Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 21:21

21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Which was the punishment appointed for blasphemers and Idolaters, which if it seem severe, it is to be considered that Parents are in Gods stead, and entrusted in good measure with his authority over their Children, and that Families are the matter and foundation of the Church and Commonwealth, and they who are namely Members and Rebellious children in them do commonly prove the bane and plague of these, and therefore no wonder if they are nipped in the bud.