What Is Forbidden in the First Commandment?

A. The first commandment forbiddeth the denying,b or not
worshipping and glorifying the true God as God,c and our God;d

y Ex. xx. 3.

z i Chron. xxviii. 9: And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. Deut. xxvi. 17: Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice.

a Matt. iv. 10: Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Ps. xxix. 2: Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

b Ps. xiv. i: The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

c Rom. i. 21: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

d Ps. lxxxi. 10: I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Ver. n: But my people would not hearken to mv voice; and Israel would none of me.

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and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to him alone.e