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A Brief instruction in the principles of Christian religion agreeable to the confession of faith, put forth by the elders and brethren of many congregations of Christians, (baptized upon profession of their faith) in London and the country, owning the doctrine of personal election, and final perseverance.
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Sam. 15.22 Q. 45. What did God at first reveal to Man for the Rule of his Obedience A. The Rule which God at first revealed to Man for his Obedience was the Moral Law b Rom. 2.14 15. 10.5 Q. 46. Where is the Moral Law summarily comprehended A. The Moral Law is summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments c Deut. 10.4 Mat. 19.17 Q. 47. What is the Sum of the Ten Commandments A. The Sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our Heart with all our Soul with all our Strength and with all our Mind and our Neighbour as our Selves d Mat. 22.37 38 39 40. Q. 48. What is the Preface to the Ten Commandments A. The Preface to the Ten Commandments is in these words I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage e Exod. 20.2 Q. 49. What doth the Preface to the Ten Commandments teach us A. The Preface to the Ten Commandments teacheth us that because God is the LORD and our God and Redeemer therefore we are bound to keep all his Commandments f Luk. 1.74 75. 1 Pet. 1.15 16 17 18 19. Q. 50. Which is the first Commandment A. The first Commandment is Thou shalt have no other Gods before me g Exod. 20.3 Q. 51. What is required in the first Commandment A. The first Commandment requireth us to know and acknowledg God to be the only true God and our God h 1 Chron. 28.9 Deut. 26.17 and to worship and glorify him accordingly i Mat. 4.10 Psal 29.2 Q. 52. What is forbidden in the first Commandment A. The first Commandment forbiddeth the denying k Psal 14.1 or not worshipping and glorifying the true God as God l Rom. 1.21 and our God m Psal 81.10 11. and the giving that Worship and Glory to any other which is due unto him alone n Rom. 1.25 26. Q. 53. What are we specially taught by these words before me in the first Commandment A. These words before me in the first Commandment teach us that God who seeth all things taketh notice of and is much displeased with the Sin of having any other God o Ezek. 8.5 to the end Q. 54. Which is the second Commandment A. The second Commandment is Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image or any Likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or that is in the Earth beneath or that is in the Water under the Earth thou shalt not bow down thy self to them nor serve them For I the LORD thy God am a jealous God visiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children unto the Third and Fourth Generation of them that hate me and shewing Mercy unto Thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments p Exod. 20.4 5 6. Q. 55. What is required in the second Commandment A. The second Commandment requireth the receiving observing and keeping pure and entire all such religious Worship and Ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word q Deut. 32.46 Mat. 28.20 Acts 2.42 Q. 56. What is forbidden in the second Commandment A. The second Commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by Images r Deut. 4.15 16 17 18 19. Exod. 32.5 8. or any other Way not appointed in his Word s Deut. 12.31 32. Q. 57. What are the Reasons annexed to the second Commandment A. The Reasons annexed to the second Commandment are God's Soveraignty over us t Ps 95.2 3 6. his Propriety in us u Psal 45.11 and the Zeal he hath to his own Worship w Exod. 34.13 14. Q. 58. Which is the third Commandment A. The third Commandment is 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 x Exod. 20.7 Q. 59. What is required in the third Commandment A. The third Commandment requireth the Holy and Reverent Use of God's Names y Mat. 6.9 Deut. 28.58 Titles z Psal 68.4 Attributes a Rev. 15.3 4. Ordinances b Mal. 1.11 14. Word c Psal 138.1 2. and Works d Job 36.24 Q. 60. What is forbidden in the third Commandment A. The third Commandment forbiddeth all profaning and abusing of any thing whereby God makes himself known e Mal. 1.6 7 12. 2.2 3.14 Q. 61. What is the Reason annexed to the third Commandment A. The Reason annexed to the third Commandment is that however the breakers of this Commandment may escape Punishment from Men yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his Righteous Judgment f 1 Sam. 2.12 17 22 24 29. 1 Sam. 3.13 Deut. 28.58 59. Q. 62. Which is the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment is Remember the 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 thy Stranger that is within thy Gates 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 g Exod. 20.8 9 10 11. Q. 63. What is required in the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment requireth the keeping Holy to God one whole Day in Seven to be a Sabbath to himself i Exod. 20.8 9 10 11. Deut. 5.12 13 14. Q. 64. Which Day of the Seven hath God appointed to be the Weekly Sabbath A. Before the Resurrection of Christ God appointed the Seventh Day of the Week to be the Weekly Sabbath k Exod. 20.8 9 10 11. Deut. 5.12 13 14. and the First Day of the Week ever since to continue to the End of the World which is the Christian Sabbath l Psal 118.24 Mat. 28.1 Mat. 2.27 28. 16.2 Luk. 24.1 30 to 36. Joh. 20.1 19 20 21 26. Acts 1.3 2.1 2. 20.7 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Rev. 1.10 Q. 65. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy Resting all that Day m Ex. 20.8 10. even from such worldly Employments and Recreations as are lawful on other Days n Exod. 16.25 26 27 28. Nehem. 13.15 16 17 18 19 21 22. and spending the whole Time in the Publick and Private Exercises of God's Worship o Luke 4.16 Acts 20.7 Psal 92. title Isa 66.23 except so much as is to be taken up in the Works of Necessity and Mercy p Mat. 12.1 to 13. Q. 66. What is forbidden in the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment forbiddeth the Omission or careless Performance of the Duties required q Ezek. 22.26 Amos 8.5 Mal. 1.13 and the profaning the Day by
the Son of God became Man by taking to himself a true Body p Heb. 2.14 16. 10.5 and a reasonable Soul q Mat. 26.38 being conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit in the Womb of the Virgin Mary and born of her r Luke 1.27 31 34 35 42. Gal. 4.4 yet without Sin s Heb. 4.15 7.26 Q. 26. What Offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer A. Christ as our Redeemer executeth the Offices of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King both in his Estate of Humiliation and Exaltation t Acts 3.22 Heb. 12.25 with 2 Cor. 13.3 Heb. 5.5 6 7. 7.25 Psal 2.6 Isa 9.6 7. Mat. 21.5 Ps 2.8 9 10 11 Q. 27. How doth Christ execute the Office of a Prophet A. Christ executeth the Office of a Prophet in revealing to us by his Word and Spirit the Will of God for our Salvation u John 1.18 1 Pet. 1.10 11 12 John 15.15 20.31 Q. 28. How doth Christ execute the Office of a Priest A. Christ executeth the Office of a Priest in his once offering up of himself a Sacrifice to satisfy Divine Justice w Heb. 9.14 28 and reconcile us to God x Heb. 2.17 and in making continual Intercession for us y Heb. 7.24 25. Q. 29. How doth Christ execute the Office of a King A. Christ executeth the Office of a King in subduing us to himself z Acts 15.14 15 16. in ruling a Isa 33.22 and defending us b Isa 32.1 2. and in restraining and conquering all his and our Enemies c 1 Cor. 15.25 Psal 110. throughout Q. 30. Wherein did Christ's Humiliation consist A. Christ's Humiliation consisted in his being born and that in a low Condition d Luke 2.7 made under the Law e Gal. 4.4 undergoing the Miseries of this Life f Heb. 12.2 3. Isa 53.2 3. the Wrath of God g Luke 22.44 Mat. 27.46 and the cursed Death of the Cross h Phil. 2.8 in being buried i 1 Cor. 15.4 and continuing under the Power of Death for a time k Act. 2.24 25 26 27 31. Mat. 12.40 Q. 31. Wherein consisteth Christ's Exaltation A. Christ's Exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the Dead on the third Day l 1 Cor. 15.4 in ascending up into Heaven m Mark 16.19 in sitting at the right Hand of God the Father n Ephes 1.20 and in coming to judg the World at the last Day o Acts 1.11 17.31 Q. 32. How are we made Partakers of the Redemption purchased by Christ A. We are made Partakers of the Redemption purchased by Christ by the effectual Application of it to us p John 1.11 12. by his Holy Spirit q Tit. 3.5 6. Q. 33. How doth the Spirit apply to us the Redemption purchased by Christ A. The Spirit applieth to us the Redemption purchased by Christ by working Faith in us r Eph. 1.13 14. John 6.37 39. Ephes 2.8 and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual Calling s Ephes 3.17 1 Cor. 1.9 Q. 34. What is effectual Calling A. Effectual Calling is the Work of God's Spirit t 2 Tim. 1.9 2 Thes 2.13 14 whereby convincing us of our Sin and Misery u Acts 2.37 enlightning our Minds in the knowledg of Christ w Acts 26.18 and renewing our Wills x Ezek. 36.26 27. he doth perswade and enable us to imbrace Jesus Christ freely offered to us in the Gospel y Joh. 6.44 45. Phil. 2.13 Q. 35. What Benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this Life A. They that are effectually called do in this Life partake of Justification z Rom. 8.30 Adoption a Ephes 1.5 Sanctification and the several Benefits which in this Life do either accompany or flow from them b 1 Cor. 1.30 Q. 36. What is Justification A. Justification is an Act of God's free Grace wherein he pardoneth all our Sins c Rom. 3.24 25 4.6 7 8. and accepteth us as Righteous in his sight d 2 Cor. 5.19 21. only for the Righteousness of Christ imputed to us e Rom. 5.17 18 19. and received by Faith alone f Gal. 2.16 Phil. 3.9 Q. 37. What is Adoption A. Adoption is an Act of God's free Grace g 1 John 3.1 whereby we are received into the Number and have a Right to all the Privileges of the Sons of God h John 1.12 Rom. 8.14 Q. 38. What is Sanctification A. Sanctification is the Work of God's free Grace i 2 Thess 2.13 whereby we are renewed in the whole Man after the Image of God k Eph. 4.23 24. and are enabled more and more to die unto Sin and live unto Righteousness l Rom. 6.4 6. Q. 39. What are the Benefits which in this Life do accompany or flow from Justification Adoption and Sanctification A. The Benefits which in this Life do accompany or flow from Justification Adoption and Sanctification are Assurance of God's Love Peace of Conscience m Rom. 5.1 2 5. Joy in the Holy Spirit n Rom. 14.17 Increase of Grace o Prov. 4.18 and Perseverance therein to the End p 1 Joh. 5.13 1 Pet. 1.5 Q. 40. What Benefits do Believers receive from Christ at their Death A. The Souls of Believers are at their Death made perfect in Holiness q Heb. 12.23 and do immediately pass into Glory r 2 Cor 5.1 6 8. Phil. 1.23 Luke 23.43 And their Bodies being still united to Christ s 1 Thess 4.14 do rest in their Graves t Isa 57.2 till the Resurrection u Job 19.26 27. Q. 41. What Benefits do Believers receive from Christ at the Resurrection A. At the Resurrection Believers being raised up in Glory w 1 Cor. 15.43 shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the Day of Judgment x Mat. 25.23 Mat. 10.32 and made perfectly blessed both in Soul and Body in the full enjoyment of God y 1 John 3.2 1 Cor. 13.12 to all Eternity z 1 Thess 4.17 18. Q. 42. But what shall be done to the Wicked at their Death A. The Souls of the Wicked shall at their death be cast into the Torments of Hell and their Bodies lie in their Graves till the Resurrection and Judgment of the Great Day * Luke 16.23 24. Acts 1.25 Jude v. 7. 1 Pet. 3.19 Psal 49.14 Q. 43. What shall be done to the Wicked at the Day of Judgment A. At the Day of Judgment the Bodies of the Wicked being raised out of their Graves shall be sentenced together with their Souls to unspeakable Torments with the Devil and his Angels for ever †Joh. 5.28 29. Mat. 25.41 46. 2 Thess 1.8 9. Q. 44. What is the Duty which God requireth of Man A. The Duty which God requireth of Man is Obedience to his Revealed Will a Mich. 6.8 1