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The church-catechism enlarg'd and explain'd in an easie and familiar method, with the scripture-proofs annexed thereunto.
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R. M.
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4.2 Yes * Must we not Reverence his name in his Worship Psal 111.9 call upon his name and bless it Job 1.21 Yes * Must we not Honour his name in our Actions and take heed that we deny it not before men Rev. 2.13 Yes Qu. Which is the Fourth Commandment Answ Remember that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day c. § SEEING nature teacheth us there must be a time fixt for Gods worship is it fit that it should be left to men to determine it No. Hath not God fix't a Seventh part of time and made the observing it part of his Moral Law that shall not pass away Mat. 5.18 Yes Was not the Sabbath ordain'd in Paradice Gen. 2.2 3. observ'd before the Ceremonial Law Exod. 16.25 and ordered to continue in Gospel times Isa 56.1 2. Yes * But is it necessary to observe the same day of the Week which the Jews observed before the Resurrection of Christ Mark 2.28 Ezek. 43.27 No. Is not the first day of the week on which He arose called the Lords day Rev. 1.10 and mention'd as the known time for Worship in the Churches 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Yes And have we not the constant Practice of the Church for this change from the Apostles time to this day Acts 2.1 and 20.6 7. Yes § ARE we less oblig'd to Gospel Ordinances on the Lords day than the Jews were to their legal observances on their Sabbath Levit. 23.3 No. * Should we not remember the Holy Sabbath to prepare for it before it comes Luk. 23.54 Isa 66.23 Yes * Are we not to observe on the Sabbath a Rest from all manner of common work and business Neh. 13.15 Yes But must we neglect works of Piety though done with bodily labour Mat. 12.5 or works of necessity and mercy Luk. 14.5 No. May we think and talk of the worldly business that we abstain from doing Ezek. 33.31 32 or run to Recreations and Secular Pleasures Isa 58.13 No. * Must it not be a Holy Rest taken up in observing all duties of Divine Worship Acts 20.7 Yes Must we not rise Early Psal 92.2 and persist in the duties of the day without weariness or grudging Amos. 8.5 Yes * Can we keep a Sabbath aright if we wilfully neglect or forsake the Publick Assemblies Heb. 10 2◠No. Yet when they are over is not the rest of the day to be spent in repetition of what we have heard Holy conference and meditation Luk. 24.14 17. Yes § MAY Masters of Families into whose hands this Commandment is put Exod. 20.10 suffer any under their charge to Prophane the Sabbath No. And must not Magistrates enjoyn the observation of the Sabbath and punish the neglect Neh. 13.17 22. Yes Yet if they neglect it will God suffer Sabbath breakers to go unpunisht Jer. 17.27 No. †And are days of Fasting and Thanksgiving Lawfully appointed to be Religiously observ'd Esth 4.16 and 9.21 Yes § DARE you rob God of what He claims an Interest in when He hath allowed you Six days for your own Work No. Hath not God given his own Example by resting Himself on the Seventh day and blessing and hallowing the Sabbath Gen. 2.3 Yes †Doth not the keeping the Sabbath tend highly to the Honour or God Isa 58.13 and the preserving his Worship in the World Ezek. 20.12 Yes Can we expect a blessing on our Week-days Labour if we prophane the Sabbath Isa 56.2 No. Yet is it enough to Worship God on the Lords day if we neglect his Worship on other days Psal 145.2 No. Qu. Which is the Fifth Commandment Answ Honour thy Father and thy Mother c. § DOTH not this Commandment enjoyn the mutual duties of Superiours and Inferiours to each other in every Relation Yes 1. Must not Children honour their natural Parents the Authors of their being under God Eph. 6.2 Yes * If Parents are Aged Poor or Weak may Children despise them in Heart or Carriage Pro. 23.22 No. * Must they not fear to offend them Levit. 19.3 and Submit to their reproofs and corrections Heb. 12.9 Yes * Must they not obey their Commands in all Lawful things though they seem harsh and severe Col. 3.20 Yes * May they murmur at their Provision or reject their advice in Marriage or matters of moment Gen. 21.21 and 26.24 No. * Must they not follow their Godly Instructions and examples Pro. 4.1 3. and endeavour to be a Comfort to them in their old Age Prov. 10.1 and 25.20 Yes * May they divulge their infirmities wast their estates Prov. 19.26 or reflect dishonour upon them by their wicked Lives Prov. 29.15 No. * Must they not endeavour to requite their Parent◠in praying for them and maintaining them if they be in want 1 Tim. 5.4 Yes And must not Children by Adoption and affinity honour their Parents Esth 2.7 20. Ruth 3.1 5. Yes § DO not Parents owe to their Children tender sincere and constant Love Col. 3.21 Yes May they under pretence of loving them lose their just Authority over them Gen. 18.19 No. * Having seriously devoted them to God must they not diligently teach and instruct them Deut. 6 6-8 Yes * May they suffer them to live in idleness without a Lawful Calling and honest labour Mat. 21.28 No. * Must they not mark their Inclinations and Company reprove them for their faults and in case of sin and stubbornness correct them Prov. 29.15 17. and 23.13 14. Yes But may they by reproachful Language and wicked Commands provoke them to wrath and discourage them Eph. 6.4 No. * Must they not set them a good example and dayly pray for a blessing upon them Job 1.5 Yes 2. Must not Servants honour their Masters 1 Tim. 6.1 and obey their just Commands 1 Pet. 2.18 Yes * May they by stubborn silence private mutterings or cross answers provoke their Masters Tit. 2.9 No. May they wast their Masters Goods Tit. 2.9 or neglect his business when his Eye is off Col. 3.22 23. No. * Must they not bless God for Godly Masters pray for them Gen. 24.12 and submit to Instructions and Reproofs Yes § SHOULD Masters that would mind their Duty be indifferent or careless about what Servants they take into their Houses Psal 101.6 7. No. * May they rule over them with rigour as if they were Slaves or Beasts Levit. 25.46 without regard to the health of their Bodies Mat 8.5 6. or good of their Souls Gen. 18.19 No. * Must they not give them what is just and equal as to Instruction Provision Work and Wages Prov. 31.15 Jam. 5.4 Yes 3. Is not the duty of Wives Sum'd up in a reverend and quiet Subjection and the duty of Husbands in an entire and intense love Eph. 5.24 25. Yes 4. Are not Magistrates our civil Parents Isa 49.23 and must we not Honour and Reverence them 1 Pet. 2.17 Yes * May we revile our Rulers or use any indecent words concerning them Eccl. 10.20 Acts 23.5 No. * Must we not by all just means defend