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Pietatis in parentes disquisitio: or, The duty of children towards their parents: truly examined and stated. : In a letter to a friend in the city.
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Brydall, John, b. 1635?
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you_o herein_o by_o judge_v nothing_o against_o the_o law_n 4._o the_o four_o duty_n of_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n be_v that_o of_o succour_v they_o in_o all_o their_o want_n and_o necessity_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o whether_o weakness_n and_o sickness_n of_o body_n decayedness_n of_o understanding_n or_o poverty_n and_o lowness_n in_o estate_n as_o appear_v 1_o tim_n 5.4_o matt._n 15.4_o 5.6_o mark_v 7.12_o author_n of_o the_o whole_a duty_n of_o man_n part_v 14._o sect._n 16._o p._n 291_o 292._o archbishop_z usher_n in_o his_o body_n of_o divinity_n p._n 262._o edit_fw-la 1648._o amesius_n in_o his_o case_n of_o conscience_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 22._o question_v 3d._n and_o doctor_n hammond_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n and_o annotation_n on_o 1_o tim._n c._n 5._o v._n 4._o &_o 8._o have_v cite_v both_o scripture_n and_o some_o divine_n for_o the_o enforce_n of_o this_o duty_n of_o assist_v and_o minister_a to_o parent_n in_o all_o their_o needs_o and_o necessity_n we_o will_v see_v what_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n dictate_v for_o the_o nourish_v they_o in_o their_o old_a age_n their_o impotency_n and_o want_n by_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o the_o roman_n child_n be_v oblige_v unto_o their_o parent_n to_o provide_v for_o their_o sustenance_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o the_o ability_n of_o child_n will_v reach_v unto_o for_o it_o be_v very_o unnatural_a that_o the_o parent_n shall_v want_v so_o long_o as_o the_o child_n have_v mean_n to_o relieve_v they_o in_o which_o case_n if_o the_o child_n refuse_v to_o yield_v comfort_n unto_o their_o parent_n the_o judge_n may_v interpose_v his_o authority_n and_o enjoin_v they_o to_o maintain_v their_o parent_n according_a to_o their_o ability_n and_o as_o to_o his_o discretion_n shall_v seem_v meet_a which_o if_o child_n shall_v deny_v to_o yield_v unto_o the_o judge_n may_v by_o distress_n of_o their_o good_n take_v and_o sell_v to_o the_o value_n thereof_o compel_v they_o to_o perform_v his_o order_n and_o yet_o that_o only_a in_o such_o case_n of_o maintenance_n and_o not_o to_o discharge_v debt_n wherein_o their_o parent_n stand_v bind_v unto_o their_o creditor_n d._n 25._o 3._o 5._o c._n 8._o 47._o 5._o c._n 5._o 25._o 1_o &_o 2._o c._n 6._o 61._o 8._o 5._o d._n 27._o 3._o 1._o 4._o ridleys_n view_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n part_v 4._o c._n 2._o sect._n 1._o p._n 376._o edit_fw-la 1675._o as_o for_o the_o canon_n law_n we_o find_v therein_o a_o case_n of_o one_o hubaldus_n who_o have_v swear_v that_o he_o will_v not_o administer_v to_o the_o want_v of_o his_o mother_n and_o his_o brethren_n and_o it_o be_v thus_o st._n augustine_n be_v consult_v with_o about_o this_o hubaldus_n who_o to_o save_v his_o own_o life_n be_v threaten_v have_v bind_v himself_o by_o oath_n to_o marry_v his_o own_o concubine_n and_o to_o thrust_v his_o own_o mother_n and_o brethren_n out_o of_o door_n and_o never_o to_o relieve_v they_o gives_z this_o resolution_n of_o the_o case_n that_o as_o to_o his_o marriage_n with_o his_o concubine_n who_o he_o have_v long_o enjoy_v his_o oath_n be_v bind_v for_o that_o be_v no_o sin_n but_o as_o to_o his_o not_o relieve_v his_o mother_n and_o brethren_n it_o can_v not_o bind_v he_o for_o qui_fw-la non_fw-la alit_fw-la necat_fw-la to_o deny_v they_o necessary_n be_v no_o better_a than_o to_o kill_v they_o and_o no_o oath_n can_v oblige_v to_o a_o sin_n so_o unnatural_a gratian_n causa_fw-la 22._o quest_n 4._o c._n 22._o from_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n i_o come_v sir_n to_o tender_v you_o some_o excellent_a example_n to_o be_v find_v among_o the_o very_a heathen_n of_o the_o great_a love_n and_o natural_a affection_n of_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n that_o be_v under_o very_o hard_a circumstance_n and_o i_o will_v begin_v with_o that_o of_o antigonus_n the_o second_o son_n of_o demetrius_n which_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v note_v for_o when_o his_o father_n be_v prisoner_n send_v he_o word_n by_o one_o of_o his_o acquaintance_n to_o give_v no_o credit_n nor_o to_o make_v account_n of_o any_o letter_n from_o he_o if_o it_o so_o fall_v out_o that_o seleucus_n who_o prisoner_n he_o be_v will_v compel_v he_o thereunto_o and_o therefore_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o deliver_v up_o any_o of_o those_o town_n which_o he_o hold_v antigonus_n contrariwise_o write_v to_o seleucus_n that_o he_o will_v yield_v up_o all_o the_o land_n he_o have_v under_o his_o obedience_n if_o he_o will_v deliver_v his_o father_n we_o have_v another_o notable_a example_n of_o filial_a love_n and_o piety_n in_o cimon_n the_o son_n of_o great_a miltiades_n who_o father_n die_v in_o prison_n as_o some_o say_v for_o debt_n and_o not_o have_v wherewithal_o to_o bury_v his_o body_n much_o ââss_n to_o redeem_v it_o be_v arrest_v for_o the_o debt_n whilst_o it_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o burial_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o that_o country_n this_o cimon_n sell_v himself_o and_o his_o liberty_n for_o money_n to_o provide_v for_o his_o funeral_n he_o with_o his_o plenty_n and_o good_n relieve_v not_o his_o father_n but_o with_o his_o liberty_n which_o be_v dear_a than_o all_o good_n yea_o and_o life_n too_o he_o help_v not_o his_o father_n live_v and_o in_o necessity_n but_o dead_a and_o be_v no_o more_o a_o father_n nor_o a_o man._n what_o have_v he_o do_v to_o succour_v his_o father_n live_v want_v and_o require_v his_o help_n we_o have_v a_o three_o rare_a example_n of_o daughter-like_a piety_n which_o be_v that_o a_o daughter_n give_v suck_v to_o her_o father_n who_o be_v condemn_v to_o die_v of_o that_o ancient_a and_o usual_a punishment_n of_o famine_n which_o never_o suffer_v a_o find_a man_n to_o pass_v the_o seven_o day_n the_o jailor_n spy_v this_o act_n of_o piety_n give_v notice_n thereof_o to_o the_o magistrate_n which_o be_v know_v to_o the_o people_n the_o daughter_n obtain_v pardon_n for_o her_o father_n life_n 5._o the_o five_o duty_n of_o child_n be_v that_o of_o not_o attempt_v or_o enterprise_v any_o thing_n of_o importance_n without_o the_o advice_n consent_n and_o approbation_n of_o their_o parent_n and_o especial_o in_o marriage_n for_o in_o the_o case_n of_o marriage_n the_o holy_a scripture_n tell_v we_o plain_o that_o child_n ought_v not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o attempt_v to_o bestow_v themselves_o in_o marriage_n without_o their_o parent_n direction_n and_o consent_n especial_o daughter_n gen._n 24.1_o 2._o &_o 21.21_o &_o 27.46_o &_o 28.1_o 2.9_o judge_n 14.2_o 1_o cor._n 7._o v._n 36_o 37_o 38._o deut._n 7.3_o jer._n 29.6_o gen._n 29.19_o by_o which_o text_n it_o be_v evidence_v that_o the_o father_n must_v be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o marriage_n of_o his_o child_n that_o the_o beginning_n and_o ground_n of_o matrimonial_a contract_n be_v from_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o parent_n and_o the_o reason_n to_o persuade_v child_n to_o this_o duty_n be_v ready_a at_o hand_n for_o see_v their_o parent_n have_v take_v such_o pain_n and_o travel_n in_o bring_v they_o up_o they_o shall_v reap_v some_o fruit_n of_o their_o labour_n in_o bestow_v of_o they_o beside_o they_o shall_v give_v they_o this_o honour_n to_o esteem_v they_o better_o able_a and_o more_o wise_a to_o provide_v for_o their_o comfortable_a marriage_n than_o themselves_o be_v from_o sacred_a story_n let_v we_o try_v what_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o roman_a law_n do_v pronounce_v touch_v the_o consent_n of_o parent_n in_o the_o matrimonial_a contract_n of_o their_o child_n as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n this_o question_n be_v start_v by_o grotius_n whether_o the_o consent_n of_o parent_n be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n requisite_a to_o a_o perfect_a marriage_n which_o though_o some_o affirm_v yet_o he_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o by_o the_o sole_a law_n of_o nature_n the_o want_n of_o the_o consent_n of_o parent_n null_v not_o a_o marriage_n for_o say_v he_o those_o that_o hold_v the_o affirmative_a be_v mistake_v for_o that_o all_o their_o argument_n can_v enforce_v no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o duty_n they_o owe_v to_o their_o parent_n to_o crave_v their_o consent_n which_o he_o easy_o grant_v they_o provide_v that_o the_o will_n of_o their_o parent_n be_v not_o manifest_o unjust_a for_o if_o child_n be_v to_o reverence_v their_o parent_n in_o all_o thing_n sure_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v it_o most_o especial_o in_o such_o thing_n wherein_o the_o whole_a nation_n be_v concern_v as_o in_o marriage_n and_o yet_o it_o can_v hence_o be_v infer_v that_o a_o son_n have_v not_o a_o moral_a right_o to_o dispose_v of_o himself_o if_o they_o consent_v not_o for_o he_o that_o marry_v aught_o to_o be_v of_o mature_a age_n and_o judgement_n and_o he_o be_v to_o forsake_v his_o father_n house_n so_o
wise_o to_o consider_v that_o in_o respect_n of_o that_o dignity_n and_o power_n receive_v from_o above_o not_o of_o their_o personal_a virtue_n all_o this_o honour_n and_o reverence_n be_v due_a unto_o they_o licet_fw-la legum_n contemptor_n &_o impius_fw-la sit_fw-la tamen_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la although_o he_o be_v a_o contemner_n of_o the_o law_n and_o a_o wicked_a man_n yet_o be_v he_o a_o father_n notwithstanding_o say_v the_o emperor_n justinian_n novel_a 12._o cap._n 2._o and_o persona_fw-la patris_fw-la say_v the_o lawyer_n ulpian_n filio_fw-la semper_fw-la honesta_fw-la &_o sancta_fw-la videri_fw-la debet_fw-la the_o person_n of_o the_o father_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v account_v honourable_a and_o sacred_a to_o the_o child_n d._n 37._o 15_o 9_o add_v hereunto_o these_o text_n of_o the_o roman_a law_n c._n 2._o 42_o 2._o d._n 22._o 3_o 8._o n._n 155._o cap._n 1._o d._n 37._o 15_o 1._o d._n 27._o 10_o 4._o d._n 2._o 4_o 6._o c._n 8._o 47_o 3._o which_o prove_v that_o the_o duty_n of_o piety_n and_o reverence_n towards_o parent_n be_v a_o obligation_n never_o to_o be_v cancel_v and_o therefore_o let_v the_o man_n be_v what_o he_o will_v the_o name_n of_o a_o father_n to_o his_o child_n be_v venerable_a and_o awful_a 2._o the_o second_o duty_n be_v that_o of_o love_n which_o child_n owe_v to_o their_o parent_n as_o their_o parent_n do_v also_o to_o they_o the_o want_n of_o which_o natural_a affection_n be_v reckon_v among_o the_o most_o odious_a vice_n rom._n 1.31_o they_o be_v to_o bear_v their_o parent_n a_o real_a kindness_n such_o as_o may_v make_v they_o hearty_o desirous_a of_o all_o manner_n of_o good_a to_o they_o and_o abhor_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v grieve_v or_o disquiet_v they_o and_o see_v child_n must_v labour_v to_o please_v their_o parent_n in_o all_o thing_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o no_o action_n gift_n or_o disposition_n in_o they_o be_v more_o acceptable_a or_o content_v parent_n better_a than_o to_o see_v good_a will_n and_o a_o assure_a and_o certain_a friendship_n among_o themselves_o it_o be_v report_v that_o apollonida_n mother_n to_o king_n eumenes_n and_o to_o three_o other_o of_o his_o brethren_n account_v herself_o happy_a as_o she_o say_v and_o give_v great_a thanks_o to_o god_n not_o for_o her_o riches_n or_o principality_n but_o because_o she_o see_v she_o three_o young_a son_n as_o it_o be_v a_o guard_n to_o their_o elder_a brother_n who_o live_v free_o and_o most_o safe_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o with_o their_o sword_n by_o their_o side_n and_o their_o javelin_n in_o their_o hand_n contrariwise_o when_o king_n xerxes_n perceive_v that_o his_o son_n ochus_n lie_v in_o wait_n for_o his_o brethren_n to_o put_v they_o to_o death_n he_o die_v for_o displeasure_n thereof_o therefore_o euripides_n say_v that_o war_n between_o brethren_n be_v grievous_a but_o most_o of_o all_o to_o their_o parent_n because_o he_o that_o hate_v his_o brother_n and_o can_v abide_v to_o look_v upon_o he_o must_v needs_o also_o be_v offend_v with_o he_o that_o beget_v he_o and_o she_o that_o bear_v he_o sir_n i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o duty_n of_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n by_o put_v this_o case_n viz._n if_o my_o father_n and_o my_o son_n happen_v to_o be_v in_o such_o a_o danger_n of_o life_n as_o one_o only_o can_v be_v preserve_v and_o free_v from_o it_o what_o can_v prudence_n persuade_v i_o to_o do_v to_o which_o question_n the_o moralist_n offer_v to_o return_v this_o resolution_n for_o i_o that_o i_o ought_v rather_o to_o succour_n my_o father_n than_o my_o son_n 1._o propter_fw-la sunguinem_fw-la 1._o propter_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la &_o gratitudinem_fw-la patri_fw-la debitam_fw-la 3._o propter_fw-la disparem_fw-la restitutionis_fw-la rationem_fw-la pater_fw-la semel_fw-la amissus_fw-la restitui_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la filius_fw-la amissus_fw-la restitui_fw-la quandoque_fw-la potest_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la alterius_fw-la silij_fw-la fredericus_fw-la windelinus_fw-la lib._n 1._o de_fw-la recta_fw-la vita_fw-la cap._n 5._o quaest_n 12._o and_o now_o you_o shall_v hear_v what_o the_o frenchman_n charron_n say_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o same_o querie_n the_o duty_n of_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n quoth_v he_o be_v so_o certain_a so_o due_a and_o requisite_a that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v dispense_v withal_o by_o any_o other_o duty_n or_o love_n whatsoever_o be_v it_o never_o so_o great_a for_o if_o it_o shall_v happen_v that_o a_o man_n see_v his_o father_n and_o his_o son_n so_o endanger_v at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o instant_n as_o that_o he_o can_v rescue_v and_o succour_n they_o both_o he_o must_v forsake_v his_o son_n and_o go_v to_o his_o father_n though_o his_o love_n towards_o his_o son_n be_v great_a and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o son_n towards_o his_o father_n be_v more_o ancient_a and_o have_v the_o great_a privilege_n and_o can_v be_v abrogate_a by_o any_o latter_a duty_n 3._o the_o three_o duty_n that_o child_n do_v owe_v to_o their_o parent_n be_v that_o of_o obedience_n which_o be_v not_o only_o contain_v in_o the_o five_o commandment_n but_o express_o enjoin_v in_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n as_o ephes_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 and_o again_o colos_n 3.20_o child_n obey_v your_o parent_n in_o all_o thing_n for_o this_o be_v well_o please_v to_o the_o lord_n which_o obedience_n must_v be_v yield_v even_o to_o the_o rough_a and_o hard_a command_n of_o a_o father_n according_a to_o that_o most_o remarkable_a example_n of_o the_o rechabite_v who_o to_o obey_v the_o command_n of_o their_o father_n never_o drink_v wine_n in_o all_o their_o life_n but_o it_o may_v be_v here_o query_v whether_o child_n be_v oblige_v to_o yield_v obedience_n to_o all_o the_o command_n that_o shall_v be_v give_v by_o their_o parent_n it_o be_v answer_v that_o child_n owe_v their_o parent_n a_o obedience_n in_o all_o thing_n unless_o where_o their_o command_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o of_o nature_n and_o to_o the_o municipal_a law_n of_o their_o country_n for_o in_o these_o case_n the_o duty_n to_o god_n and_o nature_n and_o to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o state_n must_v be_v preserve_v and_o therefore_o if_o any_o parent_n shall_v be_v so_o âââked_v as_o to_o require_v obedience_n to_o such_o kind_n of_o command_n child_n than_o offend_v not_o against_o their_o duty_n though_o they_o disobey_v those_o command_n which_o solution_n of_o the_o querie_n shall_v be_v fortify_v by_o these_o several_a authority_n follow_v it_o be_v the_o advice_n of_o st._n paul_n child_n obey_v your_o parent_n in_o the_o lord_n upon_o which_o word_n st._n hierome_n thus_o gloss_v for_o child_n not_o to_o obey_v their_o parent_n be_v a_o sin_n but_o because_o parent_n may_v haply_o command_v that_o which_o be_v unlawful_a therefore_o he_o add_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o st._n chrysostom_n expound_v they_o child_n obey_v your_o parent_n in_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v in_o all_o thing_n wherein_o you_o shall_v not_o disobey_v god_n musonius_n express_v himself_o thus_o if_o a_o son_n shall_v refuse_v to_o yield_v obedience_n unto_o a_o father_n in_o such_o command_v as_o be_v impious_a and_o ungodly_a he_o shall_v not_o be_v account_v as_o disobedient_a injurious_a or_o wiced_a aulus_n gellius_n approve_v not_o of_o this_o opinion_n that_o a_o father_n be_v in_o all_o thing_n to_o be_v obey_v for_o say_v he_o what_o if_o he_o command_v his_o son_n to_o betray_v his_o country_n to_o kill_v his_o own_o mother_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o the_o middle_a way_n be_v best_a and_o safe_a in_o some_o thing_n we_o must_v in_o other_o some_o we_o must_v not_o obey_v so_o seneca_n the_o father_n all_o command_v oblige_v we_o not_o unto_o obedience_n so_o quintilian_n there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o child_n shall_v execute_v all_o their_o parent_n command_v for_o there_o may_v be_v many_o thing_n which_o though_o command_v may_v not_o lawful_o be_v do_v as_o if_o a_o father_n command_v his_o son_n to_o give_v his_o suffrage_n or_o to_o pass_v a_o sentence_n contrary_n to_o his_o judgement_n or_o to_o bear_v witness_n to_o that_o whereof_o he_o be_v ignorant_a if_o my_o father_n command_v i_o to_o burn_v the_o capitol_n to_o possess_v myself_o of_o such_o a_o fort_n or_o castle_n i_o may_v lawful_o answer_v these_o thing_n i_o must_v not_o do_v i_o will_v conclude_v this_o point_n of_o duty_n with_o that_o story_n of_o agesilaus_n who_o may_v be_v unto_o child_n a_o good_a schoolmaster_n therein_o for_o be_v request_v by_o his_o father_n to_o give_v sentence_n against_o right_n he_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o deny_v he_o gracious_o with_o this_o answer_n you_o have_v teach_v i_o o_o father_n from_o my_o youth_n to_o obey_v the_o law_n and_o therefore_o i_o will_v now_o also_o obey_v