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Question 129

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What is required of superiors towards their inferiors?

It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love,a pray for,b and bless their inferiors;c to instruct,d counsel, and admonish them;e countenancing,f commending,g and rewarding such as do well;h and discountenancing,i reproving, and chastising such as do ill;j protecting,k and providing for them all things necessary for soull and body:m and by grave, wise, holy, and exemplary carriage, to procure glory to God,n honor to themselves,o and so to preserve that authority which God hath put upon them.p

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aColossians 3:19; Titus 2:4
  2. b1 Samuel 12:23; Job 1:5
  3. c1 Kings 8:55–56; Hebrews 7:7; Genesis 49:28
  4. dDeuteronomy 6:6–7
  5. eEphesians 6:4
  6. f1 Peter 3:7
  7. g1 Peter 2:14; Romans 13:3
  8. hEsther 6:3
  9. iRomans 13:3–4
  10. jProverbs 29:15; 1 Peter 2:14
  11. kJob 29:13–16; Isaiah 1:10, 17
  12. lEphesians 6:4
  13. m1 Timothy 5:8
  14. n1 Timothy 4:12; Titus 2:3–5
  15. o1 Kings 3:28
  16. pTitus 2:15

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