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their bondage in Egypt, so he delivereth us from our spi ritual thraldrom (k); and that therefore we are bound to take him for our God alone, and to keep all his commandments (1).

Q. 102. What is the sum of the four commandments which contain our duty to God?

A. The sum of the four commandments containing our duty to God, is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our strength, and with all our mind (m).

Q. 103. What is the first commandment?

A. The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other Gods before me (n).

Q. 104. Which are the duties required in the first commandment?

A. The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God, to be the only true God, and our God (o); and to worship and glorify him accordingly (p), by thinking (q), meditating (r), remembering (s), highly esteeming (1), honour

(k) Luke 1. 74, 75. That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

(1 Peter 1. 15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Lev. 19. 37. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

(m) Luke 10. 27. And he answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

(n) Exodus 20. 3.

) Deut. 26. 17. Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways,

and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judg ments, and to hearken unto his voice.

(P) Psal. 95. 6. O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

(1) Mal. 3. 16. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

(r) Psal. 63. 6. When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

(s) Eccl. 12. 1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

ing (v), adoring (w), choosing (x), loving (y), desiring (z), fearing of him (a); believing him (b); trusting (c), hoping (d), delighting (e), rejoicing in him (f); being zealous for him (g); calling upon him; giving all praise and thanks (h), and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man (i); being careful in all things to please him (k), and sorrowful when in any thing he is offended (1); and walking humbly with him (m).

(t) Psal 71. 19. Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: 0 God, who is like unto thee?

(v) Mal. 1. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests that despise my name. (Isa. 14. 23. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

(x) Josh. 24. 22. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are wit

nesses.

(y) Deut. 6. 5. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

(=) Psal. 73. 25. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

(u) Isa. 8. 13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

(b) Exod. 14. 31. And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.

(c) Isa. 26. 4. Trust ye in

the Lord forever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.

(d) Psal. 130. 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

(e) Psal. 37. 4. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

(f) Psal. 32. 11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righte ous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

(g) Rom. 12. 11. Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.

(h) Phil. 4, 6. Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.

(i) James 4. 7. Submit your selves therefore to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

(k) 1 John 3. 22. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

(Jer. 31. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bul lock unaecustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

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(m) Mic. 6. 8. He hath shew. ed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require

Q. 105. What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the first commandment are, Atheism, in denying, or not having a God (n); Idolatry, in having or worshipping more Gods than one, or any with or instead of the true God (o); the not having and avouching him for God, and our God (p); the omission or neglect of any thing due to him, required in this commandment (q); ignorance (r), forgetfulness (s), misapprehensions (t), false opinions (v), unworthy and wicked thoughts of him (w); bold and curious searching into his secrets (x); all profaneness (y), hatred of God (z); selflove (a); self-seeking (b), and all other inordinate and

of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

(n) Psalms 14. 1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God: they are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

(0) Jer. 2. 28. But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble for according to tho number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

(p) Psal. 81. 11. But my people would not hearken unto my voice and Israel would none of

me.

(9) Isa. 43. 22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

(r) Jer. 4. 22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me: they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

(8) Jer. 2. 32. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

(t) Acts 17. 23. For as I

passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

(v) Isaiah 40. 18. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him.

(w) Psal. 50. 21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence : thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but

will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

(x) Deut. 29. 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

(y) Heb. 12. 16. Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who, for one morsel of meat, sold his birthright.

(z) Rom. 1. 30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,

boasters.

(a) 2 Tim. 3. 2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.

(b) Phil. 2. 21. For all seek

mmoderate setting of our mind, will, or affections, upon other things, and taking them off from him in whole or in part (c); vain credulity (d), unbelief (e), heresy (f), misbelief (g), distrust (h), despair (i); incorrigibleness (k); and insensibleness under judgments (1), hardness of heart (m), pride (n), presumption (o), carnal security (p), tempting of God (q); using unlawful means (r), and trusting in lawful means (s): carnal delights and joys (t);

their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

(c) 1 John. 2. 15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

(d) 1 John 4. 1. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

(e) Heb. 3. 12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. (f) Tit. 3. 10. A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject.

(g) Acts 26. 9. I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Ch) Psalms 78. 22. Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation.

(i) Genesis 4. 13. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

(k) Jer. 5. 3. O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they have no tgrieved; thou hast 'consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction : they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refus

ed to return.

(1) Isa. 42. 25. Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire

round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

(m) Rom. 2. 5. But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judg ment of God.

(n) Jer. 13. 15. Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.

(o) Psal. 19. 13. Keep back thy servant also from presumptu ous sins; let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

(p) Zeph. 1. 12. And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees; that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.

(9) Mat. 4. 7. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

(r) Romans 3. 8. And not rather (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

(s) Jer. 17. 5. Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

(t) 2 Tim. 3. 4. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.

corrupt, blind, and indiscreet zeal (v); lukewarmness (nj and deadness in the things of God (x); estranging ourselves, and apostatizing from God (y); praying, or giving any religious worship, to saints, angels, or any other creatures (z); all compacts and consulting with the devil (a), and hearkening to his suggestions (b); making men the Lords of our faith and conscience (c); slighting and despising God, and his commands (d); resisting and grieving of his Spirit (e), discontent and impatience at his dispensations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on us (f); and ascribing the praise of any good we either are, have, or can do, to fortune (g),

() Gal. 4. 17. They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that you might affect them.

(w) Rev. 3. 16. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

(x) Rev. 3. 1. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis, write, These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works that thou hast a name, that thou livest, and art dead.

(y) Ezek. 14. 5. That I may take the house of Israel in their. own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

(z) Rev. 19. 10. And I fell at his feet to worship him and he said unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God.

(a) Lev. 20. 6. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, Iand will cut him off from among his people.

(b) Acts 5. 3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy

Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

(c) 2 Cor. 1. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. Matthew 23.9. And call no man your father upon the earth for one is your Father which is in heaven,

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(d) Prov. 13. 13. Whoso despiseth the word, shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment, shall be rewarded.

(e) Acts 7. 51. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Eph. 4. 30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

(f) Psal. 73. 2, 3. But as for me, my feet were almost gone : my steps had well nigh slipt. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

(g) 1 Sam. 6. 7. 9. Now, therefore, make a new cart, and take two milch-kine on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them. And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart, and put the jewels of gold which ye return

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