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PARTITION XIV. (Book 14)
Of DUTY to PARENTS. Magistrates, Pastors, &c. Of the DUTY of PARENTS to Children, &c.
§. 1. THE first of those neerer sorts of relations, is that of a Pa∣rent;* 1.1 And here it will be necessary to consider the se∣veral sorts of Parents, according to which the duty to them is to be measured. Those are these three, the Civil, the Spiritual, the Natural.
2. The Civil Parent is he,* 1.2 whom God hath establisht the Supreme Magistrate, who by a just right possesses the throne in a Nation. This is the common Father of all those that are under his authority. The du∣ty we owe to this Parent is,* 1.3 first, Honour and Reverence, looking on him, as upon one, on whom God hath stamped much of his own power and authority, and therefore paying him all honour and esteem, never daring, upon any pretence whatsoever, to speak evil of the ruler of our people, Acts 23. 5.
3. Secondly,* 1.4 Paying Tribute; This is ex∣presly commanded by the Apostle, Rom. 13. 6. Pay ye tribute also, for they are Gods Mini∣sters