to the Light of Nature as well as the Law of Christ and doth it not expose the Guilty to a severe Condemnation 1 Cor. 6.10 Yes * May we use any unlawful calling 2 Pet. 2.15 or any Guile or defrauding though in a lawful calling Mark 10.19 1 Thes 4.6 No. * May we put off bad or false Wares and Mony for good or use False Weights and Measures Amos. 8.5 6. Prov. 11.1 No. * May we set unconscionable Prices on our Goods Levit. 25.14 16. or Work upon the ignorance or necessities of them we deal with Prov. 22.22 23. No. * May we buy of those that we vehemently suspect have no right to Sell or immoderately praise our own or dispraise anothers Goods Prov. 20.14 No. * Is it not grievous Theft to be false in Places or matters of Trust especially in the Wills of the Dead Gal. 3.15 Yes * May we refuse to pay just Debts if we are able Rom. 13.8 or borrow without being likely to pay unless we lay open our Case Psal 37.21 No. * May we trespass upon the Lands of others Prov. 22.28 or with-hold corn to advance the Price in a time of scarcity Prov. 11.26 No. * May we keep Lost Goods which we have found without a suâ—table diligence to enquire out the Owner Deut. 22.2 3. No. § MUST we then in a Lawful use of some good Câ—lling cast our care upon the Lord and eat our own bread Eph. 4.28 2 Thes 3.11 12. Yes * Must we not do to others as we would be done by Mat. 7.12 Give to all their due Rom. 13.7 and Linder what we can any damage from befalling our Neighbours Estate Deut. 22.1 Yes Can there be true Repentance for sins of injustice without restoring what we have defrauded to the utmost of our power Mic. 6.10 11. Luk. 19.8 No. * Must we not give largely of our well-gotten Goods to the Poor according to their necessity especially to the Godly and them that suffer for Christs sake 2 Cor. 8.2 Yes Qu. Which is the Ninth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not bear false Witness c. § DOTH not this in the Letter forbid the affirming any thing falsely against another in Courts of Judicature Acts 6.11 13. and 24.9 Yes * May we therefore for fear favour or malice conceal the truth Acts 24.19 20. or knowingly change or wrest the words of another Mar. 26.60 61. No. * May we suborn false Witnesses 1 Kings 21.9 10. oâ— may Judges and Juries Wittingly admit of them to Justify the Wicked or condemn the Righteous Deut. 1. â—7 No. * And though it be in common converse may we raise false Reports Neh. 6.6 8. or lightly take them up and spread them Psal 15.3 No. * May we put the worst Constructions on our Neighbours words and actions 1 Sam. 22.9 10. or carry about Tales openly or secretly to disgrace him Levit. 19.16 No. Is not all false Witnessing and Slandering injurious to Men and hateful to God Prov. 6.19 20. and 19.5 Yes * Doth not this Condemn all Lying as highly provoking to God contrary to all Society amongst men and making men like the Devil the Father of it Prov. 6.16 17. Joh. 8.44 Yes Is it Lawful to Lye under pretence of Gods Glory the preservation of Religion Joh. 13.7 Rom. 3.7 8. or for any Worldly gain whatsoever Prov. 21.6 No. And if we may not Lye for our own or others Profit may we for their Sport or Pleasure Prov. 26.18 19. No. May we use Artificial modes of Lying by Equivocations and Mental Reservations Acts 5.8 No. Yet the more pernicious and hurtful any Lye is to our Neighbour is it not so much the more abominable Psal 52.4 Yes § MUST not all behave themselves in Courts of Judicature as under the awe of the peculiar presence and Oath of God Psal 82.1 2. Yes * Must we not in our whole Conversation Love the Truth and when we are called to speak utter it Eph. 4.25 Yes May we Promise any thing that we intend not to perform or neglect the performance if it be Lawful No. * Must we not rejoyce in the good Name of our Neighbour and be grieved when they deserve or receive disgrace 1 Cor. 12.26 Yes Must we not Charitably think the best 1 Cor. 13.5 and cover thâ—ir Faults 1 Pet. 4.8 and in what we can speak well of them 1 Sam. 19.4 5. Yes Yet must we neglect to reprove them for their Faults Levit. 19.17 till they prove scorners or desperate Mat. 7.6 No. * Can we rightly take care of our Neighbours good Name if we do not by a Holy walking endeavour to preserve our own 1 Sam. 2.30 Eccl. 7.1 No. Qu. Which is the Tenth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not Covet thy Neighbours House c. § ARE we forbidden not only the acts and setled thoughts of sin but even the first motions and stirrings thereof in our Souls Rom. 7.7 Yes * May we comply with the Devils motiâ—ns 〈…〉 5.3 or suffer our selves to be drawn aside by oâ—◠〈…〉 to affect any thing forbidden by God's Law Jam. 1.14 No. * May we desire what is anothers to his hurt Acts 20.33 or envy our Neighbours happiness and delight in his loss Prov. 23.17 18. No. * Though we Covet not anothers Goods may we set our affections on our own or distract our mind and wast our strength in persuit of the World Luk. 12.15 17. Yes Doth not Covetousness bring a Curse on the Goods Bodies Families and Souls of Worldlings Habak 2.9 10. Yes § DOTH not this require all inward purity of the Soul and the regulating our affections by the Word Prov. 4.23 Yes Must we not rejoyce in our Neighbours prosperity Rom. 12.12 and be contented with what Condition the providence of God allots us 1 Tim. 6.6 8. Heb. 13.5 Yes Question What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answer I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour § WAS not the Law Written on two Tables the one containing our Duty to God the other our duty to men and both Comprehended in Love Exod. 34 1-5 Rom. 13.10 Yes Can those two be separated in our Practice and Obedience or is our Holiness true without righteousness Luk. 1.75 No. Yet are not the duties of the first Table more noble than the duties of the Second as the Object of them which is God is greater than Man Job 33.12 Yes Question What is thy duty towards God Answer My duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my Heart with all my mind with all my Soul and with all my Strength To Worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him to Honour his Holy Name and his word and to serve him truly all the days of my Life § DOTH not the Four first Commandments make up the first Table and is not Love to God the Sum of them all Mat. 22.37 38. Yes Can we
4.2 Yes * Must we not Reverence his name in his Worship Psal 111.9 call upon his name and bless it Job 1.21 Yes * Must we not Honour his name in our Actions and take heed that we deny it not before men Rev. 2.13 Yes Qu. Which is the Fourth Commandment Answ Remember that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day c. § SEEING nature teacheth us there must be a time fixt for Gods worship is it fit that it should be left to men to determine it No. Hath not God fix't a Seventh part of time and made the observing it part of his Moral Law that shall not pass away Mat. 5.18 Yes Was not the Sabbath ordain'd in Paradice Gen. 2.2 3. observ'd before the Ceremonial Law Exod. 16.25 and ordered to continue in Gospel times Isa 56.1 2. Yes * But is it necessary to observe the same day of the Week which the Jews observed before the Resurrection of Christ Mark 2.28 Ezek. 43.27 No. Is not the first day of the week on which He arose called the Lords day Rev. 1.10 and mention'd as the known time for Worship in the Churches 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Yes And have we not the constant Practice of the Church for this change from the Apostles time to this day Acts 2.1 and 20.6 7. Yes § ARE we less oblig'd to Gospel Ordinances on the Lords day than the Jews were to their legal observances on their Sabbath Levit. 23.3 No. * Should we not remember the Holy Sabbath to prepare for it before it comes Luk. 23.54 Isa 66.23 Yes * Are we not to observe on the Sabbath a Rest from all manner of common work and business Neh. 13.15 Yes But must we neglect works of Piety though done with bodily labour Mat. 12.5 or works of necessity and mercy Luk. 14.5 No. May we think and talk of the worldly business that we abstain from doing Ezek. 33.31 32 or run to Recreations and Secular Pleasures Isa 58.13 No. * Must it not be a Holy Rest taken up in observing all duties of Divine Worship Acts 20.7 Yes Must we not rise Early Psal 92.2 and persist in the duties of the day without weariness or grudging Amos. 8.5 Yes * Can we keep a Sabbath aright if we wilfully neglect or forsake the Publick Assemblies Heb. 10 2◠No. Yet when they are over is not the rest of the day to be spent in repetition of what we have heard Holy conference and meditation Luk. 24.14 17. Yes § MAY Masters of Families into whose hands this Commandment is put Exod. 20.10 suffer any under their charge to Prophane the Sabbath No. And must not Magistrates enjoyn the observation of the Sabbath and punish the neglect Neh. 13.17 22. Yes Yet if they neglect it will God suffer Sabbath breakers to go unpunisht Jer. 17.27 No. †And are days of Fasting and Thanksgiving Lawfully appointed to be Religiously observ'd Esth 4.16 and 9.21 Yes § DARE you rob God of what He claims an Interest in when He hath allowed you Six days for your own Work No. Hath not God given his own Example by resting Himself on the Seventh day and blessing and hallowing the Sabbath Gen. 2.3 Yes †Doth not the keeping the Sabbath tend highly to the Honour or God Isa 58.13 and the preserving his Worship in the World Ezek. 20.12 Yes Can we expect a blessing on our Week-days Labour if we prophane the Sabbath Isa 56.2 No. Yet is it enough to Worship God on the Lords day if we neglect his Worship on other days Psal 145.2 No. Qu. Which is the Fifth Commandment Answ Honour thy Father and thy Mother c. § DOTH not this Commandment enjoyn the mutual duties of Superiours and Inferiours to each other in every Relation Yes 1. Must not Children honour their natural Parents the Authors of their being under God Eph. 6.2 Yes * If Parents are Aged Poor or Weak may Children despise them in Heart or Carriage Pro. 23.22 No. * Must they not fear to offend them Levit. 19.3 and Submit to their reproofs and corrections Heb. 12.9 Yes * Must they not obey their Commands in all Lawful things though they seem harsh and severe Col. 3.20 Yes * May they murmur at their Provision or reject their advice in Marriage or matters of moment Gen. 21.21 and 26.24 No. * Must they not follow their Godly Instructions and examples Pro. 4.1 3. and endeavour to be a Comfort to them in their old Age Prov. 10.1 and 25.20 Yes * May they divulge their infirmities wast their estates Prov. 19.26 or reflect dishonour upon them by their wicked Lives Prov. 29.15 No. * Must they not endeavour to requite their Parent◠in praying for them and maintaining them if they be in want 1 Tim. 5.4 Yes And must not Children by Adoption and affinity honour their Parents Esth 2.7 20. Ruth 3.1 5. Yes § DO not Parents owe to their Children tender sincere and constant Love Col. 3.21 Yes May they under pretence of loving them lose their just Authority over them Gen. 18.19 No. * Having seriously devoted them to God must they not diligently teach and instruct them Deut. 6 6-8 Yes * May they suffer them to live in idleness without a Lawful Calling and honest labour Mat. 21.28 No. * Must they not mark their Inclinations and Company reprove them for their faults and in case of sin and stubbornness correct them Prov. 29.15 17. and 23.13 14. Yes But may they by reproachful Language and wicked Commands provoke them to wrath and discourage them Eph. 6.4 No. * Must they not set them a good example and dayly pray for a blessing upon them Job 1.5 Yes 2. Must not Servants honour their Masters 1 Tim. 6.1 and obey their just Commands 1 Pet. 2.18 Yes * May they by stubborn silence private mutterings or cross answers provoke their Masters Tit. 2.9 No. May they wast their Masters Goods Tit. 2.9 or neglect his business when his Eye is off Col. 3.22 23. No. * Must they not bless God for Godly Masters pray for them Gen. 24.12 and submit to Instructions and Reproofs Yes § SHOULD Masters that would mind their Duty be indifferent or careless about what Servants they take into their Houses Psal 101.6 7. No. * May they rule over them with rigour as if they were Slaves or Beasts Levit. 25.46 without regard to the health of their Bodies Mat 8.5 6. or good of their Souls Gen. 18.19 No. * Must they not give them what is just and equal as to Instruction Provision Work and Wages Prov. 31.15 Jam. 5.4 Yes 3. Is not the duty of Wives Sum'd up in a reverend and quiet Subjection and the duty of Husbands in an entire and intense love Eph. 5.24 25. Yes 4. Are not Magistrates our civil Parents Isa 49.23 and must we not Honour and Reverence them 1 Pet. 2.17 Yes * May we revile our Rulers or use any indecent words concerning them Eccl. 10.20 Acts 23.5 No. * Must we not by all just means defend
Love God aright if we Love him not for himself and this with a Superlative Love Luk. 14.26 No. Can Faith be true that works not by Love Gal. 5.6 or that Love real that shows not it Self in keeping his Commandments Joh. 15.10 14. No. And doth not Love to God make our obedience more willing chearful active and abiding 1 Joh. 5.3 Yes Seeing we cannot Love God without measure as He is good without measure ought we to Love him less then with all our Heart mind might and Strength Deut. 6.5 No. Question What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour Answer My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as my Self and to do to all men as I mould they should do unto me To love honour and succour my Father and Mother To honour and obey the King and all that are put in Authority under Him To submit my Self to all my Governours Teachers Spirital Pasters and Masters To order my Self lowly and reverendly to all my Betters To hurt no body by Word or Deed. To be true and just in all my Dealing To bear no malice nor hatred in my Heart To keep my Hands from picking and stealing and my Tongue from evil speaking lying and standering To keep my Body in temperance soberness and charity not to covet nor desire other Mens Goods but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that State of Life unto which it shall please God to call me § DOTH not the Second Table contain the Six Last Commandments and is not Love to our Neighbour the Sum of them all Mat. 22.39 Yes Are not all those meant by our Neighbours with whom we have any Dealings or converse Luk. 10 29-36 Yes Must we not love our Neighbours with a pure hearty and unfeigned love as we love our selves 1 Joh. 3.18 Yes Yet must we love all equally with the same measure 〈◊〉 kind of love No. 〈◊〉 is not natural affection due to Relations 2 Tim. 3. â— â— love of Reverence to Superiours and of complacenâ—◠〈◊〉 delight to the Godly Psal 16.2 Yes * But must we deny a love of Compassion to all in misery and a love of Benevolence to our very Enemies Luk. 6.32 33. No. †And can we do our duty required in these Commâ—â—dments without this Grace of love and Charity 1 Cor. 13 1-7 No. § NOW you have heard these Commandments explained do you think that you are able perfectly to fulfil the Law of God Eccl. 7.20 Jam. 3.2 No. Must you not lament your sinfulness and weakness and depend on Christ for Righteousness and Strength Isa 45 2â— Yes And do you not stand to your promise that in desire and constant endeavour you will Practice sincere obedience to God's Commandments Psal 119.6 48. Yes Catechist My good Child know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy Self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special Grace which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent Prayer § IS not Prayer a necessary part of Worship in order to the obtaining Grace Rom 10 13. and availing much when perform'd aright Jam. 5 16. Yes * Is there any other object of Râ—â—â—giâ—â—â— Prayer but God who alone searcheth the Hearâ— 2 Chron 6.30 No. * Is Prayer a bare speaking the words with our Mouths without the pâ—â—â—â—ng out the dâ—â—iâ—es of our Hearts Psal 25.1 and 42.4 No. * May we omit any 〈◊〉 the kinds of Prayer Publick in the Church Acts 2.42 private in the Family Jer. 10.25 and secret in the Closet Mat. 6.6 No. Must we not often lift up our Hearts in Holy Ejaculations Psal 119.164 and sometimes use extraordinary Prayer with Fasting 1 Cor. 7.5 Yes * Must we not know the matter of our Prayers by our wants but chiefly by the Precepts and Promises of God Heb. 4.16 1 Joh. 5.14 Yes * Have we any other Mediatour whose name we can come in save our Lord Jesus Christ Joh. 14.13 14. No. * Can we perform this duty aright without the Holy Spirit to help our infirmities Rom. 8.26 and to stir up Holy affections and Graces in the Soul Zech. 12.10 No. †Must we joyn with our desires the Graces of Faith Humility and Self-denyal and are you desirous so to Pray Yes Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords Prayer Answer Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed by thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our dayly bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgiven them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen § IS not this call'd the Lords Prayer because the Lord himself Composed it and taught it his Disciples Yes * May we refuse to use these words as a Form so excellent for the Author matter and method and as being part of Christ's own word and Prescription Luk. 11.1 2. No. Yet seeing it is so general and Comprehensive Is it unlawful to use other words in Prayer No. * Is not this then a perfect Pattern of Prayer to direct us in the matter and manner of our Supplications Mat. 6.9 Yes Qu. What is the Preface of the Lords Prayer Answ Our Father which art in Heaven § CAN there be a greater encouragement to come to God in Prayer than this that He is the Father of Believers by adoption Luk. 11.13 Psal 103.13 No. Is it not a fearful thing to come before God without a Special Interest in him Heb. 12.29 Yes Can we have access to him any way but by Christ Eph. 3.14 or have an evidence of our Interest but by the Spirit of adoption Gal. 4.6 No. Doth not this Relation require dutiful affections such as filial fear love and confidence when we draw near Him Mala. 1.6 Yes § MUST not they who say Our Father live as the Children of one Father Mat. 23.8 and Pray for and with one another Jam. 5.16 Acts 20.36 Yes § IS not the God to whom we Pray though present every where Psal 139.7 8. most gloriously present in the highest Heavens Isa 63.15 and 66.1 Yes * Is there any thing which a God in Heaven cannot give if it be good for us Psal 115.3 No. * Should not poor crawling worms come with a great awe and reverence before the God of Heaven Eccl. 5.1 2. Yes * Is it fit to have Earthly Hearts when we Worship a Heavenly Father Psal 123.1 Lam. 3.41 No. * Is not the God of Heaven equally near to all his Petitioners in whatsoever parts of the Earth Acts 17.27 Yes Qu. Which is the First Petition Answ Hallowed be thy Name § IS not the Hallowing Gods Name to Honour and Glorify Him in all things by which He makes himself known Yes Can the Name of God be ever impure in it Self or otherwise than