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 guiltlefs that taketh his name in vain.

Q. 54. What is required in the third command

ment ?

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

Q. 55. What is forbidden in the third command

ment ?

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

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

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

Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment ? A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the fabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou fhalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor

thy daughter, thy man-fervant, nor thy maidfervant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the feventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.

Q. 58. What is required in the fourth commandment?

A. The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God, fuch fet times as he hath appointed in his word; exprefly one whole day in feven, to be a holy fabbath to himself.

Q59. Which day of the feven hath God appointed to be the weekly fabbath?

A. From the beginning of the world to the refurrection of Chrift, God appointed the feventh day of the week to be the weekly fabbath; and the first day of the week, ever fince, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Chriftian. fabbath.

Q. 60. How is the fabbath to be sanerified?

A. The fabbath is to be fanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from fuch worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercifes of God's worship, except fo much as is to be taken up in the works of neceffity and mercy.

Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?

A. The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission, or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself finful, or by unneceffary thoughts, words or works, about our worldly employments and recreations.

Q. 61. What are the reafons annexed to the fourth commandment?

A. The reafons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us fix days of the week for our own employments, his challenging a special propriety in the feventh, his own example, and his bleffing the fabbath-day.

Q. 63. 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.

Q. 64. What is required in the fifth commandment?

A. The fifth commandment requireth the preferving the honour, and performing the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as fuperiors, inferiors, or equals,

Q. 65. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?

A. The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing any thing against, the honour and duty which belongeth to every one in their feveral places and relations.

Q. 66. What is the reafon annexed to the fifth commandment?

A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is, a promise of long life and prosperity (as far it shall serve for God's glory, and their own good) to all fuch as keep this commandment.

Q. 67. Which is the fixth commandment? A. The fixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.

Q. 68. What is required in the fixth commandment ?

A. The fixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life, and the life of others.

Q. 69. What is forbidden in the fixth commandment ?

A. The fixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbour unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth there

unto.

Q. 70. Which is the feventh commandment?

A. The feventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Q. 71. What is required in the feventh commandment?

A. The feventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbour's chastity, in heart, fpeech and behaviour.

Q. 72. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?

A. The feventh commandment forbiddeth all unchafte thoughts, words and actions.

Q. 73. Which is the eighth commandment? A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not feal.

Q. 74. What is required in the eighth command ment ?

A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others.

Q. 75. What is forbidden in the eighth com mandment?

A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatfoever doth, or may, unjustly hinder our own, or our neighbour's wealth or outward eftate.

Q. 76. Which is the ninth commandment ? A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbour.

Q. 77. What is required in the ninth commandment ?