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relling at v, curious prying intow, and mifapplying of God's decrees x, and providences y: mifinterpreting z, mifapplyinga, or any way perverting the word, or any part of itb, to profane jeftsc, curious and unprofitable queftions, vain jang

Rom. ix. 14. What fhall we fay then? Is there unrighteoufnefs with God? God forbid. v. 19. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath refifted his will? v, 20. Nay, but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? fhall the thing formed fay to him that formed it, Why haft thou made me thus?

w Deut. xxix. 29. The fecret things belong unto the Lord our God, but thofe things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

* Rom. iii. 5. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteoufnefs of God, what shall we fay? is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? I fpeak as a man. v. 7. For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I alfo judged as a finner? Rom. vi. 1. What fhall we fay then? fhall we continue in fin, that grace may abound? God forbid.

Eccl. viii. 11. Because fentence against an evil work is not executed fpeedily; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil. Eccl. ix. 3. This is an evil among all things that are done under the fun, that there is one event unto all: Yea, alfo the heart of the fons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead. Pfal. xxxix. throughout. I faid, I will take heed to my ways, that I not with my tongue.—

z Mat. v. 21. to the end. (See Queft. 99. letter ..)

a Ezek. xiii. 22. Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous fad, whom I have not made fad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promifing him life.

b 2 Pet. iii. 16. As alfo in all his epiftles, fpeaking in them of these things: in which are fome things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wreft, as they do alfo the other fcriptures, unto their own deftruction. Mat. xxii. 24. to the 31. Saying, Mafter, Mofes faid, if a man die, having no children, his brother fhall marry his wife, and raise up feed unto his brother. v. 25. Now there were with us feven brethren, and the firft-v. 28. Therefore in the refurrection, whofe wife fhall the be of the feven? for they all had her. v. 29. Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, ye do err, not knowing the fcriptures, nor the power of God, v. 30. For in the refurrection

e Ifa. xxii. 13. And behold, joy and gladnefs, flaying oxen and killing theep, eating fleth, and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die. Jer. xliii. 34. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that fhall fay, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. v. 36. And the burden of the Lord fhall ye mention no more: for every man's word fhall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the

janglings, or the maintaining of false doctrines d; abufing. it, the creatures, or any thing contained under the name of God, to charmse, or finful lufts and practices f; the maligning,

living God, of the Lord of hofts our God. v. 38. But fith ye fay, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus faith the Lord, Because you fay this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have fent unto you faying, Ye fhall not fay, the burden of the Lord. d1 Tim. i. 4. Neither give heed to fables, and endless genealogies, which minister queftions,rather than godly edifying, which is in faith: fo do. v. 6. From which (faith) fome having fwerved, have turned afide unto vain jangling; v. 7. defiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they fay, nor whereof they affirm. 1 Tim. vi. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and ftrifes of words, whereof cometh envy, ftrife, railings evil furmifings, v. 5. perverfe difputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, fuppofing that gain is godliness: from fuch withdraw thyself. v. 20. O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy truft, avoiding profane and vain bablings, and oppofitions of fcience, falfely fo called. 2 Tim. ii. 14. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they ftrive not about words, to no profit, but to the fubverting of the hearers. Tit. iii. 9. But avoid foolish queftions, and genealogies, and contentions and trivings about the law; for they are unprofitable, and vain.

Deut. xviii. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. There fhall not be found among you any one that maketh his fon or his daughter to pafs through the fire, or that useth divination, or an ob

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witch, v. 11. or a charmer, or a confulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. v. 12. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord, &c. Acts xix. 13. Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcifts, took upon them to call over them who had evil fpirits, the name of the Lord Jefus, faying, We adjure you by Jefus whom Paul preacheth.

f 2 Tim. vi. 3. For the time will come when they will not endure found doctrine; but after their own lufts fhall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. v. 4And they fhall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honeftly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in ftrife and envying. v. 14. But put ye on the Lord Jefus Chrift, and make not provifion for the flesh, to fulfil the lufts thereof. i Kings xxi. 9. And fhe wrote in the letters, faying, proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: v. 10. and fet two men, fons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, faying, Thou didst blafpheme God and the king: and then carry him out, and ftone him that he may die. Jude 4. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lafcivioufnefs, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jefus Chrift.

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ingg, fcorningh, revilingi, or any wife oppofing of God's truth, grace, and waysk; making profeffion of religion in hypocrify, or for finifter ends/;

8 Acts xiii. 45. But when the Jews faw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and späke against thofe things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blafpheming. I John iii. 12. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and flew his brother: and wherefore flew he him? because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous,

b Pfal.i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counfel of the ungodly, nor ftandeth in the way of finners, nor fitteth in the feat of the fcornful. 2 Pet. iii. 3. Knowing this firft, that there fhall come in the last days fcoffers, walking after their own lufts.

i 1 Pet. iv. 4. Wherein they think it ftrange that you run not with them to the fame excefs of riot, fpeaking evil of you.

Acts xiii. 45. But when the Jews faw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and fpake against thofe things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blafpheming. v. 46. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and faid, It was neceffary that the word of God fhould firft have been spoken to you: but feeing ye put it from you, and judge your felves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. v. 50, But the Jews ftirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised perfecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coafts. Acts iv. 18. And they called them, and commanded them not to fpeak at all, nor teach in the name of Jefus, Acts xix. 9. But when die

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verfe were hardened, and believed not, but fpake evil of that way before the multitude,he departed from them, and feparated the difciples, difputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 1 Theff. ii. 16. Forbidding us to fpeak to the Gentiles, that they might be faved, to fill up their fins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. Heb. x. 29. Of how much forer punifhment, fuppofe ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant; wherewith he was fanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done defpight unto the Spirit of grace?

12 Tim. iii. 5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof; from fuch turn away. Mat, xiii. 14. Wo unto you feribes and Pharifees, hypocrites; for ye devour widows houfes, and for a pretence make long prayers; therefore ye fhall receive the greater damnation, Mat. vi. 1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be feen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father who is in heaven. v. 2. Therefore when thou doft thine alms, do not found a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the fynagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward. v. 5. And when thou prayeft, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray ftanding in the fynagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be feen of men. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward. $

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Q. 114. What reasons are annexed to the third commandment?

A. The reafons annexed to the third commandment, in thefe words, (The Lord thy God,) (For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain, are, because he is the Lord and our God, therefore his name is not to be profaned or any way abused by ust; efpecially because he

v. 16. Moreover, when ye faft, be not as the hypocrites, of a fad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to faft. Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward.

m Mark viii. 38.Whofoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and finful generation, of him alfo fhall the Son of man be afhamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels.

in Pfal. lxxiii. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chaftned every morning. v. 15. If I fay, I will fpeak thus: behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

• 1 Cor. vi. 5. I fpeak to your fhame, Is it fo that there is not a wife man amongst you? no not one that fhall be able to judge between his brethren? v. 6. But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Eph. v. 15. See then that ye walk circumfpectly, not as fools, but as wife. v. 16. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. v. 17. Wherefore be ye not unwife, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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I looked that it fhould bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 2 Pet. i. 8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye fhall neither be barren, nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jefus Chrift. v. 9. But he that lacketh these things, is blind, and cannot fee far off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old fins.

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Rom. ii. 23. Thou that makest thy boaft of the law, through breaking the law difhonourest thou God? v. 24. For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles, thro' you, as it is written.

r Gal, iii. 1. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you fhould not obey the truth, before whofe eyes Jefus Chrift hath been evidently fet forth, crucified among you? v. • 3. Are ye fo foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Heb. vi. 6. If they fhall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance: seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open fhame.

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: Lev. xix. 12. And ye fhall not fwear by my name falfely, neither fhalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

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will be fo far from acquitting and fparing the tranfgreffors of this commandment, as that he will not fuffer them to escape his righteous judgment v, albeit many fuch escape the cenfures and punifhments of men w.

Q.115. Which is the fourth commandment?

A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbathday to keep it holy. Six days fhalt thou labour and do all thy work: but the feventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy man fervant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates.

~ Ezek. xxxvi. 21. But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Ifrael had profaned among the heathen whither they went. v. 22. Therefore fay unto the house of Ifrael, thus faith the Lord God, I do not this for your fakes, O house of Ifrael, but for mine holy name's fake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. v. 23. And I will fanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, faith the Lord God, when I fhall be fanctified in you, before their eyes. Deut. xxviii. 58. If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayeft fear this glorious and fearful hame, THE LORD THY GOD; v. 59. Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy feed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and fore fickneffes, and of long continuance. Zech. v. 2. And he faid unto me, What feeft thou? and I answered, I fee a flying roll, the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. v. 3. Then faid

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he unto me, This is the curfe that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth fhall be cut off as on this fide, according to it: and every one that fweareth, fhall be cut off, as on that fide, according to it. v. 4. I will bring it forth, faith the Lord of hofts, and it fhall enter into the houfe of the thief, and into the house. of him that sweareth falfely by my

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w 1 Sam. ii. 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 Israel, and how they lay with the women, that affembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. v. 24. Nay, my fons: for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lord's people to tranfgrefs. Compared with 1 Sam. i. 13. For I have told him, that I will judge his houfe for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth : because his fons made themselves vile, and he reftrained them not.

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