poftatizing from God, Praying, or Giving any eligious Worship to Saints, Angels, or any other Creatures, all Compacts, and confulting with the Devil, and hearkning to his Suggestions, making Men

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faith Jefus unto him, Get thee hence,Satan: for it is written, Thou fhalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only fhalt thou serve. Col. 2. 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward, in a voluntary humility, and worshipping of angels, intru ding into those things which he hath not feen, vainly puft up by his fleshly mind. Rom. 1. 25. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped, and ferved the creature more than the Creator,who is blessed for ever. Amen.

1 Ezek. f4. s. That I may take e houfe of Ifrael in their own art, because they are all eftranged om me through their idols. Ifa. 4. Ah finful nation, a people den with iniquity, a feed of evilsers, children that are corrupters, ey have forfaken the Lord, they ve provoked the holy One of Ifelunto anger, they are gone away ickward. s. Why should ye be ricken any more? ye will revolt 1ore and more: the whole head Lev. 20. 6. And the foul that fick, and the whole heart faint. turneth after fuch as have familiar Rom. 10. 13. For whosoever spirits, and after wizards, to go a all call upon the name of the whoring after them, I will even fet ord, fhall be faved. v. 14. How my face against that foul, and will hen fhall they call on him in whom cut him off from among his people. hey have not believed and how I Sam. 28. 7. Then faid Saul unto hall they believe in him of whom his fervants, Seek me a woman that hey have not heard? and how fhall hath a familiar spirit, that I may hey hear without a preacher? Hof. go to her, and enquire of her. And 12. My people ask counsel at their his fervants said to him, Behold, tocks, and their ftaff declareth unto there is a woman that hath a famihem: for the fpirit of whoredoms liar spirit at Endor. V. II. Then ath caufed them to err, and they faid the woman, Whom fhall I bring lave gone a whoring from under up unto thee? and he said, Bring me their God. Acts 10. 25. And as Pe- up Samuel. Compared with 1 Chron. er was coming in, Cornelius met 10.13. So Saul died for his tranfhim, and fell down at his feet, and greffion which he committed aworshipped him. v. 26. But Peter gainft the Lord, even against the took him up, faying, Stand up; word of the Lord which he kept I my felf alfo am a man. Rev. 19. not, and also for asking counsel of 10. And I fell at his feet to worship one that had a familiar fpirit, to him: and he said unto me, See thous enquire of it; v. 14. And enquired do it not: I am thy fellow-fervant, not of the Lord: therefore he flew and of thy brethren that have the him, and turned the kingdom unto teftimony of Jefus; worship God: David the fon of Jeffe.

for the teftimony of Jefus is the Spisis of prophecy. Mat. 4. 10. Then

Affs s. 3. But Peter faid, Ananias,

Men the Lords of our Faith and Confcience flighting and defpifing God, and his Commands refifting and grieving of his Spirit, Difcon tent and Impatience at his Difpenfations, charg ing him foolishly for the Evils he inflicts on us and afcribing the Praife of any Good we di ther are, have, or can do, to Fortune, I dols

nias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the holy Ghoft, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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2 Cor. 1. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye ftand. Mat. 23. 9. And call no man your father upon earth: for one is your Father which is in

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Pfalm 73.2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone: my fteps had well-nigh flipt. v. 3. Fot was envious at the foolish; when faw the profperity of the wicked v. 13. Verily I have cleanfed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

v. 14. For all the

day long have I been plagued, and chaftned every morning. v. 15. If Ifay, I will fpeak thus: behold, d Deut. 32.15. But Jeshurun waxed I fhould offend against the genera fat, and kicked: thou art waxen tion of thy children. v. 22. So fat, thou art grown thick, thou foolish was I, and ignorant; Iv art covered with fatnefs; then he as a beaft before thee. Fob 1. 21. forfook God which made him, and In all this Job finned not, nor lightly esteemed the rock of his charged God foolishly. falvation. 2 Sam. 12. 9. Whereg 1 Sam. 6. 7. Now therefore fore haft thou despised the com- make a new cart, and take two mandment of the Lord, to do evil milch-kine, on which there hath in his fight? thou haft killed Uriah come no yoke, and tie the kineto the Hittite with the fword, and the cart, and bring their calves haft taken his wife to be thy wife, home from them: V. 8. And take and haft flain him with the fword the ark of the Lord, and layi of the children of Ammon. Prov. on the cart, and put the jewels of 13.13. Whofo despiseth the word, gold which ye return him for fhall be deftroyed but he that trefpafs-offering, in a coffer by feareth the commandment, fhall be the fide thereof, and fend it rewarded. way, that it may go. v. 9. e Acts 7.51. Yeftiff-necked, and fee, if it goeth up by the way uncircumcifed in heart and ears, ye his own coaft to Beth-theme do always refift the holy Ghoft: as your fathers did, fo do ye. Eph. 4.30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are fealed unto the day of redemption.

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then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we fhall know that it is not his hand that fimott us; it was a chance that happened

to us.

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our felves, or any other Creature *. 106. Quest. What are we especially taught by these Vords Before me in the First Commandment?

Anfw. Thele Words, Before me, or before my ace, in the First Commandment teach us, that God who feeth all Things, takes fpecial Notice of nd is much difpleafed with the Sin of having any ther God: that fo it may be an Argument to difvade from it, and to aggravate it as a most impu ent Provocation '; as alfo to perfwade us to do as 1 his Sight, whatever we do in his Service ".

Deut. 8. 17. And thou fay in tine heart, My power and the ight of my hand hath gotten me is wealth. Dan. 4. 30. The king ake, and faid, Is not this great abylon that I have built for the oufe of the kingdom, by the might f my power, and for the honour f my majesty?

Hab. 1.16. Therefore they farifice unto their net, and burn inenfe unto their drag; because by hem their portion fat, and their near plenteous.

106. Ezek. 8. s. Then faid he into me, Son of man, lift up thine yes now the way towards the

107. Quest.

north: fo I lift up mine eyes the way towards the north, and behold, north-ward, at the gate of the altar, this image of jealoufy in the entry. v. 6. He faid furthermore unto me, Son of man, feeft thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Ifrael committeth here, that I should go far off from my fanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thoufhalt fee greater abominations, &c. [fo the end of the chapter.] Pfalm 44. 20. If we have forgotten the name of pur God, or ftretched out our hands to a ftrange God: v. 21, fhall not God fearch this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

107. Queft. Which is the Second Commandment? Anfw. The Second Commandment is, Thou thalt not make unto thee any graven Image oż any Likeness of any Thing that is in hea ven above, oz that is in the Earth beneath, o that is in the Water under the Earth. Thou thalt not how down thy self to them, noz ferve them: For the Loid thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the Iniquity of the Fathers up on the Children unto the Third and Fourth Generation of them that hate me: And thewing Mercy unto Thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments ".

108. Queft. What are the Duties required in the Se cond Commandment?

Anfw. The Duties required in the Second Commandment, are the Receiving, Obferving, and keeping pure and entire, all fuch Religious Worship and Ordinances as God hath instituted in his Word: particularly Prayer and Thanksgiving in the Name of Chrift ; the Reading, Preaching, and Hearing

107. Exod. 20. 4, 5, 6. 108. Deut. 32.46. And he faid unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I teftify among you this day; which ye fhall command your children to obferve to do, all the words of this law. v.47. For it is not a vain thing for you: becaufe it is your life; and through this thing ye fhall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to poffefs it. Mat.28.20.Teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever I have commanded you: and lo,lam with you alway even unto the end of the world. Acts 2. 42. And they continued ftedfaftly in the apoftles do&rine and fellowship, and in

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If the Word ; the Administration and Receiving f the Sacraments; Church-government and Dilipline the Miniftry and Maintenance thereof;

Reliif he shall

9 Deut. 17. 18. And it fhall be thee and him alone hen he fitteth upon the throne of hear thee, thou haft gained thy skingdom, that he fhall write him brother. v. 16. But if he will not copy of this law in a book, out of hear thee, then take with thee one at which is before the priests the or two more, that in the mouth of evites. v.19. And it fhall be with two or three witnesses every word ni, and he fhall read therein all may be eftablished. v. 17. And if t days of his life: that he may he thall neglect to hear them, tell arn to fear the Lord his God, to it unto the church: but if he neep all the words of this law and glect to hear the church, let him efe ftatutes to do them. Acts 15. be unto thee as an heathen man For Mofes of old time hath in and a publican. Mat. 16. 19. And ery city them that preach him, I will give unto thee the keys of the ing read in the fynagogues every kingdom of heaven: and whatsobbath-day. 2 Tim. 4. 2. Preach ever thou shalt bind on earth, shall e word, be inftant in season, out be bound in heaven: and whatsofeafon; reprove, rebuke, exhort ever thou shalt loofe on earth, shall thall long-fuffering and doctrine, be loofed in heaven. I Cor. 5. chapm. 1.21. Wherefore lay apart all ter. I Cor. 12. 28. And God hath thinefs, and fuperfluity of naugh- fet fome in the church, first aponels, and receive with meeknefs ftlés, fecondarily prophets, thirdeingrafted word, which is able to ly teachers, after that miracles, ve your fouls. v. 22. But be ye do- then gifts of healings, helps, gos of the word, and not hearers vernments, diverfities of tongues. nly, deceiving your own selves. t Eph. 4. 11. And he gave fome, 10. 33. Immediately therefore apoftles: and fonie, prophets: and fent to thee; and thou haft well fome, evangelifts; and fome, paNow ftors and teachers; v. 12. For the erefore are we all here prefent perfecting of the faints, for the fore God, to hear all things that work of the miniftry, for the edie commanded thee of God. fying of the body of Chrift. 1 Tim. Mat. 28. 19. Go ye therefore. 5. 17. Let the elders that rule well, ad teach all nations, baptizing be counted worthy of double ho em in the name of the Father, nour, efpecially they who labour ad of the Son; and of the holy in the word and doctrine. v. 18. hoft. 1 Cor. 11. from verfe 23. to For the fcripture faith, Thou fhalt D. For I have received of the Lord, not muzzle the ox that treadeth at which alfo I delivered unto you, out the corn and, The labourer is at the Lord Jefus, the fame night worthy of his reward. which he was betrayed, took to 15. Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who plantMat. 18. 15. Moreover, if thy eth á vineyard, and eateth not of rother fhall trefpafs against thee, the fruit thereof or who feedeth a and tell him his fault between

One that thou art come.

read, &c.

I Cor. 9.7.

flock,