fcorning, h, reviling i, or any ways oppofing of God's truth, grace, and ways k; making profeffion of religion in hypocrify, or for finifter ends 1; being ashamed of it m, or a shame things which were spokenby Paul, contradicting, and blafpheming, 1 John3. 12. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and flew his brother: and wherefore flew he him? because his own works were evil,and his brothers righteous. h Pfal. 1.1. Bleffed is the man that walketh not in the counfel of the ungodly, nor ftandeth in the way of linners, nor fitteth in the feat of the fcornful. 2 Pet. 3. 3. Knowing this first, that there shall comeinthe last days,fcoffers walking after their own lufts. i Pet.4. 4. Wherein they think it ftrange that you run not with them to the fame excefs of riot, fpeaking evil of you. k Acts13.45.But when the Jews faw the multitudes,they were filled with envy,and fpake against thofe things which were fpokenby Paul, contradicting and blafpheming. v. 46. Then Paul and Barnabaswaxed bold, and faid. It was neceffary that the word of God fhould first have been spoken to you: but feeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselvesunworthy of everlafting fife, lo, we turn to the Gentiles, . 50. But the Jews ftirred up the devout and honourable women, & the chief men of the city,and raifedperfecutionagainit Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coafts. Acts 4. 18. And they called them,and commandedthem not to speak at all,nor teach in the name of Jesus. Acts 19. 9. But when divers were hardned and be lieved not, but fpake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and feparated the difciples difputing daily in the fchool of one Tyrannus. 1 Theff. 2. 16. Forbidding us to fpeak to the Gentiles, that they might be to faved, to fill up their fins alway for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. Heb. 10. 29. Of how much forer punishment, fuppofe ye, fhall be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith hewas fanctified,an unholy thing, and hath done defpightunto the Spirit of grace. 12 Tim. 3. 5. Having a form of godlinefs, but denying the power thereof: from fuch turn away. Mat. 13. 14. Wo unto you feribes and Pharifees, hypocrites; for ye deyour widows houses, and for a pretence make longprayers; there fore ye fhall receive the greater damnation. Mat. 6. 1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be feen of them: otherwife ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. v. 2. Therefore when thou dost thine alms, do not found a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the fynagogues,and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward. v. 5. And when thou prayeft,thou fhaltnot be as the hypocrites:are for they love to pray ftanding in the fynagogues,and in the corners of the ftreets that they may be feen of men, Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward v. 16. Moreover when ye faft, be not as the hypocrites of a fadcountenance, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to faft. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward. m Mark 8.38. Wholoever therefore fhall be afhamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and finful generation; of him alfo fhall the Son of man be ashamed, when he to it, by uncomfortable n, unwife o, unfruitful p and offen five walking 9, or backfliding from it r. Q. 114.What reafons are annexed to the third commandment? A. The reafons annexed to the third commandment, in these words, [The Lord thy God,] and [For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain f,] are, because he is the Lord and our God, therefore his name is not to be pro faned or any way abused by us t; efpecially because he will be fo far from acquitting and fparing the tranfgreffors of this commandment, as that he will not fuffer them to escape his righteous judgment v, albeit many fuch escape the cenfures he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels. n Pfal. 73. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chaftned every morning. v. 15. If I fay, I will speak thus: behold, I fhould offend against the generation of thy children. 01 Cor.6.5.Ifpeak toyourfhame, Is it fo that there is not a wife man amongft you? no not one that fhall be able to judge between his brethren? v. 6. But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Eph. 5. 15. See then that ye walk circumfpectly, not as fools,but as wife, v. 16. Redeeming the time,because the days are evil. v. 17. Wherefore be ye not unwife, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. pIfa.5.4. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore when I looked that it fhould bring forth grapes,brought it forth wild grapes? 2 Pet. 1. 8. For if thefe things be in you,and abound, they make you that ye fhall neither be barren,nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jefus Chrift.7.9. But he that lacketh these things, is blind, and cannot fee far off,and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old fins. q Rom. 2. 23. Thou that makeft thy boast ofthe law,through break. and ing the law, difhonoureft thou God? v. 24. For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it is written. r Gal. 3. 1. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you fhould not obey the truth, before whofe eyes Jefus Chrift hath been evidently fetforth,crucified among you? v. 3. Are ye fo foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh ? Heb. 6.6. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance: seeing they crucify tothemfelves the fon of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 114. f Exod. 20. 7. t Lev. 19. 12. And ye shall not fwear by my name fallly, neither fhalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. v Ezek.36.21.But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Ifrael had profaned among the heathen whither they went. v. 22. Therefore fay unto the house of Ifrael, thus faith the Lord God, I do not this for your fakes, O houle of Ifrael, but for mine holy names fake, whichyehaveprofanedamong the heathen,whither ye went.v.23. And I will fanctify my great name, which was profaned amongtheheathen,which ye have profaned inthe midst of them; and the heathen fhall know that I am thekord,faith the and punishments of men w. Q: 115. Which is the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the fabbathday to keep it holy. Six days Jhalt thou labour and do all thy work: But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: In it thou halt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy manfervant, nor thy maid-fervant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made Heaven and earth, the Sea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the fabbath day, and Hallowed it x. Q. 116. What is required in the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment requireth of all men the Sanctifying or keeping holy to God fuch fet times as he hath appointnd in his word, exprefly one whole day in feven; which was the seventh from the beginning of the world to the refurrection of Christ, and the first day of the week ever fince, and fo to continue to the end of the world; which is the chriftian fabbath y, and in the new teftament called The Lord's the Lord God, when I fhall be fantified in you, before their eyes, Deut. 28. 58. If thou wilt not obferve todo allthe words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayeft fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD ; v. 49. Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy feed, even great plagues,and of longcontinuance, and fore fickneffes, and of long continuance. Zech. 5,2 And he faid unto me, what feeltthou? and I answered,I fee a flying roll, the lengththereof is twenty cubits, andthe breadth thereof tencubits, v. 3. Then said he unto me, This is the curfe that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth, fhall be cut off as on this fide, according to it and every one that fweareth, fhall be cut off, as one that fide, according to it. v, 4.I will bringitforth, faith the Lord of holts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that fweareth falfly by my name. W I Sam. 2. 12. Now the fons of Eli were fons of Belial,they knew not the Lord.v.17.Wherefore the fin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. v, 22. Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his fons did unto all Ifrael, and how they lay with the women that aflembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. v, 24. Nay, my lons: for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lords people to tranfgrefs. Compared with 1 Sam. 3.13. For I have told him, that I will judge his houfe for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: becaufe his fons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 115. x Exod. 20. 8, 9, 10, 11. 116. y Deut 5.12.Keep the fabbath-day to fanctify it,as the I ord thy God hath commanded thee. v. 13. Six days fhalt thou labour, and Lord's day z Q. 117. How is the fabbath or Lord's day to be fanctified? A. The fabbath or Lord's day is to be fanctified by an holy refting all that day a, not only from fuch works as are at all times finful, but even from fuch worldly employments and recreations as are on other days lawful b; and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is and do all thy work v. 14. But the leventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter; nor thy man-fervant,northymaid-fervant, nor thine ox,nor thine afs, nor any of thy cattle,nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates; that thy manfervant and thy maid-servant may reft as well as thou. Gen.2.2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he relted on the seventh day from all the work which he had made. v. 3. And God bleffed the feventh day, and fanctified it: becaufe that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 1 Cor. 16.1.Now concerning the collection for the faints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even fo do ye. v. 2. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in ftore,as God hath profpered him, that there be no gatheringswhen I come. Acts 20.7. And upon the first day of the week, when the difciplescame together to break bread,Paul preached to them, ready tode part on the morrow,and continuedhisfpeechuntilmidnight, Mat. 5. 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or theprophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. v. 18. For verily I fay unto you, till heaven and earth país,one jot,or one title fhall in no ways pals from the law, till all be fulfilled. Ifa. 56. 2. Bleffed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that layelt hold on it: that keepeth the fabbath frempolluting to it,and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. v. 4. For thus faith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my fabbaths,and choose the things that pleafe me, and take hold of my covenant, v. 6. Alfo the fons of the ftranger, that join themfelves to the Lord, to ferve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his fervants, every one that keepeth the fabbath from polluting it,and taketh hold of my covenant: v.7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my houte ofprayer: their burnt offerings and their facrifices fhall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer, for all people. z Rev. 1. 10. I was in the fpirit on the Lord's day, and heardbehind me a great voice,as of a trumpet. 117 aExod 20.8. Rememberthe fabbath-day, to keep it holyv.10. But the feventh day is thefabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy fon, &c. b Exod. 16.25, And Mofes faid, eat that to-day;for to-day is afabbath unto the Lord; to-day yefhall not find it in the field. v. 26. Six days fhall ye gather it; but on the feventh day which is the fabbath,in it there fhall be none. v, 27. And it came to país that there went out fome of the people on the feventh day for to gather, and they found none. v, 28. And the Lord faid unto Mofes, how long refule ye to keep my commandments and my laws? Neh. 13. 15. In thofe days fawl in Judah fome treading wine Prelles to be taken up in works of neceffity and mercy c) in the pu blic and private exercifes of God's worship d: And, to that end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with fuch forefight, diligence and moderation, to dispose, and seasonably to dif preffeson the fabbath, and bringing in fheaves, and lading affes; alfo wine grapes,and figs, and all manner of burdens,which they brought into Jerufalem on the fabbath-day: and I teftified against them in the day wherein they fold victuals.v. 16. There dwelt men of Tyre alfo therein, which brought fish,and all manner of wares,and fold on the fabbath unto the children of Judah and in Jerufalem. v.17. Then I contended withthe noblesof Judah, & faid unto then, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the fabbath-day? v. 18. Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Ifraelby profaning the fabbath.v.19. And it came to país, that when the gates of Jerufalem began tobedark before the fabbath, Icommanded that the gates fhould: be fhut,& charged that they should not be opened till after thefabbath, & fome of my fervants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the fabbath-day. v.20.So the merchants,and fellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerufalem once or twice. v. 21. Then I teftified against them,and faid unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do fo again, I will lay hands on you, From that timeforth came they no moreonthe fabbath. v.22. And I commanded theLevites,that they fhould cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to fantify the fabbath-day. Remember meOmy God, concerning this also & fpare me according tothe great nefsof thy mercy. Jer. 17.21. Thus faith the Lord, Take heed to your felves, and bear no burden on the patch fabbath-day,nor bring it in by the gates of Jerufalem. v. 22. Neither carry forth a burden out of your houfe on the labbath-day, neither do ye any work,but hallow ye the fabbath-day,as I commanded your fathers. c Mat.12. from verfe 1. to13. At that time Jefus went on the fabbath-day through the corn, and his difciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn,and to eat, v. 2: But when the Pharifees faw it, &c. d Ifa. 58. 13. If thou turn away thy foot fromthe fabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable,and fhalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding-thine own pleafure, nor fpeaking thine own words. Luke 4. 16. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the fynagogue on the fabbath-day, and itood up for to read, Acts. 20. 7.Andupon the first day of the week, when the difciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow. 1 Cor. 16. 1. Now concerning the collection for the faints as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even fo do ye. v. 2. Upon the firft day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in ftore,as God hath profpered him,thatthere be no gatherings when I come. Pfal.92. Title a pfalm or fong for the fabbath day. Ifa. 66. 23.And it came to pals, that from one new moon to another, and from one fabbath to another, fhall all flesh come to worthip before me, faith the Lord. Lev.23.3.Sixdays R fhall |