{"number":44,"title":"What doth the Preface to the ten Commandments teach us?","part":null,"questions":[44],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What doth the Preface to the ten Commandments teach us?","answer":"The Preface to the ten Commandments teacheth us, That because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his Commandments.","segments":[{"text":"The Preface to the ten Commandments teacheth us, That because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his Commandments.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are we bound to keep Gods Commandments?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which of his Commandments?","answer":"All his Commands.","segments":[{"text":"All his Commands.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is there any reason why we should keep Gods Commandments?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How many are the Reasons why we should keep Gods Commandments?","answer":"Three: viz. 1. God is the Lord. 2. And our God. 3. And our Redeemer.","segments":[{"text":"Three: viz. 1. God is the Lord. 2. And our God. 3. And our Redeemer.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is this a Reason why we should keep his Commandments, because he is the Lord?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And because he is our God?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And because he is our Redeemer?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Where are we taught, that because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we must keep his Commandments?","answer":"In the Preface to the ten Commandments.","segments":[{"text":"In the Preface to the ten Commandments.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which words in the Preface do teach us that God is the Lord?","answer":"These words [I am the Lord].","segments":[{"text":"These words [I am the Lord].","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which words do teach us that he is our God?","answer":"These words [Thy God].","segments":[{"text":"These words [Thy God].","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which words do teach us that he is our Redeemer?","answer":"These words [That brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage].","segments":[{"text":"These words [That brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage].","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Were we ever in Egypt, or the house of bondage?","answer":"Yes: in a spiritual Egypt, and bondage under sin. These two Rules must be learnt for the understanding of the Commandments. R. 1. That when any sin is forbidden, the contrary duty is required; and when any duty is required, the contrary sin is forbidden. R. 2. That where any sin is forbidden, all the kinds and degrees of it, temptations and incentments to it are likewise forbidden; and when any duty is required, all the kinds, and the highest perfection of it, together with all the means and helps to it, are also required.","segments":[{"text":"Yes: in a spiritual Egypt, and bondage under sin. These two Rules must be learnt for the understanding of the Commandments. R. 1. That when any sin is forbidden, the contrary duty is required; and when any duty is required, the contrary sin is forbidden. R. 2. That where any sin is forbidden, all the kinds and degrees of it, temptations and incentments to it are likewise forbidden; and when any duty is required, all the kinds, and the highest perfection of it, together with all the means and helps to it, are also required.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}