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Q. 15. How did God create angels?
J. God created all the angels'* spirits', immortal'*, loly % excelling in knowledge*, mighty in power % to exe- ate his commandments, and to praise his name*', yet sub- «?ct to diange '.
Q. 17. How did God create man ?
A. After God had made all other creatures, he created !ian male and female ^ ; formed the body of the man of the ust of the ground \ and the woman of the rib of the man ™, indued them with livhig, reasonable, and immortal souls " ;
made
16. b Col. i. 16. For by him were U things created that are in heaven, lod that are in earth, visible and ^visible, whether they be thrones, sr dominions, or principalities, or owers : all things were created by torn, and for him.
^ Psal. civ. 4. Who maketh his ingeU spirits ; his ministers a flaming lire.
d Mat. xxii. 30. For in the resur- ection they neither marry, nor are i;iven in marriage ; but are a« the tugels of God in heaven.
^ Mat. XXV. 31. When the Son of lun shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then ^hall he sit upon the throne of his b'lory.
f "2 Sam. xiv. 17. Then thine landniaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be com- "brtable ; for as the angel of God, o is my lord the king- to discern jood and bad : therefore the I>ord :hy God will be with rhee. Mat. cxiv. 36. But of that day *;nd hour tnoweth no man, no, not the angels }f heaven, but my Father only.
8 2 Thess. L 7. And to you who ire troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with his mighty angels.
^ Psal. ciii. 20. Bless the Lord, ye ilis angels, that excel in strength,
that do his commandments, hearken, ing unto the voice of his word. Ver. 21. Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye ministers of his that do hii pleasure.
12 Pet. ii. 4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to heli, aijd delivered them into chains of darkness, to bd reserved unto judgment.
17. k Gen. i. i:7. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him : male and female created he them.
1 Gen. ii. 7. Ard the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
^ Gen. ii. 22. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made lie a woman, and brought her inito the man.
"Gen. ii. 7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life : and man became a living souL Compared liit/i Job xxxv. 11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven. And with Eccl. xii. 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. And with Mat. X. 28. And fear oot them which
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made them after his own image'', m knowledge p, H^htfifc ousness, and holiness "i ; having the law of God written in their hearts'^, and power to fulfil it% with dominion over the creatures ' ; yet subject to fall ".
Q. 18. What are God's works of providence ?
A. God's works of providence are his most holy"^, wise", and powerful preserving ^ and governing^ all his
creatures \
which can kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. And with Luke xxiiL 43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-d:iy shalt thou be with me in paradise.
° Gen. i. 27. So God created man in hi3 own image, in tlie image of God created he him : male and fe- male created he them.
PCol. iii. 10. And have put on tha new man, which is renewed in knowledge, ajfter the image of him that created him.
^ Eph. iv. 2-1. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
^ Rom. ii. 1 4. For when the Gen- tiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Ver. 15. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their con- science also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or elee eicuslng one another.
'*'EccL vii. 29. I.o, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions.
t Gen. i. '28. And God blessed them ; and God said unto them, Be fiiiitfui, and multiply, and replenish im earth, and subdut^ it : and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveti upon the earth.
" Gen. iii. 6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit there- of, and did eat ; and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Eccl. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions.
18. wpsal. cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and hoi) in all his works.
^ Paal. civ. 24. O Lord, how mani- fold are thy works ! in virisdom has! thou made them all : the earth ij full of thy riches. Isa. xxviii. 29. This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
y Heb. L 3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself p';.'*ged our .sins, sat down f-ii the right hand of the Majesty on high.
^ Psal. ciii. 19. The Lord hath prepared his throne in the hea- vens : and his klu'^doiR raleth over
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\\oYy ^. Q. 19. ^V/iut is Go(rs providttice tmcards (he angels? , A. God by liis providence pennilted some of the angels,
vilfully and irrecoverably, to fall into sin and damnation %
imiting and ordering that, and all their sins, to his own
;lory ^ ; and established the rest in holiness and happiness *= ;
Mn ploying them all ^ at his pleasure, in the administrations
[)f his power, mercv, and justice ^.
^ ' ' ■* Q. 20. mat
*Mat. X. 29. Are not two spar- L'ows sold for a farthing ? and one of ■hem sl»all not fall on tiie ground without your Father. Vcr. JO. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Ver. 81. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Gen. xlv. 7. And God sent me before you, to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deli- verance.
b Rom. xi. C6. For of him, and through him, and to hini, are all things; to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Isa. Lciii. H. As a beast goeth down into the valK-y, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest ; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
19. ^ Jude, Ver. 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasthig chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the ^eat day. 2 Pet. ii. -1. For if God spared not the angels that sin- ned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of daikncss, to be reserved unto judgment. Heb. ii. 16. For veri- ly he took not on him the nature of angek ; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. John viji. 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father
ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it.
J Job i. 12. And the Lord said unto Satan, Beliold, all that he hath is in thy power, only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. Mat. viii. 31. So the devils besought him, saying. If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
^ 1 Tim. v. 21. I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things, without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. Mark viii. 88. Whosoever therefore shall be asha- med of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, -of him also shall the Son of man be ashiuned, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels. Heb. xii. 22. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.
»' Psal. civ. 4. Who maketh his angels «pirit8^ hie ministers a flaming fire.
* 2 Kings xix. 35. And il came 10
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Q. 20, What uas the providence of God toward man in tht estate in which he was created f
A, The providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created, was the placing him in paradise, ap- pointing him to dress it, giving him liberty to eat of the fruit of the earth '' ; putting the creatures under his dominion ', and ordaining marriage for his help '^ ; affording him com- munion with himself ' ; instituting the sabbath '" ; entering into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of personal,
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to pas3 that night, that the ange! of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morn- ing, behold, they were all dead corpses. Heb. i. 14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ?
20. hGen. il. 8. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Ver. 15. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it. Ver. IC. And the JLord God com- manded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.
i Gen. u 28, And God blessed them : and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it ; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
k Gen. ii. 1 S. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
1 Gen. i. 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness ; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Ver. 27, So God created man in his own image, in die image of God created he him: male and female created he them. Ver. 28. And God bless- ed them : and God said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and re- plenish the earth, and subdue it ; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Ver. 29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it sliall be for meat. Gen. iii. 8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day ; and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the gar- den.
"^ Gen. ii. 3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: be- cause tiiat in it he had rested from all his work, which God created and made.
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)erfect, and perpetual obedience ", of which the tree of life ras a pledge " ; and forbidding to eat of the tree of the [nowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death p.
Q. 21. Did man continue in that estate wherein God atjirst \reated him ?
A. Our first parents being left to the freedom of their ;wn will, through the temptation of Satan, transgressed he commandment of God in eating the forbidden fruit ; md thereby fell from the estate of innocency wherein they (Vere created ''.
Q. 22. Did all mankind fall in that first transgression f
A. The covenant being made with Adam as a publick lerson, not for himself only, but for his posterity, all man- kind descendin D him, and fell with him in that first transgression *.
Q. 23. Into
* GaL iiu 1 2. And the law is not •f faith : but. The man that doeth hem shall live in them, Rom. x. 5. ''or Moses describeth the righte- Hisness which is of the law. That the oan which douth those things shall ive by them.
** Gen. ii. 9. And out of the ^ound made the Lord God to grow ■vetv tree that is pleasant to the
and good for food ; the tree of
-J in the midst of the garden, ■u:d the tree of knowledge of good tmd eviL
I P Gen. iL 1 7. But of the tree of ^he knowledge of good and evil, riir>n c}jalt not eat of it; for in the
hat thou eatest thereof thou
:irely die. I iil. 1 Gen. iii. 6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good For food, and that it was pleasant to pe eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and gave klso unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Ver. 7. And the eyes pf them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ;
and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. Ver. 8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the pre- sence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. Ver. IjJ. And the Lord God said unto the woman. What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Ecd. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that (Jod made man upright ; but they have sought out many inven- tions. 2 Cor. xi. fJ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtiity, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
22. ^ Acts xvii. 26. And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth; and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.
*Gen. ii. IC. And the Lord God
commanded the man, saying. Of
every tree of the garden thou
mayeft
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A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery ^
Q. 24. What is sin ?
A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, any law of God, given as a rule to the reasonable creature ".
Q. 25. Wherein consistcth the sinfulness of that estate where- into men fell?
A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, con- sisteth in the guilt of Adam^s first sin '% the want of that iighteousness wherein he was created, and the corruption of his nature, whereby he is utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite unto all that is spiritually good, and wholly inclined to all evil, and that continually " ; which is
commonly
mayest freely eat: Ver. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. {Compared ivlt/t P.om. V. 12, — 20.] Wherefore, ■as by one man sin entered into the ^world^ and death by sin ; and so ■^eath passed upon all men, for that uU have sinned. Ver. 15. For if tlirough the offence of one many be dead; much more — Ver. 16. — For the "judgment was by one to con- demnation 5 — Ver. 17. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one j
aiuth more Vei". 18. Therefore,
as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation ; even so— —Ver. 1 9. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners; go by the obedience^ And with 1 Cor. xv. 21. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. Ver. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so io Christ shall all be made alive.
23. tRom. V. 12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the .world, and death by sin; »nd £9
death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. Rom. iii, 23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
24. " 1 John iii. 4. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: fur sin is the transgression of the law. Gal. iii. 10. For as many as are of the wotks of the law are under the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that coiitinueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith- but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
25. ^ Rom. V. 12. WTierefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. Ver. 1 9. For as by one man's disobedience many were madel sinners; so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous,
^ Rom- iii. 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Ver. 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that eeeketh after God. Ver. 12. They
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ommonlv called Original Sin, and from which do proceed
I^tual transgressions ■'. m2t). How is original sin convei/ed from our Jirst parents mthcif posferitij ? • Original sin is conveyed from our first parents unto ir posterity l»y natural generation, so as all that proceed roni them in that way are conceived and horn in sin '. Q. 27. 117/^/ misery did the fall bring upon mankind? A. The fall hrought upon mankind the loss of commu- \vitli God ", his displeasure and curse ; so as we are
by
ire all gone out of the way, they
»re together become improfitable ;
ihfre is none that doeth goo
Jot one. Ver. 13. Their throat is an
spen sepulthre; with their tongues
(lare used deceit; the poison
^ is under thoir lips: Ver. 14.
• mouth is full of qursing and
vss: Ver. \5. Their feet are
to shed bloQi^: Ver. 16". De-
'juction and misery are in their
rays: Ver. 17. And the way of
eace have they not known : Ver. 1 8.
'here is no fear of God before their
'es. Ver. 1 y. Now we know, that
hut things soever the law «aith, it
lith to theni who are under the
ivv ; that every mouth may be
opped, and all the world may be-
ome guilty btfore God. Eph. ii. J.
ird you hath he quickentd, who
ere dead in trespasses and sins :
'er. i?. Wherein in tin e past ye
'alhcJ accordirg to the course of
lis world, accordirg to the prince
f the power of tlie air, the spirit
Kit new worketh in the children
disobedience. Ver. 3. Among
honi also we all had our conversa-
on in times past, in the lusts of our
esh, fulfilling the desires of the
sh and of the mind ; and were
nature the children of wrath,
ven as others. Rom. v. 6. For
hen we were yet without strength,
» due time Christ died for the un-
godly. Rom. viii. 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God : for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Ver. 8. So then they that are in the flesh c;uinot please God. " Ger. vi. 5, And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
y James i. I 4. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lu5t, and enticed. Ver. J". Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, whi-a it is finisl'.ed, 'bringeth forth dearli. Match. XV. J 9. For out of the heat proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
26. ^Psal. li. 5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; atid in sin did my mother coi ceive me. Jib xiv. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an ut.clean ? not one. Job xv. 14, What is man, that he ^llould be clean ? and he which is horn of a woman, that he should be righteous? John iii. a. 'l"i»at which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
*j7. * Gen. iii. 8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walk- ing in the garden in the cci^l of thj day : and Adam and his wife I hid
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by nature cliildren of wrath'', bond slaves to Satan % and justly liable to all punishments in this world, and that which is to come ^,^
Q. 28. What are the punishments of sin in this world?
A. The punishments of sin in this world are either in- ward, as blindness of mind ^, a reprobate sense \ strqng delusions ^, hardness of heart % horror of conscience ', and
vile
hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees cf the garden. Ver. 10. And he said, 1 heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Ver. 24. So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword, which turned every ^^'ay, to keep the way of the tree of life.
b Eph. ii. 2. Wherein- in time past ye walked according to the •course of this world, according to -the prince of the power of tiie air, the spirit that now wcrketh in the children of disobedience. Ver. 3. Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past, in the lusts of our flesli, fulfilling the de- sires of the flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
may recover themselves out of the •snjre of the devil, Vv'ho are taken captive hy him at his will.
d Gen. ii. 17, But of the tree of the krjowledge of good and evil tliou shalt not eat of it ; -for in the day that chou eatest thereof thou shak surely die. Lam. iiu 39. Wherefore doth a living man com- plain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? Rom. vi. 23. For the wages of fi'n is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Matth. xxv. 41. Then sfeall he say also unto them
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, pre- pared for the devil and his angels. Ver. 4G. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment ; but the righteous into life eternal. Jude, Ver. 7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them, in like manner giving them- selves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
28. "^Eph. iv.* 18. Having the understanding darkened, being alie- nated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of theii heart.
f Rom. i. 28. Even as they die not like to retain God in theii knowledge, God gave them ovei to a reprobate mind, to do tbosi things which are not convenient.
8 2 Thess. ii. 11. And for thi cause God shall send them strong de lusion, that they should believe a lie
h Rom. ii. 5. But after thy hard ness and impenitent heart, treasures up unto thyself wrath against th day of wrath, and revelation of th righteous judgment of God.
i Isa. xxxiii. 1 4. The sinners i Zion are afraid ; fearfulness hat surprized the hypocrites : wh among us shall dwell with tlie dt vouring fire ? who among us sha dwell with everlasting burnings Gen. iv. 13. And Cain said unt
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file affections ^ ; or outward, as the curse of God upon the creatures for our sakes \ and all otlier evils that befall U8 in otir bodies, names, estates, relations, and employments " ; uogether with death itself".
Q. 29. What are the piniisfiments of sin in the world to come f
A. The punishments of sin in the world to come, are everlasting separation from the comfortable presence of God, and most grievous torments in soul and body, with- out intermission, in hell-fire for ever °.
Q. 50. Doth God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of \nn and misery ?
A. God doth not leave all men to perish in the estate of ind misery p, into which tliey fell by the breach of the covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Works "^ ;
but
ihe Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Mat. xxvii. 4. ■ -■, I have sinned, in that I Setrayed the innocent blood. .Mil. they said, What is that to us? lec thou to that.
•t Rom. i. L'G. For this cause God
^;*ve them up unto vile affections:
for even their women did change
^>tural use uito that which is
r nature.
n. iii. 17. And unto Adam he
Because thou hast hearkened
mw liie voice of thy wife, and hast
IBfen of the fruit of which I com-
Bflanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not
' it; cursed is the ground for
:':e ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of
•le days of thy life.
out. xxviii. 15. to the end,
lur jt shall come to pass, if thou
nit not hearken onto the voice of
Lord thy God, to observe to do
Ji his commandments, and his sta-
utes, which r command thee this
lay, that all these curses shall come
pen thee, and overtake thee.
'er. 16. Cursed shalt thou be in
he city, and cursed shalt thou be
1 the field. Ver. 17. Cursed shall
e thy baaket and thy store.
Ver. 1 fi. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, l^c.
" Rom. vi. 2L What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed ? for the end of tho3e things is death. Ver. 23. For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesu* Christ our Lord.
29. ° 2 Thess. i. 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Mark ix. 44, 46", 48, — To go into hell, — where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Luke xvi. 24. And he cried, and said, Father Abra- ham, have mercy on nie, and send l^zanis, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
na P I Thess. V. 9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath ; but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesiw Christ.
^ Gal. iii. 10. For as many as are
of the works of the law are under
the curse : for it is written, Cursed
is every one that coiitinueth not
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■but of his mere love and mercy deliveretli liis elect out c it, ami bringeth them into an estate of salvation by tli second covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Grace
Q. 51. Wi'lJi whom was the covenant of grace made?
A. The covenant of grace was made with Christ as th second Adam, and in him with all the elect as his seed
Q. 52. How is the grace of God manifested in the secon covenant ?
J. The grace of God is manifested in the second covenani in that he freely provideth and olFereth to sinners a Mediator
an
in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith : but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
■■ Tit. iii. 4. But after that the kindness and love of God our Sa- viour toward man appeared," Ver. 5. ^ot by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renew- ing of the Holy Ghost ; Ver. 6. Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour : "Ver. 7. That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Gal. iii, 21. Is the law then against the promises of God ? God forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. Rom. iii. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight : for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Ver. 21. But now the righteous- ness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Ver. 22., Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ Tunto all and upon all them that believe ; for there is no diiference.
3].^ Gal. iii. 16. Now to Al raham and his seed were the pr( mises made. He saith not, And t seeds, as of many ; but as of on And to thy seed, whieh is Chris [Rom. V. 15. to the c/iJ.I Isa. llii. Kj ■Yet it pleased the J.ord to bruii him; he hath put him to griel Avhen thou slialt nrake his soul t offering for sin, he shall see li «eed, he shall prolong his day and the pleasure of the Lord sh prosper in his hand. Ver. 11. I shall see of the travail of his sou ■and shall be satisfied : by his kn ledge -shall my righteous servai -justify many ; for he shall bear the iniquities.
.32. tGen. iii. 15. And I w put enmity between thee and woman, and between thy seed ar her seed : it shall bruise thy hea and thou shalt bruise his hee Isa. xliL 6. I the Lord have call thee in righteousness, and w hold thine hand, and will kei thee, and will give thee for covenant of the people, for a lig of the Gentiles. John vi. 27. L hour not for the meat which p risheth, but for that meat whi( end ureth unto everlasting life, whi( the Son of man shall give un you : for him hath God the Fath scaled.
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lard life and salvation by him"; and requiring faitli a«? Ihe condition to interest them in him ""j promiseth and fiveth his Holy Spirit ^ to all his elect, to work in them hat faith •, vitli all other saving graces''; aiid to enable hem unto all holy obedience % as tlie evidence of the truth [>f their faith ^ and thankfulness to God % and as the way which he halli appointed them to salvation''.
Q. 33. Wan the covenant of grace always adminutered after me and the same manner ?
A. The covenant of grace was not always administer- ed after the same manner, but the administrations of it un- kr the Old Testament were- difTerent from those under ihe New^
Q, 34. How
^ 1 John V 11. And this is the :^cord, that G(.d harh given to us nemal life ; and this life ia in his Son. Ver. 12. He that hath the Son hath life : and he that hath not the Son of God harh not life.
*John iii. 16. For Cod 80 loved
^" ".-orld, that he p:ave his only
;.n Son, that whosoever be-
li in him should not perish, but
have everlasting hfe. John i. 12.
|B':t as many as received him, to
'^ave he rower to become the
! God, evti: to them that be-
iitvf on his name.
^ Prov, i. 2:j. B.Aold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
y J Cor. iv. 1 3. We having the
pirit of faith, according as it is
r, I believed, and thtrefore
h^vc I «;poken: we also believe, and
therefore speak.
ol. V. 22. But the fruit of the
i« love, joy, peace, lotig-«uf.
, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. Meekness, temperance :
-^t such there is no law.
• Ezek. ixxvi 27. And I will put
iny Spirit within you, and cause you
to walk in my statutes, and ye shall
keep my judgments, and do them.
b James ii. 18. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Ver. 22. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works ; and by works was faith made perfect }
^2 Cor. V. 14. For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead : Ver, 1 5. And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themsf^lves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
^ Eph. ii. 10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
S3 « 2 Cor. iii. 6. Who also hath made us able mini^t^rs of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the Spirit : for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. Ver. 7. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his coxmtenance, which glory i 1> was
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Q. 34. How was the covenant of grace administered unde: the Old Testament ?
A. The covenant of grace was administered under tin Old Testament, by promises ^^ prophecies % sacrifices '', cir cumcision ', the passover *", and otlier types and ordinances which did all fore-signify Christ then to come, and wer» for that time sufficient to build up the elect in faith in th( promised ]\Iessiah ', by whom they then had full remissioi of sin, and eternal salvation "*.
Q. 55. How is the covenant of grace administered unde, the New Testament ?
A. Under the New Testament, when Christ the substanc was exhibited, the same covenant of grace was and stil
i;
was to be done away ; Ver. 8. How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious ? Ver. 9. Por if the ministration of con- demnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteous- aess exceed in glory,
34. f Rom. XV. 8. Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers,
*Acts iii. 20. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you.- Ver, 24. Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as Biany as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
^» Heb. X. 1 . For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never v,rith those sacri- fices, which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect.
iRom. iv. 11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith Avhich he had, yet being uncir- cumcised ; that he might be the father of all them that believe.
though they be not circumcised that righteousness might be im puted unto them also.
It 1 Cor. v. 7. Purge out there fore the old leaven, that ye ma^ be a new lump, as ye are unlea vened. For even Christ our pass over is sacrificed for us.
1 [Heb. Chapters viii. ix. and x. Heb. xi. 13. These all died in faith not having received the promises but having seen them afar off, anc were persuaded of them, and env braced them, and confessed tha they were strangers and pilgrims oi the earth.
"^ Gal. iii. 7. Know ye thereforei that they which are of faith, th« same are the children of Abraham Ver. 8. And the scripture fore seeing that God would justify th{ heathen through faith, preachec before the gospel unto Abraham saying, In thee shall all nations b blessed. Ver. 9. So then thej which be of faith are blessed witf faithful Abraham. Ver. \^. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesu: Christ ; that we might receivt the promise of the Spirit througl- lUith.
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be administered in the preaching of the word ■, and idmiiiistration of the sacraments of baptism" and the Ps supper P ; in wfiich grace and salvation are held I in more fulness, evidence, and efficacy, to all
3(1. Who is thf Mediator of the covenant of grace? The only Mediator of the covenant of grace is the Jesus Christ % w ho, being the eternal Son of God, of substance and equal with the Father', in the fulness
of
^ J. ° Mark xvi. 1 5. And he eaid un- to thpni. Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
® Mjt. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore, > RTid teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Ver. £0. Teaching them to observe all tilings whatsoever I have com- "' • led you : and, lo, I am with you ., even unto the end of the \ -: J. Amen.
P 1 Cor. xi. 23. For I have recei- Ted of the Lord that which also I •J red unto you, That the Lord . the same night in which he ictrayed, took bread: Ver. 24. when he had given thanks, he ui..Kc it, aj:d said, Take, eat; this is my body, wJAich is broken fur you : this do in remembrance of n)e. Ver. 25. After the same maimer afiio he took the cup, when he had sup- ped, saying. This cup is the new testament in my blooil : this do ye, Bs oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
• ^ 2 Cor. ill. G. tc the end. Who -also hath m.ide us able ministers of tbp new testament; not of the letter, f the Spirit: for the letter kill- ' , but the Spirit giveth life. Ver. 7. But if the ministration of death, ■written and engraven in stones, was glorious, — Ver. 8. How A\.\\\ not the niijiistration of the Spirit be rather
glorious ? Ver. 9. For if the niinistra^ tion of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righ- teousness exceed in glory, l5'c. * Heb, viii. 6. But now hath he obtained a more excell«;nt minifttry, by bow much also he is the Mediator of a better covenaijt, which was establish- ed upon bttter promises. Ver. 10. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord : I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts t and I V ill be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Ver. 11. And they shall not teach every man iils neighbour, and every man his bro- ther, saying. Know the Lord : for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. Mat. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, bap- tizing them in the name of, i^c.
.SG. '' 1 Tim. ii. 5. For there is one God, and one M^iator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
^ John i, 1. In the beginning wai the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, Ver. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John x. SO. I and my Father are one. Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the form of God, I 4 thought
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of time became man \ and so was and continues to be God Jtnd man, in two entire distinct natures^ . and one persoji, for ever".
Q. 37. How did Christy being the Son ofGod^ become man T
A. Christ the Son of God became man, by taking io Jiimself a true body,, and a reasonable soul '% being con- ceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary, of her substance, and born of her ""^ yet without sin ^'.
Q. 58. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God?
A. It was requisite thai the Mediator should be God, that lie might sustain and keep the human nature from sinking
under
thoujrht it not robbery to be equal i^'ith God.
t GaL iv. 4. But when the fulness ©f the time was come, God sent fof th 3his Son, niiide of a woman, made un- der the law.
*^I.uke j. 35. And the angel an- swered and said unto her, The Holy- Ghost shrJl come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall over- shadow thee: therefore also that holy thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Rom. ix. 5. Whose are the fathers. End of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God, blessed for ever. An -en. Col. ii. 9. For in him dwelleth all ihe fulness of the Godhead bodily. !Heb. vl;. 24. But this man, be- cause he cotitinueth ever, hath an Tanchangeable priesthood. Ver. 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
37. ^' John i. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the J'ather,) full of grace and truth. Mat..xy.vi. J8. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrow-
ful, even unto death ; tarry ye here^l and watch with me.
^ hxi^Q i. 27. To a virgin espoused to a man, whose name was Jo-^eph, of the house of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary. Ver. 31. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy woHib, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. Ver. 35. And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Gh«st shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that holy thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Ver. 42. And Elisabeth gpake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.
J' Heb. iv. 15. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, jjet with- out sin.- Heb. vii. 26. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undehled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.
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the infinite \\Tath of God, and the power of death * ; ^ J worth and efficacy to his suiferings, obedience, and intercession * ; and to satisfy God's justice ^ procure his la-
jinrchase a peculiar people '', give his Spirit to them ',
conquer
heavens ; Ver. 27. Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's : for this he did once, when he ofTered up himself. Ver. 28. For the law mali- eth men high priests which have in- firmity ; but the word of the oath, wl'.ich was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for ever- more.
l> Rom. ill. 24. Being justified free- ly by his grace, through the redemp- tion that is in Jesus Christ : Ver. 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God ; Ver. 26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness : that he might be just, and the justi- fier of him which believeth in Je- sus.
^ Eph. i. C. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. Mat. iii. J 7. And, lo, a voice from heaven, saying. This Is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
d Tit. 11. 13. Looking for that bles«ed hope, and the glorious ap- pearing of the great God, and our Saviour Je.^us Christ : Ver. 1 4. Who gave himself for us, that he might redet-m us from all iraquity, and purify ur.to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
^ Gal. iv 6. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father,
I 5 f Luke
ii. 24. Whom God hath
up, having loosed the pains of
: because it was not possible
he should be holden of it.
'_'.'. For David speaketh con-
V him, I foresaw the Lord al-
hefore my face ; for he is on
:v!;ht hand, that I should not be
ini;ved. Rom. i. 4. And declared
to he the Son of God with power,
according to the Spirit of holiness,
by the resurrection from ,the dead.
^' ■ irtd rvith Rom. iv. 25. Who
'elivered for our offences, and
raised again for our justifica-
Heb. ix. 14. How much
shall the blood of Christ,
through tiie eternal Spirit
'1 himself without spot to
, purge your conscience from
works, to serve the living
► * Acts XX. 28. Take heed there- for.- unto yourselvt^s, and to all the , over the which the Holy t hath made you overseers, to rhe church of God, which he purchas«'d.wirh his own blood. li 'i. ix. H. How much more shall tht blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself ■without spot to God, purge your conscieiKe from dead works, to •erve the living God ? Heb. vii. 25. WiR'refore he is able also to save thtni to the uttermost that come unto God by him, st-eing he ever livtth to make interces.sion for them. Ver. 26. For such an high priot became us, who is holy, harmless, iindefilcd, srpaiate from sinners, and made higher than the
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conquer all their enemies ^, and bring them to everlasting salvation ^.
Q. 39. JF/iy was it, requisite that the Mediator should be man?
A. It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature ^, perform obedience to the law ', suffer and make intercession for us in our nature %
that we might re- ceive
have a fellow-feeling of our infirmities ' ,
r I^iike i. 68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, Ver. 69. And hath raised up -an: horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David: Ver. 71. That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us. Ver. 74. That he would grant unto us, that we, being deliver- ed out of the hand of our ene- mies, might serve him 'Without fear.
S Heb. v. 8. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered : Ver. 9. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. Heb. ix. 11. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect ta- bernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Ver. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Ver. 13. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctilieth to the purify- ing of the flesh ; Ver, 1 4. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your con-
science from dead works to serve the hving God } Ver, 1 5. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are call- ed might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
39. h Heb. ii. 16. For verily hci took not on him the nature of an- gels ; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
i Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.
k Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also hinsself likewise took part of the same : that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Heb. vii. 24. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Ver, 25. Wherefore he is able alsc to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession foi them.
1 Heb. iv. 15. For we have nol an high priest which cannot be touched with the feehng of our in* firmities : but was in all point; tempted like as we are, yet withoui sin.
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Q. 4(). Why was it rcf/umte that the Mediator should be. God and man in one person ?
J. It was requisite that the Mediator, who was to re- concile God and man, should himself be both God and man, and this in one person, that the proper works of each nature might be accepted of God for us "*, and relied on by us, as the works of the whole person p.
Q. 41. Why teas our Mediator called Jesus ?
A. Our Mediator was called Jesus, because he saveth his people from their sins*'.
Q. 42. Why ivas our Mediator called Christ ?
A. Our Mediator was called Christ, because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost above measure ' ; and so set apart, and fully furnished with all authority and ability %
to.
Ppal. iv. 5. To redeem them were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
" Heb. iv. IG. Let us therefcre
come boldly unto the thrcne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy,
'ind grace to help in time of
° Mat. i. 21. And she shall
forth a son, and tiiou shalt cull
:ne Jesus : for he shall save his
• from their sins. Vct. 'J3.
M, a virgin shall be with child,
iiall brinjr forth a son, and they
call his name Emmanuel, which,
interpreted, is, God with us.
. iii. 17. And, lo, a voice from
ri, saying. This is my beloved
in whom I am well pleased.
ix. 14. How much more shall
the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead work^ to serve the living God ?
P 1 Pet. ii. 6. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Be
hold, I lay in Sion a chief comer- stone, elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not be con- founded
41. *i Mat. i. 21. And t-he shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt calt his name Jesus : for he shall save Iiia people from their sins.
4'i\ ' John iii. 24. For he whom God bath sent speaketh the words of God : f by measure unto him. Psal. xlv. 7« 'I'hou lovest righteousness, and hatesc wickedness : therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
^ Jolui vi. 27. Labour not for the n-.eat which perisheth, but for that meat which eiidureth unto everlast- ing life, which the Son of man shall give unto yru : for him hath God the Father sealed. Mat, xxviii. ly. And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All power is, given unto me Li heaven and in earth. Ver. 1 9, Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, bap- tizing them in the name of the Fa» I « ther.
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to execute the offices of prophet \ priest ", and king of his Church^', in the estate both of his humiliation and exalta- tion.
Q. 43. Hois>
ther, and of the Son, and of • the Holy Ghost : Ver. 20. • Teaching them to observe all thhigs whatso- ever I have commanded you : and, lo, I am wifh you alv/ay, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
r Acts iii. 21. Whom the heaven must receive until the times of resti- tution of all things, wl^ich God hath spoken by the mouth of all his lioly prophets since tht world began. Ver. 22. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me ; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. Luke iv. 18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, be- cause he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hatli sent me to heal the broken-heart- ed, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight t > the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Ver. 2). And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your cars.
" Heb V. 5. So also Christ glori- fied not himself to be made an high priest ; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I be- gotten thee. Ver. 6. As he saith also in another place. Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec t Ver. 7. Who in the da'ys of his flesh, when he had offer- ed up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard ii^ that he feared. Heb. iv. 14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest
that is passed hito the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Ver. 15. For we have not an high priest w^hich cannot be touched with the feeling of our in- firmities, but was in all points tempt- ed like as we are, yet without sin.
^ Psal. ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion, Mat. xxi 5. Tell ye tlie daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unta thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, aiid a colt- the foal of an ass. Isa. in. G. For unto us a child is born, un- to us a son is given, and the govern- ment shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Ver. 7. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of'Da- vid, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever : the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. Phih ii. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and be- came obedient unto death, even the death of the cro??. Ver. 9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name : Ver. 10. That at the name of Je- sus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth ; Ver 1 1 . And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,
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Q. 45. IIoiv doth Christ execute the office of a prophet ? A, Christ exocutcth the ollice of a prophet, in liis re- uiiig to the Church ", in all ages, by his Spirit and
I^^d ^, in divers >vays of administration *, the whole will ^BGod ", in all things concerning their edification and ^Tvntion ''.
\). 41-. How (loth Christ execute the office of a priest ? , A. Christ exccuteth the office of a priest, in his once ! oflering himself a sacrifice without spot to God % to he a
reconciliation
1 ). " John i. 1 8. No man hath ^^:i God at any time; the only 1 ,otten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath de- clared hini.
> 1 Pet. i. 10. Of which salva- tion the prophets have enquired, and searched diligently, who pro- it'd of the grace that should f unto you : Ver. 1 1 . Searching V ...ir, or what manner of time r! ■ Spirit of Christ which was in thtm did signify, when it testified before hand the sufferings of Christ, and the glnry that should follow. A'er. 1-. Unto whom it was re- vealed, that not unto themselves, unto us they did minister the '5 which are now reported unto . I by them that have preached the ; 1 tl unto you, with the Holy Oh(,st sent down from heaven ; which things the angeU desire to lof'k into.
''• Heb. i. 1. God, who at sundry tin rp, and in divers manners, spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Ver. 2. Hath in these last /days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the Worlds.
* John XV. 15. Henceforth I call you not servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his lord rioeth : but I have called you fiiends; for
all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
b Acts XX. 32. And now, brethren, I commed you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified, Eph. iv. 11. And he gave some apostles, and some pro- phets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers ; Ver. 12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ : Ver. 13. 'J'ill we all come in the unity of the faith, and of die knowledge of the Son oi God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure 4^ the stature of the fulness of Christ. John xx. 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
44. ^ Heb. ix. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ,. who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God .' Ver. 28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many : and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation.
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Q. 45. How doth Christ execute the office of a king ?
A. Christ executeth the office 6f a king, in calling out of the world a people to himself ^, and giving them officers ^, laws ^, and censures, by which he visibly governs them ' ; in
bestowing saving grace upon his elect
rewarding their obedience.
d Heb. ii. 17. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
^ Heb. vii. fi5. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the utter- most that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make inter- cession for them.
'io. f Acts XV. 14. Simeo^i hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. Ver.
15. And to this agree the words of the prophets ; as it is written, Ver,
16. After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down : and I v.'ill build again^fhe ruins thereof, and I will set it up. Isa. Iv. 4. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Ver. 5. Behold, tfhou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not ; and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Jiidah, r.or a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shalj the gather- ing of the people be. Psal. ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power ; in the beauties of holiness froiii the womb of the
morning : thou hast the dew of thy youth.
8 Eph. iv. 11. And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachei-s; Ver. 12. For the perfect- ing of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. 1 Cor. xii. 28. And God hath set some in the church ; first, apostles ; secondarily, prophets ; thirdly, teachers ; after that miracles ; then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
• h Isa. xxxiii. 22. For the Lord is cur judge, the Lord is our law- giver, the Lord is our king ; he will save us.
i Mat. xviii. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church ; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man, and a pubhcan. Ver. 18. Verily I say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and what- soever ye shall loose on earth shr.ll be loosed in heaven. 1 Cor. v. 4. In' the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ver. 5. To de- liver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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obedience ', and correcting them for tlieir sins *", pre- serving and supporting them under all tlieir tcmj)tations and sufferings ", restraining and overcoming all their enemies ", and powerfully ordering all things for las own glory p, and their good '' ; and also in taking vengeance on the rest, who know not God, and obey not the gospel ^
Q. 40. JVhat was the estate of Christ^ s humiUation ?
A. The estate of Christ's humiliation was that low con- dition, wherein he for our sakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form of a servant, in his con- ception and birth, life, death, and after his death, until his resurrection \
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Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
I Rev. .xxii. 12. And, behold, I come quickly ; and my reward is with me, to give every man accord- ing as his work shall be. Rev. ii. 10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer : behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou ♦ ■ifhful unto death, and I will give a crown of life.
Rev. iii. 19. As many as I love buke and chasten ; be zealous cfore, and repent. " Isa, Ixiii. 9. In all their afflic- tion he was ;.{Ricted, and the an- gel of \ii^ j^rescnce saved them ; in his love ar.d in his pity he re- ■'^- nied them, and he bare thttn, carried ti.em all the days of
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P Rom. xiv. 10. But why dost thou judge thy brother ? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother ? for we shall all stand before the judgment-scat of Christ. Ver. 11. For it is written. As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,and every tongue shall confess to God,
•J Rom. viii. 28. And we know that all things work together for good to them tliat love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
•■ 2 Thess. i. 8. In fiaming fire, taking vengeance on them tlut know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; Ver. 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the pre- sence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Psal. ii. 8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the hea- then for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth fr>r thy possession. Ver. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dasli them in pieces like a potter'* vessel.
46. ^ Phil. ii. 6. Who being i»
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O. 47. How did Christ humhle himself m his conception and birth?
J. Christ humbled himself in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, he was pleased in the fulness of time to become the son of man, made of a woman of low estate, and to be born of her ; with divers circum- stances of more than ordinary abasement *.
Q. 48. How did Christ humhle himself in his life?
A. Christ liumbled himself in his life, by subjecting himself to the law ", which he perfectly fuliiiled '" ; and by conflicting with the indignities of the world ""5 tempta- tions
roLlDery to be equal with God; Ver. 7. But made himself of no re- putation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men : Ver. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedi- ent unf.o death, even the death of the cross. Luke i. 31. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. 2 Cor. viii. 9. For ye know the grace ef our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. Acts ii. 24. Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death ; because it was not possible that he should be hold- en of it.
47. t John i. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt am.ong us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Ver. 18. No man hath seen God at any tim>e ; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,
made of a woman, made under the law. Luke ii. 7. And she b!^ought forth her first-born son, and wrap- ped him in swaddling-cbthes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in t he- inn.
48, " Gal iv. 4, But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. •
^' Mat. v. 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or t'^j prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Rom. V. 19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners ; so by the obe- dience of one shall many be made righteous.
^ Psal. xxii. 6. But I am a worm, and no man ; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Heb. xii. 2. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith ; v ho, for the joy that was set before hui , endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Ver. S. For con- sider him that endured such contra- diction of sinners against hiuiself, lest ye be wearied, and faint in your Blinds.
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rfions of Satan ^, and infirmities in his flesli, whether com- ^nion to the natnre of man, or particularly accompanying ;that his K)W condition ''.
Q. 49. How did Christ humhlc hiniftclf in /i/f dtalh ? ) A. C'iirist liuni!)led himself in his death, in that having 'been betrayed by Judas", forsaken by his disciples'*, scorned and rejected by the world '', condemned by Pilate, and tormented by his persecutors '' ; having also conflicted with the terrors of death, and the powers of darkness, felt? and borne the weiirht of God's wrath % he laid down his
life
^^B(at. iv. 1. to vertc 12. Then '^*T*'sus led up of the Spirit into
Idtrrness, to be tempted of the
Is^t. Luke iv. 13. And when the devil had ended all the tempta- tion, he departed from him for a ucason.
* Heb. ii. 17. Wherffore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren ; that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make (iciliation for the sins of the Ver. 18. For in that he J hath suffered, being tempted, Qji is able to succour them that are tempted. Heb. iv. 15. For we have not au high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our in- firn.it'ts; but was in all ptints tempred like as we are, yet without sin. Isa. hi. 10. B«hold, my ser- vant shall .deal prudently ; he shall be I xalted and extolled, aud be very birh. Ver. 14. As many were asto- tli^^lu'd at thee ; his vij>age was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men.
'VJ. * Mat. xxvii. 4. Saying, I have sinne the innocent blood. And they s.vid, What is that to us .' see thou to that. . b Mat. xxvi. 5Q. But all tliis
was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled, 'I'hen all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
^ Isa. liii. 2. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we shall see hun, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Ver. 3. He is despised and rejecfed of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with prief: and we hid as it were our Lccs from him ; he was despised, and we esreemed him not.
d Mat. xxvii. 26. to verse 50. Then released he Barabbas unto thvm : and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be cruci- fied, \^c. John xix, 34. But ore of the soldiers with a spear pierced hit side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water,
^ I^uke xxii. 44. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweet was as it were great drops cf blood iailing down to the grrund. Mat. xxvii, 46, And about the ninth hour Je- sus cried with a loud voice say- ing, Eli, tli, lama sabachthani I that is to say. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me I
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being buried ^\ and continuing in the state of the dead, and under the power of death till the third day ' ; whicl^ hatJi been otherwise expressed in these words, He descend-l ed into hell.
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f Isa. Ilii. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall Kee his seed, he shall 'prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord «l\ali prosper in his hand.
S Phil. ii. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he hunlbled him- self, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Heb. xii. 2, Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith ; who, for the joy that v/as set before him, en- dured the cross, despiiing the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Gal. iii. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.
50. h I Cor. XV. S. For I deliver- ed unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our shis, according to the scrip- tures. Ver. 4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures.
i Psal. xvi. 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Com/tared luhh Acts ii. 24,
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of deatli; becaust it was not possible that he should bi holden of it. Ver. 25. For Davie speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face ; foi he is on my right hand, that I shoulc not be moved : Ver. 26'. Therefon did my heart rejoice, and my tongu was glad ; moreover also my flesf shall rest in hope : Ver. 27. Becaust thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine Hob One to see corruption. Ver. 31. He seeing this befoi-e, spake of the resur rtction of Christ, that his soul wa not left in hell, neither his flesh dit see corruption. Rom. vi. 9. Know ing that Christ, being raised from th dead, dieth no more ; death hath m more dominion over him. Mat. xii 40. For as Jonas was three days an» three nights in the whale's belly; S' shall the Son of man be three days anc three nights in the heart of the eartf
.51. k 1 Cor. XV. 4. And that h was buried, and that he rose agaL the third day, according to the scrip tures.
i Mark xvi. 1 9. So then, after th Lord bad spoken unto them, he wa received up into heaven, and sat o: the right hand of God.
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of the Father ", and his coming again to judge the world ".
Q. 62. How was Christ exalted in his resurrection ?
A. Christ was exalted in Iiis resuiTcction, in tliat, not havinor seen corruption in death, (of which it was not possible for him to be held ",) and Jiuving the very same body in which he suficred, with the essential properties thereof P, (but without mortality, and otlier common infirmities belonging to the life,) really united to his soul'', he rose again from the dead the third day by his own power ' ; whereby he declared himself to {)e the Son of God % to have satisfied divine iustic6 % to have Fanquislied death, and him that had the power of it",
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" Eph. i. 20. Which he wrought io Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.
" Acts i. 1 1. Which also said. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing op into heaven ? this saine Jesus, which is taken up from you into hea- ven, shall so come in like manner as ye have sten him go into heaven. Acts xvii. 31. Because he hath ap- pointed a day, in the wliich he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given assurance unto 11 men, in that he hath raised him Prom the dead.
5^2. o Acts ii. 24. Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the }»ain« of death : because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Ver. 27. Because thou wilt not leave my »oul in hell, neither wilt thou suf- fer thine Holy One to see corruption.
■^ I.uke xxiv. \\9, Behold my bands and tny feet, that it is I my- self: handle mt-, and see ; for a spirit Kath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
^ Rom. vi. 9. Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more ; death hath no mora dominion over him. Rev. i. 18., I am he that livcth, and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.
•■ John X. 18. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my- self; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
5 Rom. i. 4. And declared to be the Son of God with power, accord- ing to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
t Rom. viii. '>4. Who is he that condemneth.^ It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makcth intercession for us.
" Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same ; that through death he might destroy him that had the powei' of death, that i?, the devil.
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and to be Lord of quick and dead^' : all which he did as- a publick person ^, tlie liead of his Church ", for their justification ^5 quickening in grace ^, support against ene- riiies \ and to assure them of their resurrection from the dead at tlie last day ^
Q. 63. How was Christ exaltid in his ascejision ?
A. Christ was exalted in his ascension, in that having after his resurrection often appeared unto and conversed with his apostles, speaking to them of the things pertain- ing to the kingdom of God **, and giving them commission to preach the gospel to all nations ^, forty days after his
resurrection.
^ Rom. XIX. 9. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and re- vived, that he itiight be Lord both of the dead and living^.
^ I C"^r. XV'. -21. For since by man came dea;h hy man came also the resurrection of the dead. Ver. 22. For as in Ad;.m all die, even go in Christ shall all be made' alive,
y Eph. i. 20 Which he wrought in Chi'bt when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own ri^th.t hand in the heavenly places, Ver.
22. And hath put all thirge^ urder.his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Ver.
23. Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Col. i. 18. And he is the head of the body the church, who is the beginning, the first-hern from the death ; that in all things he might have the pre- eminence.
^ Rom. iv. 25. Who was delivered £er our cffences, and was raised again for our justification.
^ Eph. ii. 1. And yon hath he quickened, who were dead in tres- passes and sins, Ver. 5, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quicken- ed us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) Ver, 6. And hath raised us up together, and made us
sit together in heavenly places in i Chri«.t Jesus. Col. ii. 1 2. Buried M'ith ' hinf in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him, through the faith of ■ the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
b 1 Cor. XV. 25. For he must' reign till he hath put all enemies un- der his feet. Ver. 26. The last ene-- my that shall be destroyed is death, Ver. 27. For he hath put all things uuder his feet. But when he saith, all things are put uncer him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him.
^ 1 Cor. XV, iO. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.
53. d Acts i. 2. "Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apo- stles whom he had chosen, Ver. 3, To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many in- fallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of tlie things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
*^ Mat. xxviii. 19. Go ye there- fore, and teach all nations, bapti^ aing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
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ifesiirrection, he, in our nature, and as our head *", triumphing over enemies '^, visibly went up into the high- est heavens, there to receive gifts for men '', to raise up our aUcctions thither', and to prepare a pLice for us % where himself is, and shall continue till his second com- ing at «he end of the world '.
Q. 54 land of God?
J. Christ is exalted in his sitting at the right hand of God, in that as God-man he is advanced to the higliest favour with God the Father '", with all fulness of joy ", glory", and
power
Holy Ghost : Ver. 20. Teach- iiig them to observe all things what- soever I have commanded you: 4nd, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
f Heb. vi. 20 Whither the fore- runner is for, us entered, even Jes'js, made an high priest for ever aiter the order of Melchisedec.
8 £ph. iv. 8. Wherefore he saith. When he ascended up on high he led captivity captive, and gave gifts un- to men.
h Acts i. 9. And when he had spo- ken these thir gs, while they beheld, he was taken' up ; and a cloud recei- ved him out of their sight. Ver. 10. And, while tliey looked stedfastly to- ward heaven, as he went up, beh«)ld, two men stood by them in white ap- parel j Ver. 11. Which also said, Ye nun of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven ? this same Je- sus which is taken up from you into he iven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. E[jh. iv. lO. He that descended is th; same also that ascended up fur above ail heavens, that he might fill all things. Psal. Ixviii. 18. Thou hast abcended on high, thou hast led captivity captive : thou haat received gifts for men ; yea, for the rebellious
also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
i Col. iii. I. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Ver. 2. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.
k John xiv. 0. And if I go and pre- pare a place for you, 1 will come again, and receive you unto myself, that were I am, there ye irtay be also.
• Acts iii. 21. Whom the heaven must receive until tlie times of resti- tution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy propliets since the world began.
54. "^ Phil. ii. 9. Wherefore God aLo hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, which is above every name.
" Acts ii. 28. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life ; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy counteuar:ce. Ccm/tarcJ ■wilh Psal. xvi. 11. Thou wilt bhew me the path of life : in thy prese:ice is fuhiess of joy, at thy right hatid there are pleasures for evermore.
** John xvii. 5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with tlie glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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power over all things in heaven and earth p ; and doth gather and defenu his cimi'ch, and subdue their enemies ; ' furnisheth his ministers and people with gifts and graces '^^ and maketh intercession for them ^
Q, ^5. IIoiv cloth Christ make intercession ?
A. Christ maketh intercession, by his appearing in our nature continually before the Father in heaven % in the merit of his obedience and sacrifice on earth \ declaring his will to have it applied to all believers " ; answering all accusations against them "•% and procuring for them quiet
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P Eph. I. 22. And hath put dl things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God ; angels, and authorities, and powers, being made subject unto him.
'^ Eph. iv. 10. He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. Ver. 11. And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teacliers ; Ver. 12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edify- ing of the body of Christ. Psal. ex. 1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool, ilfc. [-Slv ir/e Psalm thr&ughQi/i.']
"" Rom. viii. 34. Who is he that condemneth .' It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
55. ^ Heb. ix. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eter- nal redemption for us. Ver. 24. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hand*, which are
the figures of the true ; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us,
t Heb. i. 3. Who, being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
" John iii. \G. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only be- gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John xvii. D. I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but for th'-m which thou hast given me, for they are thine. Ver. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word. Ver. 24. Father, I wiil that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where 1 am ; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
^ Rom. viii. 33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect : It is God that justifieth : Ver. 34. Who is he tliat condemn- eth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather,
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if conscience, notwithstanding daily failings % access with )ol(lness to the throne of grace ^, and acceptance of their |)ersons ' and sen' ices *.
Q. 50. IIow is Christ to be exalted i7i his coming again t9 ■udge the world ?
A. Christ is to be exalted in his coming again to judge I he world, in that he, who was unjustly judged and con- ilemned by wicked men ^, shall come again at the iast day iji great power % and in the full manifestation of his own [|lory, and ef his Father's, with all his holy angels ^^ with !i shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God % to judge the world in righteousness ^
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rather, that is ristn again, who is uven 'it the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. i * Rom. V. 1. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with • * '. through our Lord Jesus Christ. J. By whom also we have ac- .,)■ faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the lory of God. 1 Jolin ii. 1. My ittie children, these thi.igs write I into you, that ye sin not. And if !vny man sin, we have an advocate ivith the Father, Jesus Chiist the righteous : Ver 2. And he is the )riipitiation fcr our sins; and not for [)urs only, but also for ihe sins of the whole world.
y Heh. iv. 16. Let us therefore onie l)oI«\ly unto the throne of grace, hat we may obtain mercy, and find ^acc to help in time of need.
''■ Kph. i. 6. To the praise of the ;lory of his grace, wherein he hath uade us accepted in the Deloyed.
1 Pet. ii. 5. Ye als itoufs, are built up a spiritual house, in holy priesthood, to offer up spi- itual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 54*. b Acts iii, 1 1. But ye denied
the Holy One and the Just, and de- sired a murderer to be granted unto you ; Ver. 15. and killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses,
*-" Mat. xxiv. 30. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven -. and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn ; and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, wltJi power and great glory.
^ Luke ir. 2G. For whosoever fhall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be asha- med, whe'.i he shall come in liis own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. Mat. xxv. S I. "WTien the Sju of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.
*" 1 Thess. iv. IC For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of of God ; and the dead in Chrifct shall rise first.
f Acts xvii. .Tl. Because he hath
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Q. 57. What benefits hath Christ procured hi/ his meclia- iion ?
A. Christ, by his mediation, liath procured redemp- tion % with all otner benefits of the cov^enant of grace '\
Q. 59. How do we come to be made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured ?
A. We are made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured, bj the application of them unto us ', which is the work especially of God the Holy Ghost ^.
Q. 59. Who are made partakers of redemption through Christ?
A. Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually com- municated, to all those for whom Christ hath purchased it ' ; who are in time by the Holy Ghost enabled to believe in Christ according to the gospel ™.
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thlit man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance un- to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
57. S Heb. ix. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eter- nal redemption for us.
h 2 Cor i. 20. For all the pro- mises of God in him are yea, and in him amen, unto the glory of God by us.
58. i John i. ]I. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Ver. 12. But as many as re- ceived him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name,
k Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness which vi'e have done, tut according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost : Ver 6. Which he shed on us abun- dantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
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of truth, the gospel of your salvation ; in whom also, after that ye believed . ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Ver. 14. Which is tht earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased posses- sion, unto the praise of his glory. John vi. 37. All that the Father giv- eth me shall come to me ; and him thai Cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out. Ver. 39. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me 1 should lost nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. John x. 15. As the Father knoweth me, even so know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. Ver. 16. And othei sheep I have, which are not of thi: fold : them also I must bring, and the) shall hear my voice ; and there shall hi one fold, and one shepherd.
'" Eph. ii. 8. For by grace are ye sa- ved, through faith ; and that not o yourselves : it is tht gift of God. 2 Cor iv. 1 3. We having the same spirit o faith, according as it is written, 1 belie- ved, and therefore have I spoken : w( also bclifcve, and therefore speak.
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Q. 60. Can they who have never heard the gofipel, and so know not Jesus Christ, nor believe in him, be saved by their living aceording to the light of nature ?
A. They wlio, having never heard the gospel ", know not Jesus Clirist % and believe not in liim, cannot be saved '', be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature '', or the laws of that religion which they
S" ss ' ; neither is there salvation in any other, but in Christ " Rom. X. 1 4. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a preacher ?
° 2 Thess. i. 8. In flaming fire, :; vengeance on them that . not God, and that obey not 'Jie gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : Ver. 9. Who shall be punished with 'luting destruction from the pre- of the l^ord, and from the of his power. Eph. ii. 12. That at that time ye were with- out Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and stran- gers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God n the world. John i. 10. He was n tlie world, and the world was nade by hi:n, and the world knew lim not. Ver. 11. He came unto lis own, and his own received him ot. Ver. 12. But as many as re- :eived him, to them gave he power :o liocome the sons of God, even » them that believe on his name, f John viii. 21. I said therefore you, that, ye shall die in your for if ye believe not that I . !(•, ye shall di»> in your sins. irk xvi. 16. He that believeth, ind is baptized, shall be saved ; ut he that believeth not sliall be amned. *> 1 Cor. i. 20. Where is the ise ? where b tlxe scribe ? where
is the disputer of this world ? hath - not God made foolish the wisdom of this v/orld } Ver. 2 1 . For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that be- lieve. Ver. 22. For the Jews re-' quire a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom : Ver. 23. But we preach (3irist crucified, unto the. Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; Ver. 24. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the powef of God, and the wisdom of God. * '' John iv. 22. Ye worship y€ know not what : we know what We worship ; for salvation is of the Jews. Rom. ix. fJl. But Israel,' which followed after the. law of rigliteousne*.s, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Ver. 32, Wherefore ? 13ecau^e they sought it: not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumblii-g-stone. Phil. iii. 4. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I moi^ : Vf r. .">. Circum- cised the eighth of Israel, rf the tribe of Benja- min, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee ; Ver. 6. Concerning zeal, persecu- ting the church ; touching the righ^ K tcousuess
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Q. 61. Are all they saved who hear the gospel, and live in the church ?
A. All that hear the gospel, and live in the visible church, are not saved ; but they only who are true members of the church invisible ^
Q. 62. What is the vmhle church ?
A. The visible church is a society made up of all such as in all ages and places of the world do profess the true re- ligion % and of their children ''.
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teousness which is in the law, blame- less. Ver. 7. But what things were gain to me, thtJse I counted loss for Christ, Ver. 8. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my JLord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dupg, that I may win Christ, Wet. 9. And be found in him, not kaviiig mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.
* Acts iv. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other : for there is none other name under heaven gi- ven among men whereby we must be saved.
tEph. V. 23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body.
61. "John xii. 38. That the say- ing of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake. Lord, who hath believed our report .' and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed ? Ver. 89. Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, Ver. 40. He hath blinded the-ir
eyes, and hardened their heart ; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. Rom. ix. 6. Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect : for they are not all Israel which are of Israel. Mat. xxii. 1 4. For many are called, but few aro chosen. Mat. vii. 21. Not every one that saith unto mc, I^ord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Rom. xi. 7. What then ? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ; but tht election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
62. ^^' 1 Cor. i. 2. Unto the churcl' of God which is at Corinth, to then that are sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be saints, with all that ii every place call upon the name of Je sus Christ our Lord, both theirs ant ours. J Cor. xii. 13. For by on. Spirit are we all baptized into on^ body, whether we be Jews or Gen tiles, whether we be bond or free and have been all made to drink in to one Spirit. Rom. xv. 9. And tha the Gentiles might glorify God fo his mercy, as it is written. For thi cause I will confess to thee amon;
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".he Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. Ver. 10. And apain he s;iith. Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. Ver. 1 1 . And again, Praise the l^ord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye peo- pie. Ver. 12. And again Esaias .'•aith, There shall be a root of Jesse, :md he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gen- tiles trust. Rev. vii. 9. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, '^'htch no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with robes, and palms in their Psal. ii. 8. Ask of me, and I ;.iKiii ^ive thee the heatiien for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession, psal. xxii. 27. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord : and all the kin- dreds of the nations jJiall worship • thee. Ver. 28. For the om is the Lord's: and he is ii'.v governor among the nations. Ver, 29. All they that be fat upon tarth h\\\x\\ eat and worship : all they that go down to the dust ihali bow before him ; and none PUJ keep alive his own soul. Ver. 30. A seed shall serve him ; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a tereration. Ver. 31. They shall pome, and shall declare his righ- teousness unto a people that shall hf ^"nn, that he hath done this, xlv. 17. I will make thy ' to be remembered in all
eucrations : therefore shall the pie praise thee for ever and
vu*. Mat. ixviii. 19. Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : Ver. 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatso- ever I have commanded you : and, lo, I am with you alway, even un- to the end of the world. Amen. Isa. lix. 21. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord, My Spirit that is upon thee, and my wordii which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
" 1 Cor. vii. H. For the unbe- lieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy. Acts ii. 39. For tlie promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall calL Rom. xi. 16, For if the first-fruit be holy, the lump is also holy ; and if the root be holy, so are the branches. Gen. xvii. 7. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting cove- nant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
63. y Isa. iv. 5. And the Lord will create upon every dwelling- place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a fla- ming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence. Ver. 6. K2 And
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tected and preserved in all ages, notwithstanding the opposi- tion of all enemies ^ ; and of enjoying the communion of saints, the ordinary means of salvation % and offers of grace fey Christ to all the members of it in the ministry of the gospel, testifying, that whosoever believes in him shall be i>aved '', and excluding none that will come unto him ".
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And there shall be a tabernacle for a. shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. 1 Tim, iv. 10. For therefore "we both labour, and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe,
2 Psal. cxv. 1 . Not unto us, O luord, not unto us, but — Ver. 2. "Wherefore should the heathen say. Where is now their God ? ' Iffc. "Ver. 9. O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their help and their shield, ISi'c. [See the psalm through- out?^ Isa. xxxi. 4, For thus hath the !Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shep- herds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them ; so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. Ver. 5. As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem ; de- fending also he will deliver it, and passing over he will preserve it. Zech. xii. 2. Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they nhall be in the siege, both against Judah and against Jerusalem. Ver. 3. And in that day will I make Jerusa- lem a burdensome stone for all peo- ple : all that burden themselves with it shall be cut -in pieces, though all the people of the eanh be ga-
thered together against It. Ver. 4. In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness ; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness, Ver. 8. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David ; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the I^ord before them. Ver. 9. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
^ Acts ii. 39. For the promise Is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Ver. 42. And they continued stedfistly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
b Psal. cxlvii. 1 9. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. Ver. 20. He hath not dealt so with any nation : and as for his judg- ments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. Rom. ix. 4. Who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the ser- vice of God, and the promises. Eph. iv. 11. And he gave some apostles, and -som* prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and
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Q. G4. What is the invisible church 9
A. The invisible church is the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one un- der Christ the head*^.
Q. (j,5. What special benefits do the members of the invisible church enjoy by Christ ?
A. The members of the invisible church by Christ enjoy union and communion with him in grace and glory ".
Q. 66. What is that union which the elect have ivith Christ?
A. The union which the elect have with Christ is the work of God's grace ^5 whereby they are spiritually and mystically,
yet
and teachers; Ver. 12. For the per- fecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Mark xvi. 15. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Ver. 16. He that belie veth, and is baptized, shall be saved ; but he that believeth not shall ■ e damned.
« John vi. 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me ; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
64. dEph. i. 10. That in the dis- pensation of the fulness of times, he might gather togftl;er in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him. Vtr. 2'2. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Ver. 23. Which is his body, the fulness of him that fillcth all in all. John x. 16. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold ; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice : and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. John xi. 52. And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather togetlier in one the
children of God that were scattered abroad.
65. * John xvii. 21. That they all may be one ; as thou. Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. Eph. ii. 5. Even when we were dead in sins,. hath quickened us together v/ith Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) Vtr. 6.. And hath raised us up to- gether, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. John xvii. 24. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am ; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me be- fore the foundation of the \yorld.
66. f Eph. i. 22. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church. Eph. ii. 6. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; Ver. 7. That
. in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. Ver. 8. For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. K 3 e 1 Ct«r,
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yet really and inseparably, joined to Christ as their heac^^ and husband ^ ; which is done in their effectual calling ^.
Q. 67. What is effectual calling f
A. Effectual calling is the work of God's almighty power aVid grace ', whereby (out of his free and special love to his «|ect, and from nothing in them moving him thereunto ^)
he
E 1 Cor. vi. ] 7. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. John X. 28. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. Eph. v. 23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Ver. .SO. For we are mem- bers of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
h 1 Pet. V. 10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were" called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
67. i John v. 25. Verily, verily, I say unto you. The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear »he voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live. Eph. i. 1 8. rhe eyes of your understanding being enlightened ; that ye may knov/ what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints; Ver. 19. And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who be- lieve, according to the working of his mighty power ; Ver. 20, Which he wrought in Christ, when he rais- ed him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the hea- venly places. 2 Tim. i. 8, Be not
thou therefore ashamed of the testi- mony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel, accord- ing to the power of God: Ver. 9, Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy caUing, not accord- ing to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
kTit. iii. 4. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Ver. 5. Not by works of righteous- ness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, Eph. iL 4.' But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love where- with he loved us, Ver. 5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved.) Ver, 7, That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. Ver. 8. For by grace are ye saved, through faith J and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God. Ver. 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast, Rom. ix. 11. For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, tliat the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth.
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I fell g their minds™, renewing and powerfully determining their wills ", so as they (although in themselves dead ii\ Bin) are hereby made willing and able freely to answer his call, and to accept and embrace the grace offered and con- v(*ved llierein".
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doth, in his accepted time, invite and draw them to IS Christ, by 4iis word and Spirit ' ; savingly enlighten-
I 2 Cor. V. 20. Now then we are amha?>:idors for Chrisr, as though God did beseech ynu by us : we pray yon in Christ's '^tead, be ye reconcile i to God. Compared iv'ith 2 Cor. vL 1. We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. Ver. 2. For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee : behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. John vi. 44. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day. 2 Thess. ii. 13. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, btcaase God hath from the beginning choeen you to salvation, thrnuj^h sanctincution of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Ver. 14. Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the giory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
"^ Acts xxvi. 1 8. To open their eyes, and to turn them from dark- ness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 1 Cor. ii. 10, But God hath re- vealed them unto us by his Spirit : for the Spirit searchcth all things,
yea, the deep things of God. Ver. 12. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, hut the Spirit which is of God ; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
" Ezek. xi. 1 9. I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you ; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh. Ezek. xxxvi. 26. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ver. 27, And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. John vi. 45. It is written in the pro- phets. And they shall be all taught of God, Every man therefore that huth heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
^ Eph. ii. 5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved.) Phil. ii. 13. For it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Deut. xxx. 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with ail thy soul, that thou mayest live.
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Q. 68. Are the elect onhj effectually called f
A. All the elect, and they ogly, are effectually called p ; althougli others ma)n)e, and often are, outwardly called by the ministry of the word'^, and have some common" operations of the 81)1^^; who, for their wilful neglect and contempt of the grace oflered to them, being justly left in their unbelief, do never truly come to Jesus Christ '.
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68. PActs xlil. 48. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord ! and aj many as were ordained to eternal life believed. "
^ Mat. xxii. 14. For many are called, i)ut few are chosen.
^ Mat, vii. 22. Many will say to me in tliat day, I^ord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name "* and in thy name have cast out devils .? and in thy name done many won- derful works ? Mat. xiii. 20. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy re- ceiveth it : Ver. 21. Yet hath he not root in himself; but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or per- secution ariseth because of the word, hy and by he is offended. Heb. vi. 4. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, Ver. 5. And have tasted the good woi'd of God, and the powers of the world to come, * Vtr. 6. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance.
^ John xii. 38. That the saying of Esuias the prophet might be fulfilled, whicb he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report ? and to whom hath the arm of the I^ord been revealed ? Ver. 39. Therefore they could not believe; because that Esaias said again,
Ver. 40. He hath bhnded their eyes, and hardened their heart ; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. Acts xxviii. 25. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, Ver. 26,- Saying, Go unto this people, and say. Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. Ver.- 27, For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. John vi. 64, But there are some of you that be- lieve not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should be- tray him. Ver. Q5. And he said. Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except It were given unto hini of my Father. Psal. Ixxxi. 11. But my people would not hearken to my voice ; apd Israel would none of me. Ver. 12. So I gave theni up unto their own hearts' lust ; and they walked in their own counsels.
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60. What is the coynmunion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ ?
A. The communion in grace which the members of the invisible chm-ch have with Christ, is their partaking of the virtue of his mediation, in their justification*, adoption", sanctification, and whatever else, in this lite, manifests their union with him ''.
Q, 70. What is justification ?
A. Justification is an act of God's free grace unto sin- ners ", in which he pardoneth all their sins, accepteth and accounteth their persons righteous in his siglit > ; not for any thing wrought in them, or done by them ', but only
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69. ^ Rom. vill. 30. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called ; and whom he called, them he also justified ; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
" Eph. i. 5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, ac- cordii?g to the good pleasure of his will.
^ I Cor. i. .SO. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteous- ness, and sanctification, and redemp- tion.
70. ^ Rom. iii. 22. Even the righ- iess of God, which is by faith us Christ unto all and upon all
that believe ; for there is no nee. Ver. 24. Bting justified by his grace, through the re- lon that is in Jesus Christ : . J.5. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation tlirough faith in his blood, to declare his righteous- ness for the remission of sins that aie past, through the forbearance of God. Rom. iv. 5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteous- ness.
y 2 Cor. V. 1 9. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their tres- passes unto them ; and hath commit- ted unto U3 the word of reconcilia- tion. Ver. 21, For he hath made him to he sin for us, who knew no sin; that ve might be made the righteousness of God in him. Rom. iii. 22. Even the riorhteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe ; for there is no differ- ence. Ver. 24. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemp- tion that is in Jesus Christ : Ver. 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through , faith in hi» blood, to declare his righteousneisa for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. Ver. 27. Where is boasting then ,> It is excluded. By what law ? of works ? Nay ; but by the law of faith. Ver. 28. Therefore we con- clude, that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
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righteousness which we have
done, but according to his mercy
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^ God imputed to them % and received by faith alone **.
Q. 71. How is justification an act of God's free grace?
A. Although Christ, by his obedience and death, did
make a proper, real, and full satisfaction to God's justice
in the behalf of them that are justified '^ ; yet in as much
as God accepteth the satisfaction from a surety, which he
might have demanded of them, and did provide this
surety, his only Son**, imputing his righteousness
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generation, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. * Ver. 7. That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal hfe. Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
^ * Rom. V. 17. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life hy one, Jesus Christ. Ver. 18. Thert'fore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to con- demt'.ation ; even so by the righ- teousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Ver. 19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sin- ners; so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Rom. iv. 6. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man unto •whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Ver. 7. Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are cover- ed. Ver. 8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
b Acts X. 43. To him give all the prophets witness, that through fcis name, whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins, GaJ. ii. 1^. Knowing that a man
is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the] works of the law : for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Phil. iii. 9. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.
71. *^ Rom. V. 8, But God com- mendeth his love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for uf. Ver. 9. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Ver. 10. For if, when we were enemies, we were recon- ciled to God by the death of his Son ; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life, Ver, ] 9. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners ; so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
d 1 Tim. ii. 5. For there is one God, and one Mediator betweer God and men, the man Christ Jesus,. Ver. 6. Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testifi^ed in due time. Heb. X. 10. By the which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once foi all. Mat. xx. 28. Even as the Son
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to tliem*^, and requiring nothing of them for their justifi- cation but taitli ^, which also is his gift % their justification is to them of free grace ^.
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of man -came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finisii the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness^ and to seal up the vision and pro- phecy, and to anoint the most holy. Ver. 26. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Isa. liii. 4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sor- rows 5 yet we did esteem him •tricken, smitten of God, and afflict- ed. Ver. 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities ; the chas- tisement of our peace was upon him ; and with his stripes we are
K\. Ver. 6. All we, like sheep, gone astray : we have turned one to his own way ; and the Lord hath hid on him ihe iniquity of us all. Ver. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief : when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall Isee his seed, he shall prolong his ' , and the pleasure of the Lord prosper in his hand. Ver. U. liit shall see of the travail of his 40u], and shall be satisfied: by hi«
knowledge shall my righteous ser- vant justify many ; for he shall bear their iniquities. Ver. 12. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered with the transgres- sors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the trans- gressors. Heb. vii. 22. By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. Rom. viii. 32. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things ? 1 Pet. i. 18, Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with cor- ruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers ; Ver. 19. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
^ 2 Cor. V. 21. For he hath made hi.m to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righ- teousness of God in him.
i Rom. iii. 24. Being justified free- ly by his grace, through the redemp- tion that is in Jesus Christ ; Ver. 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.
8 Eph. ii. 8. For by grace are ye saved, through faith ; and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God.
li Eph. i. 7. In whom we have
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Q. 72. What is justifying faith? i A. Justifying faith is a saving grace ', wrought in the j heart of a sinner by the Spirit ^ and word of God I, where- in 'by he, being convinced of his sin and misery, and of the \ disability in himself and all other creatures to recover him \ out of his lost condition "', not only assenteth to the truth \ of the promise of the gospel ", but receiveth and resteth \ upon Christ and his righteousness, therein held forth, for \ pardon of sin ", and for the accepting and accounting I 'of
forgiveness of sinsj according to the riches of his grace. •
72. J Heh. X. 39. But we are not of them'who draw back unto perdi- tion ; but of them that believe, to the saving of the soul.
k 2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken : we also believe, and therefore speak. Eph. i. 17. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may, give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revela- tion in the knowledge of him : Ver. 1 8. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened ; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Ver. 1 9. And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.
iRoin. X. 14. Flow then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ? and how shall they hear •without a preacher ? * Ver. 1 7. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
^ Acts ii. 37. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter
and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do ? 'Acts xvi. 30. And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved ? John xvi. 8. And when he is come, he will reprove the world ol sin, and of righteousness, and of judg- ment : Ver. 9. Of sin, because they believe not in me. Rom. v. 6. Foi when we were yet without strength, in du« time Christ died for the un- godly. Eph. ii. 1. And you hath ht quickened, who were dead in tres. passes and sins. Acts iv. 12. Neitheij is there salvation in any other : foi there is none other name under hea ven given among men whereby w» must be saved.
"Eph. i. 13. In whom ye als( trusted, after that ye heard the wore of truth, the gospel of your salva tion : in whom also, after that yi believed, ye were sealed with tha Holy Spirit of promise.
° John i. 12, But as many as re ceived him, to them gave he powe to become the sons of God, even t' them that believe on his name Acts xvi. 31. Ai:d they said, Beiiev on the Lord Jcsus Christ, and tho- shalt be saved, ar:d thy house. Act