glorify him accordingly p; by Thinking q, Meditating, Remembring, highly Efteeming t, Honouring u, Adoring w, Choofing x, Lovingy, Defiring z, Fearing of him a, Believing him b, Trufting c, Hoping d, Delighting e, Rejoycing in him f, being Zealous for him g, Calling upon him, giving all Praise and Thanks b, and yielding all Obedience and Submiffion to him, with the whole Man i, being careful in all Things to please him k, and forrowful when in any Thing he is offended, and walking humbly with him m.

p Pfal. 95. 6, 7. Mat. 4. 10. Pfal. 29. 2. q Mal. 1.16. Pfal.63.6. Eccl. 12. 1. t Pfal.71. 19. z Mal. 1.6. w Ifa. 45. 23. x Jof. 24. 15, 22, y Deut. 6. 5. z Pfal.73. 25. a Ifa. 8. 13. b Exod. 14. 31. c lfa. 26. 4. d Pfal. 130. 7. e Pfal. 37. 4. f Pfal. 32. 11. g Rom. 12. 11. compared with Numb. 25. 11. h Phil. 4. 6, i Jer. 7.23. James 4. 7. 1 John 3. 22. Jer. 31. 18. Pfal. 119.

136. m Micah 6. 8.

Q. 105. What are the Sins forbidden in the Firft Commandment?

A. The Sins forbidden in the First Commandment are Atheism, in denying, or not having a God; Idolatry, in having, or worshipping more Gods than one, or any with, or inftead of the true God o; the not having and avouching him for God, and our God p; the Omiffion or Neglect of any Thing due to him required in this Commandment q; Ignorance r, Forgetfulnels, Mifapprehenfion t, falfe Opinion z, unworthy and wicked Thoughts of him w, bold and curious Searching into his Secrets x, all Prophanenessy, Hatred of God z, Self-love a, Self-feeking b, and all other inordinate and immoderate setting of our Mind, Will or Affections upon other Things, and taking them off from him.

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" Pfal. 14 I. Eph. 2. 12. • Jer. 2. 27, 28. compared with Theff. 1. 9. p Pfal. 81.11. 9 Ifa. 43. 22, Hof. 4. 1, 6. Jer. 2. 23.

23, 24. r Jer. 4. 22.

Acts 17. 23, 29. u Ifa.

40. 18.

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w Pfal. 50. 21. Deut 29. 29. y Tit. 1. 16. Heb. 12. 16. z Rome

1. 30. a 2 Tim. 3. 2. b Phil. 2. 21.

in whole or in part c; vain Credulity d, Unbelief e, Herefy f, Mifbelief g, Diftruft h, Defpair i, Incorrigiblenefs k, and Infenfibleness under Judgments, Hardness of Heart m, Pride n, Prefumption o, carnal Security p, Tempting of God q, ufing unlawful Means r, and trusting in lawful Means, carnal Delights and Joyst; corrupt, blind, and indifcreet Zealu; Lukewarmnefs w, and Deadness in the Things of God x, cftranging ourfelves, and apoftatizing from Gody, Praying, or giving any religious Worship to Saints, Angels, or any other Creatures z; all Compacts, and Confulting with the Devila, and hearkning to his Suggeftions b; making Men the Lords of our Faith and Confcience c; fighting and defpifing God and his Commands d, refifting and grieving of his Spirit e, Discontent, and Impatience at his Difpenfations, charging him foolishly for the Evils he inflicts on us f; and afcribing the Praife of any Good we either are, have, or can do, to Fortune g, Idols h, ourselves, or any other Creature k.

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Col. 3. 2, 5. d
Tit. 3. 10. g
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Pial, 19.13.

r Rom. 3. 8.
John 16. 2.

Jer, 17. 5.

Rom. 10. 2.

c 1 John 2. 15, 16. 1 Sam. 2. 29. 1 John 4. 1. e Heb. 3. 12. f Gal. 5. 20. Acts 26. 9. h Pfal. 72. 22. Gen. 4. 13. Ifa. 42. 25. m Rom. 2. 5. n Jer. 13, 15 p Zeph, 1. 12. g Mat. 4. 7. 2 Tim. 3. 4. u Gal. 4. 17.

Luke 9. 54, 55. w Rev. 3. 16. x Rev. 3. 1. y Ezek.14.

5. Ifa. 1.4, 5. z Rom. 10 13, 14. Hof. 4. 12. Acts 10. 25, 26. Rev. 19 10. Mat. 4.10. Col. 2. 18. Rom. 1. 25. a Lev. 20. 6. 1 Sam. 28. 7, 11. compared with i Chron. 10. 13, 14. b Acts 5. 3. c 2 Cor. 1. 24. Mat. 23. 9. d Deut. 32. 15. 2 Sam, 12. 9. Prov. 13. 13. e Acts 7. 51. Eph. 4. 30. ƒ Pfal. 73. 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 22. Job 1. 22. g 1 Sam. 6. 7, 8, 9. h Dan. 5. 23. i Deut. 8. 17. Dan. 4. 30. k Heb. 1. 16.

Q. 106. What are we especially taught by these Words [before Me] in the firft Commandment?

A. Thefe Words [before Me] or before my Face, in the First Commandment, teach us, that God, who feeth all Things, takes fpecial Notice of, and is much displeased with the Sin of having any other God; that fo it may be

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an Argument to diffwade from it, and to aggravate it, as a most impudent Provocation; as alfo to perfwade us to do, as in his Sight, whatever we do in his Servicem. / Ezek. 8. 5, to the End, Pfal. 44. 20, 21. m 1 Chr. 28.9.

Q. 107. Which is the Second Commandment ?

A. The Second 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 I 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 shewing Mercy unto Thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments n.

n Exodus 20. 4, 5, 6.

Q. 108. What are the Duties required in the Second Commandment?

A. The Duties required in the Second Commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and intire, all fuch religious Worthip and Ordinances as God hath inftituted in his Word o; particularly, Prayer and Thanksgiving in the Name of Chrift p, the Reading, Preaching, and Hearing of the Word q, the Adminiftration and Receiving of the Sacraments r, Church-government and Discipline, the Miniftry and Maintenance thereoft, religious Fafting u, Swearing by the Name of God w, and vowing unto him x: As alfo the difapprov ing, detefting, oppofing all falfe Worshipy: and, according to cach one's Place and Calling, removing it, and all Monuments of Idolatry z.

• Deut. 32. 46, 47. Mat. 28. 20. Acts 2. 42. 1 Tim. 6. 13, 14. Phil. 4. 6. Eph. 5. 20. 9 Deut. 17. 18,19. Acts 15. 21. 2 Tim. 4. 2. James I. 21, 22. Acts 10.33. r Mat. 28. 19. 1 Cor. 11. 23, to 30. Mat- 18.15,16, 17. Mat. 16. 19 1 Cor. 5 Chap. and 12. 28. t Eph.4. II, 12. 1Tim. 5. 17, 18. 1 Cor. 9. 7, to 15. u Joel 2. 12, 13. I Cor. 7. 5. w Deut. 6. 13. x Ifa. 19. 21. Pfal. 76. 11. y Acts 17. 16, 17. Pfal. 16. 4. z Deut. 7. 5. Ifa. 30.22.

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Q. 109. What are the Sins forbidden in the Second Commandment ?

A. The Sins forbidden in the Second Commandment, are, all Deviling a, Counfelling 6, Commanding c, Ufing d, and any Ways approving any religious Worship, not inftituted by God himfelfe; tolerating a falfe Religion f; the making any Reprefentation of God, of all, or any of the Three Perfons, either inwardly in our Mind, or outwardly in any Kind of Image, or Likeness of any Creature whatfoeverg; all worshipping of it b, or God in it, or by it i; the making of any Reprefentation of feigned Deities k, and all Worship of them, or Service belonging to them; all fuperftitious Devices ??, corrupting the Worship of God 2, adding to it, or taking from it o. whether invented and taken up of ourselves p, or received by Tradition from others q, though under the Title of Antiquity r, Cuftomf, Devotion t, good Intent, or any other Pretence whatsoever u; Simony w, Sacriledge x; all Neglecty, Contempt z, hindring a, and oppofing the Worship and Ordinances which God hath appointed b,

a Num. 15. 39. b Deut. 13. 6, 7, 8. c Hof, 5. 11. Micah 6. 16. di Kings 11. 32. and 12.33. e Deut. 12. 30, 31, 32. f Deut. 13. 6, to 12. Zech. 13. 2, 3. Rev. 2. 2, 14, 15, 20 and 17. 12, 16, 17. g Deut. 4. 15 to 19. Acts 17. 29. Rom. 1. 21, 22, 23, 25. h Dan. 3. 18. Gal. 4 8. i Exod. 32. 5. k Exod, 32. 8. /1 Kings 18. 26, 28. Ifa. 65. 11. m Acts 17. 22. Col. 2. 21, 22, 23. z Mal, 1, 7, 8, 14, o Deut. 4. 2. p Pfal. 106. 39. q Mat. 15.9. r 1 Pet. 1. 18. Jer. 44. 17 t Ifa. 65. 3, 4, 5. Gal. I. 13, 14. u I Sam, 13. II, 12. and 15. 21. w Acts 8. 18. x Rom. 2. 22. Mal. 3. 8. y Exod. 4. 24, 25, 26. z Mat. 22 5. Mal. I. 7, 13. 13. b Acts 13. 44, 45. Theff. 2. 15, 16.

a Mat. 23.

Q. 110. What are the Reasons annexed to the Second Commandment, the more to enforce it?

4. The Reafons annexed to the Second Commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in thefe Words [For Ithe Lord thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the Ini

quity 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 c.] are, befide God's Sovereignty over us, and Propriety in us d, his fervent Zeal for his own Worship.e, and his revengeful Indignation against all falfe Worship, as being a fpiritual Whoredom f; accounting the Breakers of this Commandment, fuch as hate him, and threatning to punish them unto divers Generations g; and esteeming the Obfervers of it, fuch aş love him, and keep his Commandments, and promifing Mercy to them unto many Generations h.

Exod. 20. 5, 6. d Pfal. 45. 11. Rev. 15. 3, 4. e Exod. 34. 13, 14. f1 Cor. 10. 20, 21, 22. Jer. 7. 18, 19, 20. Ezek. 16. 26, 27. Deut. 32. 16, to 20. g Hof 2. 2, 3, 4. h Deut. 5. 29.

Q. 111. 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 į. i Exod. 20. 7.

Q. 112. What is required in the Third Commandment ? A. The Third Commandment requires, that the Name of God, his Titles, Attributes k, Ordinances, the Word m, Sacraments #1, Prayer o, Oaths p, Vows q, Lots, his Works, and whatfoever else there is whereby he makes himfelf known, be holily and reverently ufed, in Thought t, Meditation u, Word w, Writing x, by an holy Profeffion y, and anfwerable Conversion z, to the Glory of God a, and the God of ourselves b, and others c.

k Mat. 6. 9.

Deut. 28. 58. Pfal. 29. 2. and 68. 4. Rev. 15.3, 4. Mal. 1. 14. Eccl. 5. 1. m Pfal. 138. 2. I. Cor. II. 24, 25, 28, 2901 Tim. 2.8. p Jer. 4. 2. q Eccl. 5. 2, 4, 5, 6. r Acts 1. 24, 26. Job 36. 24. Mal. 3. 16. u Pfal. 8. throughout. w Col. 3. 17. Pfal. 105. 2, 5. ≈ Pfal. 102. 18. y 1 Peter 3. 15. Micah 4. 5. z Phil. 1. 27. a 1 Cor. 10. 31. 32.39. c 1. Pet. 2. 12.

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