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Q121. Why is the word Remember fet in the beginning, of the fourth commandment?

A. The word Remember is fet in the beginning of the fourth commandmento, partly becaufe of the great benefit of remembring it, we being thereby helped in our preparation to keep it p; and, in keeping it, better to keep all the rest of the commandments q, and to continue a thankful remembrance of the two great benefits of creation and redemption, which contain a fhort abridgment of religion r; and partly because

* Exod. xx. II.
121. Exod. xx. 8.

- Exod. xvi. 23. And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath faid, To-morrow is the rest of the holy fabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake, to day, and feethe that ye will feethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning. Luke xxiii. 54. And that day was the preparation, and the fabbath drew on. v. 56. And they returned, and prepared fpices and ointments; and refted the fabbath-day, according to the commandment. Compared with Mark xv. 42. And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the fabbath. Neh. xiii. 19. And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerufalem began to be dark before the fabbath, I commanded that the gates fhould be fhut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the fabbath: and fome of my fervants fet I at the gate, that there fhould no burden be brought in on the fabbath-day.

Pfal. xcii. (Title) A pfalm or fong for the fabbath-day. Compared with v. 13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, fhall fourish in the courts of our God.

And v. 14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age: they fhall be fat, and flourishing. Ezek. xx. 12. Moreover alfo, I gave them my fabbaths, to be a fign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that fanctify them. v. 19. I am the Lord your God; walk in my ftatutes, and keep my judgments, and do them. v. 20. And hallow my fabbaths; and they shall be a fign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

r Gen, ii. 2. And on the feventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the feventh day from all his work which he had made. v. 3. And God bleffed the seventh day, and fanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work, which Ged created and made. Pfal. cxviii. 22. The ftone which the builders refufed is become the head-stone of the corner. v. 24. This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. Compared with Acts iv. 10. Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Ifrael, that by the name of Jefus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand bere before

you

because we are very ready to forget it, for that there is lefs light of nature for itt, and yet it reftraineth our natural liberty in things at other times lawfulv; that it cometh but once in feven days, and many worldly bufineffes come between, and too often take off our minds from thinking of it, either to prepare for it, or to fanctify it w; and that Satan with his inftruments much labour to blot out the glory, and even the memory of it, to bring in all irreligion and impiety x. Q. 122.

you whole. v. 11. This is the ftone which was fet at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Rev. i. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet.

Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated my law, and profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they fhewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my fabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Neh. ix. 14. And madest known unto them thy holy fabbath, and commandedit them precepts, ftatutes, and laws, by the hand of Mofes thy fervant.

v Exod. xxxiv. 21. Six days thou shalt work, but on the feventh day thou fhalt reft: in earing-time, and in harveft thou shalt rest.

w Deut. v. 14. But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine afs, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-fervant and thy maid-fervant may reft as well as thou. v. 15. And remember that

thou waft a fervant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand, and by a ftretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the fabbath-day. Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will the new-moon be gone, that we may fell corn? and the fabbath, that we may fet forth wheat, making the ephah fmall, and the fhekel great, and falfifying the balances by deceit ?

× Lam. i. 7. Jerufalem remembred in the days of her affliction, and of her miferies, all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her, the adverfaries faw her, and did mock at her fabbaths. Jer. xvii. 21. Thus faith the Lord, Take heed to yourfelves, and bear no burden on the fabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerufalem. v. 22. Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the fabbathday, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the fabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers. v. 23. But they obeyed nót, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive inftruction. Neh. xiii. from verse 15. to 23. In thofe days faw I in Judah, fome treading wine-preffes on the

fabbath

Q. 122. What is the fum of the fix commandments which contain our duty to man?

A. The fum of the fix commandments which contain our duty to man, is, to love our neighbour as ourselvesy, and to do to others what we would have them do to usz.

Q. 123. Which is the fifth commandment?

A. The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee a.

Q. 124. Who are meant by father and mother, in the fifth commandment?

A. By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant not only natural parents b, but all fuperiors in agec and giftsd; and especially fuch as by God's ordinance are over us in place of authority, whether in family e, churchƒ,

fabbath-day. (See in letter b.)

122.9 Mat. xxii. 39. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

z Mat. vii. 12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men fhould do to you, do ye even fo to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

123. a Exod. xx. 12.

124. b Prov. xxiii. 22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and defpife not thy mother when she is old. v. 25. Thy father and thy mother fhall be glad : and she that bare thee fhall rejoice. Eph. vi. 1. Children obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. v. 2. Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promife.)

1 Tim. v. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren; v. 2. The elder women as mothers, the younger as fifters, with all purity.

d Gen. iv. 20. And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of fuch as

or

dwell in tents, and of fuch as have
cattle. v. 21. And his brother's
name was Jubal: he was the father
of all fuch as handle the harp and
organ. v. 22. And Zillah, she also
bare Tubal-Cain, an instructer of
every artificer in brass and iron.-
Gen. xlv. 8. So now it was not
you
that fent me hither, but God:
and he hath made me a father to
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,
and a ruler throughout all the land
of Egypt.

e 2 Kings v. 13. And his fervant came near, and fpake unto him, and faid, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do fome great thing, wouldft thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he faith to thee wash and be clean?

f 2 Kings ii. 12. And Elisha faw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Ifrael, and the horfemen thereof.-2 Kings xiii. 14. Now Elifha was fallen fick, of his ficknefs whereof he died, and Joafh the king of Ifrael came down unto

or common wealthg.

Q. 125. Why are fuperiors ftiled father and mother?

A. Superiors are stiled father and mother, both to teach them in all duties toward their inferiors, like natural parents, to exprefs love and tenderness to them, according to their feveral relations b; and to work inferiors to a greater willingness and chearfulness in performing their duties to their superiors, as to their parents i.

Q. 126. What is the general scope of the fifth commandment?

A. The general scope of the fifth commandment is the performance of thofe duties which we mutually owe in our feveral relations, as fuperiors, inferiors or equals k..

him and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Ifrael, and the horsemen thereof. Gal. iv. 19. My little children, of whom I travel in birth again until Chrift be formed in you.

g Ifa. xlix. 23. And kings fhall be thy nurfing-fathers, and their queens thy nurfing-mothers: and they fhall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the duft of thy feet, and thou fhalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

125. h Eph. vi. 4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 2 Cor. xii. 14.-For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 1 Theff. ii. 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: v. 8. So being affectionately defirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gofpel of God only, but also our own fouls, becaufe ye were dear un

Q. 127.

to us. v. II. As ye know, how we exhorted and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children. Num. xi. 11. And Mofes faid unto the Lord, Wherefore haft thou afflicted thy fervant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy fight, that thou layeft the burden of all this people upon me? v. 12. Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them? that thou fhouldt fay unto me, carry them in thy bofom, (as a nurfingfather beareth the fucking child) unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

i 1 Cor. iv. 14. I write not thefe things to fhame you, but as my beloved fons I warn you..v. 15. For though ye have ten thousand inftructors in Chrift, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Chrift Jefus I have begotten you through the gofpel. v. 16. Wherefore I befeech you be ye followers of me. 2 Kings v. 13. (See letter e.)

126. Eph. v 21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all

men.

Q. 127. What is the honour that inferiors owe to their fuperiors?

A. The honour which inferiors owe to their fuperiors is, all due reverence in heart, word m, and behaviour n; prayer and thanksgiving for them o; imitation of their virtues and gracesp; willing obedience to their lawful commands and counfelsq; due fubmiffion to their corrections;

men. Love the brotherhood. Fear, God. Honour the king. Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to an-, other, with brotherly love, in hohenour preferring one another.

127. Mal. i. 6. A fon honoureth his father, and a fervant his master: If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a mafter, where is my fear? faith the Lord of hofts unto you, O priests, that defpife my name: and ye fay, Wherein have we defpifed thy name? Lev. xix. 3.. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my fabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

m Prov. xxxi. 28. Her children arise up and call her bleffed; her husband alfo, and he praiseth her. 1 Pet. iii. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any

amazement.

n Lev. xix. 32. Thou fhalt rife up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord. 1 Kings ii. 19. Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah; and the king rofe up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and fat down on his throne, and caufed a feat to be fet for the king's mother; and fhe fat on his right hand.

1 Tim. ii. 1. I exhort therefore, shat first of all, fupplications, pray

ers, interceffions, and giving of thanks be made for all men: v. 2. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

p Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whofe faith follow, confidering the end of their converfation. Phil. iii. 17. Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them who walk fo, as ye have us for an en-` fample.

9 Eph. vi. 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. v. 2. Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with promife.) v. 5. Servants, be obedient to them that are your mafters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in fingleness of your heart, as unto Chrift; v. 6. Not with eye-fervice, as men-pleafers, but as the fervants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; v. 7. With good-will doing fervice, as to the Lord, and not to men. 1 Pet. ii. 13. Submit yourfelves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's fake: whether it be to the king, as fupreme; v. 14. or unto governors, as unto them that are fent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praife of them that do well. Rom. xiii. 1. Let every foul be fubject unto the higher

powers.

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