* misapplying of God's decrees and providences; misinterpreting, misapplying, or any way perverting the word, or any part of it, to profane jests, curious or unprofitable questions, vain janglings, or the maintaining of false doctrines; doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? Ver. 20. Nay but, 0 man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? W Deut. xxix. 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but. those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. X Rom. ii, 5. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man.) Ver. 7. For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner? Rom. vi. 1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. Y Eccl. viii. 11. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl. ix. 3. This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Psal. xxxix. throughout. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : Mat. v. 21. to the end. Quest. 99. letter °.]. See a Ezek. xiii. 22. Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life. b 2 Pet. iii. 16. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are, some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Mat. xxii. 24. to Verse 31. Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Ver. 25. Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first-Ver. 28. Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Ver. 29. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Ver. 30. For in the resurrection c Isa. xxii. 13. And, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die. Jer. xxiii. 84. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. Ver. 36. And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words trines; abusing it, the creatures, or any thing contained un→ der the name of God, to charms, or sinful lusts and practices; words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God. Ver. $8. But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord, Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord. d 1 Tim. i. 4. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Ver. 6. From which (faith) some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling; Ver. 7. Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 1 Tim. vi. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Ver. 5. Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. Ver. 20. O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. 2 Tim. ii. 14. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. Tit. iii. 9. foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. But avoid e Deut. xviii. 10,-14. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or the his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Ver. 11. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Ver. 12. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord, &c. Acts xix. 13. Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. f 2 Tim. iv. 3. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine: but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. Ver. 4. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: Ver. 14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 1 Kings xxi. 9. And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: Ver. 10. And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear wit ness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme. God and the king r and then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. Jude, Ver. 4. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this con demnation, ungodly men, turn ing the maligning, scorning, reviling, or any wise opposing of God's truth, grace, and ways; making profession of religion in hypocrisy, or for sinister ends1; being ashamed ing the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 Acts xiii 45. 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 John iii. 12. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother: and wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. h Psal. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 Pet. iii. 3. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. 1 Pet. iv. 4. Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you. k Acts xiii. 45. 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. Ver. 46. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. Ver. 50. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourahle women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecu tion against Paul and Barnabas, and -expelled them out of their coasts. Acts iv. 18. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Je sus. Acts xix. 9. But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 1 Thess. ii. 16. 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. Heb. x. 29. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the cove nant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 12 Tim. iii. 5. Having a forma of godliness, but denying the power thereof; from such turn away. Mat. xxiii. 14. Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Mat. vi. 1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Ver. 2. There fore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they ashamed of it, or a shame to it, by uncomfortable", unwise, unfruitful P, and offensive walking, or backsliding from it '. Q. 114. What reasons are annexed to the third commandment? 4. The reasons annexed to the third commandment, in these words, [The Lord thy God,] and, [For the Lord will not hold they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Ver. 5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Ver. 16. Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward, Mark viii. 38. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels. n Psal. lxxiii. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. Ver. 15. If I say, I will speak thus, behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. oi Cor. vi. 5. I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? Ver. 6. But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Eph. v. 15. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Ver. 16, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Ver. 17. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. P Isa. v. 4. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 2 Pet. i. 8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 9. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see far off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Rom. ii. 23. Thou that ma kest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? Ver. 24. For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is writ hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain,] are, because he is the Lord and our God, therefore his name is not to be profaned, or any way abused by us'; especially because he will be so far from acquitting and sparing the transgressors of this commandment, as that he will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment", albeit many such escape the censures and punishments of men w. Q. 115. Which is the fourth commandment ? A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbathday, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all 114. Exod. xx. 7. t 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. Ver. " Ezek. xxxvi. 21. But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. Ver. 23. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. Deut. xxviii. 58. If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Ver. 59. Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Zech. v. 2. And he thy said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. Ver. 3. Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side, according to it. Ver. 4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: w 1 Sam. ii. 12. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, they knew not the Lord. Ver. 17. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. Ver. 22. Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 24. Nay, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lord's people to transgress. Compared with 1 Sam. iii. 13. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he |