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e Matth. 7. 1, 2. d Job. 17. 5. e P. 31. 18. Ifai. 1. 17. is flandered e.

and from rash Judging c, and from flattery d; and to speak for my neighbour when he

LXIX. Q. What is the tenth Commandment? A. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours houfe; thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, nor his fervant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is his.

LXX. Q. What are you commanded in this Commandment?

* Unlawfully, or uncharitably. a 2. Thef. 3. 6 to 16. + Trade, fervice, office.

A. I am commanded not to covet nor defire other mens goods; but to learn and labour, truly to get mine own living a; and to do my duty in that state of life †, unto which it shall please God to call me.

LXXI. Q. What is your duty in that state of

life?

a Rom.

12. II.

b1 Cor. 7. 20, 21,

24. Heb. 13. 5.

A. To be diligent a, and honeft, and contented therein b.

LXXII. Q. What if you can live without labour?

a 1 Tim. 5. 6.

b Prov. 31. 10, 13,

15, 17, 27. Spoken

A. I may not live in pleafure a: but I must diligently imploy my precious time in

of a virtuous woman of profitable work and bufinefs b. the highest rank. ver. 1, 23.

LXXIII. Q. What is the great Commandment taught in the fix laft Commandments?

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Matth. 22. 39, 40.

Gal. 5. 14.

thy felf?

A. Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thy felf.

LXXIV. Q. What is to love thy neighbour as

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a Deut. 30. 15 to the end. b Matth. 7. 12. c. Rom. 13. 10. d Gal. 6. 10. 1 Tim.

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to every one d.

A. To love my self truly a; and to do to all men, as I would they should do unto me b; both in doing and defiring no wrong c, and in doing and defiring all good

LXXV. Q. What else are you commanded in the fix laft Commandments?

Matth. 5. 22. to 27. mands us to feek for giveness for anger and angry words without caufe, as well as for other wrongs; and to

Our Saviour com

A. I am Commanded to feek forgiveness of my neighbour for all wrongs that I have done him; and to make him amends and fatisfaction to the uttermoft of my power.

agree quickly with our wronged brother, before God deliver us to the officer of his wrath to be caft into prifon, either the prifon of hell, to pay the utmoft farthing of punishment; or the prifon of fome punishment here, from which we shall have no release until we have made full fatisfaction to our wronged brother. Levit. 6. 1 to 6, the fifth part is commanded to be reftor'd with the principal of goods unjustly gotten. For the reftoring only the principal is not fufficient for the grief, trouble, or other damage that may be caus'd by the injury. Numb. 5. 5 to 9, the fame reftoring is commanded to be made to the heir, if the party wronged be dead; and to be made to the Lord, even to the priest, if there be no heir; or if the party wronged or his heir cannot be known. By the Priest is meant the high Priest, who among Chriftians is the Bishop; for whofe ufe the inferiour Prieft may receive of his Parishioner.

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LXXVI. Q. What are you commanded in all the Commandments?

a Pf. 25. 9. Micah 6. 8.

25 Ps. 10. 4.

Jam. 4. 6. John 5. 44. ch. 12, 42, 43. It is lowlinefs of mind

that works obedience to both God and man.

A. That I may keep all the Commandments as I ought to do, I am in all of them commanded to be lowly minded without pride b, or vain glory c.

a,

Pride makes a man disobey every Commandment,

mandment, when it is contrary to any luft. Vain glory (which is loving the praife of men more then the praife of God. John 12. 43) does the fame that pride does, when the Commandment is contrary to the praise of the world. And if any one keep all the Commandments never fo ftrictly; yet if he be either proud of his obedience, (Luke 18. 9 to 15) or does good for the praise of men, (Matth. 6.) he does not keep the Commandments as he ought to do, to the glory of God, but for the vain honour of himself; and he lofes all the reward of obedience.

The LORD'S PRAYER.

I. Queftion. How can you keep all God's

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Commandments?

felf

A. I am not able of my John 15: 45. to walk in the Commandments fpecial, because it is gi- of God, and to ferve him, ven only to thofe that without his fpecial* grace.

Phil. 2. 13.*

ufe the common grace.

Matth. 13. 12. Mark 4. 24, 25. To have grace, is to use it, that is to do what God enables us to do.

II. Q. What is God's special grace?

A. Grace to walk in the Commandments of God, and to ferve him a: which he gives to thofe that Pbil. 4. ufe his common grace, III. Q. What is the

gives to all?

a Matth. 23. 37. • Tim. 2. 4, 5, 6. b John 4. 10. Without the grace of God,

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which he gives to all b.
common grace, which God 2*

A. Grace to turn to God a,
and to pray to him for his spe-
cial
grace b.

(Phil. 2. 13) which he gives us by Chrift, (ch. 4. 13. Fobn 15. 5) we can neither do, nor have any will or defire to do any thing that he commands; nor forbear doing, willing, or

defiring

defiring to do any thing that he forbids: but we fhall be as it is faid of the old world Gen. 6. 5, Every Imagination of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually. As it is God that made us; fo he only it is that makes us able to forfake fin, and to do good. As 17. 28.

IV. Q. What must you do that you may always have God's fpecial grace?

a Luke 11. 2 to 14. Eph. 6. 18. See the Commandments 18, 19 Qu, b Matth. 25. 14 to 31.

A. I must call upon him for it at all times by diligent pray eras and do my beft endeavour to grow in grace b.

V. Q. Let me hear therefore if thou canst Say the Lord's Prayer.

This prayer we are commanded to use Matth. 6. and Luke 9, 11. 2. After this manner pray ye, Matth. 6, is the fame with Luke When ye pray, Jay. See Numb. 6.

And

A. Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. forgive us our trefpaffes. As we forgive them that trefpafs against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, And the power, And the Glory, For ever and ever, Amen.

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VI. Q. How is God our Father?

a 1 Cor. 8. 6.

b Matth. 7.11.c John
16. 23, 24.
VII. Q: What do
Name ?

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ed the feventh day, by giving it honour above

A. He is our Maker a; and for Chrift's fake c. our kind Giver of all good b

you mean by Hallowed be thy

A. Be thou duly honour'd above all things by me and all *.

people

the other days. This Honouring God above all things, is to

worship

worship him as we ought to do. See the Commandments, 13, 21, 24, 252 We pray that God, and all things and perfons that belong to him, may be honour'd, as He and they ought to be honour'd; that He may be honour'd above all his creatures; and that all things and perfons that belong to him, may be honour'd above other things and perfons.

VIII. Q. What do you mean by Thy kingdom

come?

Matth. 6. 33. Luke *And

17. 20, 21.

come more and more,

A. Thy grace come and rule in all our hearts, that we may serve thee *.

till it comes perfectly in heaven. This is to obey him as we ought to do.

IX. Q. What do you mean by Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven?

*As all thy Commandments are diligently done for ever, Eso.

A. All thy Commandments be diligently done all the days of our life, by me and all people in earth, as they are done by the Angels

and Saints in heaven.

X. Q. What do you mean by Give us this day our daily bread?

In the evening, this night and the next day. Gen. 1. 5, 8, c. Mark 14. 30.

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+ Grace, learning and

A. Send us this day and night all things that be needful both for our Souls + and bodies .

remembring God's Word, wisdom, comfort, &c. Food, clothes, reft, health, seasonable weather, &c.

XI. Q. What do you mean by Forgive us our trespasses?

Save and defend us in all dangers of punifhments, and keep us from everlafting death.

A. Forgive us the punishments of our fins, and be not angry with us.

The punishments of our fins in this

world are the want or lofs of grace, or of the means of grace,

the

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