Footnotes

1. Ephesians 6:1 He cometh to another part of a family, and showeth that the duty of the children toward their parents, consisteth in obedience unto them.
2. Ephesians 6:1 The first argument: because God hath so appointed: whereupon it followeth also, that children are so far forth bound to obey their parents, as they may not swerve from the true worship of God.
3. Ephesians 6:1 For the Lord is author of all fatherhood, and therefore we must yield such obedience as he will have us.
4. Ephesians 6:1 The second argument: because this obedience is most just.
5. Ephesians 6:2 A proof of the first argument.
6. Ephesians 6:2 The third argument, taken of the profit that ensueth thereby: because the Lord vouchsafed this commandment amongst the rest, of a special blessing.
7. Ephesians 6:2 With a special promise: for otherwise the second commandment hath a promise of mercy to a thousand generations, but that promise is general.