II. Let the Signal Blessings of God, upon Children who treat their Parents with due Respect, find much Respect with you, be a great Encouragement unto you, have a strong Impression upon you. The Levites, as far as we understand, were to turn unto Mount Gerizzim, and with a loud voice to say, Blessed be he, who doth not set Light by his Father, or his Mother: And all the people were to say, Amen. Hearken, O my Children, to the Blessings of God, that shall be poured and showered from on High upon the Dutiful; and let them charm you, into all possible Dutifulness. There are Children, whose continual Desire and Prayer it is, That they may be in all Things made Rich Blessings unto their Parents. They Honour their Parents, and are an Honour to their Parents. Their Parents do with Glad Hearts behold their Wisdom, and must bear this Testimony for them, Never ⟨p. 55⟩were Parents more Happy in their Children. O the Blessings that belong to Children of such a Character! If it might be said, as it was by David, when God gave him a Dutiful Son, that was to Build the Temple of the Lord; in Psal. 127.5. Blessed is the man, that hath his Quiver full of such Arrows,; Then surely, Blessed are the Arrows, that are in the Quiver of such a man! The Holy Spirit of God sets a special Remark, upon that Command, which requires Children to be Dutiful unto their Parents: in Eph. 6.2. 'Tis the First Command [of the Second Table] with a promise, That it may be well with thee. It shall be well with you, O ye Dutiful Children; you have the word of a God for it. You may note it, That in the Command, what we Translate, That thy Days may be Long, is to be read, That they may prolong thy Days. Who are those They? They are thy Father, and thy Mother. But how can thy Father, and thy Mother, prolong thy Days? How, but by Blessing of thee, in the Name of the Almighty God. If the Days of such a Child be not prolonged, we must allow a Sovereignty in such Dispensations of Heaven; but there is cause to hope, for such a ⟨p. 56⟩Child, that God has prolonged his Days, in the Happiness of the Heavenly Word. This is plain; Those Parents, that are Blessed with Dutiful Children, do with an inexpressible Agony wish all sorts of Blessings to their Children. If it were in their power, to confer Blessings upon their Children; Oh, how much would they do for them!
II. Let the Signal Blessings of God, upon Children who treat their Parents with due Respect, find much Respect with you, be a great Encouragement unto you, have a strong Impression upon you. The Levites, as far as we understand, were to turn unto Mount Gerizzim, and with a loud voice to say, Blessed be he, who doth not set Light by his Father, or his Mother: And all the people were to say, Amen. Hearken, O my Children, to the Blessings of God, that shall be poured and showred from on High upon the Dutiful; and let them charm you, into all possible Dutifulness. There are Children, whose continual Desire and Prayer it is, That they may be in all Things made Rich Blessings unto their Parents. They Honour their Parents, and are an Honour to their Parents. Their Parents do with Glad Hearts behold their Wisdom, and must bear this Testimony for them, Never ⟨p. 55⟩were Parents more Happy in their Chiildren. O the Blessings that belong to Children of such a Character! If it might be said, as it was by David, when God gave him a Dutiful Son, that was to Build the Temple of the Lord; in Psal. 127.5. Blessed is the man, that hath his Quiver full of such Arrows,; Then surely, Blessed are the Arrows, that are in the Quiver of such a man! The Holy Spirit of God sets a special Remark, upon that Command, which requires Children to be Dutiful unto their Parents: in Eph. 6.2. 'Tis the First Command [of the Second Table] with a promise, That it may be well with thee. It shall be well with you, O ye Dutiful Children; you have the word of a God for it. You may note it, That in the Command, what we Translate, That thy Days may be Long, is to be read, That they may prolong thy Days. Who are those They? They are thy Father, and thy Mother. But how can thy Father, and thy Mother, prolong thy Dayes? How, but by Blessing of thee, in the Name of the Almighty God. If the Dayes of such a Child be not prolong'd, we must allow a Soveraignty in such Dispensations of Heaven; but there is cause to hope, for such a ⟨p. 56⟩Child, that God has prolong'd his Dayes, in the Happiness of the Heavenly Word. This is plain; Those Parents, that are Blessed with Dutiful Children, do with an inexpressible Agony wish all sorts of Blessings to their Children. If it were in their power, to confer Blessings upon their Children; Oh, how much would they do for them!
