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"Withhold not correction from the child, for if you beat
him with the rod, he shall not die. You shall beat him
with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell."
Proverbs 23:13-14

God uses the rod to prevent further folly, mischief, and
misery. It is said of the ape, that she hugs her young
ones to death; so many fond parents, by not correcting
their children, they come to slay their children. The best
way to prevent their being scourged with scorpions in hell,
is to chastise them with the rod here.

So God takes up the rod; He afflicts and chastises His
dearest children, but it is to prevent soul-mischief and
misery; it is to prevent pride, self-love, worldliness, etc.

The rod is to purge out that vanity and folly that is bound
up in the heart of the child. Proverbs 22:15, "Foolishness is
bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction
shall drive it far from him." The rod is an ordinance, as
well as the word; and such parents who use it as an
ordinance—praying and weeping over it—shall find it
effectual for the chasing away of evil out of their children's
heart. Eli and David were two very choice men, and yet, by
their fondness on one hand, and neglect of this ordinance
on the other hand, they ruined their sons; and whether
they did not undo their souls, I shall not at this time
stand to inquire.

When Moses cast away his rod, it became a serpent; and
so, when parents cast away the rod of correction, it is ten
to one but that their children become the brood of the
serpent: Proverbs 13:24, "He who spares his rod hates his
son; but he who loves him chastens him often." Not only
the care, but also the cure of the child—so far as the rod
will reach—lies upon the hands of the parent.





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