haue been enemies to man and God the father of mankind I meane the Diuell and all his vncleane angels Shew this yet a little further If Lots righteous soule was vered so much with the vncleane conuersation of the Sodomites with whom he dwelt but for a time how shall they be vered in soule and body that are thrust into hel that euer burning Sodom where they must euer dwel with vncleane spirits 〈◊〉 diuels not to be broght out at last by the Angels as Lot out of SodoÌ„ but there to liue world without end forcing out desperate voices and cursings against their former filthy liues and present vncleane societie Now where hel thus described is due to the breakers of the law what do you gather That without repentance all Idolaters customary and raging swearers rebels to gouernment murtherers by poison or with weapons fornicators thâ—…ues lyers and 〈◊〉 of lyes must goe thither And must Idolaters go to hol without repentance what then must Idolaters do to be saued They must 〈◊〉 out of their 〈◊〉 as an abommable thing the â—…ty of 〈◊〉 and serue the true God by his Word What must customary and raging swearers do They that take vp for a 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the Holy One 〈◊〉 that if they be 〈◊〉 neuer so little in their 〈◊〉 they will prouoke him in his glory and if any thing go against hun their tongues shall goe as 〈◊〉 against him either in their games or more earnest 〈◊〉 must for hereafter 〈◊〉 that great and fearefull name the Lord their God How further doe you perswade this dutie Whatsoeuer is more then yea yea or nay nay to wit by 〈◊〉 or negation in common talke is of eâ—… that is of the 〈◊〉 and as the roote of it is 〈◊〉 it being a plant of the Diuels setting so the 〈◊〉 of it is no better for 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or fruite of such raging mouthes VVhat must rebels to gouernment doe If they be children they must not 〈◊〉 by vngracious disobedience their Parents curse for where it 〈◊〉 it falles 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 their blessing by dutie and loue if they be servants they must do seruice as to God in lawfull things that is chéerefully and with faithfulnesse and if they bee subiects they must feare the King and honour the Goâ—… that are sent by him What must Murtherers doe 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 anger 〈◊〉 out all leauen of bitternesse bee gentle in word and 〈◊〉 sit down by wrongs patiently and 〈◊〉 rather then drowne their Christian credits as some Gallants do in bloud What must Adulterers doe 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 out of the 〈◊〉 of their mind and be chaste within also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 their 〈◊〉 eyes and hands that there be no whoredome in them and not only though 〈◊〉 abstaine from all acts of 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 but from all things and meanes that 〈◊〉 or may further such 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 spâ—…cially 〈◊〉 â—…cings and 〈◊〉 drunkennesse What must theeues doe Remember that flying booke spoken of in Zechary a Booke of bitter 〈◊〉 that entreth into the house of the theefe and of him that sweareth falsly And so repent of their theâ—… with confession to God and satisfaction to men How do you perswade this duty They that do not so or doe otherwaies couet an euil couetousnes to their house And a man were as good put a coale of fire into the thatch of his house or in his barnes as bring stollen goods to his other goods and stuffe better gotten For so many things as we get by stealth from our neighbour so many curses we get to our selues lay vp for our posterity What must lyars doe Not only abhorre to lye in 〈◊〉 or earnest but speake the truth from their heart that is with loue except they would go to hell with the father of liars the deuill of hell But lying is become their trade But they that vse the trade shal not be 〈◊〉 in it For they are of that fellowship that shal be cast into the Lake of fire And they that loue and make lyes are without that is out of heauen and far from saluation hauing no worthier persons for their Mates then dogs â—…chanters 〈◊〉 whoremongers idolaters idolaters and the like rabble of wicked sinners But what say you of merry lying There is no 〈◊〉 found in Gods Tabernacle And if wee must answere for euery idle word how much more for euery lying word What say you of the officious which some call the good and necessary lie Necessitie can no more priuiledge a man to lye then it can warrant him to steale And if we may not lye to bring glory to God shall we thinke we may lie to bring profit to man Therefore the distinction of lies into a malicious officious and merry lye as if any were lawfull is not of Gods making The superscription is Caesars and it is not from heauen but from Men. What do you conclude of al together That to do the good and hate the euil is the way to liue for they that seeke good not euill shal liue and they that doe these things that is which God hath commanded to be done shall neuer sall or for euer into condemnation But who is sufficient for these things And who then can be saued Indeed it is not in man nor in the best of men to continue in them and therefore is the Law our Schoole-master to bring vs to Christ. that is so to humble vs that Christ may receiue vs. What do you gather of this That by the often sight of our selues in the Law we must be wained from al opinioÌ„ of our own doings which are so short of perfection and doing the best we can depend onely vpon God in Christ for perfect and meritorious obedience placed wholy out of our selues in him To what end then serueth the Law To be the glasse wherein to view our estate in euery Commandement that we may see how poore and vnable wee are to doe any thing worthy recompence or pardon and not to rest there but to betake vs by Faith to him who hath fulfilled all righteousnesse for vs discharged with the pay of his Passion and obedience his Fathers debt 〈◊〉 and brought vs our full acquittance in his death and rising from death that we might not dye but line Then it is necessarie that wee doe our best to keep the Law though wee cannot be iustified by it Yea verily and that wee often go to that counting-booke of God the Law For when in the seuerall sums and parcels we shall find it impossible for vs to pay such a debt it will make vs to fall into a right â—…koning of our owne want and his worthinesse that hath released vs from so great both debt and danger And this is Christ and only He to whom be praise for ener Amen The like short exposition of the Lords Prayer in Questions
body truly to put difference betwéene the signes and things signified VVhat of your faith Whether I bee in the faith beleeuing â—…hat tâ—…e death of Christ as it is auailâ—… for all the 〈◊〉 so it is particularly auaileable for me VVhat of your loue Whether I bee in charity with all men euen with my very enemies louing them vnto and for their true welfare and not my friends only VVhat of your repentance Whether I acknowledge my sinnes with a sorrowfull and melting heart and vnfainedly purpose to depart from all practice of them heereafter by amendment of life VVhat of your thankfulnesse Whether I be ready to expresse it in my Christian conuersation and new life for my redemption by Christ. VVhat of the workes of your particular calling Whether with some greater measure of obedience and better of better conscience in all patience and good faithfulnesse I walke or do truly purpose to walke therein to mine owne great peace and the benefit of those to whom God hath ioined me So much for that which you giue to Christ the Head what giue you to the Church his members A fellow stone in the spirituall building that is a member to help to make perfect the body of Christ. What doth this teach That they that are negligent or prophane commers to the Lords Table do detract from the perâ—…ion of Christs body and seuer themselues from the society of his Church So much for our giftes what doe we receiue at the Lords Table That which we receiue there concerneth our selues alone or our selues with others What is that that concerneth our selues alone The strengthening of our faith and memory by the reuerent and right vse of that holy action How is our faith strengthened and 〈◊〉 â—…olpen by it 〈◊〉 â—…ing that in the Sacrament which 〈◊〉 but heare of in the Word namely the parâ—…cular offering and receiuing of Christ in his body and sauing bloud by all beleâ—…ing Communicants So much 〈◊〉 that which concerneth our selueâ—… alone what is that that concerneth our selues with others It concerneth our growing vp with Christ and our communion with our brethâ—…en How do we receiue our growing vp 〈◊〉 Christ We receiue it with Christ by spiritual eating and drinking and by a more full partaking with him and his graces through faith increased and that vse 〈◊〉 his â—…dinance blessed vnto vs. How do we receiue our communion with our brethren By 〈◊〉 our mutuall agréement in as much as we eate all of one bread and drinke all of one Cup. How else By feeding all of the same foode bodily and spiritually and by drawing all life from the same fountaine as the life of grace which heere we receiue and the lâ—…fe of glory which in heauen we shall be partakers of Amen So much for our examination before the Sacrament 〈◊〉 23. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with a Ruler 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee A short Direction for spending of time well HOw doe you diuide the daies of mans life Into the daies of labour and daves of holinesse VVhat say you of the daies of labor These concerne the works of our calling or workes of helpe vnto them What be the works of our calling The workes of that trade of life in which God hath placed vs. What must a man do in these By offering them to God he must walke in them neither slackly nor deceitfully but with Christian diligence and good conscience following his owne businesse with quietnesse and walking with God Then euery one must haue some speciall callâ—…g trade of life to liue in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or hée is no sound member of the Christian common wealth 〈◊〉 a rotten member in the body of the same that deserueth a cutting off So much for the workes of our callings what say you of the workes of helpe vnto them They concerne duties to be done before the worke or that day after What must we doe in the morning before our worke Prayse God for his mercy the night past and pray vnto him for his further mercy and blessing the day present How shall we prayse God By giuing him thanks and by shewing our thankfulnesse How is our thankfulnesse shewed Inwardly or outwardly How inwardly By pleasing God in our vnderstanding thoughts desire affections and â—…ill How outwardly By pleasing him in our words and deeds How in our words When they be gracious alway VVhat things hurt this grace of speech Lying swearing brawling â—…lthie speaking foolish talking 〈◊〉 that is not comely and contention that causeth striâ—… How in our deedes These are in the duties of our generall callings as we are Christians or our particular trades of life wherein some are Magistrates some Masters and seruants some Marchants Artificers Husbandmen and the like What are our duties as we be Christians These concerne God or man What are they that concerne God They are in the foure Commaundements of the first Table called godlinesse What are they that concerne man They concerne our selues or our neighbour What is that that concerneth our selues Sobriety which is inward and teacheth vs not to presume aboue that which is meete and outward in our apparell dyet outward members and senses What must our apparell be Such as becommeth those that professe the feare of God What call you sobriety in dyet That grace of temperance that consiâ—…eth in the moderate vse of meates drinkes sleepe and such outwarde things What sobriety is that which you call sobriety of sense and the outward members Sobriety of sense is a watchfulnes in it and sobriety of the members a chastity in them So much for the generall dâ—…ety that concerneth our selues called sobrietie what is that that concerneth our neighbour It is contained in the sixe last Commandements being Commandements of the second Table called Righteousnesse So much for our general duties as we be Christians what say you of our particular duties or duties of trade of life These reach vnto all callings in the Church and Common-wealth but to our purpose in a family they concerne the Husband or Wife Parents or their Children the Master and his Seruants What is the Husbands dutie To dwel with his wife as a man of knowledge by instructing her and by obseruing for her better incouragement the good parts that are in her and to loue her as his owne â—…esh What is the wiues dutie To helpe her husband in the duties of the family also to feare and to be subiect to him What be the Parents duties They concerne the father and niether iointly or by themselues What be their ioint duties to their children In their tender yeeres they must instruct them plainely and season them with good things young giuing them due correction and at more yeeres fit them for some honest calling and when time serues laying vp somthing for them giue them in
mariage onely in the Lord. So much for the Parents ioint duties what is the Fathers more speciall duty To prouide for his children and specially to haue a speciall eye to the sons of his house as the Mother must to her daughters What is the Mothers speciall duty To nurse vp her children if God haue giuen her ability thereunto What be the childrens duties They be such as they owe to their Parents or one to another What duties doe they owe to their Parents They owe them reuerence in their hearts obedience in their deeds and when their parents shall be in yeeres â—…de it is their dutie if they haue wherewith to nourish them What duties do they owe one to another To loue as brethren not to fall out VVhat duties do Masters owe They concerne Religion and so they must help them to God by their instruction the care of their soules or they respect their life here and so paying them their wages iustly they must make honest prouision for them VVhat duties do seruants owe In singlenesse of heart and all good faithfulnes they must do their masters worke be true vnto him and seeke to please him though he be froward So much for our thankfulnes to God expressed in our words and deeds and for our duties the morning before our worke in prayer and praises what duties doe we owe that day after They be duties such as are betwéen or after our worke at night VVhat must we do between our work It concerneth our refreshings or recreation VVhat must we do at our refreshings Pray before meat for Gods blessing giue thanks after for Gods blessings vsing the same for strength or honest delight and no way for excesse or drunkennesse VVhat must we obserue in our recreation That our company be good and sports of good report remembring that 〈◊〉 must be redeemed When be our sports of good report When they be lawfull for the nature of them and necessary for the vse not hindring better duties So much for the duties as are betweene our worke what must we doe after it Examine our selues as vpon an account what we haue done the day past and prepare our sleepe that it may bee comfortable How shall wee by such preparation make our sleepe comfortable By committing our selues to God soules and bodies praying him to inspire the soule with good thoughts and to watch the body till the morning that no hurtfull thing breake in vpon it But some go to bed without praier Such sleep in Satans lap haue him for their keeper who therefore maketh a thorow-fare in the thoughts of their heart sowing the tares of many vnclean câ—…cupiscenses lusts therin which sown in the night grow in the day VVhat reason can you giue to proue the necessity of prayer before wee goe to rest That night for ought wee know may be our long night and that sleepe our last sleepe Which if it be and the Lord hath seal'd no warrant to any that it shall not be must needs bring small hope to our vnpraying soule that it shal be glorified and as little comfort to our body layd downe in so brutish forgetfulnesse that it shall go to God at our next rising VVhat do you conclude of this That those Masters are cruel to their seruants who suffer them to go to their beds as wild beasts to their dens without prayer do not better arme them against the feare of the night So much for the daies of labour what say you of the daies of holinesse On Gods Sabbaths we must first pray God to blesse the duties of them and so keepe them holy How must we keepe them holy By doing as little worldly work as may be by doing Gods work religiously and with all our might In doing of Gods worke what is to be considered That we do the works that sanctiuÌ„e the Sabbath and auoide the vnfruitfull works that defile it VVhat works are required to the â—…ifying of the Sabbath To preuent or defer by rising early to dispatch all businesses that would prophane it and by praying God to blesse his owne ordinances to come with a spiritual forward mind to publike prayer preaching Sacraments VVhat other works are required It is required further before wee come to the assemblie that wee pray read or heare some what read at home that may edifie between the times of publike exercise that wee meditate on that which hath been deliuered and after and between that we talke with others and examine our selues about it VVhat is lastly required That we take a view of God in his works and word pray and reade anâ—… sing Psalmes priuately doe works of mercy consider Gods special works of mercy iustice goodnesse and truth So much for the works to be done what are the vnfruitfull workes to be auoided The spending of the day in sleepe play drinking worldly talke or businesse â—…oolish communication and things that separate from God by a carnall heart Glorie be to God EPHESIANS 5. 15. 16. Take heed therefore that ye walke circumspectly not as fooles but a wise 〈◊〉 the time for the dayes are â—…ill A briefe rehearsall of the tenne Commandements for the â—…se of the 〈◊〉 1 SEE that thou haue no Godâ—… but one 2 And truly worship him alone 3 Gods name in vaine thou shalt not take 4 The seuenth day holy thou shalt make 5 Honour thy Parents 6 Murther flee 7 A fornicator neuer be 8 Thou shalt not steale 9 False speech eschue 10 And couet not anothers due 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 28. This 〈◊〉 and thou â—…alt liue FINIS Titus 1. 1 Eccles. 1. 9 â—… King 4. 4. 6 Ioh. 17. 3. Ier. 9. 24. Luk. 15. 17. 1. Chr. 28. 9 Heb. 11. 6 Exod. 33. 20 7. Cor. 13. 12 Rom. 1. 20. 1. 19. Exo. 3. 14. Ioh. 4. 24. Exo. 34. 6 Psal. 90. 2. 1. Tim. 1. 17 Isa. 45. 5. Psal. 103. 8. Psalm 33 6. 9 Amos 4. 13 1. Pet. 4. 19 Psal. 99 1 2 3 Heb. 1. 3 Act. 17 25 26 1. Ioh 5. 7 Matth 3. 16 17 2. Cor. 13 13 Matth 10. 28 Genesis 1. 27 Colos 3 10 Ephes. 4. 24 Rom. 3. 9 10 Iob. 14 4 Rom. 6 23 5. 18 19 Gal. 3 10 Rom. 5 12. 18. 7 18 Ieremy 17 9 Gen. 6. 5 Matth. 15. 19. Ron. 7. 5 1â— Iohn 〈◊〉 1 2 〈◊〉 1. 14 〈◊〉 3. 16 Philip. 2. 7 8 Galat 4. 4. 2 Cor. 5. 21 Iohn 1. 12 Galat. 2. 20 Acts 6. 31 Iohn 1. 12 Luke 2. 29 Ephesians 3. 17 1 Cor. 1. 30 Iohâ—… 20. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tim. 1. 12 Psal. 51. 〈◊〉 Isa. 55. 15 Matth. 5. 6 Phil. 3. 7 8 Mat. 15. 25. 27 Marke 9. 24 Rom. 10. 14. 17 Acts 8. 28. 34. 35. 37. Ioh. 16. 23 24. Pro. 29. 18. Rom. 4. 11 Iohn 16. 23 Iames 1. 6 Philip. 4. 6 Rom. 4. 11 Genesis 17. 11 1. Cor. 11. 25 1.
things 〈◊〉 and taken and spirituall graces sealed and applyed VVhat are the outward things The bread and wine giuen and taken What are the inward graces The boâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of CHRIST giuen vs by God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…th receiued 〈◊〉 vs to â—…r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of eternall life in Him So much for 〈◊〉 â—…couery to saluation what is his 〈◊〉 forit True 〈◊〉 Whâ—…rein standeth that In new obedience which is to carry in my heart 〈◊〉 conâ—…ant purpose not to serue 〈◊〉 â—…ny 〈◊〉 and withall to 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 life to please Goâ—… in all his Coâ—…dements doing my duty in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to God and man Ecclesiast 1â—… 13. Let vs heare the end of all Feâ—…re God and keepe his Commandâ—…ments for this is the whole dutie of man A Short Exposition of the tenne Commandements in Questions and Answeres IN speaking of the Lawe what is to be considered First what the Lawe is and secondly what is due to those that brake it What is the Lawe The Coâ—…ant of workâ—… throughout the Old and New Teâ—…ment Where is it written Most pithily and very brieâ—…y in the ten Commandeâ—…ents more largely in the rest of the bookes of Moses What are the tenne Commandements The ten words of the Law which God gaue in Horeb and wrot in Tables of stone What do you consider in them The occasion and commandements themselâ—…es What was the occasion of euery Commandement The corruption of mâ—…ns nature 〈◊〉 nâ—… to the 〈◊〉 What doe you consider in the Commandements themselues The commandements of dueties to God in the first Table and of duties to mâ—… in the 〈◊〉 What say you of the Commandements of the first Table 〈◊〉 â—…re in thinâ—… comâ—… to them all or proper to each by it selfe What be the things commune That they all haue their reasons â—…nd that therefore the preface to the first precept is a reason â—…d nâ—… comâ—… So much for the things commune what are they that be proper They 〈◊〉 duetiâ—…s tâ—… God such as we owe euery day or onâ—…â—…y in seuen What are they that we owe euery day They pertaine to Gâ—… person or worâ—…ip What Commandement concerneth his person The first which iâ—… Thou shak haue no other Gods but Mee What doe you consider in this precept The occaâ—… 〈◊〉 matter of the Câ—…ment What was the occasion Our idolatrous 〈◊〉 luâ—…ing 〈◊〉 fâ—…lse 〈◊〉 What doe you consider in the matter of the Commandement The thing forbiâ—…n and thingâ—… commanded What is the thing forbidden To honourâ—…d â—…d set vp false gods or to suâ—…er 〈◊〉 thing to with-draâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…r â—…y thing in vâ—… from the true 〈◊〉 What doe you meane by false gods All other godâ—… saue IIHOVA and sâ—… whâ—…tsoeuer wee hâ—…nour or â—…me to hoâ—…our 〈◊〉 God though we account it none So much for that which is forbidden what is commanded Tâ—… iuâ—…d â—…r hâ—…rt-whole honour of the â—…y trâ—… Gâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 alâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in and fâ—…r 〈◊〉 Wherein consisteth this In the knowledge of God and fruits of the same What fruits â—…e they Faith in GOD and the effecteâ—… thereof What be the effects of faith Loue and feare for they that truâ—… in God will loue and feare him Wherein consistoth loue In prayer anâ—… worship Wherein consisteth feare In reuerence and 〈◊〉 What is the suâ—…me of all Whomsoeuer â—…e loue or feare reuereâ—…ce and obey it must be in aâ—… for respects to God else wee 〈◊〉 them Idoles also we must bâ—…leeue in pray vnto and prayse him only So much for the Commandement that respecteth Gods person what are they which concerne his worship They are in the partâ—… of his worship or in the manner of vsing theâ—… What Commâ—…ndement concerneth the parts of his worship The next which is Thou shalt make to thy selfe no grauen image c. What doe you consider therin The occasion and matter of the Commandement What was the occasion Our foolish desire to haue our fancies fed in Gâ—…ds worship What doe you consider in the matter First that which is forbidden and secondly that which is commanded What is that which is forbidden To worshippe other persons or things with the true God or the true God in a false manner Wherein and how do we worship the true God in a false manner First in base estéeming of him and secondly in forging of his worship and seruiâ—…e How doe wee basely esteeme of God When wee imagine him to bee like to man and paint him as Man and when wee sweare by those that are no gods as rood masse light fire Angel Saint or other giuing away his honour in an oath to creatures and filthy idoles How further When we dedicate dayes of holinesse to Angels or Saints and worship God after our own fancies forsaking his word So much for base esteeming what call you sorgery in Gods seruice When wee make the likenesse of any thing in it for holinesse and when we worship God in or before an image the better to remember him or make crosses for vertue anâ—… signification in Sacraments Somuch for that which is forbidden what is commanded here To hold al religion and religious deuotion to be â—…ne that is not commanded in the Word or warrâ—…ted by it also to 〈◊〉 to vâ—…derstand the word rightly and rightly in our whole course seruing God to follow it Somuch for the Commaundement concerning the parts of Gods worship what is that that concerneth the right manner of vsing them The third next precept which is Thou shalt not take the name c. What do you obserue therein The occasion and matter of the Commandement VVhat was the occasion The readinesse of our nature to despise God VVhat doe you obserue in the matter The things forbidden and commanded VVhat is the thing forbidden The vnreuerent vsing of any of the parts of Gods name VVherein do those consist In religion and Gods creatures How is Religion abused Inwardly by ignorance and hypocrisâ—… outwardly by prophaneâ—…esse and frowardnesse VVherein standeth this abuse In a slight regard of the titles of God and abuse of holy things How doe wee slightly regard Gods titles When wee sweare vainely 〈◊〉 or falsly by them or when we once name or think of God in a lawfull oath or otherwaies without his due reuerence and here is forbidden all vsuall swearing passionate swearing and forswearing Somuch for the abuse of Gods titles how do we abuse holy things When we abuse Gods word or other his ordinances How do we abuse his word When we abuse doctrine and exhortation How do we abuse his other ordinances When we abuse prayer Sacraments and true discipline So much for the abuse of religion what is that of the creatures When we mock or deface them bâ—… cloathing naturall fooles in some strange and disâ—…uised manner also when wee abuse to excesse and wantonnesse our meates drinkes or
apparell and nothing regard Gods fearefull workes So much for that which is forbidden what is here commanded To vse holy things Gods creatures rightly and to sweare truely and with reuerence when wee are called to take a lawfull oâ—…th So much for the Commaundements of dueties euery day what is that of duetiâ—…s one day in sâ—…uen The â—…t â—…ourth precept which is Remember the Sabbaoth day to sanctifie it c. What do you obserue therein The occasion and the commandement it selfe What was the occasion Our aptâ—…es to fall from God and from our lawfull callings What doe you obserue in the Commandement it selfe A double precept the one of the sixe dayes labour the other of the Sabbaoth VVhat is that of the sixe dayes labour That which commandeth vs to labour sixe dayes in our seuered calling saue where when the Church doth in the wisedome of the Spirit set apart some for holy assemblies or when some day or part of day is necessarie and to bee vsed for honest recreation But some hold that these words sixe dayes thou shalt labour are words of permission only and no commandement If the precept of the sixe dayes labour be not here established there is no commandement by which it can can be proued that the not labouring in a vocation lawfull sixe dayes is an immediate sin against God VVhat doth this teach That not to labour the sixe dayes in some particular profitable calling doth breake the fourth precept as wel as the not kéeping of the seuenth day holy Somuch for the precept of the sixe dayes labour what is that of the Sabbaoth That wee keepe the day holy to God VVhat do you obserue therein The thing forbidden and that which is commanded VVhat is forbidden The contempt or not vsing of the meanes which God hath prescribed for the ediâ—…ying of his Church on this day Of what sorts are they Publike and priuate What are the publike Workes of holinesse and mercy VVhat are the workes of holinesse The vse of the Word and Sacraments VVhat are they of mercy To visit the sicke and in prison by generall collection to prouide to minister to yâ— necessities of the poore So much for publike what are the priuate meanes The meditation of the creation and redemption of the world with good application to our selues also the examination of our selues and of our families how we or they haue gone forward or backward in knowledge faith repentance holinesse and other graces So much for that which is forbidden what is commanded Upon the Lords day from early in the morning to late at night as much as may be to seuer our soules and bodies from the world to the seruice of God publikely and priuatly in the Workes of holinesse and mercy Who are reproued here They who make the Sabboth not a holy but a playing day or day of worldly labour So much for the duties of the first Table concerning holinesse what say you of the second It containeth duties that we owe to our neighbour or to our selues In what consisteth the first sort of duties In righteousnesse In what consisteth the second In sobrietie What say you of the first It forbiddeth all acts and purpose of vnrighteousnesse or the motions thereunto Where are acts and purpose of vnrighteousnesse forbidden In the fiue next Commandements What say you of them That they pertaine to Superiors or others Where are we taught our duties to Superiors In the first of the fiue which is honour thy Father and thy Mother c. What doe you obserue therein The occassion and matter of the Commandement What was the occasion Our proud nature that cannot abide to be vnder gouernment What say you of the matter It may be considered in the particular duties and persons Vnder what word are the duties specified Under the word honour by which is meant all subiection of bodie and minde in the Lord. What is the subiection of the body Obeisance or outward seruice Wherein standeth that In obedience and thankfulnesse How must we obey In our words and deeds VVherein standeth our thankfulnesse In procuring their good and in praying for them Somuch for the subiection of the body what is that of the minde The inward estimation loue and reuerence that we beare them Somuch for the duties what are the persons to whom wee owe these duties All superiors comprehended vnder the names of Father Mother Of what sort are these They are publike or priuate VVhat are the publike Such as are in the common-wealth as the King and his Magistrates or in the Church as Pastors and other Ministers VVhat are the priuate Such as are in the family as Parents Masters and Dames or out of it as the ancients of our kindred and olde men to all these wee must submit in yâ— Lord with all reuerence loue and humility likewise to euery ordinance that God hath set vp for gouernment So much for the precept belonging to Superiours What Commandements belong to others The foure next How are they diuided Into duties belonging to their persons and into duties in things that belong to their persons What are the duties belonging to their persons Innocency in the next and purity in the seuenth Commandement What are the words of the next Commandement Thou shalt not kill VVhat doe you consider therein The occasion and matter thereof VVhat was the occasion Our fierce and murtherous nature VVhat say you of the matter It forbiddeth to shedde blood and commandeth to preserue life Or it forbiddeth vs to bee Authors of wrong and chargeth vs neither to suffer it nor to be abettors to it How may blood be shed or wrong done Inwardly or outwardly How inwardly By rash anger malice enuie hatred desire of reuenge vnmercifulnesse and other cruell affections which within draw much bloud How outwardly By our words or deeds How by our words By mocks taunts reproches by bitter and cursed speaking and by churlish and froward talke How by our deeds When we hurt or kill another or our selues secretly and cunningly by poyson or openly with some weapon So much for that which is forbidden what is commanded To do whatsoeuer may preserue or cherish our Neighbors life or our owne exercising the works of mercy pitty compassion and tendernes toward all yea our very enemies So much for innocencie what say you of purity The next precept commandeth it which forbiddeth Adultery the contrary thereunto What are the words Thou shalt not commit Adultery What do you obserue in them The occasion and further opening of them What was the occasion Our vnchaste adulterous nature What say you of this further opening of the Commandement Under the name of Adultery we are forbidden al vncleanenesse in our selues or toward others and commanded to vse all meanes for the preseruing of our own and our neighbours Chastitie