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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77835	The marrovv of divinity Wherein the weakest Christian may be informed in the whole body of gospel-truths. By George Burches batchelor in divinity; rector of Woodchurch, within the county of Cheshire; and sometimes minister of St. Johns Church in Chester.	Burches, George, d. 1658.	1649 (1649)	Wing B5614; Thomason E1376_1; ESTC R209237	7,914	16

T it 3.5 2 Cor. 3.18 Q. VVhat is it to be redeemed A. When both soul and body are freed from the curse of the Law here and eternal wrath hereafter Rom. 5.18 19. Q What are the outward means for obtaining of faith A. The hearing of the Word of God preached Prov. 29.18 Rom. 10.17 Q. VVhat are the outward means for confirming of saith A. The receiving of the Sacraments and prayer Rom. 9.11 Mark 9.24 Q. VVhat is a Sacrament A. It is an outward visible signe of an inward and spiritual Grace instituted by Christ in his Church to signifie seal and exhibit all the benefits of his Mediation for the strengthening and increase of Faith and all other Graces unto his people Q. How many Sacraments hath Christ instituted in his Church A. Two and no more namely Baptism and the Supper of the Lord Matth. 17.5 Q. VVhat is Baptism A. It is a Sacrament of the new Testament wherein Christ hath ordained the washing of Water in the name of the sacred Trinity to be a signe and seal of ingrafting into himself of remission of his sin by his blood of our entrance into the Covenant of Grace Matth. 28.19 Joh. 3.5 Gal. 3.17 1 Cor. 6.11 17. Q. Who are to be admitted into Baptism A. All such as in charity be within the Covenant of Grace and promise of Life that profess the Faith of Christ and live in obedience to him 1 Cor. 7.14 1.16 Q. What is the Lords Supper A. It is a Sacrament of the new Testament instituted and ordained by Christ for the spiritual nourishment of the soul and groth in grace whereby the faithful have their union and communion with Christ confirmed and mutual fellowship with each other as members of the same mystical body 1 Cor. 12.12 and 10.16 Joh. 14.18 Ephes 2.17 Q. What are the parts of this Sacrament A. They are three the Word sanctifying the Bread and Wine signifying and the Body and Blood of Christ signified Q. What is required of those that are to receive the Sacrament A. Examination and preparation Q. Wherein ought they to examine themselves A. In such things as are required in every worthy receiver Q. VVhat are those A. Knowledg in the use and ends of the Sacraments of our being in Christ of our Faith to apply Christ and his benefits to us of repentance in forsaking and leaving sin before we presume to take Christ of our love to God and our Brethren and of our charity to all men 1 Cor. 11.18 Q. What are the ends of the Sacrament A. The confirmation of faith the pledg of our communion with Christions the memorial of Christs death the seal of our assurance of happiness and the seeding of our souls in assured hope of eternal his 1 Cor. 10.16 Revel 20.6 Matth. 16.28 Joh. 6.5 Q. May all that profess the Faith some to the Lords Supper A. No such as are grosly ignorant and openly scandalous are not to be admitted notwithstanding their outward profession until they receive instruction and manifest their reformation unto the Church of God Mat. 7.6 Q. VVhat is the danger if we receive unworthily A. If we come unworthily we eat and drink damnation to our selves we run the hazard of causing God to punish us in body and afflict us in soul and to give us over to further hardness of heart and blindness in minde 1 Cor. 11.29 30. Q. VVhat is required of us in the time of administring the Sacrament A. A diligent observation of the Sacramental Elements and actions heedfully discerning the Lords body and affectionately meditating on his death and sufferings waiting upon God in that Ordinance with all holy reverence and attention Q. VVhat is required of us after we have received the Sacrament A. A vigilancy over our souls for the time to come that we may fulfil our vows made to God at that Sacrament and a care to praise God for his mercies that hath left us such a seal of his love to strengthen and comfort us for ever Q. VVhat is prayer A. It is a calling upon God in the name of Christ for all things needful either for body or soul 1 Joh. 5.14 Ioh. 14.14 1 Tim. 2.1 2. Phil 4.6 1 Sam. 1.17 Q. What is required in asking of things needful A. An earnest desire of the heart and faith to believe Q. VVhat ought chiefly to be desired A. That God might be glorified that sin might be mortified that the soul might be sanctified and strengthned by the power of God against all temptations Q VVhat followeth the life of man on earth A. Death which is the separation of the soul from the body 1 Cor. 15.26 Rom. 6.23 Q Shall Death selfe upon all men A. Yes verily all save such as shall be found alive at Christs coming unto whom there shall be a change instead of death Psal 49.19 Q Death being the wages of sin why are not the righteous freed from it A. They are freed from the sin and curse of it and are made thereby capable of further communion with Christ in glory Rom. 8.1 Zach. 13.1 Rom 6.14 Gal. 3.13 Q. VVhat is their communion in glory with Christ A Their communion is their perfection of holiness which their souls shall enjoy beholding the face of God in light and glory waiting for the full redemption of their bodies till at the last day they be again united to their souls 1 Cor. 15 53. Q. What are we to believe concerning the Resurrection A. That all must appear before the Lord Jesus Christ both just and unjust and shall be raised up by the power of Christ the bodies of the Saints being made up like the glorious body of Christ but the bodies of the wicked shall be raised up in shame and dishonor Matth. 25.14 1 Thes 4.16 17. Q. What shall immediately follow after the resurrection A. The general and final judgment of Angels and men Q. How shall the judgment be executed on the elect and on the reprobate A. The reprobate shall be thrown into hell but the elect carried into Abrahams bosom Matth. 10.18 25.46 Q. What are we to conceive of life eternal A. It shall be so sweet a communion with God as that through Christ by the quickening power of his Spirit God himself shall give life for ever unto all the elect Ioh. 14.19 20. Col. 3.34 1 Iohn 4.15 Q. What are we to think of the perfect glory in Heaven A It shall be an incomparable excellency which the Elect as Christ himself shall enjoy though in a lower degree yet these shall be above measure glorious both in souls and bodies in a far more excellent state then any heart can wish or desire Luk. 20.36 Phil. 3.21 Col. 3.4 Q. VVhat shall be the estate of the reprobate in Hell A. They shall undergo unconceiveable and everlasting torments being separated for ever from the presence of God that their misery shall be as a continual death wherein they shall be always dying never dead always consuming never consumed Matth. 25 41. Revel 21.8 2 Thes 1.9 Q. VVhat is the principal end of the Saints blessedness and the reprobates misery A. The glory of God who in his eternal Purpose and Decree hath for his due ended all things to his own glory Prov. 16.4 Rom. 11.36 Q. What is the eternal decree of God concerning men and Angels A. It is a free appointing and fore ordaining of them for a certain and everlasting state for his own glory Rom. 9.22 23. 1 Thes 5.9 Q. What be the parts of this decree A. Two Election and Reprobation Q. What is Election A. It is an act of Gods free grace whereby according to the good pleasure of his will he doth ordain some both men and Angels to everlasting blessedness for the declaration of the glory of his goodness Ephes 1.5 6. 1 Tim. 5.21 Q. What is reprobation A. It is Gods fore-ordaining of some both men and Angels to eternal shame and dishonor for the manifestation of the glory of his justice Jude 4. Rom. 9 22. 1 Pet. 2.8 2 Tim. 2.21 Q. How may a man be assured of his election A. By the power of the Word the witness of the Spirit and the fruits of sanctification 1 Thes 1.4 5 6. Rom. 8.18 Ephes 1.9 2 Thes 2.15 Joh. 15.16 1 Pet. 2 9. Q May not this assurance be lost and he that is elected totally and fully fall away A. No for the foundation of God remaineth sure and though the communion of Gods children may be lessened yet their union can never be dissolved Isa 46.10 2 Tim. 2.19 Ioh. 6.37 Matth. 25.34 Rom. 11.2 Q. Doth not the doctrine of Assurance beget security in mans heart A. No but rather an acknowledgment of Gods goodness to us and the riches of his free-grace that thereby we may be the more zealous in good works Eph. 1.4 1 Thes 2.13 Deut. 14.2 Rom. 11.2 1 Pet. 2.9 16. Q. What shall be the condenmation of the reprobates at the last judgment A. The living shall be changed in a moment and at the sound of the Trumpet be stricken with horror and dread and the dead shall rise to condemnation having immortal bodies without glory Ioh. 5.29 Matth. 25.41 1 Thes 4.16 17. FINIS