hindering a, and opposing the worship and ordinances which God hath appointed b. Q. 110. What are the reasons annexed to the fecond commandment, the more to enforce it? A. The reafons annexed to the fecond commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: and fhewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments c; are, befide God's fovereignty over us, and property in us d, his fervent zeal for his own worship e, and his revengeful indignation against all falfe worship, as being a fpiritual whoredom f, accounting a Matth. xxiii. 13. But wo unto you, Scribes and Pharifees, hypocrites; for ye fhut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither fuffer ye them that are entering, to go in. b Acts xiii. 44. And the next Sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. v. 45. But when the Jews faw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and fpake against thofe things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blafpheming. 1 Theff. ii. 15. Who both killed the Lord Jefus, and their own prophets, and have perfecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men : v. 16. Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be faved, to fill up their fins alway; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 110. c Exod. xx. 5, 6. d Pfal. xlv. 11. So fhall the King greatly defire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him. Rev. xv. 3. And they fing the fong of Mofes the fervant of God, and the fong of the Lamb, faying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; juft and true are the thy ways, thou King of faints. v. 4. Who fhall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations fhall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifeft. e Exod. xxxiv 13. But ye fhall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. v. 14. For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whofe name is Jealous, is a jealous God. f 1 Cor. x. 20. But I fay, that the things which the Gentiles facrifice, they facrifice to devils and not to God: and I would not that ye fhould have fellowship with devils. v. 21. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. v. 22. Do we provoke the Lord to jealoufy? are we ftronger than he? Jer. vii. 18. The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. v. 19. Do they provoke me to anger? faith the Lord: do they not provoke the breakers of this commandment fuch as hate him, an threatning to punish them unto divers generations g; an efteeming the obfervers of it fuch as love him and keep his commandments, and promifing mercy to them unto many! generations b. Q. 111. Which is the third commandment? A A. The third commandment is, 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 i. Q. 112. What is required in the third commandment? provoke themselves to the confufion of their own faces? v. 20. Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, mine anger and my fury fhall be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit, of the ground; and it fhall burn, and fhall not be quenched. Ezek. xvi. 26. Thou haft alfo committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh, and haft increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. v. 27. Behold, therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philiftines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Deut. xxxii. 16. They provoked him to jealousy with ftrange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. V. 17. They facrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. v. 18. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and haft forgotten God that formed thee. v. 19. And when the Lord faw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his fons, and of his daughters. v. 20. And he faid, I will hide my face from requires, That the attributes k, ordinan ces them, I will fee what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. g Hof. ii. 2. Plead with your mother, plead: for he is not my wife," neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her. whoredoms out of her fight, and her adulteries from between her breafts; v. 3. Left I ftrip her naked, and fet her. as in the day that fhe was born, and make her as a wilderness, and fet her like a dry land, and flay her with thirst. v. 4. And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. h Deut. v. 29. O that there were fuch an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my com mandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever. III. Exod. xx. 7. 112. k Matth. vi. 9. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Deut. xxviii. 58. 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. Pfal. xxix. 2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name worship the ces, the word m, facraments n, prayer o, oaths Vows q, lots r, his works, and whatsoever else there is whereby he makes himself known, be holily and reverently used in thought t, meditation v2 the Lord in the beauty of holinefs. Pfal, lxviii. 4. Sing unto God, fing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Rev. xv. 3, 4. (See above in d). / Mal. i. 14. But curfed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth and facrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, faith the Lord of hofts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Eccl. v. I. Keep thy foot when thou goeft to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the facrifice of fools for they confider not that they do evil. m Pfal. cxxxviii. 2. I will worfhip towards thy holy temple, and praife thy name, for thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth: for thou haft magnified thy word above all thy name. n 1 Cor. xi. 24. And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and faid, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. V. 25. After the fame manner alfo he took the cup, when he had fupped, faying, This cup is the New Teftament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. v. 28. But let a man examine himfelf, and fo let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. v. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not difcerning the Lord's body. 1 Tim. ii. 8. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting word up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. Jer. iv. 2. And thou shalt fwear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations fhall blefs themselves in him, and in him fhall they glory. q Eccl. v. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. V. 4. When thou voweft a vow unto God, defer not to pay it : for he hath no pleafure in fools; pay that which thou haft vowed. v. 5. Better is it that thou shouldft not vow, than that thou fhouldft vow and not pay. v. 6. Suffer not thy mouth to caufe thy flesh to fin, neither fay thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore fhould God be angry at thy voice, and deftroy the work of thine hands? r Acts i. 24. And they prayed, and faid, Thou Lord, which knoweft the hearts of all men, fhew whether of thefe, two thou haft chofen. v. 26. And they gave furth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Job xxxvi. 24. Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. Mal. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord, fpake 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. Pfal. viii. throughout. v. 1. Q word w, and writing; by an holy profeffion y, and answerable converfation z, to the glory of God a, and the good of ourselves b, and others c. Q. 113. What are the fins forbidden in the third command ment. A. The fins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not using of God's name as is required d; and the abuse of it in an ignorant e, vainf, irreverent, profane g, fuper Lord our Lord, how excellent is they name in all the earth! who hast fet thy glory above the heavens. v. 3. When I confider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the ftars which thou haft ordained; v. 4. What is man that thou art mindful of him? v. 9. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! w Col. iii. 17. And what fover ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jefus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Pfal. cv. 2. Sing unto him, fing pfalms unto him; talk ye of all his wondrous works. v. 5. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth. x Pfal. cii. 18. This fhall be written for the generation to come: and the people which fhall be created, fhall praife the Lord. y 1 Pet. iii. 15. But fanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an anfwer to every man that afketh you a reafon of the hope that is in you, with meeknefs and fear. Mic. iv. 5. For all people will walk every one in the name of his God, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. z Phil. i 27. Only let your converfation be as it becometh the gofpel of Chrift:- I Cor. x. 31. Whether there fore ye eat or drink, or whatsover ye do, do all to the glory of God. b Jer. xxxii. 39. And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them. c 1 Pet. ii. 12. Having your converfation honeft among the Gentiles that whereas they fpeak againft you as evil-doers, they may by your good works which they fhall behold, glorify God in the day of vifitation. 113. d Mal. ii. 2. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, faith the Lord of hofts, I will even fend a curfe upon you, and I will curfe your bleffings: yea, I have curfed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. e Acts xvii. 23. For as I paffed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this infcription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. f Prov. xxx. 9. Left I be full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord? or left I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. g Mal. i. 6. A fon honoureth his father, and a fervant his mafter; if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a mafter, where is my fear? faith the Lord of hofts unto you, O priests, that despise my pame: fuperftitious h, or wicked mentioning or otherwise using his titles, attributes i, ordinances k, or works 7, by blafphemy name: and ye fay, Wherein have we defpifed thy name? v. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye fay, Wherein have we polluted thee? in that he fay, The table of the Lord is contemptible. . 12. But ye have profaned it, in that ye fay, The table of the Lord is polluted, and the fruit thereof even his meat is contemptible. Mal. iii. 14. Ye have faid, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it, that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hofts? 1 Sam. iv. 3. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Ifrael faid, Wherefore hath the Lord fmitten us to-day before the Philiftines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that when it cometh among us, it may fave us out of the hand of our enemies. v. 4. So the people fent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hofts, which dwelleth between the cherubims; and the two fons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there,, with the ark of the covenant of God. v. 5. And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp,all Ifrael shouted with a great fhout, so that the earth rang again. Jer. vii. 4. Truft ye not in lying words, faying, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are thefe. v. 9. Will ye fteal, murder, and commit adultery, and fwear falfely, and burn incenfe unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; V. 10. And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and fay, We are delivered to do all thefe abominations? v. 14. Therefore will I do unto this houfe which is called by my name, wherein ye truft, and unto the place which I gave to you, and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. v. 31. And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the fon of Hinnom, to burn their fons and their daughters in the fire, which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. Col. ii. 20. Wherefore if ye be dead with Chrift from the rudiments of the world; why, as though living in the world, are ye fubject to ordinances? v. 21. (Touch not, taste not, handle not: v. 22. Which all are to perifh with the ufing) after the commandments and doctrines of men. i2 Kings xviii. 30. Neither let Hezekiah make you truft in the Lord, faying, The Lord will furely deliver us, and this city fhall not be delivered into the hands of the King of Affria. v. 35. Who are they among all the gods of the countries that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord fhould deliver Jerufalem out of mine hand? Exod. v. 2. And Pharaoh faid, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Ifrael go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Ifrael go. Pfal. cxxxix. 20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. k Pfal. 1. 16. But unto the wicked God faith, What haft thou to do to delare my ftatutes, or that thou fhouldft take my covenant in thy mouth? v. 17. Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. / If. v. 12. And the harp and the |