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of each other p, in giving honour to go one before another q : and to rejoice in each others gifts and advancement, as their ownr. Q132. What are the fins of equals?

A. The fins of equals are, befide the neglect of the duties required, the undervaluing of the worth t, envying the gifts v, grieving at the advancement or profperity one of another w; and ufurping pre-eminence one over another x.

Q133. What is the reafon annexed to the fifth commandment, the more to enforce it?

A. The reafon annexed to the fifth commandment, in these words, That thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee y, is an express promise of long life and profperity, as far as it fhall ferve for God's glory and their own good, to all fuch as keep this commandment z.

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Rom, xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. v. 16. Be of the fame mind, one towards another. Mind not high things, but condefcend to men of low eltate. Be not wife in your own conceits, Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through Arife or vain glory, but in lowlinefs of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves. v. 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man alfo on the things of others.

132./Rom. xiii, 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law...

1 2 Tim. iii, 3. Without natural affection, truce-breakers, falfe accafers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of thofe that are good.

Acts vii.y. And the patriarchs, moved with eavy, fold Jofeph into

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Egypt: but God was with him. Gal. iii. 26. Let us not be defirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Numb. xii. 2. And they said, Hath the Lord indeed fpoken only by Mofes bath he not spoken alfo by us? and the Lord heard it? Efth, vi. 12. and Mordecai came again to the king's gate; but Haman basted to his houfe, mourning, and having his head covered. v. 13. And Haman told Zerefh his wife and all his friends, every thing that had befallen him. Then faid his wife men, and Zerefh his wife unto him, if Mordecai be of the feed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but fhalt furely fall before him.

x 3 John 9. I wrote unto the church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have pre eminence among them, receivet us not. Luke xxii. 24. And there was also a ftrife amongst them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

133. y Exod. xx. 19.

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Q.134. Which is the fixth commandment?

4. The fixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill a.

Q. 135. What are the duties required in the fixth command

ment?

A. The duties required in the fixth commandment are, all careful studies, and lawful endeavours, to preserve the life of ourselves b, and others c, by refifting all thoughts and purposes d, fubduing all paffions e, and avoiding all occafions,

and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. I Kings viii. 25. Therefore now, Lord God of Ifrael, keep with thy fervant David my father that thou promifedt him, faying, There shall not fail thee a man in my fight to fit on the throne of Ifrael; fo that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. Eph. vi. 2. Honour thy father and thy mother, (which is the first com mandment with promife.)

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That it may be well with thee, and thou mayeft live long on the earth.

134. a Exod. xx. 13.

135.6 Eph. v. 28. So ought men to love their own wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself. v. 29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.

1 Kings xyiii. 4. For it was fo, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

djen xvi, 15. But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye fhall furely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof:

for of a truth the Lord hath fent me unto you, to fpeak all thefe words in your ears. v. 16. Then faid the princes, and all the people unto the priests, and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. Acts xxiii, 12. And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themfelves under a curfe, faying, That they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul. v. 16. And when Paul's fifter's fon heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the caftle, and told Paul. v. 17. Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath a certain thing to tell him. v. 21. But do not thou yield unto them: for there ly in wait for him more than forty men who have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready looking for a promife' from thee.

v. 27. This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came f with an army, and refcued him, having underfood that he was a Roman.

Eph, iv. 26. Be ye angry, and fin not; let not the fun ge down upon your wrath; v. 27. Neither give place to the devil.

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occafions, temptations g, and practices, which tend to the unjust taking away the life of any b; by just defence thereof against violence i; patient bearing of the hand of God k, quiet

f2 Sam. ii. 20. And Abper faid again to Afahel, Turn thee afide from following me: wherefore fhould I fmite thee to the ground? Deut. xxii. 8. When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy houfe, if any man fall from thence.

g Mat, iv, 6. And faith unto him, If thou be the fon of God, caft thy. felf down; v. 7. Jefus faid unto him, It is written again, Thou fhalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Prov. i. 10. My fons, If finners entice thee, confent thou not. V. 11. If they fay, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk pri vily for the innocent without caufe; v. 15. My fon, walk not thou in the way with them: refrain thy foot from their path, v. 16. For their feet rua to evil, and make hafte to fhed blood.

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is in the wilderness, and lay no hands upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

i Pfal. lxxxii. 4. Deliver the poor and needy, rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 11. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn into death, and those that are ready to be flain: v. 12. If thou fayeft, Behold, we know not; doth not he that pondereth the heart confider it? and he that keepeth thy foul, doth not he know it? and fhall he not render to every man according to his works? 1 Sam. xiv. 45. And the people faid unto Saul, fhall Jonathan die, who hath, wrought this great falvation in Ifrael? God forbid as the Lord liveth, there fhall not one hair of his head fall to the ground: for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people refcued Jonathan that he died not.

k Jam. v. 7. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman

b1 Sam. xxiv. 12. The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand thall not be upon thee. 1 Sam. xxvi.. 9. And David faid to Abishai, De-waiteth for the precious fruit of the troy him not for who can stretch - forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltlefs? v. 10. David faid furthermore, as the Lord liveth, the Lord thall fmite him, or his day fhall come to die, or he fhall defcend into battle and perish, v. 11. The Lord forbid that I should ftretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed:-Gen. xxxvii. 21. And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and faid, Let us not kill him. V. 22. And Reuben faid to them, Shed no blood, but caft him into this pit that

earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. v. 8. Be ye alfo patient; fablifh your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh v. 9. crudge not one against another, brethren, left ye be condemned: behold, the judge ftandeth before the door. v. 10. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have fpoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of fuffering affliction, and of patience. v. 11. Bahold, we count them happy who endure. Ye

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nefs of mind 1, chearfulnefs of spirit m, a foberufe of meat n, drink o, physic p, fleep q, labour r, and recreations: by charitable

have heard of the patience of Job, and have feen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy, Heb. xii. 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: fhall we not much rather be in fubjection unto the Father of fpirits, and live?

2 Theff. iv. 11. And that ye ftudy to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. Pet. iii. 3. Whofe adorning, let it not be that outward adorning V. 4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit, which is in the fight of God of great price. Pfal. xxxvii. 8. Cease from anger, and forfake wrath; fret not thyself in any wife to do evil. v. 9. For evil doers fhall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth v. 10. For yet a little while and the wicked fhall not be yea, thou shalt diligently confider his place, and it fhall not be. v. 11. But the meekfhall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

m Prov. xvii. 22. A merry heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken fpirit drieth the bones.

n Prov. xxv. 16. Hast thou found honey? eat fo much as is fufficient for thee, left thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. v. 27. It is not good to eat much honey:

• 1 Tim. v, 23. Drink no longer water, but ufe a little wine for thy ftomach's fake, and thine often inErmities.

Ifa. xxxviii. 21. For Ifaiah had faid, let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaifter upon the boil, and he shall recover.

q Pfal. cxxvii. 2. It is vain for you to rife up early, to fit up late, to eat the bread of forrows: for fo he giveth his beloved sleep.

r Eccl. v. 12. The fleep of a labouring man is fweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abun dance of the rich will not fuffer him to fleep. 2 Theff. iii. 10. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, That if any would not work, neither fhould he eat. V. 12. Now them that are fuch, we command, and exhort by our Lord Jefus Chrift, that with quietnefs they work, and eat their own bread. Prov. xvi. 26. He that laboureth, laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Eccl. iii. 4. A time to weep,and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance. v. 11. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time; alfo he hath fet the world in the heart,

ti Sam xix 4. And Jonathan fpake good of David unto Saul his father, and faid unto him, Let not the king fin against his fervant, v 5. For he did put his life in his hand, and flew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great falvation for all Ifrael: thou faweft it, and didst rejoice wherefore then wilt thou fin againtt innocent blood, to flay David without a caufe? 1 Sam. xxii. 13. and Saul faid unto him, Why have ye contpired against me, thou and the fon of Jeffe, in that T

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charitable thoughts t, love v, compaffion w, meekness, gentleness, kindness ; forbearing, readinefs to be reconciled, patient bearing and forgiving of injuries, and requiting good for evil a; comforting and fuccouring the diftreffed, and protecting and defending the innocent b.

thou haft given him bread, and a fword,-v. 14. And Ahimelech anfwered the king, and faid, And who is fo faithful among all thy fervants, as David, who is the king's fon in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

Rom. xiii. 10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

w Luke x. 33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he faw him, he had compaflion on him, v. 34. and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and fet him on his own beaft, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

x Col. iii. 12. Put on therefore (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-fuffering: v. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any even as Chrift forgave you, fo alfo do ye.

y James iii. 17. But the wildom that is from above, is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrify.

z 1 Pet. iii. 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compaffion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: v. 9. Not endering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrary wife, bleffing; Knowing that ye fhould inherit a

Q. 136. What bleffing. v. 10. For he that will love life, and fee good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. v. 11. Let him efchew evil, and do good; let him feek peace and enfue it. Prov. xv. 1. A soft answer turn. eth away wrath, but grievous words fir up anger. Judg. viii. 1. And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why haft thou ferved us thus, that thou called ft us not when thou wenteft to fight with the Midianites? and they did chide with him sharply. v. 2. and he faid unto them, What have I done now in comparifon of you? is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? v. 3. God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparifon of you? then their anger was abated toward him, when he had faid that.

a Mat. v. 24. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, firft be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Eph. iv. 2. With all lowlinefs and meeknefs, with long-fuffering, forbearing one another in love. v. 32. And be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Chrift's fake hath forgiven you. Rom. xii. 17. Recompence to no man evil for evil.-v. 20. Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him; if he thirst give him drink; for in fo doing thou fhalt heap coals of fire upon his head, v. 21. Be not overcome of

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