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When Paul said,¹ Children obey your Parents in the Lord, he meaneth not that we should obey them against the Lord; As when he saith,² Obey Princes for conscience sake, he meaneth not that we should obey them against conscience. Therefore when it cometh to this, that the earthly father commandeth one thing, and the heavenly Father commandeth another thing; then as Peter answered the Rulers, so mayest thou answer thy Parents; Whether is it meet to obey God, or you? Then these are the hands which thou must cut off, then these are the eyes which thou must pull out: or else they should be as dear unto thee, as thy hand or thine eye.

When Paule said,¹ Children obey your Parents in the Lord, hee meaneth not that wee shoulde obeye them against the Lorde; As when hee saith,² Obey Princes for conscience sake, hee meaneth not that wee should obey them against conscience. Therefore when it commeth to this, that the earthly father commaundeth one thing, and the heauenly Father commaundeth another thing; then as Peter answered the Rulers, so maiest thou answere thy Parents; Whether is it meete to obey God, or you? Then these are the hands which thou must cut off, then these are the eyes which thou must pull out: or else they should be as deare vnto thee, as thy hand or thine eye.

1. 1Eph. 6. 1.
2. 2Rom. 13. 5.

In the nineteenth of Matthew, A man must forsake his father & his mother, to dwell with his wife. In the sixteenth of Luke, he must forsake father, & mother, & wife too, to dwell with Christ: For He which forsaketh father or mother for me, shall receive more, saith our Saviour.