not then in your Name promise or declare the Vow that you should be bound to perform Luke 5 18-20 Yes If you had been Baptized at Age should you not in your own Name have made the Promise Yes †VVhoever then made the Profession in your Name do you not now acknowledge it was your Promise and your Vow Psalm 119.106 Yes § IS not the Baptismal Vow to Renounce and forsake all your Spiritual Enemies Yes 1. Must you not Renounce the Devil under whose Power you were by Nature Eph. 2.2 Yes Is it enough to Renounce the Worship of the Devil which is practised by Idolaters 1 Cor. 10.20 and by Wizards and Charmers Deut. 18.10 11 12. No. Must you not renounce and resist him as an Adversary and a tempter with all his works Jam. 4.7 Yes * Must you not renounce the Suggestions of Satan and his instruments which are the works that He practiseth for your ruin Eph. 2.2 Yes * Must you not renounce the works that Signally bear the Devils Image 1 Joh. 3.8 Such as Lying Joh. 8.44 pride 1 Tim. 3.6 Malice Eph. 4.26 27. Treachery Joh. 6.70 71. and the Seducing others Acts 13.10 Yes 2. Is not the world another Enemy that you are bound to renounce Gal. 1.4 1 Joh. 5.4 Yes Are you bound to leave the Society of men and to dwell alone in woods and rocks or to renounce your Callings and Estates and vow Poverty Acts 20.35 No. * Must we not renounce the examples flatterys and enticings of wicked men Rom. 12 2. Prov. 1.10 Yes May we then like the Company or have a voluntary Fellowship with notoriously ungodly men Eph. 5.11 No. * Must we not renounce the things of the world so far as they are contrary to Christ or would draw us from him Luke 14.26 Yes Did not the first Christians renounce by the name of Pomps and Vanities the Pompous shews in the Pagan Theatres and Processions Yes * May we then be allowed to frequent prophane Stage-plays or the revels in Wakes and drunken Festivals Gal. 5.21 No. * May we immoderately or unseasonably seek or affect the riches honours or pleasures of the world 1 Joh. 2.15 16. No. 3. Is not the flesh with the sinful lusts thereof the other enemy that we must renounce Gal. 5.24 Yes Is not original Sin and corruption the fountain of all actual Sins call'd the works of the flesh Jam. 1.14 Gal. 5 19-22 Yes Doth it no◠lust against the Spirit and draw even the Members of the body to Sin Gal. 5.17 Rom. 6.19 Yes * May we then follow the depraved dictates and reasonings of a fleshly mind Rom. 8.7 Col. 2.18 No. * Must we not especially abhor the gross sins and fleshly lusts that War against the Soul 1 Pet. 2.11 Yes § ARE we not to observe in our Baptismal Vow what we are to believe as well as what we are to renounce Yes 1. Are not the Holy Scriptures Acts 24.14 and particularly the Articles of the Creed the Doctrinal object of our Faith Joh. 20.31 Yes Can we believe these without understanding their meaning and some good esteem of their excellency Luk. 1.4 No. * Must we not assent to the truth of these Articles and live and dye in contending for the Faith Acts 8.37 Jud. 3. Yes Is it enough to profess these Doctrines with the mouth without believing with the Heart Rom. 10.9 10. No. Is it enough to believe them implicitly because the Church believes them without ever examining and trying them by the word 1 Joh. 4.1 No. * Must we not believe with application to our Hearts particularly in what relates to Christ Eph. 1.13 Yes 2. Is not Christ Himself then the immediate and Personal Object of our Faith as a Mediator appointed by God and dying for us Rom. 3.25 Yes * Is not Faith to receive Christ as offer'd in the Gospel Joh. 1.12 and to rely on his merits and righteousness Yes Is it enough then to assent to the Articles as true without a consent to the offers and terms of the Gospel Jam. 2.19 20. No. * Is not saving Faith wrought powerfully by the Spirit Eph. 1.19 and doth it not work by love and all good fruits Gal. 5.6 Jam. 2.18 Yes Is Faith then a strong conceit or perswasion that Christ dy'd for you though you live in sin and were never humbled for it Mat. 7.22 23. No. § ARE we not further engag'd by the Baptismal Vow to a continual obedience to the Holy will of God Yes Did you promise a sinless Obedience for the ends of the Covenant of Works 1 Joh. 1.8 9. No. But is not sincere Obedience to the will of God declared in his word indispensably required in the Covenant of Grace Gal. 6.16 Jam. 1.25 Yes * Is not this new Obedience from the efficacy of the Spirit and constraint of Divine Love 2 Cor. 5.14 15. Yes Yet are we forbidden to take Motives of our Obedience from fear of punishment or hope of reward Jer. 32.40 No. * Are not the ends of it that God may be glorify'd Mat. 5.16 Our Neighbour edify'd 1 Pet. 3.1 2. and our Selves made meet for Heaven Col. 1.12 Yes Will God then accept of that partial Obedience that comes from meer custom and Education and is done for self-applause or pretence of merit Gal. 2.16 No. * Must not our Obedience be free and willing without being griev'd at any of his Commands 1 Joh. 5.3 Yes * Must it not be universal with all the Heart and with a respect to all his Commandments and that in all our actions Psal 119.128 Prov. 7.2 Yes * Must it not be constant even all the days of our Lives Luk. 1.74 75. Yes Question Dost thou think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promis'd for thee Answer Yes verily and by God's help so I will and I heartily thank our Heavenly Father that He hath called me to this State of Salvation through Iesus Christ our Saviour and I pray unto God to give me his Grace that I may continue in the same to my lives end § HAVE you considered your Solemn Vow and Promise made in Baptism Luk. 14.28 31. Yes Do you now in the presence of God and this Congregation make a profession of your standing to your Baptismal Covenant Josh 24.22 27. Yes * You say you will now but will you make this profession in the most difficult and costly circumstances when the glory of God is concern'd Rev. 2.3 4. Yes * Do you make this profession only for hereafter without setting about the performance presently Psal 119.60 No. You say you will but can you do it in your own strength 2 Cor. 3.5 No. * Do you then profess this in and by the help strength and assistance of God Phil. 4.13 Yes And is God wanting to his Church as to sufficiency of means for your help therein Isa 5.4 No. § ARE all that live under the Gospel outwardly called to the State of Salvation and knowledge of the
Is it not evident that He had first descended thither Eph. 4.9 Yes * Is it any where certainly revealed that He went into the Hell of the damned amongst the Spirits there No. But did He not by his death vanquish the powers of Hell and darkness Col. 2.14 Yes * Is not the unseen State or condition of separation of Soul and Body call'd the Grave and Hell 1 Cor. 15.55 Yes And can it be deny'd that He so descended into Hell as to continue for a time under the dominion of Death in a separate State Rom. 6.9 No. Qu. What is the Fifth Article Answ The third day He arose again from the Dead § DID He always continue in that State of the dead or so long as to see corruption Psal 16.10 No. * Considering who He was and what was Prophecyed of Him was it possible for the bands of death to hold him Acts 2.24 No. Did He not rise again by his own power Joh. 10.17 18. to dye no more Rev. 1.18 Yes Did He not rise as an evidence of our discharge Rom. 4.25 and a pledge of our Resurrection 1 Cor. 15.20 Yes * Did He shew himself to all the people when risen or to his enemies that had so long dispised his miracles before Acts 10.41 No. Yet were they left altogether without convincing evidence of his Resurrection Mat. 28.2 3 c. No. * Was He not seen by a sufficient number of witnesses even 500 at once and that at divers places and times after He was risen from the Dead 1 Cor. 15.6 Yes * Could they be deceiv'd by a Phantasm or Apparition when they did both handle and see yea eat and drink with Him after his Resurrection Luk. 24.38 39. No. * Could so Miraculous a work as raising the Dead for a design so contrary to Satan's Kingdom be done by Magick or power of the Devil Eph. 1.19 20. Mat. 12.25 No. * Could the Disciples roll away the Stone from the Sepulchre Steal away his Body Strip it of the Grave-cloths and not awake the Watch or Guard of Souldiers No. * Is it likely that men noted for sincerity 1 Thes 2.10 would impose on the world in a matter of such consequence for which they expos'd themselves to all manner of persecutions and death it self Acts 5.41 No. * If there had been any deceit could it have been conceal'd from so many envious and watchful enemies in so publick a concern Acts 26.26 No. * Did not the witnesses of his Resurrection confirm their report by undoubted Miracles Heb. 2.4 Yes †Was not this Resurrection on the third day from his death and the first day of the Week which is our Christian Sabbath 1 Cor. 15.4 Joh. 20.1 Yes Qu. What is the Sixth Article Answ He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty § WHEN our Lord was risen Did He continue always on Earth in his bodily presence Joh. 16.16 No. Did He not according to Prophecy Psal 64.18 Forty days after his Resurrection Acts 1.3 Ascend up into Heaven in the sight of his Disciples Acts 1.9 11. Yes Was He not pleased to shew himself to some of his Disciples after his ascention Acts 7.55 1 Cor. 15.8 Yes †Did He not Ascend to prepare mansions for his people Joh. 14.2 and to send his Spirit to prepare them for the enjoyment thereof Joh. 16.7 Yes Are we to expect his bodily presence any more on Earth before the day of judgment Acts 3.21 No. § BEING ascended doth He not sit at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty Mark 16.19 Yes Doth the Right Hand denote any bodily parts in God or His sitting any one particular gesture there Acts 7.55 No. Doth not sitting down denote Rest and the Right Hand dignity and authority Psal 44.3 1 Kings 1.30 Yes * And did not Christ after all his sorrows on Earth rest in the unspeakable joy of his Father Heb. 4.10 Yes * Hath He not the highest dignity and authority Heb. 1.4 and 8.1 and shall He not have compleat victory over all his Enemies Psal 110.1 Yes Qu. What is the Seventh Article Answ From thence He shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead § BEING thus exalted Hath He for ever abandon'd this Earth and his people therein Joh. 14.3 No. Besides his Spiritual presence always with his Church will He not come again in the clouds as He was seen to go up Acts 1.11 Yes Is not this Second coming to judge the world in righteousness and is not the day set and appointed for it Acts 17.31 Yes Do we know the day and hour when this appointed judgment will be Mat. 24.36 No. § WILL He Judge them already Dead and those that are found Quick or alive at his coming Acts 10.42 Yes When all are gather'd before Him will He not Separate between the Godly and the wicked and give to every Man according to his Works Mat. 25.32 2 Cor. 5.10 Yes †Will it not be a day of refreshing to the people of God Acts. 3.19 and exceeding terrible to the wicked 2 Thes 1.7 8 9. Yes Shall any by power or policy be able to escape or hide themselves from the Judge Rev. 6.15 16. No. And must not all abide in that Condition to which they are adjudg'd for ever and ever Heb. 6.2 Yes Qu. What is the Eighth Article Answ I Believe in the Holy Ghost § IS not the Holy Ghost God Acts 5.3 4. Eternal before the World Gen. 1.2 Omnipresent Psal 139.7 and knowing all things 1 Cor. 2.10 Yes Is not He a person Acts 13.2 distinct from the Father and Son Joh. 14.26 Yes Is not He the Spirit of the Father Luk. 14.19 and of the Son Gal. 4.6 as proceeding from them both Yes Is He inferiour to the Father or Son in essence or nature or with respect to the worship and glory which is due to God alone Mat. 28.19 1 Cor. 6.19 No. § IS He not Holy in himself and also as the Authour of Holiness and Sanctification in us Rom. 1.4 Yes †Must we not then believe in Him as a sanctifier by whom we may have an interest in what Christ has done and suffer'd Yes Are any partakers of saving Benefits by Christ to whom they are not effectually apply'd or communicated Joh. 1.11 12. No. Can Parents or Ministers apply them to your Heart or any but the Holy Spirit Tit. 3.5 6. No. Doth not the Spirit do this by working Faith in the Heart by the Ministry of the word Joh. 6.44 45. Yes Doth He not by the Law convince the Sinner Joh. 16.8 and by the Gospel subdue the will and perswade it to yeild to our Lord Jesus Christ Ezek. 36.26 27. Yes Can we then be sav'd by Christ without effectual calling and Regeneration by the Holy Ghost Joh. 3.5 No. Qu. What is the Ninth Article Answ I believe the Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints § HATH not God a Church called out of the world to be his peculiar
by the Son Heb. 1.2 and by the power of his Holy Spirit Job 26.13 Yes And should not we and all the World Worship and adore the Lord our maker Rev. 4.11 Yes § IS not the Work of Redemption peculiarly ascribed to God the Son 1 Tim. 2.5 6. Yes Were we not by Sin bound over to the Wrath of God and in slavery to Sin and Satan Gal. 3.10 2 Tim. 2.26 Yes * Could any meaner Price than his bloud satisfy Gods justice for our Redemption 1 Pet 1.18 No. * Could any less power than of his Spirit rescue our Souls from the bondage of the Devil Luk. 11.22 No. § DO you mean by his redeeming all mankind that all Men have equal benefit in the Price that He laid down Mat. 20.28 No. * Yet is not the Price sufficient for all as being the bloud of Him that was truly God Acts 20.28 Yes * Have not all Men indifferently a reprieve granted them and many Temporal favours by means of Christ's Death 1 Tim. 4.10 Yes * Is it a small matter that hereby there are offers of Pardon and Salvation to every Creature whereever the Gospel comes Mark 16.15 No. * Is He not indeed a ransom for all being for Jews and Gentiles into which two parts all mankind are divided Heb. 2.9 1 Joh. 2.2 Yes * And may not all mankind mean a great many out of every Nation and Language Joh. 12.32 Rev. 7.9 Yes †Should they then live as others do who are in especial manner the redeemed of the Lord 1 Cor. 6.20 No. § IS not the work of Sanctification peculiarly ascribed to the Holy Ghost 1 Pet. 1.2 Yes * Are not all that are Baptized Sanctify'd or set apart for a Holy use 1 Cor. 7.14 Yes And is not our Office and Ministry by which you were so dedicated from the Holy Spirit 1 Cor. 12.11 13. Yes †Dare you then forget your Baptismal Sanctification 2 Pet. 1.9 or tread under Foot the bloud of the Covenant by which you were Sanctify'd Heb. 10.29 No. * Is this dedication enough without an inward Sanctification by the gracious operation of the Holy Ghost in the renewing and converting the Soul 1 Cor. 6.11 No. § IS there not a certain number known to the Lord 2 Tim. 2.19 whom the Father hath chosen to Sanctification and Holyness 2 Thes 2.13 Yes Is there any way for us to know our Election but by Sanctification and effectual calling 1 Thes 1.4 5. No. Question You said that your Bodfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments Tell me how many they be Answer Ten. Question Which be they Answer The same which God spake in the Twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage I. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath or in the mater under the Earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor Worship them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto Thousands in them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain IV. Remember that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day Sir days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do out the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work Thou and thy Son and thy Daughter thy Man-servant and thy Maid-servant thy Cattle and the Stranger that is within thy states 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 ‖ Heb. Sabbath Seventh day and hallowed it V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt do no Murther VII Thou shalt not commit Adultery VIII Thou shalt not Steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours House thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife nor his Servant nor his Maid nor his Oxe nor his Ass nor any thing that is his § IS not the Moral Law as distinct from the Judicial and Ceremonial Law sum'd up in these Ten Commandments Deut. 10.4 Yes Were they not spoken by the voice of God with much Terrour and Majesty on Mount Sinai and written on two Tables of Stone Deut. 5.4 22. Yes § ARE not Unbelievers under the Curse of the Law Gal. 3.10 Yes And when Believers are delivered from the Curse is the Law made void and of none effect to them Rom. 3.31 No. * Have they not by the Law the knowledge of Sin Rom. 7.7 and are they not driven thereby to Christ Gal. 3.24 Yes * Do they not delight in the Law and take it as a blessed Rule for them to walk by Rom. 7.22 Yes Gan He be a true Believer that doth not acknowledge all the Commandments to be Holy just and good Rom. 7.12 No. Are not the Commandments Spiritual reaching the Heart Rom. 7.14 and forbidding all degrees of Sin with the occasions of them Psal 119.96 Yes †Do you think it enough then that you have learnt these words without being taught the meaning of them No. Qu. What is the Preface to these Commandments Answ I am the Lord thy God c. § IS it not sufficient Reason to keep his Commandments that He is the Soveraign Lord Author of our beings and disposer of our Lives Acts 17.24 28. Levit. 22.31 Yes § IS not his special relation to his people as their God in Covenant a further Reason of Obedience Levit. 20.26 Yes Are believing Gentiles excluded from the Covenant Interest in Him that the Jews had of old Rom. 3.29 No. § DID not God wonderfully by the hand of Moses redeem the Children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage Exod. 12.41 Yes * And is it a less Mercy to be delivered from the bondage of Antichrist mistically called Egypt Rev. 11.8 No. * Is not God's redeeming us from the Spiritual bondage of Sin and Satan a further Obligation upon us to obey him Luk. 1.74 75. Yes Qu. Which is the First Commandment Answ Thou shalt have no other Gods ‖ but me ‖ Heb. before me § DOTH not this forbid the denying of the being of God or any of his Divine attributes Psal 14.1 and 10.11 Yes * Doth it not forbid having many Gods or any other save the Lord Gal. 4.8 1 Cor. 10 5 6. Yes May we use Divination or consult with those that do Deut. 18.10 11. No. * May we
to the Light of Nature as well as the Law of Christ and doth it not expose the Guilty to a severe Condemnation 1 Cor. 6.10 Yes * May we use any unlawful calling 2 Pet. 2.15 or any Guile or defrauding though in a lawful calling Mark 10.19 1 Thes 4.6 No. * May we put off bad or false Wares and Mony for good or use False Weights and Measures Amos. 8.5 6. Prov. 11.1 No. * May we set unconscionable Prices on our Goods Levit. 25.14 16. or Work upon the ignorance or necessities of them we deal with Prov. 22.22 23. No. * May we buy of those that we vehemently suspect have no right to Sell or immoderately praise our own or dispraise anothers Goods Prov. 20.14 No. * Is it not grievous Theft to be false in Places or matters of Trust especially in the Wills of the Dead Gal. 3.15 Yes * May we refuse to pay just Debts if we are able Rom. 13.8 or borrow without being likely to pay unless we lay open our Case Psal 37.21 No. * May we trespass upon the Lands of others Prov. 22.28 or with-hold corn to advance the Price in a time of scarcity Prov. 11.26 No. * May we keep Lost Goods which we have found without a suâ—table diligence to enquire out the Owner Deut. 22.2 3. No. § MUST we then in a Lawful use of some good Câ—lling cast our care upon the Lord and eat our own bread Eph. 4.28 2 Thes 3.11 12. Yes * Must we not do to others as we would be done by Mat. 7.12 Give to all their due Rom. 13.7 and Linder what we can any damage from befalling our Neighbours Estate Deut. 22.1 Yes Can there be true Repentance for sins of injustice without restoring what we have defrauded to the utmost of our power Mic. 6.10 11. Luk. 19.8 No. * Must we not give largely of our well-gotten Goods to the Poor according to their necessity especially to the Godly and them that suffer for Christs sake 2 Cor. 8.2 Yes Qu. Which is the Ninth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not bear false Witness c. § DOTH not this in the Letter forbid the affirming any thing falsely against another in Courts of Judicature Acts 6.11 13. and 24.9 Yes * May we therefore for fear favour or malice conceal the truth Acts 24.19 20. or knowingly change or wrest the words of another Mar. 26.60 61. No. * May we suborn false Witnesses 1 Kings 21.9 10. oâ— may Judges and Juries Wittingly admit of them to Justify the Wicked or condemn the Righteous Deut. 1. â—7 No. * And though it be in common converse may we raise false Reports Neh. 6.6 8. or lightly take them up and spread them Psal 15.3 No. * May we put the worst Constructions on our Neighbours words and actions 1 Sam. 22.9 10. or carry about Tales openly or secretly to disgrace him Levit. 19.16 No. Is not all false Witnessing and Slandering injurious to Men and hateful to God Prov. 6.19 20. and 19.5 Yes * Doth not this Condemn all Lying as highly provoking to God contrary to all Society amongst men and making men like the Devil the Father of it Prov. 6.16 17. Joh. 8.44 Yes Is it Lawful to Lye under pretence of Gods Glory the preservation of Religion Joh. 13.7 Rom. 3.7 8. or for any Worldly gain whatsoever Prov. 21.6 No. And if we may not Lye for our own or others Profit may we for their Sport or Pleasure Prov. 26.18 19. No. May we use Artificial modes of Lying by Equivocations and Mental Reservations Acts 5.8 No. Yet the more pernicious and hurtful any Lye is to our Neighbour is it not so much the more abominable Psal 52.4 Yes § MUST not all behave themselves in Courts of Judicature as under the awe of the peculiar presence and Oath of God Psal 82.1 2. Yes * Must we not in our whole Conversation Love the Truth and when we are called to speak utter it Eph. 4.25 Yes May we Promise any thing that we intend not to perform or neglect the performance if it be Lawful No. * Must we not rejoyce in the good Name of our Neighbour and be grieved when they deserve or receive disgrace 1 Cor. 12.26 Yes Must we not Charitably think the best 1 Cor. 13.5 and cover thâ—ir Faults 1 Pet. 4.8 and in what we can speak well of them 1 Sam. 19.4 5. Yes Yet must we neglect to reprove them for their Faults Levit. 19.17 till they prove scorners or desperate Mat. 7.6 No. * Can we rightly take care of our Neighbours good Name if we do not by a Holy walking endeavour to preserve our own 1 Sam. 2.30 Eccl. 7.1 No. Qu. Which is the Tenth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not Covet thy Neighbours House c. § ARE we forbidden not only the acts and setled thoughts of sin but even the first motions and stirrings thereof in our Souls Rom. 7.7 Yes * May we comply with the Devils motiâ—ns 〈…〉 5.3 or suffer our selves to be drawn aside by oâ—◠〈…〉 to affect any thing forbidden by God's Law Jam. 1.14 No. * May we desire what is anothers to his hurt Acts 20.33 or envy our Neighbours happiness and delight in his loss Prov. 23.17 18. No. * Though we Covet not anothers Goods may we set our affections on our own or distract our mind and wast our strength in persuit of the World Luk. 12.15 17. Yes Doth not Covetousness bring a Curse on the Goods Bodies Families and Souls of Worldlings Habak 2.9 10. Yes § DOTH not this require all inward purity of the Soul and the regulating our affections by the Word Prov. 4.23 Yes Must we not rejoyce in our Neighbours prosperity Rom. 12.12 and be contented with what Condition the providence of God allots us 1 Tim. 6.6 8. Heb. 13.5 Yes Question What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answer I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour § WAS not the Law Written on two Tables the one containing our Duty to God the other our duty to men and both Comprehended in Love Exod. 34 1-5 Rom. 13.10 Yes Can those two be separated in our Practice and Obedience or is our Holiness true without righteousness Luk. 1.75 No. Yet are not the duties of the first Table more noble than the duties of the Second as the Object of them which is God is greater than Man Job 33.12 Yes Question What is thy duty towards God Answer My duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my Heart with all my mind with all my Soul and with all my Strength To Worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him to Honour his Holy Name and his word and to serve him truly all the days of my Life § DOTH not the Four first Commandments make up the first Table and is not Love to God the Sum of them all Mat. 22.37 38. Yes Can we
Holy and glorious Psal 8.1 9. No. Yet is not his Name dishonoured by sin Rom. 3.23 and reproach'd and blasphem'd by Sinners Psal 74.10 Yes * Must we not beg Grace to Hallow his Name in our Hearts by acknowledging and honouring it as Infinitely Holy Isa 5.16 Yes Can we thus Sanctify his Name unless he first Sanctify our Hearts and make them Holy 1 Thes 5.23 No. * Must we not desire Grace to Honour him with our mouths Josh 7 19. Psal 69.30 and in our lives by worshipping and obeying Him Jer. 13.16 Mat. 5.16 Yes * Can we honour his name aright without desiring that others also might Glorifie and hallow his name Psal 145.21 No. * Must we not beg that He would glorifie his own name in the World Psal 67.1 2 3. and pull down what is Contrary to his Glory therein Psal 83.16 c. Psal 57.5 Yes Qu. Which is the Second Petition Answ Thy Kingdom come § HATH not God a general Kingdom over all and must we not desire that His Soveraign Authority may be every where acknowledged Psal 103.19 Dan. 4.32 Yes Is it enough to be under his Providential Dominion as are all creatures unless we be made the Subjects of his Kingdom of Grace 1 Thes 2.12 Mark 1.15 No. * Do you not beg then to be delivered from the Kingdom of Satan under which you were by Nature that Christ may Reign in you by his Grace and Spirit Col. 1.13 Rom. 14.17 Yes And that He would make you fit for and give you an abundant entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven 2 Tim. 4.18 Yes * Are you to neglect others in your Prayers so as not to desire the spreading of the word of his Kingdom 2 Thes 3.1 No. * Is it not highly desirable that the Kingdoms of the world should be all the Kingdoms of Christ and Jews and Gentiles given him for his possession Rev. 11.15 Yes Can we pray for this without desiring the pulling down of Antichrist and all the implacable enemies of the Church Psal 68.1 No. * Must we not desire the hastning of his Kingdom of Glory in which all the Saints shall have with him their perfect Consummation and bliss Rev. 22.20 Yes Qu. Which is the Third Petition Answ Thy will be done in Earth c. § IS it fit for us curiously to enquire into the secret will of God Acts 1.7 or can we know it but by the event and course of his Providence Isa 40.28 No. * Must we not desire that we may submit to his Providential Will when discovered according to our Lords Pattern Mat. 26.42 without murmuring or repining Acts 21.13 14. Yes * But must we not desire to know his revealed will Acts 9.6 and renounce our own Wills so far as they stand in Competition with his Joh. 5.30 Yes * Is it sufficient to know his Will without desiring that He would enable us to perform it Psal 143.10 No. § CAN we do the Will of God here on Earth with that perfection that Saints and Angels do above Rev. 4.8 9. No. But must we not aim at perfection Phil. 3.13 14. and desire to do His Will as they do speedily Isa 6.2 faithfully Psal 103.20 21. and constantly Mat. 18.10 Yes Qu. Which is the Fourth Petition Answ Give us this day our dayly Bread § DO we deserve the least crumb of Bread Gen. 32.10 or can we procure it by our Industry and Labour without the gift of God Psal 127.1 2. No. If all be of free gift may we murmur that others have more than we or that God takes away any outward blessing from us Job 1.21 No. * Yet must we not pray for such a Competency of Health and Peace 3 Joh. v. 2. Sleep and Safety Psal 4.8 Food and Raiment as He sees fit Gen. 28.20 Yes Must we not desire that He would give fruitful Seasons and a Blessing on the Fruits of the Earth 1 Kings 8.35 36. Yes †Must we ask these things chiefly or in the first place before the Spiritual Bread for our Souls Mat. 6.33 No. * May we when we have daily bread long for Riches delicacies and abundance Luk. 12.15 Prov. 30.8 No. * Can we live by this bread alone without desiring his word of blessing upon it Deut. 8.3 No. * Is it our dayly Bread or can we pray for a blessing on it if it be the Bread of Idleness violence or Injustice 2 Thes 3.12 Psal 128.2 No. * Must we not come day by day like Beggers for what we need and depend on God for fresh supplies Psal 104 27-29 Yes * And when we ask for Bread this day may we be anxiously careful about to morrow Mat. 6.34 No. †And when He bestowes upon us our dayly Bread must we not receive it with Thanksgiving 1 Tim. 4.4 5. Yes Qu. Which is the Fifth Petition Answ Forgive us our Trespasses c. Gr. Debts § IF we have our daily Bread and never so much of the world can we be happy without the Pardon of sin Job 21 7-15 No. Are not our sins called Trespasses and Debts as making us obnoxious to the punishment threatned Mat. 18.32 35. Yes * Must we not pray that God for his mercy sake through Christ would not exact the penalty of us but deliver us from the guilt of all our sins Psal 130.2 3. Yes * Must we not therefore beg repentance unto Life and Faith in Jesus Christ who bore the penalty Acts 5.31 Yes * May they who have been pardon'd already neglect to pray for the continuances of that Grace and the Pardon of their dayly Infirmities Psal 25.11 and 51.1 No. * Must they not pray for the manifestation of forgiveness to their Souls Psa 51.8 and to be openly absolv'd at the great day Acts 3.19 Yes § MAY any think or hope that God hath forgiven him that doth not find in his Heart a readiness to forgive others Mat. 6.15 and 18.32 34. No. Though we may seek help peaceably of the Magistrate when we are injured Acts 23.11 yet may we bear a grudge for injuries done or privately revenge them Rom. 12.19 No. * Must we not profess our readiness to forgive others when we desire God to forgive us Mark 11.25 Yes And must we not do it heartily fully and freely Mat. 18.21 22 35. as God for Christ's sake forgives us Col. 3.13 Eph. 4.32 Yes * Is it not an encouragement to our Faith that God upon our repentance will forgive us when such as we are enabled by his Grace to forgive others Luk. 11.4 Yes Qu. Which is the Sixth Petition Answ And lead us not into Temptation c. § IS it enough to beg pardon for what is past if we are not careful to be kept from sin for the time to come Joh. 5.14 No. Is temptation an excuse for sin or doth God tempt any one by enticing them to iniquity Jam. 1.13 No. Are not men tempted by their own Lusts Jam. 1.14 and by the Devils stirring up the corruptions of their
No. Do not Believers in the Sacraments Seal their Covenant with God Psal 50.5 and receive the Benefits of the new Covenant Seal'd to them Rom. 15.8 Yes Question How many parts are there in a Sacrament Answer Two The outward visible sign and the inward Spiritual Grace § ARE these the only parts of it or doth a bare sign of Grace without a Promise and Institution make a Sacrament 1 Cor. 16.20 No. Do you not mention these two parts for the better Explication of each particular Sacrament following Yes Question What is the outward visible sign or Form in Baptism Answer Water wherein the Person is Baptised in the name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost § IS not water the Element in which Baptism is administred and was not Christ and his Disciples Baptized therein Mat. 3.17 Acts 8.36 and 10.44 Yes May any for the meaness of its outside or under pretence of a higher Baptism contemn this 2 Kings 5.12 No. Can any thing be more apt to signify the blood and Spirit of Christ than water for the necessity freeness pleâ—ty and the Cleansing Vertue thereof Isa 55.1 Joh. 1.16 No. § DOTH not Baptizing signify the application of water to a person or thing in greater or â—esser quantities Mark 7.4 1 Cor. 10.2 Yes Is it probable that when Thousands were Baptized in a day and some Baptized in private houses and by night that they were all plung'd under water No. Doth not the Sprinkling with or pouring on of water aptly express the bloud of sprinkling Heb. 10.22 and 12.24 and pouring out of the Spirit Acts 2.17 Yes § CAN any administer Baptism but they who are sent and Commissioned Joh. 1.33 or may they do it in their own names or the name of any Creature 1 Cor. 1.13 15 No. Must it not be in the name of the Trinity to shew by whose authority it is done and who alone can make it effectual Mat. 28 19. Yes †And is not the person so Baptized engag'd to the Profession and worship of Father Son and Holy Ghost Gal. 3.27 Yes Question What is the inward and Spiritual Grace Answer A death unto Sin and a new birth unto righteousness for being by nature born in Sin and the Children of wrath we are hereby made the Children of Grace § IS not the new Birth or Regeneration which is a Change of State and Heart signify'd and Sealed in our Baptism Tit. 3.5 Yes 1. Are there any that before the relative change by Regeneration are not by nature Children of Wrath Eph. 2.3 No. Is not Justification signify'd by Baptism whereby our Souls are sprinkled with Christs blood as our bodies are with water Acts 2.28 and 22.16 Yes And are not they who are thus justified accepted as the Children of Grace by adoption Yes 2. Can any have this Relative change without a real change of Heart and life accompanying it No. Are there any that are not by nature born in Sin and become defiled and unclean thereby Psal 51.5 No. Is not Sanctification Seal'd in Baptism whereby our Souls are cleansed by his Spirit as by the pouring on of Water Joh. 3.5 Ezek. 36.25 Yes * Is not mortification or a death unto Sin one part of Sanctification Rom. 6.2 3. Yes Can any improve their Baptism aright that do not dye unto sin and dayly mortify their Corruptions Rom. 6.11 and 8.13 No. And is not this aptly signifyed by pouring Water on the Person Baptized as we cast dust on a body that is buried Rom. 6.4 Yes * Is not vivification or a rising again unto righteousness the other part of Sanctification and signify'd by coming from under the water of Baptism Rom. 6.4 Yes †But though this be the inward Grace signify'd and Sealed by Baptism yet is this Change wrought meerly by the outward washing 1 Pet. 3.21 No. Question What is required of Persons to be Baptized Answer Repentance whereby they forsake Sin and Faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament § IS Baptism to be administred to any Creatures save the Children of Men or to any of them that are out of the visible Church No. Is it not to be administred to all within the Church without distinction of Nation Sex or Condition Gal. 3.28 Yes May any Adult Person be admitted to Baptism without Profession of Faith and Repentance Mark 1.15 or can they receive any saving benefit without those Graces Acts 2.38 41. No. 1. Is there not in repentance a deep sense of Sin Confession of it to God with shame hatred and sorrow for it Luk. 18.13 Yes Yet is all this sufficient without forsaking or renouncing Sin in Heart and Life and turning from it to the Lord Isa 55.7 No. And is not such a repentance one thing that is required of Persons that are to be Baptized Mat. 3.6 Yes 2. Are we not to believe the promises of justifying and Sanctifying Grace made in the new Covenant and signifyed and Sealed in Baptism Ezek. 36.25 26. Heb. 11.13 Yes Are there any such promises without respect to Christ or can we stedfastly believe them without Faith in Jesus Christ in and through whom they are established 2 Cor. 1.20 No. And is not such a faith the other thing that is required of Persons that are to be Baptized Acts 8.37 Yes Question Why then are Infants Baptized when by reason of their tender Age they cannot perform them Answer Because they promise them both by their sureties which promise when they come to Age themselves are bound to perform § WERE you capable of performing these when you were Baptized in Infancy as you might have been if you had been Baptized at Age No. Is then the Baptism of Infants to be retained in the Church and was our Baptism in that tender Age Lawful Yes * If God extends his Covenant to the seed of Believers Acts 2.38 39. may any deny them a Right to the Seal of that Covenant Gen. 17 7-10 No. Is not the blessing of Abraham come upon the Gentiles Gal. 3.14 and are not we graffed into the same Church that the Jews were broken off from Rom. 11.17 Yes Hath God then repealed his Grant made to Infants or hath the Church fewer Priviledges since Christ came than it had before Heb. 8.6 No. Are not the Infants of Believers faederally Holy Rom. 11.16 1 Cor. 7.14 own'd as Covenant-servants Levit. 25.41 42. and received as Disciples Mat. 10.42 Mark 10.14 Yes * Was it not the Will of Christ who is King of Kings that whole Nations should be discipled and Baptized Mat. 28.19 Yes Are Infants deny'd to be a part of Nations or are they deny'd Birth-priviledges amongst Men Acts 22.28 No. * Doth not the Practice of the Universal Church in all Ages agree to this and Confirm it Acts 16.15 33. Yes § IF Infants they do not actually repent and believe yet are they â—â—capable of coming under a promise or engagement so to do Deut. 29 10-12