§. 10. III. According to the foresaid Belief and Consent,1 As God hath obliged me, I do by Covenant oblige my self, by the help of his Grace, sincerely to obey this God, my Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier, according to the Law of nature, summed up in the two Great Commands, of Loving God with all our hearts, and our neighbours as our selves; and in the Ten Commandments as the Law of Christ explained by him, with his superadded precepts and institutions: By all which I am bound, to take God only for my God, by believing, fearing, trusting, loving and obeying him; To Avoid all Idolatry of mind and body: To worship God according to his Law, by learning and meditating on his word, by believing-holy-fervent-prayer, thanksgiving and praise, and the holy use of the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: I must reverently and holily use his name, and not by perjury or otherwise profane it: I must keep holy the Lords day, especially in holy Communion with the Christian Assemblies, in the public worship of ⟨p. 286⟩God,2 and thankful commemoration of Christs Resurrection, and our redemption: I must if I be a superior, faithfully and holily govern my Inferiors; and as an Inferior I must honour and obey my Parents, Magistrates, and other superiors in power over me. I must not wrong my neighbour in thought, word or deed; in his Soul, his Body, his Chastity, Estate, Right or Propriety; but must do him all the good I can, and justly give to all their own, and do as I would be done by, as Loving my neighbour as my self: According to the Decalogue, God spake all these words saying, I am the Lord, &c.
§. 10. III. ACcording to the foresaid Belief and Consent,1 As God hath obliged me, I do by Covenant oblige my self, by the help of his Grace, sincerely to obey this God, my Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier, according to the Law of nature, summed up in the two Great Commands, of Loving God with all our hearts, and our neighbours as our selves; and in the Ten Commandments as the Law of Christ explained by him, with his superadded precepts and institutions: By all which I am bound, to take God only for my God, by believing, fearing, trusting, loving and obeying him; To Avoid all Idolatry of mind and body: To worship God according to his Law, by learning and meditating on his word, by believing-holy-fervent-prayer, thanksgiving and praise, and the holy use of the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: I must reverently and holily use his name, and not by perjury or otherwise profane it: I must keep holy the Lords day, especially in holy Communion with the Christian Assemblies, in the publick worship of ⟨p. 286⟩God,2 and thankful commemoration of Christs Resurrection, and our redemption: I must if I be a superiour, faithfully and holily govern my Inferiours; and as an Inferiour I must honour and obey my Parents, Magistrates, and other superiours in power over me. I must not wrong my neighbour in thought, word or deed; in his Soul, his Body, his Chastity, Estate, Right or Propriety; but must do him all the good I can, and justly give to all their own, and do as I would be done by, as Loving my neighbour as my self: According to the Decalogue, God spake all these words saying, I am the Lord, &c.
- 1III. Practice. Act. 27. 23. Ps. 73. 25, 26. Deut. 10. 12. 2 Chron. 20. 20. 2 Cor. 5. 8, 9. Mat. 5. 17, 18, 19. Jo. 15. 10, 12, 14. Jo. 16. 7. 1 Jo. 5. 20, 21. Mat. 4. 9, 10. Psal. 1. 1, 2, 3. & 37. 4. & 104. 34. & 89. 7. 2 Tim. 3. 4. 1 Cor. 11. 23, &c. Psal. 119. 97. Jam. 4. 12. Exod. 20. 7, 8. Rev. 1. 10.
- 2Rom. 13. Col. 3. 20. Deut. 27. 16. Rom. 12. 19, 20. 2 Sam. 23. 3. Rom. 13. 9, 10. Luk. 18. 20. Mat. 5. 44, 45. 1 Jo. 3. 15, 16
