3. Immediate.
4. In manner, and spirit.
5. From love.
6. In absence, as well as presence.
7. To the mother as well as the father.
Prov. i. 8; vi. 20; xv. 20. Lev. xix. 3. e.g. Luke, ii. 51.
This is most important. In the Bible no difference is drawn between the authority of the father and mother.
III. A promise attached to obedience.
Exod. xx. 12. Eph. vi. 2. Jer. xxxv. 18, 19.
IV. To disobey is sin.