Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 19:3

3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father , and keep my sabbaths : I am the LORD your God.

The mother is put first, partly because the practise of this duty begins there, mothers, by perpetual converse being more and sooner known to their children then their fathers, and partly because this duty is most commonly neglected to the mother, upon whom children have not so much dependance as they have upon their Father. And this fear includes the two great duties of reverence and obedience.

This is here added, to shew, that, whereas it is enjoyned to Parents that they should take care that the Sabbath be observed both by themselves and by their children, it is the duty of children to fear and obey their Parents in this matter, and moreover, that, if Parents should neglect their duty herein, or by their command, counsel, or example draw them to pollute the Sabbath, yet the Children in that ca[illegible: 1+ letters]e must keep the Sabbath, and in all such cases prefer the command of God before the commands of their Parents or Superiours.

Marginal references: Exod. 20. 1[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪; Exod. 20. 8. and 31. 13.