1 Cor. vii. 34. She that is married careth for the Things of the World, how the may please her Husband. Eph v. 22. Wives, fubmit yourselves unto your own Husbands, as unto the Lord. Col. 3. 18. Ver 23. For the Hufband is the Head of the Wife, even as Chrift is the Head of the Church. Ver. 24. As the Church is fubject to Chrift, fo let the Wives be unto their own Hufbands in every Thing. Ver. 33. Let the Wife fee that the reverence her Husband. 1 Tim. ii. 11. Let the Woman learn in Silence with all Subjection. Ver. 12. I fuffer not a Woman to teach, nor to ufurp Authority over the Man, but to be in Silence, for Adam was firft formed then Eve. Ver. 13. 1 Tim. v. 14. I will that the younger Women marry, bear Children, guide the House, give none Occasion to the Adversary to speak reproachfully. Tit. ii. 4. That the aged Women teach the young Women to be fober, to love their Husbands, to love their Children. Tit. ii.5.To be discreet, chafte, Keepers at Home, good, obedient to their own Hufbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed. 1 Pet. iii. 1. Wives, be in Subjection to your own Husbands. Ver. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord. Concerning Women's Apparel, See 1 Tim. 2. 9. Duties towards Children. I Pet. 3. 3. 4. 66. To provide for their Support. Gen. xxx. 30. Jacob faid, and now when fhall I provide for mine own House alfo ? Prov. xiii. 22. A good Man leaveth an Inheritance to his Childrens Children. I Chron. 28.8. 2 Cor. xii. 14. The Parents ought to lay up for the Children. 1 Tim. v. 8. If a Man provide not for his own, fpecially for those of his own House, he hath denied the Faith, and is worfe than an Infidel. 67. To defend them. Neh. iv. 14. Fight for your Sons and your Daughters, your Wives, and your Houfes. See Exod. 22. Numb. II. 12. 68. To pray for them. Inftances. Gen. xvii. 18. Abraham prays for Ish mael. Ver. 20. 2 Sam. xii. 6. David for his Child. Ver. 21. Job i. 5. Job for his Sons. 69. Inftruct them. Gen. xviii. 19. I know Abraham that he will command his Children and his Houfhold after him, and they fhall keep the Way of the Lord, to do Justice and Judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Exod. x. 2. Tell into the Ears of thy Sons, and of thy Sons Son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, that ye may know how that I am the Lord. Deut. vi. 6. These Words which I command thee this Day fhall be in thine Heart, and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy Children, and talk of them when thou fitteft in thine Houfe, and when thou walkeft by the Way, and when thou lieft down, and when thou rifeft up. Ver. 8. 20. 21. Ch. 11. 18. 19. Deut. Deut. xxxii. 46. Ye fhall 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. Ifa. xxxviii. 19. The Fathers to the Children shall make known thy Truth. Pf. 78. 4. 7. Joel i. 2. Give Ear all ye Inhabitants of the Land. Ver. 3. Tell ye your Children of it, and let your Children tell their Children, and their Children another Generation. Eph. vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your Children, but bring them up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord. Col. 3. 21. See alfo Deut. 4. 9. 10.-31. 12. 13. 70. Particular Heads of Inflruction. Exod. xii. 26. When your Children shall afk, what mean ye by this Service? Ver. 27. Ye fhall fay it is the Sacrifice of the Lord's Paffover, who paffed over the Houses of the Children of Ifrael in Egypt, when he flew the Egyptians. xiii. 7. Thou shalt fhew thy Son, faying, this is done because of that which the Lord did to me when I came out of Egypt. Ver. 14. Jof. iv. 20. Those twelve Stones which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. Ver. 21. Saying, when your Children shall ask their Fathers, what mean thefe Stones? Jof. iv. 22. Then ye fhall let your Children know, faying, the Lord your God dried up the Waters of Jordan before you. Ver. 24. That all the People of the Earth might know the Hand of the Lord that it is mighty. 71. Parents careful to inftru&t Children, where. Gen. xviii. 19. Abraham, 1 Chron. 28. 9. David, Prov. 4. 3. Samuel's Mother, Prov. 31. 1. Timothy's Mother and Grandmother, 2 Tim. 1. 5.-3. 15. 72. Correcting Children. Prov. xiii. 24 He that spareth his Rod hateth his Son, but he that loveth him chafteneth him betimes. xiv. 18. Chaften thy Son while there is Hope, and let not thy Soul fpare for his crying. xxii. 15. Foolishness is bound up in the Heart of a Child, but the Rod of Correction fhall drive it far from him. xxiii. 13. With-hold not Correction from the Child. Ver. 14. 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 Reft, yea, he shall give delight unto thy Soul. See Deut. 8. 5. Tim. 3. 4. This Duty neglected by David. 24.-3. 13. 1 Kings 1. 6. by Eli, 1 Sam. 2. 22. 73. Parents careful to marry their Children into religious Families. Gen. xxiv. 2. Abraham faid to his Servant, Ver. 3. Swear by 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 alfo Ch. 27. 46.-28. 1. 6-38. 6. Tranfgreffed by Efau, Gen. 26. 35-28. 8. 9. Marriage with the Heathen Inhabitants of Canaan forbidden, for the ill Confequences of fuch Marriages. Exod.. 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3. Jof. 23. 12. 13. Judg. 3. 5, 6, 7. 1 Kings 11. 1. to 12. Ezra 9. 2. 12. Neh. 13. 23. to 27. Ссс 74. Portions 386 Children among the promised Blessings. Ch. 17. 74. Portions given to Children by Parents. Gen. xxv. 5. Abraham gave all that he had to Ifaac. Ver. 6. But unto the Sons of the Concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave Gifts and fent them away from Ifaac. xlviii. 21. Ifrael faid to Jofeph, Ch. 22. I have given thee one Portion above thy Brethren. The oldest Son by the Law of Mofes was to have a double Portion. Deut. 21. 15, 16, 17. Children among the promised Bleffings. 75. Children are among the promised Bleffings of God to Mankind. Gen. i. 21. God bleffed Adam and Eve, and faid unto them be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the Earth. viii. 15. God fpake unto Noah, faying, Ch. 16. Go forth of the Ark, thou and thy Wife and thy Sons and thy Sons Wives with thee. Ver. 17. And be fruitful and multiply upon the Earth. Ch. 9.1. 7. xiii. 14. The Lord faid unto Abraham, Ch. 16. I will make thy Seed as the Dutt of the Earth, so that if a Man can number the Duft of the Earth, then shall thy Seed also be numbered. Ch. 22. 16. 17. xv. 5. The Lord faid 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. The Lord appeared unto Abram, and faid unto him, Ver. 5. Thy Name shall be called Abraham, for a Father of many Nations have I made thee. Ver. 6. I will make thee exceeding Fruitful, and will make Na-. tions of thee and Kings shall come out of thee. See Hagar, Ch. 16. 10. -17.20.-21. 13. xxvi. 2. The Lord appeared unto Ifaac and said, Ch. 4. I will make thy Seed to multiply as the Stars of Heaven. xxviii. 14. The Lord faid unto Jacob, thy Seed fhall be as the Duft of the Earth, and thou fhalt fpread abroad to the Weft and to the Eaft, and to the North, and to the South. See Ch. 35. 9. 11. — 32. 12.-48. 3. 4. xxxiii. 5. Jacob said, these are the Children that God hath gracioufly given thy Servant. Ifa. 8. 18. 76. Children promifed. Gen. xlviii. 19. Jacob faid, Ephraim's Seed shall become a Multitude of Nations. xlix. 22. Jofeph is a fruitful Bough. Gen. xlix. 25. The Almighty fhall blefs thee, with the Bleffings of the Breafts and of the Womb. Lev. xxvi. 19. I will make you fruitful and will multiply you. Numb. xxiv. 7. It is faid of Jacob his Seed fhall be upon many Waters. Deut. vii. 13. The Lord thy God will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee. Ver. 14. Thou fhalt be blessed above all People, there shall not be Male nor Female, barren among you. Exod. 23. 26. xxviii. 4. Bleffed fhall be the Fruit of thy Body. Ver. 11. Ch. 30. 9. Jof. xxiv. 3. I took your Father Abraham, and multiplied his Seed. Neh. ix. 23. Their Children thou multipliedft as the Stars of heaven. Job v. 25. Thine Offspring fhall be as the Grafs of the Earth. Ifa. 48. 18. 19.-49. 20. Ch. 17. Children among the promised Bleffings. 387 Pf. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren Woman to be a joyful Mother of Children. cxv. 14. The Lord fhall increase you more and more, you and your Children. cxxvii. 3. Children are an Heritage of the Lord, and the Fruit of the Womb is his Reward. Pf. cxxviii. 3. Thy Wife fhall be as a fruitful Vine, by the Sides of thine House, thy Children like Olive-plants round about thy Table. Ver. 6. Yea, thou fhalt fee thy Childrens Children. cxliv. 12. That our Sons may be as Olive-plants, our Daughters like Corner Stones. See alfo Deut. 1. 10.-10. 22.13. 17.-28.62. 63. Jof. 24. 3. Job 42. 12. 13. Pf. 107. 38. Prov. 14. 28. Jer. 3. 16. -30. 19.-33.22. Ezek. 16. 7.-36. 10. 11.-37. 26. 77. A Defire of having Children is natural to Mankind. Inftances. Prov. xxx. 16. The Grave and the Barren Womb are not satisfied. Gen. xi. 30. Sarah Abram's Wife was barren. Ch. 16. 1, 2, 3. She gave her Handmaid to Abram, and said, it may be that I may obtain Children by her. xv. 2. Abram said, Lord, what wilt thou give me feeing I go childlefs, to me thou hatt given no Seed. xviii. 10. The Angel faid Sarah fhall have a Son. Ch. 17. 19.—21.2. Gen. xviii. 12. Sarah heard it and laughed. xxiv. 60. They bleffed Rebekah and said, be thou the Mother of houfands and of Millions. XXV. 21. Ifaac intreated the Lord for his Wife, because she was barren, and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his Wife conceived. xxviii. 1. Ifaac bleffed Jacob and faid, Ch. 3. God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee. xxx. 13. Leah faid, happy am I, for the Daughters will call me bleffed, Ch. 2o. I have born fix Sons. xxix. 31. Rachel was barren, Ch. 30. 1. She envied her Sifter, and faid unto Jacob, give me Children or else I die. xxx. 23. Rachel conceived and bare a Son, and faid God hath taken away my Reproach. 1 Sam. i. 3. Hannah had no Children, Ch. 10. She was in Bitterness of Soul, and prayed unto the Lord and wept fore. Ver. 19. And the Lord remembered her, Ch. 2o. She conceived and bare a Son, and called his Name Samuel, faying, because I have asked him of the Lord, Ch. 27. For this Child I prayed, and the Lord hath given me my Petition. Luke i. 7. Elizabeth was barren, Ch. 3: The Angel faid unto Zacharias, thy Prayer is heard, thy Wife fhall bear thee a Son. Luke i. 24. Elizabeth conceived and faid, thus hath the Lord dealt with me, to take away my Reproach. Ver. 25. 78. God's Care of Mothers. Gen. ii. 16. Unto the Woman the Lord faid, I will greatly multiply thy Sorrow and thy Conception, in Sorrow fhalt thou bring forth Children, 1 Tim. 2. 15. Nevertheless fhe fhall be faved in Child-bearing, if they continue in Faith and Holiness with Sobriety. xlix. 25. The Almighty fhall blefs thee with the Bleffings of the Breafts and of the Womb. 388 The Wicked punished in their Children. Ch. 17. Deut. vii. 13. He will blefs the Fruit of thy Womb. See Exod. 21. 22. Hurt not a Woman with Child. 79. God's Care of Children. Exod. i. 17. The Midwives faved the Men Children alive. Ver. 21. And God made them Houses. Pf. xxii. 9. Thou art he that took me out of the Womb, and didst make me hope when I was upon my Mother's Breasts. Ver. 10. I was caft upon thee from the Womb, thou art my God from my Mother's Belly, Pf. 71. 6. Jonah iv. 11. God faid fhould not I fpare Nineveh, that great City, wherein are more than fix score thousand Perfons, that cannot difcern between their right Hand and their left? Mark x. 14. Jefus faid, fuffer little Children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of fuch is the Kingdom of Heaven. Ver. 16. And he took them in his Arms and blessed them, and said, of fuch is the Kingdom of Heaven. 80. The Grief of Parents at parting with their Children. Gen. xliii. 14Jacob faid, if I am bereaved of my Children, I am bereaved, Ch. 42. 38.-44. 29. 31. Job xxix. 2. Job faid, O that I were as in Months past. were about me. my Children 81. Godly Parents blessed in the Happiness of their Children. Deut. iv. 40. Thou fhalt keep his Statutes, that it may be well with thee, and with thy Children after thee. See Ch. 5. 29.-12. 25. 28. Pf. xxv. 12. He that feareth the Lord, Ch. 13. His Seed fhall inherit the Earth. xxxvii. 25. Yet have I not seen the Righteous forfaken, nor his Seed begging Bread. Ver. 26. His Seed is bleffed. cii. 28. The Children of thy Servants shall continue, and their Seed fhall be eftabiifhed before thee. cxlvii. 13. He hath bleffed thy Children within thee. Ifa. xliv. 3. I will pour my Bleffing upon thine Offspring, See Ch. 61. 9.-65. 23. Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one Heart, and one Way, that they may fear me for ever, for the Good of them and of their Children after them. The Wicked punished in their Children. 82. The Wicked punished in the Calamities of their Children. Exod. xx. 5I am a jealous God, vifiting the Iniquities of the Fathers upon the Children, unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me, Ch. 34.7. Numb. 14. 18. Deut. 5.9: Numb. iv. 33. Your Children fhall wander in this Wilderness, forty Years, and bear your Whoredoms. Job xxi. 9. God layeth up the Iniquity of the Wicked for his Children. Ifa. 14. 21. Jer. ii. 9. With your Childrens Children will I plead, faith the Lord. xxxii. 18. Thou recompenfeft the Iniquity of the Fathers into the Bofom of their Children after them. See an Inftance, 2 Sam. 12. 14, 15. 83. Particular Calamities threatened against the Children of the Wicked. Captivity. Deut. xxviii. 32. Thy Sons and thy Daughters fhall be |