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A59663 The first principles of the oracles of God collected by Thomas Shephard ... Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649. 1655 (1655) Wing S3112; ESTC R37142 12,596 24

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ends Psal. 29 10. Psal. 33. 11. Q. Doth God govern all creatures alike A. No but some he governs by a common providence and others by a special providence to wit Angels and Men to an eternal estate of happiness in pleasing him or of misery in displeasing ●…im Deut. 30. 15 16. Q. What of Gods Providence appears in his speciall government of man A. Two things 1. Mans Apostacy or fall 2. His Recovery or rising again Q. Concerning mans fall what are you to observe therein A. Two things 1. His transgression in eating the forbidden fruit Gen. 2. 17. 2. The propagation of this unto all Adams posterity Q. Was this so great a sin to eat of the forbidden fruit A. Yes exceeding great this Tree being a Sacrament of the Covenant also he had a special charge not to eat of it and in it the whole man did strike against the whole Law even when God had so highly advanced him Q. What are the causes of this transgression A. The blamelesse cause was the Law of God Rom. 5. 13. And hence as the Law did it so God did it holily justly and blamelesly Rom. 7. 10 1●… 12. Q. What are the blameable causes A. Two principally 1. The devill abusing the Serpent to deceive the women Gen. 3. 1. 2. Man himself in abusing his own free-will in receiving the temptations which he might have resisted Eph. 7. 29. Q. What is the Devil A. That great number of apostate and rebellious Angels which through pride and blasphemy against God and malice against man became lyars and murtherers of man by bringing him into that sin Luke 11. 18. 1 Tim. 3. 6. 1 John 3. 12. John 8. 44. Q. What are the effects and fruits of this transgression A. They are two 1. Guilt whereby they are tyed to undergo due punishment for the fault Rom. 3 19. 2. Punishment which is the just anger of God upon them for the filth of sin Rom. 1. 18. Q. What are the particular punishments insllcted on the causes of this sin A. Besides the fearful punishment of the devils mentioned Jude 6. and that of the Serpent and the Woman Gen. 3. 14 16. the punishment of man was first Sin Original and Actual Secondly death Gen. 5. 5. Q. What is sin A. The transgression of Gods Law John 3. 4. Q. What is Original and Actual sin A. First Original sin is the contrariety of the whole nature of man to the Law of God whereby it being averse from all good is enclined to all evil Eccles. 8. 11. Gen. 6. 5. Rom. 6. 20. Secondly Actual sin is the continual jarring of the actions of man from the Law of God by reason of Original sin and so man hath no free-will to any spiritual good Esa. 65. 2 3. James 1. 14 15. Esa. 1. 11. Q. What death is that God inflicts on man for sin A. A double death 1. The first death of the body together with the beginnings of it in this world as grief shame losses sicknesses Deut. 28. 21 22 25. 2. The second death of the soul whi●…h is the eternal separation and ejection of the soul after death and soul and body after judgment from God into everlasting torments in hell Q Is there no beginning of this death as there is of the other in this life A. Yes at first security and hardnesse of heart which cannot feel sin its greatest evil 2. Terrors of conscience Heb. 2 15. 3. Bondage of Satan Eph. 2. 2. 4. The curse of God in all blessings whereby they are fitted for destruction Rom. 9. 22. Q. What of Gods Attributes shine forth here 1. His holiness whereby he being pure from all sin cannot away with the least sin in the best of his creatures Heb. 1. 13. 2. His Iustice whereby he being most just in himself cannot but punish man for sin as well as reward him for well doing 2 Thes. 1. 6. 3. His Patience whereby he useth pitty patience and bounty to his creatures offending Rom. 2. 3. Q. Is this sin and the punishment of it derived to all mens postetity A. Yes John 3. 3. Eph. 2. 3. Q. How is it propagated A. By the imputaiion of Adams sin unto us and so the punishment must needs follow upon it Rom. 5. 13. Q. Why should Adams sin be imputed to all his posterity A. Because we were in him as the members in the head as children in his loynes as debtors in their surety as branches in their roots it being just that as if he standing all had stood by imputation of his righteousnesse so he falling all should fall by the imputation of his sin Q. Thus have you seen mans apostacy from God What is his recovery A. It is the return of man to the favour of God again meerly out of favour and the exceeding riches of his free grace Eph. 2. 12 13. Rom. 5. 8. Q. How are we brought into favour and what are the parts of this recovery A. Two wayes First by Redemption 2 Cor. 5. 19 20 Secondly by Application hereof Tit. 3. 6. Q. What is Redemption A. The satisfaction made or the price paid to the justice of God for the life and deliverance of man out of the captivity of sin Satan and death by a Redeemer according to the Covenant made between him and the Father 1 Cor. 6. 20. Luk. 1. 74. Esa. 55. 10 11. Q. Who is this Redeemer A. Iesus Christ God and Man Matth. 1. 23. John 1. 14. Col. 2. 19. Q. Why is he God-Man A. That so he might be a fit Mediator to transact all businesses between God and man in the execution of his three Offices whereunto he was anointed of the Father 1 Tim. 2. 5. Esa. 42. 12. Q. What are those three Offices of Christ 1. His Propheticall Office whereby he doth reveale the will of the Father Act. 3. 22. Col. 2. 3. 2. His Priestly Office whereby he makes full atonement with the Father for us Col. 1. 20. 3. His Kingly Office whereby he governs his people whom he had taught and reconciled subduing their enemies and procuring their eternal peace Psal. 2. 6. Esa. 9. 6. Q. How hath Christ Jesus made satisfaction A. By his humiliation whereby he was made subject throughout his whole life and death to the strict Iustice of God to perform what ever the same might require for the redemption of man Gal. 4. 4 5. Q. What did Gods Justice require of man A. 1. Death for the breach of the Law and that Christ tasted in his bitter sufferings both of body and Soul by being made sin and so abolishing sin and this is called his Passive Obedience Heb. 2. 9. Eph. 1. 7. 2 Cor. 5. 21. Gal. 3. 13. 2. Perfect Obedience in fulfilling the Law perfectly both in his Nature and Actions for the procuring and meriting of life and this is called his Active Obedience Heb. 7. 26. Q. What follows Christs Humiliation A. His Exaltation which is his glorious victory and open Triumph over all his and