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The original Westminster Larger Catechism (1648), on the second commandment, teaches,
Question 108: What are the duties required in the second commandment? Answer: The duties required in the second commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God has 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 one's place and calling, removing it, and all monuments of idolatry.
Question 109: What are the sins forbidden in the second commandment? Answer: See http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/WLC.htm
Question 110: What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it? Answer: See http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/WLC.htm
And remember the Lord Jesus Christ said: 'If ye love me, keep my commandments.' (John 14:15)
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