1st Commandment:
Q. Repeat the first commandment.
A. Thou shall have no other gods but me.
Q. How many duties are contained in this Commandment.
A. Three.
Q. What is the first?
A. To love God.
Q. What is the second?
A. To Fear God. (Deut. 6:1, 13)
Q. What is the third.
A. To put our trust in God.
Q. How many things are forbidden?
A. Three things Contrary. (Jer. 17:5, Job 13:15)
Q. What is the first?
A. To love the world. (1 John 2:16)
Q. What is the second? (Isa. 51: 32)
A. To fear the world.
Q. What is the third? (Jer 10:2)
A. To put our trust in the world.
Q. How do we prove that these latter three are contrary to the first three?
A. Because the love of the world is contrary to the love of God. Therefore to fear of the world is contrary to the fear of God, and to put our trust in the world is contrary to our putting our trust in God.
Q. Ought we not to love one another, especially inferiors to love and fear their superiors?
A. Yes, but for God's sake. But God is to be loved and feared for his own sake. (Matt 5:43-44, Matt 22:39, 40)
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