heathens or Infidels A. See 1 Cor. 7.14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband else were your children unclean but now are they holy see Galath 2.15 See Rom. 11.16 Q. Hath God any praise or glory from babes and sucklings A. Psal 8.2 compared with Math. 21.15 16. Out of the mouth of Babes sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger And when the chief Priests and Scribes saw the wonderfull things that he did and the children crying in the Temple and saying Hosanna to the Son of David they were sore displeased And said unto him Hearest thou what these say And Jesus sayth unto them yea have ye never read Out of the mouth of Babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise Q. Was it ever the custome of the Jewes according to Gods own command to present Infants to the Lord at his Temple or place of publique worship A. Luk. 2.22 23. And when the daye of her purification according to the Law of Moses were accomplished they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. As it is written in the Law of the Lord every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord. Chap. 18. Of time for publique worship Q. DID ever God require any set day weekly for his worship service A. Exod. 20.8 9 10. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six dayes shalt thou labour and doe all thy worke But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God Q. Had our Lord Christ power to alter the weekly Sabbath from the seventh day of the week to the first A. Luk. 6.5 And he said unto them That the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath Q. Was the first day of the week observed a day of meeting of Christians for the worship of God by the primitive Christians A. Joh. 20.19 26. Then the same day at evening being the first day of the week when the doores were shut where the disciples were assembled for feare of the Jewes came Jesus c. And after eight dayes again his disciples were within and Thomas with them then came Jesus c. Act. 20.7 And upon the first day of the week when the disciples came together to break bread Paul preached unto them 1 Cor. 16.2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no gatherings when I come Q. VVhat day was it when the Apostle John was in the spirit A. Rev. 1.10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet Q. VVere the Jewish Sabbaths shadowes of things to come and to end in Christ A. Col. 2.16 17. Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect of an holy day or of the new moon or of the Sabbath dayes which are a shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ Q. Are the prayers and Administrations of the Elders of the Church more desirable than of others A. Jam. 5.14 Is any sick among you let him call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over him anointing him with the oyle in the name of the Lord. Q. Is it lawfull for Christians delivered from the Jewish observation of dayes to have a set day or time appointed for any duty A. 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Now concerning the collection for the Saints upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no gatherings when I come Q. Should Christians Assemble themselves together to worship God A. Heb. 10.25 Not forsaking the assembling of our selves togeither as the manner of some is but exhorting one another c. 1 Cor. 11.20 33 34. When ye come together therefore into one place this is not to eat the Lord's supper Wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eate tarry one for another And if any man hunger let him eat at home that ye come not together unto condemnation Q. Is there to be teaching in the Church when the Church meets A. 1 Cor. 14.19 28. Yet in the Church I had rather speak five words with my understanding that by my voice I might teach others also then ten thousand words in an unknown tongue But if there be no Interpreter let him keep silence in the Church and let him speak to himselfe and to God Q. Are women to be publique teachers in the Church A. 1 Tim. 2.11 12. Let the women learne in silence with all subjection But I suffer not a woman to teach but to be in silence 1 Cor. 14.34 35. Let your women keep silence in the Churches for it is not permitted unto them to speak And if they will learne any thing let them aske their husbands at home for it is a shame for women to speak in the Church Q. Doth 1 Cor. 11.5 Philip. 4.2 3. Joel 2.28 Doe all these together authorize Women to be publique teachers in the Church of the Saints A. Prophesying may perhaps be found taken three wayes in Scripture first for foretelling things to come by an extraordinary spirit and so we read of Huldah a Prophetesse and Deborah in the Old Testament and of Anna in the New 2ly For singing or framing or both of Psalmes Hymnes or spirituall songs and so I suppose the word is taken 1 Chron. 25.1 2. And so both Miriam and Deborah prophecyed and perhaps Women did so too in the Church of Corinth whilst they had the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost 3ly For teaching and instructing by expounding and applying some part or portion of God's word and I dare not say because of those Scriptures above named that it was never lawfull for Women to teach in the Christian Church namely whilst those extraordinary gifts lasted and they were not prohibited by the Apostle Paul but I dare not embolden a Woman to be a publique teacher in the Church Q. Do we read of a Woman who pretēded her selfe a Prophetesse would have this preheminence to be a teacher of others in the Church who did really seduce Christians A. Revelat. 2.20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee because thou sufferest that woman Jezabel which calleth herselfe a Prophetesse to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication Q. May a Woman teach her children at home the Principles or mysteries of religion A. Prov. 31.1 c. The words of King Lemuel the prophecy that his mother taught him Prov. 1.8 My Son forsake not the law of thy Mother So chap. 6.20 Q. May not Women as well teach authoritatively in the Church as Governe in a Common-wealth A. See Isa 49.23 And Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers and Queenes thy nursing Mothers c. Q. If a crown be her Patrimony descending to her
that he would come up and sit with him vers 38. And he commanded the charet to stand still and they went down both into the water Q. Might the Priests of old have any temporall estate in Lands of their owne A. Act. 4.36 37. And Joses a Levite and of the country of Cyprus having land sold it and brought the money and laid it at the Apostles feet Q. What may be done with Scandalous Ministers if they will not reforme A. Mat. 5.13 Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be troden under foot of men 1 Sam. 2.30 35. Wherefore the Lord God of Israel sayth I said indeed that thy house and the house of thy Father should walke before me for ever but now the Lord sayth be it far from me for them that honour me I will honour and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed And I will raise me up a faithfull Priest that shall doe according to that which is in my heart and my mind and I will build him a sure house and he shall walke before mine anointed for ever 1 King 2.27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being Priest unto the Lord that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh Q. May we allow those who are deprived a fifth part to live on A. 2 King 23.9 Neverthelesse the Priests of the High places came not up to the Altar of the Lord in Jerusalem but they did eate of the unleavened bread among their brethren Q. May Another lawfully be put into the place of such as are lawfully thrust out A. 1 Kin. 2.35 And the King put Benaiah the Son of Jehojada in his room over the host and Zadok the Priest did the King put in the roome of Abiathar Act. 1.20 25. For it is written in the book of Psalmes Let his habitation be desolate and let no man dwell therein and his Bishoprick let another take That he may take part of this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell Q. Who did put in and put out under the old Testament A. 1 King 2.35 And the King put Zadok the Priest in the roome of Abiathar Chap. 23. Of publick worship Churches and Ordinances Q. HAD the Jewes Synagogues generally in their cities to worship God in and was there reading the Law in them constantly on the Sabbath day A. Act. 15.21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him being read in the Synagogues every Sabbath day Acts 13.14 15. Q. Was it the practise of Christ and his Disciples and followers the primitive Christians to worship God on the Sabbath daies at their owne home or in private houses or in the Synagogues A. Luk. 4.16 And he came to Nazareth and as his custome was he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read So Chap. 6.6 And it came to passe also on another Sabbath that he entred into the Synagogue and taught Joh. 18.20 Jesus answered I spake openly to the world I ever taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple whither the Jewes alwaies resort and in secret have I said nothing Act. 9.20 And straightway he preached Christ in the Synagogue that he is the Son of God Act. 13.5 And when they were at Salamis they preached the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jewes Q. Did the Apostles rob the Temples or Idols of the Heathens of their riches A. No Act. 19.37 For ye have brought hither these men which are neither robbers of Churches nor yet blasphemers of your Goddesse Q. Was it held lawfull in the Apostle's dayes to alienate that part of a man's estate which he had once vowed or dedicated unto God Ans No. Act. 5.3 But Peter sayd Ananias why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost and to keep back part of the price of the land Q. May we meet and preach in places commonly called Churches A. Yes Mar. 1.21 And they went into Capernaum and straightway on the Sabbath day he entered into the Synagogue and taught Luk. 4.15 16. And he taught in their Synagogue being glorified of all And he came to Nazareth and as his custome was he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read Joh. 18.20 I ever taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple whither the Jewes alwaies resort and in secret have I said nothing Act. 13.14 15. They came to Antioch in Pisidia and went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day and sate down and after the reading of the Law and the Prophets the Rulers of the Synagogue sent unto them saying ye men and brethren if ye have any word of Exhortation for the people say on Act. 18.4 And he reasoned in the Synagogue every Sabbath and perswaded the Jewes and the Greeks Act. 19.8 9. And he went into the Synagogue and spake boldly for the space of three moneths disputing and perswading the things concerning the Kingdome of God But when diverse were hardened c. he departed from them and separated the disciples disputing daily in the Schoole of one Tyrannus Q. Is it an evidence of right Zeale to pull down Churches A. No Psal 74.8 They said in their hearts Let us destroy them together they have burnt up all the Synagogues of God in the Land Luk. 7.5 For he loveth our nation and he hath built us a Synagogue Q. Have we any warrant for reading the Scriptures as it is used to be called first and second lesson before the minister begin his Sermon A. Act. 13.15 And after the reading of the Law the Prophets the Rulers of the Synagogue sent unto thē saying ye men and brethren if ye have any word of Exhortation for the people say on c. Q. Is the spirit given that we may live without or above Gods commandements and ordinances A. Ezek. 11.19 20. And I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them that they may walke in my statutes and keep mine Ordinances and do them Q. Are Gospell Ordinances and dispensations a ministration of the letter or of the Spirit A. 2 Cor. 3.6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament not of the letter but of the spirit Q. Is this ministry of the spirit to cōtinue Ans 2 Cor. 3.7 8 11. But if the ministration of death written and graven in stones was glorious which glory was to be done away how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious For if that which is done away was glorious much more that which remaineth is glorious Q. What if a man have the spirit be filled with the spirit be a strong Christian is he to cast off ordinances and offices in the Church A. Act. 6.5 And the saying pleased the whole
Antioch I withstood him to the face because he was to be blamed For before that certaine came from James he did eate with the Gentiles but when they were come he withdrew and separated himselfe fearing them which were of the circumcision But when I saw that they walked not uprightly I said unto Peter before them all If thou being a Jew livest after the manner of the Gentiles c. Q. Did the Apostle Peter quote and commend the Apostle Paul's Epistles notwithstanding he speakes nothing in them at all of Peter's supremacy or of his pretended Successor the Bishop of Rome A. 2 Pet. 3.15 16. And account that the long-suffering of the Lord is Salvation even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdome given unto him hath written unto you As also in all his Epistles speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to be understood which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest as they doe also the other Scriptures unto their own destruction Q. Ought prayers for the congregation to be made in a knowne tongue in the Congregation A. Yea. 1 Cor. 14.9 14. Except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood how shall it be known what is spoken For if I pray in an unknowne tongue my spirit prayeth but mine understanding is unfruitfull Q. Is it good to have Images in Churches as Lay-mens bookes A. Exod. 20.4 5. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image nor any likenesse of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thy selfe to them nor serve them 2 Cor. 6.16 And what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols Q. May we pray to Images A. Hab. 2.18 19. What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it the molten image and a teacher of lyes that the maker of his work trusteth therein to make dumb Idols Woe to him that saith to the wood Awake to the dumbe stone Arise it shall teach behold it is layd over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all in the middest of it Q. May we make an Image of God and worship God in at or before such Images using these as helpes or meanes to worship him the better A. Is 40.18 To whom then will ye liken God or what likenesse will ye compare unto him Act. 17.29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God we ought not to thinke that the God-head is like unto Gold or Silver or stone graven by Art and man's device Deut. 4.15 16. Take ye therefore good heed unto your selves for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the mid'st of the fire Lest ye corrupt your selves and make you a graven image the similitude of any figure the likenesse of male or female c. Q. May Christians worship Images A. Exod. 20.5 Thou shalt not bow down thy selfe to them nor serve them Psal 97.7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images that boast themselves of Idols 1 Joh. 5.21 Little children keep your selves from Idols Q. Were ever any so stupid as to worship Images or Idols A. Hab. 2.18 19. What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it the molten image and a teacher of lyes that the maker of his work trusteth therein to make dumb Idols Woe unto him that sayth to the wood Awake to the dumb stone Arise it shall teach there 's no breath at all in the middest of it Is 44.15 17 19. For he will take thereof and warme himselfe yea he kindleth it and baketh bread yea he maketh a God and worshippeth it he maketh it a graven image and falleth downe thereto And the residue thereof he maketh a God even his graven image he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and sayth Deliver me for thou art my God And none considereth in his heart neither is there knowledge or understanding to say I have burnt part of it in the fire c. And shall I make the residue thereof an abomination Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree Q. Is Christ corporally present in the sacrament especially is the bread wine transubstantiated into the very body and bloud of Christ A. No. Act. 3.21 Whom the heaven must receive untill the times of restitution of all things Joh. 16.28 Againe I leave the world goe to the Father Q. Doe those words Mat. 26.26 this is my body prove that the bread is transubstantiated into the very body of Christ so that 't is no longer bread but that very same body which suffered upon the crosse and as truly really and substantially changed into his body as the water was into wine Joh. 2.9 A. No. Either as in 1 Cor. 10.4 That Rock was Christ that is did represent Christ or was a figure of Christ so This is my body that is this doth signify or represent my body or as circumcision which was a signe and seale of the Covenant is cal'd the Covenant Act. 7.8 Gen. 17.10 11. So these words This is my body signify that this bread doth seale the benefits of my broken body or of my death unto you Q. Is the body of Christ so in one place that it is not in another at the same time A. Math. 28.6 He is not here for he is risen as he said come see the place where the Lord lay Heb. 2.14 17. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himselfe took part of the same c. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren c. Q. Ought not all the people as well as the Minister to drink of the cup at the Lord's table A. Yea. Mar. 14.23 And he took the cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to them and they all drank of it Math. 26.27 drink ye all of it Q. If we have not the body of Christ corporally in the Sacrament have we then any spirituall communion with his body and blood in that Sacrament A. Yes 1 Cor. 10.16 17. The cup of blessing which we blesse is it not the communion of the blood of Christ The bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ For we being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread Q. Did the Apostles receive the Sacrament Fasting or after Supper A. Mat. 26.26 And as they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed it and brake it and gave it to the Disciples and said Take eate this is my body Q. Did they receive the Sacrament in a table gesture or did they kneel A. Mar. 14.18 And as they sate and did eate c. vers 22. Jesus took bread and blessed and brake it and gave to them and said Take eate this
is the Church of the living God the Pillar and ground of the truth Joh. 8.13 If ye continue in my word then are ye my Disciples indeed Joh. 10.27 My sheep heare my voice Q. Doe the Papists abstaining from flesh 40 dayes every Lent fast as Christ for 40 dayes in the wildernesse or did our Saviour fast from all manner of food during that time A. Mat. 4.2 And when he had fasted 40 dayes and 40 nights he was afterward an hungred Q Did our Saviour and his disciples keep any set weeks of fast yeerly or any set dayes of fasting weekly in remembrance of this all the while Christ was with them A. No. Mar. 2.18 Why doe the Disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast but thy Disciples fast not Q. Is it lawfull for Christians to fast upon extraordinary occasions A. Mar. 2.20 But the dayes will come when the Bridegroome shall be taken away from them and then shall they fast in those dayes 1 Corinth 7.5 that ye may give your selves to fasting and prayer c. Q. Is every Christian a vessell fit for his Masters use as to this duty of fasting are ordinary servants fit for extraordinary service A. Mar. 2.22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine doth burst the bottles and the wine is spilled and the bottles will be marred But new wine must be put into new bottles Q. Is fish holier than flesh because these perished not by water when the old world was drowned A. Exod. 7.20 21. And he lift up the rod and smote the waters that were in the river in the sight of Pharaoh and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood And the fish that was in the river dyed and the river stunck and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river Q. Were fish or the beasts and fowles preserved in a more wonderfull manner in Noah's Arke at the floud A. Gen. 8.17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of of all flesh both of fowle and of cattell and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth that they may breed abundantly Q. Were there any kinds of fish reckoned uncleane according to the Law A. Yes Lev. 11.10 And all that have not finnes nor scales in the Seas and in the rivers of all that move in the waters and of any living thing which is in the waters they shall be an abomination unto you Q. Is it a duty then in imitation of Christ's 40 dayes fast to abstaine from flesh 40 dayes in a yeere A. No. Mat. 15.9 But in vaine they doe worship me teaching for Doctrines the commandements of men Q. Is it a Doctrine of Apostates to command to abstaine from some sort of meats A. Yes 1 Tim. 4.1 3. Now the spirit speaketh expressely that in the latter times some shall depart from the Faith forbidding to marry and commanding to abstaine from meates which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth Q. Doe the Saints departed know our wants should we pray to them or to God for supply A. Is 63.16 Doubtlesse thou art our Father though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not thou O Lord art our Father our Redeemer Job 14.20 21. Thou changest his countenance and sendest him away his Sonnes come to honour and he knoweth it not and they are brought low but he perceiveth it not of them Q. Ought we to pray for the dead since we must not pray to them A. 2 Sam. 12.22 23. And he said while the child was yet alive I fasted and wept for I said who can tell whether God will be gracious to me that the child may live But now he is dead wherefore should I fast Can I bring him back againe I shall goe to him but he shall not returne to me Q. Are all damned who dye without Baptisme A. No. Luk. 23.42 43. And he said unto Jesus Lord remember me when thou commest into thy kingdome And Jesus said unto him Verily I say unto thee To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Q. May Women without scruple or feare administer the Sacrament of Baptisme A. 1 Tim. 2.12 But I suffer not a woman to teach but to be in silence compared with Math. 28.19 Goe ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost Q. Will full Assurance of life cause Christians to neglect the use of all good means A. Act. 23.11 16 17. Be of good cheer Paul for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome And when Paul's Sisters Son heard of their laying in wait he went and entred into the Castle and told Paul Then Paul called one of the Centurions unto him and said Bring this young man unto the chiefe Captaine for he hath a certaine thing to tell him Act. 27.24 31. Feare not Paul thou must be brought before Caesar and loe God hath given thee all them that saile with thee Paul said to the Centurion and to the Souldiers except these abide in the ship ye cannot be saved Q. Were any of the Apostles married especially was the Apostle Simon Peter ever married A. Yes 1 Cor. 9.5 Have we not power to lead about a Sister a Wife as well as other Apostles and as the brethren of the Lord and Cephas Mar. 1.30 But Simon 's Wives mother lay sick of a fever Q. Did our Saviour Christ command that the Apostles should forsake their VVives and that other Ministers their successours should not marry A. No. 1 Cor. 9.5 Have we not power to lead about a Sister a Wife as well as other Apostles and as the brethren of the Lord Cephas 1 Tim. 3.2 4. A Bishop then must be blamelesse the husband of one wife one that ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity Heb. 13.4 Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge Q. Is it necessary that those who live a long time in their sins repent late and doe not suffer much in this world should suffer in purgatory after death to expiate their sinnes A. Lu. 23.43 And Jesus said unto him verily I say unto thee To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Q. Is Heaven cal'd Paradise A. Yes 2 Cor. 12.2 3 4. I knew a man in Christ such a one caught up to the third Heaven and I knew such a man how that he was caught up into Paradise c. Q. Can any mere man by his own good workes merit heaven or eternall life A. Lu. 17.10 So likewise ye when ye shall have done all these things that are commanded you say we are unprofitable Servants Rom. 6. ult For the wages of Sinne is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.