bour's good Name, especially in Witness bearing P. 78. Queft. What is forbidden in the Ninth Commandment? Anfw. The Ninth Commandment forbiddeth, Whatsoever is prejudicial to Truth, or injurious to our own or our Neighbour's good Name 9. 79. Queft. Which is the Tenth Commandment? Anfw. The Tenth Commandment is, Thou thalt not covet thy Neighbour's Houle, thou thalt not covet thy Neighbour's Wife, noz his Man-fervant, noz his Maid-servant, no his Dr, nor his Als, noz any thing that is thy Neighbour's *. r 80. Queft. What is required in the Tenth Commandment? Anfw. The Tenth Commandment requireth, Full Contentment with our own Condition, with a right and charitable Frame of Spirit toward our Neighbour, and all that is his. 81. Quest. every man the truth to his neigh- naughtiness of thine heart; for thou bour: execute the judgment of truth art come down, that thou mightest and fee the battle. Lev. 19. 16. Thou fhalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither fhalt thou ftand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord. Pfalm 15.3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach againft his neighbour peace in your gates. 3 John 12. Demetrius hath good report of all men, and ofthe truth, it felf: yea, and we also bear record, and ye know that our record is true. P Prou. 14. 5. A faithful witness will not lie: but a falfe witness will utter lies. . 25. A true witnefs delivereth fouls, but a deceitful witnefs fpeaketh lies. 78.91 Sam. 17. 28. And Eliab his eldest brother, heard when he fpake unto the men; and Eliabs anger was kindled against David, and he faid, Why comeft thou down hither and with whom haft thou left thofe few fheep in the wildernefs I know thy pride, and the 79. Exod. 20. 17. 181, Q. What is forbidden in the Tenth Commandment? Anfw. The Tenth Commandment forbiddeth, All Discontentment with our own Eftate, envying or grieving at the good of our Neighbour, and all inordinate Motions and Affections to any Thing that is his. 82. Queft. Is any Man able perfectly to keep the Commandments of God? Anfu. No meer Man fince the Fall, is able in this Life, perfectly to keep the Commandments of God', W. Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be defireous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. James 3.14. But if ye have bitter envying and ftrife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. v. 16. For where envying and ftrife is, there is confufion, and every evil * Rom. 7. 7. What shall we fay deftruction of him that hated me, or lift up my felf when evil found him. Rom. 12. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. I Tim 1.5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good confcience, and of faith unfeigned. I Cor. 13. 4. Charity work. fuffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth then? Is the law fin? God forbid. not it felf, is not puffed up, v.5. Doth not behave it felf unfeemly, feeketh not her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil, v. 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: v.7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 81. 1 Kings 21.4. And Achab came into his houfe, heavy and difpleased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezrelite had spoken to him for he had faid, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers: and he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. Eft. s. 13. Yet all this availeth me nothing, fo long as I fee Mordecai the Jew fitting at the kings gate. I Cor. 10. 10. Neither murmur ye,as fome of them alfo murmured, and were deftroyed of the destroyer, Nay, I had not known fin, but by the law: for I had not known luft, except the law had faid, Thou shalt not covet. v. 8. But fin taking occafion by the commandment,wrought in me all manner of concupifcence. For without the law fin was dead. Rom. 13.9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not fteal, Thou fhalt not bear falfe witnefs, Thou fhalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this faying,namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy felf. Deut. S. 21. Neither fhalt thou defire thy neighbours wife, neither fhalt thou covet thy neighbours houfe, his field, or his man-fervant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his afs, or any thing that is thy neighbours, $2. Y Eccl. God, but doth Daily break them in Thought; Word, and Deed : 83. Queft. Are all Tranfgreffions of the Law equally bainous? Anfw. Some Sins in themselves, and by Reason of feveral Aggravations, are more hainous in the fight of God than others ". 84. Queft. What doth every Sin deferve? Anfw. Every Sin deferveth God's Wrath and Curfe, both in this Life, and that which is to come. 85. Queft. 82. Y Eccl. 7. 20. For there is not a juft man upon earth, that doth good, and finneth not. 1 John 1. 8. If we fay, that we have no fin, we deceive our felves, and the truth is not in us. v. 10. If we fay that we have not finned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Gal. 5. 17. For the flesh lufteth againft the fpirit, and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other; fo that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Gen. 6. 5. And God faw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen. 8. 21. And the Lord fmelled a sweet favour, and the Lord faid in his heart, I will not again curfe the ground any more for mans fake, for the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again fmite any more every thing living, as I have done. Rom. 3. 9. What then? are we better than they No in nowife, for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under fin-- and fo on to verse 21. James 3. 2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the fame is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body-- and fo on to verse 13. v. 13. 83. Ezek. 8. 6. He faid furthermore unto me, Son of man, feest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Ifrael committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt fee greater abominations. He faid alfo unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. v.15. Then faid he unto me, Haft thou feen this, Ofon of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 1 John 5. 16. If any man fee his brother fina fin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he fhall give him life for them that fin not unto death. There is a fin unto death: I do not fay, that he fhall pray for it. Pfalm 78. 17. And they finned yet more againft him, by provoking the most High in the wilderness. v. 32. For all this they finned ftill: and believed not for his wondrous works. v. 56. Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his teftimonies. b 84. Eph. 5. 6. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for becaufe 85. Queft. What doth God require of us that we may escape his Wrath and Curfe, due to us for Sin? Anfw. To efcape the Wrath and Curfe of God due to us for Sin, God requireth of us Faith in Jefus Chrift, Repentance unto Life, with the diligent Ufe of all the outward Means whereby Christ communicateth to us the Benefits of Redemption ". 86. Queft. What is Faith in Jefus Chrift? Anfw. Faith in Jefus Chrift is a Saving Grace, whereby we receive, and reft upon him alone for Salvation, as he is offered to us in the Gospel 87. Quest cause of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of difobedience. Gal. 3. 10. For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curfe: for it is written, Curfed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Lament. 3. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his fins? Matth. 25. 41. Then fhall he also say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye curfed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 85. Acts 20. 21. Teftifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance towards God, and faith toward our Lord Jefus Christ. d Prov. 2. 1. My son, ifthou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee: v. 2. So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding: v.3. Yea, if thou crieft after knowledge, and lifteft up thy voice for understanding: v. 4. If thou seekest her as filver, and searcheft for her, as for hid treafure: v. s. Then shalt thou under ftand the fear of the Lord; and 86. Heb. 10. 39. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe, to the faving of the foul. 87. Queft. What is Repentance unto Life? Anfw. Repentance unto Life is a Saving Grace, whereby a Sinner out of the true fenfe of his Sin h and Apprehenfion of the Mercy of God in Chrift doth with Grief and Hatred of his Sin, turn from it unto God, with full Purpose of, and Endeavour after new Obedience 1. 88. Queft. What are the outward Means whereby Chrift communicateth to us the Benefits of Redemption? in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Chrift, the righteoufnefs which is of God by faith. Gal. 2. 16. Know⇒ ing that a man is not juftified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jefus Chrift, even we have believed in Jefus Chrift; that we might be juftified by the faith of Chrift, and not by the works of the law for by the works of the law fhall no flesh be justified. 87. 8 Acts 11. 18. When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, faying, Then hath God alfo to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. h Acts 2. 37. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and faid unto Peter, and to the rest of the appftles, men and brethren, what fhall we do? v. 38. Then Peter faid unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jefus Chrift, for the remiffion of fins, and ye fhall receive the gift of the holy Ghoft. i Joel 2.12. Therefore alfo now, faith the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fafting, and with weeping, and with mourning. Jerem. 3. 22. Return, ye backfliding children, and I will heal your backflidings: behold, we Anfw come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our God. * Jerem. 31. 18. I have furely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou haft chastised me and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I fhall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God, v. 19. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I fmote upon my thigh: I was afhamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Ezek. 36. 31. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and fhall loath your felves in your own fight, for your iniquities, and for your abominations. 1 2 Cor. 7. 11. For behold, this felf fame thing that ye forrowed after a godly fort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of your felves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement defire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! in all things ye have approved your felves to be clear in this matter. Ifai. I. 16. Wafh ye, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes, cease to do evil, v. 17. Learn to do well, seek judg ment, |