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as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.

Matth. xix, 13, 14. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Mark ix, 36, 37. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

Mark x, 13-16. And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms. put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

Luke ix, 48. And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great,

Luke xviii, 15-17. And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called

them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter

therein.

CHILDREN BORN IN OLD AGE OF PARENTS. Gen. xvi, 15, 16. And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was fourscore and six years old when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

Gen. xvii, 17. Then Abraham fell upon his face, ani laughed, and said in his heart Shall a child

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be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Gen. xxi, 1, 2, 5-7. And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which And God had spoken to him. Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

Gen. xxiv, 36. And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

Ruth i, 11, 12. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Turn again, my daughters; go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to-night, and should also bear

sons.

Luke i, 18, 36. And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Heb. xi, 11. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

DEATH OF CHILDREN.

1 Sam. il, 33, 34. And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

1 Kings xiv, 12, 13, 17. Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house; and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. And Jeroboam's

wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died.

1 Kings xvii, 17, 18. And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

2 Kings iv, 18-21. And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head! And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

Job 1, 18, 19. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sous and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house. And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness,

and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

1 Kings xxi, 21, 22. Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Alab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Abijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

Job xviii, 19. He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

- Isa. xiv, 22. For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

Ps. xxi, 10. Their fruit shalt thon destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of

men.

Ps. cxxxvii, 9. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Isa. li, 18. There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

Jer. xv, 7. And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

Ezek. xxiv, 25. Also, thou son of man shall it not be,in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters.

Lam. ii, 19-22. Arise, cry out in the night; in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart

like water before the face of the

LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? . . . . The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. Thou hast called, as in a solemn day, my terrors round about; so that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

Hosea ix, 12, 13, 16. Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them. Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

Matth. ii, 16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth,and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

GRIEF OF BEREAVED
PARENTS.

Gen. xxxvii, 85. And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted: and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Gen. xlii, 36. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not,

and ye will take Benjamin away. | ashamed steal away when they All these things are against me. flee in battle. But the king cried with a loud voice, O my son covered his face, and the king Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!

vant my father said unto us, Ye
Gen. xliv, 27-29. And thy ser-
know that my wife bare me two
sons: And the one went out from
me, and I said, Surely he is torn
in pieces; and I saw him not since.
And if ye take this also from me,
and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with
sorrow to the grave.

Lev. x, 19, 20. And Aaron said
unto Moses, Behold, this day have
they offered their sin-offering and
their burnt-offering before the
LORD; and such things have be-
fallen me: and if I had eaten the
sin-offering to-day, should it have
been accepted in the sight of the
LORD? And when Moses heard
that, he was content.

she came to the man of God to
2 Kings iv, 27, 28. And when
feet; but Gehazi came near to
the hill, she caught him by the
thrust her away. And the man of
God said, Let her alone: for her
soul is vexed within her; and the
LORD hath hid it from me, and
hath not told me. Then she said,
Did I desire a son of my lord? did
I not say, Do not deceive me?

1 Chron. vii, 20-22. And the Bered his son, and Taliath his sons of Ephraim; Shuthelal, and son, and Eladah his son, and Taand Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, hath his son, And Zabad his son, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Job xxix, 5. When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me.

Jer. vi, 26. O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth and wallow thyself in make thee mourning, as for an ashes; for the spoiler shall suddenly only son, most bitter lamentation:

2 Sam. xii, 18, 19, 21-23. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice;how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. Then said his servants thing is this that thou hast done? unto him, What thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise LORD, A voice was heard in RaJer. xxxi, 15. Thus saith the and eat bread. While the child was yet alive, I weeping, Rachel weeping for her And he said, mah, lamentation, and bitter tasted and wept: for I said, Who children, refused to be comforted can tell whether God will gracious to me, that the child may were not. be for her children, because they live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

2 Sam. xiii, 37. But Absalom
fled, and went to Talmai, the son
of Ammihud, king of Geshur: and
David mourned for his son every
day.

was much moved, and went up to
2 Sam. xviii, 33. And the king
the chamber over the gate, and
wept; and, as he went, thus he
said, O my son Absalom! my son,
my son Absalom! would God Í
had died for thee, O Absalom, my
son, my son!

come upon us.

trodden under foot all my mighty Lam. i, 15, 16. The LORD hath men in the midst of me; he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine press. For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down that should relieve my soul is far with water, because the comforter from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy pre

vailed.

FILIAL DUTY,

EXEMPLIFIED AND INCULCATED.

told Joab, Behold, the king weep-fore, my son, obey my voice, ac-
2 Sam. xix, 1-4. And it was Gen. xxvii, 8, 13. Now, there-
eth and mourneth for Absalom. cording to that which I com-
And the victory that day was mand thee. And his mother said
turned into mourning unto all unto him, Upon me be thy curse,
the people; for the people heard my son; only obey my voice, and
say that day, how the king was go fetch me them.
grieved for his son. And the
people gat them by stealth that
day into the city, as people being

go up to my father, and the lad be Gen. xliv, 34. For how shall I not with me? lest peradventure I

see the evil that shall come on my father.

Gen. xlv, 13. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

Gen. xlvi, 29. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Gen. xlviii, 2. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

Lev. xix, 3. Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Deut. v, 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 giveth thee.

Prov. i, 8, 9. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Prov. xxiii, 22 26. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Isa. xlv, 10. Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

Mark vil, 10-12. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother, Eph. vi, 1-3. Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with promise) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Col. iii, 20. Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. SIN AND DANGER OF FILIAL

DISOBEDIENCE.

Exod. xxl, 17. And he that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Lev. xx, 9. For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Deut. xxi, 18-21. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall bis father and his mother layhold on him,and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and out unto the gate of his place: And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard. all the men of his city shall stone And him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Deut. xxvii, 16. Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen,

Prov. xx, 20. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Prov. xxx, 17. The eye that 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.

SPECIAL FORM OF FILIAL

DUTY.

Gen. xlv, 10, 11. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thoa, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty

Gen. xlvil, 11, 12. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And

Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according

to their families.

went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: 1 Sam. xxii, 3, 4. And David and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold, I

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PARENTAL AFFECTION. Gen. xxi, 15, 16. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat way off, as it were a bow-shot; for her down over against him a good she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Gen. xxiv, 55. And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall 50.

Gen. xxvii, 26, 27. And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him. . . . .

Gen. xxxi, 26, 28. And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not Gen. xlii, 4, 38. But Benjamin with his brethren: for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Gen. xliii, 13, 14. Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: And God Al

mighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

asked his servants, saying, Have Gen. xliv, 19-22, 30, 31. My lord ye a father, or a brother? And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. And thou saidst

unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. And we said unto my lord, The lad

king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

2 Sam. xix, 6. In that thou lovest thine enemics, and hatest thy

took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, of Beer-sheba.

I cannot leave his father: for friends: for thou hast declared this and wandered in the wilderness

he should leave his father, his father would die. Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us: (seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;) It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

Gen. xlv, 26-28. And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the waggons, which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

Gen. xlviii, 10, 11. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

2 Sam. xiii, 38, 39. So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he

was dead.

2 Sam. xiv, 1, 33. Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants, for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee

well.

Ps. cill, 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Luke vill, 19, 20. Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. And it was told him by certain, which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Luke xi, 11, 12. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

SPECIAL INSTANCE.

1 Kings iii, 22-28. And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son: and this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, (for her bowels yearned upon her son,) and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: but the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. Then the king answer2 Sam. xviii, 5, 12, 13. And the ed and said, Give her the living king commanded Joab, and child, and in no wise slay it: she Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Deal is the mother thereof. And all gently, for my sake, with the Israel heard of the judgment young man, even with Absalom. which the king had judged; and And all the people heard when they feared the king: for they saw the king gave all the captains that the wisdom of God was in charge concerning Absalom. him, to do judgment. And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the

FAVOURITISM.

Gen. xxi, 10, 11, 14. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman and her son: for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and

Gen. xxv, 28. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his but Rebekah loved venison; Jacob.

Gen. xxxvii, 3, 4. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him his brethren saw that their father a coat of many colours. And when loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Gen. xlviii, 22. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

PARENTAL AUTHORITY.

Gen. xviii, 17-19. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall 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.

Gen. 1, 16, 17. And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

1 Sam. iii, 13. For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

1 Sam. xvi, 22. And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

2 Sam. xiv, 21-24. And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. So Joab arose, and

went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's

face.

Esther ii, 20. Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. DUTY OF PARENTS TO INSTRUCT THEIR CHILDREN. Gen. xviii, 19. For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall 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. And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am

the LORD.

Deut. iv. 9, 10. Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest, they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons: Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my

words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

Deut. vi, 6-8. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart; And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

Deut. xi, 18, 19. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart, and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deut. xxxi, 12, 13. Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates that they

may hear, and that they may
learn, and fear the LORD your God,
and observe to do all the words of
this law; And that their children,
which have not known any thing,
may hear, and learn to fear the
LORD your God, as long as ye live
in the land whither ye go over
Jordan to possess it.

Ps. xxii, 30, 31. A seed shall
serve him; it shall be accounted to
the LORD for a generation. They
shall come, and shall declare his
righteousness unto a people that
shall be born, that he hath done

this.

P8. xxxiv, 11. Come, ye children,
hearken unto me; I will teach you
the fear of the LORD.

Ps. lxxviii, 3-8. Which we have
heard and known, and our fathers
have told us. We will not hide
them from their children, shewing
to the generation to come the
praises of the LORD, and his
strength, and his wonderful works
that he hath done. For he esta-
blished a testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel, which
he commanded our fathers, that
they should make them known to
their children; That the genera-
tion to come might know them,
even the children which should be
born, who should arise and declare
them to their children; That they
might set their hope in God, and
not forget the works of God, but
And
keep his commandments:
might not be as their fathers, a
stubborn and rebellious genera-
tion; a generation that set not
spirit was not stedfast with God.
their heart aright, and whose

Prov. iv, 1-4, 10-13. Hear, ye
children, the instruction of a
father, and attend to know under-

standing. For I give you good
doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

For I was my father's son, tender
and only beloved in the sight of
my mother. He taught me also,
and said unto me, Let thine heart
retain my words: keep my com-
mandments, and live. Hear, O
and the years of thy life shall be
my son, and receive my sayings;
many. I have taught thee in the
way of wisdom; I have fed thec in
right paths. When thou goest,
thy steps shall not be straitened;
and when thou runnest, thou shalt
not stumble. Take fast hold of
instruction; let her not go: keep
her, for she is thy life.

Prov. xiii, 1. A wise son heareth
his father's instruction: but a
scorner heareth not rebuke.

Prov. xv, 5. A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Prov. xxvii, 11. My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that 1 may answer him that reproacheth me.

Cant. viii, 2. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me....

Isa. xxxviii, 19. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Joel i, 2, 3. Ilear this, ye old tants of the land. Hath this been men, and give ear, all ye inhabiin your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Eph. vi, 4. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Çol. iii, 21. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

2 Tim. i, 5. When I call to rethat is in thee, which dwelt first membrance the unfeigned faith in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

AND TO CHASTISE THEM.

Prov. xiii, 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Prov. xix, 18, 19. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Prov. xxii, 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Prov. xxiii, 13, 14. Withhold not

correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he

shall not die. Thou shalt beat

him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Prov. xxix, 15. 17. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child to shame. Correct thy son, and lett to himself bringeth his mother he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Heb. xii, 9, 10. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness

AND ESPECIALLY TO TELL
THEM THE MEANING OF
RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES.
Exod. xii, 25-27. And it shall
come to pass, when ye be come

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