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They are to instruct their children in all good ways
They are to be gentle towards their children
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They are to correct them for stubbornness and idleness
Parents ought to place their children in a proper calling
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And should make a suitable provision for them
Parents are to prevent their children from marrying graceless persons . 359
They should be constant in prayer for their spiritual welfare.
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There must be an acknowledgment of that dignity and authority God
has put upon parents
SERMON XXXIV.
Of the duty of children towards their parents
They are to reverence their parents as appointed by God to direct their
education
Children are to attend to their parents' instructions
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And to submit to their parents' discipline
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And to the corrections of their parents, and to profit by them
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They must be humbled for their faults.
And be grieved for having incurred their parents' displeasure
Not to be angry with their parents for doing their duty
They must seek God's forgiveness, and that of their parents
They are cheerfully to submit to the disposals of their parents
And to their directions in all lawful things
Children are to honour their parents though they should not always act
for the best
They are to consider themselves as servants of God in their calling
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They are to have an inward reverence to their masters
Servants are not to purloin, but to show all good fidelity
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They are to have clean hands, and to be industrious and thrifty
They should pray for their masters, and the success of their business
SERMON XXXVI.
The duties of masters to their servants considered.
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Religious masters should make a good choice of their servants
They are to serve God in the important calling of a master of a family. 383
Masters are to use their authority over their servants for God's glory 384
The great influence a master's conduct has over his servants
Is his government such as best serves to promote religion among them? 385
Have masters encouraged them in the ways of Christian godliness? . 385
Masters are to be mild in their carriage, and reasonable in their com-
mands
They are to be just and kind towards their servants
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It is the duty of masters to watch over their servants' souls
Masters should examine themselves concerning the discharge of their
duty? and, under a sense of their imperfections, to depend on the
righteousness of Christ ..
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SERMON XXXVII.
The duties of husbands and wives considered
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Marriage is a divine institution
God's glory is set forth in preserving the chastity of our minds in the
procreation of children, the end of marriage.
Both parties respectively commanded to answer these ends
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A religious regard to these ends is for the glory of God
What rules God hath prescribed to married persons
Their duties represented by the spiritual marriage betwixt Christ and
They should regard each other as one, and endeavour to promote the
The temper and conduct of Christ to the Church sets forth what is the
duty of the husband to the wife
Husbands should love their wives, and wives should reverence their
husbands
. 397
It is the husband's duty to direct, and the wife's to obey
Husbands are to provide, and wives must prudently manage that pro-
vision
They must bear with their wives, and most lovingly help them
Reflections on bad ends in marriage, and proper directions given
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SERMON XXXVIII.
All the Commandments stand on the same footing of divine authority. 406
The duties of ministers and people considered
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Ministers should account themselves servants of Christ, and their people
They must diligently dispense the word, and their people must meekly
receive it
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Ministers must give themselves up to their work, and people must com-.
municate to them in all good things
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They are to be examples of what they teach, and people must follow
Both to consider how they have discharged these duties, to mourn for
defects, and to look for pardon through a Redeemer
SERMON XXXIX.
The relation of magistrates and people, to be considered
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A mournful reflection on want of conscience in magistrates and people. 420
Government is an ordinance of God
Magistrates must regard themselves as God's ministers
Moses's direction concerning magistrates
Magistrates are to be honoured and reverenced
. 421
Want of reverence for authority a national vice in this kingdom
. 425
Casting off regard to governors is rejecting God's ordinance.
The evil consequences of disregarding authority
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Magistrates are to use their authority to maintain godliness, honesty,
The bad behaviour of magistrates and subjects to be lamented
They ought to pray for one another
The sins of the people against their magistrates to be duly mourned for 431
SERMON XL.
Duties arising from various distinctions
In quality or station some are high, others are low
The duty of superiors and inferiors in that respect.
Another distinction made by wealth obliges to honour and reverence
Age makes a difference, to be regarded in the same manner
The wisdom of God appears in the various distinctions of mankind
The great evil of pride in superiors
Spiritual attainments are to be honoured
Such persons should demean themselves with great humility. And they are to be useful and exemplary
How others are to behave to those blessed with the grace of God Reflections on the neglect of the duties of the fifth Commandment
SERMON XLI.
The sixth Commandment, Thou shalt do no murder, considered
In every Commandment something required and something forbidden
Not to be of an envious disposition of heart
Nor to bear a revengeful temper, but to be of a meek spirit
We are to be of a kind and courteous temper
And of a disposition to construe everything in the best manner We ought to be of a forgiving temper
A peaceable temper is also a branch of meekness
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We are not to be of a cruel, but of a compassionate disposition
We are not to gratify envy, revenge, or cruelty, in our speech
We are not to injure any in soul or body by our conduct
Drunkards, gluttons, and whoremongers, may be ranked among mur-
derers
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SERMON XLII.
An exhortation to be duly affected with our great guilt in breaking the
Commandments
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The seventh Commandment, Thou shalt not commit adultery, considered 457
Our bodies are to be kept in a due subjection to our spirits
The Commandment requires inward chastity
What is implied by inward chastity
Intemperance forbidden by this commandment
It is not only sinful, but nourishes lust
The sins of Sodom and Amnon occasioned by idleness
All means to be used to restrain lust
Moderation in meats and drinks, and, as need is, fasting and abstinence 462
We are to be diligent in our calling
We are to be aware of the recreations we use
The spirituality of this seventh Commandment to be seriously consi-
dered
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SERMON XLIII.
The great sin and danger of transgressing the law of God
The eighth Commandment, Thou shalt not steal, explained
The great duty required is contentedness, and the great sin forbidden is
covetousness
Covetousness includes an unbelieving distrust of God concerning those
things we want for ourselves and families
And also a carnal desire, lusting after the things we need not,
Injustice is forbidden, a sin occasioned by covetousness
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There is often dishonesty in buying and selling, in borrowing and lend-
Also in hiring, and labouring for hire
If we have defrauded any, restitution is to be made
Niggardliness is a sin forbidden by the eighth Commandment
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Eight marks of niggardliness
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Wastefulness is a sin forbidden by this Commandment
He that wastes his substance in eating and drinking, or in unsuitable
apparel, sins against this Commandment
Gamesters no better than thieves, whether they lose or win.
He that wastes his substance in pleasures, robs himself, his family, and
the poor
Idleness is a companion that is the worst of thieves
Niggardliness and wastefulness great temptations to dishonesty
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SERMON XLIV.
Three directions for making a right use of the law
The ninth Commandment, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour, considered
False-witnessing on oath is a breach of three Commandments
We are, as far as we can, to preserve a good opinion of our neighbour
in our hearts
The great evil of a censorious disposition
Rash judging is a sin against this Commandment
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A willingness to hear the faults of others the effect of a censorious dis-
position
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We are to maintain the character of our neighbour
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Detraction, slander, and evil-speaking, the effects of censoriousness
What is to be understood by these effects of censure
. 479
The tongue appears to be an enemy to the soul
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A new heart to be earnestly prayed for
We are not to speak of the faults of others unless obliged to it
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SERMON XLV.
The tenth Commandment, Thou shalt not covet, considered
. 482
What is required by the Commandments of the first and second tables 482
What is to be understood by covetousness, in the tenth Commandment 483
This Commandment condemns the sinful desires of our nature
Earthly and sensual desires forbidden by this Commandment
The difference betwixt sinful and necessary desires
We ought not to harbour sinful desires after our neighbour's dignity. 486
This tenth Commandment shows the great sinfulness of our nature
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SERMON XLVI.
The giving out of the law implied that sin was in the world
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And that sin is not known to be sin
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