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parent_n unto_o who_o after_o god_n and_o his_o supreme_a vicegerent_n we_o owe_v the_o high_a respect_n gratitude_n and_o duty_n v._o commandment_n honour_n thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n honour_n the_o word_n signify_v to_o have_v in_o weighty_a regard_n and_o apt_o serve_v to_o denote_v those_o particular_a act_n of_o duty_n which_o be_v otherwhere_o express_v in_o scripture_n 3._o fear_v and_o reverence_n you_o shall_v fear_v every_o man_n his_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n observance_n and_o obedience_n child_n obey_v your_o parent_n in_o all_o thing_n 20._o for_o this_o be_v well_o please_v to_o god_n gratitude_n and_o retribution_n let_v child_n learn_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o to_o be_v pious_a towards_o their_o own_o family_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o render_v suitable_a return_n or_o to_o requite_v their_o parent_n for_o this_o be_v good_a and_o acceptable_a before_o god_n regard_v their_o instruction_n and_o advice_n my_o son_n hear_v the_o instruction_n of_o thy_o father_n 22._o and_o forsake_v not_o the_o law_n of_o thy_o mother_n it_o also_o comprehend_v a_o prohibition_n of_o the_o contrary_a act_n contemn_v curse_v offer_v violence_n or_o contumely_n unto_o disobedience_n and_o contumacy_n towards_o parent_n the_o which_o be_v forbid_v under_o capital_a penalty_n and_o dreadful_a commination_n curse_v be_v he_o that_o set_v light_a by_o his_o father_n or_o mother_n 16._o and_o the_o eye_n that_o mock_v at_o his_o father_n and_o despise_v to_o obey_v his_o mother_n the_o raven_n of_o the_o valley_n shall_v pick_v it_o out_o and_o the_o young_a eagle_n shall_v eat_v it_o that_o be_v 17._o god_n in_o a_o fearful_a and_o strange_a manner_n will_v avenge_v that_o wickedness_n upon_o he_o and_o in_o the_o law_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o the_o rebellious_a and_o stubborn_a son_n who_o will_v not_o obey_v the_o voice_n of_o his_o father_n or_o the_o voice_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o that_o when_o they_o have_v chasten_v he_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o they_o shall_v be_v stone_v by_o all_o the_o man_n of_o his_o city_n and_o put_v to_o death_n in_o that_o manner_n whence_o we_o may_v learn_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o duty_n here_o enjoin_v and_o what_o rank_n it_o bear_v among_o other_o duty_n what_o high_a obligation_n belong_v thereto_o of_o what_o consideration_n it_o be_v with_o god_n and_o how_o grievous_a a_o crime_n the_o violation_n thereof_o be_v that_o brief_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o yield_v our_o parent_n high_a affection_n of_o heart_n great_a expression_n of_o respect_n and_o observance_n in_o word_n and_o deed_n that_o the_o neglect_n of_o these_o duty_n be_v next_o to_o that_o of_o profaneness_n and_o undutifulness_n towards_o god_n himself_o the_o great_a disorder_n we_o can_v be_v guilty_a of_o this_o all_o civil_a nation_n have_v consent_v to_o be_v our_o duty_n and_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o ground_n upon_o which_o it_o