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A39662	An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism.	1692 (1692)	Wing F1160; ESTC R25088	171,235	224

not any works of our civil Calling be ordinarily done on that day A. No it is sinful to put our hands ordinarily to our Callings on that day and God usually punishes it Neh. 13.15 16 17 18. In those dayes saw I in Iudah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath and bringing in sheaves and lading asses as also wine grapes and figs and all manner of burdens which they brought into Ierusalem on the sabbath day and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals There dwelt men of Tyre also therein which brought fish and all manner of ware and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Iudah and in Ierusalem Then I contended with the nobles of Iudah and said unto them What evil thing is this that ye do and profane the sabbath day Did not your fathers thus and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath Q. 3. May we not refresh our Bodies by Recreations or our Minds by thoughts of Earthly Business or Discourses on that day A. Recreations of the Body which are lawful on other days are sinful on this day and all the Recreations of the Mind allowed on this day are Spiritual and Heavenly Isa. 58.13 14. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the sabbath a delight the holy of the Lord honourable and shalt honour him not doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words Then shalt thou delight thy self in the Lord and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Q. 4. What works may lawfully be done on that day A. Christs example warrants works of necessity and works of mercy but no other Matth. 12.3 4. But he said unto them have ye not read what David did when he was an hungred and they that were with him How he entered into the house of God and did eat the shew-bread which was not lawful for him to eat neither for them which were with him but only for the priests And ver 7. But if ye had known what this meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice c. Q. 5. What are the holy Duties of the Sabbath A. The publick Worship of God in reading and hearing the Word preached Isa. 66.23 And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another and from one sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the Lord. Luke 4.16 And as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day and stood up for to read And Prayer Acts 16.13 14. And on the sabbath day we went out of the city by a river side where prayer was wont to be made c. And receiving the Sacrament Acts 20.7 And upon the first day of the week when the disciples came together to break bread Paul preached unto them c. Q. 6. At private Duties in our Families required as well as publick on the Sabbath A. Yes it is not enough to sanctifie the Sabbath in publick Ordinances but God requires it to be sanctified in Family and private Duties Lev. 23.3 But the seventh day is the sabbath of rest an holy convocation ye shall do no work therein it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings Q. 7. With what frame of Spirit are all Sabbath duties both publick and private to be performed A. They are to be performed with Spiritual delight Isa. 58.13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the sabbath a delight c. And all grudging at and weariness of Spiritual exercises is a sin forbidden Mal. 1.13 Ye said also behold what a weariness is it and ye have snuffed at it saith the Lord of hosts and ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick thus ye brought an offering should I accept this of your hand saith the Lord Amos 8.5 When will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn and the sabbath that we may set fo●th wheat c. Q. 8. What is the first Reason annexed to this Command A. The first Reason is the sufficient and large allowance of time God hath given us for our civil Callings and earthly business Six days in the week is a large allowance Q. 9. What is the second Reason annexed to this fourth Command A. The second Reason is Gods sanctifying and separating this day by a special Command and Institution for his service so that to profane this time is to sin against an express Divine Statute Q. 10. What 's the third Reason annexed to this Command A. The third Reason is Gods own Example who rested the seventh day from all his works and blessed this day by vertue of which Blessing we are encouraged to sanctifie it Q. 11. Is it not enough to sanctifie this day in our own persons A. No if God hath put any under our Authority their profaning the Sabbath will become our sin though we be never so strict in the observation of it our selves Q. 12. May we continue our civil Employments to the last moment of our common time A. Except Necessity or Mercy urge us we ought to break off before and allow some time to prepare for the Sabbath Luke 23.54 And that day was the preparation and the sabbath drew on Q. 13. What is the first Inference f●om hence A. That we have all great cause to be humbled for our Sabbath transgressions either in our unpreparedness for it our want of delight and spirituality in it or the due government of our Families as God requires Q. 14. What is the second Inference from hence A. That Christians on the Sabbath day have a fair occasion and help to real●ize to themselves the Heavenly state in which they are to live abstract from the World and God is to be all in all to them Of the fifth Commandment Quest. 63. WHich is the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment is Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Quest. 64. What is required in the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment requireth the preserving the Honour and performing the Duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations as superiors inferiors or equals Quest. 65. What is forbidden in the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of or doing any thing against the honour and duty which belongeth to every one in their several places and relations Quest. 66. What is the Reason annexed to the fifth Commandment A. The Reason annexed to the fifth Commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity as far as it shall serve for Gods glory and their own

ability Gen. 47.12 And Ioseph nourished his father and his brethren and all his fathers houshold with bread according to their families Q. 8. What shall Children do when Parents abuse their Authority by forbidding Duty or commanding Sin A. In such cases Children are to obey God rather than their Parents Acts 4.19 But Peter and Iohn answered and said unto them Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judge ye But yet to manage their refusals of Obedience with all Meekness and Humility Q. 9. What is the first duty of Husbands to their Wives A. The first ●uty on which all other Duties depend is cohabitation with them 1 Pet. 3.7 Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge c. And nothing can make this Duty void but a lawful divorce for Adultery Matth. 5.31 32. But I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery c. Q. 10. What 's the Husbands second Duty to his Wife A. True and hearty love to Soul and Body Eph. 5.25 Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it Evidencing it self in careful provision for them 1 Cor. 7.33 But he that is married careth for the things of the world how he may please his wife But especially to their Souls in winning them to Christ 1 Cor 7.16 Or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt save thy wife And building them up in Christ 1 Pet. 3.7 Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindred Q. 11. What are the Duties of Wives to their Husbands A. 'T is their Duty 1. To be in subjection to their own Husbands Eph. 5.22 23. Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the Church 2 To reverence them Eph. 5.33 And the wife see that she reverence her husband 3. To express their Reverence in suitable Words and Actions 1 Pet. 3.6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord c. 4. To be faithful to them Prov. 31.12 She will do him good and not evil all the dayes of her life 5. To adorn their Relation with meekness and quietness of Spirit 1 Pet. 3.4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price Q. 12. What are the Duties of Servants to their Masters A. 'T is their Duty 1. To be faithful in all things committed to their charge Tit. 2.10 Not purloining but shewing all good fidelity c. 2. To honour them in all respectful Words and Carriages 1 Tim. 6.1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour c. 3. To bear patiently their rebukes 1 Pet. 2.18 19. Servants be subject to your masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward For this is thank-worthy if a man for conscience toward God endure grief suffering wrongfully Q. 13. What is the first Duty of Masters to their Servants A. Their first Duty is to rule over them with gentleness and not with terrour and rigour Eph. 6.9 And ye masters do the same things unto them forbearing ●oreatning Knowing that your master also is in heaven neither is there respect of persons with him Q. 14. What 's the second Duty of Masters to their Servants A. To pay them their Wages fully and without delay Deut. 24.14 15. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is peer and needy whether he be of thy brethren or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates At his day thou shalt give him ●is hire neither shall the sun go down upon it f●r he is poor and setteth his heart upon it lest he cry against thee unto the Lord and it be sin unto thee And to provide Food for them convenient Prov. 27.27 And thou shalt have goats-milk enough for thy ●●od for the food of thy houshold and for the maintenance for thy maidens Q. 15. What 's the third Duty of Masters to their Servants A. The third and principal Duty is to engage them as much as in them lies to the wayes of God and Duties of Religion as Abraham did Gen. 18.19 For I know him that he will command his children and his houshold after him and they shall keep the way of the Lord c. And Ioshua Josh. 24.15 But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Of the sixth Commandment Quest. 67. WHich is the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment is Thou shalt not kill Quest. 68. What is required in the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life and the life of others Quest. 69. What is forbidden in the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life or the life of our Neighbour unjustly or whatsoever tendeth thereunto Q. 1. What is the natural order of these Commandments in the second Table A. In these Commands God begins with the nearest concern of Man which is Life Iob 2.4 Skin for skin yea all that a man hath will he give for his life Next to that his Command guards his nearest Relative from whom the best outward comfort is to rise his Wife Mark 10.8 And they twain shall be one flesh c. After that his good Name which is very precious to him Eccles. 7.1 A good name is better than precious oyntment And then his Goods which support his life Isa. 3.1 For behold the Lord the Lord of hasts doth take away from Ierusalem and from Iudah the ●●ay and the staff the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water Q. 2. How far doth this Command extend it self A. It prohibits all Cruelt● and commands all Help Care and Pity so far as Mens hearts and hands can go for the relief and preservation of others Psal. 119.96 But thy commandment is exceeding broad Q 3. Doth this Command respect only the outward action or also the inward passion of the Soul A. It respects and bridles the inward Passion of the Soul as well as outward Actions as Hatred 1 Iohn 3.15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer c. And causless Anger Matth. 5.22 But I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment c. Q. 4. Doth this Command only respect the lives of others A. No it primarily respects our own lives and forbids us all things that tend to the shortening and ruin of them Eph. 5.29 For no man ever yet hated