requireth the keeping holy to God bis exigit, ut statum illud tempus such set times as he hath appointed quod in verbo suo designavit Deus, in his Word; expressly one whole sanctum ei observemus; integrum day in seven, to be a holy Sabbath nempe Diem e septenis unum in to himself.' sanctum illi sabbatum celebrandum. Quæs. E septenis autem quem diem sabbato hebdomadario designavit Deus?

Ques. 59. Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?

Ans. From the beginning of the Resp. Deus hebdomadario sabbato world to the resurrection of Christ, designavit septimum diem hebdomaGod' appointed the seventh day of dæ ab initio mundi usque ad Christi the week to be the weekly Sab-resurrectionem, exinde vero ad finem bath; and the first day of the week, usque mundi duraturum, diem septiever since, to continue to the end manc primum, quod est sabbatum of the world, which is the Christian Christianum.

Sabbath.

Ques. 60. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?

Quæs. Qui autum est sabbatum sanctificandum?

Resp. Sabbatum est sanctificandum diem illum integrum sancte

Ans. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employ- quiescendo, etiam a negotiis et recrements and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.

Ques. 61. What is3 forbidden in the fourth commandment?

Ans. The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission, or careless performance, of the duties required, and the profaning the day

1 London ed. of 1658 unto the Lord. London ed. of 1658 inserts hath.

ationibus mundanis, aliis quidem diebus haud illicitis; totumque illud temporis (præterquam quod operibus necessitatis ac misericordiæ insumendum fuerit) cultus Divini exercitiis publicis privatisque impendendo.

Quæs. Quid prohibetur in mandato quarto?

Resp. Mandatum quartum prohibet officiorum quæ inibi requiruntur, cum omissionem tum præstationem negligentem; prout etiam ejus dici

3 London ed. of 1658: what are the sins.
* London ed. of 1658: the omission of careful.

by idleness, or doing that which is profanationem qualemcunque, sive in itself sinful, or by unnecessary illum otiose consumendo, sive quod thoughts, words, or works about in se peccatum est faciendo, seu deour worldly employments and' rec-nique circa mundana negotia vel rereations. creationes cogitationibus, dictis, factisve non necessariis.

Ques. 62. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?

Quæs. Quænam sunt quarto præcepto rationes annexæ ?

Resp. Rationes quarto præcepto

Ans. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's annexæ sunt istiusmodi; quoniam allowing us six days of the week e septimana qualibet sex dies concesfor our own employments, his challenging a special propriety' in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the Sabbath-day.

Ques. 63. Which is the fifth commandment?

Ans. The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

serit nobis Deus nostris ipsorum negotiis insumendos; quoniam in septimo jus sibi vendicat peculiare ; quoniam Deus exemplo suo nobis præivit, ac diei sabbati benedixit. Quæs. Quodnam est præceptum quintum ?

Resp. Quintum præceptum est hujusmodi [Honora patrem tuum ac matrem tuam ut prolongentur dies tui in terra illa quam tibi largitur Dominus Deus tuus].

Quæs. Quid est quod jubemur mandato quinto?

Resp. Mandatum quintum nos jubet honorem conservare, ac offi

Ans. The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor of, and performing the duties be- cia persolvere unicuique pro ralonging to, every one in their sev- tione ordinis ac relationis in quieral places and relations, as supe-bus fuerit exhibenda, seu superior riors, inferiors, or equals. nobis fiet, sive inferior, sive denique æqualis.

'London ed. of 1658 reads, or.
* London ed. of 1658: employment.
London ed. of 1658: property.

* London ed. of 1658: what.

5

• London ed. of 1658 omits of.

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

Quæs. Quid est quod mandatum quintum vetat?

Resp. Quintum mandatum vetat

Ans. The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or honorem, officiumque singulis debidoing any thing against, the honor tum pro ratione ordinis ac relaand duty which belongeth to every tione in quibus fuerint, aut neglione in their several places and re-gere, aut adversus ea quicquam lations. machinari.

Ques. 66. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?

Quæs. Quæ ratio subnectitur quinto præcepto?

Ans. The reason annexed to the Resp. Ratio quinto præcepto subfifth commandment is, a promise nexa est promissio longævitatis, prosof long life and prosperity (as far peritatisque (quatenus nempe Dei as it shall serve for God's glory, gloriæ ipsorumque conducant utiliand their own good) to all such as tati) omnibus facta hoc præceptum keep this commandment. observantibus.

Quæs. Quid vero prohibet sextum mandatum?

Resp. Sextum mandatum prohi

Ans. The sixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our bet vitam nobismetipsis, aut injuste own life, or the life of our neigh- proximo vitam adimere, aut quidbor unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth vis quod eo tendat agere.

thereunto.

Ques. 70. Which is the seventh commandment?

Ans. The seventh commandment

Quæs. Quodnam est mandatum septimum?

Resp. Mandatum septimum hæc

is, Thou shalt not commit adul- verba complectuntur [Non mocha

own and our neighbor's chastity, in rum castitatem animo, sermone, geheart, speech, and behavior.

'London ed. of 1658: what.

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

Ans. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neigh

Quæs. Quid a nobis exigit præceptum nonum?

Resp. Præceptum nonum id a nobis exigit ut veritatem inter homines mutuo, utque bonum nomen et existimationem cum nostri tum proximo

bor's good name, especially in wit-rum nostrorum conservemus ac proness-bearing.

Ques. 78. What is forbidden in

the ninth commandment?

Ans. The ninth commandment

moveamus, cum primis vero in ferendo testimonio.

Quæs. Quid prohibetur nono præ

cepto?

Resp. Nonum præceptum prohi

forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudi- bet quicquid est aut veritati inimicial to truth, or injurions to our cum; aut existimationi nostri vel own or our neighbor's good name. proximorum nostrorum injurium. Ques. 79. Which is the tenth commandment?

Ans. The tenth commandment is,

Quæs. Quale est mandatum decimum?

Resp. Mandatum decimum hæc

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's verba exhibent [Non concupisces house, thou shalt not covet thy neigh-proximi tui domum, non conenbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Ques. 80. What is required in the tenth commandment?

Ans. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

Ques. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

Ans. The tenth commandment

pisces proximi tui uxorem, non servum, non ancillam, non bovem, non asinum, neque aliud denique quicquam quod est proximi tui].

Quæs. In decimo præcepto quid exigitur?

Resp. Præceptum decimum exigit ut sorti nostræ plane acquiescamus, utque in proximum et quæcunque sunt ejus debite, benevoleque afficia

mur.

Quæs. Quæ prohibentur decimo mandato?

Resp. Mandatum decimum prohi

forbiddeth all discontentment with bet rerum nostrarum displicentiam,

London ed. of 1658: what.