Lev. xviii. 4: "Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God."

Deut. xii. 32: "What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto nor diminish from it."

Deut. xxxii. 46, 47: "And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you: because it is your life.”

Matt. xxviii. 20: "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

Q. 51. What is forbidden in the second commandment?

A. The second commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his word.

Forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images.

Deut. iv. 15-18: "Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; (for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;) lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth."

Or any other way not appointed in his word.

Matt. xv. 9: "But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."

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.'

Col. ii. 18: "Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind."

Q. 52. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?

A. The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God's sovereignty over us, his propriety in us, and the zeal he hath to his own worship.

Ex. xx. 2: "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.'

Ex. xxxiv. 14: "For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."

Q. 53. 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.

Ex. xx. 7.

Q. 54. What is required in the third commandment?

A. The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God's names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works.

Holy and reverent use of God's name, titles, attributes. Matt. vi. 9: "Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name."

Isa. vi. 3: "And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts."

Ps. cxi. 9: Holy and reverend is thy name." Deut. xxviii. 58: "That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD."

Rev. xv. 4: "Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy."

A holy and reverent use of God's ordinances.

Eccles. v. 1, 2: "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. 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."

Ps. cxxxviii. 2: "I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

1 Cor. xi. 28, 29: "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."

A holy and reverent use of God's word.

Ps. cxix. 4-6, 103, 104, 111, 112, 115: "Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end. Depart from me, ye evil-doers for I will keep the commandments of my God."

A holy and reverent use of God's works.

Ps. civ. 24-31: "O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them. their meat in due season. That thou givest them, they gather thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. The glory of the Lord shall endure forever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works."

Job xxxvi. 24: "Remember that thou magnify his work which men behold."

Rev. xv. 3: "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."

Q. 55. What is forbidden in the third com. mandment?

A. The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of any thing whereby God maketh himself known.

Lev. xix. 12: "And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord."

Matt. v. 33-37:" Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for

it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King: neither shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."

Q. 56. What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?

A. The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment.

Ex. xx. 7: "For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."

Gal. iii. 10: "Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."

Mal. ii. 2: "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings."

Ps. 1. 21, 22: "These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you to pieces and there be none to deliver."

Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath-day, to keep it holy. Six days. shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work,