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Q.48 What are we fpecially taught by these words (before me in the first commandment?

A. Thefe words (Before me) in the first commandment, teach us that God, who feeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with the fin of having any other Godo. Q. 49. Which is the Second Commandment?

A. The fecond commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor ferve them: For the Lord thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and fhewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,and keep my commandments p.

Q. 50. What is required in the fecond commandment?

A. The fecond commandment requireth the receiving,obferving, and keeping pure and entire, all fuch religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his word q. Q.51. What is forbidden in the fecond commandment?

A.The fecond commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images г, or any other way not appointed in his word.

my people would not hearken to my voice: and Ifrael would none of me.

that I fhould go far off from my fanctuary? but turn thee yet again and thou fhaltfee greater abominations, &c.tothe end of the chapter.

49. p Exod. 20. 4.5, 6.

n Rom.1.25. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worfhipped and ferved, the creature 50. q Deut. 32 46. And he faid more than the Creator, who is unto them,Set your hearts unto all blelled for ever, Amen. v. 26 For the words which I teftify among this caufe God gave them up unto you this day: which ye fhall comvile affections: For even their wo- mand your children to obferve to men did change the natural ufe in- do all the words of this law. Mat. to that which is against nature. 28. 20. Teaching them to obferve 48. o Ezel 8.5.Then faid heun- all things whatfoever I have comtome Son of man,lift up thine eyes manded you: and lo, I am with now the way towards the north: you always, even to the end of fo I lift up mine eyes the way to- the world. Amen Acts 2. 24. And ward the north,and behold,north- the continued ftedfastly in the a ward at the gate of the altar, this poftles doctrine in fellowship, and idol of jealoufy in the entry. v, 6. in breaking ofbread, and in prayer. He faid furthermore unto me Son 51, r Deut 4.15. Takeye thereof man, feelt thou what they do? fore good heed unto your felves even the great abominations that (forye faw no manner of fimilitude thehoufe of Ifrael committethhere. A a 4

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Q. 52. What are the reafons annexed to the fecond command

ment?

A. The reafons annexed to the fecond commandment are, God's fovereignty over us t, his propriety in us v, and the zeal he he hath to his own worship w,

Q. 53. Which is the third commandment?

A, The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain x.

Q. 54. What is required in the third commandment? A. The third commandment requireth the holy and reverend ufe of God's names y, titles

attributes,

What thingfoever I commandyou, obferve to doit: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

fore his prefencewiththankfgiving 52.t Pfal. 95.2.Let us come beand make a joyful noise unto him with Pfalms.v.2. For the Lord is a great God,and a great king above all gods. v. 6. O come let us worfhip and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

on that day the Lord fpake unto you in Horeb, out of the midst unto their gods: for even their fons which he hateth, have they done of the fire) v. 16. Lest ye corrupt & their daughters they have burnt yourfelves, & make you a graven in the fire to their gods. v, 32. image, the fimilitude of any figure the likeness of male or female, v. 17. The liknefs of any beaftthat is on the earth, the likenefsofany winged fowl that flieth in the air, v 18. The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fifh, that is in the waters beneath the earth; v 19. And left thoulift up thine eyes un to heaven, and when thou feeft the fun, and the moon, and the ftars, even all the hoft of heaven, greatly defire thy beauty: for he is v Pfal. 45. 11. So fhall the king fhouldft be drivento worship them, thy Lord, and worship thou him. and ferve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nationsunderthewholeheaven.Exod. 32. 5. And when Aaron faw it, he built an alter before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and faid, To morrow is a feaft to the Lord, v.8. They have turned afide quickly outof theway which I commanded ner therefore pray ye: Our Father 54 y Mat. 6.9. After this manthem:they have made them a mol- which art in heaven, hallowed be ten calf, and have worthipped it, thy name: Deut. 28. 58. If thou and have facrificed thereunto, and wilt not obferve to do all the words faid, Thefe be thy gods,O Ifrael, of this law that are written in this which have brought thee up out of book, that thou mayeft fear this the land of Egypt. LORD THY GOD, glorious and fearful name, THE

fDeut. 12,39. Thou shalt notdo fo unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord

w Exod. 34. 13. But ye fhall demages, & cut down their groves: ftroy their altars, break their iv.14. For thou fhalt worthip noother God: for the Lord, whofe name is jealous, is a jealous God, 53. Exod. 20.7.

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Q. 55 What is forbidden in the Third commandment? A. The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abufing of any thing whereby God maketh himfelfknown Q.56.What is the reafon annexed to the Third commandment? A. The reafon annexed to the third commandment is, That however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not fuffer them to escape his righteous judgment f Q: 57.

fing praises to his name: extol him 55 e Mal. 1.6. A fon honoureth that rideth upon theheavens byhis his father, & a fervant his malter: / name JAH, and rejoice before him. if then I be a father, whereis mine

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a Rev. 15,3. And they fing the honour?and if I be a master,where. fong of Mofes the fervant of God, is.my fear? faith the Lord of hofts and the fong of the Lamb, faying, unto you,O priests, that defpife my Great& marvellous are thyworks, name: and ye fay, Wherein have Lord God Almighty; juft and true we defpifedthy name? v.7. Ycoffer are thy ways, thou king of faints. polluted bread uponmine altar; & 7. 4. Who fhall not fear thee, O ye fay wherein have we polluted Lord, and glorify thy name? for thee? in that ye fay, The table thou only art holy for all nations of the Lord is contemptible. v.12. fhall come&worship before thee; But ye have profaned it, in thatye for thyjudgments are made mani- fay, The table of the Lord is polfelt. luted, and the fruit thereof, even b Mal. 1.11.For from the rifing his meat is contemptible.Mal.2.2. of the fun, even unto the going If ye will not hear, and if ye will down of the fame,my name fhallbe not layit to heart,to give gloryungreat among the Gentiles, and in to my name,faith the Lordofholts, every place incenfe fhall be offered Iwill even fend a curfe upon you, unto myname, and a pure offering and Iwill curfe your bleflings: yea, for my name fhall be great among 1 have curfed themalready,becaule the heathen,faith the Lordof hofts, ye do not lay it to heart, Mal.3 14. v. 14. But curfed be the deceiver, Yehave faid Itis vain to ferveGod. which hath in his flock a male,and and what profit is it, that we have voweth and facrificeth unto the kept his ordinance, & that we have Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a walked mournfully beforethe Lord great king,faith the Lord of hofts. of holts? and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

56. f1 Sam.2. 12.Now the fons of Eliwere fons of Belial,they knew c Pfal. 138. 1. I will praife thee not the Lord. v.17.Wherefore the with my whole heart, before the finof the young men was verygreat gods will I fing, praise unto thee. before the Lord;for men abhorred 7.2.I will worship towards thy ho- the offering of the Lord.v. 22. Now ly temple, and praise thy name,for thy loving kindness, and for thy truth; for thou haft magnified thy word above all thy name.

d Job 36. 24. Remember that thoumagnify his work, which men behold,

Eli was very old,and heard all that his fons did unto all Ifrael,& how they lay with the women that affembled at the door of the taber nacle of the congregation. v. 29. Wherefore kickye at my facrifice

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Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment?

A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the fabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou fhalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ftran ger 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 bleffed the fabbath-day, and hallowed it g.

Q. 58. What is required in the fourth commandment?

A. The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God, fuch fet times as he hath appointed in his word; exprefly one whole day in feven, to be a holy fabbath to himself h Q. 59. Which day of the feven hath God appointed to be the weekly fabbath?

4. From the beginning of the world to the refurrection of Chrift, God appointed the feventh day of the week to be the weekly fabbath; and the firft day of the week, ever fince, to continue to the end of the world, which is the chriftian fabbath i.

and at mine offering which I have commanded in my habitation, and honoureft thy fons above me, to make your felves fat with the chiefelt of all the offerings of Ifrael my people? 1 Sam.3. 13. For I have told him,that I will judge his houfe for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth because his fons made themfelves vile, and he restrained them not. Deut. 28. 58. If thou wilt not obferve to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayft fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; v. 59. Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy feed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and fore ficknefles, and of long continuance,

57. g Exod. 20. 8, 9, 10, 11. 58. h Deut. 5. 12. Keep the fab bath-day to fanctify it,as the Lord

Q. 60.

thy God hath commanded thee. 7. 13. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all thy work: v, 14. But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thydaughter,nor thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-fervant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, 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.

59. i Gen. 2. 2. And on the feventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the feventh day from all his work which he had made: v. 3. And God blefled the feventh day, and fanctified it: becaufe that in it he had refted from all his work,which God created and made. 1 Cor.16. I. Now concerning the collection for the faints,as I have given order

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Q. 60 How is the Sabbath to be fanétified?

A. The fabbath is to be fanctified, by a holy refting all that day k, even from fuch worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole Time in the public and private exercises of God's Worfhip m, except fo much as is to be taken up in the works of

to the churchs of Galatia, even fo do ye. v. 2. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him inftore, 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 difciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his fpeech until midnight.

Nev Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and faid unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do and profanethe fabbath-day?", 18. Did not your fathers thus,and did not our God bring allthis evilupon us, and upon this city? yet ve bring more wrath upon Ifrael by profaning the fabbath. v. 19. And it came to pafs, that when the gatesof Jerufalem began to bed ark before the fabbath, I commanded that the gates (hould be thut, and charged that they fhould notbe o pened till after the fabbath; and fome of my fervants fet I at the gates, that there fhould be no bur den brought in onthe fabbath day, 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. Fromthat time forth came they no more on the fabbath. v.22. AndIcommand

60. kExod.20. 8. Remember the fabbath-day, tokeep it holy.v. 1o. But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou fhalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon,&c.Exod.16.25.And Mofes faid, Eat that to day; for to day is a fabbath unto the Lord: to day yefhall not find it in the field. 2. 26. Sixdays ye fhall gather it; but on thefeventh day which isthe fabbath, in it there fhall be none. v. 27. Andit came topafsthatthere`ed the Levites, that they fhould went out fome ofthe people onthe cleanfe themfelves, and that they. feventhdayfor to gather,and they fhould come and keep the gates,to found none. v. 28. And the Lord fanctify the fabbath-day : Remem faid unto Mofes, how long refufe ber me, my God,concerning this ye to keep my commandmentsand alfo, and fpare me according to my law? the greatness of thy mercy.

1 Neh. 13. 15. in thofe daysfaw Iin Judah fometreadingwine-preffes on the fabbath,and bringing in fheaves, and lading affes; as alfo wine, grapes,and figs,andall manner ofburdens, whichtheybrought into Jerufalemon 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 Jerufalema, v, 17.

m Luke 4. 16. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been broughtup; And,as hiscuftomwas, he went into the fynagogue on the fabbath-day, and flood up for to read Acts20. 7. And upon the first day of the week,&c. (See letter i) Pfalm. 92.Title. A Pfalm or fong for the fabbath day, Ifa 66. 32, And it fhall come topafs, that from one new moonto another,and from one fabbath to another, fhall all flesh come to worship before me, faith the Lord.

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