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Catechism

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."
  Q. What is required in the second commandment?
  A. The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing and keeping pure and entire all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his word.
  Q. What is forbidden in the second commandment?
  A. The second commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his word.
  Q. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?
  A. The reasons annexed to the second commandment, are God's sovereignty over us, his propriety in us, and the zeal he hath for his own worship.




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