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A89734	A brief and excellent treatise containing the doctrine of godliness, or living unto God. Wherein the body of divinity is substantially proposed, and methodically digested, by way of question and answer. And, wherein sundry difficult points, much controverted in these times, are briefly and solidly determined, by that reverend and learned divine, Mr. John Norton, teacher of the church of God at Ipswich in New-England. Feb. 4. 1647. Imprimatur Joseph Caryl.	Norton, John, 1606-1663.	1648 (1648)	Wing N1315; Thomason E1178_5; ESTC R204872	25,055	63

4. By making of our persons and actions accepted before God Q. What is the Kingly part of his Mediatorly office A. 'T is that part of the Mediatorly office Rev. 118. 1 Cor. 15.24 25. in which that which Christ makes known as a Prophet and purchased as a Priest he doth now apply and establish by his Spirit as a King to the Elect together with the everlasting overthrow of his and their enemies Q. What are the parts of this Kingly part of his office A. Two 1. His calling upon all that hear the Gospel by the word of truth Matth. 28.18 Isa 11.10 11 12 13. upon the Elect by the special work of his Spirit upon others by his works and the grace of nature i.e. the remainder of the image of God abiding with man after the fall 2. His exercising judgement upon all Q. How hath this an end A. 1. In respect of the maner of dispensation 1 Cor. 15.24 it hath an end 2. But in regard of the glory due thereby to the Mediator Dan. 2.44 Luk. 1.33 and the good that comes to the Elect by it it hath no end CHAP. VI. Hitherto of the fitness to be a Redeemer now Of the parts of Redemption Q. VVHat are the parts of Christs Redemption A. Two Rom. 4.25 his Humiliation Exaltation Q. What is Humiliation A. It is that state of the person of Christ Phil. 2.8 wherein as Mediator God-Man he was subject unto the righteousness of God humbled himself and became obedient to the death even the death of the cross Q. What are the parts of it 2 Cor. 8.9 Phil. 2 8. Gal. 3.13 A. Two Life Death or otherwise his Incarnation fulfilling of the Law Q. What is the exaltation of Christ Iohn 2.10 Iohn 10.18 Rom. 1.4 Acts 1.9 Heb. 10.12 A. That state of the person of Christ wherein as Mediator God-Man after his humiliation he arose from the dead ascended into 05 heaven and sits at the right hand of God Q. What are the parts of it A. Three his Resurrection from the dead his Ascension into Heaven his sitting at the right hand of God Rom 8.34 Q. What is the sitting at the right hand of God A. T is that state of the person of Christ Eph. 4.10 Phil. 2.9 10. Col. 1.11.18 Matth. 28.18 wherein he is set by the Father in the highest degree of his exaltation being head of his Church and King and Governor of all things Q. How many parts are there of this his Session A. Two the first is double 1. His Divine glory in that estate proceeding from the God-head dwelling in the Manhood 2. Is that eminent but created and inherent glory with and in the Manhood by which he is lifted up above all creatures The second part is the actual administration of this kingdom CHAP. VII Hitherto of Redemption now Concerning the application of it with the parts thereof Q. VVHat is the application of Redemption A. It is that work of the Spirit 1 Cor. 12.13 Iohn 3.5 6 8. whence that which Christ hath procured as Mediator is seasonably and effectually applied to the Elect. Q. Why is the application of the work of Redemption eminently ascribed to the Spirit A. In two respects 1. In respect of the office of the Spirit Eph. 1.17 2. In respect of the maner of his working Iohn 14.16 Ioh. 16.7 for as his subsisting is from the Father and the Son so his working is from the Father and the Son and consequently the consummation of things is especially ascribed to the holy Ghost Q. What is the subject unto which the Spirit doth apply the work of Redemption A. The Elect prepared by the work of the Spirit Matth. 10.6 2 Cor. 5.19 Matth. 18.11 Acts 13.48 under the Ministery of the Law and the external call of the Gospel Q. What is to be considered concerning the application of Redemption A. 1. The application of Redemption it self 2. The subject to which it is applied 3. The means by which it is to be applied unto the end of the world Q. What are the parts of this application Iohn 15.25 Rom. 11.17 Rom. 7.4 A. Three 1. Vocation 2. Union 3. Communion Q. What is Vocation A. It is the infusion of a principal of life or as some speak Eph. 2.1 Iohn 6.63 Iohn 6.64 65. Iohn 5.41 Rom 11.28 32. of the habit of Faith by the spirit into a lost soul in measure sensible of its inability and enmity to believe repent or do any good by the means of and together with the external call of the Gospel in which work the soul notwithstanding any preparatory work is meerly passive i. e. a meer passive receiver Q. What is justifying Faith A. It is a saving grace of the spirit flowing from election Tit. 1.2 Ioh. 1.12 2 Cor. 4.1 Phi. 3.12 Col. 2.6 whereby the soul receiveth Jesus Christ as its Head and Savior according as he is revealed in the Gospel Q. What is Vnion A. It is the conjunction of Jesus Christ and the believer in one mystical body 1 Cor. 12.12 13 Rom. 12.5 Col. 2.19 by the Spirit and Faith whence ariseth the relation of a Head and Member between Christ and the believer for ever Q. When is Vnion wrought A. At the same time with but in order of nature after Vocation Q. What is Communion A. It is that whereby a believer by vertue of his Union is orderly made partaker of all the good of the Covenant of GRACE Q. What are the benefits of this Communion which a believer hath with God in Christ Jesus A. They are of two sorts 1. Relative or Imputative 2. Inherent Relative benefits are such which are not Inherent in the subject yet real as Justification and Adoption Inherent as Sanctification and Glorification Q. What is Justification A. It is a gracious act of God upon a believer Rom. 3.22 24. Rom. 4.5 2 Cor. 5.19 whereby for the righteousness sake of Christ imputed by God and applied by Faith he doth freely discharge him from sin and the curse accept him as righteous with the righteousness of Christ and acknowledge him to have a right unto eternal life Q. What is the efficient cause of Justification A. God the Father Rom. 8.30 Son and holy Ghost Q. What is the material cause A. The Active and Passive obedience of Jesus Christ Phil. 3.8 9. Rom. 3.22 Rom. 3.24 Rom. 4.6 Phil. 3.8 9. 2 Cor. 5.21 Q. What is the formal cause of Justification A. The free imputation of this Active and Passive righteousness unto the believer Q. What is the instrument of applying Justification A. Faith which Justifieth Not properly Not by way of a work Not as an inherent quality but relatively Q. What is the final cause of Justification A. To declare the glory of God in a way of mercy mixt with righteousness Rom. 3.25 26. Q. What is Adoption A. Adoption is the gracious good

Gen. 1.20 21 22 23. Moon and Stars Q. Wh●t were the works of the fifth day A. The Fishes that live in the water and the fowls that live in the air Q. What are the works of the sixth day A. The creatures living upon the earth Gen. 1.24 25 26 viz. creeping things Beasts Man Q. How did God create man A. In his own image created he him Gen. 1.27 Gen. 5.1 2. male and female created he them Q. What was the image of God according to which man was created A. That likeness by which man did eminently resemble his Maker in such a measure as was convenient to his nature Q. In what things did this image of God in man principally consist A. In four Eph. 4.24 Col. 3.10 Eccl. 7.29 Psal 8.6 viz. 1. The nature of the soul 2. The conformity of the whole man unto Gods will 3. The original liberty of his will to good 4. His dominion over the creatures Q. What is the Soul A. The Soul is a spiritual incorporeal and immortal substance created by God of nothing immediately infused into the body as the proper form thereof by which man is liveth is sensible moveth understandeth willeth and is affected and when it shall be separated from the body it still remaineth immortal subsisting by it self to be reunited to the body at the Resurrection there to abide for ever Q. What is the Providence of God Ioh. 5.17 Psal 76.10 Eph. 1.6 Phil. 2.10 11. Rom. 8.28 Matt. 10.29 30. A. It is an external work of God by which he preserveth and so ordereth and disposeth of all his works and the actions thereof as maketh most for his glory and the good of his Elect. Q. How many parts are there of his Providence A. Two The keeping of his creatures in their being and vertues Acts 11.28 Isa 47.7 Psal 75.7 8. The governing of them to their several ends Q. How is this government divided A. Into common belonging to all his works special belonging to Angels Men. Q. In Gods special government of Angels and Men what is to be considered A. His prescribing to them a Law and Deut. 26.16 17 18. Rom. 9.19 ordering the events that were to follow thereupon Q. Touching the ordering of the events concerning man what are you to consider A. Two things Rom. 5.19 1 Cor. 15.21 1. His Apostacy or fall which was the transgression of the Law prescribed to him by God 2. His Recovery Q. What are there to be considered in his Apostacy A. The transgression it self Gen. 3.6 The propagation of it Q. But for your better understanding of this point what may you further consider concerning the transgression A. 1. The sinfulness of the transgression Gen. 2.17 2. The causes 3. The consequents thereof Q. What are you to consider concerning the causes of this transgression A. 1. Negatively Iam. 1.13 God was not the cause of it 2. Affirmatively Gen. 3.1 3.6 the External cause was the instigation of Satan Internal the swerving of the will of our first Parents from the Will of God Q. What are you to consider concerning the consequents or events thereof A. The Guilt Gen. 2.17 3.10 Punishment viz. Death a great part of which death is original sin 1 Cor. 15.21 22. whence actual sin floweth as an act from the habit Q. What is Original sin A. The hereditary and habitual enmity and contrariety of the whole nature of man unto the Law of God Rom. 7.17 20. Heb. 12.1 Gen. 6.5 Rom. 8.7 Ier. 2.13 consisting in aversness from all good and propensness to all evil Q. What is Actual sin A. It is the swerving of the act of man either in thought Rom. 7.16 17. 2 Cor. 10.5 Mat. 12.37 Eccl. 12.14 word deed from the Law of God Q. How many sorts are there of Actual sin A. Two sins of Omission Commission Q. What is the propagation of sin A. The conveyance of the actual sin of Adam in eating the forbidden fruit Iob 14.4 Psa 51.5 Rom. 5.14 Eph. 2.3 and of original sin to all his posterity proceeding from him by ordinary generation together with the guilt and punishment thereof Q. After what maner is all this propagated A. The Instrumental cause Gen. 5.3 Psa 51.5 Iob 14.4 Ioh. 3.6 Rom. 12.5 is the seed of our next Parents Blameable cause is Adams sin made ours by imputation and by real communication and it may seem by some kinde of participation Unblameable cause is the righteousness of God Gen. 2.17 not as the Author of nature but the Avenger of sin Q. After what order is sin derived to man A. First the actual sin of Adam in eating the forbidden fruit thence proceedeth original sin as an effect from the cause thence actual as an act from the habit with the guilt and penalties all hanging one upon another Q. What is the way by which God reveals this misery A. By the moral Law Rom. 7.7 Q. How doth God reveal this misery by the law A. First Rom. 3.20 Isa 4.4 Rom. 8.15 2 Tim. 1.7 by discovering sin as sin Secondly by the works of conviction bondage terror all in their measure Q. What are we to think of man in this estate according to the Scripture A. That he is wholly dead in sin the childe of wrath and disobedience CHAP. IV. Hitherto of Mans Apostacy or Fall from GOD now Of Mans recovery the Redeemer and the Person of Christ Q. VVHat is mans recovery Rom. 6.14 Rom. 8.2 Gal. 3.10 Acts. 26.18 A. It is the restoring of him from the state of sin and death unto the estate of grace and life Q. How many parts are there of mans recovery A. Two Redemption Application of it Q. What is Redemption A. It is the freeing of man from the bondage of the Curse Sin and Satan into the liberty of the grace of God in Jesus Christ by the laying down of a price Q. Who is the Redeemer 1 Tim. 2.5 6. 2 Cor. 15.21 A. Jesus Christ Q. What is Jesus Christ A. God viz. the second person in the Trinity and Man in one person anointed to be a King Priest and Prophet unto his people Briefly he is God-Man Mediator between God and man Q. What things are chiefly to be considered in Jesus Christ A. 1. His fitness to be a Redeemer 2. The parts of Redemption Q. In what doth this fitness to be a Redeemer consist A. In his person and office Q. What is to be known concerning the person of Christ A. 1. The distinction of the two natures Matth. 1.23 Ioh. 1.14 Col. 2.9 2. The personal union of them in him 3. The effects and consequents of this personal union Q. What is the distinction of the two natures A. That whereby the two natures remain distinct in him both in themselves and in their properties Q. What is the personal union of them A. That whereby the second person in the