the_o parent_n wrap_v up_o in_o another_o skin_n o_o the_o care_n the_o cost_n the_o pity_n the_o tenderness_n the_o pain_n the_o fear_n they_o have_v express_v for_o you_o it_o be_v worse_o than_o heathenish_a ingratitude_n not_o to_o return_v love_n for_o love_n this_o filial_a love_n be_v not_o only_o in_o itself_o a_o duty_n but_o to_o be_v the_o root_n or_o spring_n of_o all_o your_o other_o duty_n to_o they_o three_o obedience_n to_o their_o command_n be_v due_a to_o they_o by_o the_o lord_n strict_a and_o special_a command_n eph._n 6.1_o child_n obey_v your_o parent_n in_o the_o lord_n for_o this_o be_v right_n honour_v thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n which_o be_v the_o first_o commandment_n with_o promise_n filial_a obedience_n be_v not_o only_o found_v upon_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n but_o also_o upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n for_o though_o the_o subjection_n of_o servant_n to_o master_n come_v in_o by_o sin_n yet_o the_o subjection_n of_o child_n to_o parent_n 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