unto my voice I will give thee counsel and God shall be with thee V. 24. So Moses hearkned to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he said due submission to their corrections r Heb. 12. 9. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us and we gave them reverence shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of Spirits and live 1 Pet. 2. 18 19 20. Servants be subject to your masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward V. 19. For this is thank-worthy if a man for conscience towards God endure grief suffering wrongfully V. 20. For what glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently but if when ye do well and suffer for it ye take it patiently this is acceptable with God fidelity to Å¿ Tit. 2. 9 10. Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters and to please them well in all things not answering them again V. 10. Not purloyning but shewing all good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things defence and maintenance of their persons and authority according to their several ranks and the nature of their places u Mat. 22. 21. They say unto him Caesars Then saith he unto them Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's Rom. 13. 6 7. For this cause pay ye tribute also For they are God's Ministers attending continually upon this very thing V. 7. Render therefore unto all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custome to whom custome fear to whom fear honour to whom honour 1 Tim. 5. 17 18. Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour especially they who labour in the Word and Doctrine V. 18. For the Scripture saith Thou shalt not muzle the Oxe that treadeth out the corn and The labourer is worthy of his reward Gal. 6. 6. Let him that is taught in the Word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things Gen. 45. 11. And there will I nourish thee for yet there are five years of famine least thou and thy houshold and all that thou hast come to poverty Gen. 47. 12. And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren and all his fathers houshold with bread according to their families bearing with their infirmities and covering them in love * 1 Pet. 2. 18. Servants be subject to your Masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward Prov. 23. 22. Hearken unto thy father which begat thee and despise not thy mother when she is old Gen. 9. 23. And Sem and Japhet took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father and their faces were backward and they saw not their fathers nakedness that so they may be an honour to them and to their government x Psal 127. 3 4 5. Lo children are an inheritance of the Lord and the fruit of the womb is his reward V. 4. As arrowes are in the hand of a mighty man so are children of the youth V. 5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but shall speak with the enemies in the gate Prov. 31. 23. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the Elders of the land t 1 Sam. 26. 15 16. And David said to Abner Art not thou a valiant man and who is like to thee in Israel Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy Lord the King for there came one of the people in to destroy the King thy Lord. V. 16. This thing is not good which thou hast done As the Lord liveth ye are worthy to die because ye have not kept your Master the Lords anointed 2 Sam. 18. 3. But the people answered Thou shalt not go forth for if we flee away they will not care for us neither if half of us die will they care for us but now thou art worth ten thousand of us therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the City Esth. 6. 2. And it was found written that Mordecat had told of Bigthana and Teresh two of the Kings Chamberlains the keepers of the door who sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus Q. What are the sins of Inferiours against their Superiours A. The sinnes of Inferiours against their Superiours are all neglect of the duties required toward them y Mat. 15. 4 5 6. For God commanded saying Honour thy father and thy mother and he that curseth father or mother let him dye the death V. 5. But ye say that whosoever shall say to his father or mother It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightst be profited by me V. 6. And honour not his father and mother he shall be free Thus have ye made the Commandment of God of none effect by your tradition envying at z Num. 11. 28 29. And Josuah the son of Nun the servant of Moses one of his young men answered and said my lord Moses forbid them V. 29. And Moses said unto him Enviest thou for my sake Would God that all the Lords people were Prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them contempt of a 1 Sam. 8. 7. And the Lord said unto Samuel hearken unto the voice of the people in all what they say unto thee for they have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them Isa 3. 5. And the people shall be oppressed every one by another and every one by his neighbour and the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient and the base against the honourable and Rebellion b 2 Sam. 15. from v. 1. to v. 12. And it came to pass after that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses c. and so on against their persons c Exod. 21. 15. And he that smiteth his father or mother shall surely be put to death and places d 1 Sam. 10. 27. But the children of Belial said How shall this man save us and they despised him and brought him no presents but he held his peace in their lawful counsels e 1 Sam. 2. 25 Notwithstanding they viz. the sons of Eli hearkned not unto the voice of their father because the Lord would slay them commands and corrections f Deut. 21. 18 19 20 21. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son which will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother and that when they have chastened him will not bearken unto them V. 19. Then shall his father and mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the Elders of his City and unto the gate of his place V. 20. And they shall say to the Elders of his City This our
Gen. 38. 26. And Judah acknowledged them and said she hath been more righteous then I because I gave her not to Shelah my son and he knew her again no more having more wives or husbands then one at the same time b Mal. 2. 14. 15. Yet ye say Wherefore because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth against whom thou hast dealt treacherously yet is shâ— thy companion and the wife of thy covenant V. 15. And did not he make one yet had he the residue of the spirit and wherefore one that he might seek a godly seed therefore take heed to your spirit that ye deal not treacherously Mat. 19. 5. For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one flesh unjust divorce c Mal. 2. 16. For the Lord the God of Israel saith that he hateth putting away for one covereth violence with his garment saith the Lord of hosts therefore take heed to your spirits that ye deal not treacherously Mat. 5. 32. But I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery or disertion d 1 Cor. 7. 12. 13. But to the rest I speak not the Lord If any brother hath a wife that believeth not and she be pleased to dwell with him let him not put her away V. 13. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not and if he be pleased to dwell with her lâ—t her not leave him idleness gluttony drunkenness e Ezek. 16. 49. Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom pride fulness of bread and abundance of idleness was in her and her daughters neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy Pro. 23. 30 31 -33 They that tarry long at the wine they that go to seek new wine V. 31. Look not upon the wine when it is red V. 33. Thine eyes shall behold strange women and thy heart shall utter perverse things unchast company f Gen. 39. 10. And it came to pass as she spake to Joseph day by day that he hearkned not unto her to lie by her or to be with her Prov. 5. 8. Remove thy way far from her and come not neer the door of her house lascivious songs books pictures dancings stage-playes g Eph. 5. 4. Neither filthiness nor foolish talking nor jestings which are not convenient but rather giving of thanks Ezek. 23. 14 15 16. And that she encreased her whoredom for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion V. 15. Girded with girdles upon their loynes exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads all of them Princes to look to after the manner of the Babylonians of Chalde the land of their nativity V. 16. And as soon as she saw them with her eyes she doted upon them and sent messengers unto them into Caldea Isai 23. 15 16 17. And it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre shall be forgotten 70 years according to the dayes of one King after the end of 70. years shall Tyre sing as an harlot V. 16. Take an Harp go about the city thou harlot thou hast been forgotten make sweet melody sing many songs that thou maist be remembred V. 17. And it shall come to pass after the end of 70. years that the Lord will visit Tyre and she shall turn to her hire and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth Isal 3. 16. Moreover the Lord saith Because the daughters of Sion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes walking and mincing as they go and making a tinckling with their feet Mar. 6. 12. And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced and pleased Herod and them that sat with him the King said unto the damsel Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give it thee c. Rom. 13. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambring and wantonness not c. 1 Pet. 4. 3. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness lusts excess of wine revellings banquettings and abominable idolatries and all other provocations to or acts of uncleanness either in our selves or others h 2 King 9. 30. And when Jehu was come to Jezreel Jezabel heard of it and she painted her face and tired her head and looked out at a window Compared with Jer. 4. 30. And when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do though thou cloathest thy self with crimson though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold though thou rentest thy face with painting in vain shalt thou make thy self fair thy lovers will despise thee they will seek thy life and with Ezek. 23. 40. And furthermore ye have sent for men to come from far unto whom a messenger was sent and lo they came for whom thou didst wash thy self paintedst thine eyes and deckedst thy self with ornaments Q. Which is the eighth Commandment A. The eighth Commandment is Thou shalt not steal i Exod. 20. 1â— Q. What are the duties required in the eighth Commandment A. The duties required in the eighth Commandment are truth faithfulnesse and justice in contracts and commerce between man and man k Psal 15. 2-4 He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart V. 4. he that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not Zech. 7. 4 -10 Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me saying V. 10 And oppress not the widdow nor the fatherless nor the stranger nor the poor and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart Zech. 8. 16 17. These are the things that ye shall do Speak every man the truth to his neighbour execute the judgement of truth and peace in your gates V. 17. And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour and love no false oath for all these are things that I hate saith the Lord. rendring to every one his due l Rom. 13. 7. Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custome to whom custome fear to whom fear honour to whom honour restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereof m Lev. 6. 2 3. 4 5. If a soul sin and commit a trespass against the Lord and lie to his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep or in fellowship or in any thing taken away by violence or hath deceived his neighbour V 3. Or have found that which was lost and lieth concerning it and sweareth falsely in any of all these that a man doth sinning therein V. 4 Then it shall be because
King of Israel came down to him and wept over his face and said O my father my father the Chariot of Israel and the horsmen thereof Gal. 4. 19. My little children of whom I travel in birth again until Christ be formed in you or Commonwealth g Isai 49. 23. And Kings shall be thy nursing fathers and Queens thy nursing mothers they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth and lick up the dust of thy feet and thou shalt know that I am the Lord Q. Why are Superiours stiled Father and Mother A. Superiours are stiled Father and Mother both to teach them in all duties towards their inferiours like natural parents to expresse love and tenderness to them according to their several relations h Eph. 6. 4. And ye Fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 2 Cor. 12. 14. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents but the parents for the children 1 Thess 2. 7 8. 11. But we are gentle amongst you even as a nurse cherisheth her children V. 8. So being affectionatly desirous of you if we were willing to have imparted to you not the Gospel of God only but also our own souls because ye were dear unto us V. 11. As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged everyone of you as a father doth his children Numb 11. 11 12. And Moses said unto the Lord wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me V. 12. Have I conceived all this people Have I begotten them that thou shouldest say unto me Carry them in thy bosome as a nursing father beareth a sucking child unto the land which thou swearest unto their fathers and to work inferiours to a greater willingness and chearfulness in performing their duties to their Superiours as to their parents i 1 Cor. 4. 14 15 16. I write not these things to shame you but as my beloved sons I warn you V. 15. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ yet have ye not many Fathers for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel V. 16. Wherefore I beseech you be ye followers of me 1 Kin. 5. 13. And his servants came neer and spake unto him and said My father c. Q. What is the general scope of the fifth Commandment A. The general scope of the fifth Commandment is the performance of those duties which we mutually owe in our several relations as Inferiours Superiours Equals k Eph. 5. 21. Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God 1 Pet. 2. 17. Honour all men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honour the King Rom. 12. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another Q. What is the Honour that Inferiours owe to their Superiours A. The Honour which Inferiours owe to their Superiours is all due reverence in heart l Mal. 1. 6. A son honoureth his father and a servant his master If then I be a father where is mine honour if I be a master where is my fear saith the Lord of hosts unto you O Princes that despise my Name and yeâ— say Wherein have we despised thy Name Lev. 19. 3. Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father and keep my Sabbaths I am the Lord your God word m Pro. 31. 28. Her children arise up and call her blessed her husband also he praiseth her 1 Pet. 3. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well and are not afraid with any amazement and behaviour n Lev. 19 32. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head and honour the face of the old man and fear thy God I am the Lord. 1 King 2. 19. Bathshebah therefore went unto King Solomon to speak unto him for Adonijah and the King rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her and sate down on his throne and caused a seat to be set for the Kings mother and she sate on his right hand prayer and thanksgiving for them o 1 Tim. 2. 1 2. I exhort therefore that supplications prayers intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men V. 2. For Kings and all that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty imitation of their vertues and graces p Heb. 13. 7. Remember them who have the rule over you who have spoken to you the word of God whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation Phil. 3. 17. Brethren be followers together of me and mark them who walk so as ye have us for an example willing obedience to their lawful commands and counsels q Eph 6. 1 2 -5 6 7. Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right V. 2. Honour thy father and mother which is the first Commandment with promise V. 5. Servants be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart as unto Christ V. 6. Not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart V. 7. With good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men 1 Pet. 2. 13 14. Submit your selves to every ord nance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King as supreme V. 14. Or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of them that do well Rom. 13. 1 2. 3 4 5. Let every soul be subject to the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God V. 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation V. 3. For rulers are not a terror to good works but to the evil Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same V. 4. For he is the minister of God to thee for good but if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon them that doth evil V. 5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but for conscience sake Heb. 13. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you and submit your selves Prov. 4. 3 4. For I was my fathers son tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother V. 4. He taught me also and said unto me Let thy heart retain my words keep my Commandments and live Pro. 23. 22. Hearken to thy father that begat thee and despise not thy mother when she is old Exod. 18. 19-24 Hearken now
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed V. 31. Behold the dayes come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy fathers house that there shall not be an old man in thine house Q. What are the duties of equals A. The duties of equals are to regard the dignity and worth of each other (p) 1 Pet. 2. 17. Honour all men love the brother-hood fear God honour the King in giving honour to go one before another (q) Rom. 12. 10. Be kindly affectioned one towards another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another and to rejoyce in each others gifts and advancement s as in their own r Rom. 12. 15 16. Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce and weep with them that weep V. 16. Be of the same mind one towards another mind not high things but condescend to men of low estate c. Phil. 2. 3 4. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better then themselves V. 4. Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others Q. What are the sinnes of equals A. The sins of equals are beside the neglect of the duties required (Å¿) Rom. 13. 8. O we no man any thing but to love one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law the undervaluing of the worth (t) 2 Tim. 3. 3. Without natural affection c. envying the gifts (u) Act. 7. 9. And the Patriarchs moved with envy sold Joseph into Egypt but God was with him Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain glory provoking one another envying one another grieving at the advancement or prosperity one of another (*) Num. 12. 2. And they said Hath the Lord indeed only spoken by Moses hath he not also spoken by us and the Lord heard it Esth 6. 12 13. And Mordecai came again to the Kings gate but Haman hasted to his house mourning and having his head covered V. 13. And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had be fallen him Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him if Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews before whom thou hast begun to fall thou shalt not prevail against him but shalt surely fall before him and usurping preheminence one over another (x) 3 Joh. ver 9. I wrote unto the Church but Diotrephes who loveth to have the preheminence amongst them receiveth us not Luke 22. 24. And there was also a strife among them which of them should be the greatest Q. What is the Reason annexed to the fifth Commandment the more to enforce it A. The Reason annexed to the fifth Commandment in these words That thy dayes may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee (y) Exod. 20. 12. is an expresse promise of long life and prosperity as far as it shall serve for Gods glory and their own good to all such as keep this Commandment (z) Deut. 5. 16. Honor thy father and thy mother as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee that thy dayes may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee 1 King 8. 25. Therefore now Lord God of Israel keep with thy servant David my father that which thou promisedst him saying There shall not fail thee a man in thy sight to sit on the throne of Israel so that thy children take heed to their way that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me Eph. 6. 2 3. Honour thy father and thy mother which is the first Commandment with promise V. 3. That it may be well with thee and thou maist live long on the earth Q. Which is the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment is Thou shalt not kill (a) Exod. 20. 43. Q. What are the duties required in the sixth Commandment A. The duties required in the sixth Commandment are all careful studies and lawful endeavours to preserve the life of our selves (b) Eph. 5. 28 29. So their own wives as their own bodies He that loveth his wife loveth himself V. 29. For no man ever hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it even as the Lord the Church and others (c) 1 King 18. 4. For it was so when Jezebel cut off the Prophets of the Lord that Obadiah took an hundred Prophets and bid them by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water by resisting all thoughts and purposes d Jer. 26. 15 16. But know ye for certain that if ye put me to death ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon your selves and upon this City and upon the inhabitants thereof for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears V. 16. Then said the Princes and all the people to the Prophets This man is not worthy to die for he hath spoken unto us in the Name of the Lord our God Act. 23. 12-16 17-21-27 And when it was day certain of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse saying That they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul V. 16. And when Pauls sisters sen heard of their lying in wait he went and entred into the Castle 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. There lie in wait for him more then sorty men which have bound themselves with an oath that and now are they ready looking for a promise from thee V. 27. This man was taken of the Jews and should have been killed of them then came I with an army and rescued him having understood that he was a Roman subduing all passions e Eph. 4. 26 27. Be ye angry and sin not let not the sun go down upon your wrath V. 27. Neither give place to the devil and avoiding all occasions f 2 Sam. 2. 22. And Abner said again to Asahel Turn thee aside from following me wherefore should I smite thee to the ground how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother Deut. 22. 8. When thou buildest a new house then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof that thou bring not blood upon thy house if any man fall from thence temptations g Mat. 4. 6 7. And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down for it is written He shall give his angels charge over thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up least at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone V. 7. Jesus said unto him It is written again Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God Pro. 1. 10 11-15 16. My son if sinners entice thee consent thou not V. 11. If they say
all manner of burdens which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals V. 16. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein which brought fish and all manner of wares and sold on the Sabbath day unto the children of Judah and in Jerusalem V. 17. Then I contended with the Nobles of Judah and said unto them What evil thing is this that ye do and profane the Sabbath day V. 18. Did not your fathers thus and did not God bring all this evil upon us and upon this Ciâ—y Yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath V. 19. And it came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath I commanded that the gates should be shut and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath and some of my servants I set at the gates that there should be no burden brought in on the Sabbath day V. 21. Then testified I against them and said unto them Why lodg ye about the wall If ye do so again I will lay hands on you From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath V. 22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves and that they would come and keep the gates to sanctifie the Sabbath day Remember me O my God concerning this â—lso c. and spending the whole time in the publick and private exercises of Gods worship (m) Luk. 4. 16. And he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as his custome was he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read Act. 20. 7. And upon the first day of the week c. See letter i Psal 92. Title A Pâ—alm or song for the Sabbath day 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. except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy (m) Mat. 12. from ver 1. to ver 13. At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn and his Disciples were an hungry and began to pluck ears of corn and to eat But when the Pharisees c. ver 12. Is it lawful to do well on the Sabbath dayes Q. What are the sins fordiden in the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment forbiddeth the omission of careful performance of the duties required (o) Ezek. 22. 26. Her Priests have violated my law and profaned mine holy things they have put no difference between the holy and profane neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and clean and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths and I am profaned among them Amos 8. 5. Saying When will the New Moon be gone that we may sell corn and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat making the Ephah small and the shekel great and falsifying the balances by deceit 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 and the profaning the day by idleness (p) Act. 20. 7 -9 And upon the first day of the week when the Discipâ—es came together to break bread Paul preached unto them ready to depart on the morrow and continued his speech untill midnight v. 9. And there sate in a window a certain young man named Eutychus being fallen into a deep sleep and as Paul was long Preaching he sunk down with sleep and fell down from the third loft and was taken up dead or doing that which is in it self sinful (q) Ezek. 23. 38. Moreover this they haâ—e done to me They have defiled my Sanctuary in the same day and have profaned my Sabbaths or by unnecessary thoughts words or works about our worldly imployments or recreations (r) Jer. 17. 24 25 26. And it shall come to pass if ye diligently hearken unto me saith the Lord to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day but hallow the Sabbath day to do no work therein v. 25. Then shall there enter into the gates of this City Kings and Princes sitting upon the throne of David riding in chariots and on horses they and their Princes the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and this City shall remain for ever V. 26. And they shall come from the Citie of Judah and from the places about Jerusalem and from the land of Benjamin and from the Plain and from the mountains and from the South bringing burnt-offerings and sacrifices and meat-offerings and incense and bringing sacrifices of praise unto the house of the Lord. 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 the Holy of the Lord honourable and shall honour him not doing thine own wayes nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words Q. What are the Reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment A. The Reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment are Gods allowing us six daies of the week for our own imployment (Å¿) Exod. 20. 9. Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work his challenging a special property in the seventh his own example and his blessing the Sabbath day (t) Exod. 20. 11. For in six dayes the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it Q. What is the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment is Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee (u) Exod. 20. 12. Q. 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 (*) Eph. 5. 21. Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God inferiors (x) 1 Pet. 2. 17. Honour all men Love the brotherhood Fear God Honour the King or equals (y) Rom. 12. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another Q. 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 (z) Mat. 15. 4. For God commanded saying Honour thy Father and mother he that curseth father or mother let him die the death v. 5. But ye say whosoever shall say to his father or his mother it is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest be profiâ—ed by me v. 6.