fo to preferve that Authority which God hath put upon them 130. Queft. What are the Sins of Superiors? Anfw. The Sins of Superiors are, befide the Neglect of the Duties required of them, an inordinate feeking of themselves, their own Glory, Eafe Profit, or Pleasure ; Commanding Things unlawful, or not in the Power of Inferiors to perith form f of the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king: for they faw that the wifdom of God was in him, to do judgment. Tit. 2. 15. Thefe things fpeak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man defpife thee. 130. Ezek. 34. 2. Son of man, prophefy against the shepherds of Irael, prophely, and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God unto the Thepherds, Wo be to the shepherds. of Ifrael that do feed themfelves: fhould not the fhepherds feed the flocks 7.3. Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wooll, ye kill` them that are fed but ye feed not the flock. v.4. The difeafed have ye not frengthned, neither have ye healed that which was fick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye fought that which was loft; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. Phil. 2. 21. For all feek their own, not the things which are Jefus Chrifts. c John 5.44. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and feek not the honour that cometh from God only? John 7. 18. He that fpeaketh of himself, fecketh his own glory:but he that feeketh his glory that fent him, the fame is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. d Ifa. $6. 10. His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark, fleeping, lying down, loving to flumber. 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs, which can never have enough, and they are thepherds that cannot understand they all look to their own way, every one for his gain from his quarters Deut. 17. 17. Neither hall he multiply wives.to himfelf, that his heart turn not away: neither hall he greatly mul tiply to himself Gilver and gold." • Dan, 3. 40 Then an herauld cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, . That at what time ye hear the found of the cornet, flute, harp, fackbut, pfaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of mufick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath fet up. v. 6. And whole falleth not down, and worshippeth, fhall the fame hour be caft into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Acts 4. 17. But that it fpread no further among the people, let us ftraitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name....18. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jefus.v Exod. form ; Counselling, Encouraging or Fa"vouring them in that which is evil; Diffwading, Difcouraging, or Discountenancing them in that which is good *; Correcting them unduly '; careless Expofing, or Leaving them to Wrong, Temptation and Danger "; Provoking them to Wrath"; f Exod. s. from verfe 10. to the 18. Fathers, provoke not your children And the task-mafters of the people to anger, left they be difcouraged. went out, and their officers, and they Exod. s. 17. But he faid, Ye are idle, fpake to the people, faying, Thus ye are idle: therefore ye fay, Let us faith Pharaoh, I will not give you go, and do facrifice to the Lord. ftraw, e. Mat. 23. 2. Saying, The fcribes and Pharifees fit in Mofes feat. v. 4. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be born, Mat. 14. 8. And fhe, being before instructed by her mother, faid, Give me here John Baptifts head in a charger. Compared with Mark 6. 24. And the went forth, and faid unto her mother, What fhall I ask? and fhe faid, The head of John the Baptift. h2 Sam. 13. 28. Now Abfalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnons heart is merry with wine, and when I fay unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be couragious and be valiant. i 1 Sam. 3. 13. For I have told him, that I will judge his houfe for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: because his fons made them felves vile, and he reftrained them not. * John 7. 46. The officers anfwered, Never man spake like this man. v. 47. Then anfwered them the Pharifees, Are ye also deceived? v. 48. Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharifees believed on him? v.49. But this people who knoweth not the law are curfed. Colof. 3. 21. 1 Pet. 2. 18. Servants, be fubje& 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, fuffering wrongfully. v. 20. For what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently but if when ye do well, and fuffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is acceptable with God. Heb. 12. 10. For they verily for a few days_chaftned us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Deut. 25.3. Forty ftripes he may give him, and not exceed : left if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many ftripes, then thy brother fhould feem vile unto thee. m Gen. 38. 11. Then faid Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy fathers house, till Shelah my fon be grown; (for he faid, Left peradventure he die alfo as his brethren did) and Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers house. v. 26. And Judah acknowledged them, and faid, She hath been more righteous than I; because I gave her not to Shelah my fon: and n Wrath or any way Difhonouring themselves, or Leffening their Authority, by an unjust, indif creet, rigorous or remils Behaviour o. 131. Queft. What are the Duties of Equals? Anfu. The Duties of Equals are, To Regard the Dignity and Worth of each other P, in giving Honour to go one before another; and to Rejoice in each others Gifts and Advancement, as their own 132. Quest. he knew her again no more. As 18. 17. Then all the Greeks took Softhenes, the chief ruler of the fynagogue, and beat him before the judgment-feat and Gallio cared for none of those things. Eph. 6. 4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. • Gen. 9. 21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he was uncovered within his tent. 1 Kings 12. 13. And the king (Rehoboam) anfwered the people roughly, and forfook the old mens counfel that they gave him; v. 14. Andspake to them after the counsel of the young men,faying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father also chaftifed you with whips, but I will chaftise you with fcorpions. v. 15. Where fore the king hearkned not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord,--- v. 16. So when all Ifrael faw that the king hearkned not unto them, the people answered the king, faying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the fon of Jeffe: to your tents, O Ifrael: now fee to thine own house, David. So Ifrael departed unto their tents. 1 Kings 1. 6. And his father had not displeased him (viz. Adonijah) at any time, at in saying, Why haft thou done fo? -1 Sam. 2. 29. Wherefore kick ye my facrifices, and at mine offering which I have commanded in my habitation, and honoureft thy fons above me, to make your felves fat, with the chiefeft of all the offerings of Ifrael my people? v. 30. Wherefore the Lord God of Ifrael faith, I faid indeed, that thy houfe, and the house of thy father fhould walk before me for ever but now the Lord faith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that defpife me, fhall be lightly efteemed. v. 31. Behold, the days come that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy fathers houfe, that there fhall not be an old man in thine house. 131. P 1 Pet. 2. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 9 Rom. 12.10. Be kindly affectioned one to another; with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another. Rom. 12. 15. Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep. v. 16. Be of the fame mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condefcend to men of low eftate. Be not wife in your own conceits. Phil. 2. 3. Let nothing be done through ftrife or vain glory,bus in lowliness of mind, U 3 let 132. Queft. What are the Sins of Equals? W Anfw. The Sins of Equals are, befide the Neglect of the Duties required The Undervaluing of the Worth Envying the Gifts, Grieving at the Advancement or Profperity one of another w and Ufurping Preeminence one over another 7. n133. Qu, What is the Beafon annexed to the Fifth Commandment, the more to enforce it ?. 21.10 ... Anfw. The Reafon annexed to the Fifth Commandment, in thefe Words, That may be long upon the Lane by Days which the Lord thy God giveth thee is an exprefs Promile of long Life and Profperity, as far as it shall serve for God's Glory and their own Good, to all fuch as keep this Commandment. t bas t 134 Quest. let each efteen other better than man told Zeresh his wife and all his themselves, 4 Look not every friends, every thing that had befal man on his own things, but every len him, Then faid his wife men, i man alfo on the things of otherstand Zerefh, his wife unto him, If 132. Rom. 3 Owe no man Mordecai be of the feed of the Jews, any thing, but to love one another before whom thou haftsbegun to for he that loveth another, hath fall, thou shalt not prevail against fulfilled the law. basmis said him, but shalt furely fall before him. 1 f 2 Tim. 3.3 Without natural 3 John 9. I wrote unto the affection, truce-breakers, falfe ac, church; but Diotrephes, who loveth ( cufers, incontinent, fierce, defpifers to have preeminence among them, of thofe that are goodvod receiveth us not. Luke 22.24. And Acts 7.9 And the patriarchs there was alfo a ftrife among them, moved with envy, fald Jofephinto which of them fhould be accounted: Egypt: but God was with him, Gal, other greatest 5. 26. Let us not be defireous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one anothers 2015 w Numb, 12. 2..And they faid, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Mofes hath he not fpoken alfo by us? and the Lord heard it. Efth. 6. 12. And Mordecai came again to the kings gate: but Haman hafted to his house, mourning, and having his head covered. v. 13. And Ha 33. Y Exod. 202 121 3. Deut, s. 16. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God-1 giveth thee. 21 Kings 8125. There fore now, Lord God of Ifrael, keep ! with thy fervant David my father 134 Quest. Which is the Sixth Commandment? Anfw. The Sixth Commandment is, Thou shalt not Kill 135. Quest. What are the Duties required in the Sixth Commandment ? Anfw. The Duties required in the Sixth Commandment, are all careful Studies, and lawful Endeavours to preferve the Life of our felves and others, by refifting all Thoughts and Purpofesd, fubduing all Paffions, and avoiding all Occa Baéfions, that thou promisedft him, faying, There fhall not fail thée a man in my fight to fit on the throne of If rael, fo that thy children take heed' to their way, that they walk before me as thou haft walked before me. Eph. 6. 2. Honour thy father and thy mother, (which is the first commandment with promife) v.3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayeft live long on the earth. 134. a. Exod. 20. 13. 9 1135.Eph. 5. 28. Soought men to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself. 29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church. faid the princes, and all the people unto the priests, and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath fpoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. Acts 2-3, 12. And when it was day,certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, faying, That they would neither ear nor drink till they had killed Paul. v. 16. And when Pauls fifters fon heard of their lying in wait, he went and entred into the caftle, and told Paul. v. 17. Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and faid, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for He hath a certain thing to tell him. v. 21. But do not ithou yield unto them: for there ly in wait for him more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready looking for a promife from thee. v. 27." This man was taken of the Jews, and fhould have been killed of them then came I with an army, and fefcued him, having understood that he was a Roman. 1 Kings 18. 4. For it was fo,when, Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hund red prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. -d Jer. 26. 15. But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye fhall furely bring innocent blood upon your felves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants there of for of a truth the Lord hath Eph. 4. 26. Be ye angry, and fent me unto you, to speak all these fin not let not the fun go down words in your cars. v. 16. Then upon |