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The Larger Catechiſm. 5o. Col. ii. 21. Exodus v. 17. I I Peter ii. 18, 19 20. Heb. xii, 10. Deut. xxv. 3. m Gen. xxxviii. II, 26. Mets xviii. 17. n Eph.vi. 4. o Gen. ix. 21. I Kings xii. 13. to 17. & i. 6. I Sam. ii. 29, 30, 31. Q. What are the Duties of Equals ? A. The Duties of Equals are, To regard the Dig- nity and Worth of each other, in giving Honour to go one before another g; and to rejoice in each others Gifts and Advancements, as their own r. P. Peter ii. 17. 9 Rom. xii. 10. Tom xii. 15 16. Philip ii. 3, 4. Q. What are the sins of Equals ? A. The Sins of Equals are, beſide the Neglect of the Duties required. The undervaluing of the Worth t, envying the Gifts v, grieving at the Ad- vancement of Proſperity one of another w, and u- ſurping Preheminence one over another x. Rom. xii. 8. t 2 Tim. iii. 3. v Acts v. 9. Gal. v. 26. w Num. xii. 2. Eſther vi. 12. 13. x 3 John ver. 9. Lake xxi. 24. Q. What is the Reaſon annexed to the Fifth Commandment, the more to force it ? 4. The Reaſon annexed to the Fifth Command- ment, in theſe Words, [ That thy days may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee y.] 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 Command- ment z. y Exodus XX. 12. 2 Deut. 1. 16. 1 Kings viii. 25. Eph. vi. 2, 3 Q. Which is the Sixth Commandment? A. The Sixth Commandment is, Thou ſhalt mot kill a. Exodus xx. 13 G Q. What