Holiness as well as Knowledge A. Ephes 4.24 And that ye put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness Q. When must we begin to remember our creator A. Eccl. 12.1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth while the evil days come not nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them Q. Whom must we get for the guide of our youth A. Jer. 3.4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me My Father Thou art the guide of my youth Q. By what means may a young man cleanse his ways A. Psal 119.9 Wherewith all shall a young man cleanse his way By taking heed thereto according to thy word Q. What councel did David give his son Solomon while he was young A. 1 Chron. 28.9 And thou Solomon my son know thou the God of thy Father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind for the Lord searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts if thou seek him he will be found of thee but if thou forsake him he will cast thee off for ever Q. When did David begin to hope and trust in God A. Psal 71.5 Thou art my hope O Lord God thou art my trust from my youth Q. Did not David who began in his youth to trust and hope in God prove so eminent for godliness that he is called a man after Gods own heart A. Acts 13.22 I have found David the son of Jesse a man after mine own heart which shall fulfil all my will Q. Shall not they that seek the Lord early be sure to find him A. Prov. 8.17 I love them that love me and those that seek me early shall find me Q. Did not Josiah begin to seek early after God And was not that the great reason why he proved so eminent and constant in the ways of God A. 2 Chron. 34.2 3. He did that Which was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the ways of David his Father and declined neither to the right hand nor to the left for in the eighth year of his reign while he was yet young he began to seek after the God of David his Father Q. Was not Josiah who began early to seek after God so eminent for godliness that there was no king like him either before or after him A. 2 Kings 23.25 And like unto him was there no King before him that turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might according to all the law of Moses neither after him arose there any like him Q. What councel doth the apostle Paul give to those that are young A. 2. Tim. 2.22 Flee also youthful lusts but follow Righteousness Faith Charity Peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart Q. Do not all things come to pass by the providence of God A. Rom. 11.36 Of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever amen Q. Are those things which seem most casual unto us ordered and disposed off wholely and only by the providence of God A. Prov. 16.33 The lot is cast into the lap but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Q. Is God so careful of us that there is not the least thing befals us not so much as an hair falls off from our heads but by his providence A. Matth. 10.30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered Q. Seeing God is thus careful of us should not this encourage us in all our straits and distresses to cast all our care upon the Lord A. 1 Pet. 5.7 Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you Q. How do you prove that after God had made man upright he did of himself fall from God A. Eccl. 7.29 Lo this only have I found that God hath made man upright but they have sought out many inventions Q. How do you prove that we are born in sin A. Psal 51.5 Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Q. Seeing we are born in sin is it not absolutely necessary that we should be born again before we can enter into the Kingdom of Heaven A. John 3.3 Jesus answered and said unto him verily verily I say unto thee except a man be born again he cannot see the Kindom of God Q. Will nothing that any man hath or doth avail him to salvation unless he be a new creature A. Gal. 6.15 In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but a new creature Q. By what means are we born again Is it not usually by the hearing the Word of God A. James 1.18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures Q. What is sin A. 1 John 3.4 Sin is the transgression of the Law Q. What is the wages of sin and which way do we come by eternal life A. Rom. 6.23 The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Q. Is the death of the body all the wages that is due to sin or shall the soul of the sinner die also A. Ezek. 18.4 The soul that sineth it shall die Q. What is the second death and who are they that shall die this death A. Rev. 21.8 The fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and Murderers Whoremongers and Sorcerers and Idolators and all Liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Q. Do we not sin when we neglect that good which God commandeth as well as when we commit that evil which he forbideth A. James 4.17 To him that knoweth to do good and doth it not to him it is sin Q. Doth not God know all our secret sins A. Psalm 90.8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee our secret sins in the light of thy countenance Q. Will our sins find us out wherever we go So as we shall not be able to escape the punishment due to them unless we repent of them A. Numb 32.23 If ye will not do so behold ye have sinned against the Lord and be sure your sin will find you out Q. How may we come to be convinced of our sins Will not comparing of our hearts and lives with the Law of God bring us to the knowledge of our fins A. Rom. 3.20 By the law is the knowledge of sin Q. When we are convinced of our sins whither must we look to have our sins taken away must we not look into Christ A. John 1.29 Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the World Q. Is not the heart of man before God works a change in him desperately wicked A. Jer. 17.9 The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it Q. Seeing the heart
is thus wicked must not they that would escape eternal death get new hearts and new spirits A. Ezek. 18.31 Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed and make you a new heart and a new spirit for why will you die O house of Israel Q. What promise have you that God will give you a new heart and a new spirit A. Ezek. 36.26 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 Q. What are we by nature A. Eph. 2.3 We were by nature the children of wrath as well as others Q. Do we not abide under the wrath of God as long as we abide in unbelief A. John 3.36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him Q. What course shall we take to make our peace with God must not it be by taking hold on Christ who is the power and strength of God 1 Cor. 1.24 A. Isah 27.5 Or let him take hold of my strength that he may make peace with me and he shall make peace with me Q. Hath not God passed the judgment of condemnation upon all men for Adam 's sin A. Rom. 5.18 By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation Q. What must we do to escape this condemnation A. John 5.24 Verily verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and beliveth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life Q. Is there no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus And what manner of persons are they that are in Christ Jesus A. Rom. 8.1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit Q. Can we do nothing towards the helping of our selves out of our sinful and miserable condition without the assistance of Gods grace A. John 15.5 Without me ye can do nothing Q. Is there not help in God for such as have destroyed and undone themselves A. Hos 13.9 O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me is thine help Q. For what end did Jesus Christ come into the world A. 1 Tim. 1.15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief Q. Were not those sinners whom Jesus Christ came to save in a lost undone condition A. Luk 19.10 The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Q. Did not Jesus Christ testifie of himself that he was the promised Messias that was to come into the world A. John 4.25 26. The woman saith unto him I know that Messias cometh which is called Christ when he is come he will tell us all things Jesus saith unto her I that speak unto thee am he Q. What other proof have you that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messias besides his own testimony Do not all things that are written of the Messias by Moses and the Porphets agree to Jesus of Nazareth A. John 1.41 45. We have found the Messias which is being interpreted the Christ we have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets did write Jesus of Nazareth the son of Joseph Q. What other proof have you that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messias besides Moses and the Prophets Did not the works which he did in his Fathers name bear witness of him that he was the Christ A. John 10.24 25. Then came the Jews round about him and said unto him how long dost thou make us to doubt If thou be the Christ tell us plainly Jesus answered them I told you and ye believed not the works that I do in my Fathers name they bear witness of me Q. What other proof have you that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messias besides his works Did not God the Father bear witness by a voice from Heaven that he was his beloved Son A. Matth. 3.17 Lo a voice from Heaven saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Q. Is it not enough to believe that there is a Messias but is it necessary to salvation to believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ that was to come into world Q. John 8.24 If ye believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ is God A. John 1.1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ being God became man and dwelt amongst the sons of men A. John 1.14 The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father ful of grace and truth Q. Was the body of Christ of the same nature with ours consisting of flesh and bloud as our bodies do A. Heb. 2.14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and bloud he also himself likewise took part of the same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the Devil Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ was born of a Virgin A. Matth. 1.23 Behold a Virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a Son and they shall call his name Emmannuel which being interpreted is God with us Q. What was the Virgins name that conceived and brought forth Jesus Christ A. Luk 1.27 The Virgins name was Mary 30.31 The Angel said unto her Fear not Mary for thou hast found favour with God and behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son and shalt call his name Jesus Q. When the Virgin Mary asked the Angel how it could be that she which had not known a man should have a Son what did he say to her A. Luk 1.35 The Angel answered and said unto her the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the highest shall over shadow thee therefore also that holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God Q. How do you prove that there was neither original nor actual sin in Christ A. 1 John 3.5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins and in him there is no sin Q. Why did Jesus Christ undergo such great sufferings when he was in the world seeing he never sinned against God A. Isah 53.5 He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquitis the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Q. How do you prove that Jesus Christ died for our sins and was buried and rose again the third day A. 1 Cor. 15.3 4. I delivered unto you first of
father because the Lord would slay them Q. Did not God command under the Law that such as cursed either their father or mother should be put to death A. Lev. 20.9 Every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death he hath cursed his father or his mother his bloud shall be upon him Q. Is it not a sin for children to steal from their Parents as well as from other persons A. Prov. 28.24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother and saith it is no transgression the same is a companion of a destroyer Q. Is it not the duty of Parents to train up their children in the knowledge and fear of God A. Ephes 6.4 Ye Fathers provoke not your Children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Q. How must Masters carry themselves towards their Servants A. Col. 4.1 Masters give unto your servants that which is just and equal knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven Q. What duties must Servants be exhorted to A. Tit. 2.9 10. Exhort Servants to be obedient unto their own Masters and to please them well in all things not answering again not purloining but shewing all good fidelity that they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things Q. Must not Servants count their Masters worthy of all honour A. 1 Tim. 6.1 Let as many Servants as are under the yoke count their own Masters worthy of all honour that the Name of God and his Doctrine be not blasphemed Q. Must not Servants obey their Masters with fear and trembling and singleness of heart shunning eye-service and do their work with a good will as if they were serving the Lord A. Ephes 6.5 6 7. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart as unto Christ not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as the Servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men Q. When Servants are sent abroad must they not return home without making any delay though they should be much importuned to stay a longer time A. Gen. 24.56 He said unto them Hinder me not seeing the Lord hath prospered my way send me away that I may go to my Master Q. When Jacob was servant to Laban did he not serve him with all his might though he were his near Kinsman A. Gen. 31.6 Ye know that with all my power I have served your father Q. Must not servants come when they are called go whither they are sent and do what they are hidden A. Matth. 8.9 I am a man under authority having Soldiers under me and I say to this man go and he goeth and to another come and he cometh and to my servant do this and he doth it Q. Must not servants do their work without murmuring either at the meanness or the difficulty of their work A. Phil. 2.14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings Q. What example have we of the frugality of Christ in commanding the broken pieces of Barley bread to be gathered up which may teach servants and all others to make no waste of any thing under their charge A. John 6.12 When they were filled he said unto his Disciples Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost Q. How must we our children and servants sanctifie the Sabbath Must we not abstain from pleasures and recveations and from the works of our callings and from speaking our own words and maintain an honourable esteem of the Sabbath-day and spend it in holy and religious exercises and take delight therein and do all the duties of the day to the honour of God and what will God do for those that thus sanctifie the Sabbath-day A. Isa 58.13 14. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath a delight the holy of the Lord honourable and shalt honour him not doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words Then shalt thou delight thy self in the Lord and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy Father for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Q Is not the soul of a man of such great excellency that the gaining of the whole world will not countervail the loss of one soul A. Mark 8.36 What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul Q. Seeing the Soul is of such great value ought we not to do all that in us lieth to save our Souls A. Phil. 2.12 Work out your own Salvation with fear and trembling Q Seeing our souls cannot be saved without the grace of God Doth it not concern us to look diligently that we fail not of grace A. Heb. 12.15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and thereby many be defiled Q. Hath not God promised to give the Holy Spirit which is the Fountain of all grace to them that ask it A. Luke 11.13 If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him Q. What are the fruits that the Spirit of Grace produceth when it is given to us A. Gal. 5.22 23. The fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such there is no law Q. After we have gotten grace must we not labour to grow in grace A. 2 Pet. 3.18 Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to him be glory both now and for ever Amen Q. Is growth in grace so necessary that besides our endeavours to get grace we must give diligence yea all diligence to grow in grace A. 2 Pet. 1.5 6 7. And besides this giving all diligence add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge and to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience and to patience godliness and to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity Q. Will not a right use of the Word of God help us to grow in grace A. 1 Pet. 2.2 As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the Word that ye may grow thereby Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to grow in grace A. Hos 14.5 I will be as the dew unto Israel he shall grow as the Lilly and cast forth his roots as Lebanon Q. Must not they that would be saved persevere in the ways and grace of God A. Matth. 24.13 He that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved Q. Hath God no pleasure in such as draw back from walking with him A. Heb. 10.38 Now the just shall live by faith but if
any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him Q. Is it not a dreadful sin for a man to forsake God A. Jer. 2.12 13. Be astonished O ye Heavens at this and be horribly afraid be ye very desolate saith the Lord for my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the Fountain of living Waters and hewed them out Cisterns broken Cisterns that can hold no water Q. What promise have you that God will cause you to persevere in his ways A. Job 17.9 The righteous also shall hold on his way and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger Q. Have we not great assurance from the Intercession of Christ that our faith shall not fail though we be assaulted with many temptations A. Luke 22.31 32. And the Lord said Simon Simon behold Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren Q. After God hath given us faith Will he not keep us by his Almighty Power till he hath brought us to salvation A. 1 Pet. 1.5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto Salvation Q. Is there not a warfare in Christians between the flesh and the spirit And are they not in this warfare sometimes led captive by their sins A. Rom. 7.23 I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members Q. Though good men may fall yet will not God so far uphold them that they shall not be utterly cast down A. Psal 37.23 24. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his way though he fail he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Q. What shall that man inherit that overcomes his spiritual adversaries A. Rev. 21.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son Q. By what means do we get the victory over the world A. 1 John 5.4 Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith Q. How did the Saints in former times overcome Satan A. Rev. 12.11 They overcame him by the bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death Q. Is it not appointed for all men that they shall die and after death go to be judged for what they did whilst they lived A. Heb. 9.27 It is appointed for men once to die but after this the judgment Q. Is not our life upon the earth very short and uncertain so that we have no assurance one day that we shall live unto another A. James 4.14 Ye know not what shall be on the morrow for what is your life It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away Q. Seeing we know not how suddenly God may come and take us away by death ought we not every day yea every hour to be prepared to die A. Luke 12.40 Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not Q. Should we not live every day as though it were our last day and continue this course till our change come A. Job 14.14 All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come Q. Is not death gain to those that serve and glorifie Christ A. Phil. 1.21 To me to live is Christ and to die is gain Q. Is not the sting of death taken away by the death of Christ so that Christians may triumph over death and what is the sting of death A. 1 Cor. 15.55 56 57. O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory the sting of Death is Sin and the strength of Sin is the Law But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Q. Are not all they that die in the Lord in a blessed condition A. Rev. 14.13 I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me Write Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them Q. Will not Gods presence with us take away the fears of death A. Psal 23.4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me Q. Seeing we are going apace to our graves and there is no work to be done when we come there should not this make us do whatever our hand findeth to do with all our might A. Eccl. 9.10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with all thy might for there is no work nor device nor knowledg nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest Q. When we die do not our souls depart from our bodies A. Gen. 35.18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing for she died Q. When a man dieth what becomes of his body and whither goeeth his soul A. Eccl. 12.7 Then shall the dust return unto the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it Q. Shall there not be a general Resurrection of the dead both of good and evil men A. John 5.28 29. Marvel not at this for the hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth they that have done good unto the Resurrection of Life and they that have done evil unto the Resurrection of Damnation Q. Shall they that have lien in their graves till their reins are consumed and they are eaten up of the worms rise again with the same bodies that they had whilst they lived in this world A. Job 19.25 26 27. I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my self and mine eyes shall behold and not another though my reins be consumed within me Q. Though our bodies shall be the same for substance at the Resurrection as they are now yet shall not their qualities be changed A. 1 Cor. 15.42 43 44. So also is the Resurrection of the dead it is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption it is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power it is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body Q. Shall our bodies that are now vile be made like unto the glorious body of Jesus Christ A. Phil. 3.21 Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body according to the working whereby he is able even to