ANSW. The second Commandment is _Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth; thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I the
Lord thy God am a jealous 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._
QUEST. CVIII. _What are the duties required in the second
Commandment?_
ANSW. The duties required in the second commandment are the
receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such
religious worship and ordinances as God hath instituted in his word,
particularly prayer and thanksgiving in the name of Christ, the
reading, preaching, and hearing of the word, the administration and
receiving of the sacraments, church-government, and discipline, the
ministry and maintenance thereof, religious fasting, swearing by the
name of God, and vowing unto him. As also the disapproving,
detesting, opposing all false worship; and according to each ones’
place and calling, removing it, and all monuments of idolatry.