Q127
What is the honour that inferiors owe to their superiors?
The honour which inferiors owe to their superiors is, all due reverence in heart,658 word,659 and behaviour;660 prayer and thanksgiving for them;661 imitation of their virtues and graces;662 willing obedience to their lawful commands and counsels;663 due submission to their corrections;664 fidelity to,665 defence,666 and maintenance of their persons and authority, according to their several ranks, and the nature of their places;667 bearing with their infirmities, and covering them in love,668 that so they may be an honour to them and to their government.669
Scripture Proofs
658
Malachi 1:6Leviticus 19:3
659
Proverbs 31:281 Peter 3:6
660
Leviticus 19:321 Kings 2:19
661
1 Timothy 2:1-2
662
Hebrews 13:7Philippians 3:17
663
Ephesians 6:1-2Ephesians 6:6-71 Peter 2:13-14Romans 13:1-5Hebrews 13:17Proverbs 4:3-4Proverbs 23:22Exodus 18:19Exodus 18:24
664
Hebrews 12:91 Peter 2:18-20
665
Titus 2:9-10
666
1 Samuel 26:15-162 Samuel 18:3Esther 6:2
667
Matthew 22:21Romans 13:6-71 Timothy 5:17-18Galatians 6:6Genesis 45:11Genesis 47:12
668
1 Peter 2:18Proverbs 23:22Genesis 9:23
669
Psalm 127:3-5Proverbs 31:23