selves, their own glory, ease, profit, or pleasure; commanding things unlawful, or not in the power of inferiors to perform; counselling, encouraging", or favouring them of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ver. 3. Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. Ver. 4. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. b Phil. ii. 21. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. John v. 44. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? John vii. 18. He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. d Isa. Ivi. 10. His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Ver. 11. Yea, they are greedy dogs, which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain from his quarter. Deut, xvii. 17. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. e Dan. iii. 4. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commmand ed, O people, nations, and languages, Ver. 5. That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up. Ver. 6. And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Acts iv. 17. . But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. Ver. 18. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus. f Exod. v. from Verse 10. to 18. And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw, &c. Mat. xxiii. 2. Saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. Ver. 4. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne. 8 Mat. xiv. 8. And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Compared with Mark vi. 24. And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. h2 Sam. xiii. 28. Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not have not I comN6 manded them in that which is evil'; dissuading, discouraging, or discountenancing them in that which is good; correcting them unduly; careless exposing, or leaving them to wrong, temptation, and danger; provoking them to wrath"; or any way dishonouring themselves, or lessening their authority, by an unjust, indiscreet, rigorous, or remiss behaviour". Q. 151. What manded you? be courageous, and be valiant. i Sam. iii. 13. For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. k John vii. 46. The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Ver. 47. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? Ver. 48. Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believed on him? Ver. 49. But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. iii. 21. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Exod. V. 17. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. Col. 11 Pet. ii. 18. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward, Wer. 16. For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. Ver. 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 suffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is acceptable with God. Heb. xii. 10. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holi ness. Deut. xxv. 3. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. m Gen. xxxviii. 11. Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house till Shelah my son be grown: (for he said, Lest peradventure he die also as his brethren did :) and Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. Ver. 26. And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. Acts xviii. 17. Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat: and Gallio cared for none of those things. n Eph. vi. 4. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.. o Gen. ix. 21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 1 Kings xii. 13. And the king (Rehoboam) answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; Ver. 14. And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my fa ther also chastised you with whips, but Q. 131. What are the duties of equals ? A. The duties of equals are, to regard the dignity and worth of each other P, in giving honour to go one before another; and to rejoice in each others gifts and advancement, as their own'. Q. 132.. What are the sins of equals? A. The sins of equals are, besides the neglect of the duties required, the undervaluing of the worth, envying the gifts", grieving at the advancement or prosperity one but I will chastise you with scorpions. Ver. 15. Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord.-Ver. 16. So, when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. 1 Kings i. 6. And his father had not displeased him (viz. Adonijah) at any time, in saying, Why hast thou done so? 1 Sam. ii. 29. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifices, and at mine offering which I have commanded in my habitation, and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? Ver. 30. Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed, that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Ver. 31. Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. 4 Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another. Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Ver. 16. Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Ver. 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. S 132. Rom. xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. t 2 Tim. iii. 3. Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good. u Acts vii. 9. And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him. Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another. w Numb. one of another; and usurping pre-eminence one over another *. Q.-133. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment, the more to enforce it? A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment, in these words, That thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, is an express 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 ". Q. 134. Which is the sixth commandment? A. The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill a. Q. 135. What are the duties required in the sixth commandment? A. The duties required in the sixth commandment are, all careful studies, and lawful endeavours, to preserve the life of ourselves and others, by resisting all thoughts and pur b w Numb. xii. 2. And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. Esth. vi. 12. And Mordecai came again to the king's gate: but Haman hasted to his house, mourning, and having his head covered. Ver. 13. And Haman told Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men, and Zeresh his wife, unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. X 3 John. Ver. 9. I wrote unto the church: but Diotre phes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. Luke xxii. 24, And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest, 133. Y Exod. xx. 12. 2 Deut. v. 16. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days poses, may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 1 Kings viii. 25. Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me, as thou hast walked before me. Eph. vi. 2. Honour thy father and thy mother, (which is the first commandment with promise,) Ver. 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 184. a Exod. xx. 13. 135. b Eph. v. 28. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife loveth himself. Ver. 29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but. nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church. C 1 Kings xviii. 4. For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of poses, subduing all passions, and avoiding all pecasions", temptations, and practices, which tend to the unjust taking away the life of any h; by just defence thereof against violence, of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. Eph. iv. 26. Be ye angry, and sin not let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Ver. 27. Neither give place to the devil. f 2 Sam. ii. 22. And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? Deut. xxii. 8. When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 8 Mat. iv. 6. And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down:-Ver. 7. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Prov. i. 10. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Ver. 11. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Ver. 15. My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path. Ver. 16. For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. d Jer. xxvi. 15. But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you, to speak all these words in your ears. Ver. 16. Then said the princes, and all the people, unto the priests, 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 themselves under a curse, saying, That they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. Ver. 16. And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. Ver. 17. Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. Ver. 21. But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves 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. Ver. 27. This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. : h1 Sam. xxiv. 12. The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee; but mine hand shall 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? Ver. 10. David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish. Ver. 11. The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's |