shipping of it; or God in it or by it; the making of any representation of feigned deities, and all worship of them, or service belonging to them; all superstitious devices,m corrupting the worship of God," adding to it, or taking from fish that is in the waters beneath the earth and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord, thy God, hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Acts xvii. 29. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone graven by art and man's device. Rom. i. 21, 22, 23, 25. 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 darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools and changed the glory of the incorruptible God, into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. k Dan. iii. 18. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Gal. iv. 8. Howbeit, then when you knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. i Exod. xxxii. 5. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the Lord. k Exod. xxxii. 8. They have turned aside quickly out of the way, which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Kings xviii. 26, 28. And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal, from morning even unto noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leapt upon the altar which was made. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them Isa. lxv. 11. But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink-offering unto that number. m Acts xvii. 22. Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. Col. ii. 21, 22, 23. (Touch not, taste not, handle not: which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and doctrines of men. Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship and humility, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. n Mal i. 7, 8, 14. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? in that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt it, whether invented and taken up of ourselves,P or received by tradition from others, though under the title of antiquity, custom, devotion, good intent, or any other pretence whatsoever; simony ;w sacrilege; all neglect,y con : t thing for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. o Deut. iv. 2. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I command you. p Psal. cvi. 39. Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. q Mat. xv. 9. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. r 1 Peter i. 18. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers. s Jer. xliv. 17. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and, were well, and saw no evil. : t Isa. lxv. 3, 4, 5. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face, that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Gal. i. 13, 14. For, ye have heard of my conversation in time past, in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it and profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. v 1 Sam. xiii. 11, 12. And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together to Michmash: therefore, said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself, therefore, and offered a burnt-offering. 1 Sam. xv. 21. But the people (said Saul) took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord, thy God, in Gilgal. Acts viii. 18. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money. x Rom. ii. 22. Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Mal. iii. 8. Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me: but ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? in tithes and offerings. y Exod. iv. 24, 25, 26. And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the fore-skin of hier son, and cast it at his Set, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he let him tempt, hindering,a and opposing the worship and ordinances. which God hath appointed.b Q. 110. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it ? A. The reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I, the Lord, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments; are, beside God's sovereignty over us, and propriety in us,d his fervent zeal for his own worship,e and his revengeful indignation against all false worship, as being a spiritual whoredom,f accounting the breakers of this commandment such as hate him and threatening to punish them unto di go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. z Mat. xxii. 5. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandize. Mal. i. 7, 13. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it, and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hands? saith the Lord. a Mat. xxiii. 13. But wo unto you, Seribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. b Acts xiii. 44, 45. And the next Sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 1 Thess. ii. 15, 16. Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 110. c Exod. xx. 5, 6. : d Psal. xlv. 11. So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him. Rev. xv. 3, 4. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are inade manifest. : e Exod. xxxiv. 13, 14. But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. For, thou shalt worship no other god for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. f 1 Cor. x. 20, 21, 22. But I say, that the things which the Gen vers generations ; and esteeming the observers of it such as love him and keep his commandments, and promising mercy to them unto many generations.h Q. 111. Which is the third commandment? A. The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.i Q. 112. What is required in the third commandment? A. The third commandment requires, that the name of God, his titles, attributes,k ordinances, the word,m sacratiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? Jer. vii. 18, 19, 20. The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Ezek. xvi. 26, 27. Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbours, great of flesh, and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Behold, therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Deut. xxxii. 16 to 20. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his. daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be for they are a very froward generation, chil dren in whom is no faith. g Hos. ii. 2, 3, 4. Plead with your mother, plead for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband let her, therefore, put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. And I will not have mercy upon her children: for they be the children of whoredoms. h Deut. v. 29. O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 111. i Exod. xx. 7. 112. k Mat. vi. 9. After this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Deut. xxviii. 58. If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law, that are ments, prayer, oaths,P vows,9 lots, his works," and whatsoever else there is whereby he makes himself known, be holily and reverently used in thought, meditation, word, t written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD, THY GOD. Psal. xxix. 2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Psal. Ixviii. 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his naine: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. Rev. xv. 3, 4. (See above in d.) I Mal. i. 14. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Eccl. v. 1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. m Psal. cxxxviii. 2. I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name, for thy loving-kindness, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. n 1 Cor. xi. 24, 25, 28, 29. And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of ine. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. o 1 Tim. ii. 8. I will, therefore, that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. p Jer. iv. 2. And thou shalt swear, the Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. q Eccl. v. 2, 4, 6. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore, let thy words be few. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it: for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou should vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? r Acts i. 24, 26. And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen. And they gave forth their lots: and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. s Job xxxvi. 24. Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. t Mal. iii. 16. Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. Psal. viii. throughout. 1, 3, 4. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and |