God is infinite and incomprehensible how then may we conceiue of him A. By his y Exod. 34. 6 7. properties 14 and by his z Psa 19. 1. 8. 1. Iob 36. 24. c. and 37. 1. 18. workes Expos 14. A propertie in God is that whereby his diuine nature is knowne in it selfe and distinguished from all other The properties of God do not really differ from the diuine essence nor one of them from the other but onely in our manner of conceiuing wherefore euery propertie in God is inseparable and incommunicable Q. What are his properties A. He is 15 most a Rom. 16. 27. wise 16 b Iob 12. 13. strong c Mat. 19. 17. 17 good d Exod. 33. 19. Rom. 5. 8. 18 gracious e Psa 145. 17. 19 iust f Psal 103. 11. and 145. 8. 9. 20 mercifull g Matth. 5. 48. Iob 35. 7 8. 21 perfect h Mark 14. 16. Rom. 9. 5. 22 blessed and i 1. Cor. 2. 8. 23 glorious Expos 15. Wisedome is that whereby God by one Heb 4. 13. infinite Ps 139. 6. and 147. 5. Esa 40. 28. eternall Eph. 1. 4. simple Exod. 3. 14. and vnchangeable act of his vnderstanding Esa 46. 10. doth knowe himselfe Matth. 11. 27. Ioh. 1. 18. and 7. 29. 1. Cor. 2. 10. 11. and all things 1. Ioh. 3. 20. Ioh. 16. 20. and 21. 17. and actions clearely infallibly and distinctly 1. Chr. 28. 9. 2. Tim. 2. 19. Psal 56. 8. and 147. 4. Matth. 10. 30. with all their circumstances 1. Sam. 23. 11. 12. Matth. 11. 21. Mat. 24. 22. Ioh. 7. 30. discerning a most wise reason of them Eph. 1. 11. Pro. 8. 14. 16. Strength is that whereby God doth most freely Psal 115. 3. 135. 6. without resistance or wearines whatsoeuer he doth will Dan. 4. 35. Esa 40. 28. and can do whatsoeuer he can will Mat. 3. 9. 17. Goodnesse is that whereby God beeing the cheife good Mark 10. 18. sheweth himselfe very good and bountifull to all his creatures Psal 86. 5. Gen. 1. 31. Psal 33. 5. and 36 6. and 145. 9. 18. Gratiousnesse is that whereby God beeing truely amiable in himselfe Psal 86. 15. and 111. 5. is freely bountiful vnto his creatures Rom. 3. 24. louing and cherishing them tenderly without any desert of theirs Psal 145. 8. and 36. 5 7 9. Luk. 1. 30. 19. Iustice is that whereby God is true in all his sayings Eccl. 12. 10. Rom. 3. 4. and righteous in all his doings Gen. 18. 25. Deut. 32. 4. Iob. 8. 3. and 34. 10. 36. 23. Psal 9â— 15. Rom. 9. 14. 2. Chron. 19. 7. Dan. 9. 14. 20. Mercy is that whereby God of his free grace and loue is ready to succour such as are Psal 57. 10. and 108. 4. Psal 103. 4. and 145. 14. or might be in miserie by the condition of their nature 21. Perfectnes is that whereby God is necessarily all-sufficient in and of himselfe Gen. 17. 1. Iob. 22. 2. 35. 5 6 7. Ps 16. 2. and the cause of all perfection and goodnesse in euery thing besides Iam. 1. 17. 2. Cor. 3. 5. and 4. 7. 1. Cor. 8. 4. 6. Rom. 11. 36. 22. Blessednes is that whereby God fully and essentially knowing and willing that perfection which is in himselfe hath all fulnesse of delight and contentment in and of himselfe Gen. 17. 1. 1. Tim. 6. 15. and 1. 11. and is the cause and obiect of the blessednesse of his creatures Psal 16. 11. and 17. 15. Ioh. 17. 3. 1. Ioh. 1. 3. 6. 23. Glorie in God is rhe admirable excellencie of his most holy and diuine nature wherby he infinitely excelleth all creatures Exod. 33. 18. Psal 8. 1. Ioh. 12. 41. Rom. 1. 23. Psal 29. 9. This glory the Lord doth manifest more obscurely in this life Num. 12. 8. Exod. 33. 20. 1. Cor. 13. 12. by his Gospel 2. Cor. 4. 4. 6. and signes of his presence Exod. 33. 22. Esa 6. 1. viz. some shining brightnesse Luk. 2. 9. Matth. 17. 2. 5. or thicke cloud and darkenesse Exod. 16. 10. and 24. 16. 1. Kin. 8. 11. and excellent acts beseeming his greatnesse Psal 19. 1. Psal 29. 9. Exod 9. 16. Ioh. 2. 11. 2. Thess 1. 10. But more clearely it is reuealed in heauen Reu. 21. 23. Ioh. 17. 24. Q. What are his Workes A. They are three Decree Creation and Prouidence Q. What is the decree A. That whereby God hath from eternitie set downe k Ephes 1. 11. with himselfe whatsoeuer 1 shall come to passe Expos 1. All things with their causes effects circumstances and manner of being are decreed by God Act. 2. 23. and 4. 27. 28. Eph. 1. 11. This decree is most wise Rom. 11. 33. iust Rom. 9. 13. 14. eternall Eph. 1. 4. 5. 2. Thes 2. 13. Act. 15. 18. 1. Cor. 2. 7. necessarie Psal 33. 11. Pro. 19. 21. vnchangeable Heb. 6. 17. most free Rom. 9. 18. and cause of all good Iam. 1. 17. but not of any sinne 1. Io. 1. 5. The speciall decree of God concerning Angels and men is called predestination Rom. 8. 30. of the former little is spoken in holy Scripture of the latter more is reuealed not vnprofitable to be knowne It may be defined the wise free iust eternall and vnchangeable sentence or decree of God Eph. 1. 11. determining with himselfe to create and gouerne man for his speciall glory viz. the praise of his glorious mercy or great iustice Rom. 9. 17. 18. Rom. 11. 36. Of this decree there be two parts Election and Reprobation 1. Thes 5. 9. Iude. 4. v. Election is the decreee of God of his free loue grace and mercy chusing some men to faith holines and eternall life for the praise of his glorious mercy 1. Thes 1. 4. 2. Thes 2. 13. Eph. 1. 4. 5. 6. Rom. 8. 29. 30. The cause which mooued the Lord to elect them who are chosen was none other but his meere good-will and pleasure Luk. 12. 32. Rom. 11. 5. and 9. 11. 16. Eph. 1. 5. 2. Tim. 1. 9. The end is the manifestation of the riches of his grace and mercy Rom. 9. 23. Eph. 1. 2. The sending of Christ faith holines and eternall life are the effects of Gods loue by which he manifesteth the infinite riches of his grace Io. 3. 16. 1. Io. 4. 10. Act. 13. 48. Tit. 1. 1. Col. 1. 12. Rom. 6. 23. In the same order God doth execute this decree in time he did decree it in his eternall counsell 1. Thes 5. 9. 2. Thes 2. 13. Reprobation is the wise iust and absolute decree of God ordaining to leaue some men vnto themselues to suffer them to fall and to inflict vpon them eternall punishment deserued by their sins for the praise of his vnspeakable and great iustice Rom. 9. 11. 13. 22. Iude. 4. v. Ier. 6. 30. The cause of this decree is the absolute will and good pleasure of God Mat. 11. 26. Rom. 9. 13. mans sinne is the
cause why God will punish but no occasion why he did ordaine to passe by or to punish man Rom. 9. 18. 20. This decree is iust because God hath power ouer man as the potter hath ouer his clay to make one vessel to honour and another vnto dishonour Rom. 9. 21. Ier. 18. 6. Matth. 20. 15. The end hereof is not the condemnation of the creature but the manifestation of Gods iustice Rom. 9. 22. Sinne is the effect of mans free will and condemnation is an effect of iustice inflicted vpon man for sinne and disobedience Io. 3. 18. and 12. 37. 38. 39. 40. 2. Thess 2. 9. 10 but the decree of God which is good is the cause of neither Ps 5. 4. A man in this life may be assured of this electioÌ„ 2. Pet. 1. 10. 1. Thes 1. 4. and eternall happines Matth. 24. 24. Io. 10. 28. 29. Rom. 8. 33. 34. 2. Tim. 2. 19. but not of his reprobation for he that is now prophane may be called hereafter Matth. â—0 5. 6. Q. What is creation A. That whereby God made all l Heb. 11. 3. things 2 of nothing in m Exod. 20. 11. sixe dayes Expos 2. The first matter whereof all things were made was not eternal Gen. 1. 1. Pro. 8. 22. 23. for then it could not be subiect to alteration Psal 102. 26. 27. neither should God be the fountaine of all goodnes if any thing had a being and not from him then the word beginning could not be referred to all things But it was made simply of nothing in time Heb. 11. 3. and other corporall things were made of it Gen. 1. 6. c. by no lesse power and wisedome then the lumpe it selfe Ier. 10. 12. Reu. 4. 11. Ioh. 38. 4. 5. 6. 7. c. Q. In what forme or manner were all things created A. In an n Ier. 10. 12. Gen. 1. 1. c. excellent order and exceeding o Gen. 1. 31. good Q. For what ende did God make all things A. For the p Reu. 4. 11. Pro. 16. 4. praise of his great power goodnes wisedome perfection and freedome Q. What is prouidence A. That whereby God 3 doth q Psal 3. 8. Psal 36. 6. 1. Tim. 4. 10. preserue r Pro. 15. 3. Matth. 10. 29. 30. 31. and 4 gouerne all things with all their actions Expos 3. God doth conserue all creatures in their kinde Gen. 7. 1. 2. 3. and 9. 1. 2. 3. Act. 17. 25. 27. and in particular Deut. 25. 4. 1. Cor. 9. 9. Iob. 38. vlâ— or 39. 3. Psal 147. 9. both in respect of their nature and of their qualities Psal 19. 1 2. Iob. 39. 1. 2. c. Exod. 23. 25. Deut. 28. 5. 4. God gouerneth all creatures according to their seuerall natures Psa 33. 13 14 15. 135. 6 7. and 104. 14. and 145. 15. Iob 10. 8 9 10 11. Prou. 20. 24. Psa 119. 91. with all their actions Psal 14. 2. and 33. 13. 14. 18. Eccl. 3. 1 2 3. c. and 8. 6. Gen. 20. 6. and 50. 19 20. euen those things which are most casuall in respect of vs. Exod. 21. 13. Deut. 19. 5. God in great wisedome and iustice doth suffer men to sinne Psal 50. 21. Act. 14. 16. with holding and with-drawing from them his grace Psal 81. 11. 12. Matth. 11. 25. Luk. 10. 21. trying them by outward occasions Gen. 3. 5. 6. 2. Sam. 11. 2. and 16. 20 21 22. Iudg. 2. 20. 21. giuing Satan libertie to tempt them 2. Sam. 24. 1. 2. Chr. 21. 1. Luk. 22. 31. and carrying them forward when by their owne fault they are out of the way Act. 17. 18. Psal 105. 25. Rom. 1. 24. 28. 2. Thess 2. 9 10 11. Also he doth limit sin and determine the sinnefull actions of men 2. Kin. 19. 28. Gen. 37. 27. 28. Psal 124. 1 2. 2. Sam. 17. 24. 1. Sam. 24. 6 7. 29. 6 7. Iob 1. 6. 12. Gen. 20. 6. both in respect of time Ioh. 7. 30. Luk. 22. 53. Matth. 24. 22. continuance Hos 2. 6 7. Act. 14. 16. and 17. 30. 2. Pet. 2. 9. Apoc. 2. 10. place Matth. 16. 21. and 20. 18. Luk. 13. 33. persons Ezec. 21. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Iudg. 3. 13. and 9. 23. 2. Chro. 18. 31. 32. Act. 9. 25. and 23. 11. 21. 27. Ioh. 18. 8. inward purpose Exod. 34. 24. manner of sinning Pro. 16. 9. and 21. 1. and progresse Gen. 37. 25. 26. 28. 1. Sam. 23. 26. 27. and 25. 22. Luk. 4. 24. 30. Act. 9. 1 2. 1. Sam. 21. 13 14. punish one sinne with another 2. Chr. 25. 20. Rom. 1. 28. Exod. 7. 3. 2. Thess 2. 9. 10. 11. and order them to an excellent ende Pro. 21. 1. Gen. 50. 20. 21. and 45. 7. Iob. 1. 11. 12. 22. and 2. 10. Esa 10. 7. Q. What are the speciall creatures made preserued and gouerned by the Lord A. Angels Å¿ Hebr. 2. 7. Col. 1. 16. and 5 Men. Expos 5. Angels are finite Heb. 1. 13. 14. Col. 1. 16. Mat. 4. 11. and 26. 53. Psa 68. 17. compleat and immortall Spirits Matth. 22. 30. Luk. 20. 36. Heb. 1. 7. Psa 104. 4. made after the image of God Iob 2. 1. Psa 8. 5. Luk. 9. 26. Matth. 25. 31. Heb. 2. 7. that they might praise his name and execute his commaundement Psal 103. 20. Esa 6. 3. The Angels that abode in the truth are excellent Io. 8. 44. Eph. 1. 20. and 3. 10. for their nature Esa 6. 2. Dan. 9. 21. 2. Thes 1. 7. gifts 2. Sam. 14. 17. Matth. 6. 10. and 25. 31. Luk. 15. 10. 1. Pet. 1. 12. 2. Kin. 19. 35. Esa 6. 2. Matth. 24. 39. 1. Cor. 13. 1. offices Dan 7. 10. Reu. 5. 11. and estate Matth. 18. 10. Angels and men are speciall creatures in respect of their natures gifts Psa 8. 5. and end why they were created Psa 103. 20. Psa 95. 6. Q. What was the state of man by Creation A. Maruellous t Eccl. 7. 29. or 31. holy and 6 happie Expos 6. The whole man was made conformable to the will of God free from all impuritie and sinne and endued with all perfect righteousnesse befitting such a creature Q. Why say you that man was holy A. Because hee was created after the u Gen. â— 26. Col. 3. 10. Eph. 4. 23. 24. 7 Image of God in 8 knowledge righteousnesse 9 and true holinesse Expos 7. The Image or similitude of God for these two are all one Gen. 1. 26. with Gen. 5. 3. Iam. 3. 9. 1. Cor. 15. 49. Col. 3. 9. is a liuely resemblance of God one essence Gen. 1. 27. Man doth resemble God not in respect of his bodie nor cheifly in respect of the immortall and spirituall substance of the soule endued with reason and will but in respect of the graces which God bestowed vpon the soule Eph. 4. 23. 24. Col. 3. 10. and yet by reason of the vnion of the soule and bodie the whole man is
temptations of Satan neglect of meate drinke apparell recreation physicke sleepe labour c. or excesse therin medling with other mens matters Amos 4. 1. Prou. 23. 21. 26. 17. desperate aduentures companying with them that be make-bates quarrellous and furious c. Prou. 26. 20 21. doing that whereby wee are or may bee stirred vp to anger and refusing to craue the aide of the Magistrate 22. In respect of our neighbour here is forbidden hatred 1. Ioh. 3. 15. enuie Prou. 14. 30. vnaduised anger Matth. 5. 22. pride Pro. 13. 10 desire of reuenge foolish pitie reproching for sinne or any other infirmity as pouertie basenes of blood stammering Leuit. 10. 14. c. chidings brawlings crying with an vnseemely lifting vp of the voice Eph. 4. 31. complaints to euery one of the iniurie wee haue receiued Disdainfull or scornefull carriage as deiectednesse of countenance Genes 4. 5. nodding the head pointing with the finger or vsing any other prouoking gesture Pro. 6. 17. stubbornnesse implacablenesse Rom. 1. 31. breaking iests vpon our neighbour Oppression Leuit. 19. 13. with-drawing corne from the poore Prou. 11. 26. detaining the hirelings wages Leu. 19. 13. Ier. 22. 13. not restoring the pledge Exod 22. 26. Quarrelling Tit. 3. 2. striking wounding Exod. 21. 18. 22. 26. placing manhood in reuenge or bloodshed Pro. 20. 22. extremitie of punishment Deut. 25. 2. all taking away of life otherwise then in case of publique iustice iust war and necessarie defence Exo. 21. 12. Gen. 9. 6. and all sparing those the Lord commaundeth to bee punished Prouer. 17. 15. Q. What is the seauenth Commaundement A. Thou shalt not commit adulterie Q. What is the generall duty of this commandement A. That we should 23 keep our selues pure in soule and bodie both towards our selues and others Expos 23. The speciall duties of this commaundement are puritie of heart 1. Thess 4. 3 4. speech sauouring of sobrietie Col. 4. 6. temperance in sleep recreation diet both for quantitie and qualitie Luk. 21. 34. 1. Thess 5. 6. conuenient abstinence watching and fasting modesty in apparell 1. Tim. 2. 9. grauitie in behauiour Tit. 2. 3. making a couenant with our sight hearing and other senses Iob. 31. 1. Ps 119. 37. possessing our vessels in holinesse and honour 1. Thess 4. 5. finally in such as haue not the gift of continencie holy marriage with such as be fit 1. Cor. 7. 2. 9. 39. and therein due beneuolence fidelitie and confidence each to other 1. Cor. 7. 5. Q. What is the generall sinne here forbiddden A. All vncleanenes of 24 heart speech gesture or action together with all the causes occasions and signes thereof Exp. 24. The speciall sins forbidden in this commaundement are filthy imaginations and lusts Col. 3. 5. speaking or giuing eare to rotten and corrupt communication Eph. 5. 3 4. 1. Cor. 15. 33. wantonnesse of the eyes Matth. 5. 28. giuing them libertie to wander and to roue about 2. Sam. 11. 2. Idlenesse Ezec. 16. 49. intemperance in sleep or diet Ier. 5. 8. excesse Eph. 5. 18. new-fanglenesse Zeph. 1. 8. immodesty in apparell Esa 3. 16. c. wearing that which agreeth not to our sexe Deut. 22. 5. lasciuious pictures 1. Thes 5. 22. impudency or lightnesse in countenance or behauiour Prou. 7. 13. painting the face 2. King 19. 30. vnnecessarie companyings with lewde persons Prou. 5. 8. promiscuous dancing of men and women Mark 6. 22. fornication Deut. 22. 28. adulterie Deu. 22. 32. incest Leuit. 18. 6. abhorring marriage or vnlawful entrance into the same wheÌ„ the parties are within the degrees of affinitie prohibited Leuit. 18. 6. formerly contracted Deut. 22. 23. or married to some other who are yet aliue Rom. 7. 2. vnseasonable or intemperate abuse of the marriage bed Leu. 18. 19. Heb. 13. 4. and also all vnnaturall lusts Leu. 18. 22. 23. Rom. 1. 26. 27. Q. What is the eight Commaundement A. Thou shalt not steale Q. What is the generall duty of this Commandement A. That by all good meanes we further the outward 25 estate of our selues and of our neighbours Expos 25. The speciall duties of this commaundement are an honest calling 1. Cor. 7. 20. Gen. 4. 2. faithful labouring Eph. 4. 28. true and honest dealing therein Psal 15. 2. frugalitie honestly keeping what we haue gotten wisely ordering our expences and conueniently vsing what God hath giuen that we may be helpefull to others Pro. 21. 20. contentation with our estate be we neuer so poore 1. Tim. 6. 6 7 8. borrowing for need and good endes what we are able to repay and making payment with thankes and cheerfulnes Ex. 22. 14. 15. at time appointed Ps 15. 4. or if we cannot keep day theÌ„ by all other means contenting the creditour Giuing freely Luk. 6. 30. iustly Esa 58. 7. and cheerefully 2. Cor. 9. 7. according to our abilitie and our neighbours necessitie 2. Cor. 8. 13. lending freely not requiring our owne before the day appointed not compounding for gaine forbearing or forgiuing the whole or part of the summe lent if it cannot be paid without the hazard of vndoing the borrower Luk. 6. 35. vsing truth faithfulnesse iustice and indifferencie in buying selling letting hiring partnership c. Mat. 7. 12. 1. Thess 4. 6. not concealing the faults of our wares or other commodity nor taking aduantage of the necessitie or vnskilfulnesse of the one parties but equally respecting the good of each other Gal. 5. 13. seasonable and faithfull restoring of things committed to our trust Prou. 3. 28. of things found Deu. 22. 1 2 3. of things vnlawfully gotten Leuit. 6. 2. c. Good aduisednesse in vndertaking suretiship in matters not aboue our abilitie and for such as are knowne and approoued Christians Pro. 11. 15. and 17. 18. moderation in recouering that which is our owne Phil. 4. 5. Ministers that receiue the tythes must feede the flock committed to their câ—arge Ezech. 34. 2. Lawyers must take no cause into their hands which they see can haue no good ende with equitie Esa 5. 20. Psal 15. 5. and they must followe those which they vndertake to defend with all honest diligence and faithfulnes for loue of equitie and not of gaine ending sutes with all possible dispatch and good expedition Exod. 18. 13. c. Q. What is the generall sinne here forbidden A. All 26 neglect to further our owne or our 27 neighbours wealth all impeachment or hinderance thereof and all encrease thereof by vniust and indirect dealing Expos 26. Actuall sinnes of commission here forbidden are idlenesse inordinate walking Prou. 12. 11. 2. Thess 3. 11. couetousnesse 1. Tim. 6. 10. miserable pinching and defrauding our selues of the good things which God hath giuen vs Eccles 6. 1. c. and 2. 26. wastfull consuming of our substance by lauish spending in meate drinke apparell buildings vnnecessarie gifts sports c. Prou. 21. 17. Eph. 5. 18. and by vnaduised suretiship Prou. 23. 13. 27. In respect of our neighbour grutching at