph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's houfehold with bread, according to their families.

w 1 Pet. ii. 18. Servants, be fubject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but alfo to the froward. Prov. xxiii.

22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and defpife not thy mother when she is old. Gen. ix. 23. And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their fhoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakednefs of their father; and their faces were backward, and they faw not their father's nakednefs.

x Pfal. cxxvii. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. v. 4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. v. 5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they fhall not be afhamed, but they fhall fpeak with the enemies in the gate. Prov. xxxi. 23. Her husband is known in the gates, when he fitteth among the elders of the land.

128. y Matth. xv. 4. For God commanded, faying, Honour thy father and mother and, He that curfeth father or mother, let him die the death. v. 5. But ye fay, Whofoever fhall fay to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatfoever thou mighteft be profited by me, v. 6. And honour not his father or his mother, he fhall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

z Numb. xi. 28. And Joshua the fon of Nun, the fervant of Mofes, one of his young men, anfwered and faid, My Lord Mofes, forbid them. v. 29. And Mofes faid unto him, Enviest thou for my fake? Would

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contempt of a, and rebellion b, against their perfons c, and places d, in their lawful counfels e, commands, and corrections f; curfing, mocking g, and all fuch refractory and fcandalous carriage, as proves a fhame and dishonour to them and their government h.

Q. 129. What is required of fuperiors towards their infe

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A. It is required of fuperiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love i, pray for k, and bless their infe

God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them.

a 1 Sam. viii. 7. And the Lord faid unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they fay unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. If. iii. 5. And the people shall be oppreffed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child fhall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the bafe against the honourable.

b 2 Sam. xv. from 1.-12. And it came to pafs after this, that Abfalom prepared him chariots, and horfes, &c.

c Exod. xxi. 15. And he that fmiteth his father, or his mother, fhall furely be put to death.

d1 Sam. x. 27. But the children of Belial faid, How fhall this man fave us? and they defpifed him, and brought him no prefents: but he

held his peace.

e 1 Sam. ii. 25.-Notwithstanding they (viz. the fons of Eli) hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would flay them.

fDeut. xxi. 18. If a man have a ftubborn and rebellious fon, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that

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when they have chaftened him, will not hearken unto them: v. 19. Then fhall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of the city, and unto the gate of his place: v. 20. And they fhall fay unto the elders of his city, This our fon is ftubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. v. 21. And all the men of his city fhall ftone him with ftones, that he die: fo fhalt thou put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

g Prov. xxx. 11. There is a generation that curfeth their father, and doth not blefs their mother. v. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley fhall pick it out, and the young eagles hall eat it.

h Prov. xix. 26. He that wasteth

his father, and chafeth away his mother, is a fon that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

129. i Col. iii. 19. Hufbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Tit. ii. 4. That they may teach the young women to be fober, to love their husbands, to love their children.

k1 Sam. xxi. 23. Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I fhould fin against the Lord, in ceafing to Na

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riors; to inftruct m, counfel and admonish them n; countenancing, commending p, and rewarding fuch as do well q and discountenancing r, reproving, reproving, chaftifing fuch as do ill; protecting t, and providing

pray for you but I will teach you the good and the right way. Job. i. 5. And it was fo, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job fent and fanctified them, and rofe up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings, according to the number of them all; for Job faid, It may be that my fons have finned, and curfed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

1 Kings viii. 55. And he ftood, and bleffed all the congregation of Ifrael, with a loud voice, faying, v. 56. Bleffed be the Lord, that hath given reft unto his people If rael, according to all that he promifed: there hath not failed.--Heb. vii. 7. And without all contradiction, the lefs is bleffed of the better. Gen. xlix. 28. Al thefe are the twelve tribes of Ifrael; and this is it that their father spake unto them, and bleffed them; every one according to his bleffing he bleffed them.

m Deat. vi. 6. And these words which I command thee this day, fhall be in thine heart. v 7. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and fhalt talk of them when thou fitteft in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou lieft down, and when thou risest up.

n Eph. vi. 4. And ye fathers, proye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

01 Pet. iii. 7. Likewise, ye hufbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto

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the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindred.

p 1 Pet. ii. 14. Or unto governors, as unto them that are fent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. Rom. xiii. 3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou fhalt have praise of the fame.

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q Efth. vi. 3. And the king faid, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?. Then faid the King's fervants that miniftered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

r Rom. xiii.3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the fame: v. 4. For he is the minifter of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the fword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.

Prov. xxix. 15. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself, bringeth his mother to fhanie. 1 Pet. ii. 14. (See above letter p.)

t Job xxix. 12. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherlefs, and him that had none to help him. v. 13. The bleffing of him that was ready to perish, came upon me: and I caufed the widow's

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