Question 46

Is there something then required, as well as forbidden in this and every Commandment?

Yes.

How many duties are there chiefly required in the first Commandment?

Three.

What is the first?

The first Duty required, is to know God.^a

What ought we to know of God?

1. That he is. 2. What he is, Heb. 11. 6.

What is the second Duty herein required?

To acknowledge God.

How ought we to acknowledge God?

We ought to acknowledge God, 1. To be (as he is) the only 〈◊〉 God.^b 2. We ought to acknowledge him 〈◊〉 our God.^c

What is the third Duty required 〈◊〉 this Commandment?

To worship and glorifie God accordingly.

How is that?

As the only true God and our God.

Are we required to worship God with the inward worship of the mind, viz. 〈◊〉 trust in him, and to love, fear, esteem, desire, and obey him?

Yes.^d

And with the outward worship also▪

Yes.^e

What do you mean by outward worship?

The expressing the inward worship of the mind in our Faith, Love, and obedience towards God, by the reverent performance of all external acts of divine worship commanded by him, and more especially by our daily Prayers unto him, and praises of him.^f

Doth the first Commandment determine of the only right object of divine worship, or whom only we must serve?

Yes, Mat 4. 10.