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may be avoided or performed by others, according to thfc duty of their places *.
8. That in what is commanded to others, we are bound, according to our places and callings, to be helpful to them ** ; and to take heed of partaking with others in what is forbidden them ^
Q. 100. What special things are we to consider in the ten commandments ?
A. We are to consider, in the ten commandments, the preface, the substance of the commandments themselves, and several reasons aimexed to some of them, the more to enforce them.
Q. 101. What is the preface to the ten commandments ?
A. The preface to the ten commandments is contained in these words, I am the Lord thy Gud, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage '^, Wherein God manifesteth his sovereignty, as being JEHOVAH, the eternal, immutable, and almighty Gwl*';
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P^f Exo ^mtj is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. Lev. XIX. 17. Thou slialt not hate thy brother in thine heart : thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Gen. xviiu 19. For I know him, that he will command his children and his house- hold after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment : that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Josh. xxiv. 1 5. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the Aood, or the gods of the Amor-
ite?, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Deut. vi. G. Aiid these words, which I command thee this day, shall be hi thine heart : Ver, 7. And thou shalt teach them d'Ugently unto thy clnldren, and shalt talk of them when thou siitest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou rist'St Ujp.
b 2 Cor. u 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand,
^ 1 Tim. V. 22. Lay hands suddepfy on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins : keep thyself pure, £ph. V. 1 1. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of dark- ness, but ratlier reprove them.
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Q. 102. WhM is the. sum of the four commandments which contain our duly to God ?
A, The sum o? the four commandments containing our duty to God, is, to love the Lord om* God with all our
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the Lord of Hosts, T am the first, and lam the last, and besideg^me there is no god.
f Exod. iii. 14. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM : and he said, Thus shah thou say unto the chddren of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
S Exod. vi. 3. And I appeared un- to Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
h Acts xvii. 24. God, that made the world, and all things therein, see- ing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands : Ver. 28. For in him we live, and move, and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his off- spring.
i Gen. xvii. 7. And I will es^blish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their gene- ratious, for an everlasting covenant ; to be a God unto thee, ajid to thy seed after thee. Compared ivHh Rom. iii. 29. Is he the God of the Jews only ?■ is Ite not also ot the Gentiles ?. Yes, of the Gennks also..
^ Lulce \. 74. That he would grant unto u=;, that we, being deli* vered out of the hands of our ene- mies, might serve him without fear, Ver. 75. In holiness and righteous- ness before him, all the days of our life.
I 1 Pet. I. 15. But as he which- hath called yoii-is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; Ver. IG. Because it is written, Be ye holy,, for I am holy. Ver. 17. And if ye call on the Father, who' without re-- spect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of:" your sojourning here in fear. Ver, 18. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible- things^ as ftilver and gold, from your vain conversation, received by tradi- tion from your fathers. Lev. xviii. 80^ Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any- one of these abornin.ible customs,, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourseivea therein : I am the Lord your God. Lev. xix. 37. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my jiidgments, and do them : I am the- Lord.
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Q. U)3. Whu'h is the first commandment ?
A. 'i'he first coniniandmeut is, Tliou shall .have no othifi gods hcj'ore me ".
(^). 1()4. What arc the duties required in thefird comviand* mcnt ?
A. The duties re(iuircd in tlie first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God '' ; and to worship and glorify him nccordingly *•, by thinking "^j meditating', rememberina^ %
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101. o 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. And thou, Swlnmon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a will- ing mind : lor the Lord searchcth all hearts, and undtrstandeih all the 1 : utions of the thoughts: if thou im, he will be found of thee; but !! thou forsake him, he will cast thte off for ever. Deut. xxvi. 17. Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes.
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his conunandments, and his ments, and to hearken unto his Isa. xliii. 10. Ye are my ses, saith the Lord, and my '- whom I have chosen; that y know and believe me, and :aud that I am he: before le was no god formed, neither :here be ahcr me. Jer. xiv. Are there any among tl^e vanities of the Gentiles that can ^U6e rain ? or caii the heavens give
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showers ? Art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will wait. up- on thee ; for thou hast made all these thirgs
P Psal. xcv. 6. O come, let us worship and how down ; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. Ver. 7. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Mat. iv, 10. Then saith Jesus unto him. Get thee hence, Satsn : for it is written, Thou shali wofbhip the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Psal. xxix. 2, Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name ; worship the Lord iu the beauty of holiness.
** Mai. lii. 16. Then they that fear- ed the Lord spake often one to ano» ther, and the Lord hearkened and heard it ; and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that tliought upon his name.
' PiaL Ixiii. 6. When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on ihee in the night-watches.
* LccL xiL 1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
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t Psal. IxxL 1 9. Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee f
" Mai. i. (). A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master : if then I be a father, where is mine honour ? and if I be a master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
^ Isa. xlv. 23. I have sworn by my- self, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return. That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
* Josh. xxiv. 15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, Ver. 22. And Joshua said un- to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have cho- sen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said. We are witnesses.
y Deut. vi. 5. And thou shah love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
^ Psal. lxxiii.-25. Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
* Isa. viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, and let ium be your fear, and let him be your dread.
bExod. xlv. SI. And Israel sav that great work which the Lord die upon the Egyptians ; and the peoph feared the Lord, and believed th( Lord, and his servant Moses.
^ Isa. xxvi. 4. Trust ye in the Lor for ever : for in the Lord JEHO VAI: is everlasting strength,
d Psal. cxxx. 7. Let Israel hope ii the Lord : for with the Lord there ii mercy, and with him is plenteous re. demption.
^ Psal. xxxvii. 4. Delight thysel also in the Loi'd, and he shall giv« thee the desires of thine heart.
f Psal. xxxii. 11. Be glad in tht Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; an( shout for joy, all ye that are uprigh in heart.
e Rom. xii. 1 1 . Not slothful ii business j fervent in spirit ; serving thi I^ord. Compared -with Num. xxv. 1 1 Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the soi of Aaron the priest, hath turned m^ wrath away from the ciiildren o Israel, (while he was zealous for m; sake among them,) that I consumet not the diildren of Israel in m; jealousy.
fa Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for no thing : but in every thing by praye and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known un to God.
1 Jer. vii. 23. But this thing com manded I them, saying, Obey m voice, and I will be your God, ani ye shall be my people : and walk y in. all the ways thut I have command
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to please him ^, and sorrowful when in any thing he is ofiendcd ' ; and walking humbly with him °.
Q. 105. What are the sins forbidden in the first command" tnejit ?
A. The sins forbidden in the first commandment are. Atheism, in denying, or not having a God " ; Idolatr)^, in hfiving or worshipping more gods than one, or any with or instead of the true God ° ; the not having and avouching him for God, and our God p ; the omission or neglect of any thing due to him, requii'ed in this commandment *> ; ig- norance,
ed yon, that It may be tvell unto you. James iv. 7. Submit yourselves there- fore to God ; resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
k 1 John iii. 22. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do tho eight.
• Jer. xxxi. ]8. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shair be turned ; for thou art the " 1 my God. Psal. cxix. 136. -9 of waters run down mine eyes; iHc ause they keep not thy law.
™ Miciih vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee> but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ?
105. " Psal. xiv. I. The fool hath said in his heart. There is no God : they are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there h none that docth good. Eph. ii. 12. That at thir time ye were without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth rael, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.
° Jer. ii. 27. Saying to a stock. Thou art my father ; and to a stone. Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face : but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. Ver. 28. But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee ? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble : for ac- cording to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah, Ccmfiarcd 'iuftk 1 Thess. i. 9. For they them- selves shew of ui what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God.
P Psal. Ixxxi. 11. But my people would not hearken to my voice ; and Israel would none of me.
'J Isa, xliii. 22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Ver, 23. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings, neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Ver. 24. Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filh:d me with the fat of thy sacrifices : but thou hast made mc to serve with thy tins.
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sins, thou hast weaned me with thine , iniquities.
'' Jer. iv. 22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they liave none understanding : they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Hos. iv. 1. Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Is- rael t for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, be- cause there is no truth^ nor m.ercy, iior knovv^ledge of God in the land. Ver. 6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge : because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
* Jer. ii. 32. Can a matd forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire .' yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
t Acts xvii. 23^ For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this Inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Ver. 29. Foras- much then as we are the otFspring of Cod, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
" Isa. xl. 18» To whom then wijl ye liken God? or what likeness. will ye compare unto him ?
^PsaL L 21. These things hast thou done, and I kept sileiKC t thou
thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
^ Deut. xxix. 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God ; but those things which are revealed be- long unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
y Tit. i. 16. They profess that they know God j but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Heb. xii. 16. Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
^ Rom. i. 30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. —
^ 2 Tim. iii. 2. For men shall be lovers of their ownselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobe- dient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
b Phil. ii. 21 . For all seek their own, not the things Vhich are Jesua Christ's.
^ 1 John ii. 15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Ver. 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of die Father, but is of the world. 1 Sam. ii. 29. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and at mine offering which i have commanded Id luy habitation, and honourest thy
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•ons ab fat with the chiefcst of all the offer- ings of Israel my people ? Col. iii. 2. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Ver. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth ; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
d 1 John iv, 1. Beloved, believe rot every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God ; because many false prophets are gone out in- to the world.
*^Heb. iii. 12. Take heed, bre- thren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
i Gal. V. 20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. Tit. iii. 10. .\ man that is an heretick, after tlie first and second admonition, re- ject.
8 Acts xxvi. 9. I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many tilings contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Ii Psal. Ixxviii. 22. Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation.
i Gen. iv. \'^. And Cain said unto the I^ord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
*' Jer. V. 3. O Lord, are not thine €yes upon the truth.' Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast consumed them.
but they have refused to receive cor- rection : they have made their faces harder than a rock, they have re- fused to return.
1 Isa. xlii. "25, Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle : and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not ; and it burn- ed him, yet he laid it not ih heart.
*" Rom, ii. 5. But after thy hard- nt-ss and impenitent heurt, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righ- teous judgment of God.
" Jer. xiii. 15. Hear ye, and give ear, be net proud : for the Lord iiatli spoken.
^ Psal. xix. If?. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins j let them not have dominion over me : then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
P Zeph. i. 1 2. And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lee?; that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he da evil.
^ Mat, iv. 7. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
' Rom. iii. 8. And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may conic I whose dan;i}ation is just, 5 Jwr.
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trusting in lawful means ' ; carnal delights aiid joys ' ; corrupt, blind, and indiscreet zeal"; lukewarmness'^'/and deadness in the things of God " ; estranging ourselves, and apostatizing from God ^ ; praying, or giving any religious worship, to saints, angels, or any other creatures ' ; all
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^ Jer. xvIJ. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh Iiis arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
t 2 Tim. iii. 4. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.
" Gal. iv. 17. They zealously affect you, but not well ; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. John xvi. 2. They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time Cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. Rom. x. 2. For I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Luke ix. 54. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command lire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? Ver. 55. But he turned, and rebuked them, and said. Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
^ Rev. iii. 16. So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
^ Rev. Iii. 1. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write. These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven 6tar« j I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. y Ezek. xiv. 5. That I may take the house of Israel in their own fceart, because they are all eswa;iged
from me through their idols. Isa. i. 4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters : they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel un- to anger, they are gone away back- ward ! Ver. 5. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
^ Rom. x. 13. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved, Ver. 14. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they beheve in him of whom they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a preacher ? Hos. iv. 1 2. My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them : for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. Acts x. 25. And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. Ver. 20. But Peter took him up, saying. Stand up, I myself also am a man. Rev. xix. 10. And 1 fell at his feet to worship him ; and he said unto me, See thou do It not ; I am thy fellow- servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus : worship God ; for the testimonv of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Mat. iv. 10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ; for it is written, Thou £halt
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compacts and consulting with the devil*, and hearkening i:o his suggestions ^ ; making men the h)i:ds of our faith md conscience *" ; slighting and despising God and his commands '^ ; resisting and grieving of his Spirif" , discon- tent and impatience at his dispensations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on us '^ ; and ascribing the
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halt worship the Lord thy God, and liim only shalt thou serve. Col. ii. 8. Let no man beguile you of your eward, in a voluntary humility, and worshipping of angels, intruding into hhose things which he hath not seen, v-ainly puffed up by his ileshly mind. Rom. i. S.-j. VVho clianged the truth ijf God into a lie, and worshipped md served the creature more than Llie Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
* Lev. XX. C. And the soul that tumeth after such as have familiar .pirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set uy face against that soul, and will :ut him off from among his people. I Sam. xxviii. 7. 'i'hen said Saul un- to his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may ;o to her, and enquire of her. And lis servants said to him. Behold, Jiere is a woman that hath a familiar pirit at En-dor. Ver. 1 1. Then said he woman, Whom shall I bring up into thee .' And he said, Bring me jp Samuel. Com/tared ivith 1 Chron. 13. So Saul died fof his transgres- sion which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it ; Ver, 14. And enquired not of the Lord : therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
b Acts V. 3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land .?
^ 2 Cor. i. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand. Mat. xxiii. 9. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father which is in heaven.
d Deut. xxxii. 1 5. But Jeshuron waxed fat, and kicked : thou art wax- en fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 2 Sam. xii. 9. Wherefore h«st thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight ? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittlte with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Prov. xiii. 13. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed; but he that feareth the command- ment shall be rewarded.
*^ Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. Eph. iv. 30. And grieve not the yoly Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
f Psal Ixxiii. 2. But as for me, my
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Q, 106. What are we espeeiaJly taught hy these words [before me] in the first commandment ?
A, These words [l)efore me'] or before my face, in the first commandment, teach us, that GodjWho seetli all things, taketJi special notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God : that so it may be an argument to dissuade from it^ and to aggravate it as a most impudent provocation ' ; as
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vrell nigh slipped. er. 3. For I was en-vious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Ver. in. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. Ver. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. Ver. 15, If I say, I will speak thus, behold, I should offend against the generatir^ cf thy children. Ver. 22. So foolish was I, and ignorant : I was as a beast before thee. Job i. 22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
S 1 Sam. vi. 7. Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch- kiwe on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring theiT calves home from them : Ver. 8. And take the ark of the l^ord, and lay it upon the cart, and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof, and send it away, that it niay go. Ver. 0. And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us tins great evil : but if not, then we shall know that it is not jhis hand that smote us ; it was a chance that happened to us.
li Dan. V. 23. But hast lifted up
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thy lords, thy wives and thy concu- bines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glo- rified.
i Deut. viii. 17. And thou say in thine heart. My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. Dan. iv. ?,0. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, hy the might of my power, and for the honour oi my majesty .''
^' Hab. i. \6. Therefore they sacri- fice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag : because by tl^en: their portion is fat, and their meaj plenteous.
10^. ' Ezek. viii. 5. Then said U unto me. Son of man, lift up tliint eyes now the way towards the norrh So I lifted up mine eyes the way to wards the north, and behold north- ward, at the gate of the altar, th image of jealousy in the entry Ver. 6. He said furthermore unto me Son of man, seest thou what they do even the great abominations that th house of Israel committeth here that I should go far off from m; sanctuary ? but turn thee yet again am
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(^). 107. Which is the second conn
A. The second cotuinaudnient is, 11^ shall vut make unto thee any graven imas^c, or any Wccnrfm of any t/n'njr that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that -is in the water under the earth. 'Jltou shaft not bow doivn thyself to them, nor serve them : for J the Lord thy God am a jealvus God, visiting the inifiuity of the fathers upon the children itnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shelving laervj/ unto thousands of thun that hjvr vie^ and Jivep my commandmenis".
Q. 108. What arc the duties required in the second com^ Viand men t i'
A. The dnties reqinrod iu tlic second commandment are, tlie receiving, ohservinf]^, and keepinj; pure and en- tire, all such reli;^i()ns \s'orsInp and ordinances as God iiath instituted in hl'^ word ; pn liruhtrly prayer and
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ivnd thou shall sec greater alioniina- Joivs, Xsfc. [/& the end ef the Chafitrr."] i*s;»l, xliv. 2{). If we have forgotten ■ he iian'o of our God, or srrctched )Ut our hinds to u sfranjje pod : Vir. 'J I. Shall not God search this ot ? for he knoweth the secrets of • heart.
'" 1 Chron. xxvili. 9. And thou, ■iolo-r.on my win, know thou the Jod of thy father, and serve him vith a perfect heart, and with a villiujT mind: for the Lord s^^archeth 11 hearts, and under-^tandeth all the mnjiinations of the ihouj^hts : if hou «eek hiirt, he will be fomid of hee ; but if tJuiu forsake him, "he vill cast tliee ofi for ever.
107. "£xod. XX. 4, r>, G.
108. ^^ Dent, xxxii. -16. And he \id unto them, Set your hearts nto all the words which I testify VMuur ^ou this day; which ye shall
command your children to nhscrvo. lo do all the words of this law. A'er. 4 7. I'or it is not a vain thin^ for you: because 4t is your hfe; and through this thin^ ye shall prolonjf your daj's in the land whi- ther ye yn over Jordan to jwsyss it. Mat. x-Kviii. 20. Teachinp; them to obsei-ve all thinjr« whatsoever I haveconmianded %our and, lo, I am with you alway, ev«-ii unto tbe end of the world. Acts ii. 4'i. And they coi.tinued stedfa^tly in the apostle"^' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of hrtad, and in prayers, 1 'iim. vi. j;^. I give thee charge in the sijrht of God, who quicketurth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pdate witnessed a pocKl confession* Ver. 14. 'Jhat thou keep this commandment withont spot, unrebukable, until the appear- ing of our Lord Jeaus Clu-ist.
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P Phil, Iv. 6. Be careful for no- thing : but in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. Eph. v. 20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
*iDeut. xvii. 18. And it shall he, when he sitteth upon the tlirone of his kingdom, that he shall v/rite liim a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites : Ver. 19. And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them. Acts xv. 21. For Mo«€s of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day. 2 Tim. iv. 2. Preach the word, be -instant in season, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort, vi-ith all long-suffering and doctrine. James -i. 21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness.and s'uperfluity of naughti- ness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. Ver. 22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own •selves. Act* x. 33. Immediately therefore I €ent to thee ; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Kow therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all - things that are commanded thee of /Jod.
you, That the same night in betrayed, took
'Mat. xxviii. 19. Go ye there- fore, and teach all nations, baptiz- ing them in the name of the Fa- ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. xi. from P'trse 23. to Verse 30. For I have recei- ved of the Lord that which also I delivered unto Lord Jesus, the which he was bread, l^c.
^' Mat. xviii. 15.- Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault be- tween thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. Ver. IG. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnessef every word may be established Ver. 1 7. And if he shall neglect tc hear them, tell it unto the church but if he neglect to hear the church let him be unto thee as an heathei man and a pubHcan. Mat. xvi. 19 And I will give unto thee the key of the kingdom of heaVen : an« whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; auf whatsoever thou shalt loose o; earth, shall be 'loosed in heaver 1 Cor. Chapter v. 1 Cor. xii. 28 And God hath set some in t1 church ; tirst, apostles ; secondaril) prophets ; thirdly, teachers ; afte that miracles ; then gifts of heahng helps, governments, diversities ( tongues.
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^^Be evangelists, atid some pastors teachtrs ; Vcr. 1 2. For the cting of the saints, for the : of the ministry, for the ing of the body of Clirlsr. im. V. 17. Let the elders tliat well be counted wortliy of lie honour, especially they who ur in the word and doctrine. Ver. 18. For the scripture saith. Thou shidt not muzzle the ox that tri-adeth out the corn : and, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 1 Cor, ix. 7, — 15. Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eatfth not of the fruit thereof? or who fctdt-th a iiock, aTid eateth not of the milk of the flock ? Is^c.
^ Joel ii. 12. Therefore also now, »aith the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, .ir.d with weeping, and with nn)iirning. Ver. III. And rend your heart, and not your gannents, and Turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gr;icinu5 and merciful. — 1 Cor. Vii. '>. Defraud ye not one the other, cxrept It be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer ; —
^^ Deut. vi. 1:?. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve liim, aiui shalt swear by his name.
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be known to Egypt, and the Lgyptian* shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation ; yea, they shall vow a vow luito the Lord, and perform it. Psal. Ixxvi. 11. Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God; let all that be round abcut him bring presents un- to him that ou;(ht to be feared.
^Acts xvii. 16. Now \\Wi\c Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirfed in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idola- try. Ver. 17. Therefore disputed he in the synaG;nj^\ic with the Jews, and with the iltvnut persons, and in the market daily with them tiiat met with him. Psal. xvi. 4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after ;inother god » their drink-ofTcrings of blood will I jiot offer, nor take up their names into n>y lip«.
^- Di-'Ut. vii. 5. But -thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy thrir altars, and break 'down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. Isa. xxx. 2S.'. Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, ;ind the ornan»cnt of thy ntolten images of gold : thou shalt cast them away i:s a men- struouR cloth ; thou shalt say unt«
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109. *Numb. XV. 39. And it sliall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remem- ber all the commandments of the liOrd, and do them : and that ye seek not after your own heart, and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring.
bDeut. xiii. 6. If thy brother, 4he son of thy mother, or thy bon, cr thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as tblne own soul, entice thee secretly, faj'bg, I-et us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thoii, nor thy fatliers ; Vtr. 7. Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto .the other end of tl^e earth ; Ver. 8. Thou shalt not consent urito him, nor hearken un- to him ; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thcui spare, nei- ther shalt thou conceal him.
^ Hosea V. ] 1. Kphraim i« op- pressed and broken in judgn-.ent, because he willingly walked after the commandment. Micah vi. 1 G. For the statutes of Omri are kept,' and all the works of the house of Ahab. and ye walk in their coun- sels ; that I should make thee a de- solation, and the inhabitants tbej'eof an hi&sing : therefore ye shall :bear the reproach of my people.
they have forsaken nie, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, rnd Alilcom
the god of the children of Am- mon, and have not walked in ray w.3)S, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 1 Kings xii. 33. So he offered upon the altar which lie had made in Beth-el, the fifteenth day of the eighth month^ even -in the month which he had devised of his own heart ; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel : and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
'■ Deut. xii. 30. Take heed to thyself that thou be not fnared by foUo-A'ing them, after that they be destroyed from before thee ; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gode? even so will I do likewise. Ver. 31. 'ihou shalt not do so unto the Lord .thy God : for every abomination to the Lord which he hateth have they dope unto their gods; for even their sons and theirdaughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. Ver. 32. ■Wh.'it thing soever I command you, observe to do it ; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
fDeut. y.\i\. from Verse 6. to 12. [See letter l\] Zech. xiii. 2. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they sliall no more he remembered : and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. Ver. 3. And it shall come to j.ass, that when any shall yet prophesy^
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ropfescntation of Go either in-Aanlly in our mind, or outwardly in any kind of image or likeness of any creature whatsoever''; all worship- ping
prophesy, then Ms father ancf his moth'T that begat him shall say un- to him, Thou sh;ilt not live; for tlion speakest lies in the name of the I^ord : and his fach»T and his mother that begat him shall thrust him ihroujjh when he prophesieth. Rev. ii. "2. I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear thcni which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they ace apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars. Ver. 14. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrme of Ba- laam, who taught Balac to cast a stuniblingbiock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed un- to idols, and to commit fornication, Vo-. 15. So hifit thou also them thar hold the doctrine of the Nico- laitiines, which thing 1 hate. Ver. 20. Notwithstanding, I have a few things ag:up.st th».-e, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a '^ rophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to conmiit fornication, and to eat things sacri- ficec^ unto idols. Rev. ivii. 12. And the ten horns which thou saw- est are ten kings, which have recei- ved no kingdoju as yet ; but receive prwer as kings one hour with the bi-.ist. VcT. ItJ. And the ten horns which thou sawtst upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and siiull m.ike her desoUte and uaked, and ah-ill eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. Ver. 17. For God hath put ill their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto
the beast, until the words of God shrill be fulfilled.
SDeut. iv. 15. Take ye therefore good hevd unto yourselves; (for ye saw no manner of similitude nu the day that tho Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire :) Ver. lt>. Lest ye corrupt yoxir* selve«s, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure,tho. likeness of male or female ; Ver. i 7, The likeness of any beast that is- on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air; Ver. 18. The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth : Ver. 1 9, And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, whidi the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Acts xvii. 29. Foras- much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to tliir.k that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. Rom. i. 21. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thank- ful ; but became vain in their imagi- natioiiS, and their foolish heart was darkened. Ver. 22. Professing them* s'jlves to be wise, they became fools, Ver. 23. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image nude like to corruptible man, and* to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Ver. 125. Who M ?> changed
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ping of it ''. or God in it or by it ' ; the making of any re- presentation of feigned deities '', and ail worship of them, or service belonging to them * ; all superstitions devices'", corrupting the worsliip of God % adding to it, or taking from it*", vvli.'^tli.'M* i?t\p»'lcd and taken up of ourselves p, or
received
• hringed the truth of God into a lie, .>.m\ worshipped 3iid served the crea- ture more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
hpan. iii. IB, But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we avill not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Gal. iv. 8. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did ser- vice unto them which by nature are no gods.
i Exod. xxxii. H. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the JLord.
kExod. xxxii. 8. They have turn- «d aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacri- ficed, thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. _
i 1 Kings xviii. 26. And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon ^he altar which was made. Ver. ti8. And they cried aloud, and cut them- selves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out ■upon them. Isa. Ixv. 1 \ . But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that for- !?;et my holy mountain, that prepare
a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink-offering unto that number.
™ Acts xvii. 22. Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, ye men of Athens, 1 perceive that in all things yc are too super- stitious. Col. ii. 21. (Touch not, taste not, handle not : Ver. 22. Which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of men. Ver. 23. Which things have indeed a shew of wis- dom in will-worship and humility, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
**Mal. i. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar ; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee ? In that ye say, The table of the Lor^; is contemptible. Ver. 8. And if yc offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil ? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil ? offer it now unto thy governor : will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the I^ord of hosts. Ver, 14. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing : for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name i» dreadful among the lieathen.
*^ Deut. iv. 2. Ye shall not add imto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the com- mandments of the Lord your God, which I command you.
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P Psal. cvi. 39, Thus were they defiled with their own works, ai'.d went a whoring with their own in- ventions.
*> Mat. XV. 9. But in vain they do worship me, teaching: for doctrines the commandments of men.
' 1 Pet. i. 1 8. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conver- sation received by tradition from your fathers.
*Jtr. xliv. 17. But we will certain- ly do whatsoever thing goetli forth out of our own mouth, to burn in- cense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour oyt drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the ci- ties of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
tJsa. bcv. 3. A people tliat pro- voketh me to anger continually to my face, that sacriliceih in gard-ns, and burneth incense upon altars of brick: Ver. 4. Which remi*in among the grave.s, and lodge in the monu- menrs; which cat swines flesli, and th of abonunu.bio things is In r vessels: VerT 5. Which say, .-^land by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier tha'.i thou : these are a smoke in my now, a fire that burneth' all the day. Clal. i. 13. For ye have heard of my conver- sation in time past in the Jew** religion, how that beyond mea- sure I persecuted the church of Cod, and wasted it: Ver. 14. And
profited in the Jewi' n.'h'glon abovc^ many my equals in mine own juitlon, being more exceedir.gly zealouj of the traditions of my fathers.
"1 Sum. xiii. 11. And Samuel said, What habt thou done ? And Saul said, Becauie I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou earnest not within the days appointed, and that tlio Philistines gathered themselves to- gether to Michmash : Ver. 12.* Therefore said F, The Philistines will come down now upon me t« Gilga!, and I have not made sup- plication unto the Lord: 1 for* ced my5elf therefore, auJ olfered a burnt-olfering. 1 Sam. xv. 'Jl. But the people (^aid Saul J took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unt» the Lord thy God in Gdgal.
^' Acts viii. 1 «. And when Simoa saw that through laying on of the , apostles' hands the Holy Cfhoit wa given, he offered them money.
^ Rom. ii. 'J2. Thou that abhor- rest idols, ilos: lejie .•• Mai. iij.
t-iiou commit sacn- 3. Will a man jol»
God ? yet ye have robbed me : hut ye say, Wherein have vye rol^bcJ thee ? In tithes and oHeriugs,
>' Fxod. iv. 2^. And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him. Vvr. '25. Tht-n Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to mc. Ver. CG. So he iPt him go : then M 1 A..-
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contempt % lun(Ierin£r% and opposing the worship aild oi»- dinances which God hath appointed ''.
Q. 110. Wliat are the rea^on.% annexed to the second ami- fnandwciit, the more to enforce it ?
J. Tlie reasorls annexed to the second commandmentj the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I the Lord thij God am a jealous God, vt^n'ting the iniquity of the Jathcrs upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them, that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto thousands of ihcm that love me, and keep my commandments'' ; are, besides God\s sovereignty over us, and propriety in us'\ his fervent 2real for his own worship *", and his revengeful indignation
against
she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
^ Mat, xxii. 5. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. Mai. i. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say. Wherein have we polluted thee ? In thai ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. Ver. 13. Ye said also, Behold, what a weari- oeas is it! and ye have snuffed at it, uith the Lord of hosts ; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick ; thus ye brought an offering : should I ac- cept this of your hand? saith the Lord.
*Mat. xxlii. 13. But woe unt6 you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- trites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven agaiirst men: for ye nei- ther go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
b Acts xiii. 44. And the next sab- bath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Ver. 45. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envv, and spake against those things whicu were spoken by Paul, contra-
dicting and blappheming. 1 Thess. ii. 15. Who both killed the Lord J&. sus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to ail men : Ver. J 6. Forbidding us to speak t(v the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway : for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost, n O. "^ Exod. XX. 5, 6. dpsah xlv. 11. So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty : for he i^ thy Lord, and worship thou him^ Rev. XV. 3. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the I..amb, saying. Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Ver. 4, Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
^ Exod. xxxiv. 13. But ye shall de- stroy tlieir altars, break their image?, Tind cut down their groves. Ver. 14.. ■ For thou fehalt worship no other god : for the I^ord, whose name is Jealous, is a jeaJouB God,
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against all false worship, as being a spiritual whoredom '^ ;
accounting the breakers of this commandment such as hate him, and threatening to pimish them unto divera generations'^; and esteeming the observers of it such as love him and keep his commandments, and promising mercy to them unto many generations ^. .
Q. 111. Which
f 1 Cor. X. 90. But I say, that the thiiiyfs which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ver. Ul. Ye cannot drink the cup of the l>ord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Ver. ^2. Do we provoke the l^ord to jealousy ? are we stronger than he? Jer. vii. 18. The children ga- ther wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink- offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Ver. 1 9. Do thfy provoke me to anger .' saith the Lord : do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces ? Vir. 'JO. Therefore thus laith the Lord God, Beht Id, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and up^n the fruit of the ground ; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Ezek. xvi. 26. Thou hau also committed fornica- tion with the Egyptians thy neigh- bours, great of flesh ; and hast in- creased thy whoredoir.s, to provoke me to anger. Vtr. i>7. Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thte, the daughters of the
Pliiliitines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Deut. xxxii. \6, They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with aboniina- tions provoked they him to anger, Ver. 17. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came, newly up, whom your fathers feared nor. Ver. 18. Of the Rock that be^ gat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. Ver. 19. And when the Lord saw it^ he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. Ver. 20, And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, chil- dren in whom is no faith.
^ Hosea ii. 2. Plead with your mother, plead ; for {•he is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whore- doms out of her si^ht, and her adul- teries from between her breasts ; Ver. 3. Lest 1 strip her naked, and set her as in tiie day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. Ver. 4. And I will not have n.ercy upon her children ; for thty be the children of whoredoms.
1' Deut. v. 29. O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, aid keep all my con.mandmet.ts always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever !
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Q. 111. Which is the third commandment?
A. The third commandment is. Thou shah not take the name of the Lord tki/ God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain \
Q. 112. What is required in the third commandment ?
A. The third commandment requires, That the name of God, his titles, attributes'", ordinances', the word "", sacra- ments", prayer", oaths p, yows*', lots', his works', and
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111. iExod. XX. 7.
112. k jviat. vi. 9. After this man- ner therefore pray ye : Our Father which art in heaven ; Hallowed be thy name. Deut. xxviii. 5?: If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law, that 'are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD. Psal. xxix. 2. Give unto the Tord the glory due Ujito his name ; worship the I^ord in the beauty of holiness. Psal. Ixviii. 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon tiie heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Rev. xv. 3, 4. \^See above in letter d,]
I Mai. i, 14. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth imto the Lord a corrupt thing : for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Eccl. v. I. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacri- fice of fools: for they consider wot that they do evil.
^ Psal. cxxxviii. 2. I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy nanae, for thy loving-kindness, and for thy truth : for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy same*
" 1 Cor. XI. 24. And, when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said. Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me. Ver. 25. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. Ver. 28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. Ver. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
o 1 Tim. ii. 8. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
P Jer. iv. 2. And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judg- ment, and in righteousness ; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory,
^ Eccl. v. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words b€ few. Ver. 4. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it, for he hath no pleasure in fools : paj that which thou hast vowed. Ver. 5 Better ij it that thou ehouldest no:
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than that thou shouldcst vow not pay. Ver. 6. Suffer not hy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin ; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error : wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hand« ?
cts i. 24. And thev prayed, and Thou, Lord, which knowest earts of all men, t-hew whether ese two thou hast chosen. 26. And tliey gave forth their and the lot fell ufuHi M;itthias;
the was . numbered with the n apostles, ob xxxvi. 24. Remember that magnify his work, which men ' bthold.
fMal. iii. irj. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remem- brance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
" Psal. viii. L O. Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the eartR ! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Ver. 3. When I con- sider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained ; Ver. 4. What !ii:in, that thou art mindful of ? — -Ver. 9. O. Lord, our Lord, now excellent is thy name in all the earth ! [See ils /iialm thmugkout.l^
^^' Col. iii. 1 7. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name cf the Lord Jesus, giving:
thanks to God and the Father* by him. Psal. cv. 2. Sing unto Iiim, sing psalms unto him ; talk ye of all his wondrous works. Ver. 5. Re- member his marvellous worTcs that he hath done, his wonders, and the jUi-Ucments-of his mouth.
* Psal. cii. 18. This shall be writ- ten for the generation to come : and the people which shall be created shul! praise the Lord. .^
y 1 Pet. iii. \5. But sanctify the l>crd God in your hearts ; and be ready always lo give an answer tp every man that asketh you a reasoQ of the hope that is in you with meekness ^nd fear. Micah iv. 5. For all people will walk every onp in, the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. -
^ Phil. i. 27. Oply let your con- versation be as it bccometh the gospel of C^irist :—
* 1 Cor. X. 31. Whether there- fore ye eat or drink, or whatso- ever ye do, do all to the glory oC God.
b Jer. xxxii. 39. And I will give them one heart, and one w^y, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and, of tiieir childrt-n after tliem.
^ 1 Pet. ii. 1 2. I laving your con- versation hc»nest among tlie Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as etil-dotrs, they, may by your good works, which jhey shall he-
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113. dMal. IJ. 2. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to ht'Hr+, to ^nve glory unto my name, suith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse youf blessings; yea, I have cursed then: already, because ye do rot lay it to heart.
^ Acts xvii. 23. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar wirh this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly wor- ship, him declare I unto you.
f Prov. XXX. 9. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say. Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, 'and take the name of my God in vain.
^ Mai. i. 6. A son lionoureth his father, and a servant his master : if then I he a father, where is mine honour ? and if I l^e a master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts urito ^ou, O priests, that despise my uame. And ye say, Wherein have v/e despised thy name ? Ver. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we pol- juted thee ? In that ye say, 'I'he tnble of the Lord is contemptible. Ver. 12. But ye have profaned it, m that ye say, The table of the Lord i« polluted ; and the fruit thereof, even liis meat, is contemptible. Mai. iii» H. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God ; and what profit is it tiiat we have kept his ordinance, and -that we have walked mournfully he- Core the Lord of hosts ?
h 1 Sam. iv. 3. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said. Wherefore hath the Lord smitten lis to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. Ver. 4. So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the I^ord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cheru- bims- and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God, Ver. 5. And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into th« camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. Jer. vii. 4. Trust ye not in lying words, saying. The temple of the Lord, the temple of the I^ord, the temple of the I^ord, are these. Ver, 9. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and buri incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ;, Ver. 10. And come and stand be- fore me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abomi- nations? Ver. 14. Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. Ver. 31. And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of
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the son of HInnom, to burn their torn and their daughters in the fire ; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. Coh )I. 20. \Vht^reforo» if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living ill the world, are ye subject to ordinances, Ver. 21. (Touch not, taste not, handle not : Ver. 22. Which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of men ?
i 2 Kings xviii. 90, Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the I^ord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Ver. 35. Wb.o are they among all the gads of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out* of mine hand ? Exod. v. 2. And Pha- raoh said. Who is the Lord, that I . should oliey his voice, to let Israel go ? 1 know not the Lord, neither will I let Uracl go. Psai. cxxxix. 20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
k Psal. 1. \6. But unto the wick- ed God saith. What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ? Ver. 1 7. Seeing thou hatest instruction, and easiest my words . behind thee.
1 Fsa. V. 12. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither Ccnwde: the operation of his hands.
^' 2 Kings xlx. 22. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed ? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high ? even against the Holy One of Israel. Lev. xxtv. II. And the Israelitish woman's sou blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed : and they brought him unto Moses.
" Zech. V. 4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the tim- ber thereof, and the stones thereof. Zech. viii. 17. And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath : fur all these are things that I hate, saith the l^ord.
" 1 Sam. xvii. 43. And the Phi- listine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves i And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 2 Sam. xvi. 5. And when king David came to Bahurim, be- hold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was bhiniei, the son of Gerar { he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
P Jer. V. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have foiiaken me, and sworn by them that are no ^ods : when I had fed them to the iiill, they then com- mitted adultery, and assembled ihcn.selvt; tjy trcops in the har- lots' houses. Jer. xxiii. JO. For the land is full of adulterers ; lor because oi swearirg the land mouratth ;
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mourneth ; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
^ Deut. xxlii. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the JLord tliy God for any vow : for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Acts xxlii. 12. And when it was day, certain of the Jews bunded together, and bound them- selves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul Ver. M. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
•" Esth. Hi. 7. In the first month, (that is, the month Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Por, that is, the lot, before Ha- inan, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is the month Adar. £sth. ix. 24. Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, (that Is, the lot,) to consume them, and to destroy them. Psal. xxli. 18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
* Psal. xxiv. 4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor eworn deceitfully. Ezek. xvii. 16. As I live, saith the Lord God, Surely in the place where ;Jie king dwell'
eth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him In the midst of Babylon he shall die. Ver. 18. Seeing he despised the oath by break- ing the covenant, (when, lo, he had given his hand,) and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. Ver. 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, As I live, surely mine oath that he hatli despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
t Mark vi. 26. And the king wus exceeding sorry ; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat? with him, he would not reject her. 1 Sam. XXV. 22. So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him, by the morning hght, any that piss- eth against the wall. ^ Ver. 32. And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent the this day to meet me : Ver S3. An blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from ' avenging myself with mine own • hand. Ver. .34. For in very deed, as . the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back frem hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted, and come to meet me, surely there had not ^ been left unto Nabal, by the mom- . ing hght, any that pisseth against the . wall.
" Rom. ix. 14. What shall we
say then ? Is there unrighteousness
with God ? God forbid. Ver. 1 9.
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Hoth he yet find fault ? for who hath resUted liis will ? Ver. 20. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed »ay to hini that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ?
^ Deut- XXIX. 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but those things which are revealed be- long unto us, ard to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
* Rom. ii'. 5. But if our unrigh- teousness commend the righteousness of God, uhat shall we say.' Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance .' (I speak as a man.) Ver. 7. For if the truth of God hath more abound- ed through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sin- ner ? Rom. vi. 1 . What shall we say then .' Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid.
y Eccl. viii. 11. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl. ix. 3. This is an evil among all things that are done un- der the sun, that there is one event unto ail : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and mad- ness is in their heart while they hve, and after that they go to the dead, PsaL xxxix. tkrougkout. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : —
^ Mat. V. 21. /fl tke tnd, {Sit Qfiest. 99. IttUr °.]
" F.zek. xiii. 22. Because with lies ye Jiave made the heart of the righ- teous sad, whom I have not made sad ; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life.
b 2 Pet. iii. I «5. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unle.irned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Mat. xxii. 24. tu Verse 31. Saying, Master, Moses said. If ^ man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his bro- ther. Ver. 25. Now there were with us seven brethren ; and the first — Ver. 28. Therefore, in tlie re- surrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven ? for they all had her. Ver. 20. Jesus answeied and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Ver. 30. For in the resurrection —
^ Isa. xxii. 13. And, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine ; let us eat and drink, for to- morrow we shall die. Jer. xxiii. 34. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say^ The burden of the Lord, 1 will even punish that man and his house. Ver. SG. And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more : for eve- ry man*8 word shall be his bur- ilen J for ye have perverted the words
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trines ^ ; abusing it, tlie creatures, or any thing contained un- der the name of G od^ to charms*", or sinful lusts and practices ^ ;
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words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God. Ver. 38. But since ye say, The burden of the Lord ; therefore thus saith the Lord, Because ye say this word, The bur- den of the Lord, and I have sent un- to you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord.
^ 1 Tim. i. 4. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which muiister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith : $0 do. Ver. 6. From which (faith) some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling ; Ver. 7. Desiring to be teachers of the law ; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 1 Tim. vi.
4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Ver.
5. Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godli- ness : from such withdraw thystlf. Ver. 20. O U'in.othy, keep that which is comniitted to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. 2 Tim. ii. 14. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they strive not about words to no profit, but tp the subverting of the hearers. Tit. iii. 9. But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivirgs about the law ; for they are unprof'.tal)le and vain.
^ Deut. xvlii. 10, — 14. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh hia son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Ver. 11. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Ver. 12- For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord, \:fc. Acts xii. IS. 1'hea certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
f 2 Tim. iv. 3. For >he time w:l! come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. Ver. 4. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chamberhjg and wantonness, not in strife and envying: Ver. 14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 1 Kings xxi. 9. And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people : Ver. 10. And set two rr.en, sons of Belial, before him, to bear wit- ness against him, saying, Thoa didst blaspheme. God and the king r and thtii carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. Jude, Ver. 4. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this con- demnation, ungodly men, turn- ing'
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^ Acts xiii 4,5. Eut when the Jews law the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those thiiiyrs which were spokt-n hy Paul, contradiciing ard blaspheming. 1 John iii. 1*2. Not as Cain, %Yho was of that wicked one, and slew his brother: and wherefore slew he him ? Becacse liis own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
h Psal. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counstl of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. '2 Pet. iii. .'5. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walk- w^ after their own lusts.
» 1 Pet. iv. 4. Wherein they think it 8trar;ge that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you.
^ Acta xiii. 4.". But when the Jews saw t!.e uniltitudes, they were filled wiih envy, and spake against tlmse things which were spoken by Pud, contradicting and bla5pheming. Ver. 46. Th*:n Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said. It was neces- sary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but »..i:ir ye put it froui you, and yourselves unworthy of evcr- 1 :; hfe, lo, we turn to the Gci, tiles. Ver. 50. But the Jews stirred up the devout and hoiioiir- able women, and the chief men of the city, aj:d raised persccu-
roviling \ and ways
or any wise oppo- ays ^ ; making prot'es- or for sinister cuds ' ; licing ashamed
ti.on agaln«t Paut and Barnabas, and exptlU-d them out Acts iv. 18. And they railed ihem, and commanded them net to speak at all nor teach in the name of J^« sua. Acts xit. 9. But when diver* were hardened, and bel-evetl not, but spake evil of th^t way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyranrius. 1 Thess. ii. 16. Forbid- ding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to till up their sins alway i for the wrath is come upon them to the uttein ost. Heh. X. t!9. Of how much soiep punishment, suppose ye, shall lie be thought wortiiy, who hath trod- den under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the cove- nart wherewith he was sar;ctified an unholy tiling, and hath dore despite unto tJ;e Spirit of gri'.ce .'
' 2 Tim. iii. 5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof ; I'roai such turn away. Mat. xxiii. 14. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye devour widows* houses, and for a pretence make long prayer j therefore ye bhall receive the grtater damnation. Mat. vi. 1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them ; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Ver. 2. 'l'h« re- fore, when thou doest thine aim", do not souxd a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the syna- gogues, and in the streets, that they
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they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Ver. 5. And virhen thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are ; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their re- ward. Ver. 16. Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear un- to men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
" Mark vili. 38. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels,
^ Psal. Ixxiii. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chas- tened every morning. Ver. 15. If I say, I will speak thus, behold, I should offend against the generation of thy cliildren.
° 1 Cor. vi. 5. I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise man among you ? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren ? Ver. 6. But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Eph. v. 15. See then that ye walk circumspect- ly, not as fools, but as wise, Ver. IC. Redeeming the time, because the
days are evil. Ver. 17. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but under- standing what the will of the Lord is.
P Isa. V. 4. What could have beea done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? 2 Pet. i. 8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the know- ledge of our I-.ord Jesus Christ. Ver. 9. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see far off", and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old' sins. . ^ Rom. ii. 23. Thou that ma- kest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God ? Ver. 24. For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is writ- ten.
^ Gal. iii. 1. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among
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Ver. 3. Are ye so foolisli I
having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh ? Heb. vi. 6. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
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» Lev. xix. 12. And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither ehalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord.
" Ezek. xxxvi. 21. But I had pity for mine holy name, vi^ich the house of Israel had profaned among the heatlicn, whither they went. Ver.
22. Therefore bay unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's s^ke, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whitlier ye went. Ver.
23. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them ; and the hea- then shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in yeu before their eyes. Deut. xxviii. 58. If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in thl» book, that thou maycst fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Ver. 59. Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonder- ful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continu- ance, and sore sicknesses, and of long contimiar.ce. Z.-ch. v, 2. And }.c
said unto me. What seest thou ,' And I answered, I pee a flying roll ; the •length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. Ver.
3. Then said he unto me. This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth : for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, according to it ; and every one that swcareth shall be cut off at on that side, according to it. Ver.
4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name : —
^ 1 Sam. ii. 12. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, they knew not the Lord. Ver. 17. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord : for men ab- horred the offering of the Lord. Ver. 22. Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Is- rael, and how they lay with the wo- men that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 2'i. Nay, my sons : for it is no good report that I bear; ye make the Lord's people to transgress. Compared -with 1 Sam. ill. 13. For I have told him that I -will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which
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th; work ; hut the seventh da^ is the sahhath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shcdt not do any ifork, thou, nor thi/ son, nor thij daus:kter, thy man-servant ^ nor thy maid-ser^ vant, nor ihij cattle, nor thy stranger that is irithin thy gales. For in six days the Lord made heaven a)id earth, the sea, atid all. that in them is, and rested the seventh day : whetcfore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hallow- ed it \
Q. 110. What is required in thefo7irth commandment ?
A. The fourth commandment requireth of all men tlie sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his word, expressly one whole day in seven ; which was the seventh from the begin- ning of the world to the resmTection of Christ, and the first day of the week ever since, and so to con- tinue to the end of the world ; which is the Christian- sabbath -v, and in the New Testament called The Lord\ day ^'.
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Ke knoweth ; because Iiis sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
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116. y Deut. V 12.' Keep the sab- bath-day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Ver. 13. Six days thou shak labour, and do all thy work: Ver. 14. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy nvan-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, ncr any of thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant and thy niaid-servaEt may rest as well a=;thou. Gen. ii. 2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made : and he rested on the seveaith day froni all his work which he had made. Ver. 3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because t-hat in it he had rested from all his
work which God created and made*- 1 Cor. xvi 1. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have" given order to the churches of Gala- tia, even so do ye. Ver. 2. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God bach prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Acts XX. 7. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples ciime together to br^ak bread, P;.ul preach^ ed unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his speech until midnight. Mat. v. 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Ver. 18. For verily I say unto you, Till hea- ven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Isa. Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that kyeth hold on it : that keepeth the sabbath from poUulin
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A. 'J'lie sabbatli or Lord'i day is to be sanctified hj an holy resting all the day'\ not only from .such <>vorks as arc at all times sinful, Imt even from such worldly employments and recreations as are on other ilays lawful ^ ; and making it our delight to spend the
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poUutlnn; it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. Ver. 4. For thus saith tht* Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the tljinjjs that please me, a.nd take hold of my covenant. Ver. 6. Also the sons of the themselves to the l^ord, to «erve hitn, and to love the name ol the Lord, to te his servatits, every one that keep- fth tlie sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant : Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make tlieni joy- ful in my house oi'prayer: thfir burnt- offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
- Rev. i. 10. 1 was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind ine a great voice, as of a trumpet.
1 17. * Exod. XX. 8. Renaember the «abbath-day, to keep it holy. — Ver. 10. But the stventh day i? the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son,
'-> Exod. xvi. 25. And Moses said, Ca» that to-day ; for to-day is a . batii unto tl:e Lotd: to-day ye shall iK)t li:id it in the field. Ver. '2G. Six days ye shall gatfier it ; but on the Seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. Vtr. 27. And it came to {iSP, that there went out some of tl'e people on the seventh day lor to gather, and they found none. Ver. 28. And the Lord said
imto Moses, How long refuse ye td keep my co.nmandmcnts and my laws? Neh. xiii. 15. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine- presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all man- ner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day : and 1 testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. Ver. If). There dwtlt nwn of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all mantu-r of ware, and sold on the .«;ab- b;uh unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. Ver. 17. 'i'hen I con- tended with the robU's of Judah, a»id said unto them. What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the s.ibbath-day ? Ver. IS. Djd not your fathers tluis, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon tiiis city ? yet yc bring more wrath upon Israel by profaiiing the !;a])b3th, ' Ver. IJ). And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the s.ibbath, I com- manded that the gates should hv shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after tlie sabbath : and nome of my 8»Tvants .set I at the gatti, that there bhould no burden be brought in on the sabbath-day. Ver. 20. So the merchants, and sellers of all kind of ware, lodged witliout Jerusalem once or twice. Ver. '21. 1 hen I testified against them, and said unto them, Wiiy lodge ye about the wall .' If ye do so again, I will lay handa on vou. From that
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whole time (except so much of it as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercy*') in the publick and private exercises of God's worship ^ : and, to tliat end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with siuli foresight, diligence, and moderation, to dispose and seasonably dispatch our worldly business, that w€ may be the more free and lit for the duties of that day '.
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that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. Ver. 22. And I commanded the Levites, that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Re- member me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy niercj . Jer. xvii. 21 Thus saith the Lord, Take heed to your*elvcs, and bear no bur- den on the sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. Ver. 22. Neither carry forth a burden out of your house on the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers.
'-Mat. xii./roOT Ferss 1. to 13. At that time Jesus went on the sab- bath-i'ay through the corn, and his disciples were an hungered, and be- gan to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. Ver. 2. But when the Phari- sees saw it, Iffc.
d Isa. Iviii. 13. If thou turn away thy foot fron' the sabbath, from do- ing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor findivig thine own pleasure, nor speaking thrne own words. Luke iy. 1^. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up ; and, as his custom was, he vent into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and .stood up for to read. Acts xx. 7.
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the mor- row. 1 Cor. xvi. 1. Now concern- ing the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Ver. 2, Up- on the firot day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Psal. xcii. \tith'y A psalm cr song for the sabbath-day?^ Isa, ixvi. 23. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. Lev. xxiii. 3. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convo- cation ; ye shai! do no work therein* it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
^ Exod. XX. 8. Remember the sab- bath-day, to keep it holy. Luke xxiii. 54. And that day was the pre- paration, and the sabbath drew on. Ver. 5Q. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath-day, according to the commandment. Exod. xvi. 22. And it came to pass, that on tht sixth day they gathered twice aj much bread, two omers for one man and all the- rulers of the congrega- tion came and told Moses. Ver. 25 'And Moses said. Eat that to-day S foj
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A. The charge of keeping the sabbath is more spe- cially rlirected to governors ot families, and other supe- riors, because they are bound not only to keep it them- selves, but to see that it be observed by all those that are under their cliarge ; and because they are prone oft-times to hinder them by employments of tlieir own ^
Q. 119. What arc the sins forbiddtn in the fourth com» rnandmeni ?
A. The sins forbidden in the fourth commandment are, all omissions of the duties required % all careless, negligent, and unprofitable performing of them, and being weary of them '' ;
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for to-day is a sabbath urto the Lord : to-day ye shall not find it in the fifld. Ver. 26. Six days ye shall ga- ther it; but on the seventh day, Vrhich is th» sabbath, in it there shall be none. Ver. 29. See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he jjiveth you on the si\th day the bread of two days : abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. Neh. xiii. 1 9. [See Utter l>.]
118. f Exod. XX. 10. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. Josh. xxiv. IJ. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether \.\\fi. gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amo- rites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will strve the Lord, Nt'h. xiii. 15, IT. [6Vf above /« t».] Jer. xvii. 20. And say unto them, Hear ye the word of tlic Lf>id, xit kings of Judah, and all Ju-
dah, and all the inhabitants of Jeru- salem, that enter in by these gates. Ver. 21, 22. [See above /n b.] Exod, xxiii. 12. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and ^n the seventh day thou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy hand- maid and the stranger may be re- freshed.
11 9. 8 Ezek. xxii. 2G. Her priests have violated my law, and have pro- faned mine holy things : they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shew- ed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
h Acts XX. 7. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his speech until midnight. Ver. 9. And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutythus, being fallen into a deep sleep : and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. Ezek. X xxiii. 30. Also, thou son of man, the children
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all profauing tlie day by iilleiiess, and doing tliat wliich is in itself sinful ' ; and by all needless M'orks, words, and thoughts, a])Out our worldly employments and reLTeati()ns\
Q. 120. What ore the reasons annexed to the fourth cow- Vic^ndmeni, the more to enforce it ?
A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandmeiU, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of it, God allowing us six days of seven for our own affairs, and reser- ving but one lor himself, in these w^ords, Six daijs shah thou labour, and do all thy icork ' : from God's challenging a special propriety in that day, The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God "' : from the example of God, who ///, six days made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and
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rVilIdren of thy people still are talk- ing apainst thee by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every on-e to his bro- ther, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the wor forth from the Lord. Ver. 3U And they come unto thee as the people Cometh, and they sit before tJiee as my people, und they hear tliy words, but they will rot do them ; for with their mouth they shew much love, but -their heart goeth after their co- vetousuess. Ver. 32. And, lo, thou art uiito them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and C^n play well (>!i an instrimient : for they hear thy words, but they do rhem not. Amos viii. 5. Saying, "V\''hen will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sab- bath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the fihekel great, and falsifying the ba- linces by deceit? Mai. i. 13. Ye said also, Behold, wliat a weari- ness is it j and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick ; thus ye Ijrought an oifering : should I ax.-
cept this of your hands ? sa'th the Lord.
i Ezek. xxiii. 3S. Moreover, this they iiave done -unto Tne ; they have deHled my eanctunry in the same day, and have profaned my sab- bath*.
k Jer. xvii. 24. And it shall come to pass, if ye ddlgently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabhath'day, to do iio work tJierein. Ver. 27. But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sahbath-day, , and not to bear a burden, even en- tering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day; then will I kindle afire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusaleni^ and it shall not be quenched. Isa. Iviii. If?. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, irom doing thy pleasure on n'.y holy day, and call the sabbath a dehght, the holy of the Lord, horK)urable, and shah honour i him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nox speaking thine own >\'ords.
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rested the seventh day : and from that blessing which God put upon that day, not only in sanctifying it to be a day for his service, but in ordaining it to be a means of bless- ing to us in our sanctifying it ; Wherefore the Lord blessed the subhalh-day^ and hallowed it ".
Q. 121. Why is the word Remember set in the hegijuiin^ of the fourth eommandnient ?
A. The word Remember is set in the beginning of the fourth commandment", partly, because of the great benefit of remembenng it, we being thereby helped in our pre- paration to keep it p, and, in keeping it, better to keep all the rest of the commandments'', and to continue a thankful remembrance of the two great benefits of creation and re- demption, which contain a short abridgment ot religion ' ;
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P Exod. xvi. 'J:}. And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to-day, and seetlie that ye will seethe ; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morjiiug. Luke xxiiL 54. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drev on. Vtr. 56. And they re- turned, and prepared spices and oint- ments; and rested the s:.bbath-day, according to the commandment. drnfiartd tvith Mark XV. 4 '2. And now when the even was con;e, be- cause it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath. Neh. xiii. 19. And it came to pass, that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I com- manded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath : and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no
burden be brought in on the sab« bath-day.
** Psal. xcli. [title, A psalm or song for the sabbath-day.^ Comfiared ivitf^ Ver. 1;J. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall dourish in the courts of our God. And Ver. 1 4. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing. Ezek. xx. 12. Moreover aUo, I gave them my sab- baths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am die Lord tliat sanctify them. Ver. 19. 1 am the L-.-d your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them. Ver. 10. And hallow my sabbaths; and they Miall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
•■ Gen. ii. 2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made % and he xested on the seventh day from all his work which he hud made. Ver. 3. And God blessed the seventh d»)', and sanctified it: be- cause that in it he had rested from N all
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and parti J, because we are very ready to forget it% for that there is less light of nature for it', and yet it restrain- eth our natural liberty in things at other times lawful " ; that it Cometh but once in seven days, and many worldly })usin esses come between, and too often take off our minds from thinking of it, either to prepare for it, or to sanctify it '" ; and that Satan with his instruments much labour to blot out the glory, and even the memory of it, to bring in all irreligion and impiety ''.
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all his work, which God created ai-id made. Psal. cxviii. 22. The stone which the builders refused is become the hfcud-stone of the corner. Ver. S-^. This is the day which the Lord harh made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. Compared ivith Acts iv. 10. Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name ■ni Je.--us Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dc'ad, even by him doth this man srand here oei"ore you wliole. Ver. 1 1. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is be- come fhe head of the corner. Rev. i. J Q. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, i.nd iieard behind me a great V(=ice, as of a trumpet.
'•' £/,i-k. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things : they have put no difTsrrer.cc bet\Yeen the holy and profar.t , neither have they shewed difit:ei:ce between the unclean and tlie clean, and have hid their eyes liom my sabbaths, and I am profaned amon!:; them.
t Ivieh. ix. 14. And madest known Uiito them thy holy sabbath, and couimundedst them precepts, sta- tutfcs, and laws, by the hand of Moics thy servant.
'^ Exod. xxxiv. 21. Six days thou flhalt work, but oii the seventh day
thou shalt rest : in earing-tlme and in harvest thou shalt rest.
^'Deut. V. 14. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy m.an-servant and thy maid- servant may rest as well as thou, Ver. 15. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty' hand, and by a stretched-out arm : therefore the Lord thy God com- manded thee to keep the sabbath-day. Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will th( new moon be gone, that we may sell corn .? and the sabbath, that we may set forth whe:;t, malnng the ep};ah small, and the shekel great, and fal- sifying the balances by deceit .'
^ I>am.. i. 7. Jerusalem remem- bered in the days of her affliction, and of her miseries, all her plea- sant things that she had in tlie days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her j the adversaries saw her, and did mock at hef sabbaths. Jer. xvii. 21, Thus saith the Lord, Take heed to yourselves, and bear
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125. What is the sum of the six commatidinaits which
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A. The sum of the six commandments which contain
our i\\\iy to man, is, to love our neighbour as ourselves >',
aud to do to oliiers what we would have them to do to
123. Which is the fifth commandjneiit ?
The fifth commaiulment is, Honour thy father and thj/ ler : that thij daj/s may be long upon the land which the
thy God giveth thee *. |. 124. Who are meant hi/ father and mother in the ffth nandment ?
By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are int, not only natural parents^, but all superiors in age'^ gifts '^ ; and especially such as, by God's ordinance, are
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no turden on the sibbarh-day, nor bring: it in by the o;utfS of Jerusalem. Ver. ii2. Neither carry forth a bur- den out of your houses on the sab- bath-day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the »abbath-day, as I ci'inmantted your fathers, Ver. 2J. B'.it they obeyed not, ntithcr hiclincd (heir ear, but made their neck Miff, tliat they might not hear nor receive n*truction. Neh. xiii. /"rom fcnc to ^.*}. In those day« saw I in Ju- daii some tre'iding wine-jj-esses on the Sdbbath-day. — [Sff i/i /t/Lr b.]
I ■_'2. y Mat. xxii. :',9. Avd the se- co'ul is. like unto it, 1 hou Omit love tliV nei'^hhour as thyvlf.
M.t. vii. 12. Therefore all thin^'8 wiiat&ccvtr ye would tlut men should do to you, do ye even so to them : ior this i» the law and the prophets.
J '23. ^ Exod. XX. 1 2.
124. t> Prov. xxiii. 22. Hearken unto thy father th; t begat thee, and despise not thy motJ.er when she is old. Ver. 25. Thy father and thy
rrother shall be glad ; and she that bare thee ".hall rtjoice. Eph. vi. 1, Children, obey your parents in the Lord : for this is right. Ver. 2. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment wirh promise.)
*^ J I'im. V. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, and the younger men as bretliren : Ver. 2. The elder won^en as mothers, the younger as sisti rs, with all purity.
d Gen. iv. 20. And Adah bare Jahal : he was the father of such as dwtil hi tents, and of such as have caitie. V.r. 21. And his brother'* name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Vtr. 21'. And Zillah, she alffj bare Tub.il-cain,^n instructor of every artificer in brass and iron. — Gen. xlv. 8. So now it was not you that j-ent me hither, but Go he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
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over us in place of authority, whether in family', church *^, or commonwealth ^.
Q. 125. Why are superiors stiled Father and Mother?
A. Superiors are stiled Father and Mother^ both to teach them in all duties towards their inferiors, like natural pa- rents, to express love and tenderness to them, according to their several relations''; and to work inferiors to a great- er willingness and cheerfulness in performing their duties to their superiors, as to their parents '.
Q. 126. What is the general scope ofthejifth commandmejit?
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^ 2 Kings V. 13. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, ?viy father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, would- est thou not have done it ? how- much rather then, when he saith to thee. Wash, and he clean .>
f 2 Kings ii. 1 2. And Elisha saw it, and he cried. My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. — 2 Kings xiii. 1 4. Now EHsha was fallen sick, of his sickness whereof he died : and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the rharlot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! Gal. iv. 19. My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.
S Isa. xlix. 2.1. And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their queens thy nursing-mothers : they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord ; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
125. li Eph. vi. 4. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord. 2 Cor. xii. 1 4. — For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 1 Thess. ii. 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her chil- dren. Ver. 8. So, being affection- ately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unta you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ver. 1 1. As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and cliarged every one of you, as a father doth his children. Numb. xi. 11. And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afHicted thy servant .' and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me.' Ver. 12. Have I conceived all this people.' have I begotten them, that rhou shouldest say unto me. Carry them in thy bosom (as a nursing-father beareth the sucking child) unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers .'
i 1 Cor. iv. 1 4. I write not these things to shame you, but as my be- loved sons I warn you. Ver. 1 5. For though ye have ten thousand instruc- tors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers :
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of tJiose duties which we mutually owe in our several relations, as inferiors, superiors, or equals *".
Q. 127. What is the honour that inferiors owe to their superior a ?
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fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Ver. If;. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 2 Kings