ty is commanded/; fo, where a promife is annexed, the contrary threatning is included t; and where a threatning is annexed, the contrary promife is included v. 5. That what God forbids, is at no time to be done w; what he commands, is always our duty x; and yet every particular For God commanded, faying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curfeth father or mother, let him die the death. v. 5. But ye fay, Whosoever thall fay to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatsoever thou mighteft be profited by me, v. 6. and honour not his father or his mother, he fhall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Mat. v. 21, 22. (See letter o.) v. 23. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembreft that thy brother hath ought against thee: v. 24. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Eph.iv. 28. Let him that ftole, Iteal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Exod. xx. 12. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Compared with Prov. xxx. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and defpifeth to obey his mother, the rávens of the valley fhall pick it out, and the young eagles fhall eat it. v Jer. xviii. 7. At what inftant I fhall fpeak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to pull down, and to destroy it: v. 8. If that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. Exod. xx. 7. 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. Compared with Pfal. xv. 1. Lord, who fhall abide in thy tabernacle? who fhall dwell in thy holy hill? v. 4. In whose eyes a vile perfon is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord: he that fweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. v. 5. He that putteth not out his money to ufury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doth these things fhall never be moved. And with Pfal. xxiv. 4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lift up his foul unto vanity, nor fworn deceitfully. v. 5. He fhall receive the bleffing from the Lord, and righteoufnefs from the God of his falvation. w Job xiii. 7. Will ye fpeak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? v. 8. Will ye accept his perfon? will ye contend for God? Rom. iii. 8. And not rather, as we be flanderously reported, and as fome affirm that we fay, let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is juft. Job xxxvi. 21. Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this haft thou chofen rather than affliction. Heb. xi. 25. Choofing rather to fuffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleafures of fin for a feafon. * Deut. iv. 8. And what nation is there fo great, that hath statutes and judgments, fo righteous, as all ticular duty is not to be done at all timesy. 6. That, under one fin or duty, all of the fame kind are forbidden or commanded; together with all the causes, means, occafions, and appearances thereof, and provocations there unto z. 7. That what is forbidden or commanded to ourselves, we are bound, according to our places, to endeavour that it may be avoided or performed by others, according to the duty of their places a. this law which I fet before you this day? v. 9. Only take heed to thyfelf, and keep thy foul diligently, left thou forget the things which thine eyes have feen, and left they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy fons, and thy fons fons. Mat. xii. 7. But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not facrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. z Mat. v. 21, 22, 27, 28. (See in letter before) Mat. xv. 4. For God commanded, faying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curfeth father or mother, let him die the death. v. 5. But ye fay, Whofoever fhall fay to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatfoever thou mighteft be profited by me, v. 6. and honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Heb. x. 24. And let us confider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: v. 25. Not forfaking the affembling of ourselves together, as the manner of fome is; but exhorting one another: and fo much the more, as ye fee the day approaching. I Theff. v. 22. Abftain from all appearance of evil. Jude 23. And others fave with fear, 8. That pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment fpotted by the flefh. Gal. v. 26. Let us not be defirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Col. iii. 21. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, left they be dif couraged. a Exod. xx. 1o. But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou fshalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-fervant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates. Lev. xix. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thoufhalt in any wife rebuke thy neighbour, and not fuffer fin upon him. Gen. xviii. 19. For I know him, that he will command his children and his houfhold after him, and they fhall keep the way of the Lord, to do juftice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham, that which he hath spoken of him. Josh. xxiv. 15. And if it feem evil unto you to ferve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will ferve, whether the gods which your fathers ferved, that were on the other fide of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my houfe, we will ferve the Lord. Deut. vi. 6. And thefe words which I con. 8. That, in what is commanded to others, we are bound according to our places and callings to be helpful to themb; and to take heed of partaking with others in what is forbidden them c. Q. 100. What special things are we to confider in the ten commandments? A. We are to confider in the ten commandments, the preface, the fubftance of the commandments themfelves, and feveral reafons annexed to fome of them the more to inforce them. Q.101. What is the preface to the ten commandments? A. The preface to the ten commandments is contained in thefe words, I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the houfe of bondaged. Wherein God manifefteth his fovereignty, as being Jehovah. the eternal, immutable, and almighty Gode; having his being in and of himselff, and giving being to all his wordsg and worksh: and that he is a God in covenant, as with Ifrael mand thee this day, fhall be in thine heart: v. 7. And thou fhalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and fhalt talk of them when thou fitteft in thine houfe, and when thou walket by the way, and when thou lieft down, and when thou rifelt up. b 2 Cor. i. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye ftand. 1 Tim. v. 22. Lay hands fuddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other mens fins: keep thyfelf pure. Eph. v. 11. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. с 101. d Exod. xx. 2. e Ifa.xliv.6. Thus faith the Lord the King of Ifrael, and his Redeemer the Lord of hofts, I am the first, of and I am the last, and befides me there is no God." un f Exod. iii. 14. And God faid un to Mofes, I AM THAT I AM: and he faid, thus fhalt thou fay unto the children of Ifrael, I AM hath fent me unto you. g Exod. vi. 3. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. b Acts. xvii. 24. God that made the world, and all things therein, feeing that he is Lord of heaven, and of earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. v. 28. For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain alfo of your own poets have faid, For we are alfo his off-fpring. iGen, of old, fo with all his people i; who as he brought them out of their bondage in Egypt, fo he delivered us from our fpiritual thraldom k; and that therefore we are bound to take him for our God alone, and to keep all his commandments/. Q.102. What is the fum of the four commandments which contain our duty to God? A. The fum of the four commandments containing our duty to God, is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our foul, and with all our strength, and with all our mind m. Q. 103. Which is the first commandment? A. The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before men. Q. 104. What are the duties required in the first commandment? A. The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only ¡ Gen. xvii. 7. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy feed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee. Compared with Rom. iii. 29. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not alfo of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles alfo. Lukei. 74. That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, v. 75. in holinefs and righteousness before him all the days of our life. 11 Pet. i. 15. But as he who hath called you is holy, fo be ye holy in all manner of converfation: v. 16. Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy. v. 17. And if ye call on the Father, who without refpect of perfons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your true fojourning here in fear: v. 18. Forafmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as filver and gold, from your vain converfation received by tradition from your fathers. Lev. xviii. 30. Therefore fhall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye coinnit not any one of thefe abominable cu'toms, which were committed before you, that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God. Lev. xix. 37. Therefore fhall ye oblerve all my ftatutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord. 102. m Luke x. 27. And he anfwering, faid, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy ftrength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 103. Exod. xx, 3. 104. ་ true God, and our Godo; and to worship and glorify him accordingly p, by thinking q, meditating r, remembrings, highly esteemingt, honouring v, adoring w, choosing, loving, 104.1 Chron. xxviii. 9. And thou, Solomon my fon, know thou the God of thy father, and ferve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind: for the Lord fearcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou feek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forfake him, he will caft thee off for ever. Deut. xxvi. 17. Thou haft avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his ftatutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice. Ifa. xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, faith the Lord, and my fervant whom I have chofen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Jer. xiv. 22. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give fhowers? Art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee, for thou haft made all thefe things. Pfalm xcv. 6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. v. 7. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the fheep of his hand. Mat. iv. 10. Then faid Jefus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only fhalt thou ferve. Pfal. xxix. 2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Mal. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkned, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. r Pfal. lxiii. 6. When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-watches. Eccl. xi. 1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, and the years draw nigh, when thou fhalt fay I have no pleasure in them. t Pfal. lxxi. 19. Thy righteoufnefs alfo, O God, is very high, who haft done great things: O God, who is like unto thee? v Mal. i. 6. A fon honoureth his father, and a fervant his master; if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? faith the Lord of hofts un-, to you, O pricfts; that defpife my name: w Ifa. xlv. 23. I have fworn by myfelf, the word hath gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and fhall not return, that unto me every knee fhall bow, every tongue shall fwear. x Jofh. xxiv. 15. And if it feem evil unto you, to ferve the Lord, choofe you this day whom you will ferve, whether the gods which your fathers ferved, that were on the other fide of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whofe land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will ferve the Lord. v. 22. And Joshua faid unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chofen the Lord, to ferve him. And |