291. We are not to do any thing against the honour belonging to every one.-1 Cor. ix. 22. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak.

292. We are not to do any thing against the honour due to our superiors.-Eccl. x. 20. Curse not the king, no not in thy thought.

293. We are not to do any thing against the honour due to our inferiors.-Matt. xxiii. 11. He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

294. We are not to do any thing against the honour due to our equals.Phil. ii. 3. Let each esteem other better than themselves.

295. We are not to neglect the duties which are due to our fellow-men.-Rom. xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.

296. We are not to neglect the duties which are due to our superiors.-Tit. iii. 1. Be subject to principalities and powers.-Obey magistrates.

297. We are not to neglect the duties which are due to our inferiors. Col. iv. 1. Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal.

298. We are not to neglect the duties which are due to our equals.-Gal. v. 13. By love serve one another.

299. We are not to do any thing against the duties which we owe to our fellow-men.-1 Thes. v. 15. Follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men.

300. We are not to do any thing against the duty which we owe to our superiors. Pet. iii. 6. Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord.

301. We are not to do any thing against the duty which we owe to our inferiors.-Matt. xxiii. 4. They bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders.

302. We are not to do any thing against the duty which we owe to our equals.—Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory.

66.

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

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

EXERCISE.

What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment here called? (A promise.) What blessings are promised in the reason annexed to the fifth commandment? (Long life and prosperity.) To whom are long life and prosperity promised? (To all who keep the fifth commandment.) What kind of a life is promised to all who keep the fifth commandment? (A long life.) What is here promised besides long life? (Prosperity.) For what must this long life and prosperity serve? (For God's glory, and the person's own good.) For whose glory must this long life and prosperity serve? For whose good must this long life and prosperity serve? (The person's own good.) What shall they receive, when the bestowing of them shall tend to God's glory and their own good? In what cases are these blessings bestowed upon the keepers of the fifth commandment? (When they shall serve for the glory of God, and the good of the person himself.) When are these blessings withheld? (When the bestowing of them would hurt the person, and not tend to the glory of God.)

What is annexed to the fifth commandment? (A prémise.) How many blessings are included in this promise? (Two.) What the first blessing included in the reason annexed to the fifth commandment? (Long life.) What is the second blessing promised? (Prosperity.) How many qualifications are attached to this promise? (Two.) What is the first qualification attached to this promise? (That it shall serve for God's glory.) What is the second qualification? (That it shall tend to the person's own good.) To what commandment is the promise long life and prosperity annexed ?

EXPLANATIONS.

Long life, Living long and happily in the world. Prosperity, Being fortunate and successful in attaining what is wished for.

As it shall serve for, As the length of life and accomplishment of their wishes shall not interfere with, but promote.

PARAPHRASE FORMED.

The reason annexed to the fifth commandment, is a promise of [living long and happily in the world] and [being fortunate and successful in attaining what is wished for, (as far [as the length of life and accomplishment of their wishes shall not interfere with, but promote] God's glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.

DOCTRINES SEPARATED AND PROVED.

303. Long life is promised to those who honour their parents.-Eph. vi. 2, 3. Honour thy father and mother that- -thou mayest live long on the earth.

304. Temporal prosperity is promised to those who honour their parents.-Eph. vi. 2, 3. Honour thy father and mother, that it may be well with thee.

305. Temporal prosperity and long life are always regulated by a regard to the glory of God.-John xi. 4. This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God.

306. Temporal prosperity is always limited to what is best for the people of God.-Prov. xxx. 8. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.

67.

Q. 67. Which is the sixth commandment? 4. The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.

EXERCISE.

What does this commandment forbid us to do? Who are not to kill? What commandment forbids us to kill?

EXPLANATIONS.

Kill, Take away human life, or do any thing which may tend to shorten it

PARAPHRASE FORMED.

The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not [take away human life, or do any thing which mav tend to shorten it ]

68.

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

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

EXERCISE.

What are we to endeavour to preserve? Whose lives are we to endeavour to preserve? What are we here required to do with respect to our own life, and the life of others? (Endeavour to preserve them.) What are to be used for the preservation of life? (Endeavours.) What endeavours are to be used for the preservation of life? (All lawful endeavours.) For what purpose are we here required to use all lawful endeavours? Which commandment requires the preservation of life?

How many things does this commandment require us to perform? (Two.) What is the first? (To endeavour to preserve our own life.) What is the second? (To endeavour to preserve the life of others.) How are we to preserve our own life and that of others? (By lawful endeavours.)

EXPLANATIONS.

Lawful endeavours, Means and efforts which may be consistent with the laws of God and man.

Preserve, Keep, or defend.

PARAPHRASE FORMED.

The sixth commandment requireth all [means and ef

forts which may be consistent with the laws of God and man] to [keep or defend] our own life, and the life of others.

DOCTRINES SEPARATED AND PROVED.

307. We must use all lawful endeavours to preserve our own lives.-1 Tim. v. 23. Use a little wine for thy stemach's sake, and thine often infirmities.

308. We are to use no unlawful endeavours for the preservation of our lives.-Mat. xvi. 25. Whosoever will save his life, shall lose it.

309. We must use all lawful endeavours to preserve the lives of others—Prov. xxiv. 11, 12. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not: doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it?

310. We are to use no unlawful endeavours to preserve the lives of others.-Num. xxxv. 31. Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer.

69.

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

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

EXERCISE.

What are we not to take away? Whose lives are we not to take away? What are we not to do to our own life? Whose life besides our own are we not to take away? What are we not to do to the life of our neighbour? In what manner is the taking away of our neighbour's life here qualified? (It is not to be taken away unjustly.) What is here forbidden, besides the direct taking away of our own, or our neighbour's life?