duly adminiftered, without refpect of Perfons, not making the Throné a Sanctuary for Wickedness, nor through a criminal Partiality, allowing great Offenders to escape, whilft the leffer are punished with the utmoft Rigour.

In the like Manner, the Daty required from all Perfons in general, to their fpiritual Teachers and Guides, is Reverence and Affection; paying a ftria Regard to their Advice and Doctrine, whilft they have no Reafon to believe them repugnant to the Rules of their great Mafter, not ridiculing them, nor grudging them a competent Subfiftence, and above all, not defrauding them of their juft Dues. On the other hand, fuch fpiritual Teachers and Guides are equally bound to a reciprocal Regard and Affection for all thofe under their Care, being always ready to attend and advise them whenever it is neceffary, keeping a watchful Eye over them, that they walk as becometh Chriftians; and if they fee them do otherwise, admonishing them firft privately, with Love and Tenderness; afterwards, if need be, before Witneffes; and, laftly, rebuking them publickly, if obftinate, and even proceeding to cenfure, in cafe of Neceffity, without refpect of Perfons, in order to reclaim them, and bring them back into the right Way: Above all, not being uncharitable, worldly-minded, greedy of filthy Lucre, or exacting their Dues with Rigour.

Again, the Duty of all Scholars and Students to their Preceptors and Tutors, is to be attentive to all their Precepts and Leffons, obedient to their Injunctions, refpectful and affectionate to their Perfons, and fubmitive to their Corrections, In the like Manner, fuch Preceptors and Tutors are bound to be careful and tender of their Scholars and Pupils, inftructing them diligently, encoura., ging them reasonably, admonishing and reproving them

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The Duty alfo of Apprentices, or Servants, to their Masters and Miftreffes is Obedience to their Commands, Diligence in their Business, Faithfulnefs to their Truft, Carefulness of their Effects and Concerns, and fecret as to what relates to them or their Families. Mafters and Miftreffes again, are required to be loving and tender to their Apprentices and Servants, providing fufficiently for them, paying them competent Wages, not injoining them unreasonable Tasks, reproving them mildly, correcting them, if need be, mercifully, and giving. them good Examples.

In the like Manner, the Duty of those who are young, to fuch as are advanced in Years, is to thew them Reverence and Refpect, giving them the upper Hand, and hearkening to their Counfel, efpecially in fuch Things as they may reasonably be prefumed to be better experienced in than Youth. The Aged are alfo to take Care, that their Habit, Behaviour, and Deportment be fuch, as is likely to procure Regard, namely, that they are grave in their Drefs, ferious in their Converfation, fober in Behaviour, neither haughty and overbearing, nor light and trifling; but courteous, affable, and pla. cid, obferving a due Mean, being temperate in all Things, and inftructive in Example.

Laftly, The Duty required from all Inferiors to their Superiors in Learning, Wifdom, or Goodness, is to pay them Deference and Regard, and to hearken to their Counsel or Inftructions: To Superiors in Rank or Eflate, they are to fhew Honour and Reffect. On the other hand, the former are required to inftru&t the Ignorant, being always ready to advise them, and to bear with the Infir. mities of the Weak, whilft the latter are required

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to be condefcending to thofe of a meaner Rank, and to be helpful, obliging, and compaffionate towards the Poor, being willing to contribute towards the Relief of their Neceffities, out of their own Subftance, and that according to their Ability.

We have now, we hope, pretty well fhewn the Duties feverally required from each of us, in our respective Stations and Capacities; we fhall next proceed to produce fome remarkable Examples of the good and bad Confequences of Obedience and Difobedience to this Commandment, in order to imprefs more deeply on the Minds of our Readers, a due Regard for thofe feveral relative Duties, that are therein required of them: And firft we fhall endeavour to fhew the good and ill Effects of thefe, with respect to Parents and Children, in their Difcharge, or Neglect of the reciprocal Obligations incumbent upon them in those several Capacities. As to the Bleffings attendant upon thofe Children, who are careful to honour their Parents by fhewing a due Regard to their Injunctions, we cannot have one fo fignal, nor the Authenticity whereof fo much to be depended on, as that we meet with in the thirty-fifth Chapter of Jeremiah.

We there find the Prophet commanded to bring the Family of the Rechabites into one of the Chambers belonging to the Temple, to fet Wine before them, and order them to drink it: Accordingly Jeremiah does fo; he carries them into one of thofe Apartments, fets Wine and Cups before them, and fays unto them, Drink je Wine. But what is the Anfwer of the Rechabites? We will drink no Wine; for Jonadab the Son of Rechab, our Father, commanded us, faying, Ye shall drink no Wine, neither ye, nor your Sons for ever. Neither shall ye build Houfe, nor fow Seed, nor plant Vineyard, nor have any, but all your Days ye shall live in Tents, that ye may live many Days in the Land where ye be StranK

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gers. Thus bave we obeyed the Voice of Jonadab, the Son of Rechab our Father, in all that he hath charged us, to drink no Wine all our Days, we, our Wives, our Sons, nor our Daughters; nor to build Houfes for us to dwell in, neither have we Vineyard, nor Field, nor Seed But we have dwelt in Tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our Father commanded us. But it came to pass, quhen Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, came up into the Land, that we faid, Come, and let us go to Jerufalem, for fear of the Army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the Army of the Syrians, fo we dwell at Jerufalem.

Now, what is obfervable in this Relation is, that this Command of Jonadab feems at firft Sight, and for aught that appears to the contrary in Scripture, to have been very unreasonable, and even to have, exceeded the Authority of a Parent; inasmuch as the drinking Wine, building Houses, fowing Seed, placing Vineyards, are not only innocent in themfelves, but in fome Circumflances very neceffary, and the abftaining from them very prejudicial and difadvantageous.

We find Timothy ordered, by a great Apoftle, to drink Wine with his Water for the Sake of his Health; which certainly would not have been done by him, had it been any ways finful; and it is well known, the living always under Tents, and being expofed to the Inclemencies of the Weather, is what fcarcely any Conftitution, however hardy, would be able to fupport for any Time; nay, we may venture to fay, if likewife de barred from the Ufe of ftrong Liquors, which is the fame Thing as this Prohibition of the Rechabites, (the Jews not knowing of any other but Wine) could poffibly furvive it in the Winter Seafon without a Miracle, for a fingle Month.

Nevertheless, this is the fevere Injunction laid by Fonadab upon his Family, which they were fo fcrupulous of obferving, that nothing but the moft abfolute Neceffity, even the Fear of being taken Captives by an idolatrous Enemy, could induce them to tranfgrefs it in any Particular; even the Defire of a Prophet could not tempt them to violate it in one fingle Inftance, neither themselves, their Wives, Sons, nor Daughters: What an Example is here fet before Chriftians, and how few are there who come up thereto? But, neither did this their Obedience go unrewarded; for the Prophet is ordered to declare unto them, Thus faith the LORD of Hofts, the GOD of Ifrael, Because ye have obeyed the Commandment of Jonadab your Father, and kept all his Precepts, and done according unto all that he bath commanded you, therefore thus faid the LORD of Hofts, the GOD of Ifrael, Jonádab the Son of Rechab fhall not want a Man to ftand before me for

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And we verily believe, as the Word of God cannot fail, that notwithstanding the Difperfion of the Jews, there has conftantly remained a Succeffion of that Family (though whether converted to Christianity, or profeffing their own Religion, we will not fay) to this Hour, and that they actually will fo continue to the End of the World.

Thus did the Obedience of the Rechabites not only meet with ample Retribution in the prefent Generation, but will do the fame to all fucceeding Times; fo munificent is the Almighty to his poor Creatures! Nay, if we are not greatly mistaken in the Senfe of the Words, to ftand before me for ever, there feems to be yet a farther Bleffing therein promised to that Family, even the Bleffing of everlafting Life; fince no Man can be properly faid to ftand before GOD, omniprefent tho' he be in fome Respects, namely, in the Exertion of his Power

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