Numbers 36

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXXVI.—It is prudent to foresee difficulties, that we may avoid them: and in laws, covenants, and other affairs, to have every point so fixed that no disorder or dispute may arise in after-times. But let us remember that it is most profitable to acknowledge the Lord in all our ways; for often he defers his directions till men perceive the necessity of them: and a ready obedience to his command and will, when known, yea, even to those of our superiors, is necessary and becoming. But, whatever power parents have in the marriage of children, none ought to be forced into marriage connections contrary to their inclination. YY