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48 The Larger Catechiſm. theit Inferiors l ; to inſtruct m, counſel and admo- niſh them n ; countenancing o, commending p, and rewarding ſuch as do well q; and discountenancing reproving and chastising ſuch as do ill ſ; protecting t, and providing for them all Things neceſſary for Soul w and Body w : And by grave, wife, holy and ex- emplary Carriage, to procure Glory to God, Ho- nout to themſelves y, and ſo to preſerve that Au- thority which God hath put upon them z: i Col. iii. 19. Tit. ii 4. k i Sam. xii, 23. Job. i. 5 I 1 Kings vill. 55, 56. Heb, vii. 7. Gen. xlix. 28. m Deut. vi. 6, 7. n Eph. vi. 4. o 1 Peter iii. 7. p I Peter ii. 14. Rom. xiii. 3. 9 Fſther vi. 3. Rom. xii. 3,4. f Prov. xxix. 15. 1 Peter ii. 14. Jeb. xxix. 12, to 18. Iſ. i. 10, 17. v Eph. vi. 4. w I Tim.v.8. x I Tim. iv. 12. Titus i. 3, 4, S. y I Kings iii. 28. z Titus ii. 15. Q. What are the Sins of Superiors? A. The Sins of Superiors are, beſide the Neglect of the Duties required of them. An inordinate ſeeking of themſelves by their own Glory r, Eaſe, Profit or Pleaſure de commanding Things unlow- ful e, or not in the Power of interiors to perform f; counſelling encouraging h, or favouring them in that which is Evil i, dissuading, discouraging, or dif- count enancing them in that which is Good k: cor- recting them unduely l, careless expoſing or leaving them to Wrong, Temptation und Danger m, pro- voking them to Wrath, or any Way diſhonouting themſelves, or leſſening their Authority, by an un- juſt, indiſcreet, rigorous or remiſs Behaviour o. a Ezek. xxxiv. 2, 3, 4. b Philip. ii. 21. c John v, 44. & vii. 18 d Iſa. Ivi. 10, 11. Deut. xviii. 17. c Dan. iii. 4,5,6, Acts iv. 17, 18. f Exod. v. 10. to 18. Mat. xxiii. 2, 4. g Mat. xiv. 8. with Mark vi. 24 h 2 Sam. xiii. 28. i I Sam. iii 13. k John vii. 46. to 50.