xxxii. 46. Ye shall command your children to do all the words of this law. Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, &c. | the God of heaven and earth, that thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, &c. Ver. 4. 38. See also, Ch. xxvii. 46.-xxviii. 1. 6.xxxviii. 6. Transgressed by Esau, Gen. xxvi. Isa. xxxviii. 19. The father to the children shall make known thy truth. Ps. lxxviii. 4, 7.34, 35.-xxviii. 8, 9. Joel i. 2, 3. Give ear, all ye inhabitants of Marriage with the heathen inhabitants of the land. Tell ye your children of it, and let Canaan forbidden, for the ill consequences of your children tell their children, and their such marriages: Ex. xxxiv. 16. Deut. vii. 3. children another generation. Josh. xxiii. 12, 13. Judg. iii. 5, 6, 7. 1 Kings Eph. vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your child-xi. 1 to 12. Ezra ix. 2. 12. Neh. xiii. 23 ren, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Col. iii. 21. See also Deut. iv. 9, 10.-xxxi. 12, 13. Ye LXX. Particular heads of instruction. Exod. xii. 26, 27. When your children shall ask, What mean ye by this service? shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he snote the Egyptians. xiii. 8. Thou shalt shew thy son, saying, to 27. LXXIV. Portions given to children by parents. Gen. xxv. 5, 6. Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac. xlviii. 21, 22. Israel said to Joseph, I have given thee one portion above thy brethren. The oldest son, by the law of Moses, was to have a double portion, Deut. xxi. 15, 16, 17. CHILDREN AMONG THE PROMISED This is done because of that which the Lord did to me when I came out of Egypt. Ver. 14. Josh. iv. 20-23. Those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal; saying, When your children LXXV. Children are among the promised shall ask their fathers, What mean these blessings of God to mankind. Gen. i. 28. stones? then ye shall let your children know, God blessed Adam and Eve, and said unto saying, The Lord your God dried up the wa-them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish ters of Jordan before you.-Ver. 24. That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty. LXXI. Parents careful to instruct children, were: Gen. xviii. 19. Abraham. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Prov. iv. 3. David. Prov. xxxi. 1. Lemuel's mother. 2 Tim. i. 5. Timothy's mother and grandmother. LXXII. Correcting children. Prov. xiii. 24. He that spareth the rod hateth his son, but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. xix. 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. xxii. 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. xxiii. 13, 14. Withhold not correction from the child. Thou shalt beat him with a rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. xxix. 15. The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.-Ver. 17. Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. See Deut. viii. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 4. This duty neglected by David, 1 Kings i. 6. By Eli, 1 Sam. ii. 22, &c. LXXIII. Parents careful to marry their children into religious families. Gen. xxiv. 2, 3. Abraham said to his servant, Swear by the earth. viii. 15-17. God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons and thy sons' wives with thee; and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth. Ch. ix. 1. 7. xiii. 14. 16. The Lord said unto Abram, I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Ch. xxii. 16, 17. xv. 5. The Lord said to Abram, Look toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. xvii. 1. 5, 6. The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, Thy name shall be called Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and will make nations of thee, Ch. xvi. 10.-xvii. 20.—xxi. 13. and kings shall come out of thee. See Hagar, xxvi. 2. 4. The Lord appeared unto Isaac, and said, I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven. seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and xxviii. 14. The Lord said unto Jacob, Thy thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south. See Ch. xxxv. 9. 11.-xxxii. 12.-xlviii. 3, 4. xxxiii. 5. Jacob said, These are the children that God hath graciously given thy servant. | was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife Isa. viii. 18. conceived. LXXVI. Children promised. Gen. xlviii. 19. Jacob said, Ephraim's seed shall become a multitude of nations. xlix. 22. Joseph is a fruitful bough.-Ver. 25. The Almighty shall bless thee, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb. Lev. xxvi. 9. I will make you fruitful, and will multiply you. Numb. xxiv. 7. It is said of Jacob, His seed shall be upon many waters. Deut. vii. 13, 14. The Lord thy God will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all people; there shall not be male nor female barren among you. Ex. xxiii. 26. xxviii. 4. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body. Ver. 11. Josh. xxiv. 3. I took your father Abraham, and multiplied his seed. Neh. ix. 23. Their children thou multipliedst as the stars of heaven. Job v. 25. Thine offspring shall be as the grass of the earth. Isa. xlviii. 18, 19.xlix. 20. Ps. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman to be a joyful mother of children. God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruit xxviii. 1. 3. Isaac blessed Jacob, and said, ful, and multiply thee. xxix. 31. Rachel was barren. Ch. xxx. 1. 23. She envied her sister, and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. Rachel conceived and bare a son, and said, God hath taken away my reproach. 1 Sam. i. 2. Hannah had no children. Ver. 10. 19. She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore; and the Lord remembered her.-Ver. 20. She conceived and bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of and the Lord hath given me my petition. the Lord.-Ver. 27. For this child I prayed, Luke i. 7. Elisabeth was barren.-Ver. 13. The angel said unto Zacharias, Thy prayer is 24. Elisabeth conceived, and said, Thus hath heard, thy wife shall bear thee a son.-Ver. the Lord dealt with me, to take away my reproach. Ver. 25. LXXVIII. God's care of mothers. Gen. cxv. 14. The Lord shall increase you more iii. 16. Unto the woman the Lord said, I will and more, you and your children. cxxvii. 3. Children are a heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. cxxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table.-Ver. 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children. cxliv. 12. That our sons may be as olive plants, our daughters like corner-stones. See also, Deut. i. 10.-x. 22.—xiii. 17.— xxviii. 62, 63. Josh. xxiv. 3. Job xlii. 12, 13. Ps. cvii. 38. Prov. xiv. 28. Jer. iii. 16.-xxx. 19.-xxxiii. 22. Ezek. xvi. 7.— xxxvi. 10, 11.-xxxvii. 26. LXXVII. A desire of having children is natural to mankind. Instances. Prov. xxx. 16. The grave and the barren womb are not satisfied. Gen. xi. 30. Sarah, Abram's wife, was barren. Ch. xvi. 1, 2, 3. She gave her handmaid to Abram, and said, It may be that I may obtain children by her. xv. 2, 3. Abram said, Lord, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless? To me thou hast given no seed. Ch. xviii. 10. 12. The angel said, Sarah shall have a son. (Ch. xvii. 19.) Sarah heard it and laughed. xxiv. 60. They blessed Rebekah, and said, Be thou the mother of thousands of millions. xxv. 21. Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children. 1 Tim. ii. 15. Nevertheless she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith and holiness, with sobriety. xlix. 25. The Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb. Deut. vii. 13. He will bless the fruit of thy womb. See Exod. xxi. 22. Hurt not a woman with child. LXXIX. God's care of children. Exod. i. 17. The midwives saved the men-children alive. Ver. 21. And God made them houses. Ps. xxii. 9, 10. Thou art he that took me out of the womb, and didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. Ps. lxxi. 6. Jonah iv. 11. God said, Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left? Mark x. 14. Jesus said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.-Ver. 16. And he took them in his arms, and blessed them. LXXX. The grief of parents at parting with their children. Gen. xliii. 14. Jacob CHAP. XVII. THE WICKED PUNISHED IN THEIR CHILDREN. 263 said, If I am bereaved of my children, I am daughters into the hand of the children of Jubereaved. Ch. xlii. 38.-xliv. 29. 31. THE WICKED PUNISHED IN THEIR CHILDREN. LXXXII. The wicked punished in the calamities of their children. Exod. xx. 5. I am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Ch. xxxiv. 7. Numb. xiv. 18. Deut. v. 9. Numb. xiv. 33. Your children shall wander in this wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms. Job xxi. 19. God layeth up the iniquity of the wicked for his children. Isa. xiv. 21. Jer. ii. 9. With your children's children will I plead, saith the Lord. xxxii. 18. Thou recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. See an instance, 2 Sam. xii. 14, 15. LXXXIII. Particular calamities threatened against the children of the wicked. Captivity. Deut. xxviii. 32. Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another people, and thine eyes shall look and fail for them all the day. 2 Chron. xxix. 6. Our fathers turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord. Ver. 9. Our sons and our daughters, and our wives, are in captivity for this. Jer. xlviii. 46. Woe be unto thee, thy sons and thy daughters are taken captives. Lam. i. 5. For the multitude of her transgressions her children are gone into captivity. Joel iii. 8. I will sell your sons and your dah. Ch. ii. 16. See also Jer. x. 20.xxxviii. 23.-xlvii. 3. Lam. v. 13. Ezek. xxx. 18. Mic. i. 16. LXXXIV. To be slain by an enemy. Isa. xiii. 16. Their children shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Ps. cxxxvii. 9. Hos. xiii. 16. Jer. xvi. 3, 4. Their children shall die of grievous deaths. xviii. 21. Deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword. Ps. cix. 10. xliv. 7. Thus saith the Lord, Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling? Ezek. xxiii. 47. The enemy shall slay their sons and their daughters. xxiv. 21. Your sons and your daughters Ch. xxv. Amos shall fall by the sword. vii. 17. See also Lev. xxvi. 22. 1 Sam. xv. 33. 2 Kings xxv. 7. 2 Chron. xxi. 14. Job xxvii. 13, 14. Isa. xlvii. 9.-li. 18. Jer. xiv. 16.xv. 7. Ezek. ix. 6. 1 Kings xxi. 19. 21, 22. compared with 2 Kings ix. 25, 26. LXXXV. That they shall suffer by famine. Jer. v. 15. I will bring a nation upon you, and they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread which thy sons and thy daughters should eat. Ver. 17. Job v. 5. xi. 22. Their sons and their daughters shall die by famine. Hos. iv. 6. Thou hast forgotten the law of thy God; I also will forget thy children.-Ver. 10. They shall eat and not have enough. See Ps. cix. 9, 10. 12. Jer. xviii. 21. Lam. iv. 4. LXXXVI. Other evils upon the children of the wicked. Job v. 4, 5. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. The robber swalloweth up their substance. friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his xx. 10. His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. LXXXVII. Erroneous principles in religion have destroyed the natural affection of parents toward their children. 2 Kings xvi. 3. Ahaz made his son to pass through the fire. in the fire. See also, 2 Kings xvii. 17. 31.— xxi. 6. Jer. xxxii. 35. Ezek. xvi. 21.-xx. 26. Matt. x. 21. Forbidden, Lev. xviii. 21.— xx. 2, 3, 4. Deut. xviii. 10. 2 Chron. xxviii. 3. Ahaz burnt his children LXXXVIII. Calamities upon wicked parents and children. Lev. xxvi. 29. Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daugh 1 Tim. iii. 4. Having his children in subjection. v. 4. Let them learn to show piety at home, and to requite their parents. Gen. ix. 23. Shem and Japheth. Ver. 26, 27. XCII. Instances of dutiful children blessed. ---Ch. xxviii. 3, 4. Jacob. Ch. xlvii. 12.— XC. Promises to the godly who are child-xlix. 26.-1. 10. Joseph.-Ruth i. 15, 16, 17. less. Ps. lxviii. 6. Yet setteth he the solitary Ruth. Luke ii. 51. Jesus. Jer. xxxv. 8. 18, in families. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Isa. Ivi. 4. To the eunuchs, &c. will I give a name, and a place within my walls, &c. COMMANDMENT FIFTH. XCI. Duties of children towards parents. Exod. xx. 12. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land. Deut. v. 16. Matt. xv. 4. Eph. vi. 2. Lev. xix. 3. Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father. Prov. i. 8, 9. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. They shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. iii. 1, 2. My son, forget not my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments: for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. v. 1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding. vi. 20, 21. Keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck. Ver. 22. x. 1. A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. xiii. 1. A wise son heareth his father's instructions, but a scorner heareth not rebuke. xv. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son despiseth his mother. xxiii. 22. Hearken to the father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. xxix. 3. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father. Mal. i. 6. A son honoureth his father. Ch. iii. 17. Matt. xix. 19. Jesus said, Honour thy father and thy mother. Eph. vi. 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Col. iii. 20. Ver. 2, 3. Honour thy father and thy mother, (which is the first commandment with promise,) that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. Exod. xx. 12. 19. The sons of Jonadab. undutiful childExod. xxi. 15. XCIII. Disobedient and ren: threats against them. He that smiteth his father or mother, shall be surely put to death. xxi. 17. He that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. Lev. xxiv. 15.-xx. 9. Matt. xv. 4, 5, 6. Prov. xx. 20. born and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, all the men of his city shall stone him with stones that he die. Deut. xxi. 18. 21. If a man have a stub xxvii. 16. Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen. Ezek. xxii. 7. 14. Prov. xv. 5. A fool despiseth his father's instruction. Ver. 20. xvii. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a fool hath no Joy-Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. Ch. x. 1. xix. 13. A foolish son is a calamity to his father. Ver. 26. He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father. Ver. 24. Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. xxx. 11. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. Ver. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pluck it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Isa. xlv. 10. Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? and to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? Mic. vii. 6. The son dishonoureth the father, and the daughter riseth up against her mother. Luke xii. 53. 2 Tim. iii. 1, 2. Perilous times shall come; men shall be disobedient to parents, &c. XCIV. Particular instances of undutiful disobedient children cursed. Gen. ix. 22. 25. Ham is cursed of his father. 1 Sam. ii. 25. The sons of Eli are punished. Ver. 31 to 36. DUTIES OF MASTERS. XCV. Duties of masters towards servants. Lev. xix. 13. The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. See Deut. xxiv. 15. Jer. xxii. 13. Mal. iii. 5. Jam. v. 4. Luke x. 7. in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman. Eph. vi. 5-8. Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh: not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will, doing service as unto the Lord, and not to men; Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether xxv. 43. Thou shalt not rule over him with he be bond or free. rigour. Ver. 46. 53. Deut. xxiv. 14. Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren or of strangers. Job xxxi. 13-15. If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; what shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make them? did not one fashion us both? Matt. viii. 6. The centurion besought Jesus to heal his servant. Eph. vi. 9. Ye masters, do the same things unto your servants; forbearing threatening; knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. Col. iv. 1. Col. iii. 22. Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. See ver. 23, 24, 25. 1 Tim. vi. 1. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their masters worthy of all honour; that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. Ver. 2. Tit. ii. 9, 10. Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering again. Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 1 Pet. ii. 18. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. Ver. 19, 20, 21. Servants are called faithful. Matt. xxiv. 45. Prov. xxx. 10. Accuse not a servant to his-xxv. 21. Instances: Abraham's servant, XCVII. Duties of the civil magistrate, to administer justice impartially. Deut. i. 16. | Judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. John vii. 24. xvi. 18. Judge the people with just judg xxvii. 18. He that waiteth on his master ment. Ezek. xviii. 8. shall be honoured. Mal. i. 6. A servant honoureth his master. Matt. x. 24. Neither is the servant above his master. Ver. 25. Prov. xix. 10. For a servant to have rule over princes is not seemly. Luke iii. 14. Be content with your wages. xvii. 7, 8. Who of you having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to him by and by when he is come from the field, Go sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? 1 Cor. vii. 21, 22. Art thou called, being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. He that is called xix. 18. Make diligent inquisition. Job xxix. 16, 17. Prov. xxi. 3. xxv. 1. Justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. Ps. lxxxii. 3, 4. Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. (Ps. lxxii. 2.) Deliver the poor and needy out of the hand of the wicked. Prov. xx. 8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.-Ver. 26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. Ps. ci. 4. Ver. 28. Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upholden by mercy. Ch. xvi. 12. Is established by righteousness. |