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165 that land, & therefore under the gospel, obedient Children are not assured that their natural life shall now be lengthened, on account of their Obedience to their parents, but they may be assured that other blessings, more valuable than long life shall be given them in exchange.

  Yet if this encouragement was peculiar in a manner to jewish children, still we have reason to conclude that at the present day, those who honor their parents do usually enjoy a longer life than disobedient & profane persons.  And we know that their lives will be prolonged so far as it shall be for God: glory? & their best good. Instead of, that their days may be long in the land, some read is agreeable to the original, that they, that is thy parents may prolong thy days &c.
 Parents, by means of their prayers for their obedient children & their blessing on them, will be instrumental of lengthen.g their lives; their prayers for them being noticed in heaven.
 The result of their remarks or, that if children who obey their parents in the Lord, do not now always enjoy long life, yet that loss shall be made up to them in other blessings. Such persons being generally more useful, loved & respected while they live & lamented when dead. And their filial duty, if from right & pure princip;es agreeable to the gospel, will be gloriously recompensed in heaven.
 This is said to be the first commandment with promise.  How does this appear since the promise