What Is the Duty Which God Requireth of Man?

Answ. The duty which God requireth of
man, is obedience to his revealed will.

Q^. What call you obedience to God? A. Our doing that which he commands from regard to his authority.

Q. Do we not obey God, if we do what he commands, even though we do it not because he commands it?

A. No 3 regard to God’s authority is the very form of all true obedience, Deut. xii. 32. and xiii. 18.

Q. Why should we obey God? A. Because he

made, preserves, and redeems us, Psalm c. 2, 3.

Q. In what manner must we obey God?

A. Constantly, humbly, universally, and from love.

O. Why should we obey God humbly? A. Because of his greatness, and the meanness of our best service.

Q. Why should we obey God constantly? A. Because we are his property, and do always depend on him.

O. Why should we obey God universally in every thing?

A. Because all his commands are very good.

Q. Why should we obey God from a principle of love

A. Because of his infinite love and loveliness, and the excellency of his commands, 1 John iv. 19. Psalm xix.

Q. Is any other besides God Lord of our conscience?

A. No 5 God is the one Lawgiver, James iv. 12.

Qjp Wherein doth the obedience which we owe God, and that which we owe to men, differ? A. We are to obey

God for his own sake, and men out of regard to Gods

Qj. What is our duty, if men command what God forbids, or forbid what he commands? A. We are to obey God rather then men, Acts iv. 19. and v. 29.

Q, What is the rule of our obedience to God?

A. His revealed will ixi his word, Mic. vi. 8. Is. viiLSC*

Qj What is the secret will of God? A. His purpose or decree respecting that which comes to pass, Eph. i. 11.

Q. Is our fulfilling of the secret will of God any obedience? A. No; for his secret will is unknown to us, it is the rule of God’s conduct, not of ours j it ascertains future events, but doth not prescribe our duty.