Exod. 9.28.34 ãâã keeping vowes made against the wâ of God Thirdly concerning the workes of God Thirdly we are commanded to gârifie God in the right vse of his worââ of creation and prouidence with gââ reuerence and found feeling of tââ glory of God shining in them fiâst to stirre vp our mindes to search them out throughly and the glory of God which any way may bee found in them Psal 104.24.34 and 64.9.10 and 145.10.12 secondly in the naming of them to speake with reuerence as of such excellent things Psal 64.9.10 Luk. 2.18.19 Psal 8.1 thirdly to imitate that in the creature which we may follow Matth. 6.26.28 Pro. 6.6 and to auoid what wee should shunne Psal 32.9 fourthly to teach the workes of God to our posterity that of the nature and quality of euery worke they may take âruit and profit of increase vnto holinesse Psal 78.7.10.11 Deut. 4.9 fiftly to sanctifie the vse of them by the Word and Prayer 1 Tim. 4.5 sixtly in âhe prosperity of our selues and others to be thankefull Psal 124.6 and 66.16 Rom. 2.4 seuenthly in aduersity âo acknowledge Gods iustice and to be humble Iob 1.21 Dan. 9. Psal 58.11.12 eightly concerning lots we ought with due meditation of Gods prouidence iustice and wisedome by prayer âo prepare our selues and with faith waite for the immediate disposition of the lot by the Lord to end some great matter in doubt râsting in the euent with contentation and quietnesse Pro. 18.18 and 16.33 Act. 1.23 The sinnes be first not regarding the workes of God not seeking out the excellency of them and being silent in our knowledge of them secondly superstition which is a wrong opinion conceiued of the workes of Gods prouidence the reason whereof can neither be drâwne from the word of God nor out of the whole course of nature as to surmize that beasts may be tamed by verses prayers or the like that it is vnlucky to haue a Hare crosse his way and superstitiously to consecrate water as in Papists holy water thirdly to vse the creatures without sanctifying them by the Word and Prayâr and to bee vnthankefull for benefits fouâthly to abuse the creatures by drunkennesse or vncleannesse fiftly not to be humbled at Gods iudgements Esa 1.5 Ier. 5.3 sixtly to abuse the creatures by palmestry by inspection of the hand and the lines crosses and angles of it to tell fortunes seuenthly by physiognomy or view of mens faces to guesse at or âell fortunes eightly from the staââes by iudiciall astrology to cast natiuities âoretell warres the death of great men âamine c. ninthly concerning lots âo rush vpon them rashly without meâitation and prayer and to vse them âor trifles when controuersies may oâherwise be ended and to make gaine âf a lot vsing subtilty to deceiue and âo repine and not râst in the end of the âontrouersie decided by lot lawfully âsed and by casting of dice looking ââto a booke to tell fortunes Q. What is the reason whereby the third âommandement is vrged A. By a seuere threatning that God âill not hold them guiltlesse but conâemne them to eternall destruction ââat take his name in vaine without âecessity without glory to him or proââ to men Q. Concerning the fourth Commandeâent Remember that thou keepe holy c. âhat is the generall scope of the same A. To appoint when God is especiâly to be worshipped Q. What doth this word Remember import which is set before this Commandement and not before the rest A. First that God will in no wisâ beare the forgetting and neglect of thâ Commandement because this containeth in some sort all the worship commanded in the former being the speciall time set apart for the performing oâ it specially and publikely and therâfore he obiecteth to the Israelites thâ transgression of this Commandement when he meaneth to signifie the breacâ of the whole Law secondly it mââ teach vs there is required a speciall prâparation to the obedience of this Commandement hauing it so in minde thaâ we cast all our businesses so as we maâ euer minde that they shall not call vâ away from the sanctifying of this daâ and therefore this word Remember ãâã specially directed to the gouernoââ that haue others within their chargâ vnder their authority thirdly it mââ teach vs to bring a religious mindâ without which whatsoeuer outwaââ worke we doe is not accepted and ãâã this we must haue the more care conââdering our pronenesse by nature to forget the sanctifying of this day Q What is the meaning of this word Sanctifie or what is it to keepe the Sabbath day holy A. To set apart or separate a thing from a common and ordinary to a holy âse so the Lord sanctifieth his people âeparating them from the common doâage of the world to be a peculiar peoâle to himselfe Leuit. 27.28.14.16 so âhe Priests Exod. 29.1 so the Sabbath when we separate our thoughts words workes senses and time from a comâon vse to a holy and diuine Q. Whether is it a Commandement or ãâã permission when God saith Sixe daies âhou shalt labour A. The restraint of his labour about âhe worke he hath to doe vnto the sixe âaies is a Commandement limiting âhe time of his labour to them that hee âreake not in vpon the Sabbath But âor labouring the whole sixe dayes if by âis loytering and negligence hee leaue âot his worke to fall vpon the Sabbath ãâã take it not to bee a Commandement âut a permission so as the Church may separate some of the sixe daies either to solemne reâoycing or humiliation Q. What is the meaning of this Withiâ thy gate A. Figuratiuely it is to be taken foâ iurisdiction or authority whatsoeuer we haue to the vttermost bounds of it Q. What doth it teach vs A. That they which haue the gouernement of others are bound to see the Sabbath kept not onely in theâ owne persons but in the rest that belong to them and if they doe not staâ the prophaning of the Sabbath by theâ authority their breaches of the Sabbaââ shall bee laid vpon them to answer foâ Neh. 13. Q. Doth this law still binde vs or is ãâã abrogated because the Apostle saith let ãâã man condemne you in a Sabbath A. The Apostle speaketh of the câmoniall Sabbath as the seuenth yeere and other festiuall daies which are âbrogared Moreouer the seuenth daâ from the câeation of it and the obsâuing it with the set ceremonies Nuâ 28.9.10 is taken away Act. 20. â 1 Cor. 16.1 Reu. 1.10 Ours for thâ resurrection of Chrâst is called the Lords day Moreoueâ the Sabbath in the old Testament was a type and figure of regeneration Ezek. 20.12 Exod. 31.15 and of the euerlasting rest of the Kingdome of heauen Heb. 4.8.9 in this respect labours are not simply and for themselues forbidden now as they were then but as they hinder our spirituall exercise and sanctifying of the Sabbath or Lords day either in publike or priuate but as they helpe vs
z Luke 16.26 Mat. 25.46 Q. How dost thou hope to be saued from such miseries A. Onely by Iesus Christ by faith beleeuing in him a Gal. 3.13 Q. Is it for the worthinesse of faith âhat we are saued A. No but onely for the worthinesse of Iesus Christ vpon whom faith layeth hold b 1 Cor. 13.9 Mark 9.24 Q. What is Iesus Christ A. Hee is the onely begotten Sonne of God c Mar. 17.5 Esa 9.6 Rom 9.5 and he is both God and man as God hee is an eternall spirituall being as the Father and the holy Ghost be but as man hee consisteth of a reasonable soule and humane flesh d Iohn 1.14 Q. Why was it needfull that hee should be man A. First because man had sinned and therefore suffering in the nature which had sinned he mighâ satisfie and God bee iust in forgiuing e Rom. 3.26 and to be a redeeming kinsman according to the law where a kinsman might ransome out of slauery f Lev. 25.49 Secondly that hee mighâ comfort vs from experience in his owne flesh g Heb. 2.17 4.15 Thirdly that he might sanctifie our nature as hee that leadeth to glory and they that arâ lead so he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified must both bee oâ one nature h Heb. 2.10 11 Q. Why was it needfull that heâ should be God A. First to sustaine and vpholâ the manhood to ouercome and vanquish death Secondly to merit and to make his suffering satisfactory k Acts 20.28 and to renue the image of Goâ in vs l 1 Cor. 1.30 and therefore although Chrisâ suffered but for a short time it iâ more then if all men had suffereâ for euer m Heb. 9.14 1 Tim. 2.6 Q. Shall all men be saued by Christ A. No but few in comparison of them that perish n Mat. 7.13 14. Q. Who shall be saued by him or how can any be partakers of Christ and his merits A. Onely true beleeuers shall be saued o Iohn 3.18.36 Acts 13.48 16.31 and faith is that by which they apprehend and apply Christ with all his merits to themselues Q. What is faith A. A grace of God p Eph. 2.8 Iohn 6.29 wrought by the Gospell q Ro. 10 14.15 Gal. 3.2.12 whereby a beleeuer hath some knowledge of the things contained in the whole written Word of God r 1 Tim. 2.4 and doth consent to them to bee true and good s Rom. 7.16 and doth apply the promises therin contained to himselfe in particular t Iohn 1.12 Iob 19.25 Iohn 20.28 29 Gal. 2.20 Q. Where is the summe of things to be beleeued contained A. In the Creede commonly called the Apostles Creede which is grounded vpon the Scriptures Q. What is that Creede A. I beleeue in God c. Q. How many Articles bee in the Creede A. Twelue Q. Which is the first A. I beleeue in God the Fathââ Almighty maker of heauen anâ earth Q. What meanest thou hereby A. I beleeue that God the Fâther made the world and all thing therein u 1 Cor. 8.6 Acts 4.24 and gouerneth the samâ by his almighty power x Heb. 1.3 Acts 17.28 Mat. 10.29 Q. What is the second Article A. And in Iesus Christ his onâly begotten Sonne our Lord. Q. What dost thou meane hereby A. I beleeue that the second peâson in the Trinity y Mat. 1.21 is Iesus becauââ he saueth his people from their sins and Christ because anointed thaâ is set apart of God according tâ both his natures and filled witâ graces as man z Psal 45.7 to be a Prophet tâ teach the Church by his Word anâ Spirit a Esa 61.1 Iohn 6.45 Mat. 3.17 also to be a Priest to offer vâ himselfe a sacrifice and to make intercession for vs b Heb. 7.21.24 25 26 27. and a King to gouerne and protect vs and to destroy his and our enemies c Luke 1.33 and his onely Sonne because hee is onely begotten of the Father by eternall generation d Iohn 1.14 and our Lord because hee hath redeemed vs e Rom. 14.9 Q. What is Redemption A. The ransoming of the elect âut of the captiuity of sinne death ând the Deuill 1 Pet. 1.18 Heb. 2.14 Col. 2.15 by the precious âlood of Christ paid to his Father ând forcibly vanquishing our spiriââall enemies Q. What is the third Article A. Which was conceiued by the Holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary Q. What meanest thou hereby A. That Iesus Christ was not âonceiued as other men but that âis humane nature was miraculously âade and sanctified by the holy Ghost f Luke 1.35 in the wombe of the Virâin Mary and so vnited to his Godhead and then afterward in âhe ordinary time of trauell according to the course of nature he was âorne after the manner of men g Luke 2.6.7 yet without sinne h Heb. 2.15 Q. What is the fourth Article A. Hee suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buriâd he descended into hell Q. What meanest thou hereby A. Christ was for our sakes arraigned before an earthly Iudge Pontius Pilate who giuing sentence against him his hands and feet were nailed to a Crosse i Ioh. 19.15 16 hee was put to death and suffered not onely paines in his body but sorrow in his soule k Mat. 26.38 39 27.46.50 before his death his body was also buried l Mat. 27 59.60 and for part of three daies he was held captiue of death and in the state of the dead and did victoriously triumph ouer the Deuill and destroy the enemies of our saluation m Eph. 4.9 2.14 15. Q. What is the fift Article A. The third day hee rose againe from the dead Q. What meanest thou hereby A. The same body of Christ that was dead and laid in the graue was by his diuine power raised to life and the same soule that was in it before was brought into it againe n Mat. 28.6 Acts 10.40 Q. What is the sixt Article A. He ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty Q. What is meant by his ascension into heauen A. Christ forty dayes after his resurrection in the sight of his Disciples was in soule and body together taken out of this world into the highest heauen o Iohn 20.17 Luke 24.51 Acts 1.10 11. Q. What is meant by his sitting at the right hand of God A. The glory and power of gouernement which Christ had as mediator when hee ascended into heauen which shall continue vntill the end of the world p Psal 110.1 Eph. 1.20 Phil. 2.9 Mat. 26.67 for properly God the Father hath not right hand or left hand as being a spirit Q. What is the intercession of Christ A. First hee appeareth and presenteth himselfe to his Father in his person and merits as the publike person of the elect that
liue tâ him fifthly to celebrate the memorâ of his death 1 Cor. 11.24.25 sixtly tâ suffer for his sake seuenthly not tâ serue men as Lords of our consciences eightly to be patient 1 Pet. 2.19.20 ninthly to be harmelesse humble and âou ng to men Phil. 2.2 to 9. 1 Cor. 5.7.8 Eph. 5.1.2 Q. What comforts from our Sauiour his sufferings A. As great benefits come to vs thereby first wee haue reconciliation with God Rom 5.10 secondly remission of sinnes Matth. 26 28. thirdly sanctification Rom. 6.3 4.5.6 fourthly crosses cease to be curses fiftly death is swallowed vp Heb 2.14.15 sixtly wee haue liberty to enter into heauen Q. Concerning the fift Article Matth. 28.6 Act. 10.40 the third day he rose againe from the dead in that the same body that was dead and laid in the graue was by the diuine power of Christ raised to life and the same soule that was in it before was brought into it againe what duties learne we hence A. First Col. 3.1 to declare our life supernaturall by affecting and seeking things aboue secondly Rom. 8.34 to maintaine our peace against feares and doubts Q. What comforts A. It doth assure vs of the conquest of Christ ouer sinne Satan the world Rom. 4.25 6.4.5 1 Cor. 15.20 death and hell and of our iustification sanctification and preseruation anâ that our bodies shall rise againe at thâ last day Q. Concerning the sixt Article he aâcended into heauen and sitteth at the righâ hand of God the Father Almighty whaâ comforts arise from hence A. From Christs ascension we hauâ quietnesse of heart in assurance that wâ are really possessed of heauen in Chriââ our head and shall be personally by hâ continuing of our iustification and râconciliation and from his sitting at thâ right hand of God first Christ as Princely Prophet hath confirmed thâ Scriptures Esa 8.16 and giuen gifts tâ Ministers Eph. 4.11 and worketâ migâtily thereby Ioh. 14.12 secondly as a princely Priâst his sacrifice is of enâlesse force and hee maketh intercessioâ for vs Heb. 7 16. and 9.24 thirdly ãâã a King he gouerneth protecteth prâfitably chastiseth coÌforteth his peoplâ and will receiue them to heauen anâ vanquisheth all the enemies of hâ Church Heb. 1.8.9 Reuel 3 19.20.2â Luk. 19.27 Reuel 17.14 and 19 11.1â Q. What duties learne you from thâ Article A. First to know Christs humaniââ not to be present with vs Ioh. 16.28 âd 17.11 secondly to receâue his doâârine Heb. 2.1.2 c. and 3.1 c. ââirdly to conâent our selues with h s âârits sacrifice and intercâssion fourthââ to reuerence and âbey him Act. 2.4.35 and 5.31 Phil 2.9.10.11 Q. Concerning the seuenth Article ââm thence Christ shall come to iudge the âicke and the dead that is such as be dead ââfore the last day and such as then shall be ââue what are the ends of Christs comââng to iudgement A. First in respect of God that the ââory of his iustice and mercy may apââare and that Christ may publikely âee glorified who waâ here disgraced ând that hee mây finish the office of his Mediatorship 1 Cor. 15.24 secondly ân respect of men tâat the godly may âee fully glorified who are here affliââed and the wicked fully punished who are often here in prosperity 2 Coâinth 5 10. Q When shall the day of iudgement be A. God hath not reuealed that to vs Mark 13.32 ââst to exercise our faith secondly to bridle our curiosity thirdly to keeââ vs from security and that we might bâ alwaies ready Q. What signes bee there of the day iudgement A. First the reuealing of Antichrisâ 2 Thes 2.3 secondly departing froâ the faith and generall corruption ãâã manners and deadnesse of heart 2 Tiâ 3.1 2 3 4 5. Math. 24 37.38 thirdlâ the calling of the Iewes Rom. 11. Q. What signes shall concurre with thâ day A. The darkning of the Sunne anâ Moone the falling of the Starres tââ shaking of the powers of heauen the lâmentations of the wicked and the buâning of the world whâ his thought bâ some to be the signe of the Sonne oâ man Math. 24. Q. What duties learne wee from thâ Article A. First speedily to repent Act. 1â 31. secondly not to iudge rashly ãâã mens estates and ends by calling gooâ euill and by making euill worse then is or taking things doubtfull in thâ worst part or censuring about thingâ indifferent or giuing finall sentence of ââen Rom. 14.3.4.10 Esa 5 20. 2 Thes â 5.6 thirdly Psal 37. â c. not to bee impatient at âhe prosperity of the wicked Eccl. 8.1.12 Q. What comforts haue we hence A. That our Brother Husband âduocate and Redeemer shal be Iudge ând wee shall haue the sentence of absoâution and bee manifested in holinesse ând glory Ioh. 5.24 Rom. 8.18 Q. Concerning the eight Article I beâeeue in the holy Ghost why is the third âârson in the Trinity called holy A. Not onely because hee is holy âimselfe but because he is the immediâte worker of holinesse in the elect Q. Why is he called a spirit A. Not onely because his essence ãâã spirituall but because he is as it were âreathed and doth proceede from the âather and the Sonne Q. It hath beene shewed already what âhe graces of the holy Ghost peculiar to the âlect are tell mee now what be the common âtes bestowed by the holy Ghost on some that âe reprobates as well as on the elect A. First the gifts of practising a particular calling Exod. 31.3 secondly of illumination Heb. 6.4 thirdly oâ prophecy 1 Cor. 12.10 fourthly confused ioy Luke 8.13 fiftly restraininâ graces Gen. 2â 6 Q. Concerning the gifts peculiar to thâ elect shew me how a man may try himselâ whether he haue them as how is effectuaâ calling knowne A. Fiâst by forsaking the courses ãâã wicked men and needlesse or vnlawfuâ society with them 2 Cor. 6.16 17 1â secondly by reachablânesse in hearinâ and obeying the Word when GOâ doth call to vs thereby Ier. 7.27 thirâly by daily and constant prayer noâ onely for heauen and happinesse bââ also for holinesse Ioel 2.32 fourthly bâ louing God and his glory aboue aâ things Rom. 8.28 fiftly by louing oâ another especially such as bee of tââ houshold of faith Esa 11.6 2 Pet. 1.6.7 sixtly by a holy profession aâ confession of true religion and indeâuouring to liue according to our prâfession Esa 44.5 Q. How may wee know wee are iusâfied A. By a conscionable vse of the ârd Sacraments and Praier Luk. 24. â Mark 1.9 Mat. 26.26.27.28 Hos â2 secondly by the daily exercise of âpentance 1 Ioh. 1.9 thirdly by loue God Luk. 7.47 fourthly by loue ãâã mercy to men Ephes 4.32 Iames 13. Q. How may we try our sanctification A. First by sorrow for sinne with âgence in discouery of corruption âtth 5.3 Mark 9.24 Psal 141.5 âondly by a desire of grace Psal 119. â Matth. 5.4.5.6 thirdly by a desire ãâã indeauour to grow in grace 2 Pet. â8
fourthly by care of vniuersall âd constant obedience to God Psal â9 6.112.117 1 Iohn 3.9 fifthly by âe to God and his children with cleaâg to God euen in the want of the âarance of his loue and not onely ââile we are assured thereof 1 Ioh. 4. â and 5.1 Acts 11.23 Iob 13.15.24 âtly by a desire of the sincere milke of âe word 1 Pet. 2.2 Q. May Faith and Repentance and âh graces as be necessary to saluation bee ãâã A. They may be weakned for a tiââ habits being decaied acts interruptâ feeling denied but they are neuer whâly and finally lost Luk. 22.32 1 Cor. â 13. Phil. 1.6 1 Cor. 10.13 Q. As it is comfortable that wee bâ such benefits by the spirit so what duâ learne we hence A. First to vse the gifts of the spâ to the glory of God Phil. 1.11 secoâly not to grieue the spirit by our sinâ Eph. 4.30 thirdly to vse the meaâ wherby the holy Ghost worketh thâ gifts as ordinarily the word preachâ Rom. 10.14 17. and whereby he incâseth them as first the Word Preachâ and Read 1 Pet. 2.2 Acts 20.32 âcondly Prayer Iude 20. thirdly the âceiuing of the Sacraments Rom. 4. â 1 Cor. 10 2.3.4 fourthly to pracâ what we heare and know Ioh. 7. â 2 Tim. 1.6 Q. Concerning the ninth Article I âleeue the holy Catholike Church the câmunion of Saints shew a little more larâ then in the shorter Catechisme what is mâ by communion of Saints 1 Cor. 14.33 A. Saints are holy people wherâ liuing in this world or departed from ânce by death communion signifieth âe fellowship they haue first with âhrist as his benefits are bestowed on âem and their sinnes imputed to âhrist and also he accounteth their afâctions his owne and helpeth to beare ââm Psal 73.26 1 Ioh. 1.3 2 Cor. 5. â 1 Cor. 1.9 secondly one with anoâer the liuing with the liuing by loâng exhorting comforting and prayâ for each other and imploying their âporall goods for the profit of each âer Acts 4.32 Gal 5.13 and 6.1.2 âeb 3 13. Gal. 6.10 and the liuing âth the dead in that the departed doe ãâã generall desire the deliuerance of all âir fellow members out of all their âseries although they know not parââlar conditions and persons Reuel 10. and the Saints on earth doe in âart and affection conuerse with them âeauen desiring to bee with Christ âl 1.23 and 3.20 Col. 3.1.2 Q. What duties learne wee from âe A. First to labour to make our calâg sure because thereby wee may know wee are true members of ãâã Church 2 Pet. 1.5.6.7.10 secondly be thankefull to God for choosing a calling vs to bee of the number of people Ephes 1.3 4. thirdly to be ââly that we may be Saints on earth âuing holinesse begun in the Church âlitant that so we may be sure wee sââ haue it consummated or perfect in ãâã Church triumphant 2 Pet. 2.9 fouâly to loue esteeme and helpe one aâther 2 Thes 3.14 Ephes 4.2.3 â Rom. 12.6.7.8 fifthly to auoid vnlâfull society with the wicked Eph. â 11. 2 Cor. 6.16.17.18 2 Tim. 3.5 Q. Concerning the tenth Article ââleeue the forgiuenesse of sinnes which blessing of God vpon his Church procââ by the sufferings of Christ whereby the gââ of sinne binding to punishment is takeâ way what comforts arise from hence A. First that this remission of siââ may be applyed particularly Psal 1 1.3 Esa 38.17 secondly because whâ God iustifieth he sanctifieth 1 Cââ 11. thirdly nothing can separate sucâ be iustified from the loue of Châ Rom. 8.33.34.35 fourthly becââ ââch shall raigne with Christ in another âorld Rom 5.17 Q. What duties learne we from hence A. First to renounce our owne me ââs 1 King 8.46 Ioh. 8.11 secondly to âe carefâll âo auoide sinne Ioh. 8.11 ââirdly to be thankfull to God through âhrist Psal 103.1.3 fourthly to loue ââm Luke 7.47 fif ly to be mercifull ââmen Col 3 13. Q. Concerning the eleuenth Article euery âleeuer ought to beleeue that his owne boââ and the bodies of other men shall rise ââm the dead the bodies of the elect shall ââe by vertue of the vnion with Christ and ãâã glorious the bodies of the reprobate shall ââse by the powerfull citation of Christ and ââat to shâme what coÌforts learn you hence A. First against troubles of this life Dan. 12.1.2 3. secondly against death 1 Cor. 15.55 2 Cor. 4.14 Q. What duties A. First Phil. 3.20 21. not to mourne immoderateââ for the dead 1 Thes 4.13 secondly ãâã haue the body in honour by nouriâing it and by auoiding vncleannesse ââd other sinnes liuing righteously Cor 15. and by burying it decently at âeath Matth. 25.46 1 Cor. 2.9 Q. Concerning the twelfth Article beleeue the life euerlasting what shall bâ the euerlasting life of the soule and body aâter they be reunited which although wââ cannot fully know in this life yet it being ãâã some measure reuealed first what shall ceaââ then A. Seuen things first such calling as be here a 1 Cor. 15 24. for there shall be no Magâstrate or Subiect Master or Seruant secondly faith b 1 Cor. 13.12.13 hope patience anâ such vertues as be ioyned with griefe pitty mercy c. thirdly all sinnâ Heb. 12.22 fourthly naturall infirmâties of body and minde Reu. 7 16.1â and 21.4 fifthly naturall meanes fâ preseruation of life as meate drink sleepe c 1 Cor. 15.44 Matth. 22.30 c. sixtly the vanity of thâ creatures Rom. 8.20.21.22 seuenthlâ the Mediatorship of Christ 1 Corintâ 15.28 Q. Secondly what shall wee haue thâ shall be saued at the the day of iudgementâ A. First in soule these things firââ perfect knowledge d 1 Cor. 12.12.13 1 Ioh. 3.2 Math. 5.8 secondly perfeââ peace of conscience thirdly full freâdome of will to God f Heb. 12.22 2 Pet. 3.13 fourthly perfeââ loue to God g 1 Cor. 13 13. the Angels and Saints fiftly full ioy Ps 16.11 Secondly in the body there shall bee these things first great strength acutenes of senses health although it be sowne in weakenesse it shall rise in power secondly incorrupââon no more subiect to rottennesse or to be dissolued into dust and immortaââty so as death shall haue no place âor power 1 Cor. 15.54 thirdly glory âeauty shining like the starres sunne ãâã Moses his face did by the glory âhich God put vpon it and as Christ ââd at his transfiguration Dan. 12.3 Matth. 13.43 fourthly to be spirituall ââmediately sustained by the spirit of âod without meate or drinke or any ââher meanes and the body shall bee ââmble and also perfectly subiect to the ââirit of God 1 Cor. 15.44 Thirdly in âoth soule and body there shall bee âhese things first perfection of nature ând grace secondly communion with âod the blessed Angels and Saints Thes 4.17 Reuel 22.4 1 Ioh. 3.2 Ioh. 7.24 secondly heauen 1 Pet. 1.4 ââirdly Lordship ouer the creatures ââcept the Angels Reuel 21.7 fourthââ
all our blessednesse shall bee euerlaââing Matth. 25.46 Q. Thirdly what shall we doe A. We shall keepe a perpetuall Sabbath praising God Esa 66.23 Heâ 4.9 Reu. 7.15 Q. What duties learne wee from hence A. First to pray to God to opeâ our eyes that wee may be able in somâ measure to conceiue of this felicity Eph. 1 17.18 secondly not to set oâ mindes on earth Heb. 13.14 thirdly ãâã labour earnestly to bee partakers of thâ blessednesse and therefore to seeke thâ life of grace here Math. 6.19 c. veâ 33. fourthly to be patient in troublâ and among the rest the death of oâ friends and our selues fifthly not contemne others that shall be partakâ of the same glory but to loue them ãâã their hopes sake Psal 16.3 Iam. 2.5 Q. What comforts may we gather frââ hence A. First against contempt and âproaches secondly against tormeââ and all iniuries of this life Rom. 8. â 2 Cor. 4.17.18 thirdly against deâ it selfe Reuel 14.13 1 Cor. 15.56.57 Q. Seeing this blessednesse belongâ onely to true beleeuers tell me what shall ãâã the punishment of the wicked in hell A. First paine of losse by being separated from God and all that be good ând losse of all blessednesse 2 Thes 1.9 secondly paine of sense and therein first shame Esa 66.24 Dan. 12.2 1 Ioh. â 28 Mal. 4.3 secondly the wrath of God Ioh. 3.36 Rom. 9.22 thirdly a guilty conscience Mark 9.44 fourthly indignation against God and all âhat they conceiue to be means of their miserie Reuel 16.11 fiftly fellowship with the deuils Matth. 25.41 Reuel ââ 10 sixtly the place is hell a lake of ââe and brimstone Reuel 21.8 Esa 33. ââ these things may bee considered as âhe matter of the punishment the manâer is first the punishment shall be vniuersall in all the faculties of the soule ând members of the body secondly Iude 7. the paines of hell bee manifold thirdly ââieuous fourthly vnprofitable to ââem fiftly eternall Matth. 5.46 thereââre we must beleeue in Christ imbrace ând obey the Gospell that wee may aâide these torments and obtaine euerâsting life Q. What is the Gospell A. The glad tidings of remissiââ of sinnes and eternall saluation by faââ in Christ already come Mark 1. â Rom. 1.2 and in the old Testament wââ the same in substance namely the gââ tidings of remission of sinnes and eâânall saluation by faith in Christ come Gen. 3.15 and 12.3 Q. What is the Law A. A perfect rule of holinesse a righteousnesse binding all men to obedience of it vpon paine of damnaââon for euery offence Q. How many Commandements a it containe Exod 34.28 20. A. Tenne which were at the ãâã written vpon two tables of stone wââ of the foure first written on the first ââble containe the worship of God ãâã the sixe last written on the second ââble containe duties of charity and riââteousnesse to our neighbours and ãâã selues and all the tenne containe duââ and seruice to God being performed conscience of his commandement Q. What learne wee generally from ãâã diuision of the Commandements A. That the true obedience accââtâble to the Lord is when the CoÌmanâements of both Tables are practised together Ezech. 18.5.6.7.8.9 Tit. 2.2 â Pet. 1.5.6.7 Psal 119.6.101 Q. What is hereby forbidden A. The seuering of them doing oneây some duties to God with omitting duties to men or performing onely âome duties of ciuill honesty to men with neglecting the worship of GOD Ezek. 18.10.11.12.13 Iam. 2.10.11 Q. Is the obseruation or breach of both Tables alike A. No the obseruation or breach of the first is greater Matth 22.36.37 Q. Is euery sinne against the first Table greater then euery sinne against the second without exception A. No the duties of both Tables must be compared together Commandement with Commandement inward duties with inward the greatest of the first with the greatest of the second and the least of the first with the least of the second Q. What rules haue you for vnderstanding the Commandements A. First when the Commandement is affirmatiue it implieth the negatiue and when it is negatiue it implieth thâ affirmatiue Rom. 7.4 secondly the Law is spiriâtuall as the lawgiuer is and thereforâ bindeth all the powers of the soule thirdly with things commanded anâ forbidden the signes and outwarââ notes are commanded and forbidden fourthly a part is put for the wholâ wheresoeuer any thing is commande expresly or by name there all othââ things of the same sort and nature thâ occasions and meanes are commandeâ which further obedience therunto anâ the contrary are forbidden yet in tââ second Table that degree of motiââ which hath not obtained consent is bee referred to the tenth Commandment whereas such motions against âny Commandements of the first Tablâ are to bee referred to that Law to tââ scope whereof they tend fiftly whaâsoeuer is commanded or forbidden ãâã be done or left vndone by our seluâ we must procure it in others to be doââ or left vndone so farre as our calliââ will suffer vs Heb. 3.13 sixtly affirmâtiue Commandements binde at ãâã times but not to all times negatiue ânde both at all and to all times Q. Concerning the first Commandeâent I am the Lord thy God c. what ââe these words containe A. First a commandement or duties âommanded secondly three reasons ârging the performance of the duties Q. What be the duties commanded A. In generall to haue God for our âod giuing him such inward worship ãâã he hath required Pro. 23.26 Ioh. 4. â4 in particular first 1 Chro. 28 9. Hos 6.6 Pro. 3.6 Ier. 9.23.24 a perfect knowââdge Duty 1 of God so farre as hee hath reâealed himselfe in his word and works Deut. 29.29 as that he is one God of a âature spirituall infinite holy eternall ânely wise c. and that in this one âssence or being there be three persons ãâã manners of being the Father Sonne and holy Ghost and that his works are âhe creation and prouidence as was ââewed in exposition of the Creede The sinnes forbidden opposite to âhis knowledge of God be first Atheââme holding there is no God or that âod knoweth not or careth not for âhings of the world or cannot resist them or will not reward well doing and punish euill doing Psal 14.1 Exoâ 5.2 Psal 10.11 Ezech. 9.9 2 King 1â 32. c. Iob 21.14.15 Zeph. 1.12 sâcondly ignorance of the true God Hââ 4.1 2 Thes 1.8 thirdly presumptuoâ knowledge when any falsly perswadeâ himselfe that hee knoweth God whâ doth not Ioh. 7.27 fourthly false opânions of God as heretikes haue fiftlâ too little knowledge Esa 28.9.10 Heâ 5.12 sixtly ineffectuall knowledgâ separated from practice 1 Ioh. 2.4 1 Coââ 13.2 Duty 2 Secondly wee are commanded ãâã haue legall faith to trust vpon God fâ defence and deliuerance succour aââ blessednesse both in soule and body in legall faith there is required perfeââ holinesse in the beleeuer which seeinâ it cannot be had in this life wee muââ