Description:Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Description:{9:27} And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:{9:28} So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Description:{16:25} And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.{16:26} And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.{16:27} And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.{16:28} But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.{16:29} Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,{16:30} And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?{16:31} And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.{16:32} And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.{16:33} And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.{16:34} And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.SCQ 68: What is required in the sixth commandment? Answer: The sixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life, and the life of others.

Description:And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Description:{12:1} I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.{12:2} And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Description:Thou shalt not kill.SCQ 67: Which is the sixth commandment? Answer: The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.

Description:The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Description:{5:14} For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:{5:15} And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

Description:Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.SCQ 66: What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?Answer: The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God's glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment

Description:{17:9} And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.{17:10} This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.{17:11} And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.{17:12} And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.{17:13} He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.{17:14} And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

Description:{14:34} And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.{14:35} And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;{14:36} And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Description:The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.SCQ 65: What is forbidden in the fifth commandment? Answer: The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing anything against, the honour and duty which belongeth to every one in their several places and relations.

Description:Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Description:And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Description:{6:1} Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.{6:2} Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) {6:3} That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.{6:4} And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.Question 64: What is required in the fifth commandment? Answer: The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honour, and performing the duties, belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors or equals.

Description:{16:1} Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.{16:2} And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.{16:3} And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Description:{1:8} If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.{1:9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.{1:10} If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Description:{7:36} And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.{7:37} And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,{7:38} And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.{7:39} Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.{7:40} And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.{7:41} There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.{7:42} And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?{7:43} Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.{7:44} And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped [them] with the hairs of her head.{7:45} Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.{7:46} My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.{7:47} Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.{7:48} And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.{7:49} And they that sat at meat with him beganto say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? {7:50} And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

Description:In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Description:Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

Description:Exodus 20v12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.SCQ 63: Which is the fifth commandment? Answer: The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Description:And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Description:Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost

Description:{2:2} And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.{2:3} And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.SCQ 62: What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment? Answer: The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us six days of the week for our own employments, his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the sabbath day.

Description:After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Description:And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

Description:Nehemiah 13v17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?SCQ 61: What is forbidden in the fourth commandment? Answer: The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.

Description:{14:21} And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.{14:22} And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,{14:23} That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Description:But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

Description:And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.SCQ 60: How is the sabbath to be sanctified? Answer: The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.

Description:{14:18} And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. {14:19} And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: {14:20} And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Description:{17:15} And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, {17:16} And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. {17:17} And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?{17:18} There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Description:I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.SCQ 59: Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly sabbath? Answer: From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian sabbath.

Description:{14:13} And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. {14:14} And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. {14:15} And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. {14:16} And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Description:Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Description:Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.SCQ58: What is required in the fourth commandment? Answer: The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy sabbath to himself.

Description:The Gracious Application Of The Saviour To Him

Description:{4:7} For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?{4:8} And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? {4:9} Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

Description:Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

Description:{5:28} And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. {5:29} O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Description:{13:14} And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: {13:15} For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.{13:16} And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. {13:17} Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Description:{90:11} Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.{90:12} So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Description:Exodus 20v8-11{20:8} Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.{20:9} Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:{20:10} But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:{20:11} For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.SCQ 57: Which is the fourth commandment? Answer: The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Description:Riches are often a source of strife.Separation is sometimes necessary; but never satisfactory. Genesis 13v7-9{13:7} And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. {13:8} And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. {13:9} Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Description:{10:46} And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. {10:47} And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. {10:48} And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.{10:49} And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. {10:50} And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. {10:51} And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. {10:52} And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Description:Malachi 2v1-2{2:1} And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. {2:2} If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.SCQ 56: What is the reason annexed to the third commandment? Answer: The reason annexed to the third commandment is that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment.

Description:{13:1} And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.{13:2} And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. {13:3} And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; {13:4} Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Description:And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Description:{3:13} Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? {3:14} Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?SCQuestion 55: What is forbidden in the third commandment? Answer: The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of anything whereby God maketh himself known.

Description:{12:10} And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. {12:11} And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: {12:12} Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.{12:13} Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.