see afar off and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins and offensive walkings q Rom. 2. 23 24. Thou that makest thy boast of the law through breaking the law dishonourest thou God V. 24. For the Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you as it is written or backsliding from it r Gal. 3. 1 3. O foolish Galatians who hath betwitched that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth crucified among you V. 3. Are ye so foolish having begun in the spirit are ye now made perfect in the flesh Heb. 6. 6. If they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance seeing they crucifie to themselves afresh the Son of God and put him to open shame Q. What Reasons are annexed to the third Commandment A. The Reasons annexed to the third Commandment in these words The Lord thy God and For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain Å¿ Exod. 20. 7. are because he is the Lord and our God and therefore his Name is not to be profaned or any way abused by us t Lev. 19. 12. And ye shall not swear by my Name falsely neither shalt thou profane the Name of thy God I am the Lord. especially because he is so far from acquitting and sparing the transgressors of this Commandment as that he will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgement u Ezek. 36. 21 22 23. But I had pity for mine holy Name which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen whither they went V. 22. Therefore say unto the house of Israel Thus saith the Lord God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel but for mine holy Names sake which ye have profaned among the heathen whither ye went V. 23. I will sanctifie my great Name which was profaned among the heathen which ye have profaned in the midst of them and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord saith the Lord God when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes Deut. 28. 58 59. If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this Law that are written in this book that thou maist fear this glorious and fearful Name THE LORD THY GOD. V. 59. Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful and the plagues of thy seed even great plagues and of long continuance and sore sicknesses and of long continuance Zech. 5. 2 3 4. And he said unto me What seest thou and I answered I see a flying roll the length thereof twenty cubits and the breadth thereof thirty cubits V. 3. Then said he unto me This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it V. 4. I will bring it forth saith the Lord of hosts and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my Name albeit many such escape the censures and punishments of men * 1 Sam. 2. 12 -17.-22.-24 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial they knew not the Lord. V. 17. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. V. 22. Now Eli was very old and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation V. 24. Nay my sons for it is no good report that I hear ye make the Lords people to transgress Compared with 1 Sam. 3. 13. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not Q. Which is the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment is Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy worke but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates 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 x Exod. 20. 8 9 10 11. Q. What is required in the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment requireth of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set time as he hath appointed in his Word expresly one whole day in seven which was the seventh from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ and the first day of the week ever since and so to continue to the end of the world which is the Christian Sabbath y Deut. 5. 12 13 14. Keep the Sabbath day to sanctifie it as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee V. 13. Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work V. 14. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy man-servant nor thy maid servant nor thine ox nor thine asse nor any of thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou Gen. 2. 2 3. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he made V. 3. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it he rested from all his work which God created and made 1 Cor. 16. 1 2. Now concerning the collection for the saints as I have given order to the Churches of Galatia so do ye V. 2. The first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no gatherings when I come Act. 20. 7. And upon the first day of the week when the disciples came together to break bread Paul preacht to them ready to depart on the morrow c. Mat. 5. 17 18. Think not that I come to destroy the Law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil V. 18. For verily I say unto you till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled Isai 56. 2 -4 6 7. Blessed is the man that doth this and the son of man that layeth hold on it that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it and keepeth his hand from doing evil V. 4. For thus saith the Lord unto the Eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths and chuse the things that please me and take hold of my Covenant V. 6. Also the
sons of the stranger that joyn themselves to the Lord to serve him and to love the Name of the Lord to be his servants every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it and taketh hold of my Covenant V. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine Altar for mine house shall be called c. and in the New Testament called the Lords day z Rev. 1. 10. I was in the spirit on the Lords day and heard behind me c. Q. How is the Sabbath or Lords day to be sanctified A. The Sabbath or Lords day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day a Exod. 20. 8 -10 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy V. 10. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shall not do any work thou nor thy son c. not onely from such works as are at all times sinful but even from such worldly imployments and recreations as are on other dayes lawful b Exod. 16. 25 26 27 28. And Moses said Eat that to day for to day is a Sabbath unto the Lord to day ye shall not finde it in the field V. 26. Six dayes shall ye gather it but on the seventh day which is the Sabbath in it there shall be none V. 27. And it came to passe that there went out some of the people on the seventh day to gather and they found none V. 28. And the Lord said unto Moses How long refuse ye to keep my Commandments and my Laws Neh. 13. 15 16 17 18 19 -21 22. In those dayes saw I in Judah some treading Wine-presses on the Sabbath day and bringing in sheaves and lading â—sses as also wine grapes and figs and 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 contended I 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 no God bring all this evil upon us and upon this City yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath V. 19. And it came to passe 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. 20. So the merchants and sellers of all sorts of ware were lodged without Jerusalem once or twice V. 21. Then testified I against them saying Why lodge 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 come and keep the gates to sanctifie the Sabbath Remember me O my God concerning this also c. Jer. 17. 21 22. Thus saith the Lord Take heed to your selves and bear no burden on the Sobbath day neither bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem V. 22. Neither carry forth a burden out of your house on the Sabbath nor do ye any work but hallow ye the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers and making it our delight to spend the whole time except so much of it as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercy c 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 hungred and began to plack the ears of corn and to eat But when the Pharisees saw it c. in the publick and private exercises of Gods worship d Isa 58. 13. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbaâ—h a delight the Holy of the Lord honourable and shalt honour him not doing thine own wayes nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words 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 when the Disciples came together to break bread Paul preached to them ready to depart on the morrow 1 Cor 16. 1 2. Now concerning the collection for the Saints as I have given order to the Churches of Galatia even so do ye V. 2. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no gatherings when I come Psal 92. Title A Psalm or song for the Sabbath day Isa 66. 23. And it shall come to passe that from one new Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the Lord. Lev. 23. 3. Six dayes shall work be done 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 and to that end we are to prepare our hearts and with such fore-sight diligence and moderation to dispose and seasonably to dispatch our worldly business that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day e Exod. 20. 8. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Luk. 23. 54 -56 And that day was the preparation and the Sabbath drew on V. 56 And they returned and prepared spices and ointments and rested the Sabbath day according to the Commandment Exod. 16. 22 -25 26 -29 And it came to passe on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread two Omers for one man and all the Rulers of the Congregation came and told Moses V. 25. And Moses said Eat that to day for to day is a Sabbath unto the Lord to day ye shall not find it in the field V. 26. Six dayes shall ye gather it but on the seventh day which is the Sabbath there shall be none V. 29. See for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two dayes abide you every man in his place let no man go out of his place on the seventh day Neh. 13. 19. And it came to passe 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 set I at the gates
that there should be no burden brought in on the Sabbath day Q. Why is the charge of keeping the Sabbath more specially directed to governours of families and other superiours A. The charge of keeping the Sabbath is more specially directed to governours of families and other superiours because they are bound not only to keep it themselves but to see that it be observed by all those that are under their charge and because they are prone oft times to hinder them by imployments of their own f Exod. 20. 10. In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor the stranger that is within thy gates Josh 24. 15. but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Neh. 13. 15-17 In those dayes saw I in Judah some treading the wine-presses c. See above in b Jer. 17. 20 21 22. And say unto them Hear the word of the Lord ye Kings of Judah and all Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that enter in by these gates V. 21. Thus saith the Lord Take heed to your selves and bear no burden on the Sabbath day c. See above in b Exod. 23. 12. Six dayes shalt thou do thy work and on the seventh day thou shalt rest that thine oxe and thine asse may rest and the son of thine hand-maid and the stranger may be refreshed Q. What are the sins forbidden in the fourth Commandment A. The sins forbidden in the fourth Commandment are all omissions of the duties required g 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 they have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths and I am profaned among them all careless negligent and unprofitable performing of them and being weary of them h Act. 20. 7 -9 And upon the first day of the week when the Disciples came together to break bread Paul Preached unto them ready to depart on the morrow and continued his speech until 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 Ezek. 33. 30 31 32. Also thou son of man the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses and speak one to another every one to his brother saying Come I pray you and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. V. 31. And they come unto thee as the people cometh and sit before thee as my people and hear my words but they will not do them for with their mouth they shew much love but their heart runneth after their covetousness V. 32. And lo thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument for they hear thy words but they do them not 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 falsifying the balances by deceit Mal. 1. 13. Ye said also Behold what a weariness is it and ye 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 all profaning the day by idleness and doing that which is in it self finful i Eze. 23. 38. Moreover this they have done to me They have defiled my sanctuary in the same day and have profaned my Sabbaths and by all needless works words and thoughts about our worldly imployments and recreations k Jer. 17. 24 -27 And it shall come to passe 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. 27. But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the Sabbath and not to bear a burden even entring in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched Isai 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 the more to enforce it A. The Reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment the more to enforce it are taken from the equity of it God allowing us six dayes of seven for our own affairs and reserving but one for himself in these words Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work l Exod. 20. 9. from Gods challenging a special propriety in that day The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God m Exod. 20. 10. from the example of God who in six dayes made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day and from that blessing which God put upon that day not onely in sanctifying it to be a day for his service but in ordaining it to be a meanes of blessing to us in our sanctifying it wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hollowed it n Exod. 20. 11. Q. Why is the word Remember set in the beginning of the fourth Commandment A. The word Remember is set in the beginning of the fourth Commandment o Exo. 20. 8. partly because of the great benefit of remembring it we being thereby helped in our preparation to keep it p Exo. 16. 23. And he said unto them This is that which the Lord hath said To morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord bake that which ye will bake to day and seeth that ye will seeth and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept till morning Luk. 23. 54 -56 And that day was the Preparation and the sabbath drew on V. 56. And they returned and prepared spices and ointments and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment Compared with Mar. 15. 42. And now when the even was come because it was the preparation that is the day before the sabbath Neh. 13. 19. And it came to passe 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 in keeping it better to keep all the rest of the Commandments q Psal 92.
of Saints V. 4. Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy Name for thou only art holy for all nations shall come and worship before thee for thy judgments are made manifest Ordinances (b) Mal. 1. 11 14. For from the rising of the Sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among rhe Gentiles and in every place incense shall be offered unto thy name and a pure offering for my name shall be great among the heathen saith the Lord of hosts V. 14. But cursed be the deceiver that hath in his flock a male and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing for I am a great King saith the Lord of hosts and my name is dreadful among the heathen Word (c) Psal 138. 1 2. I will praiâ—â— thee with my whole heart before the gods will I sing praise unto thee V. 2. I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy name for thy loving Kindness and for thy truth for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name and Works (d) Job 36. 24. Remember that thou magnifie his work which men behold Q. VVhat is forbidden in the third Commandment A. The third Commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of any thing whereby God maketh himself known (e.) Mal. 1. 6 7-12 A son honoureth his father and a servant his Master If then I be a father where is mine honor and if I be a Master where is my fear saith the Lord of hosts unto you O Priests that despise my Name and ye say Wherein have we despised thy Name V. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine Altar and ye say Wherein have we polluted thee in that ye say The Table of the Lord is contemptible V. 12. But ye have profaned it in that ye say the Table of the Lord is polluted and the fruit thereof even his meat is contemptible Chap. 2. v. 2. If you will not hear and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my Name saith the Lord of hosts I will even send a curse upon you and will curse your blessings yea I have cursed them already because ye do not lay it to heart Chap. 3. 14. Ye have said it is vain to serve God and what profit is it that we have kept his Ordinances and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts Q. What is the Reason annexed to the third Commandment A. The Reason annexed to the third Commandment is that however the breakers of this Commandment may escape punishment from men yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgement (f) 1 Sam. 2. 12 -17-22.-24 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial they knew not the Lord v. 17. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord for men abhorred the offering of the Lord v. 22. Now Eâ—i was very old and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation v. 24. Nay my sons for it is no good report that I hear ye make the Lords people to transgress 1 Sam. 3. 13. For I have told him that I will judg his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not Deut. 28. 58 59. If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful Name The Lord thy God v. 59. Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful and the plagues of thy seed even great plagues and of long continuance and sore sicknesses and of long continuance Q. Which is the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment is Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates 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 (g) Exo. 20. 8 9 10 11 Q. What is required in the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set time as he hath appointed in his Word expresly one whole day in seven to be a holy Sabbath unto the Lord (h) Deut. 5. 12 13 14. Keep the Sabbath day to sanctifie it as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee v. 13. Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work v. 14. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thine ox nor thine ass nor any of thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou Q. Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath A. From the beginning of the world to the Resurrection of Christ God hath appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath and the first day of the week ever since to continue to the end of the world which is the Christian Sabbath (i) Gen. 2. 2 3. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he made V. 3. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it he rested from all his work which God created and made 1 Cor. 16. 1 2. Now concerning the collection for the Saints as have given order to the Churches of Galatia even so do ye V. 2. 7. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no gatherings when I come Act. 20. 7. And upon the first day of the Week when the disciples came together to break bread Paul preached unto them ready to depart on the morrow and continued his speech until midnight Q. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by an holy resting all that day (k) Exod 20. 8 -10 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy V. 10. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy son c. even from such worldly imployments and recreations as are lawful on other dayes (l) Neh. 13. 15 16 17 18 19 -21 22. In those dayes saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath and bringing in sheaves and lading asses also wine grapes and figs and
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.
fifth Petition which is and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors (l) Mat 6. 12. we pray that God for Christs sake would freely pard on all our sins (m) Psal 51. 1 2 -7 9. Have mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindness according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions v. 2. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin v. 7 Purge me with hysop and I shall be clean wash me 〈◊〉 I shall be whiter then snow v. 9. Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities Dan. 9. 17 18 19. Now therefore our God hear thou the prayer of thy servant and his supplication v. 19. O Lord hear O Lord forgive for thine own sake which we are the rather encouraged to ask because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others (n) Luk. 11. 4. And forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us Mat. 18. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also to you if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses Q. What do we pray for in the sixth Petition A. In the sixth Petition which is And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil (o) Mat. 6. 13. we pray that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin (p) Mat. 26. 41. Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation the Spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak or support and deliver us when we are tempted (q) 2 Cor. 12. 8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me Q. What doth the conclusion of the Lords Prayer teach us A. The conclusion of the Lords Prayer which is For thine is the Kingdom the power and the glory for ever Amen (r) Mat. 6. 13. teacheth us to take our incouragement in prayer from God onely (Å¿) Dan. 9. 4-7 8 9 -16 17 18 19. And I prayed unto the Lord my God and made my confession and said O Lord the great and dreadful God keeping the Covenant and mercy to them that love him and keep his Commandments v. 7. O Lord righteousuess belongeth unto thee but unto us confusion of faces as at this day to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and unto all Israel that are neer and that are far off thorow all the countreys whither thou hast driven them because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee v. 8. O Lord to us belongeth confusion of face to our Kings to our Princes to our Fathers because we have trespassed against thee v. 9. To the Lord our God belongs mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him v. 16. O Lord according to all thy righteousness I beseech thee let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy City Jerusalem thy holy mountain because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us v. 17. Now therefore O our God hear the prayer of thy servant and his supplications and cause thy face to shine upon the Sanctuary that is desolate for the Lords sake v. 18. O my God encline thine ear and hear open thine eyes and behold our desolation and the City that is called by thy Name for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness but for thy great mercies v. 19. O Lord hear O Lord forgive O Lord hearken and doe defer not for thine own sake O my God for thy City and thy people are called by thy Name and in our prayers to praise him ascribing Kingdom power and glory to him (t) 1 Chr. 29. 10 11 12 13. Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the Congregation and David said Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel our Father for ever v. 11. Thine O Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine thine is the Kingdom O Lord and thou art exalted as head above all v. 12. Both riches and honours come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all v. 13. Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious name And in testimony of our desire and assurance to be heard we say Amen (u) 1 Cor. 14. 16. Else when thou shalt bless with the Spirit how shall he that ocupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest Rev. 22. 20 21. He which testifieth these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so come Lâ—rd Jesus v. 21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all AMEN The Ten COMMANDMENTS EXODUS XX. GOD spake all these words saying I am the LORD thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage I. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thy self to them nor serve them For I the LORD thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments III Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain For the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain IV. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six dayes shalt thou labor and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates 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 V. Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt not kill VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is thy neighbors FINIS The LORDS PRAYER Matth. 6. OVr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be
Title A Psalm or song for the sabbath day Compared with vers 13 14. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the Courts of our God V. 14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and flourishing Ezek. 20. 12 -19 20. Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths to be a signe between me and them that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctifie them V. 19. I am the Lord your God walk in my statutes and keep my judgements and do them V. 20. And hallow my sabbaths and they shall be a sign between me and you that ye may know that I am the Lord your God and to continue a thankful remembrance of the two great benefits of Creation and Redemption which contain a short abridgement of Religion r Gen. 2. 2 3. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made V. 3. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made Psal 118. 22 -24 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner V. 24. This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoyce and be glad in it Compared with Act. 4 10 11. Be it known unto you all and unto all the people of Israel that by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye crucified whom God raised from the dead even by him doth this man stand here before you whole V. 11. This is the stone which was set at nought by you builders which is become the head of the corner Rev. 1. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lords day and heard behind me a voice as of a Trumpet and partly because we are very ready to forget it Å¿ Ezek. 22. 26. Her Priests have violated my Law and profaned my holy things they have put no difference between the holy and profane the unclean and the clean and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths and I am profaned among them for that there is less light of nature for it t Neh. 9. 14. And madest known unto them the holy Sabbath and commandedst them precepts and statutes and laws by the hand of Moses thy servant and yet it restraineth our natural liberty in things at other times lawful u Exod. 34. 21. Six dayes shalt thou work but on the seventh day thou shalt rest in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest that it cometh but once in seven dayes and many worldly businesses come between and too often take off our minds from thinking of it either to prepare for it or to sanctifie it * Deut. 5. 14 15. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord c. V. 15. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day 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 and that Satan with his instruments much labour to blot out the glory and even the memory of it to bring in all irreligion and impiety x Lam. 1. 7. Jerusalem remembred in the dayes of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the dayes of old when her people fell into the hand of the enemy and none did help her the adversaries saw her and did mock at her sabbaths Jer. 17. 21. 22 23. Thus saith the Lord Take heed to your selves and bear no burden on the Sabbath day nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem V. 22. Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day nor do ye any work but hallow ye the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers V. 23. But they obeyed not neither inclined their ear but made their neck stiff that they might not hear nor receive instruction Neh. 13. from v. 15. to v. 23. In those dayes saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath day c. Q. What is the sum of the six Commandments which contain our duty to man A. The summe of the six Commandments which contain our duty to man is to love our neighbour as our selves y Mat. 22. 39. And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self and to do to others what we would have them do to us z Mat. 7. 12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even to them for this is the Law and the Prophets Q. Which is the fift 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 a Exod. 20. 12. Q. Who are meant by Father and Mother in the fifth Commandment A. By Father and Mother in the fifth Commandment are meant not onely natural parents b Pro. 23. 22 -25 Hearken to thy father that begat thee and despise not thy mother when she is old V. 25. Thy father and mother shall be glad and she that bare thee shall rejoyce Eph. 6. 1 2. Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right V. 2. Honour thy father and thy mother which is the first Commandment with promise but all superiours in age c 1 Tim. 5. 1 2. Rebuke not an Elder but entreat him as a father and the yonger men as brethren V. 2. The elder women as mothers the younger as sisters with all purity and gifts d Gen. 4. 20. 21 22. And Adah bare Jubal he was the Father of such as dwell in Tents and of such as have cattel V. 21. And his brothers name was Juba he was the father of all such as handle the Harp and Organ V. 22. And Zillah she also bare Tubal Cain an instructer of every Artificer in Brasse and Iron c Gen. 45. 8. So now it was not you that sent me hither but God he hath made me a father to Pharaoh and Lord of all his house and Ruler throughout all the land of Egypt and especially such as by GODS ordinance are over us in place of authority whether in Family e 2 Kin. 5. 13. And his servants came neer and spake unto him My father if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing c. Church f 2 Kin. 2. 12. And Elisha saw it and he cryed My father my father the Chariot of Israel and the horsmen thereof 2 Kin. 13. 14. Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he dyed and Joash the
the truth because there is no truth in him when he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own for he is a liar and the father of it limiting and ordering that and all their sins to his own glory d Job 1. 12. And the Lord said unto Satan Behold all that he hath is in thy power onely vpon himself put not forth thy hand so Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. Mat. 8. 31. And the Devâ—ls be sought him saying If thou cast us out suffer us to go away into the heard of swine and establâ—shed the rest in holinesse and happinesse e 1 Tim. 5. 21. I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ the elect Angels that thou observe these things without preferring one before another doing nothing by partiality Mar. 8. 38. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy Angels Hâ—b 12. 22. But ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the City of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable company of angels imploying them all f Psal 104. 4. Who makâ—th his Angels Spirits his Ministers a flaming fire at his pleasure in the administration of his power mercy and justice g 2 King 19. 35. And it came to pass that night that the Angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the â—ssyrians 185000. and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses Heb. 1. 14. Are they not all ministring Spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation Q. What was the Providence of God toward man in the estate wherein he was created A. The Providence of God toward man in the estate wherein he was created was the placing him in Paradise appointing him to dresse it giving him liberty to eat of the fruit of the earth h Gen. 2. 8 -15 16. And the Lord planted a Garden Eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed V. 15. And the Lord took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dresse it and keep it And the Lord God commanded the man saying Of every tree of the garden thou maist freely eat putting the creatures under his dominion i Gen. 1. 28. And God blessed them and said unto them Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth and ordaining marriage for his help k Gen. 2. 18. And the Lord God said It is not good that the man should be alone I will make him an help meet for him affording him communion with himself l Gen. 1. 26 27 28 29. And God said Let us make man in our own image after our likenesse and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth so God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him male and female created he them And God blessed them and said unto them Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth c And God said Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the face of the earth and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed to you it shall be for meat Gen. 3. 8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord amongst the trees of the garden instituting the Sabbath m Gen. 2. 3. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made entring into a covenant of life with him upon condition of personal perfect and perpetual obedience n Gal. 3. 12. And the Law is not of faith but the man that doth them shall live in them Rom 10. 5. For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the Law that the man who doth those things shall live by them of which the Tree of Life was a pledge o Gen. 2. 9. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil and forbidding to eat of the Tree of knowledge of good and evill upon pain of death p Gen. 2. 17. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die Q. Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him A. Our first Parents being left to the freedome of their own will through the temptation of Satan transgressed the Commandment of God in eating the forbidden fruit and thereby fell from the state of Innocency wherein they were created q Gen. 3 6 7 8-13 And when the woman saw the tree was good for food and pleasant to the sight and a tree to be desired to make one wise she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat And the eyes of them both were opened and they knew they were naked and they sewed Fig-leaves together and made themselves aprons And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord amongst the trees of the garden V. 13. And the Lord God said unto the woman What is this that thou hast done and the woman said The Serpent beguiled me and I did eat Eccl. 7. 29. Loe this onely have I found that God made man upright but they have sought out many inventions 2 Cor. 11. 3. But I fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty so your minds be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ Q. Did all mankind fall in that first Transgression A. The Covenant being made with Adam as a publick person not for himself onely but for his posterity all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation r Act. 17. 26. And hath made of one blood all Nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation sinned in him and fell with him in that first transgression Å¿ Gen. 2. 16 17. And the Lord commanded the man saying Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat but of
the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Eph. 2. 4 5-7 8 9. But God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us V. 5. Even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ by grace ye are saved V. 7. That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus V. 8. For by grace ye are saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God V. 9. Not of works lest any man should boast Rom. 9. 11. For the children being not yet born neither having done any good or evil that the purpose of God according to election might stand not of works but of him that calleth he doth in his accepted time invite and draw them to Jesus Christ by his Word and Spirit l 2 Cor. 5. 20. Now then we are Ambassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christs stead be ye reconciled to God Compared with 2 Cor. 6. 1 2. We then as workers together with him beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain for he saith I have heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee Behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation Joh. 6. 44. No man can come to me except the Father who hath sent me draw him and I will raise him up at the last day 2 Thess 2. 13 14. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth Whereunto he hath called you by our Gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ savingly inlightning their mindes m Acts 26. 18. To open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith which is in me 1 Cor. 2. 10 -12 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things yea even the deep things of God V. 12. Now we have not received the Spirit of the world but the Spirit which is of God that ye might know the things freely given us of God renewing and powerfully determining their wills n Ezek. 11. 19. I will give them one heart and I will put a new Spirit within you and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and will give them an heart of flesh Ezek. 36. 26 29. A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh V. 29. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses and I will call for the corn and increase it and lay no famine upon you Joh. 6. 45. It is written in the Prophets And they shall be all taught of God every man therefore that hath heard and learned of the Father cometh unto me so as they although in themselves dead in sin are hereby made willing and able freely to answer his call and to accept and imbrace the grace offered and conveyed therein o Eph. 2. 5. Even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ by grace ye are saved Phil. 2. 13. For it is God that worketh in you to will and to do of his good pleasure Deut. 30. 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart and the heart of thy seed to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul that thou maist live Q. Are the Elect effectually called A. All the Elect and they onely are effectually called p Act. 13. 48. And when the Gentiles heard this they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed although others may be and often are outwardly called by the ministery of the Word q Mat. 22. 14. For many are called but few are chosen and have some common operations of the Spirit r Mat. 7. 22. Many will say unto me in that day Lord Lord Have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name cast out Divels and in thy name done many wonderful works Mat. 13. 20 21. But he that received the seed into stony places the same is he that heareth the word and anon with joy received it yet hath he not root in himself but dureth for a while for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended Heb. 6. 4 5. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightned and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the holy Ghost and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come If they c. who for their wilful neglect and contempt of the grace offered to them being justly left in their unbelief do never truly come to Jesus Christ Å¿ Joh. 12. 38 39 40. That the saying of Esaias the Prophet might be fulfilled which he spake Lord who hath believed our report and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed V. 39 Therefore they could not believe because that Esaias said again V. 40. He hath blinded their eyes and hardned their heart that they should not see with their eyes and understand with their heart and be converted and I should heal them Act. 28. 25 26 27. And when they agreed not among themselves they departed after that Paul had spoken one word Well spake the Holy Ghost by the Prophet Esaias unto our Fathers saying V. 26. Go unto this people and say Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand and seeing ye shall see and not perceive V. 27. For the heart of this people is waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing and their eyes have they closed least they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears understand with their heart and be converted and I should heal them Joh. 6. 64 65. But there are some of you that believe not For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not and who should betray him V. 65. And he said Therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto me except it were given him of the Father Psal 81. 11 12. But my people would not hearken to my voice and Israel would have none of me so I gave them up to their own hearts lusts and they walked in their own counsels Q. What is the Communion in Grace which the Members of the Invisible Church have with Christ A. The Communion in Grace which the Members of the Invisible Church have with
that I thought to do unto them Exod. 20. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vain Compared with Psal 15. 1 -4 5 Lord who shall abide in thy Tabernacle and who shall dwell in thy holy Hill V. 4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned but he honoureth them that fear the Lord he that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not V. 5. He that putteth not his money out to usury nor He that doth these things shall never be moved And with Psal 24. 4 5. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lift up his hands unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully V. 5. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation 5. That what God forbids is at no time to be done * Job 13. 7 8. Will ye speak wickedly for God and talk deceitfully for him V. 8. Will ye accept his person will ye contend for God Rom 3. 8. And not rather as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say Let us do evil that good may come whose damnation is just Job 36. 21. Take heed regard not iniquity for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction Heb. 11. 25. Chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season what he commands is alwayes our duty x Deut. 4. 8 9. And what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day V. 9. Onely take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently least thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and least they depart from thy heart all the dayes of thy life but teach them thy sons and thy sons sons and yet every particular duty is not to be done at all times y Mat. 12. 7. But if ye had known what this meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice ye would not have condemned the guiltless 6. That under one sin or duty all of the same kind are forbidden or commanded together with all the causes means occasions and appearances thereof and provocations thereunto z Matt. 5. 21 22-27 28. See s before V. 27. Ye have heard that it hath been said of old Thou shalt not commit adultery But I say unto you whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart Mat. 15. 4 5 6. For God commanded saying Honour thy father and thy mother and he that curseth his father and his mother let him die the death V. 5. But ye say that whosoever shall say to his father or mother It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me and honour not his father and his mother he shall be free thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition Heb. 10. 24 25. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and unto good works V. 25. Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approaching 1 Thess 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil Jude v. 23. And others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-glory provoking one another envying one another Col. 3. 21. Fathers provoke not your children to anger least they be discouraged 7. That what is forbidden or commanded to our selves we are bound according to our places to endeavour that it may be avoided or performed by others according to the duty of their places a Exod. 20. 10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor the stranger that is within thy gates Lev. 19. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him 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 to do justice and judgement that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoke of him Josh 24. 15. And if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord chuse you this day whom ye will serve but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Deut. 6. 6 7. And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thy heart and thou shalt teach them diligently to thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up 8. That in what is commanded to others we are bound according to our places and callings to be helpful to them b 2 Cor. 1. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith but are helpers of your joy and to take heed of pertaking with others in what is forbidden them c 1 Tim. 5. 22. Lay hands suddenly on no man neither be partaker of other mens sins keep thy self pure Eph. 5. 11. And have no fellowship with the unprofitable works of darkness but rather reprove them Q. What special things are we to consider in the ten Commandments A. We are to consider in the ten Commandments the Preface the substance of the Commandments themselves and several reasons annexed to some of them the more to inforce them Q. What is the Preface to the Commandments A. The Preface to the Commandments is contained in these words I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage d Exod. 20. 2. wherein God manifesteth his Soveraignty as being Jehovah the Eternal Immutable and Almighty God e Isai 44. 6. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts I am the first and I am the last and besides me there is no God having his Being in and of himself f Exod. 3. 14. And God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM and he said Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel I AM hath sent me unto you and giving being to all his words g Ex. 6. 3. And I appeared unto Abraham and Isaac and Jacob by the name of God Almighty but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them and works h Act. 17. 24-28 God that made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of heaven and of earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands V. 28. For in him we live and move and have our being as certain also of your
at any time your hearts be over-charged with surfeting and drunkenness and the cares of this life and so that day come upon you unawares Rom. 13. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying labour (q) Eccl. 12. 12. Furthermore by these my son be admonished of making many books there is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh Eccl. 2. 22 23. For what hath a man of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the Sun V. 23. For all his dayes are sorrow and his travel grief yea his heart taketh not rest in the night This is also vanity and recreations (r) Isa 5. 12. And the harp and the viol and the tabret and pipe and wine are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord nor consider the operation of his hands provoking words (Å¿) Prov. 15. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger Prov. 12. 18. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword but the tongue of the wise is health oppression (t) Ezek. 18. 18. As for his father because he cruelly oppressed and spoiled his brother by violence and did that which was not good among his people lo even he shall dye in his iniquitie Exod. 1. 14. And they made their lives bitter with bondage in mortar and brick and all manner of service in the field all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigour quarrelling (u) Gal. 5. 15. But if ye bite and devour one another take heed ye be not consumed one of another Prov. 23. 29. Who hath wo who hath sorrow who hath contentions who hath babling who hath wounds without cause c. striking wounding * Num. 35. 16 17 18-21 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron so that he dye he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death V. 17. And if he smite him with throwing a stone so that he dye he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death V. 18. Or if he smite him with a hand-weapon of wood wherewith he may dye and he dye he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death V. 21. Or in enmity smite him with his hand that he dye he that smote him shall surely be put to death for he is a murderer and whatsoever else tends to the destruction of the life of any (x) Exod. 21. from ver 18. to the end containing laws for smiters for an hurt by chance for an oxe that goreth and for him that is an occasion of harm Q. Which is the seventh Commandment A. The seventh Commandment is Thou shalt not commit adultery (y) Exod. 20. 14. Q. What are the duties required in the seventh Commandment A. The duties required in the seventh Commandment are Chastity in body mind affections z 1 Thes 4. 4. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour Job 31. 1. I have made a Covenant with mine eyes why then should I thâ—nk upon a maid 1 Cor. 7. 34. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin the unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy both in body and spirit but she that is married careth for the things of the world how she may please her husband words a Col. 4. 6. Let your speech be alwayes with grace seasoned with fall that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man and behaviour b 1 Pet. 3. 2 While they behold your chast conversation coupled with fear and the preservation of it in our selves and others c 1 Cor. 7. 2-35 36. Nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband V. 35. And this I speak for your profit not that I may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and that ye may attend upon the Lord without destraction V. 36. But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of her age and need do require let him do what he will he sinneth not let them marry watchfulness over the eyes and all the senses d Job 31. 1. I have made a covenant with mine eyes why then should I think upon a maid temperance e Act. 24. 24 25. And after certain dayes when Felix came with his wife Drusilla which was a Jew he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith of Christ V. 25. And as he reasoned of Righteousness Temperance and Judgement to come Felix trembled c. keeping of chast company f Prov. 2. 16 17 18 19 20. To deliver thee from the strange woman even from the stranger which flattereth with her words V. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the covenant of her God V. 18. For her house inclineth to death and her paths unto the dead V. 19. None that go unto her return again neither take they hold of the paths of life V. 20. That thou maist walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of the righteous modesty in apparel g 1 Tim. 2. 9. In like manner also that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefastness and sobriety not with broidered haire or gold or pearl or costly array marriage by those that have not the gift of continency h 1 Cor. 7. 2-9 Nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband V. 9. But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry then to burn conjugall love i Prov. 5. 19 20. Let her be as the loving Hind and pleasant Roe let her breast satisfie thee at all times and be thou ravisht alwayes with her love V. 20. And why wilt thou my son be ravished with a strange woman and embrace the bosome of a stranger and cohabitation k 1 Pet. 3. 7. Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge giving honour to the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heires together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindred diligent labour in our callings l Prov. 31. 11-27 28. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her so that he shall have no need of spoile V. 27. She looketh well to the wayes of her houshold and eateth not the bread of idleness V. 28. Her children arise up and call her blessed her husband he also praiseth her shunning all occasions of uncleanness and resisting temptations thereunto m Prov. 5. 8. Remove thy way from her and come not nigh the door of her house Gen. 39. 8 9 10. But Joseph refused and said unto his
damsel that is a virgin which is not betrothed and lay hold on her and lye with her and they be found v. 29. Then the man that lay with her shall give to the damsels father fifty shekels of silver and she shall be his wife because he hath humbled her he may not put her away all his dayes Prov. 6. 32 33 34 35. But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding he that doth it destroyeth his own Soul v. 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get and his reproach shall not be wiped away v. 34. For jealousy is the rage of a man therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance V. 35. He will not regard any ransome nor rest content though thou givest many gifts if against means (Å¿) Matt. 11. 21 22 23 24. Wo unto thee Corazim woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes v. 22. But I say unto you it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon c. v. 23. And thou Capernaum that art lifted up to heaven shall be brought down to hell for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day v. 24. But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom c. Joh. 15. 22. If I had not come and spoken unto them they had not had sin but now they have no cloak for their sin mercies (t) Isai 1. 3. The oxe knoweth his owner and the asse his masters crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider Deut. 32. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord O foolish people and unwise is not he thy father that hath bought thee hath he not made thee and established thee judgments (u) Amos 4. 8 9 10 11. So two or three cities wandred unto one city to drink water but they were not satisfied yet have they not returned unto me saith the Lord. v. 9. I have smiten you with blasting and mil-dew c. yet have ye not returned unto me saith the Lord. v. 10. I have sent among you the Pestilence after the manner of Egypt your young men have I slain with the sword c. yet have ye not c. v. 11. I have overthrown some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and ye were as a fire-brand pluckt out of the burning yet have ye not returned unto me saith the Lord. Jer. 5. 3. O Lord are not thine eyes upon the truth Thou hast striken them but they have not grieved thou hast consumed them but they have refused to receive correction they have made their face harder then a rock and refused to return light of nature (*) Rom. 1. 16 17 For this cause God gave them up to vile affections for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature v. 27. And likewise the men leaving the natural use of the women c. and receiving in themselves that recompence of their errour that was meet conviction of conscience (x) Rom. 1 24. Who knowing the judgement of God that they who do such things are worthy of death not onely do the same but have pleasure in them that do them Dan. 5. 22. And thou O Belshazzer his son hast not humbled thy heart though thou knowest all this Tit. 3. 10 11. A man that is an heretick for the first and second admonition reject v. 11. Knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself publick or private admonition (y) Prov. 29. 1. He that being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy censures of the Church (z) Tit. 3. 10. A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject Matt. 18. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them tell it to the Church but if he neglect to hear the Church let him be as an Heathen man and a Publicane civil punishments (a) Prov. 27. 22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a morter among wheat wiâ—h a pâ—stel yet will not his folly depart from him Prov. 23. 25. They have striken me shalt thou say and I was not sick they have beaten me and I left it not when shall I wake I will seek it yet again and our own prayers purposes promises (b) Psal 78. 34 35 36 37. When he slew them then they sought him and returned and enquired early after God v. 35. And they remembred that God was their Rock and the high God their redeemer v. 36. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth and they lyed unto him with their tongues v. 37. For their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his covenants Jer. 2. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burâ—t thy bands and thou saidst I will not transgress when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wandrest playing the harlot Jer. 42. 5 6 -20 21. Then they said to Jeremiah the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us if we do not even according to all things for which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us v. 6. Whether it be good or evil we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we send thee c. v. 20. But ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me to the Lord your God saying Pray for us unto the Lord our God and according to all that the Lord our God shall say so declare unto us and we will do is v. 21. And now I have this day declared it to you but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God nor any thing for which he hath sent me unto you vows (c) Eccles 5. 4 5 6. When thou vowest a vow unto God deferre not to pay it for he hath no pleasure in fools pay that thou hast vowed v. 5. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow then that thou shouldst vow and not pay v. 6. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin neither say thou before the Angel that it was an errour wherefore should God be angry at thy voice and destroy the work of thine hands Prov. 20. 25. It is a suare to the man who devoureth that which is holy and after voweth to make enquiry covenants (d) Lev. 26. 25. And I will bring the sword upon you that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant c. and engagements to God or men (e) Prov. 2. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the covenant of her God Ezek 17. 18 19. Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant when loe he had given his hand and hath done all these things he shall not escape v. 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord God surely