Sovereignty. Highest dominion and authority. Propriety. Chief right to any thing, or special interest in it. Zeal. Warm concern. 53. Q. Which is the third commandment? 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." Tuke God's name in vain. Use it in a trifling manner, without seriousness. Not hold him guiltless. Condemn and punish him. 54. Q. What is required in the third commandment ? A. The third commandment requireth the holy and reverend use of God's names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works. Reverend use. Using with holy fear. Such as God, Lord, Jehovah, &e. Such as Lord of Hosts, Holy one of Israel, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.. Attributes. The perfections and properties of God: Such as Truth, Holiness, Goodness, &c. Ordinances. See A. 50. 55. Q. What is forbidden in the third commandment ? A. The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning er abusing of any thing whereby God makes himself known. Profaning or abusing. Using it for any trifling or sinful purposes, or casting any dishonour upon it. 56. Q. What is the reason annexed to the third commandment? A. The reason 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 suffer them to escape his righteous judg ment. 57. Q Which is the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment is, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Sabbath day. The day of holy rest. Hallowed. Sanctified or set apart for holy uses. 58. Q. What is required in the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God all such set times as he hath appointed in his word, expressly one whole day in seven to be an holy Sabbath to himself. 59. Q. Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath? A. From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week, to be the weekly Sabbath, and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath. Resurrection of Christ. His rising from the dead. Christian Sabbath. Day of rest for Christians, from worldly business and pleasure, and the day of the public worship of God through Christ. 60. Q. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified? A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by an holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations, as are lawful on other days, and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy. Sanctified. Used or spent in a holy manner. Employment and recreation. Business and sport. Works of necessity. Eating, drinking, taking care of health, feeding of cattle, &c. Works of mercy. Doing kindness to the sick, the miserable, the helpless. 61. Q. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omis sion, or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about worldly employments and recreations.. Omission. The not performing. Profaning. See A. 55. 62. Q. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment ? A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us six days of the week for our own employments, his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the Sabbath day. Challenging. Laying claim to. Propriety. See A. 52. Blessing the Sabbath. Appointing it to be a blessed time, or a day wherein men shall be blessed. 63. Q. Which is the fifth commandment? A. The fifth commandment is, "Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upɔn the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Honour thy father and thy mother. Esteem, obey them, and maintain them if needful., 64. Q. What is required in the fifth commandment ? A. The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honour, and performing the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals. ers. Superiors. Those that are above us, as parents, masters, rul Inferiors. Those that are below us, as sons, daughters, ser vants. Equals. Those that are of our own rank, as brothers, sisters, neighbours. 65. Q. 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 belongeth to every one in their several places and relations. Neglecting the honour. Not giving, or not paying due respect. 66. Q. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment? A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is the promise of long life, and prosperity (as far as it shall serve God's glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment. Prosperity. Happiness in this world, or the blessings of this life. 67. Q. What is the sixth commandment ? A. The sixth commandment is, "Thou shalt not kill." 68. Q. What is required in the sixth commandment ? A. The sixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life, and the lives of oth ers. 69. Q. What is forbidden in the sixth commandment ? A. The sixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbour unjustly, and whatsoever tendeth thereunto. Unjustly. Without just and good reason. 70. Q. Which is the seventh commandment? A. The seventh commandment is, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." 71 Q. What is required in the seventh commandment? A. The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own, and our neighbour's chastity, in heart, speech, and behaviour. Chastity. Modesty, freedom from lust or sinful desire. 72. Q. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment ? A. The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions. Unchaste. Immodest, wanton, unclean. 73. Q. Which is the eighth commandment? A. The eighth commandment is, "Thou shalt not steal." 74. Q. What is required in the eighth commandment ? A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of surselves and others. 75. Q. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment ? A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbour's wealth or outward estate. 76. Q. Which is the ninth commandment? A. The ninth commandment is, "Thou shalt not beár false witness against thy neighbour." 77. Q. What is required in the ninth commandment A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbour's good name, especially in witness bearing. • Maintaining and promoting of truth. Preserving truth and carrying it on. 78. Q. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment? A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth or injurious to our own or our neighbour's good name. Prejudicial, injurious. Hurtful. 79. Q. Which is the tenth commandment? A. The tenth commandment is, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." Coveting. Sinful or unreasonable desire. 80. Q. 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 spirit towards our neighbour, and all that is his. Contentment. A quiet and easy temper of mind in our own state. Charitable. Loving, or bearing good will to another. 81. Q. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment ? A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own state, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour, and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his. Discontentment. A temper of mind unquiet or uneasy in our @wn state. To envy. To be uneasy at another's welfare. Inordinate motions and affections. erned desires and wishes. Unreasonable and ungov 82. Q. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God? A. No mere man since the fall is able, in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but daily doth break them in thought, word, and deed.. |