XX. 7. And upon the first day of the

week, \5'c. \^Ses letter '.] Psal. xcii. [titlsy A ^isahn or song for the sabbath- dar/.'\ Isa. Irvi. 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 wor- ship before me, saith the Lord.
" Mat. xii./rc» Ferse 1. /• 31. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath- day through the corn, and his dis- ciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. Ver. 2. Bat when the Pharisees, Sff*. Ver. 1 2 — It is lawful to do well on the sabbath-days.
6\.^ 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 diiference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Amos viii. 5., Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit.'' MaL i. 13. Ye said also. Behold, what a weariness is it ! 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 brought an of- fering : should I accept this of your hauds i saith the Lord.
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ling the day by idleness p; or doing that which is in itself
ifui'', or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations \
Q. 62. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth covu mandment ?
A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us six days of the week for our own employ- ments *, his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the sabbath-day*.
Q. 65. Which is the fifth commandment ?
A, The fifth commandment is. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy Godenveth thee\
Q. 64. What
P Acts XX. 7. And upon the first

came together to break bread, Paul
preached unto them, ready to depart
I the morrow, and continued his
lech until midnight. Ver. 9.
;.d there sat in a window a certain
•ung man named Eutychus, being .ullen 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.
*> £zck. xxiii. 38. Moreover, this they have done unto me : they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
'' Jer. xvii. 24. Ajt^l it shall con^e to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, but hallow the sabbath-day, to do no work therein ; Ver. 25. Then shall thtre enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots, and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah,
and th£ inhabitants of Jerusalem : and this city shall remain for ever. Ver. 26. And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt- ofFerings, and sacrifices, and meat- offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise unto the house of the Lord. Isa. IviiL 13. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the I^ord, honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine crwn words,
C2. * Exod. IX. 9. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work.
« Exod XX. 11. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rest- ed the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.
C3. " Exod. XX. 12.
64. ^Eph,
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Q. 64. What IS required in the fifth commandment ?
A. The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honour, and performing the duties, belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors "^3 inferiors'^, or equals >'.
Q. Qb. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment ?
A, The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing any thing against, the honour and duty which be- longeth to every one in their several places and relations ''.
Q. QQ. What is the reason annexed to the fifth command- ment ?
A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment, is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God's glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment ^
Q. 67. Which is the sixth commandment ?
A. The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not hill^.
Q. 68. What
64. w Eph. V. 21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the f»ar of God.
^ 1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
y Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly-affection- ed one to another with brotherly love ; in honour preferring one another.
65. 2 Mat. XV. 4. For Ood com- manded, saying. Honour thy father and mother : and, He that curseth fa- ther or mother, let him die the death. Ver. 5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift by \^hatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, Ver. 6. And ho- nour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ezek. xxxiv. 2. Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them. Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds, Woe be to the sliepherdsof Israel that do feed them- sfelves i should not the shepherds feed
the flocks ? Ver. 3. Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool ; ye kill them that are fed; but ye feed not the flock. Ver. 4. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost ; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. Rom, xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : for he that loveth ano- ther hath fulfilled the law.
66. ^ Dfcut. V. 16, Honour thy fa- ther and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ; that thy days may be prolonged, and thu; it may go well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, Eph. vi. 2. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandf ment with promise ;) Ver. 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
67. ^ Exod. XX. 13.
68.
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68. What IS required in the sixth commandment f The sixth commandment recjuireth all lawful en- deavours to preserve our own life% and the life of others **.
Q. (J9. What is forbidden in the si:xth commandment ?
J. The sixth commandment Torbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbour unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth thereunto'^.
Q. 70. Which is the seventh commandment ?
A. The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit mdultery ^
Q. 71. What is required in the seventh commandment f
A, The seventh commandment requireth the preser- vation of our own and our neighbour's chastity, in heart, speech, and behaviour^.
Q. 72. What
68. ^ Eph. V. 28. So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies : he that loveth his wife lov- eth himself. Ver. 29. For no man ever yet' hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.
d 1 Kings xviii. 4. For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hun- dred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
69. « Acu xvi. 28. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thy- •elf no harm ; for we are all here. Gen. ix. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
70. i Exod. XX. 14.
71.81 Cor. vii. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let ecery man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Ver. 3. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence : and Ukewiee also
the wife unto the husband. Ver. 5. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer ; aud come to- gether again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. Ver. 34, There is difference also between a wife and a virgin, ^'he unmarried woman careth for the thing* of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit : but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. Ver. 36. But if any man think that he behaveth himself un- comely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not ; let them marry. Col, iv. 6. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man, 1 Pet. iii. 2. While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with feax.
72. h Mat.
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Q. 12, What IS forbidden in the seventh commandment ?
J. The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste jlhoughts, words, and actions ^.
Q. 73. Which IS the eighth commandment ?
A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shall not steal \
Q. 74. What is required in the eighth commandment ?
A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful pro- curing and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others ^
Q. 75. What
72. h Mat. XV. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Mat. ^. 28. But I say unto you. That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Eph. v. 3. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints: Ver. 4. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient; but rather giv- ing of thanks.
73. i Exod. XX. 15.
74. k Gen. xxx. 30. For it was lit- tle which tiou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multi- tude; and the JLord hath blessed thee since my coming : and now when shall I provide for mine own house also ? 1 Tim. v. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and special- ly for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Lev. xxv. 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve laim ; yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Deut. xxii. 1. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thj-self from them ; thou dialt in
any case bring them again unto thy brother. Ver. 2. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. Ver. 3. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass, and so shalt thou do with his raiment ; and with all lost things of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise : thou mayest not hide thyself. Ver. 4. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again, Ver. 5. The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither stall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do so are abo- mination unto the Lord thy God. Exod. xxiii. 4. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Ver. 5. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying un- der his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Gen. xlvii. 14. And Jo- seph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the | com whith they bought : and Jo- j seph I
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7.^. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment ? , The eighth commandment forbiddetli whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbours wealth or outward estate '.
Q. 76. Which is the ninth commandment f
A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not hear false witness against thy neighbour *".
Q. 77. Wfiat is required in the ninth commandment ?
A. The nintJi commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man ", and of our own and our neighbour"*s good name% especially in witness- bearing P.
Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment ?
A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neigh- tour's good name ''.
Q. 79. Which is the tenth commandment 9
A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour''s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour'^s vtifcy nor
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•eph brought the money into Pha- raoh's house. Ver. 20. And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pharaoh's.
75. ' Prov. xxi. 17. He that lo- veth pleasure shall be a poor man ; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. Prov. ixiii. 20. Be not among wine-bibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh. Ver. 21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxviii. 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread : but he that follow- eth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole steal no more ; but rather let him labour, working with
hi$ hand« the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
76. ^ Exod. XX. \6.
77. ° Zech. viii. 16. These are the things that ye shall do, Speak ye every man the truth to his neigh- bour ; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.
•^ 3 John, Ver. 12. Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself; yea, and we also bear record, and ye know that our record is true.
^ Prov. xiv. 5. A faithful witness will not lie : but a false witness will utter lies. Ver. 25. A true witneM del'vereth souls : but a deceitful wit- ness speaketh lies.
78. ^ 1 Sam. rvii. 28. And Eliab ills eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men j and Eliab *s
anger
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Q. 80. What is required in the tenth commandment f
A. The tenth commandment requhetn full contentment with our own condition % with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his *.
Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment ?
A, The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontent- ment with our own estate ", envying or grieving at thei good of our neighbour '% and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his "".
Q. 82. Is
anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why earnest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilder- ness ? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart ; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. Lev. xix. 16. Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale- bearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour : I am the Lord. Psal.