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A33491 A plain and rational vindication of the liturgy of the Church of England collected out of the discourses of some of the reverend bishops and doctors of the same church, by way of question and answer / by J. Clvtterbvck, Gent. Clutterbuck, J. (John) 1699 (1699) Wing C4743; ESTC R35618 52,978 73

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solemnly vowed to keep them and at every Communion we renew that Vow therefore it is very fit we should have the Commandments repeated now when we are going to make a fresh engagement to observe them 2. And since we are to confess all our Sins before we come to the blessed Sacrament of Pardon the Church holds out this Glass unto us by which we may discover our Offences Q. Hath God given us no more than Ten Rules of Obedience A. There are no more requisite than these in reference to all Moral Actions as being the Summary and general Heads under which are comprehended all the Duties we are to do in particular and all the Sins we are to avoid but there are other Positive Precepts to which our Obedience is required God himself first divided this Law into Two Tables The first Four contain our Duty to God and the six Last our Duty to our Neighbour Q. What are the Duties required and the Sins forbidden in each Commandment A. In the First Commandment we are taught to have a right object of our Worship to take the true God for our only God and to Worship and Glorifie him accordingly And we are forbidden Apostacy Deifying the Creatures and Distrust of the true God 2. In the Second Commandment we learn the right Means or Matter of our Worship and it requires that we should worship God with such Worship as he has appointed in his Word suitable to his Nature And it forbids Idolatry Superstition and all carnal and careless Worship 3. In the Third Commandment we learn the right Manner of our Worship and it requires us devoutly to perform every part of Divine Worship and reverently to use every thing which nearly relates to God It forbids Blasphemy Vain and false Oaths Cursing Profaning holy Things and Sacrilege 4. In the Fourth Commandment we are taught the Solemn time of our Worship and it enjoins us to keep holy the Seventh Day call'd by Christians the Lord's-Day and observed by us in memory of Christ's Resurrection for as the learned Archbishop Bramhal remarks If the Memory of the old Creation and God's resting upon the Seventh Day had such an Influence upon the first Patriarchs that it is piously believed by some that they did freely without any Commandment observe that Day of Rest according to the Example of God Why should not Christians hallow the Day of Christ's Resurrection in Memory of Man's Redemption or the New Creation compleated upon that Day by Christ by spending it in worshipping God both in Publick and in Private or in Works of Necessity and Mercy And it forbids Neglect of the Publick Service on Sunday and other Holy Days and spending those times in Sin and Vanity and gives us the Reasons why we should obey this Commandment viz. God's allowing Six Days for our own Employment and his Challenging a Special Propriety in the Seventh and his own Examples and his Blessing and Sanctifying the Seventh Day 5. In the Fifth Commandment we are taught our Duty to our Neighbour with respect to their Persons in all our Relations Natural as Parents and Children Civil as Kings and Subjects Religious as Ministers and People Domestick as Masters and Servants as likewise of Inferiours to their Superiours And it forbids Superiours Pride Negligence and Evil Example and Inferiours Disobedience Contempt and Resisting 6. The Sixth Commandment requires all lawful Endeavours to preserve our own and our Neighbours Life and Health And forbids Killing others Challenging Anger Cruelty and Revenge 7. The Seventh Commandment enjoins us Chastity in Heart Speech and Behaviour And forbids actual Defiling of those that are Married or Single and wanton Thoughts Words Gestures and the occasion of these viz. Gluttony and Drunkenness 8. The Eighth Commandment requires the lawful furthering of our own and our Neighbours Wealth and outward Estate And forbids Thieving Cheating Unjust Detaining Oppression and the occasions of these viz. Idleness and Prodigality 9. The Ninth Commandment enjoins the Speaking of Truth and the promoting our own and others good Name And forbids all false Evidence Lying Slandering Tale-bearing and Flattery 10. The Tenth Commandment requires our being content with our own Condition and rejoicing at our Neighbours Welfare And it forbids an inordinate or unlawful Desire of any thing that is our Neighbours Envy or grieving at others Good and discontent with our own Condition But because I understand it will be more acceptable to some whose Judgment I highly value and esteem to give an Explication according to that made in our Church Catechism by applying severally to each Commandment what is there set down altogether I have therefore likewise here inserted it as well as I could in the Churches Words Q. What doth the first Commandment require A. To have the One only true God for our God and to believe in him and to fear him and to love him with all my Heart and all my Mind and all my Strength Q. What doth the second Commandment require A. Not to make any bodily Image or likeness of God or to worship any Image for God but to worship him only by calling upon his Holy Name in my Prayers and Praises and putting my whole trust in him Q. What doth the third Commandment require A. To honour God's Holy Name and his Word and not to abuse it by Swearing falsely or causelesly or speaking irreverently of either Q. What doth the fourth Commandment require A. To set apart the First Day of the Week to God's Worship and Service in memory of Christ's rising from the Dead to cease and rest from Sin and to serve God truly and faithfully all the days of my Life Q. What doth the fifth Commandment require A. To love honour and succour my Father and my 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 Spiritual Pastors and Masters and to order my self lowly and reverently to all my Betters Q. What doth the sixth Commandment require A. Not by Violence to take away my own or another's Life to bear no Malice or Hatred in my heart and to hurt nobody by ill Words or Deeds Q. What doth the seventh Commandment require A. Not to lie Carnally with any Woman without lawful Marriage but to keep my body in Soberness Temperance and Chastity Q. What doth the eighth Commandment require A. To be true and just in all my dealings and to keep my hands from picking and stealing Q. What doth the ninth Commandment require A. To keep my Tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering and to speak the truth from my Heart Q. What doth the tenth Commandment require A. Not to Covet nor desire other Mens Goods but to learn and labour truly to get my own Living and to do my Duty in that state of Life into which it shall please God to call me The General Rule for these Commandments is that where a Duty is commanded there the contrary Sin