fuggeftions b; making men the lords of our faith and confcience c; flighting and defpifing God, and his commands d; refitting and grieving of his fpirite, difcontent and impatience at his difpenfations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on usf: and afcribing the praise of any good we either are, have, or can do, to fortune g, idols h, our inquired not of the Lord: therefore he flew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the fon of Jeffe. b Acts v. 3. But Peter faid, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart, to lie to the Holy Ghoft, and to keep back part of the price of the land? c2 Cor. i. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye ftand. Mat. xxiii. 9. And call no man your father upon earth; for one is your Father who is in heaven. d Deut. xxxii. 15. But Jefhurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick: thou art covered with fatnefs; then he forfook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his falvation. 2 Sam. xii. 9. Wherefore haft thou defpifed the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his fight? thou haft killed Uriah the Hittite with the fword, and haft taken his wife to be thy wife, and haft flain him with the fword of the children of Ammon. Prov. xiii. 13. Whofo defpifeth the word, fhall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment, fhall be rewarded. Acts vii. 51. Ye ftiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always refift the Holy Ghoft: as your fathers did, fo do ye. Eph. iv. 30. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are fealed unto the day of redemption. felves, ƒPfal. lxxiii. 2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well nigh lipt. v. iii. For I was envious at the foolish; when I saw the profperity of the wicked. v. 13. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. v. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. v. 15. If I fay I will fpeak thus: behold, I fhould offend against the generation of thy children. v. 22. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beaft before thee. Job i. 22. In all this Job finned not, nor charged God foolishly. 81 Sam. vi. 7. Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch-kine on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: v. 8. And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart, and put the jewels of gold which ye return him for a trefpafs-offering, in a coffer by the fide thereof, and fend it away, that it may go. v. 9. And fee if it goeth up by the way of his own coaft to Bethfhemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that fmote us; it was a chance that happened to us. Dan.v.23. But haft lifted up thy felf against the Lord of heaven, and they have brought the veffels of his houfe before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines have drunk wine in them, and thou haft felves i, or any other creature k. Q106. What are we especially taught by these words [Before me] in the first commandment? A. These words [Before me] or before my face, in the first commandment, teach us, that God, who feeth all things, taketh fpecial notice of, and is much difpleafed with the fin of having any other God: that fo it may be an argument to dif fuade from it, and to aggravate it as a moft impudent provocation: as alfo perfuade us to do as in his fight, whatever we do in his fervice m. Q. 107. Which is the fecond commandment? A. The fecond commandment is, thou fhalt 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 haft praised the gods of filver and gold, of brafs, iron, wood, and ftone, which fee not, nor hear, nor know: and the God, in whofe hand thy breath is and whofe are all thy ways, haft thou not glorified. i Deut. viii. 17. And thou fay in thine heart, my power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth. Dan. iv. 30. The king fpake, and faid, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might, of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? Hab. i. 16. Therefore they facrifice unto their net, and burn incenfe unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 106. Ezek. viii. 5. Then faid he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way towards the north:, fo I lift up mine eyes the way towards the north, and behold north God, ward, at the gate of the altar, this image of jealoufy in the entry. v. 6. He faid furthermore unto me, Son of man, feeft thou what they do? even the great abominations that the houfe of Ifrael committeth here," that I fhould go far off from my fanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt fee greater abominations, &c. (to the end of the chapter) Pfal, xliv. 20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, or ftretched out our hands to a strange God: v. 21. fhall not God fearch this out? for he knoweth the fecrets of the heart. 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 n. Q. 108. What are the duties required in the fecond commandment? A. The duties required in the fecond commandment are, the receiving, obferving, and keeping pure and entire, all fuch religious worship and ordinances as God hath instituted in his word o; particularly prayer and thanksgiving in the name of Chrift p; the reading, preaching and hearing of the wordq; the adminiftrations and receiving of the facra will caft thee off for ever. 107.n Exod. xx. 4, 5, 0 108. Deut, xxxii. 46. And he faid unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I teftify among you this day; which ye fhall command your children to obferve to do all the words of this law. v. 47. For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life; and through this thing ye fhall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to poffefsit. Mat. xxviii. 20. Teaching them to obferve all things what foever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway even unto the end of the world. Acts ii. 42. And they continued itedfaitly in the apoftles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread and in prayers. 1 Tim. vi. 13. I give thee charge in the fight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Chrift Jefus, who before Pontius Pilate witneffed a good confeffion; v. 14. That thou keep this commandment without fpot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jefus Christ. p Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and fupplication, with thankf ments; giving, let your requests be made known unto God. Eph. v. 20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jefus Chrift. 9 Deut. xvii. 18. And it fhall be when he fitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he thall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites. v. 19. And it fhall be with him, and he fhall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these ftatutes to do them. Acts xv. 21. For Mofes of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the fynagogues every fabbath-day. 2 Tim. iv. 2. Preach the word, be instant in feason, out of feafon; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with alllong-fuffering and doctrine. Jam. i. 21. Wherefore lay apart all filthinefs, and fuperfluity of naughtinefs, and receive with meeknefs the ingrafted word, which is able to fave your fouls. v. 22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your ownfelves. Acts x. 33. Immediately therefore I fent ments; church government and difcipline, the ministry and maintenance thereoft; religious fafting v; fwearing by the name of God w, and vowing unto him: as alfo the difapproving, I fent to thee; and thou haft well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here prefent before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. Mat. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. xi, from verfe 23. to' verse 30. For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jefus, the fame night in which he was betrayed, took bread, &c. may Mat. xviii. 15. Moreover, if thy brother fhall trefpafs against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he fhall hear thee, thou haft gained thy brother. v. 16. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two of three witnelles every word be eftab fifhed. v. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. Mat, xvi. 19. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou fhalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatfoever thou fhalt loose on earth, fhall be loofed in heaven. I Cor. v. chapter. 1 Cor. xii. 28. And God hath fet fome in the church, firft apoftles, fecondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diverfities of tongues. 1 Eph. iv. 11. And he gave fome, apoftles; and fome, prophets; and fome, evangelifts; and fome, paftors and teachers; v. 12. For the perfec-, ting of the faints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift. 1 Tim. v. 7. Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. v. 18. For the fcripture faith, thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn: and, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 1 Cor. ix. 7. . to 15. Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? &c. v Joel. ii. 12. Therefore alfo now faith the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. v. 13. And rent your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful,. 1 Cor. vii. 5. Defraud you not one the other, except it be with confent for a time, that ye may give yourfelves to fafting and prayer; w Deut. vi. 13.Thoufhalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and fhalt fwear by his name. x Ifa. xix. 21. And the Lord fhall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians fhall know the Lord in that day, and fhall do facrifice and oblation, yea, they fhall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it. Pfal. lxxvi. 11. Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God; let all that be round about him bring prefents unto him that ought to be feared. R 2 y Aas proving, detefting, oppofing all falfe worship y; and, according to each one's place and calling, removing it, and all monuments of idolatry z. Q. 109. What are the fins forbidden in the fecond commandment? A. The fins forbidden in the second commandment are, all devifing a, counselling b, commanding c, ufing d, and any wise ap y Acts xvii. 16. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his fpirit was itirred in him, when he faw all the city wholly given to idolatry. v. 17. Therefore difputed he in the fynagogue with the Jews, and with the devout perfons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Pfal. xvi. 4. Their forrows fhall be multiplied, that hasten after another god: their drinkofferings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. z Deut. vii. 5. But thus fhall ye deal with them, ye lhall deftroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. Ifa. xxx. 22. Ye fhall defile alfo the covering of thy graven images of filver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou fhalt caft them away as a menftruous cloth; thou fhalt fay unto it, Get thee hence. 109. Num. xv. 39. And it fhall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them: and that ye feek not after your own heart, and your own eyes, after which ye ufe to go a whoring. b Deut. xiii. 6. If thy brother the fon of thy mother, or thy fon, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bofom, or thy friend, which is as thine own foul, entice thce fecretly, fay proving, Let us go and ferve other gods, (which thou haft not known, thou, nor thy fathers; v. 7. Namely of the gods of the people who are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth, even unto the other end of the earth.) v. 8. Thou shalt not confent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither fhall thine eye pity him, neither fhalt thou fpare, neither thalt thou conceal him. c Hof. v. 11. Ephraim is oppreffed and broken in judgment; becaufe he willingly walked after the commandment. Mic. vi. 16. For the ftatutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counfels, that I fhould make thee a defolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hiffing: therefore ye fhall bear the reproach of my people. I d* 1 Kings xi. 33. Because that they have forfaken me, and have worshipped Afhtoreth the goddess. of the Zidonians, Chemoth the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my ftatutes and my judgments, as did David his father. Kings xii. 33. So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel, the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devifed of his own heart, and |