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The Larger Catechhiſm. 33 6. That, under one Sin or Duty, all of the fame Kind are forbidden or commanded, together with all the Cauſes, Means, Occaſions and Appearances there- of, and Provocation thereunto z. z. Mat. v. 21, 22, 27, 28. & xv. 4, 5, 6, Heb. x. 24, 25. I Theſſ. v. 22. Jude ver. 23. Gal. v. 26. Col. iii. r I. 7. That what is forbidden or commanded to our- ſelves, we are bound, according to our places, to endeavour that it may be avoided or performed by others, according to the Duty of their places a. 2. Exod. xx. 10. Lev. xix. 17. Gen. xviii. 19. Joſh. xxiv. 15. Dent. V. 6,7. 8. That, in what is commanded to others, we are bound, according to our Places und Calling, to be helpful to them by and to take heed of partaking with others in what is forbidden them c. b 2 Cor. l. 24. c I Tim. v. 22. Eph. v. 11. Q. What Special things are we to conſider in the Ten Commandments ? A. We are to conſider in the Ten Command- thents, the Preface, the Subſtance of the Command- ments themſelves, and ſeveral Reaſons annexed to ſome of them, the more to enforce them. Q. What is the Preface to the Ten Commandments? A. The Preface to the Ten Commandments in contained in theſe Words: I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the Land of Egypt, out of the Houſe of Bondage d: Wherein God mani- feſteth his Sovereignty, as being Jehovah, the Eter- nal, Immutable, and Almighty God, having his Being in and of himſelf, and giving Being to all his Words g and Works h, and that he is a God in Co- venant, as with Iſrael of old, ſo with all his People i, who, as he brought them out of their Bondage in Egypt, ſo be delivereth us from our ſpiritual Thral- E dom k ;