concerning the several branches of our duty to him and to our fellow creatures?

An. Yes, in the ten commandments, which he delivered to the children of Israel from mount Sinai.

18. Qu. What is the first of these commandments?

An. Thou shalt worship no God but

one.

19. Qu. What is the second?

An. Thou shalt not worship God by images, as if he had any particular form or shape.

20. Qu. What is the third?

An. Thou shalt not take the name of God in vain, by calling him to witness a falsehood, or by profane cursing and swearing.

21. Qu. What is the fourth?

An. Thou shalt rest one day in seven from all worldly business. 22. Qu. What is the fifth?

An. Thou shalt honour and obey

thy parents.

23. Qu. What is the sixth ?

An. Thou shalt not commit murder. 24. Qu. What is the seventh?

An.

An. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
25. Qu. What is the eighth ?
An. Thou shalt not steal.

26. Qu. What is the ninth?

An. Thou shalt not bear false witness. 27. Qu. What is the tenth?

An. Thou shalt not covet any thing that belongs to another person.

28. Qu. What are those principles which will most effectually lead to the observance of these, and all other of God's commandments?

An. A high reverence for God, and a sincere good will towards our fellow creatures, joined with a just regard to our own real interest.

29. Qu. What is the best method we can take to guard ourselves from all vice and wickedness.

An. By being careful not to indulge sinful thoughts, and by correcting every thing that is amiss in the beginning, before we have become accustomed to it, and have gotten a habit, which cannot easily be broken; particularly, by avoiding the company of wicked persons, who would

soon

soon make us like themselves; and by being, in a more especial manner, upon our guard against those vices to which our situation and circumstances make us peculiarly prone.

30. Qu. What is the best method to guard ourselves against being seduced by wicked company?

An. To chuse virtuous and good persons for our favourite companions; and to propose to ourselves the imitation of good men whom we read of in the Scriptures; especially, the imitation of Christ, who was a perfect pattern of all the most excellent christian virtues.

31. Qu. What are the vices and follies to which young persons are most exposed? An. Young persons are most in danger of vanity, peevishness, disobedience to parents, an excessive love of pleasure, and extravagance; all arising from strong and ungoverned passions.

32. Qu. What are the vices that poor people are liable to?

An. The poor are most in danger of being induced to steal. and of en

vying and undermining their supe

riors.

33. Qu. What vices are the rich most in danger of?

An. The rich are most in danger of being proud, of living in idleness and luxury, of oppressing the poor,. and of forgetting God.

34. Qu. In what virtues, then, must the poor and the rich endeavour to excel?

An. The poor should be content with their low situation in life, and by frugality and industry endeavour to make their circumstances as easy as they can. And the rich should be humble, and thankful to God for all they enjoy, and endeavour to do as much good to others as possible.

35. Qu. Is any man able to fulfil all the commands of God, so as to live entirely without sin?

An. No. Our merciful God and father knows that we are not able to do this, and therefore does not expect it of us. He only requires that we repent of the sins we commit, and endeavour to live better lives for the future.. 36. Qu.

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36. Qu. What should a sense of our frailty and proneness to sin teach us?

An. It should teach us humility and watchfulness, make us earnest in our prayers to God, to enable us to resist temptation, and to strengthen and confirm our good dispositions.

37. Qu. In what manner will God reward our faithful, though imperfect obedience to his will?

An. He will so order all the events of this life, prosperous and adverse, as that they shall be the best for us, whether we can see them to be so or not; and he will make us completely happy in another and a better world.

38. Qu. In what manner must all men spend the greatest part of their time in this world?

An. In a diligent application to that kind of honest labour or employment, which is necessary for procuring suitable supplies of the good things of this life for ourselves, and those who immediately depend upon us, and by which we can, at the same time, be of the most use to our fellow creatures in general. 39. Qu.