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A39662	An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism.	1692 (1692)	Wing F1160; ESTC R25088	171,235	224

ability Gen. 47.12 And Ioseph nourished his father and his brethren and all his fathers houshold with bread according to their families Q. 8. What shall Children do when Parents abuse their Authority by forbidding Duty or commanding Sin A. In such cases Children are to obey God rather than their Parents Acts 4.19 But Peter and Iohn answered and said unto them Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judge ye But yet to manage their refusals of Obedience with all Meekness and Humility Q. 9. What is the first duty of Husbands to their Wives A. The first ●uty on which all other Duties depend is cohabitation with them 1 Pet. 3.7 Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge c. And nothing can make this Duty void but a lawful divorce for Adultery Matth. 5.31 32. But I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery c. Q. 10. What 's the Husbands second Duty to his Wife A. True and hearty love to Soul and Body Eph. 5.25 Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it Evidencing it self in careful provision for them 1 Cor. 7.33 But he that is married careth for the things of the world how he may please his wife But especially to their Souls in winning them to Christ 1 Cor 7.16 Or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt save thy wife And building them up in Christ 1 Pet. 3.7 Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindred Q. 11. What are the Duties of Wives to their Husbands A. 'T is their Duty 1. To be in subjection to their own Husbands Eph. 5.22 23. Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the Church 2 To reverence them Eph. 5.33 And the wife see that she reverence her husband 3. To express their Reverence in suitable Words and Actions 1 Pet. 3.6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord c. 4. To be faithful to them Prov. 31.12 She will do him good and not evil all the dayes of her life 5. To adorn their Relation with meekness and quietness of Spirit 1 Pet. 3.4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price Q. 12. What are the Duties of Servants to their Masters A. 'T is their Duty 1. To be faithful in all things committed to their charge Tit. 2.10 Not purloining but shewing all good fidelity c. 2. To honour them in all respectful Words and Carriages 1 Tim. 6.1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour c. 3. To bear patiently their rebukes 1 Pet. 2.18 19. 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 toward God endure grief suffering wrongfully Q. 13. What is the first Duty of Masters to their Servants A. Their first Duty is to rule over them with gentleness and not with terrour and rigour Eph. 6.9 And ye masters do the same things unto them forbearing ●oreatning Knowing that your master also is in heaven neither is there respect of persons with him Q. 14. What 's the second Duty of Masters to their Servants A. To pay them their Wages fully and without delay Deut. 24.14 15. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is peer and needy whether he be of thy brethren or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates At his day thou shalt give him ●is hire neither shall the sun go down upon it f●r he is poor and setteth his heart upon it lest he cry against thee unto the Lord and it be sin unto thee And to provide Food for them convenient Prov. 27.27 And thou shalt have goats-milk enough for thy ●●od for the food of thy houshold and for the maintenance for thy maidens Q. 15. What 's the third Duty of Masters to their Servants A. The third and principal Duty is to engage them as much as in them lies to the wayes of God and Duties of Religion as Abraham did Gen. 18.19 For I know him that he will command his children and his houshold after him and they shall keep the way of the Lord c. And Ioshua Josh. 24.15 But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Of the sixth Commandment Quest. 67. WHich is the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment is Thou shalt not kill Quest. 68. What is required in the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life and the life of others Quest. 69. What is forbidden in the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life or the life of our Neighbour unjustly or whatsoever tendeth thereunto Q. 1. What is the natural order of these Commandments in the second Table A. In these Commands God begins with the nearest concern of Man which is Life Iob 2.4 Skin for skin yea all that a man hath will he give for his life Next to that his Command guards his nearest Relative from whom the best outward comfort is to rise his Wife Mark 10.8 And they twain shall be one flesh c. After that his good Name which is very precious to him Eccles. 7.1 A good name is better than precious oyntment And then his Goods which support his life Isa. 3.1 For behold the Lord the Lord of hasts doth take away from Ierusalem and from Iudah the ●●ay and the staff the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water Q. 2. How far doth this Command extend it self A. It prohibits all Cruelt● and commands all Help Care and Pity so far as Mens hearts and hands can go for the relief and preservation of others Psal. 119.96 But thy commandment is exceeding broad Q 3. Doth this Command respect only the outward action or also the inward passion of the Soul A. It respects and bridles the inward Passion of the Soul as well as outward Actions as Hatred 1 Iohn 3.15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer c. And causless Anger Matth. 5.22 But I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment c. Q. 4. Doth this Command only respect the lives of others A. No it primarily respects our own lives and forbids us all things that tend to the shortening and ruin of them Eph. 5.29 For no man ever yet hated

good to all such as keep this Commandment Q 1. What Relatives are directly and more especially concerned in this fi●th Commandment A. All Superiours and Inferiours are concerned in it Especially 1. Political Fathers and their Children that is Kings and Subjects Mark 11.10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David c. 2. Spiritual Fathers and their Children that is Ministers and their People 1 Cor. 4 15. For though you have ten thousand instr●cters in Christ yet have ye not many fathers for in Christ Iesus I have begotten you through the gospel 3. Natural Parents and their Children Ephes. 6.1 Children obey your parents in the Lord. 4. All Civil Superiours and Inferiours as Husbands and Wives Masters and Servants Ephes. 5.22 Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. And Ephes. 6.5 Servants be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh c. Q. 2. What is the Duty of Political Fathers or Magistrates to their Political Children or Subjects A. It is to rule and govern the people over whom God hath set them with Wisdom 2 Chron. 1.10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge that I may go out and come in before this people Justice 2 Chron. 19.5.6 7. And ●e sit judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Iudah city by city And he said to the judges Take heed what ye do for ye judge not for man but for the Lord who is with you in the judgment Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it c. And Piety 2 Sam. 23.3 He that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God Carefully providing for their Souls in every place of their dominion 2 Chron. 17.9 And they taught in Iudah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them and went about throughout all the cities of Iudah and taught the people And for their common outward peace and safety 2 Chron. 17.12 And Iehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly and ●e built in Iudah castles and cities of store Q. 3. What are the Duties of Subjects to their Rulers A. It is to pray for them 1 Tim. 2.1 2. I exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men For kings and for all that are in authority c. To honour them 1 Pet. 2.17 Fear God honour the King To obey their just Laws Rom. 13.1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers c. And to pay them the Tribute that is due to them Rom. 13.7 Render therefore to all their d●es tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom c. Q. 4. What are the Duties of Ministers to their people A. Their Duty is 1. To feed their flock constantly with wholesome food 2 Tim. 4.2 Preach the word be instant in season and out of season rebuke reprove exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine 2. To be full of bowels of tender Affection to them 1 Thess. 2.7 8. But we were gentle among you even as a nurse cheri●heth her children So being affectionately desirous of you we were willing to have imparted unto you not the Gospel of God only but also our own souls because ye were dear unto us 3. To pray for them Eph. 1.15 16. Wherefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Iesus and love unto all the saints Cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers 4. To watch over them 1 Pet. 5.2 Feed the flock of God which is among you taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly c. And 5. To walk as an Example of Godliness before them Tit. 2.7 In all things shewing thy self a pattern of good works c. All which Duties require their residence among them 1 Pet. 5.2 Feed the flock of God which is among you c. Q. 5. What are the peoples Duties towards their Ministers A. Their Duty is 1. To esteem and love them dearly for their works sake 1 Thess. 5.12 13. And we beseech you Brethren to know them which labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you and to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake 2. To attend on the Word preached by them as the Word of God 1 Thess. 2.13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing because when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us ye received it not as the word of men but as it is in truth the word of God 3. To pray for them and the success of their labours Heb. 13.18 Pray for us c. 4. Not to receive light and malicious reports against them 1 Tim. 5.19 Against an elder receive not an accusation but before two or three witnesses 5. To make a competent and comfortable provision for them Gal. 6.6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things Q. 6. What are the Duties of Natural Parents to their Children A. It is their Duty 1. To be tenderly but not fondly affectionate to and tender over them Isa. 49.15 Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb 2 To educate them for God Ephes. 6.4 And ye fathers provoke not your chi●dren to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 3 To restrain their Sins by Correction Prov. 29.15 The rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame 4. To provide for their livelyhood 1 Tim. 5.8 But if any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel 5. To pray dayly for them Iob 1.5 And it was so when the days of their feasting were gone about that Iob sent and sanctified them and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all For Iob said it may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts Thus did Job continually 6. To encourage them with endearing language in the way of Godliness Prov. 31.1 2 3. The words of King Lemuel the prophesie that his mother taught him What my son and what the son of my womb and what the son of my vows Give not thy strength unto women nor thy wayes to that which destroyeth kings Q. 7. What are the Duties of Children to Parents A. Their Duty is 1. To obey them only in the Lord Eph. 6.1 Children obey your parents in the Lord. 2 To reverence and honour them Levit. 19.3 Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father c. 3. To submit to their Reproofs and Corrections Hebr. 12.9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our ●flesh which corrected us and we gave them reverence 4. To provide for them if they be poor and needy and we have