And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and [how] shall we do unto him?
Ver. 12. How shall we order the child?] Or, What shall be his office and his work? This their solicitude about the child was very commendable. Let it be parents' care, that
“ Ipsa Deo blandos fundant cunabula flores. ” - Virg.
Careless parents are a kind of parricides, peremptores potius quam parentes, saith Bernard.