Lord’s Day 35, Chapter 4: God is a Jealous God (2)

Nor is this the meaning of the motivation in the second commandment. Surely God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children in the third generation. But do not forget that the clause is added, "of those that hate me." Fact is, of course, that the genera­tions of those that hate God are the reprobate, to whom God does not reveal His saving mercy. In those gen­erations the children commit the same sins as their fa­thers. Nor is this the meaning of the motivation in the second commandment....