ChapterVI
OfPaternalPower52。ITmayperhapsbecensuredanimpertinentcriticisminadiscourseofthisnaturetofindfaultwithwordsandnamesthathaveobtainedintheworld。Andyetpossiblyitmaynotbeamisstooffernewoneswhentheoldareapttoleadmenintomistakes，asthisofpaternalpowerprobablyhasdone，whichseemssotoplacethepowerofparentsovertheirchildrenwhollyinthefather，asifthemotherhadnoshareinit；whereasifweconsultreasonorrevelation，weshallfindshehasanequaltitle，whichmaygiveonereasontoaskwhetherthismightnotbemoreproperlycalledparentalpower？ForwhateverobligationNatureandtherightofgenerationlaysonchildren，itmustcertainlybindthemequaltoboththeconcurrentcausesofit。AndaccordinglyweseethepositivelawofGodeverywherejoinsthemtogetherwithoutdistinction，whenitcommandstheobedienceofchildren：\"Honourthyfatherandthymother\"（Exod。
20。12）；\"Whosoevercursethhisfatherorhismother\"（Lev。20。9）；
\"Yeshallfeareverymanhismotherandhisfather\"（Lev。19。3）；
\"Children，obeyyourparents\"（Eph。6。1），etc。，isthestyleoftheOldandNewTestament。