OBEDIENCE TO PARENTS

1 LET children that would fear the Lord
Hear what their teachers say :
With reverence hear their parents’ word,
And with delight obey.
2 Have you not heard what dreadful plagues
Ayre threaten’d by the Lord,
To him that breaks his father’s laws,
Or mocks his mother’s word ?
3 What heavy guilt upon him lies!
How cursed is his name !
The ravens shall pick out his cyes,
And eagles eat the same.

4 But those that worship God, and give
Their parents honour due,
Here on this carth they long shall live,
And live hereafter too.