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A26721 Directions for the right receiving of the Lords Supper drawn up by way of question and answer for the use and benefit of the younger sort, especially the citizens of Exeter / by J.B. J. B. 1679 (1679) Wing B100; ESTC R3234 27,036 96

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is J●sus Christ in his Natures I. The Natures of Christ A. The Eternal Son of God who in the fulness of time took to his Divine Nature our Humane Nature and so became God and Man in one Person that so he might be a fit Mediator to go between God and Man and so to reconcile God to Man and Man to God Gal. 4.4 5. Q. Why was he Man A. Because Man had sinned and Justice required that that Nature that had sinned should make satisfaction Q. Why was he G●d A. That so he might be able to undergo the wrath of God due to our sins which a meer man could not do and that his sufferings might be of infinite merit to procure salvation for us Q. What is Jesus Christ to his A. The Only and Alsufficient Remedy The only Remedy because there is no other Name given under Heaven whereby we can be saved Acts 4.12 The Alsufficient Remedy because he is able to save to the uttermost all those that come to God by him Heb. 7.25 26. Q How doth it appear that he is the only Alsuff●cient Remedy A. In that he is the alone Mediator II. The Offices of Christ Priest Prophet and King of his Church Q. What is that Office of h●s Mediatorship A. That Office whereby he goes between God and Man 1. In General Mediator to reconcile and make peace between God and Man 1 Tim. 2.5 Q. W●at is his Priestly Offi●e ● That Office of his Mediatorship whereby he offered up himself a Sacrifice for our sins on the Cross 2. Particular 1. Priest R●m 3.24 25. And maketh continual Intercession for us at the Right hand of his Father R●m 8.33 34. Heb. 7.24 25. Q. What is his Pr●phetical Office A. That Office of his Mediatorship whereby he reveals 2. Prophet and makes known his Fathers will to us by his Word and Spirit Joh. 15.15 Act 3. last Q. What is his Kingly Offi●e A. That Office of his Mediatorship whereby 3. King having power given him over all things in Heaven and in Earth he exerciseth Government in his Church for the salvation of his people and for the destruction of his and his Churches enemies Matth. 28.18 Psal 45.5 Q. What is the third thing to be known concerning Christ III. The Benefits that come by Christ A. The Benefits that come by him to true Believers Q. What are those Benefits A. The Principal are those in 1 Cor. 1.30 He is made of God to us Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification and Redempti●n The Consequential are those in Rom. 15.13 Joy and Peace in believing Q. What is the fourth thing to be known concerning Christ IV. The means to get Interest in Christ A. The means to get an Interest in Christ and the Benefits that come by him Q. What are those Means A. Faith and Repentance Mark 1.14 15. Q. What is Faith Faith defined A. It is a special and supernatural Gift of God wrought by the Spirit through the Ministry of the Word in the hearts of the Elect whereby we come to know assent unto take and rely only upon the Lord Jesus Christ for Salvation Joh. 1.12 Act. 16.31 Q. What is Repentance A. It is a special Gift of God Repentance defined wrought also by the Spirit in the Ministry of the Word arising from the knowledge of and Faith in the mercies of God in Christ working Godly sorrow for sin and a through change of heart and life from the Love and reign of all sin to the life and power of Godliness Acts 26.18 2 Cor. 5.17 Rom. 6.12 13. Thus of the things to be known concerning Christ Q. What are those things that we are to know concerning the Cov●nant Knowledge of the Covenant in 5 things A. Five things 1. What a Covenant is 2. The Kinds of Covenants 3. The Difference between them 4. The special things promised in the Covenant and 5. How it is confirmed Q. What is a Covenant A. It is a solemn League and contract made between Persons Two at the least I. What a Covenant is wherein they do mutually bind themselves each to other in certain Articles to both their Contents Q. How many kinds of Covenants are there II. The kinds of Covenants A. Especially Two The Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace Q. What is the Covenant of Works The Covenant of Works defined A. That Covenant which God made with our first Parents before the Fall wherein he promised to Adam and his posterity perfect Happiness upon condition of perfect Obedience Gen. 2.16 17. Q. Why is this called the Covenant of Works A. Because it required Works as the Condition of Life Lev. 18.5 Q. Had Adam any power to keep that Covenant A. Adam had power to keep it before the Fall being Created Perfect Eccles 7.29 But since the fall neither he nor any Son of Adam none but only Jesus Christ is able to keep this Covenant being wholly defiled with sin and disenabled to any thing that is good Rom. 8.7 Q. Whether shall any man be judged by the Covenant of Works seeing he hath no power to keep it A. Yes every man and woman that is found out of Christ in a state of unregeneracy seeing God gave them power to keep it but they by their wickedness and unthankfulness lost it Q. What is the Covenant of Grace A. The second Contract The Covenant of Grace defined or agreement which God made with Christ and in him with all the Elect to give them Christ and all that is his even all things pertaining to Life and Godliness and that upon condition of believing 2 Pet. 1.3 4. Psal 84.11 Joh. 3.16 Q. What differences are there between these two the Covenant of Works III. The difference between the Covenants and the Covenant of Grace A. 1. The Covenant of Works was made before the Fall The Covenant of Grace was made since the Fall 2. That promised Life upon condition of perfect Obedience in our own Persons but this upon condition of Faith in Christ 3. That required Obedience but gave no power to perform it bur this gives power to perform it Ezek. 36.26 27. Q. Why is this called The Covenant of Grace A. Because it was nothing but the free Grace of God that made it and that enableth us to keep it Ephes 2.8 9. Q. How is the Covenant of Grace distinguished The Covenant of Grace distinguished into the Old and New A. Into the Old and New Heb. 8.13 Q. Are there then Two Covenants of Grace A. No They are both one and the same Covenant for substance they differ only in respect of the divers dispensations of it Q. What is the Old Covenant of Grace The Old A. The Revelation and Dispensation of it before the Coming of Christ Q. What is the New Covenant The New A. The Revelation and Dispensation of it since the Coming of Christ Q. Wherein do these