{"number":129,"question":"What is required of superiors towards their inferiors?","answer":"It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love, pray for, and bless their inferiors; to instruct, counsel, and admonish them; countenancing, commending, and rewarding such as do well; and discountenancing, reproving, and chastising such as do ill; protecting, and providing for them all things necessary for soul and body: and by grave, wise, holy, and exemplary carriage, to procure glory to God, honor to themselves, and so to preserve that authority which God hath put upon them.","segments":[{"text":"It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love,","proofs":["Colossians 3:19","Titus 2:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 3:19","osis":["Col.3.19"]},{"printed":"Titus 2:4","osis":["Titus.2.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"pray for,","proofs":["1 Samuel 12:23","Job 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Samuel 12:23","osis":["1Sam.12.23"]},{"printed":"Job 1:5","osis":["Job.1.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and bless their inferiors;","proofs":["1 Kings 8:55–56","Hebrews 7:7","Genesis 49:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Kings 8:55–56","osis":["1Kgs.8.55-1Kgs.8.56"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 7:7","osis":["Heb.7.7"]},{"printed":"Genesis 49:28","osis":["Gen.49.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"to instruct,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 6:6–7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 6:6–7","osis":["Deut.6.6-Deut.6.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"counsel, and admonish them;","proofs":["Ephesians 6:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 6:4","osis":["Eph.6.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"countenancing,","proofs":["1 Peter 3:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 3:7","osis":["1Pet.3.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"commending,","proofs":["1 Peter 2:14","Romans 13:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:14","osis":["1Pet.2.14"]},{"printed":"Romans 13:3","osis":["Rom.13.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and rewarding such as do well;","proofs":["Esther 6:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Esther 6:3","osis":["Esth.6.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and discountenancing,","proofs":["Romans 13:3–4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:3–4","osis":["Rom.13.3-Rom.13.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"reproving, and chastising such as do ill;","proofs":["Proverbs 29:15","1 Peter 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 29:15","osis":["Prov.29.15"]},{"printed":"1 Peter 2:14","osis":["1Pet.2.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"protecting,","proofs":["Job 29:13–16","Isaiah 1:10, 17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 29:13–16","osis":["Job.29.13-Job.29.16"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 1:10, 17","osis":["Isa.1.10","Isa.1.17"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and providing for them all things necessary for soul","proofs":["Ephesians 6:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 6:4","osis":["Eph.6.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and body:","proofs":["1 Timothy 5:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 5:8","osis":["1Tim.5.8"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and by grave, wise, holy, and exemplary carriage, to procure glory to God,","proofs":["1 Timothy 4:12","Titus 2:3–5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 4:12","osis":["1Tim.4.12"]},{"printed":"Titus 2:3–5","osis":["Titus.2.3-Titus.2.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"honor to themselves,","proofs":["1 Kings 3:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Kings 3:28","osis":["1Kgs.3.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and so to preserve that authority which God hath put upon them.","proofs":["Titus 2:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 2:15","osis":["Titus.2.15"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"bc1695":["69"],"wlc-modernized":["129"],"wsc":["64"]},"diffs":[{"source":"bc1695","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love, pray for, and bless their inferiors; to instruct, counsel, and admonish them; countenancing, commending, and rewarding such as do well; and discountenancing, reproving, and chastising such as do ill; protecting, and providing for them all things necessary for soul and body: and by grave, wise, holy, and exemplary carriage, to procure glory to God,","position":null},{"text":"to themselves,","position":null},{"text":"so","position":2},{"text":"preserve that authority which God hath put upon them.","position":null}]}],"page":"117","leaf":60}