Children: Should Be
Brought to Christ
Brought early to the house of God
Instructed in the ways of God
Judiciously trained
Children: Should
Obey God
Fear God
Remember God
Attend to parental teaching
Honour parents
Fear parents
Obey parents
Take care of parents
Honour the aged
Not imitate bad parents
Children: Not to Have
Considered an affliction
A reproach in Israel
Children: Treatment Of, after Birth, Noticed
Children: Circumcised on the Eighth Day
Children: Were Named
After relatives
From remarkable events
Gen 21:3,6; 18:13; Exd 2:10; 18:3,4
From circumstances connected with their birth
Often by God
Often numerous
Numerous, considered an especial blessing
Sometimes born when parents were old
Children: Male
If first born, belonged to God and were redeemed
Birth of, announced to the father by a messenger
Under the care of tutors, till they came of age
Usefully employed
Inherited the possessions of their father
Received the blessing of their father before his death
Children: Female
Taken care of by nurses
Usefully employed
Inherited property in default of sons
Children: Prosperity of, greatly depended on obedience of parents
Children: Were Required
To honour their parents
To attend to instruction
To submit to discipline
To respect the aged
Children: Often Wicked and Rebellious
Children: Rebellious, Punished by the Civil Power
Children: Could Demand Their Portion during Father's Life
Children: Casting Out of Weak, &c Alluded To
Children: Illegitimate
Had no inheritance
Not cared for by the father
Excluded from the congregation
Sometimes sent away with gifts
Despised by their brethren
Children: Resignation Manifested at Loss Of
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