John Trapp on Jeremiah 35:8

Ver. 8. Thus have we obeyed the voyce of Jonadab] Obedience to Parents, in things not unlawful, is very commendable. Ariſtotle ſaith, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Ar. Rhet. it is not good for a man to diſſent from the Gods, from his Father, and from his Teacher. We read of a King of Poland who carried the picture of his Father in a plate of gold about his neck: and when he was going about any great buſineſſe, he would kiſſe that picture, and ſay, God grant I may obſerve my Fathers charge, and do nothing unworthy of him, &c.

We, our wives, our ſons and our daughters] As themſelves were obedient to their Father, ſo had they their children obedient to them: whereas ill children are puniſhed in their poſterity. Fullers holy State. One complained that never Father had ſo undutiful a child as he had: yes (ſaid his ſon, with leſſe grace then truth) my Grand-father had.