Question 45

Is it an essential Duty of Religion to Worship God?

Yes. For those have no Hope that are without God in the World,^a

Are we concern’d to be Right in the Object of our Worship?

Yes. We must know what we Worship,^b

Doth the First Commandment direct us in this?

Yes. For the First of all the Commandments is this, hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,^c

Doth God lay a great Stress upon our having him for our God?

Yes. Hear, O my People, and I will speak, I am God, even thy God,^d

And upon our having him only?

Yes. Hear, O my People, and I will testifie unto thee; there shall no strange God be in thee, neither shalt thou Worship any strange God,^e

Did Israel need this Commandment?

Yes. For their Fathers served other Gods,^f

And were they tempted to serve other Gods?

Yes. • Gods of the People that were round about them,^g