Their experience of God, [286].—God and the first table. The true object of adoration: men must adore. Agnosticism, [287].—God and the second table, [288].—Law appeals to noble motives, [289].
The First Commandment, xx. 3.
Monotheism and a real God, [289].—False creeds attractive. Spiritualism. Science indebted to Monotheism, [290].—Unity of nature a religious truth. Strength of our experimental argument. [291].—Informal apostacy. Luther’s position. Scripture. The Chaldeans, [292].—Animal pleasure, [293].—The remedy: “Thou shalt have ... Me,” [294].
The Second Commandment, xx. 4–6.
Imagery not all idolatry. The subtler paganisms, [295]. Spiritual worship, like a Gothic building, aspires: images lack expansiveness, [296].—God is jealous, [297].—The shadow of love, [298]. Visiting sins on children, [299], [300].—Part of vast beneficent law, [300]–[2].—Gospel in law, [302].
The Third Commandment, xx. 7.
Meaning of “in vain,” [302].—Jewish superstition. Where swearing is wholly forbidden, [303].—Fruitful and free use of God’s name, [304]–[5].
The Fourth Commandment, xx. 8–11.
Law of Sabbath unique. Confession of Augsburg. Of Westminster, [305].—Anglican position. St. Paul, [306].—The first positive precept. Love not the abolition of the law, [307].—Property of our friends. The word “remember.” The story of creation, [305].—The manna. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, [309].—Christ’s freedom was that of a Jew. “Sabbath for man,” [310].—Our help, not our fetter. “My Father worketh,” [311].