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The Larger Catechiſm. 47 Defence r, and Maintenance of their perſons and Authority, according to their ſeveral Ranks, and the Nature of their Places v; bearing with their Infir- mities, and covering them in Love that ſo they may be an Honour to them, and to their Govern- ment. I Mal. 1. 6 Lev. xix. 3. m Prov. xxxi. 28. 1 Pet. iii. 6. Lev. xix. 33. I Kings ii. 19. 0 I Tim ii I, 2. p Heb. xii. 7. Philip. iii, 17. q Eph. vi. 1, to 8 I Peter ii. 13, 14. Rom. xii, 1, to 6. Heb. xiii. 17. Prov. iv. 3, 4. & xxiii. 22. Exodus xviii. 19, 24. r Heb. xii. 9. 1 Peter ii. 18. 19. 20. f Titus ii. 9, 10. t I Sam. xxvi. 15. 16. 2 Sam. xviii. 3. Eſther, vi. 2. v Mat, xxii. 21. Rom. xiii. 6. 7. I Tim. v. 17, 18. Gal. vi. 6. Gen. xlv. It. 8c xlvii. 12. w I Pet. ii. 18. Prov. xxiii. 22. Gen, ix. 23. x Pſalm cxxvii. 3, 4,5 Prov. xxxi. 2. Q. What are the Sinſ of Inferiors againſt their Superiors? A. The Sins of Inferiors againſt their Superiors are, All Neglect of the Duties required towards them y, Envying at x, Contempt of a and Rebelli- on b agsinſt their perſons and Places d, in their lawful Counſelſ e, Commands and Corrections f; Curſ- ing, Mocking g: and all ſuch refractory and ſcanda- dous Carriage, as proves - Shame and Diſhonour to them and their Government h. y Mat. xv. 4, 5, 6. z Num. xi. 28, 19. a I Sam. viii. 7. Iſa. iii. 5 b 2 Sam. xv. 1, to 12. c Exodus xxi. 15. d I Sam. x. 27. e I Sam. ii. 25. f Deut. xxi. 18, to 22. g Prov. xxx. 11, 17. h Prov. xix, 26. Q. What is required of Superiors towards their inferiors? A. It is required of Superiors, according to that Power they receive from God, and that Relation wherein they land, to love, pray for k, and bleſs their