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nature_n	law_n	moral_a	positive_a	5,166	5	11.3209	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89734	A brief and excellent treatise containing the doctrine of godliness, or living unto God. Wherein the body of divinity is substantially proposed, and methodically digested, by way of question and answer. And, wherein sundry difficult points, much controverted in these times, are briefly and solidly determined, by that reverend and learned divine, Mr. John Norton, teacher of the church of God at Ipswich in New-England. Feb. 4. 1647. Imprimatur Joseph Caryl.	Norton, John, 1606-1663.	1648 (1648)	Wing N1315; Thomason E1178_5; ESTC R204872	25,055	63

of which that which is proper to the Church under the Gospel is that which we call the power of the Keys Q. How doth instituted worship differ from moral worship A. 1. Moral worship besides its being taught in the first Table may be learned out of the nature of God Instituted worship is founded in the positive Law of God 2. Moral worship continueth unchanged Instituted worship hath been changed being divers before the Law under the Law and under the Gospel 3. Moral worship is perpetual 1 Cor. 13.8 Instituted worship is temporal ending with the world Q. After what order is the worship of God taught in the first Table A. The object of it is taught in the first commandment The means of it in the second commandment The maner of it in the third commandment The time of it in the fourth commandment Q. Which is the first commandment A. Thou shalt have none other Gods before me Exod. 20.3 Q. What is here commanded Deut. 6.45 Matth. 4.10 Ier. 10.25 Rom. 1.21 22 23. 2 Kings 17.33 A. That we worship God and him alone Q. What is here forbidden A. 1. All not worshipping of God which is Atheism 2. Worshipping others and not God which is Idolatry 3. Worshipping others together with God which is Polutheism Q. Which is the second commandment A. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image c. Exod. 20.4 5 6. Deut. 4.12 12.30 31 32. Q. What is here commanded A. That God is to be worshipped with his own worship onely Q. What is here forbidden A. 1. Contempt of external worship Ezek. 33.31 Luke 19.16 Acts 7.41 Col. 2.18.21 Matt. 15.19 2. All Will-worship 1. Idolatry viz. worshipping God at or in an image by which it is distinguished from that Idolatry forbidden in the first commandment 2. Superstition Q. Which is the third commandment A. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain Exo. 20.7 Deut. 12.5 1 Cor 14.40 26. Mal. 1.11 12 13. Q. What is here commanded A. That we worship God after a due maner inwardly and outwardly and that we use his Name reverently at all times Q. What are we here forbidden A. All irreverence in the worship of God or concerning the use of his name Eccles 5.1 2. as contempt rashness lightness blasphemy c. Q. What are we to understand by the Name of God Ioel 2.32 Exo. 33.19 with 34.6 Exod. 3.14 15. Mal. 1.11 Iohn 17.6 11 12. Psal 8.9 Exod. 20 8 9 10 11. Gè 2.2 3 Act. 20.7 1 Cor. 16.2 Rev. 1.10 Gal. 4.10 Col. 2.16 Is 58.13 Gen. 2.2 3. Exod. 16.25 26 30 Rev. 1.10 1 Cor. 16 2. Iohn 20.19 26. Act. 20.7 A. All those things by which God hath made himself known to be as his 1. Essence where are his Names and Attributes 2. Subsistence viz. the Trinity of persons in that one Essence 3. Decree 4. Worship 5. Words 6. Works Q. What is the fourth commandment A. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy c. Q. What are we here commanded A. The setting apart of the seventh Day to the immediate service of God Q. What are we here forbidden A. Any humane institutions of holy-days or holy time The employing of this time in any such way as hinders the worship of the day Q. By what arguments amongst others do you conclude the Morality of the Sabbath A. 1. From the institution of it being before the fall and consequently before the Ceremonial Law 2. Because 't is one of the Ten Commandments which all are the Moral Law 3. The change of the day was by Divine authority Q. What is the subject of the second Table A. Our duty towards our neighbor Q. After what order is our duty towards our neighbor taught A. Concerning his Honor command 5. Life command 6. Chastity command 7. Goods command 8. Good name command 9. Prosperity command 10. Q. Which is the fifth Commandment Exod. 20 12. Eph. 6.2 2 Kings 2.12 2 Kings 2.5 13 14. 1 Pet. 2.7 Rom. 12.10 2 Tim. 3.2 Isa 3.5 Exod. 20 13. Matt. 25.45 1 Ioh. 3.17 Matth. 5.22 viz. The first of the second Table A. Honor thy father and thy Mother Q. What are we here commanded A. That we walk orderly in our calling inwardly acknowledging and outwardly according to rule expressing that honor which is due to superiors equals inferiors according to their several relations Q. What is here forbidden A. All neglect of duty in this kinde Q. Which is the sixth commandment A. Thou shalt not kill Q. What are we here commanded A. The use of all due means that conduce to the good of our neighbor concerning his spiritual and temporal life Q. What are we here forbidden A. The neglect of any due means tending to that end or use or of any means contrary thereunto Exod. 28 14. Thess 4.4 1 Cor. 7.34 1 Thess 4.5 Iob 31.1 Q. Which is the seventh commandment A. Thou shalt not commit adultery Q. What are we here commanded A. The use of all due means for the preservation of our own and our neighbors chastity Q. What are we here forbidden A. All uncleanness together with the means Exod. 20.15 Prov. 22.2 2 Thess 3.12 Luke 3.14 1 Thess 4.6 Prov. 20.10 signs or accessaries thereof or tending thereunto Q. Which is the eighth commandment A. Thou shalt not steal Q. What is here commanded A. That proprieties being kept undisturbed we possess that which is our own not anothers and that without injury unto any Q. What are we here forbidden A All fraudulence and corruptnes in our dealing concerning matters of commutative justice Q. Which is the ninth commandment A. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor Exod. 20 16. Psa 15. 2 Eph. 4.25 Deut. 17.6 Psa 12.2 Matt. 26.60 61. Eph. 4.25 Q. What are we here commanded A. To use all due means to know the truth and to bear witness to the known truth being called thereunto Q. What is here forbidden A. All lying by direct false testimony or unlawful ambiguity 2. Concealing the truth we ought to reveal Pro. 24.11 11.3 1 Sam. 1.13 Exod. 20 17. Heb. 13.5 1 Tim. 6.6 Phil. 4.11 Heb. 13.5 Iob. 5.2 3. Revealing the truth we ought to conceal 4. Also whatsoever may do harm to the truth as unjust suspition Q. What is the tenth commandment A. Thou shalt not Covet Q. What are we here commanded A. Contentation in our present estate Q. What are we here forbidden A. Desiring of or envying at the good of our neighbor FINIS