his indignation P. 2. And though such perjur'd mens falshood he now kept secret yet it shall be open'd at the last day when the secrets of all mens hearts shall be open'd to all the world Almighty God will be a swift witness against them and the curse shall enter into the house of the false and perjur'd man Expl. 56. In the reason of the command 't is intimated 1. That God in a special manner is the avenger of those that abuse his name 2. The certainly of this vengeance 3. That men are apt to be remiss in punishing this Sin A. 57. The fourth Commandment is Remember the sabbath-Sabbath-day to keep it holy Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor the stranger that is within thy gate For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it Expl. 57. This command being the fourth in order is the last of the first Table or of those commands which do concern piety towards God and in the amplification of it doth require charity and mercy towards man especially towards inferiours as Son Daughter Servant c. and therefore in requiring both duties of piety and mercy it doth as it were glew both the Tables of the Law together As to the matter of the Command 1. Here is a Preface to be noted Remember as if God should have said though you should forget all the other Nine Commands which I would not have you to do neither yet be sure you forget not this In which Remember there is imply'd 1. The importance of the Command that it doth import no less than the whole Religion and duty of man towards God and therefore to be remembred 2. The aptness of men to forget this Command both because the doctrine of it is not to be learnt from the light of nature at least not so clearly as the other Commands and because the duties of it do much cross the grain with corrupt nature 2 dly The thing to be remembred is the Sabbath-day or that day of Rest which God has appointed from all manner of employment and business except works of duty to God charity to man and of absolute necessity relief or mercy towards the inferiour creatures How it is to be remembred we have in the next A. A. 58. The fourth Commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set-times as he hath appointed in his Word expresly one whole day in seven to be a holy Sabbath unto himself To. 2. Hom. VIII It appeareth to be Gods good-will and pleasure that we should at special times and in special places gather our selves together to the intent his name might be renowned and his glory set forth in the Congregation and Assembly of his Saints And therefore by this Commandment we ought to have time as one day in the week wherein we ought to rest yea from our lawful and needful works Expl. 58. 'T is in this A. expressed in the general how the Sabbath is to be kept holy as also any other day as suppose of Fasting or Thanksgiving which man doth appoint according to Gods will Now to sanctifie a day and particularly the Sabbath is to employ it wholly and solely to that use for which it is sanctified or set apart by God whether it be in reference to the publick or private exercises of Religion And it must be the whole Sabbath-day yet with a merciful respect to nature and the constitution of mens bodies for God will have mercy and not sacrifice beginning at the dawning of the day because Christ the Sun of Righteousness then rose and it is to continue till midnight for so long was Paul engaged in Sabbath-exercises Act. 20. 7 10. This is the time required by this Law but if men have not strength of body to continue so long so there be in them a willing mind God will accept of what strength they have and not what they have not A. 59. From the beginning of the world to the Resurrection of Christ God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath and the first day of the week ever since to continue to the end of the World which is the Christian Sabbath To. 2. Hom. VIII Remember saith God that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day upon which day as it is plain in Act. 13. the people accustomably resorted together and heard diligently the Law and the Prophets read among them And albeit this Commandment doth not bind Christian people as touching the precise keeping the seventh day after the manner of the Iews for we keep now the first day which is our Sunday Dominical or Lords-day and make that our Sabbath i. e. our day of rest in honour of our Saviour Christ who as upon that day rose from death conquering it triumphantly yet notwithstanding whatsoever is found in the Commandment appertaining to the Law of Nature as a thing most godly most just and needful for the setting forth of Gods glory it ought to be retained and kept of all good Christian people If we will be children of our heavenly Father we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbath which is the Sunday i. e. Dominical or Lords-day not only for that it is Gods express Commandment but also to declare our selves to be loving children in following the example of our gracious Lord and Father This Example and Commandment of God the godly Christian people began to follow immediately after the ascension of our Lord Christ chusing a standing day not the Seventh which the Iews kept but the Lords-day the day of the Lords Resurrection the day after the Seventh day which is the First day of the week Expl. 59. The old Sabbath as we see by this A. was the seventh day of the week in order that is the Iews did observe our Saturday for their seventh-day-Sabbath and the reason of it is expressed in the command sc. God rested from Creation-work that day But the morality or indispensable and perpetual obligation of this command doth not necessarily require the seventh in order for that is Ceremonious and abrogated together with the Iewish Sabbath but it doth necessarily require the keeping holy of a seventh day for number or a seventh part of the week to be spent in Sabbath-duties which seventh part is now by the Resurrection of Christ upon the first day and by his own immediate authority or by that which he gave to his Apostles fixt upon that first day now commonly called our Sunday or Dominical i. e. Lords-day and no other even to the end of the world Though there be no express mention made of this change from the last to the first
Week when the Disciples came together to break bread Paul preached unto them Rev. 1.10 I was in the Spirit upon the Lords day How is the Sabbath to be sanctified x Lev. 23.3 Six days shall work be done but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest an holy convocation ye shall do no work therein y Psal. 92.1 A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath-day It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy Name O most High 2. To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness every night z Mat. 12.11 What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath-day will not he lay hold on it and list it out 12. How much then is a man better than a sheep wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-day What is forbidden in the fourth Commandment a Mal. 1.13 Ye said also behold what a weariness is it and ye have snuffed at it saith the Lord of Hosts and ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick thus you brought an offering should I accept this at your hands saith the Lord b Ezek 23.38 They have defiled my Sanctuary in the same day and have profaned my Sabbaths c Isa. 58.13 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 shall honour him not doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words What are the Reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment d Exod. 31.15 Six days may work be done but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest 16. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath e Lev. 23.3 Ye shall do no work therein it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings f Exod. 31.17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed g Gen. 2.3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it Which is the fifth Commandment What is required in the fifth Commandment h Eph. 5.21 Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God 22. Wives submit your selves unto your own Husbands as unto the Lord. Eph. 6.1 Children obey your Parents in the Lord. 5. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters according to the flesh Rom. 13.1 Let every soul be subject to the higher powers Eph 6.9 And ye Masters do the same things unto them knowing that your Master also is in heaven k Rom. 12.10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another What is forbidden in the fifth Commandment l Rom. 13.7 Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour 8. Owe no man any thing but to love one another What is the Reason annexed to the fifth Commandment m Eph. 6.2 Honour thy Father and thy Mother which is the first Commandment with promise 3. That it might be well with thee and that thou mayest live long on the earth Which is the sixth Commandment What is required in the sixth Commandment n Eph. 5.28 So ought men to love their Wives even as their own bodies 29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it o Psal. 82.3 Defend the poor and fatherless 4. Deliver the poor and needy Job 9.13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me What is forbidden in the sixth Commandment p Act 16.28 Paul cried with a loud voice saying Do thy self no harm q Gen. 9.6 Whoso sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed r Prov. 24.11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death and those that are ready to be slain 12. If thou sayest Behold we know it not doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it Which is the seventh Commandment What is required in the seventh Commandment s 1 Thes. 4.4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour t Eph. 5.11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reprove them rather 12. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret u 1 Tim. 2.22 Flee also youthful lusts but follow righteousness faith charity w Col. 4.6 Let your speech be alway with grace seasoned with salt x 1 Pet. 3.2 While they behold your chast conversation with fear What is forbidden in the seventh Commandment y Mat. 5.28 Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart z Eph. 5.4 Neither filthiness nor foolish talking nor jesting which are not convenient a Eph. 5.3 Fornication and all uncleanness let it not be once named amongst you Which is the eighth Commandment What is required in the eighth Commandment b Rom. 12.17 Provide things honest in the sight of all men Prov. 15.23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks and look well to thy herds c Lev. 25.35 If thy brother be waxen poor and faln in decay with thee then thou shalt relieve him Phil. 2.4 Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others What is forbidden in the eighth Commandment d 1 Tim. 5.8 If any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house he hath denyed the faith and is worse than an Infidel Prov. 28.19 He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough e Prov. 21.6 The getting of Treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death Job 20.19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor because he hath violently taken away a house which he builded not 29. Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly Which is the ninth Commandment What is required in the ninth Commandment f Zech. 8.16 Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour g 1 Pet. 3.16 Having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you as of evil-doers they may be ashamed that falsly accuse your good conversation in Christ. Act. 25.10 Then Paul said I stand at Cesars judgment seat to the Iews have I done no wrong h 3 Joh. 12. Demetrius hath a good report of all men and of the truth it self yea and we also bear record i Prov. 14.5 A faithful witness will not lye 25. A true witness delivereth souls What is forbidden in the ninth Commandment k Rom. 3.13 With their tongues they have used deceit l Job 27.5 God forbid that I should justifie you till I dye I will not remove my integrity from me m Psal. 15.3 He that backbiteth not with
understanding will and subsistence by it self and distinguished from any thing else by some peculiar property that belongs to it and to nothing else besides it self as there is something peculiar in every one man to distinguish him from another this for a person in general But now for a Divine person or a person in the Godhead 'T is a substance that is undivided and absolutely perfect in Being Understanding Will and manner of Subsistence yet actually really and eternally distinguished from any other person by some relative property that belongs to it and not to that person 2. For the number of the persons in the Godhead they are three not only in the reckoning of man or according to humane apprehension but also in reality and in Gods account whether men should reckon them so or no and are therefore called a Trinity of Persons Yet 3. though they be so distinguished one from another as that the Father is not the Son and the Son not the Father and the Holy Ghost neither Father nor Son yet they are not cannot be divided or separated one from another because the whole and single Godhead is wholly coequally and coessentially in all three by virtue whereof 't is said these three are one i. e. one God A. 7. The Decrees of God are his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his own will whereby for his own glory he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass Artic. xvij Everlasting purpose of God whereby before the foundations of the world were laid he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us c. Expl. 7. In this A. we have 1. the nature and properties of Gods Decrees they are like Himself from everlasting whatever God did purpose and determine to do or permit to be done he did thus purpose from eternity 2. Here is the Rule of Gods Decree the counsel of his own Will and yet nothing that he decrees can be any other than reasonable and good because by reason of the infinite perfection of his Nature his Will is essentially just and holy and cannot be otherwise 3. The matter of his Decrees is whatsoever comes to pass though there be never so much of that which we call hap-hazard in them 4. The end of his Decrees for his glory for God neither does nor designs any thing but for the highest end and that is his own glory A. 8. God executeth his Decrees in the Work of Creation and Providence Homil. xvij Praise of Almighty God in the consideration of the marvelous Creation of this world or Conservation and Government thereof wherein his great Power and Wisdom might excellently appear to move us to dread and honour him Expl. 8. Here is shew'd how God doth bring to pass what he hath purposed 1. In the work of Creation by which we are to understand not only Gods making the world and all things therein in six days but also Gods producing or bringing into Being every thing else that came into Being since that time to the worlds end whether it became a Being in an ordinary way and by means as in the natural generation of things or in an extraordinary way by the immediate or miraculous power of God 2. In the work of Providence which is not only to be restrain'd to what is naturally good as every creature of God is but also reaches to what is naturally evil as affliction and to what is morally evil as sin A. 9. The work of Creation is Gods making all things of nothing by the word of his power in the space of six days and all very good To. 2. Hom. viij God through his Almighty power wisdom and goodness created in the beginning Heaven and Earth the Sun the Moon the Stars the Fowls of the Air the Beasts of the Earth the Fishes in the Sea and all other Creatures for the benefit and use of man Hom. xij Among all the Creatures that God made in the beginning of the World most excellent and wonderful in their kind there was none as the Scripture beareth witness to be compared in any point almost unto Man who in Body and Soul exceeded Expl. 9. By the work of Creation we are to understand Gods making of the world in time or in the beginning according as he had purposed from eternity or before all beginning of time and here it is observable 1. That this work is ascribed only to God the true God in opposition to Idols yet is not so to be ascribed to any one person in the Godhead as to exclude the other for all the three persons sc. Father Son and Holy Ghost being one in Essence or Godhead they must necessarily be one in working or as it were joyn hand in hand in all external works whether of Creation or Providence And therefore when the Creation is ascribed in the Apostles Creed to the Father Almighty it doth not exclude the Son or Holy Ghost from being Almighty or from joining with the Father in the work of Creation but only because the Father is the first in order of the three persons when we conceive of them and because there might be in the Church an outward distinction made but no real separation among the three persons in those works which are more eminently and peculiarly affirmed of each person as that the Father creates the Son redeems and the Spirit sanctifies 2. That he did not as an Artificer begin his work upon or out of materials which is beyond the skill of art and power of nature 3. Without any instrument or help for 1. There was nothing then in Being when he began his work therefore no instrument 2. He needed none being infinite in power 3. To have used any would not have been so consistent with the glory of his Wisdom and Power 4. Obs. That he did his work in six days that we might see it was a work of Wisdom and Counsel and not of Chance and to set us an example to work six days and rest the seventh 5 ly That he made all very good in their nature in their order and in their end A. 10. God created man male and female after his own image in knowledg righteousness and holiness with dominion over the creatures Homil. xij He was made after the similitude and image of God endued with all kind of heavenly gifts he had no spot of uncleanness in him was sound and perfect in all parts both inwardly and outwardly his reason was uncorrupt his understanding was pure and good his will was obedient and godly he was made altogether like unto God in righteousness and holiness in wisdom and truth to be short in all kind of perfection God made him Lord and Ruler over all the works of his hands Homil. viij Whom also he had created to his own image and likeness and given him the use and government over them all to the end he should use them in such
he would have men to believe and do in order to salvation and that either mediately by committing the word of Christ unto writings as in the Scripture or immediately by the Spirit of Truth as he did communicate and speak his mind to Moses the Prophets and Apostles A. 25. Christ executeth the office of a Priest in his once offering up of himself a Sacrifice to satisfie Divine Justice and to reconcile us to God and in making continual intercession for us Homil. xx p. 1. We having nothing of our selves to present us to God have need of a Mediator for to bring and reconcile us unto him who for our sins is angry with us The same is Jesus Christ to pacifie his wrath For he alone did with the Sacrifice of his Body and Blood make satisfaction unto the Justice of God for our sins To. 1. Hom. III. p. 2. We must trust only in Gods mercy and that Sacrifice which our High-Priest and Saviour Christ Jesus the Son of God once offered for us upon the Cross to obtain thereby Gods grace and remission as well of our original sin as of all a â—â—â—al sin if we truly repent and turn unfeignedly unto him To. 11. Hom. xi Reconciled to Gods favour we are taught to know what Christ by his intercession and mediation obtaineth for us of his Father when we be obedient to his will yea attributeth that unto us and to our doings that he by his Spirit worketh in us and through his grace procureth for us Expl. 25. In this A. we have both the parts of Christs Priestly Office as 1 st Satisfaction and this twofold 1. To the whole Law in fulfilling all righteousness in the perfect performance of what the Law required from him 2. To the Iustice of God in undergoing the Curse of the Law for the Elect and this he did by his sufferings but especially when his Soul was made an offering for sin or when he was sacrificed for sinners In which Offering he was 1. The Priest for he offered up himself or he laid down his life of himself and he was the Priest as God-man 2. He was the Altar principally according to his Divine nature because the Altar was to sanctifie the gift offered and therefore was to be more excellent than the Sacrifice it self 3. He was also the Sacrifice for he offered the Sacrifice of himself i. e. according to the humane nature properly and this therefore is called the Sacrifice of his Body and of his Blood and all this that there might be some kind of compensation made or satisfaction given to God for that wrong which we had done to him 2 dly We have the intercession of Christ which is the other part of Christs Priestly Office whereby Christ doth present himself continually before the Father pleading his blood and merit for the satisfaction that he has made to Divine Justice and for the reconciliation of God to the sinner And his intercession is rather by way of plea at the Bar of Justice than by way of prayer and supplication at a Throne of Grace and therefore it is that he is called our Advocate A. 26. Christ executeth the office of a King in subduing us to himself in ruling and defending us and in restraining and conquering all his and our Enemies To. 2. Homil. xiv He sitteth on the right hand of his heavenly Father having the rule of heaven and earth reigning as the Prophet saith Psal. 17. from Sea to Sea he hath overcome the Devil Death and Hell and hath victoriously gotten the better hand of them all to make us free and safe from them Homil. xvij p. 3. To this our Saviour and Mediator hath God the Father given the power of heaven and earth and the whole jurisdiction and authority to distribute his gifts committed to him and thereupon to execute his authority committed after that he had brought sin and the Devil to captivity to be no more hurtful to his members he ascended up into heaven again and from thence sent liberal gifts to his well-beloved Servants and hath still the power to the worlds end to distribute his Fathers gifts continually in his Church to the establishment and comfort thereof Expl. 26. Yet more fully Christ doth execute his Kingly Office 1 st By his authority in setting up a government in his Church which in the outward form or administration thereof is to be managed by such Officers and according to such Laws Ordinances and Censures as he hath appointed in his word 2 dly By his Power as 1. That of his Almightiness whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself and to make his very enemies his foot-stool 2. Of his Grace whereby he doth subdue the hearts of his chosen people to himself and makes them a willing people in the day of his power 3. Of his Spirit whereby he doth sanctifie his people and fit them for heaven as also support guide and comfort them under all the afflictions they meet with on earth 4. By his Iustice in punishing his and his Churches adversaries A. 27. Christs Humiliation consisted in his being born and that in a low condition made under the Law undergoing the miseries of this life the wrath of God and the cursed death of the the Cross in being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time Hom. III. p. 3. Hath given his own natural Son ' being God eternal immortal and equal unto himself in power and glory to be incarnated and take our mortal nature upon him with the infirmities of the same and in the same nature to suffer most painful and shameful death for our offences to the intent to justifie us and restore us to life everlasting Hom. xij He did hunger and thirst eat and drink sleep and wake preach his Gospel weep and sorrow for Ierusalem pay tribute for himself and Peter suffer death Expl. 27. In the general Christs Humiliation doth consist in all that which did befall him from the first moment of his conception in the Virgins womb to the very time of his resurrection from the grave 1. He was humbled in his conception that he who was God equal with the Father should according to his humane nature have a body framed for him in the womb of a Virgin and should continue â—â—ose Prisoner there for the space of about nine months whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain 2. Humbled in his birth in that he was born of a woman and that not an Empress or Princess but a woman of a mean rank and low estate though a Virgin that he who was the Son of God and the Father of eternity or himself the everlasting Father should in fulness of time be born in the form of a servant made under the Law not only in a state of subjection to the commands of it but also liable to the curse of it which was due only
separate from sinners What Offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer i Act. 3.20 Moses truly said unto the fathers A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you k Heb. 5.6 Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec l Psal. 2.6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion How doth Christ execute the office of a Prophet m Joh. 1.18 No man hath seen God at any time the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father he hath declared him n Joh. 20.31 These things are written that ye might believe that Iesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his Name o Joh. 14.26 The Comforter which is the holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my Name he shall teach you all things How doth Christ execute the office of a Priest p Heb. 9.28 Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many q Heb. 2.17 In all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful High-Priest in things pertaining to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people r Heb. 7.25 He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them How doth Christ execute the office of a King s Psal. 110.3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power t Isa. 33.22 The Lord is our Iudg the Lord is our Law-giver the Lord is our King he will save us u 1 Cor. 15.25 For he must reign till he hath put all his Enemies under his feet Wherein did Christs Humiliation consist w Luk. 2.7 And she brought forth her first born Son and wrapped him in Swadling-clothes and laid him in a manger x Gal. 4.4 God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the Law y Isa. 53.3 He is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief z Mat. 27.46 And about the ninth hour Iesus cried with a loud voice My God my God why hast thou forsaken me a Phil. 2.4 He humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the Cross. b Mat. 14.40 As Ionas was three days and three nights in the Whales belly so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth Wherein consisteth Christs Exaltation c 1 Cor. 15.4 And that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures d Mark 16.19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God e Act. 17.31 He hath appointed a day in the which he will judg the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead How are we made partakers of the Redemption purchased by Christ f Joh. 1.12 As many as received him to them gave he power to become the Sons of God g Tit. 3.5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Which he shed on us abundantly through Iesus Christ our Saviour How doth the Spirit apply to us the Redemption purchased Christ h Eph. 9.8 By grace ye are saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God i Eph. 3.17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by saith 1 Cor. 1.9 God is faithful by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Iesus Christ. What is Effectual Calling k 2 Tim. 1.9 Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling l Act. 2.37 Now when they heard this they were pricked in their hearts and said unto Peter and to the rest of the Apostles Men and brethren what shall we do m Act. 26.18 To open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God n Ezek. 36.26 I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you a heart of flesh o Joh. 6.44 No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him 45. Every man that hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life p Rom. 8.30 Moreover whom he did predestinate them he also called and whom he called them he also justified and whom he justified them he also glorified q Eph. 1.5 Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Iesus Christ unto himself r 1 Cor. 1.30 Of him ye are in Christ Iesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption What is Iustification s Eph. 1.7 In whom we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace t 2 Cor. 5.21 For he hath made him sin for us that knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him u Rom. 5.19 As by one mans disobedience many were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous w Gal. 2.16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but by the faith of Iesus Christ even we have believed in Iesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ. What is Adoption x 1 Joh. 3.1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God! y Joh. 1.12 As many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his Name Rom. 8.17 And if children then heirs heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ. What is Sanctification z 2 Thes. 2.13 God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit a Eph. 4.24 And that ye put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness b 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 What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from Iustification Adoption and Sanctification c Rom. 5.1 Being justified by Faith we have peace with God through our Lord Iesus Christ. 2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God 5. And hope makâ—â—â— not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost which is given unto us d Prov. 4.18 The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect