M.\u2014Let us pass to the second table.<\/p>\n
S.\u2014It begins, \u201cHonor thy father and thy mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
M.\u2014What meaning do you give to the word \u201chonor?\u201d<\/p>\n
S.\u2014That children be, with modesty and humility, respectful and obedient to parents, serving them reverentially, helping them in necessity, and exerting their labor for them. For in these three branches is included the honor which is due to parents.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014 Proceed.<\/p>\n
S.\u2014To the commandment the promise is added, \u201cThat thy days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.\u201d<\/p>\n
M.\u2014What is the meaning?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014That, by the blessing of God, long life will be given to those who pay due honor to parents.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014Seeing this life is so full of troubles, why does God promise the long continuance of it as a blessing?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014How great soever the miseries to which it is liable, yet there is a blessing from God upon believers, when he nourishes and preserves them here, were it only for this one reason, that it is a proof of his paternal favor.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014Does it follow conversely, that he who is snatched away from the world quickly, and before mature age, is cursed of God?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014By no means. Nay, rather it sometimes happens that the more a man is loved by God the more quickly is he removed out of this life.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014 But in so acting, how does he fulfil his promise?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014Whatever earthly good God promises we must receive under this condition, viz., in so far as is expedient for the good and salvation of our soul. For the arrangement would be very absurd if the care of the soul did not always take precedence.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014What of those who are contumacious to parents?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014They shall not only be punished at the last judgment, but here also God will take vengeance on their bodies, either by taking them hence in the middle of their days, or bringing them to an ignominious end, or in other manners.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014But does not the promise speak expressly of the land of Canaan?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014It does so in as far as regards the Israelites, but the term ought to have a wider and more extensive meaning to us. For seeing that the whole earth is the Lord\u2019s, whatever be the region we inhabit he assigns it to us for a possession. (Ps, xxiv. 1; lxxxv. 5; cxv. 16.)<\/p>\n
M.\u2014Is there nothing more of the commandment remaining?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014Though father and mother only are expressed, we must understand all who are over us, as the reason is the same.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014What is the reason?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014That the Lord has raised them to a high degree of honor; for there is no authority whether of parents, or princes, or rulers of any description, no power, no honor, but by the decree of God, because it so pleases him to order the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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