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their own gloryc, cafe, profit, or pleasured; commanding things unlawfule, or not in the power of inferiors to perform f; counselling g, encouraging b, or favouring them in that which is evili; diffuading, difcouraging, or discountenancing them in that which is goodk; correcting them unduly?

John v. 44. How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and feek not the honour that cometh from God only? John vii. 18. He that speaketh of himfelf, feeketh his own glory; but he that feeketh his glory that fent him, the fame is true, and no unrighteoufnefs is in him.

d Ifa. Îvi. 10. His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; fleeping, lying down, loving to flumber. v. 11. Yea, they are greedy dogs, who can never have enough, and they are fhepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain from his quarter. Deut. xvii. 17. Neither fhall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither fhall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Dan. iii. 4. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, . 5. that at what time ye hear the found of the cornet, flute, harp, fackbut, pfaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of mufic, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath fet up. v. 6. And whofo falleth not down, and worshippeth, fhall the fame hour be caft into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Acts iv. 17. But that it fpread no further among the people, let us ftraitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. v. 18. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the

name of Jefus.

f Exod. v. from verfe 10. to the 18. And the tafk-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they fpake to the people, faying, Thus faith Pharaoh, I will not give you ftraw, &c. Mat. xxiii. 2. Saying, The Scribes and Pharifees fit in Mofes feat. v. 4. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be born,

g Mat. xiv. 8. And fhe, being before inftructed of her mother, faid, Give me here John Baptift's head in a charger. Compared with Mark vi. 24. And she went forth, and faid unto her mother, What fhall I ask? and fhe faid, The head of John the Baptist.

b2 Sam. xiii. 28. Now Abfalom had commanded his fervants, faying, Mark ye now when Amnon's' heart is merry with wine; and when I fay unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous and be valiant.

i 1 Sam. iii. 13. For I have told him, that I will judge his houfe for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: because his fons made themfelves vile, and he restrained them not.

* John vii. 46. The officers anfwered, Never man fpake like this man. v. 47. Then answered them the Pharifees, Are ye alfo deceived? v. 48. Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharifees believed on him? v, 49. But this people who knoweth' T 2

duly 1: careless exposing, or leaving them to wrong, tempta tion and danger m; provoking them to wrathn; or any way difhonouring themselves, or leffening their authority, by an unjuft, indifcreet, rigorous or remifs behaviouro.

not the law are curfed. Col. iii. 21. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, left they be difcouraged. Exod. v. 17. But he faid, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye fay, Let us go, and do facrifice to the Lord.

1 Pet. ii. 18. Servants, be fubject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but alfo to the froward. v. 19. For this is thank-worthy, if a man for confcience toward God endure grief, futtering wrongfully. v. 20. For what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if when ye do well, and fuffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is acceptable with God. Heb. xii. 10. For they verily for a few days chaftened us after their own pleafure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holinefs. Deut. xxv. 3. Forty ftripes he may give him, and not exceed: left if he fhould exceed, and beat him above thefe with many ftripes, then thy brother fhould feem vile unto thee.

m Gen. xxxviii. 11. Then faid Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remaln a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my fon be grown; (for he faid, Left peradventure he die alfo as his brethren did) and Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. v. 26. And Judah acknowledged them, and faid, She hath been more righteous than I: because I gave her not to Shelah my fon: and he knew her again no more. Acts xviii. 17. Then all the Greeks wook Softhenes the chief ruler of the

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fynagogue, and beat him before the judgment-feat: and Gallio cared for none of those things.

» Eph. vi. 4. And ye fathers, pro voke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

• Gen, ix. 21. And he drank of the wine and was drunken, and he was uncovered within his tent. I Kings xii. 13. And the king (Rehoboam) anfwered the people roughly, and forfook the old mens counfel that they gave him; v. 14. and fpake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father alfo chaftifed you with whips, but I will chastise you with fcorpions. v. 15. Wherefore the king hearkned not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord,- -V. 16. So when all Ifrael faw that the king hearkned not unto them, the people an fwered the king, faying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the fon of Jeffe: to your tents, OIfrael: now fee to thine own houfe, David. So Ifrael departed unto their tents. 1 Kings i. 6. And his father had not displeased him, viz. Adonijah at any time, in faying, Why haft thou done fo? I Sam. ii. 29. Wherefore kick ye at my facrifices, and at mine offering which I have commanded in my habitation, and honoureft thy fons above me, to make yourselves fat, with the chiefeft of all the offerings of Ifrael my people. v. 30. Wherefore the Lord God of Ifrael faith, I

Q. 131. What are the duties of equals?

A. The duties of equals are, to regard the dignity and 4 worth of each otherp, in giving honour to go one before another q: and to rejoice in each others gifts and advancement, as their own r

Q. 132. What are the fins of equals?

A. The fins of equals are, befide the neglect of the duties required, the undervaluing of the worth t, envying the gifts, grieving at the advancement or profperity one of another w; and ufurping pre-eminence one over another x. Q.133•

faid indeed, that thy houfe, and the houfe of thy father fhould walk before me for ever: but now the Lord faith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me, I will honour; and they that defpife me, fhall be lightly esteemed. v. 31. Behold, the days come that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's houfe, that there fhall not be an old man in thine house.

131. p Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

9 Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another; with brotherlove, in honour preferring one another.

Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them, that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. v. 16. Be of the fame mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condefcend to men of low eftate. Be not wife in your own conceits. Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through ftrife or vain-glory, but in lowlinefs of mind, let each efteem other better than themselves. v. 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man alfo on the things of others.

132./Rom. xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another, hath ful

filled the law.

2 Tim. iii. 3. Without natural affection, truce-breakers, falfe accufers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of thofe that are good.

Acts vii. 9. And the patriarchs, moved with envy, fold Jofeph into Egypt: but God was with him. Gal. iii. 26. Let us not be defirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

w Numb. xii. 2. And they faid, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Mofes hath he not spoken alfo by us? and the Lord heard it. Efth. vi. 12. And Mordecai came again to the king's gate; but Haman hafted to his houfe, mourning, and having his head covered. v. 13. And Haman told Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, every thing that had befallen him. Then faid his wife men, and Zerefh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the feed of the Jews, before whom thou haft begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but fhalt furely fall before him.

3 John 9. I wrote unto the church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. Luke xxii. 24. And there was alfo a ftrife amongst them, which of them should be accounted the greatest T 3

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Q. 133. What is the reafon annexed to the fifth commandment, the more to enforce it?

A. The reafon annexed to the fifth commandment, in these words, That thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth theey, is an exprefs promife of long life and profperity, as far as it fhall ferve for God's glory and their own good, to all fuch as keep this commandment z. Q134. Which is the fixth commandment?

A. The fixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill a. Q. 135. What are the duties required in the fixth commandment?

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A. The duties required in the fixth commandment are, all careful studies, and lawful endeavours, to preferve the life of ourfelvesb, and others c, by refifting all thoughts and purposesd, fubdu

133. y Exod. xx. 12.

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1 Kings xviii. 4. For it was fo, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

z Deut. v. 16. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. i Kings viii. 25. Therefored now, Lord God of Ifrael, keep with thy fervant David my father that thou promifedit him, faying, There fhall not fail thee a man in my fight to fit on the throne of Ifrael; fo that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou haft walked before me. Eph. vi. 2. Honour thy father and thy mother, (which is the first commandment with promife.) v. 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayeft live long on the earth.

134. Exod. xx. 13.

135. Eph. v. 28. So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself. v. 29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the

Jer. xxvi. 15. But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye fhall furely bring innocent blood upon yourfelves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath fent me unto you, to speak all these words in your ears, v. 16. Then faid the princes, and all the people unto the priefts, and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. Acts xxiii. 12. And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themfelves under a curfe, faying, That they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul, v. 16.And when Paul's fifters fon heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the caftle, and told

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fubduing all paffions e, and avoiding all occafionsf, temptations g, and practices, which tend to the unjust taking away the life of any h; by juft defence thereof against violence i, patient

Panl. v. 17. Then Paul called one of-the centurions unto him, and faid, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath a certain thing to tell him. v. 21. But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men who have bound themfelves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready looking for a promise from thee. v. 27. This man was taken of the Jews, and fhould have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and refcued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

e Eph. iv. 26. Be ye angry, and fin not: let not the fun go down upon your wrath: v. 27. Neither give place to the devil.

f 2 Sam. ii. 22. And Abner faid again to Afahel, Turn thee afide from following me: wherefore fhould I fmite thee to the ground?-Deut. xxii. 8. When thou buildeft a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy houfe, if any man fall from thence.

g Mat. iv. 6. And faith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, caft thy felf down;-v. 7. Jefus faid unto him, It is written again, Thou fhalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Prov. i. 10. My fon, if finners entice thee, consent thou not. v. 11. If they fay, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without caufe; v. 15. My fon, walk not thou in the way with them: refrain thy foot from their path. v. 16. For their feet run to

evil, and make hafte to shed blood.

h1 Sam. xxiv. 12. The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand fhall not be upon thee. 1 Sam. xxvi. 9. And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless? v. 10 David faid furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord fhall fmite him, or his day fhall come to die, or he shall defcend into battle and perish. v. 11. The Lord forbid that I fhould ftretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed:-Gen. xxxvii. 21. And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and faid, Let us not kill him. v. 22. And Reuben faid to them, Shed no blood, but caft him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hands upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

i Pfal. lxxxii. 4. Deliver the poor and needy, rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 11. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn into death, and thofe that are ready to be flain: v. 12. If thou fayeft, Behold, we knew it not: doth not he that pondereth the heart confider it? and he that keepeth thy foul, doth not he know it? and shall he not render to every man according to his works? 1 Sam. xiv. 45. And the people faid unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great falvation in Ifrael? God forbid: As the Lord liveth, there fhall not one hair of his head fall to the ground: for he hath wrought T 4

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