exaltation How many degrees are they of his exaltation A. Three first his resurrection Secondly his ascension Thirdly his sitting at the right hand of God the Father Q. Wherefore did Christ rise againe from the dead A. For to show that he had overcome death Q. What other reason is there of his resurrection A. Hee being God and man in one person could not be holden of death Q. For what other cause arose He A. As He died for our sinnes so Hee arose for our righteousnesse Q. Wherefore was Christ said to arise for our righteousnesse A. Because by his resurrection he did evidently declare that he had by his death purchased righteousnesse to our Soules Q. What comfort hast thou of Christs resurrection A. That my dead body and all the dead bodies of the faithfull shall likewise arise at the last day Q. What ground hast thou of that comfort A. Because Christ who is risen is the head and wee who are the members must follow the head The twentie Sunday Q. WEE have heard of Christs resurrection the first degree of his exaltation what is the second A. His ascension into heaven Q. By what power was that done A. By the might and power of his Godhead Q. Is not his body on earth any more A. No not Q. But he hath said that he will be with his Church unto the end of the world A. That is to be understood of the presence of his Spirit Q. But how can his manhood be seperate from his Godhead A. They are no more seperate then the sun and his beames Q. Make that more cleare A. The body of the sun is only in the heavens but his beames do descend unto the Earth So Christ man is onely in the heavens but his Godhead filleth both heaven and Earth Q. What comfort hast thou of Christs ascension A. Hee is gone up for to prepare a roome for his Saints Q. How knowest thou that A. Hee hath said I goe to prepare a place for you and I will come againe and receive you unto my self that where I am there yee may bee also Iohn 14.3 The twentie one Sunday Q. WHAT is the third degree of his exaltation A. He sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Q. Hath God a right hand or a left A. No not for GOD is a Spirit Q. What then is that to sit at Gods right hand A. It is a forme of speach borrowed from Princes whose custome is to place at their right hand these whom they honour above others Q. What then is the meaning of these words that Christ sitteth at the right hand of God A. That hee is in unspeakable dignitie and authoritie having absolute power over all the creatures Q. What is the Lord now doeing for us at the right hand of his Father A. Hee is interceeding for us that is making request and intreatie in our behalf The twentie two Sunday Q. WHat is the manner of CHRISTS intercession while he is now in the Heavens A. He ascended up into heaven to appeare in the sight of God for us Hebr. 9.24 Q. How is that done A. By presenting his person and his passion before the face of God Q. Hovv then doth hee request for us A. By willing and desiring that his Father would accept his merits in our behalfe Q. Shall the Lords body for ever remaine in the heavens A. No not at the last day he shall come downe to judge the quicke and the dead Q. Hovv shall the judge come dovvne A. He shall descend with a shout with the voice of the Archangel and with the Trumpet of God in unspeakable glory Q. What honour shall the godly have that day A. They shall all sit downe upon Thrones at Christs right hand Q. What shall they doe upon these Thrones A. They shall judge the world 1 Cor. 6.2 Q. But shall not Christ himselfe that day be the onely judge A. Hee shall bee so but his Saints shall sit as assessours for to approve his judgement Q. Where shall the wicked then be A. At Christs left hand Q. What understand yee by his left hand A. As to bee at his right hand is understood to bee in dignitie so to bee at his left is understood to be in shame and ignominie Q. What shall the judge say unto the godly at his right hand A. Come yee blessed of my Father and receive a kingdome Q. What shall he say to the wicked at his left hand A. Depart from me to hell fire with the Divel and his angels The twentie third Sunday Q. WEE have heard of the first two parts of the Creede to wit of the Father and of the Sonne what is contained in the third part A. That which concerneth the holy Ghost the third person of the Trinitie Q. Wherefore callest thou him holy A. Both for his nature and his office Q. Wherefore is he called holy for his nature A. Because hee is holy in himself yea holinesse it self Q. Wherefore is he called holy for his office A. Because by his operation he maketh all the faithfull holy Q. What be the chiefe fruits of the holy Ghost A. Faith love joy gentlenesse meeknesse temperance peace and patience c. The twentie foure Sunday Q. WHat is contained in the fourth part of the Creed A. That which concerneth the Church Q. What is the Churche A. A companie of these whom GOD by his Spirit hath sanctified Q. What are the qualities of the Church A. It is holy and catholicke Q. Wherefore callest thou it holy A. Because Gods children on earth are holy in part and in heaven are perfectly holy Q. Wherefore callest thou it Catholicke Q. Because it is universall and reacheth unto all nations to all times sexe and age Q. How many parts hath the Catholicke Church A. Two the Church triumphant in heaven and the Church militant on earth Q. Whom callest thou the Church triumphant A. These who in the spirituall warfare have overcome the Devill the World and the flesh Q. Whom callest thou the Church militant A. These who are yet on earth fighting against the enemies of their salvation The twentie five Sunday Q. WHat are the chief prerogatives of the kirk A. These four the communion of Saints the forgivenesse of sins the resurrection of the body and life everlasting Q. What is that communion of Saints A. It is that love and fellowship which the children of God have with Christ and among themselves Q. Who are these Saints A. The Faithfull on the earth and the Souls of the Faithfull now in heaven Q. Wherefore are they called Saints A. Because they have beene sanctified by the holy Spirit Q. What is the second benefite belonging to the Church A. The remission of sins Q. What call ye the remission of sins A. A free pardon and forgivenesse of all our faults Q. Who hath procured this A. Christ Jesus by his death upon the crosse The twentie sixth Sunday Q. WHat is the third benefite belonging
were the instruments of his fall A. The devill the serpent and the woman Q. How did they bring that evill to passe A. The devill entered into the serpent and by the serpent seduced the woman who entised her Husband to eate of that tree Q. What deserved they for that eating A. Death and eternall damnation Q. What hath followed on that first sinne A. All men since that fall are borne in sin and conceived in iniquitie Q. What is sinne A. The transgression of Gods law Q. How many sorts of sinne be there A. Two originall sinne and actuall sinne Q. What callest thou originall sin A. That corruption wherein all mankinde is conceived and borne since the fall of Adam Q. What is actuall sinne A. Every omission of our duty and commission of that which is against the law of God Q. In how many wayes sinne wee against God A. In three wayes chiefly in thought word and dead Q. Are all men sinners A. Yea verily Christ onely excepted Of Mans Redemption Q. WHO is mans Saviour A. Jesus Christ. Q. Who is this Iesus Christ A. The Son of God conceived miraculously by the holy Ghost in the wombe of a Virgine Q. Whether was he man onely or both God and man A. He was both God and man in one person Q. What needed him to be man A. That he might die for us Q. What needed him to be God A. That he might overcome death Q. VVherefore was he called Iesus A. Because he came to save his people from their sinnes Q. VVherefore callest thou him Christ A. Because he was annointed with the spirituall oyle of graces and that without measure Q. Whereunto was he annointed A. Unto three spirituall offices Q. What were his offices A. He was a King a Priest and a Prophet Q. What needed him to bee a King A. For to rule and defend us against our enemies Q. Who are our cheefest enemies A. The devill the world and the corruptions of our own flesh Q. What needed him to bee a Prophet A. For to teach us the Word and way of Salvation Q. Wherefore was hee a Priest A. That he might offer up a sacrifice for us Q. What sacrifice offered he up for us A. He offered up himselfe to the death Q. What sort of death died he for us A. The cursed death of the Crosse. Q. Wherefore died he such a cursed death A. That hee might deliver us from the curse of God Of the service which man owe to God for his redemption Q. WHat owe we to God for so great a salvation A. We owe him service Q. How many parts are there of Gods service A. Foure viz. to believe in GOD to obey GOD to pray to GOD and to give him thanks The first part of GODS Service Q. WHat is the first part of Gods Service A. It is to believe in GOD. Q. What is that to believe in GOD A. It is to have a true faith Q. What is faith A. An assured knowledge that GOD will be mercifull to us for Christs sake Q. Who worketh this faith in our hearts A. The holy Spirit Q. By what meanes A. By the preaching of the Word Q. VVhy are we said to be justified by faith A. Because by faith we apprehend Christ and all his merits whereby we appeare just in Gods presence Q. May not man be justified by his workes A. He may before men but not before GOD. Q. VVhat is the cause of that A. Because there is no man that can perfectly fulfill the law of GOD. Q. VVhere is the summe of our faith A. In the Creede Q. How many parts are there of the Creede A. Foure Q. VVhat is in the first part thereof A. That which concerneth GOD the Father and our creation Q. VVhat is the second part A. That which concerneth God the Son and our redemption Q. What is in the third part A. That which concerneth GOD the holy Ghost and our sanctification Q. What is in the fourth part A. That which concerneth the Church and Gods benefites bestowed upon the same Q. What is the Church A. A companie of those whom GOD by his Spirit hath sanctified Q. How many parts hath the Church A. Two the Church triumphant in Heaven and the Church militant on Earth Q. VVhom callest thou the Church triumphant A. These who have overcome the divel the world and the flesh Q. VVhom callest thou the Church militant A. These who are yet on earth fighting against these enemies of mans salvation The second part of Gods Service Q. WHat is the second part of Gods service A. To obey GOD Q. Where learnest thou what obedience thou owe to God A. In GODS Law whereof the summe are the ten commandements Q. How are the ten commandements divided A. Into two tables Q. What commandements be contained in the first table A. The first foure Q. What be contained in the second table A. The last six Q. What is the summe of the first foure A. Our whole duety towards our God Q. What is the summe of the last six A. Our whole duety towards our neighbour The third part of Gods Service Q. WHat is the third part of Gods service A. To pray to GOD. Q. In whose name must we seeke from God that which we need A. In Christ his Sons name Q. May we desire the Saints in heaven to interceede for us A. There is but one Mediator Jesus Christ. Q. Who teacheth us to pray A. The holy Spirit Q. What prayer is most perfect A. The Lords prayer Q. How many petitions are there in the Lords prayer A. Six Q. What is the first A. Hallowed be thy name Q. What is that to say A. That God by all creatures may be known to be a holy God and worshipped by them Q. What is the second petition A. Thy kingdome come Q. What is that to say A. That God both outwardly and inwardly rule governe and maintaine us as a King his Subjects Q. What is the third petition A. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Q. What is that to say A. It is a prayer that God be as perfectly obeyed by his Saints on earth as by these that are in heaven Q. What is the fourth petition A. Give us this day our dayly bread Q. Wat is that to say A. That GOD would give unto us any worldly thing that is needfull for us Q. What is the fifth petition A. Forgive us our sinnes as we forgive these that sinne against us Q. What understandest thou by these wordes A. That GOD in his mercy would freely pardon us our sins for Christs sake Q. What is the last petition A. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill Q. What is the meaning thereof A. That God would deliver us from the snares of the Devill of the world and our owne corruptions and from all other dangers whatsoever The fourth part of Gods Service Q. WHat is the fourth part of Gods service A.
to the church A. The resurrection of the body Q. What is the cause of the resurrection of the faithfull A. The resurrection of Christ. Q. Is Christs resurrection the proper cause which effecteth the resurrection of the faithfull A. It is the true cause indeed Q. Give me the reason A. Christ is the head and the godly are his members which must follow their head Q. What then shall bee the cause of the resurrection of the Wicked Shall they not rise by the vertue of CHRISTS resurrection A. No not Q. By what power then shall they rise A. By the power of Christs justice constraining them to come out of their graves Q. What is the last benefite that GOD shall bestow upon His Church A. Life everlasting Q. What a life shall that be A. A life perfectly happy in the heavens Q. What things shall wee enjoy in the heavens A. Fulnesse of joy and pleasures for evermore The twentie seven Sunday Q. WE have heard of the first part of Gods service which is to believe in God Now let me hear what is the second part of Gods service A. It is to obey God Q. Where learne we what obedience we owe to God A. In Gods law whereof the summe is the ten commandments Q. How are the ten commandements divided A. Into two tables Q. How many commandements are there in the first table A. The first foure Q. How many in the second A. The last six Q. What is the summe of the first foure A. Our whole duetie towards our GOD. Q. What is the summe of the last six A. Our whole duetie towards our neighbour The twentie eight Sunday Q. WHat is the first Commandement A. Thou shalt have no other Gods before my face Q. What is there forbidden A. All atheisme and giving of Gods honour to any thing beside God Q. What is there commanded A. The worship of the true God Q. What is the second commandement A. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image c. Q. What is there forbidden A. That we represent not God by any outward shape or figure Q Wherefore that A. Because God is invisible and can not by any image be represented truely Q. What difference is between the first commandement and the second A. In the first the inward worship of GOD is commanded in the second the outward forme which is fittest for the worshipping of GOD is enjoyned Q. What is the third commandement A. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy GOD in vaine Q. What is heere forbidden A. All blasphemies all unreverent speakings or thinking of God or doing of his worship otherwise then he hath ordained Q. What is heere commanded A. That we both thinke and speake with all reverence of his titles words and workes The twentie ninth Sunday Q. GOE to the fourth commandement A. Remember thou keepe holy the Sabboth day c. Q. What is heere commanded A. That we consecrate the seventh day unto his service Q. What is forbidden A. All worldly businesse also all the words and thoughts which concerne the affaires of the earth Q. May we neither thinke nor speake of things concerning the earth on the Sabboth day A. No not As in that day we are forbidden to speake our own wordes So also to thinke our owne thoughts Q. What signifieth the word Sabboth A. Sabboth day that is a day of rest or of ceasing from worke Q. What callest thou to sanctifie the Sabboth A. It is to seperate it from common workes such as pertaine to this naturall life and consecrate it to God and to holy workes such as concerne the spirituall life Q. What are the workes of the Sabboth day A. To preach the word to heare it to meditate to confer to visite the sicke to give almes to the poore Q. What time must be observed in the observation of the Sabboth A. From evening to evening said the Lord you shalt celebrate your Sabboth Levit. 23.32 The thirtie Sunday Q. WHat is the fifth commandement A. Honour thy Father and thy mother c. Q. What is heere commanded A. That all inferiours reverence both in heart and outward gesture their Superiours and that also Superiours do their duty to their inferiours Q. What is heere forbidden A. All contemning of superiours and all disdaining of inferiours in thought word or worke Q. What is the sixt commandement A. Thou shalt not murder Q. What is heere forbidden A. To hurt any way our neighbours person Q. VVhat is heere commanded A. To do what we can for the preservation of the life of our neighbour Q VVhat is the seventh commandement A. Thou shalt not commit adulterie Q. VVhat is heere forbidden A. All sortes of filthinesse either in thought word or work Q. VVhat is heere commanded A. That we keepe our vessels cleane in sanctification and honour The thirtie one Sunday Q. WHat is the eight commandement A. Thou shalt not steale Q. VVhat is forbidden there A. To greedily cover reave seeke or take by fraud that which is not our owne or to spend our owne lavishly Q. VVhat is there commanded A. That we carefully keepe our neighbours goods as though they were out owne and also to manage well that which GOD hath given us Q. What is the ninth commandement A. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse Q. What is heere commanded A. To love the trueth and to maintaine it Q. What is the tenth commandement A. Thou shalt not cover thy neighbours house nor his wife c. Q. What is the summe thereof A. That we keepe our hearts from the least inclination to sinne Q What is heere forbidden that was not forbidden in the other commandements A. In the other commandements the stronger evill desires which are fostred with consent are forbidden but in this commandement the least evill thoughts is disallowed though as soone as it in our heart we abhorre it Q. Thou willest then that in the other commandements these evill thoughts are forbidden which are entertained and made welcome but that in the tenth commandement the least motion of the heart to sinne is forbidden though it want a full consent or likeing A. I understand so Q. What is the summe of the whole law A. That we love the Lord our God with all our heart with all our soule and with our whole strength and that wee love our neighbour as our self The thirtie two Sunday Q. WEE have heard of faith and obedience the two first parts of Gods service now let us heare what is the third part of Gods service A. To pray to God Q. What is prayer A. A putting up of our requests to God in the name of his Sonne Q. For whose sake must we seeke from God the things we stand in neede of A. For Christ Jesus his sake Q. May we not desire the Saints of heaven to pray for us A. There is but one Mediator Jesus Christ. Q. Doe wee know how to pray as we should A. Not but the Spirit