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Q. 65. 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 be longeth to every one in their feveral places and relations z. Q. 66. What is the reafon annexed to the fifth commandment?

A. The reafon annexed to the fifth commandment is a promife of long life and profperity (as far as it fhall ferve for God's glory, and their own good) to all fuch as keep this commandmenta.

Q. 67. Which is the fixth commandment?

A. The fixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill b.
Q. 68. What is required in the fixth commandment?
A. The fixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavours

* 1 Pet. ii, 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

y Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another; with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another.

65. z Mat. xv. 4. For God commanded, faying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curfeth father or mother, let him die the death. v. 5. But ye fay, Whofoever fhall fay to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatsoever thou mighteft be profited by me, v. 6. And honour not his father or his mother, he fhall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ezekiel xxxiv 2. Son of man, prophefy against the fhepherds of Ifrael, prophefy and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God unto the fhepherds, Wo be to the fhepherds of Ifrael, that do feed themfelves: fhould not the fhepherds feed the flocks? v. 3. Ye eat the fat, and ye

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clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed, but ye feed not the flock. v. 4. The diseased have ye not ftrengthened, neither have ye healed that which was fick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye fought that which was loft; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. Rom. xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.

66. a Deut. v. 16. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Eph. vi. 2. Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise) v. 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayeft live long on the earth.

67.b Exod. xx. 13.

to preserve our own life c, and the life of others d.

Q. 69. What is forbidden in the fixth commandment?

A. The fixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbour unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth thereuntoe.

Q.70. Which is the feventh commandment?

A. The feventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adulteryf.

Q.71. What is required in the feventh commandment? A. The feventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbour's chastity, in heart, speech and behaviourg.

Q.7 2. What is forbidden in the feventh commandment? A. The feventh commandment forbiddeth all unchafte thoughts, words, and actions b.

68. Eph. v. 28. So ought men to love their own wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself. v. 29. For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.

d1 Kings xviii. 4. For it was fo, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

69. e Acts xvi. 28. But Paul cried with a loud voice, faying, Do thyfelf no harm; for we are all here. Gen. ix. 6. Whofo fheddeth mans blood, by man fhall his blood be fhed: for in the image of God made he man.

70. f Exod. xx. 14.

71.8 1 Cor. vii. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own hufband. v. 3. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence; and likewife alfo the wife unto the husband, v.

Q. 78.

5. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with confent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fating and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. v. . 34. There is

difference alfo between a wife and a virgin: the unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that the may be holy, both in body and in fpirit: but fhe that is married careth for the things of the world, how fhe may please her husband. v. 36. But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely towards his virgin, if the pafs the flower of her age, and need fo require, let him do what he will, he finneth not: let them marry. Col. iv. 6. Let your speech be alway with grace, feafoned with falt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. I Pet iii. 2. While they behold your chafte converfation coupled with fear.

72. b Mat. xv. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, mur. ders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, Da fal

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Q.73. Which is the eighth commandment?

A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal i. Q.74. What is required in the eighth commandment? A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward eftate of outfelves and others k.

Q. 75. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatfoever doth

falfe witnefs, blafphemies. Mat. v. 28. But I fay unto you, That whofoever looketh on a woman to luft after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Eph. v. 3. But, fornication, and all uncleannefs, or covetoufnefs, let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh faints: v. 4. Neither filthinefs, nor foolish talking, nor jefting,

which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

73. ¡ Exod. xx. 15.

74. k Gen. xxx. 30. For it was little which thou hadft before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath bleffed thec fincemy coming: and now when fhall I provide for mine own houfe alfo? Tim. v. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and fpecially for thofe of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worfe than an infidel. Lev. xxv. 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a ftranger, or a fojourner; that he may live with thee. Deut. xxii. 1. Thou shalt not fee thy brothers ox or his fheep go aftray, and hide thyfelf from them: thou fhalt in any cafe bring them again unto thy brother. v. 2. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own houfe, and it fhall be with

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thee until thy brother feek after it, and thou fhalt restore it to him again. v. 3. In like manner fhalt thou do with his ass, and fo fhalt thou do with his raiment, and with all loft things of thy brothers, which he hath lot, and thou hast found, fhalt thou do likewife: thou mayeft not hide thyfelf. v. 4. Thou (halt notfee thy brothers afs or his ox fail down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou fhalt furely help him to lift them up again. v. 5. The woman fhall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither fall a man put on a womans garment: for all that do fo, are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Exod. xxiii. 4. If thou meet thine enemies ox or his afs going aftray, thou fhalt furely bring it back to him again. v. 5. If thou fee the afs of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and wouldt forbear to help him; thou fhalt furely help with him. Gen. xlvii. 14. And Jofeph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Jofeph brought the mo ney into Pharaohs house. v. 20. And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians fold every man his field, becaufe the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pharaohs,

or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbour's wealth or outward eftate /

Q.76. Which is the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbour m.

Q.77. What is required in the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man n, and of our own and our neighbour's good name o, efpecially in witnefs- bearing p.

Q.78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment? A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is preudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbour's good name q.

Q.79. Which is the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy

75.1 Prov. xxi. 15. He that lovch pleafure fhall be a poor man : e that loveth wine and oil hall not e rich. Prov. xxiii. 20. Be not aongft wine-bibers, amongst rious eaters of flefh. v. 21. For the unkard and the glutton fhall come poverty: and drowfinefs fhall othe a man with rags. Prov. xxviii. . He that tilleth his land fhall ve plenty of bread: but he that loweth after vain perfons, fhall ve poverty enough. Eph. iv. 28. t him that ftole steal no more: t rather let him labour, working h his hands the thing which is od, that he may have to give to a that needeth. 6. m Exod. xx. 16.

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7. Zech. viii. 16. These are the igs that ye fhall do, Speak ye ey man the truth to his neighr: execute the judgment of truth peace in your gates.

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report of all men, and of the truth itself, yea, and we alfo bear record,

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ye know that our record is true. p Prov. xiv. 5. A faithful witnefs will not lie: but a falfe witnefs will utter lies. v. 25. A true witnefs delivereth fouls, but a deceitful witnefs fpeaketh lies.

78. q 1 Sam. xvii. 28. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he fpake unto the men; and Eliaos anger was kindled against David, and he faid, Why camelt thou down hither? and with whom, hait thou left thofe few heep in the wildernefs? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down, that thou might fee the battle. Lev. xix. 16. Thou fhalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither fhalt thou tand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord. Pla. xv. 3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doth evil to sueigh

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neighbour's houfe, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man fervant, nor his maid- fervant, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's r.

Q. 80. What is required in the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of fpirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his t.

Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment? A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all difcontentment with our own eftatev, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour w, and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is hisx.

Q. 82.

bour, nor taketh up a reproach a- pleased, because of the word which gainst his neighbour.

79. r Exod. xx. 17.

8ò. /Heb. xiii. 5. Let your convertation be without covetoufnefs; and be content with fuch things as ye have: for he hath faid, I will never leave thee, nor forfake thee. I Tim. vi. 6. But godlinefs with contentment is great gain.

Job. xxxi. 29. If I rejoiced at the deftruction of him that hated me, or lift up myself when evil found him. Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 1 Tim. i. 5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good confcience, and of faith unfeigned. 1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity fuffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, v. 5. doth not behave itfelf unfeemly, fecketh nor her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil, v. 6. rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: v. 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

81. v 1 Kings xxi. 4. And Ahab came into his houfe, heavy and dif

Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to
him: for he had faid, I will not give
thee the inheritance of my fathers:
and he laid him down upon his bed,
and turned away his face, and would
eat no bread. Either v. 13. Yet all
this availeth me nothing, fo long as
I fee Mordecai the Jew fitting at the
kings gate. 1 Cor. x. 19. Neither
murmur ye, as fome of them also
murmured, and were destroyed of ||
the destroyer.

w Gal. v. 26. Let us not be de-
firous of vain-glory, provoking one
another, envying one another. Jam. 1
iii. 14. But if ye have bitter envying
and ftrife in your hearts, glory not,
and lie not against the truth. v. 16.
For where envying and strife is, there
is confufion, and every evil work.

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