#49 Question: What is the second commandment?
Answer: The second commandment
is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or in the earth below, or in the water under the
earth; Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them: for I the Lord
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the
iniquities of the Fathers unto 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.
#50
Question: What
is required in the second commandment?
Answer: 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.
Answer: The second commandment
forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in
his word
Answer: The reasons annexed to
the second commandment are, God’s sovereignty over us, his propriety in us, and
the zeal he hath to his own worship.
