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The Wicked punished in their Children.

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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. Wo be unto thee, thy Sons and thy Daughters are taken Captives.

Lam. i. 16. For the Multitude of her Tranfgreffions her Children are gone into Captivity.

your Daughters into the Hand of See alfo Jer. 10. 20-38. 23.Mic. 1. 16.

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Joel iii. 8. I will fell your Sons and the Children of Judah. Ch. 2. 16. 47. 3. Lam. 5. 13. Ezek. 30 18. 84. Slain by an Enemy. Ifa. xiii. 16. Thy Children fhall be dafhed in Pieces before thine Eyes, Pf. 137.9. Hof. 13. 16. Nah. Jer. xvi. 3. Their Children fhall die of grievous Deaths. xviii. 21. Deliver up their Children to the Fainine, and pour out their Blood by the force of the Sword, let their Wives, &c. Pf. 109. 10. xliv. 7. Thus faith the Lord, wherefore commit ye this great Evil against your Souls, to cut off from you Man, Woman, Child and Suckling. Ezek. xxiii. 47. The Enemy fhall flay their Sons and their Daughters. xxiv. 21. Your Sons and your Daughters fhall fall by the Sword, Ch. 25. Am. 7. 17. See alfo Lev. 26. 22. 1 Sam. 15. 33. 2 Kings 25.7. 2 Chro. 21. 14. Job 27. 13, 14. Ifa. 47.9.-51. 18. Jer. 14. 16.-15. 7. Ezek. 9. 6. 1 Kings 21. 19. 21, 22. compared with

2 Kings 9. 25. 26.

85. Suffer by Famine. Jer. v. 15. I will bring a Nation upon you, and they fhall eat up thine Harveft, and thy Bread which thy Sons and thy Daughters fhould eat. Ver. 17. Job 5. 5.

Jer. xi. 22. Their Sons and their Daughters fhall die by Famine.

Hof. iv 6. Thou haft forgotten the Law of thy God, I also will forget thy Children.

Hof. iv. 10. They fhall eat and not have enough, See Pf. 109. 9. 10. 12. Jer. 18. 21.

Lam. 4. 4.

86. Other Evils upon the Children of the Wicked. Job v. 4. His Children are far from Safety, they are crushed in the Gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Ver. 5. The Robber swalloweth up their Subftance.

xvii. 5 He that speaketh Flattery to his Friends, even the Eyes of his Children shall fail.

xx. 10. His Children shall seek to please the Poor, and his Hands fhall restore their Goods.

87. Erroneous Principles in Religion have defroyed the natural Affection of Parents toward their Children. 2 Kings xvi. 3. Ahaz made his Sons to pass through the Fire

2 Chron xxviii. 3 Ahaz burnt his Children in the Fire, See also 2 Kings 17. 17. 31.-11. 7. Jer. 32. 35. Ezek. 16. 21.-20. 26. Matt. 10. 21. Forbidden, Lev. 18. 21.-20. 2, 3, 4· Deut. 18. 10.

2 Kings 23. 10.

88. Calamities upon wicked Parents and Children. Lev. xxvi. 29. Ye shall eat the Flesh of your Sons and of your Daughters. See Deut. 28. 53. Jer. 19. 9. 2 Kings vi. 29. Lam. 2. 20.-4. 10.

89. Want of Children to the Wicked. Hof. ix. 14. Give them a mif

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carrying Womb and dry Breafts. See 2 Sam. 6. 23. Lev. 20. 20. Jer.

22. 30.

90. Promifes to the Godly who are Childless. Pf. lxviii. 6. Yet fetteth he the Solitary in Families.

cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren Woman to keep House, and to be a joyful Mother of Children.

Ifa. Ivi. 4. To the Eunuchs, &c. will I give a Name, and a Place within my Walls, &c.

Commandment Fifth.

91. Duties of Children towards Parents. Exod. xx. 12. Honour thy Father and thy Mother, that thy Days may be long upon the Land. Deut. 5. 16. Matt. 15. 4. Eph. 6. 2.

Lev. xix. 3. Ye fhall fear every Man his Mother and his Father. Prov. i. 8. My Son, hear the Inftruction of thy Father, and forfakę not the Law of thy Mother,

Ver. 9. They fhall be an Ornament of Grace unto thine Head, and Chains about thy Neck.

iv. 1. My Son, forget not my Law, but let thine Heart keep my Commandments, for Length of Days and long Life, and Peace shall they add to thee, Ver. 2.

v. 1. My Son attend unto my Wisdom, and bow thine Ear to my Understanding.

vi. 20. Keep thy Father's Commandments, and forfake not the Law of thy Mother.

Ver. 21. Bind them continually upon thine Heart, and tie them about thy Neck, Ver. 22.

x. 7. A wife Son maketh a glad Father, but a foolish Son is the heavinefs of his Mother.

xiii. 1. A wife Son heareth his Father's Inftructions, but a Scorner heareth not Rebuke.

xv. 20. A wife 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. Whofo loveth Wisdom rejoiceth his Father.

Mal. i. 6. A Son honoureth his Father, Ch. 3. 17.

Mat. xix. 19. Jefus faid, honour thy Father and thy Mother.

Eph. vi. 1. Children, obey your Parents in the Lord, for this is right, Col.

3.20.

Ver. 2. Honour thy Father and thy Mother, which is the first Com→ mandment with Promife, Exod. 20. 12.

Ver. 3. That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayeft live long on the Earth.

1 Tim. iii. 4. Having his Children in Subjection.

v. 4. Let them learn to fhew Piety, and to requite their Parents. 92. Inftances of dutiful Children bleffed. Gen. ix. 23. Shem and Japhet, Ver. 26, 27. they are bleffed of, 28. 7. their Father Jacob.Ch. 47. 12.-49. 26.-50. 10. Jofeph. Ruth 1. 15, 16, 17. Ruth. Luke 2. 51. Jefus. Jer. 35. 8. 18, 19. the Sons of Jonadab.

93. Disobedient and undutiful Children, Threats against them. Exod. xxi. 15. He that finiteth his Father or his Mother, fhall be furely put to Death. Exod.

Exod. xxi. 17. He that curfeth his Father or his Mother shall surely be put to death, Lev. 24. 15.-20. 9. Matt. 15. 4. 5. 6. Prov. 20. 20. Deut. xxi. 18. If a Man have a stubborn and a rebellious Son, that will not obey the Voice of his Father or the Voice of his Mother,

Ver. 21. All the Men of the City shall stone him with Stones that he die.

xxvii. 16. Curfed be he that fetteth light by his Father or his Mother, and all the People shall fay Amen, Ezek, 22. 7. 14.

Prov. xv. 5. A Fool defpifeth his Father's Inftruction, Ver. 20.

xvii. 21. He that begetteth a Fool doth 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. 10. 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 Whofo robbeth his Father or his Mother, and faith it is no Tranfgreffion, the fame is the Companion of a Deftroyer.

xxx. 11. There is a Generation that curfeth their Father and doth not blefs 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 fhall eat it.

Ifa. xlv. 10. Wo unto him that faith unto his Father what begettest thou? and to the Woman what haft thou brought forth?

Mic. vii. 6. The Son difhonoureth the Father, and the Daughter rifeth up against the Mother, Luke 12. 53.

2 Tim. iii. 2. Perilous Times fhall come, Men fhall be disobedient to Parents, &c.

94. Particular Inftances of undutiful disobedient Children curfed. Gen. ix, 22. Ham, Ver. 25. he is curfed of his Father.

1 Sam. ii. 25. The Sons of Eli are punished, Ver. 31. to 35.

95. Duties of Mafters of him that is hired shall ing. See Deut. 24, 15.

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Duties of Masters.

towards Servants. Lev. xix. 13. The Wages not abide with thee all Night until the MornJer. 22. 13. Mal. 3. 5. Jam. 5. 4. Luke

xxv. 43. You fhall not rule over him with Rigour, Ver. 46. 53. Deut. xxiv. 14. Thou shalt not opprefs an hired Servant, that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy Brethren or of Strangers.

Job xxxi. 13. If I did defpife the Cause of my Man-fervant or of my Maid-fervant when they contended with me;

Ver. 14. What shall I do when God rifeth up, and when he visiteth, what fhall I answer him?

Ver. 15. Did not he that made me in the Womb make them, did not one fashion us both?

Matt. viii. 6. The Centurion befought Jefus to heal his Servant.

Eph.

Eph. vi. 9. Ye Masters do the fame Things unto your Servants, forbearing Threatenings, knowing that your Mafter alfo is in Heaven, neither is there Respect of Perfons with him, Col. 4. 1.

Prov. XXX. IC. Accufe not a Servant to his Mafter.

Exod. xxi. 20. 26. Beating Servants the Law thereof.

xxi. 2. An Hebrew Servant, when to go free, Lev. 25. 39, 40, 41. 54. Jer. 34, 14.

Lev. xxv. 44, 45, 46. Concerning Slaves.

Deut. xxiii. 15, 16. The fugitive Servant.

Duties of Servants.

96. Duties of Servants. Prov. xiv. 35. The King's Favour is toward a wife Servant

xvii. 2. A wife Servant fhall have Rule over a Son that causeth Shame.

xxvii. 18. He that waiteth on his Mafter shall be honoured.

Mal. i. 6. A Servant honoureth his Mafter.

Matt. x. 24. Neither is the Servant above his Matter, Ver. 25. Prov. 19 10. For a Servant to have Rule over Princes is not seemly.

Luke iii. 14. Be content with your Wages.

xvii. 7. Who of you having a Servant plowing or feeding Cattle, will fay to him by and by when he is come from the Field go fit down to Meat?

Ver. 8. And will not rather fay unto him, make ready wherewith I may sup, and afterward thou shalt fup.

I Cor. vii. 21. Art thou called being a Servant, care not for it, but if thou mayeft be made free, use it rather.

Ver. 22. He that is called in the Lord, being a Servant, is the Lord's Freeman.

Eph. vi. 5. Servants he obedient to them that are your Masters according to the Flesh.

Ver. 6 Not with Eye-fervice as Men-pleafers, but as the Servants of Chrift, doing the Will of God from the Heart.

Ver. 7. With Good-will, doing Service as unto the Lord, and not to Men.

Ver. 8. Knowing that whatsoever good Thing any Man doth, the fame fhall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

Col. iii. 22. Servants obey in all Things your Mafters according to the Flesh, not with Eye-fervice as Men-pleafers, but in Singleness of Heart, fearing God. See ver. 23, 24, 25.

1 Tim. vi. 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 blafphemed, Ver. 2.

Tit. ii. 9. Exhort ervants to be obedient to their Mafters, and to please them well in all Things, not answering again.

Ver. to. Not purloining but fhewing all good Fidelity, that they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all Things.

i Pet. ii. 18. Servants be fubject to your Mafters with all Fear, not only to the Good and Gentle, but alfo to the Froward, Ver. 19, Servants are called faithful, Matt. 24. 45-25. 21. initances, Abraham's Servant, Gen, 24. Jacob, Gen. 31. 6. See Pf. 132. 2. Servants

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Servants are wicked, flothful, unprofitable, Matt. 25. 26. 30. Who knew his Lord's Will and did it not, Luke 12, 47.

Magiftrates.

97. Duties of the Civil Magiflrate, to adminifter Justice impart ally. Deut. i. 16. Judge righteously between every Man and his Brother, and the Stranger that is with you, John 7. 24.

xvi. 18. Judge the Feople with juft Judgment, Ezek. 18. 8.

xix. 18. Make diligent Inquifition, Job 29. 16, 17. Prov. 25. 2. xxv. 1. Juftify the Righteous and condemn the Wicked.

Pf. lxxxii. 3. Defend the Poor and Fatherlefs, do Juftice to the Afflicted and Needy, Pf. 72. 2.

Ver. 4. Deliver the Poor and Needy out of the Hand of the Wicked.

Prov. xx. 8. A King that fitteth in the Throne of Judgment fcattereth away all Evil with his Eyes.

Ver. 26. A wife King scattereth the Wicked, and bringeth the Wheel over them, Pf. 101. 4.

Ver. 28 Mercy and Truth uphold the King, and his Throne is holden by Mercy, Ch. 16. 2. Is eftablished by Righteousness.

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xxi. 3. To do Justice and Judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than Sacrifice.

xxix. 14. The King that faithfully judgeth.the Poor, his Throne fall be established for ever.

Ifa. i. 17. Seek Judgment, relieve the Oppreffed, judge the Fatherlefs, plead for the Widow.

Ver. 18. Though your Sins be as Scarlet, they fhall be as Snow or as Wool.

lvi. 1. Thus faith the Lord, keep Judgment and do Juftice.

Ver. 2. Bleffed is the Man that doth this.

lviii. 6. Loofe the Bands of Wickednefs, undo the heavy Burdens,. let the Oppreffed go free, break every Yoke.

Ver. 8. Then fhall thy Light break forth as the Morning.

lxi. 8. I the Lord love Judgment, I hate Robbery.

Jer. xxii. 3. Thus faith the Lord, execute ye Judgment and Righte oufnefs, and deliver the Spoiled out of the Hand of the Oppreffor, and do no Wrong, do no Violence to the Stranger, to the Fatherless, nor to the Widow, neither shed innocent Blood in this Place, Ch. 21. 12.

Ver. 4. Then fhall there enter in by the Gates of this House, Kings fitting upon the Throne of David, &c.

Ver. 16. He judged the Caufe of the Poor and Needy, then it was well with him.

Ezek. xlv. 9. Thus faith the Lord God, remove Violence and Spoil, and execute Judgment and Juftice, take away your Exactions from my E People, faith the Lord.

Hof. xii. 6. Keep Mercy and do Judgment, wait on thy God continually, Ifa. 16. 4. In Mercy fhall thy Throne be established.

Am. v. 24. Let Judgment run down as Waters, and Righteousness as a mighty Stream.

Zech. viii. 16. Execute the Judgment of Peace and Truth in your Gates, Ch. 7. 9. Exod. 18. 16.-23.6, 7, 8. Deut. 16. 19. See Lev. 19. 15. Am. 5. 15.

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