Chrift, do reft in their Graves till the RefurreЯtion V.

38. Queft. What Benefits do Believers receive from Chrift at the Refurrection?

Anfw. At the Refurrection, Believers being rai fed up in Glory", fhall be openly acknowledged, and acquitted in the Day of Judgment, and made perfectly bleffed, in full enjoying of God to all Eternity.

39.Q. What is the Duty which God requireth of Man? Anfw. The Duty which God requireth of Man, is Obedience to his revealed Will".

at home in the body, we are abfent from the Lord: v. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rarather to be abfent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Phil. 1. 23. For I am in a ftrait betwixt two, having a defire to depart, and to be with Chrift; which is far better. Luke 23.43. And Jefus faid unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, To day fhalt thou be with me in paradife.

1 Thef. 4. 14. For if we believe that Jefus died, and rofe again,even fo them alfo which fleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Ifai. 57. 2. He fhall enter into peace: they fhall reft in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Job 19. 26. And though after my skin, worms deftroy this body, yet in my flesh fhall I fee God: v. 27. Whom I fhall fee for my self, and mine eyes fhall behold, and not anorher; though my reins be confumed within me.

38. WI Cor. IS. 43. It is fown in difhonour, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

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unto him, Well done, good and faithful fervant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Matth. 10. 32. Whofoever therefore fhall confefs me before men, him will I confefs alfo before my Father which is in heaven.

Y I John 3.2. Beloved, now are we the fons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we fhall be: but we know, that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 Cor. 13, 12. For now we fee through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as alfo I am known.

I Thef. 4. 17. Then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and fo fhall we ever be with the Lord. v. 18. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.

39. a Micah 6, 8, He hath fhewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy,

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40. Queft. What did God at firft reveal to Man for the Rule of his Obedience?

Anfw, The Rule which God at first revealed to Man for his Obedience, was the Moral Law . 41. Queft, Where is the Moral Law fummarily comprehended?

Anfw. The Moral Law is fummarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments.

42. Queft. What is the Sum of the Ten Commandments? Anfw. The Sum of the Ten Commandments is, To love the Lord our God, with all our Heart,with all our Soul, with all our Strength, and with all our Mind; and our Neighbour as our felves d.

43. Q. What is the Preface to the Ten Commandments? Anfw. The Preface to the Ten Commandments is in thefe Words, I am the Lozd thy God which have bought thee out of the Land of Egypt, out of the House of Bondage .

44. Queft. What doth the Preface to the Ten Commandments teach us?

Anfw. and to walk humbly with thy God? that the man which doth those 1 Sam. 15. 22. And Samuel faid, things, fhall live by them. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offering and facrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than facrifice; and to hearken, than the fat of rams.

41. Deut. 10. 4. And he wrote on the tables, according to the firft writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord fpake unto you in the mount, out of the midft of the fire, in the day of the affembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.

40. b Rom. 2. 14. For when the Gentiles which have not the law, do 42. Mat. 22. 37. Jefus faid unby nature the things contained in to him, Thou shalt love the Lord the law, thefe having not the law, thy God with all thy heart, and with are a law unto themselves: v. 15. all thy foul, aud with all thy mind. Which fhew the work of the law writ- v. 38. This is the first and great ten in their hearts, their confciences commandment. . 39. And the alfo bearing witnefs, and their fecond is like unto it, Thou shalt love thoughts the mean while accufing thy neighbour as thy felf. or elfe excufing one another. Rom. On thefe two commandments hang 10. s. For Mofes defcribeth the all the law and the prophets. aighteoufnefs which is of the law, 43. Exod. 20. 2.

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Anfw The Preface to the Ten Commandments teacheth us, That because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer; therefore we are bound to keep all his Commandments f

45. Queft. Which is the First Commandment?

Anfw. The First Commandment is, Thou shalt have no other Gods befoze me 8.

46. Q. What is required in the First Commandment?: Anfw. The Firft Commandment requireth us to know, and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God, and to worship and glorify him accordingly.

47.Q. What is forbidden in the First Commandment? Anfw. The First Commandment forbiddeth the Denying, or not worshipping and glorifying the

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44. grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, v. 5. In holiness and righteoufaefs before him, all the days of our life. Pet. 1. 15. But as he which hath called you is holy, fo be ye holy in all manner of converfation; v. 16. Becaufe it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.. 17. And if you call on the Father, who without refpect of perfons judgeth according to every mans work, pass the time of your fojourning here in fear: v. 18. Foras much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as filver and gold, from your vain converfation, received by tradition from your fathers; v 19. But with the precious blood of Chrift, as of a Lamb without blemish and with out spot.

Luke 1. 74. That he would with a. perfect heart, and with a willing mind: for the Lord fearcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou feek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forfake him, he will caft thee off for ever. Deut. 26. 17. Thou haft avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and and to walk in his ways, and to keep his ftatutes, and his com mandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice.

45. 8 Exod. 20. 3.

Matth. 4. 10. Then faith Jefus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God; and him only fhalt thou ferve. Pfalm 29. 2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

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47. Pfalm 14. 1. The fool hath faid in his heart, There is no God. they are corrupt, they have done abominable works there is none that doth good.

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true God, as God', and our God", and the giving that Worship and Glory to any Other which is due to him alone ".

48. Queft. What are we especially taught by these Words Before me, in the First Commandment?

Anfw. Thefe Words Before me, in the First Commandment, teach us, That God who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with the Sin of having any other God °.

49. Queft. Which is the Second Commandment?

Anfw. The Second Commandment is, Thott thalt not make unto thee any graven Image, o2 any Likenels of any thing that is in heaven above, og that is in the Earth beneath, oz that is in the Water under theEarth: Chou halt not bow down thy self to them, noz serve them : For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon thé Children unto the Third and Fourth Generation of them that hate me : And thewing Der

1 Rom. 1. 21. Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkned.

m Pfalm 81. 10. I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it, v. 11. But my people would not hearken to my voice and Ifrael would none of me.

unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural ufe into that which is against nature.

48. Ezek. 8. s. Then faid he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way towards the north: fo I lift up mine eyes the way to ward the north, and behold, northward at the gate of the altar, this idol of jealoufy in the entry. u. 6. He faid furthermore unto me, Son of man, feeft thou what they do? even the great abominations that a Rom. 1. 25. Who changed the the house of Ifrael committeth here, truth of God into a lie, and wor that I fhould go far off from my fhipped and ferved the creature fanctuary? but turn thee yet again, more than the Creator, who is and thou fhalt fee greater abominableffed for ever, Amen. v. 26. tions, drc, to the end of the chapter. For this caufe God gave them up.

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50. Q. What is required in the Second Commandment? Anfu. The Second Commandmentrequireth,the receiving, obferving, and keeping pure and entire, all fuch Religious Worship and Ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word 9.

51.Q. What is forbidden in the Second Commandment? Anft. The Second Commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by Images, or any other Way, not appointed in his Word'.

52. Quelt. What are the Reasons annexed to the Se cond Commandment?

49. P Exod. 29. 4, 5, 6.

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And left thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou feeft the fun, and the moon, and the ftars, even all the host of heaven, fhouldft be driven to worship them, and ferve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Exod 32. 5. And when Aaron faw it, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feaft to the Lord. v. 8. They haveturned afide quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have facrificed thereunto, and faid, Thefe be thy gods, O Ifrael, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

50. 9 Dent. 32, 46. And he faid unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I teftify among you this day; which ye shall command your children to obferve to do, all the words of this law. Matth. 28.20. Teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever I have commanded you and 10, I am with you alway even unto the end of the world. Amen. Acts 2. 42. And they continued ftedfaftly in the apoftles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers, $1. Deut. 4. 15. Take ye therefore good heed unto your felves (for ye faw no manner of fimili tude on the day that the Lord fpake unto you in Horeb, out ofthe midst of the fire) v. 16. Left ye corrupt 1 Deut. 17. 31. Thou shalt not do your felves, and make you a graven fo unto the Lord thy God for image, the similitude of any figure, every abomination to the Lord the likeness of male and female, which he hateth, have they done v. 17. The likeness of any beast that unto their gods: for even their fons is on the earth, the likeness of any and their daughters they have burnt winged fowl that flyeth in the air, in the fire to their gods. v. 18. The likeness of any thing What thing foever! command you that creepeth on the ground, the obferve to do it: thou shalt not add likeness of any fish that in the thereto, nor diminish from it. waters beneath the earth.

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