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at other times lawful (v); that it cometh but once in seven days, and many worldly businesses come between, and too often take off our minds from thinking of it, either to prepare for it, or to sanctify it (w); and that Satan with his instruments much labours to blot out the glory, and even the memory of it, to bring in all irreligion and impiety (x).

Q 122. What is the sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man?

A. The sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man, is to love our neighbour as ourselves (y), and to do to others what we would have them to do to

us (c).

Q. 123. Which is the fifth commandment?

A. The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee (a).

Q. 124. Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment?

A. By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant not only natural parents (b), but all superiors

bath, and commandest them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant.

(v) Exod. 34. 21. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest in earing-time, and in harvest thou shalt rest.

() Amos 8. 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

(x) Lam. 1. 7. Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction, and of her miseries, all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her; the adversaries saw her, and did mock ather Sabbaths. Jeremiah 17. 21.

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(a) Exodus 20. 12.

(b) Prov. 23. 22. 25. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. Eph. 6. 1,2 Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with promise.)

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în age (c), and gifts (d); and especially such as, by God's ordinance, are over us in place of authority, whether in family (e), church (f), or commonwealth (g).

Q. 125. Why are superiors styled Father and Mother? A. Superiors are styled Father and Mother, both to teach them in all duties towards their inferiors, like natural parents, to express love and tenderness to them, according to their several relations (h); and to work infe riors to a greater willingness and cheerfulness in performing their duties to their superiors, as to their parents (i). Q. 126. What is the general scope of the fifth commandment?

A. The general scope of the fifth commandment, is the performance of those duties which we mutually owe in our several relations, as inferiors, superiors, or equals (k). Q. 127. What is the honour that inferiors one to their superiors?

A. The honour which inferiors owe to their superiors,

(c) 1 Tim. 5. 1, 2. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren: The elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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(d) Gen. 4. 20. bare Jabal he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

(e) 2 Kings 5.,13. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean?

(f) 2 Kings 2. 12. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

(g) Isaiah 49. 23. And kings, shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their queens thy nursing-mothers. (h) Eph. 6. 4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in

the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 2 Cor. 12. 14. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 1 Thes. 2. 7, 8. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

(i) 1 Cor. 4. 14. 16. I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

(k) Eph. 5. 21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 1 Peter 2. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. Romans 12. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another, with

is all due reverence in heart (1), word (m), and behaviour (n); prayer and thanksgiving for them (o); imitation of their virtues and graces (p); willing obedience to their lawful commands and counsels (q); due submission to their corrections (r); fidelity to (8), defence (t), and maintenance of their persons and authority, according to their several ranks, and the nature of their places (v);

brotherly love; in honour preterring one another.

() Mal. 1. 6. A son honour eth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear.

(m) Prov: 31. 28. Her children arise up, and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her. 1 Pet. 3. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

(n) Lev. 19. 32. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God; I am the Lord.

(0) 1 Tim. 2. 1, 2. I exhort, therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men: For kings, and for all that are in authority: that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

(P) Heb. 13. 7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of

their conversation.

ance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme: Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. Heb. 13. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account: that they may do it with joy, and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.

(r) Heb. 12. 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence.

(s) Titus 2. 9. Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again.

(t) Esther 6. 2. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasu

erus.

(v) Rom. 13. 6, 7. For, for this cause pay you tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all

Phil. 3. 17. their dues: tribute to whom tri

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so, as ye have us for an ensample.

(9) Eph, 6. 1. Children, obey. your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 1 Peter 2. 13, 14. Submit yourselves to every ordin

bute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour. Gal. 6. 6. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Gen. 47. 12. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all

bearing with their infirmities, and covering them in love (w), that so they may be an honour to them and to their government (x).

Q. 128. What are the sins of inferiors against their superiors?

4. The sins of inferiors against their superiors, are all neglect of the duties required toward them (y); envying at (z), contempt of (a), and rebellion (b), against their persons (c), and places (d), in their lawful counsels (e), commands, and corrections (f); cursing, mocking (g), and all such refractory and scandalous carriage, as proves a shame and dishonour to them and their government (h).

his father's household with bread, according to their families.

(w) 1 Pet 2. 18. Servants, be subject to your masters with ail fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

(x) Psal. 127. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord. Prov. 31. 23. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. (Matthew 15. 4. For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

(z) Numb. 11. 28. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My Lord Moses, forbid them.

(a) 1 Samuel 8. 7. And, the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

(b) 2 Sam. 15. from 1-12. And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots, and horses, &c.

(c) Exod. 21. 15. that smiteth his father, mother, shall surely be death.

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(d) 1 Sam. 10. 27. But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? and they de spised him, and brought him no presents: but he held his peace.

(e) 1 Sam. 2. 25.-Notwithstanding they (viz. the sons of Eli) hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

(f) Deut. 21. 18, 19. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious sen, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall 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.

(g) Prov. 30. 11. 17. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

(h) Prov. 19. 26. He that wasteth his father, and chase th away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Q. 129. What is required of superiors towards their inferiors?

A. It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love (i), pray for (k), and bless their inferiors (1), to instruct (m), counsel and admonish them (n); countenancing (o), commending (p), and rewarding such as do well (q), and discountenancing (r), reproving, and chastising such as do ill (s); protecting (t), and providing for them all things necessary for soul (v) and body (w),

(i) Col. 3. 19. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Tit. 2. 4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children.

(k) 1 Sam. 12. 23. Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord, in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way.

(1 Kings 8. 55. And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel, with a loud voice. (m) Deut. 6. 6, 7. And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

(2) Eph. 6. 4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

(0) 1 Pet. 3. 7. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

(p) 1 Peter 2. 14. Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment

of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. Rom. 13. 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 same.

(9) Esth. 6. 3. And the king said, what honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

(r) Rom. 13. 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 same.

(8) Prov. 29. 15. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 1 Peter 2. 14. (See above, letter p.)

(t) Job 29. 12, 13. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him, The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me.

(v) Eph. 6.4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the

Lord.

(w) 1 Tim. 5. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and es pecially for those of his own house,

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