{"number":49,"title":"What is the Second Commandment?","part":null,"questions":[49],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What is the Second Commandment?","answer":"The Second Commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image, or any Likeness 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 thy self to them, nor serve them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children, unto the Third and Fourth Generation of them that hate me, and shewing Mercy unto Thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments?","segments":[{"text":"The Second Commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image, or any Likeness 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 thy self to them, nor serve them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children, unto the Third and Fourth Generation of them that hate me, and shewing Mercy unto Thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments?","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth the Second Commandment concern the Ordinances of God’s Worship, as the First the Object of it?","answer":"Yes. Therefore ye shall keep mine Ordinances,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Therefore ye shall keep mine Ordinances,","proofs":["Leviticus 18:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 18:30","osis":["Lev.18.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was it requisite there should be a Law concerning them?","answer":"Yes. Lest ye say, How did these Nations serve their Gods? So will I do likewise,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Lest ye say, How did these Nations serve their Gods? So will I do likewise,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 12:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 12:30","osis":["Deut.12.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is this binding to us now?","answer":"Yes. Dearly beloved, flee from Idolatry,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Dearly beloved, flee from Idolatry,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 10:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 10:14","osis":["1Cor.10.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are we Christians forbidden to worship Images?","answer":"Yes. That they should not worship Idols of Gold, and Silver, and Brass, and Stone,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. That they should not worship Idols of Gold, and Silver, and Brass, and Stone,","proofs":["Revelation 9:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 9:20","osis":["Rev.9.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth this Commandment forbid the making of Images for a Religious Use?","answer":"Yes. Cursed be the Man that maketh any graven Image,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Cursed be the Man that maketh any graven Image,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 27:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 27:15","osis":["Deut.27.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth it forbid the making an Image of what is in Heaven above?","answer":"Yes. Lest thou lift up thine Eyes unto Heaven, and when thou seest the Sun, and the Moon, and the Stars, should’st be driven to worship them.","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Lest thou lift up thine Eyes unto Heaven, and when thou seest the Sun, and the Moon, and the Stars, should’st be driven to worship them.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or on Earth beneath?","answer":"Yes. As they changed their Glory into the Similitude of an Ox,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. As they changed their Glory into the Similitude of an Ox,","proofs":["Psalm 106:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 106:20","osis":["Ps.106.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or in the Waters under the Earth?","answer":"Yes. As they made the Likeness of creeping Things,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. As they made the Likeness of creeping Things,","proofs":["Romans 1:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 1:23","osis":["Rom.1.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth it forbid us to bow down to them?","answer":"Yes. Shall I bow down to the Stock of a Tree?","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Shall I bow down to the Stock of a Tree?","proofs":["Isaiah 44:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 44:19","osis":["Isa.44.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Or to worship them?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt worship no other God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Thou shalt worship no other God,","proofs":["Exodus 34:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 34:14","osis":["Exod.34.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or to shew any Respect to them?","answer":"Yes. I will take away the Names of Baalim out of their Mouth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I will take away the Names of Baalim out of their Mouth,","proofs":["Hosea 2:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hosea 2:17","osis":["Hos.2.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it requisite this Commandment should be thus enlarg’d?","answer":"Yes. Precept must be upon Precept, and Line upon Line,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Precept must be upon Precept, and Line upon Line,","proofs":["Isaiah 28:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 28:10","osis":["Isa.28.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And that it should be back’d with many Reasons?","answer":"Yes. For they are mad upon their Idols,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For they are mad upon their Idols,","proofs":["Jeremiah 50:38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 50:38","osis":["Jer.50.38"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}