Q. 56.What is the reafon annexed to the third commandment? A. The reafon 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 fuf fer them to escape his righteous judgment. Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the fabbath-day, to keep it holy. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, tby man-fervant, nor thy maid-fervant, nor thy cattle, nor thy Stranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the fab bath-day, and hallowed it ". Q. 58. What is required in the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God fuch fet times as he hath appointed in his word, exprefsly one whole day in feven, to be a holy fabbath to himself. them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. Mal. iii. 14. Ye have faid, It is vain to ferve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hofts? 56. f 1 Sam. if. 12. Now the fons of Eli were fons of Belial, they knew not the Lord. V. 17. Wherefore the fin 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 fons did unto all Ifrael, and how they lay with the women that affembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. V. 29. Wherefore kick ye at my facrifice, and at mine offering which have commanded in my habitation, and honoureft thy fons above me,to make yourselves Q. 59. Which fat with the chiefeft of all the offerings of Ifrael my people? 1 Sam. ii. 13. For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth; becaufe his fons made themselves vile, and he re ftrained them not. Deut. xxviii. 58. If thou wilt not obferve to de all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayeft 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 sfeed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and fore fickneffes, and of long continuance. 57.8 Exod. xx. 8.---II. 58. Deut. v. 12. h Keep the fab bath-day to fanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. V. 13. Six days thou fhalt labour, Q. 59. Which day of the seven hath Ĝod appointed to be the Weekly fabbath? A. From the beginning of the world to the refurrection of Chrift, God appointed the feventh day of the week to be the weekly fabbath; and the first day of the week ever fince, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Chriftian fabbath'. Q. 60. How is the fabbath to be fanctified? A. The fabbath is to be fanctified by a holy refting all that day, even from fuch worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and fpending the whole time. labour, and do all thy work: V. 14. But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine afs, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-fervant and thy maid-fervant may reft as well as thou. i 59. Gen. ii. 2. And on the feventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the feventh day from all his work which he had made. V. 3. And God bleffed the feventh day, and fanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work, which God created and made. I Cor. xvi. 1. Now, concerning the collection for the faints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even fo do ye. V. 2. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in ftore, as God hath profpered him, that there be no gatherings when Icome. Acts xx. 7. And upon the first day of the week, when the difciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, in and continued his fpeech until midnight. 60. k Exod. xx. 8. Remember the fabbath-day, to keep it holy. V. 10. But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, &c. Exod. xvi. 25. And Mofes faid, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a fabbath unto the Lord: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. V. 26. Six days ye fhall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the fabbath, in it there fhall be none. V. 27. And it came to pass, that there went out fome of the people on the feventh day for to gather, and they found none. V. 28. And the Lord faid unto Mofes, How long refufe ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 1 Neh. xiii. 15. In those days faw I in Judah fome treading wine-preffes on the fabbath, and bringing in fheaves, and lading affes; as alfo wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerufalem on the fabbath-day: and I teftified against them in the day wherein they fold victuals. V. 16. There dwelt men of Tyre alfo therein, which brought fish, and all man Ber in the publick and private exercises of God's worship", except fo much as is to be taken up in the works of neceflity and mercy. Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omiffion or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning ner of wares, and fold on the fab bath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerufalem. V. 17. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and faid unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the fabbath-day? V. 18. Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Ifrael by profaning the fabbath. V. 19. And it came to pats, that, when the gates of Jerufalem began to be dark before the fabbath, I commanded that the gates fhould be fhut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the fabbath: and fome of my servants fet I at the gates, that there fhould no burden be brought in on the fabbath day. V. 21. Then Iteftified against them, and faid unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do fo again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the fabbath. V.22. And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanfe themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to fanctify the fabbath-day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this alfo, and fpare me according to the greatnefs of thy mercy. m Luke iv. 16. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his cuftom was, he went into the fynagogue on the fabbath-day, and stood up for to read. Acts xx. 7. And upon the firft day of the week, &c. [See letter i.] Pfal. xcii. [title, A pfalm or fong for the fabbath-day.] Ila. lxvi. 23. And it fhall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, fhall all flesh come to wor fhip before me, faith the Lord. Mat. xii. from Verse 1. to 31. At that time Jefus went on the fabbath-day through the corn, and his difciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. V. 2. But when the Pharifees, &c. V. 12.-It is lawful to do well on the fabbathdays. 61.° Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they fhewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my fabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will the new-moon be gone, that we may fell corn? and the fabbath, that we may fet forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the thekel great, and falfifying the balances by deceit? Mal. i. 13. Ye faid alfo, Behold, what a wearinefs is it! and ye have fnuffed at it, faith the Lord of hofts: and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the fick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hands? faith the Lord. faning the day by idlenefs, or doing that which is in itself finful, or by unneceffary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations. Q. 62. What are the reafons annexed to the fourth commandment? A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us fix days of the week for our own employ-, ments, his challenging a special propriety in the feventh, his own example, and his bleffing the fabbath-day. Q.63. Which is the fifth commandment? A. The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee". Q. 64. What is required in the fifth commandment? ·P Acts xx. 7. And upon the firft day of the week, when the difciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his fpeech until midnight. V. 9. And there fat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep fleep; and, as Paul was long preaching, he funk down with fleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. Ezek. xxiii. 38. Moreover, this they have done unto me; they have defiled my fanctuary in the fame day, and have profaned my fabbaths. Jer. xvii. 24. And it fhall come to pafs, if ye diligently hearken unto me, faith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the fabbath-day, but hallow the fabbath-day, to do no work therein; V. 25. Then fhall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes fitting up on the throne of David, riding in chariots, and on horfes, they, and their princes, the men of Judah,` A. The and the inhabitants of Jerufalem : and this city shall remain for ever. V. 26. And they fhall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerufalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the fouth, bringing burnt-offerings, and facrifices, and meat-offerings, and incenfe, and bringing facrifices of praife unto the house of the Lord. Ifa. lviii. 13. If thou turn away thy foot from the fabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the fabbath a Delight, the Holy of the Lord, Honourable, and fhalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor fpeaking thine own words. 62. Exod. xx. 9. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all thy work. Exod. xx. 11. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the Lord bleffed the fabbathday, and hallowed it. 63. " Exod. xx, 12. W 64. w Eph. A. The fifth commandment requireth the preferving the honour, and performing the duties, belonging to every one in their feveral places and relations, as fuperiors", inferiors *, or equals 7. Q. 65. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment? A. The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing any thing againft, the honour and duty which be longeth to every one in their feveral places and relations. 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 such as keep this commandmenta. Q. 67. Which is the fixth commandment? 64. W X 1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king, Rom. xii. 1o. Be kindly affectioned one to another; with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another. 65. Matth. 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 shall fay to his father or his mother,It is a gift, by whatfoever thou mighteft be profited by me, V. 6. And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ezek. xxxiv. 2. Son of man, prophefy against the shepherds of Ifrael, prophefy, and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God unto the fhepherds, Woe be to the fhepherds of Ifrael that do feed themselves! fhould not the fhepherds feed the Q. 68. What flocks? V. 3. Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that are fed; but ye feed not the flock. V. 4. The dif eafed 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. Ephef. vi. s. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with promife:) V. 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayeft live long on the earth. 67. b Exod. xx. 13. 68. Eph. |