Horeb but because written in the hearts of all by the finger of God at the first written with the finger of God in two Tables of Stone on Mount Horeb called the ten Commandements Rom. 2. 14 15. Q. 2. Is the observation of this Law still required of us A. Yes to the uttermost tittle Mat. 5. 17. 1 Joh. 3. 4. Rom. 3. 31. Jam. 2. 8. Gal. 3. Q. 3. Are we able of our selves to 2 After the fall the Law ceased to be a rule of Justification and became a rule for Sanctification only 3 It is of free Grace that God giveth power to yield any obedience and accepteth of any obedience that is not perfect perform it A. No in no wise the Law is spiritual but we are carnal 1 King 8. 46. Gen. 5. 6. Joh. 15. 5. Rom. 7. 11. and 8. 7. 1 Joh. 1. 8. Q. 4. Did then God give a Law which could not be kept A. No when God gave it we had power to keep it which since we have lost in Adam Gen. 1. 26. Ephes. 7. 29. Rom. 5. 12. Q. 5. Whereto then doth the Law now serve A. For two general ends first a to be a rule of our Duty or to discover to us the obedience of God required secondly b to drive us unto Christ. a Psal. 11. 9. 5. 1 Tim. 1. 8 9. b Gal. 3. 24 Q. 6. How doth the Law drive us unto Christ A. Divers ways as first a by laying open unto us the utter disability of our Nature to do any good secondly b by charging the wrath and curse of God due to Sin upon the Conscience thirdly c by bringing the whole Soul under bondage to Sin death Satan and Hell so making us long and seek for a Saviour a Rom. 7. 7 8 9. Gal. 3. 19. b Rom. 3 19 20. 4. 15. 5. 20. Gal. 3. 10. c Gal. 3. 22. Heb. 2. 15. CHAP. VIII Of the state of corrupted Nature Q. 1. How came this weakness and disability upon us A. By the sin and 1 This is that which commonly is called Original sin which in general denoteth the whole misery and corruption of our Nature as first the guilt of Adams actual sin to us imputed secondly loss of Gods glorious Image Innocency and Holiness thirdly deriving by propagation a nature 1. defiled with the Pollution 2. laden with the Guilt 3. subdued to the Power of Sin 4. a being exposed to all temporal Miseries leading to and procuring Death 5. an Alienation from God with voluntary Obedience to Satan and lust 6. an utter disability to good or to labour for Mercy 7. eternal Damnation of Body and Soul in Hell shameful fall of our first Parents Rom. 5. 12. 14. Q. 2. Wherein did that hurt us their Posterity A. Divers wayes first a in that we were all guilty of the same breach of Covenant with Adam being all in him secondly b our Souls with his were deprived of that Holiness Innocency and righteousness wherein they were at first created thirdly c pollution and defilement of Nature came upon us with fourthly d an extream disability of doing any thing that is well-pleasing unto God e by all which we are made obnoxious to the curse a Joh. 3. 36. Rom. 5. 12. Ephes. 2. 3. b Gen. 3. 10. Ephes. 4. 23 24. Col. 3. 10. c Job 14. 4. Psal. 51. 7. Joh. 3. 6. Rom. 3. 13. d Gen. 6. 5. Ephes. 2. 1. Jer. 6. 16. 13. 23. Rom. 8. 7. e Gen. 3. 17. Gal. 3. 10. Q. 3. Wherein doth the curse of God consist A. In divers things first a in the 2 All that a natural Man hath on this side hell is free Mercy guilt of Death temporal and eternal secondly b the loss of the Grace and Favour of God thirdly c Guilt and Horror of Conscience despair and anguish here with fourthly eternal damnation hereafter a Gen. 2. 17. Rom. 1. 18. 5. 12. 17. Ephes. 2. 3. b Gen. 3. 24. Ezek. 16. 3 4 5. Ephes. 2. 13. c Gen. 3. 10. Esa. 48. 22. Rom. 3. 9 19. Gal. 3. 22. d Gen. 3. 10. 13. Joh. 3. 36. Q. 4. Are all men born in this estate A. Every one without exception Psal. 51. 7. Esa. 53. 5. Rom. 3. 9. 12. Ephes. 2. 3. Q. 5. And do they continue therein A. Of themselves 3 The end of this is Jesus Christ to all that flye for refuge to the hope set before them they cannot otherwise do being able neither to a know or b will nor c do any thing that is spiritually good and pleasing unto God a Act. 8. 31. 16. 14. 1 Cor. 2. 14. Ephes. 5. 8. Joh. 1. 5. b Jer. 6. 16. 13. 2 3. Luk. 4. 18. Rom. 6. 16. 8. 7. c Joh. 6. 44. 2 Cor. 3. 5. Q. 6. Have they then no way of themselves to escape the curse and wrath of God A. None at all they can neither satisfie his Justice nor fulfill his Law CHAP. IX Of the Incarnation of Christ. Q. 1. Shall all mankind then everlastingly perish A. No God of his free grace hath prepared a way to redeem and save his Elect. Joh. 3. 16. Esa 53. 6. Q. 2. What way was this A. By sending his own Son 1 This is that great Mystery of Godliness that the Angels themselves admire the most transcendent expression of Gods infinite love the laying forth of all the treasure of his Wisdom and Goodness Jesus Christ in the likeness of sinful flesh condemning sin in the flesh Rom. 8. 3. Q. 3. Who is this you call his own Son A. The second Person of the Trinity co-eternal and of the same Deity with his Father Joh. 1. 14. Rom. 1. 3. Gal. 4. 4. 1 Joh. 1. 1. Q. 4. How did God send him A. By causing him to be made flesh of a pure Virgin and to dwell among us that he might be obedient unto death the death of the Cross Esa. 50. 6. Joh. 1. 14. Luk. 1. 35. Phil. 2. 8. 1 Tim. 6. 16. CHAP. X. Of the Person of Jesus Christ. Q. 1. What doth the Scripture teach us of Jesus Christ A. Chiefly two things first his 1, 2 Though our Saviour Christ be one God with his Father he is not one Person with him Jesus Christ is God and Man in one not a God and a Man God incarnate not a man Deified Person or what he is in himself secondly his Offices or what he is unto us Q. 2. What doth it teach of his Person A. That he is truely God and perfect man partaker of the natures of God and man in one Person between whom he is a Mediator Joh. 1. 14. Heb. 2. 14 15. Ephe. 4 5. 1 Tim. 2. 5. 1 Joh. 1. 1. Q. 3. How prove you Jesus Christ to be truely God A. Divers wayes first by places 3 The effential properties of either Nature remain in his Person theirs still not communicated unto the other as of the Deity to be eternal every where of the