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146 Faithfully discharged from right principles, they are branches of that religion, that is good & acceptable in the sight of God, & which he has graciously promised, he will reward.

 1. The duty of children to their parents is to reverence, esteem & love their persons. They should cherish a cordial regard for them & express it by all suitable words & actions. Even tho' their parents may not be so worthy as others, yet are children bound to show them greater respect than others. This obligation is not destroyed, even tho' the parents one or both should be vicious & profane. They are the authors under God of their existance. Had it not been for them, they would not have been. Their training up in life has also been owing to the labor & care of their parents. Thus filial reverence & respect is due, even to vicious parents & Hill mac? to the worthy & virtuous, because from the latter children have received many more kindness & favors & their gratitude is in proportion to the favors recd from them.
 Children when young, before they arrive to years of discretion, are under the absolute rule & government of their parents, & bound to obey them in all things, not sinful or immoral; and after they have attained to years of discretion & in a capacity to provide for themselves in the World, they are bound to respect & reverence, their parents
 Eneas the Leader of the Trogans, obtained the surnams of pious, for his reverence & love to his aged & helpless father, whom he carried on his shoulders from the burning ruins of  Troy.