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other pretence whatsoever; simony, b sacrilege; all neglect, contempt, hindering, and opposing the worship and ordinances which God hath appointed. "

vessels; which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Gal. i. 13, 14.How that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it; and profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

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1 Sam. xiii. 11, 12. I forced myself, therefore, and offered a burnt-offering. 1 Sam. xv. 21. But the people (said Saul) took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

b Acts viii. 18, 19, 22. And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, &c.

c Rom. ii. 22. Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Mal. iii. 8. Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Ex. iv. 24, 25, 26. And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him, &c.

e Matt. xxii. 5. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandize Mal. i. 7, 13. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altarye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible-Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts: and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame and the sick.

f Matt. xxiii. 13. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering, to go in..

Acts xiii. 45. But when the Jews saw the multi

Q. 110. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it?

A. The reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments;1 are, besides God's sovereignty over us, and propriety in us, his fervent zeal for his own worship, and his revengeful indignation against all false worship, as being a spiritual whoredom; accounting the breakers of this com

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tudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 1 Thess. ii. 15, 16.

h Ex. xx. 5, 6.

i Psa. xlv. 11.-He is thy Lord; and worship thou him. Rev. xv. 3, 4. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy.

J Ex. xxxiv. 13, 14. But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: for thou shalt worship no other god; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

* 1 Cor. x. 20, 21, 22. But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and

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mandment such as hate him, and threatening to punish them unto divers generations, and esteeming the observers of it such as love him and keep his commandments, and promising mercy to them unto many generations.

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Q. 111. 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."

Q. 112. What is required in the third commandment?

A. The third commandment requires, that the name of God, his titles, attributes,

of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? Deut. xxxii. Jer. vii. 18, 19, 20. Ezek. xvi.

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i Hos. ii. 2, 3, 4. Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms, and her adulteries from between her breasts; lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

Deut. v. 29. O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

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• Matt. vi. 9. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven; hallowed be thy name. Deut. xxviii. 58. That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD. Psa. lxviii. 4. Extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name

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JAH. Psa. xxix. 2. Rev. xv. 3, 4. See letter (i), page 267.

P Eccl. v. 1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Mal. i. 14.

9 Psa. cxxxviii. 2. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy

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1 Cor. xi. from verse 24 to 29. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

1 Tim. ii. 8. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Jer iv. 2. And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness.

Eccl. v. 2, 4. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth :-When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.

▾ Acts i. 24, 26. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen.-And they gave forth their lots and the lot fell upon Matthias.

w Job xxxvi. 24. Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

Mal. iii. 16. And a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

y Psa. viii. throughout.-When I consider thy heavens,

word, and writing; by an holy profession, and answerable conversation, to the glory of God, and the good of ourselves and others.

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Q. 113. What are the sins forbidden in the third commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not using of God's name as is required; and the abuse of

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the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man that thou art mindful of him?-O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth.

z Psa. cv. 2, 5. &c. Col. iii. 17.

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e 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.

f 1 Pet. ii. 12, Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles; that, whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may, by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Mal. ii. 2. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings.

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