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The Larger Catechiſm. 37 God; that ſo it may be an Argument to dissuade from it, and to aggravate it as a moſt impudent Pro- vocation l: as alſo, to perſwade us to do, as in his Sight, whatever we do in his service m. I Ezel. viii. 5, to the End. Pſalm xliv, 20, 21. m I Chron xxviii. 9. Q. Which is the Second Commandment? A. The Second Commandment is, Thou ſhalt mot make into thee any graven Image, or any Liteneſs of any thing that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the Water under the Earth; thou ſhalt not bow down thyſelf to them, nor ſerve them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, wiring the Iniquity of the Fathers up the Children unto the third and fourth Generation fethen to the me and ſhewing Mercy to Thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments n. n Exodus X. 4, 5, 6. Q. What are the Duties required in the Second Commandment? A. The Duties required in the Second Command- ment are, the receiving, obſerving, and keeping pure and entire, all ſuch religious Worſhip and Ordinan- ces as God hath inſtituted in his Word o; particu- larly, Prayer and Thanksgiving in the Name of Chriſt p: the Reading, Preaching and Hearing of the Word g: the Adminiſtration and Receiving of the Sacraments T, Church Government and Diſcipline, s. the Mjeistry and Maintenance thereof, Religious Faſting, Swearing by the Name of God w, and vowing unto him as alſo, the diſapproving, de- telling, oppoſing all falſe Worſhip y, and, according to each one's Place and Calling, removing it, and all Monuments of Idolatry z. o Deut. xxxii. 46, 47. Mat. xxviii. 20. Acts ii. 22. Tim. vi. 13, 14. p Philip. iv. 6. Epk v. 20. Deut. xvii. 18,