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of her life. She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

PARENTS and CHILDREN.

Parents.

(m) Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; having them in subjection with all gravity.

(2) The words which God hath commanded you, he shall lay up in your heart; and ye shall teach them diligently unto your children. And ye shall command your children, and your household after you, to keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, and to observe to do all the words of his law.

(o) Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it.

(p) Chasten thy son betimes, while there is hope; and let not thy soul spare for his crying : For foolishness is bound in the heart of a child: but the rod and reproof give wisdom. And if thou withhold not correction, thou shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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(9) Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul: But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

(r) Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

(s) Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore, lest the land become full of wickedness.

(t) The children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

(u) If any provide not for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

(w) When a man maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, he shall give his first-born a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

(x) A good man leaveth an inheritance to his childrens children.

Children.

(y) Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right, Obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

(*) 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.

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(s) Lev. 19. 29. (z) Deut. 21. 16, 17. Col. 3. 20. (z) Eph.

(r) Col. 3. 21.
(u) 1 Tim. 58.
(y) Eph. 6. 1.

(a) My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

(b) Ye shall fear, every man, his mother and His father.

(c) Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

(d) The eye which 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.

(e) Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother.

(f) He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

(g) A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

MASTERS and SERVANTS.

Masters.

(2) Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal, forbearing threatening, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him

(i) Despise not the cause of thy man-servant, or of thy maid-servant, when they contend with thee. Did not he that made thee in the womb, make him? And did not one fashion us all in the womb ?

(a) Prov. 1. 8. (b) Lev 19. 3.

30. 17.

10. I.

(c) Prov. 20. 20.
(e) Deut. 27. 16. (f) Prov. 19. 26.
(b) Col. 4. I. Eph. 6. 9.
Col. 4. I.

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(i) Job 31. 13, 15.

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(*) Ye shall not rule one over another with rigour; for ye are brethren.

(2) Wo unto him that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work.

(m) He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.

Servants.

(n) Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters, according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasures, but in singleness of heart, fearing God: And as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men; knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord; whether he be bond or free..

(o) Servants, obey your masters in all things, and please them well in all things; not answering again, not purloining, but shewing all good. fidelity..

(p) Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward: For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience-sake towards God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

(2) Be content with

your wages?

(r) They that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but

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rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.

(s) Let as many servants as are under the yoke, count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

The DUTIES of MAGISTRATES and SUBJECTS.

Magistrates.

(1) The judges and officers that shall be rulers over you, shall be able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness. And they shall judge the people at all seasons, and hear the causes between their brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

(u) They shall not wrest judgment; they shall not respect persons in judgment; but they shall hear the small as well as the great. They shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty; neither take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. They shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's.

(w) Take heed what ye do, ye that are judges; for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment. Wherefore let the fear of the Lord be upon you; and judge not unjustly, nor accept the persons of the wicked,

1 Tim. 6.2.

I. 13.

(s) 1 Tim. 6. 1.

Exod. 18. 21, 22.

Deut. I. 17. Lev. 115.

Deut.

(t) Deut. 16. 18. Deut. 1. 16. (u) Deut. 16. 19. Deut. 16. 19. Deut. 1. 17.

(20) 2 Chron. 19. 6, 7. Psal. 82. 2. Prov. 18. 5.

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