Conclusion of the Lords Prayer A. For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever Amen Q. What doth the Conclusion of the Lords Prayer teach us A. It teacheth us to take our encouragement in Prayer from God only Q. Is this an encouragement to us in Prayer that the Kingdom or Rule or Soveraignty is Gods and therefore he may give us what he pleaseth A. Yes Q And that the Power is Gods and therefore he can do according to and above all our necessities let our case be what it will A. Yes Q. And that the Glory belongs to God and therefore we are encouraged from the glorious excellencies of his nature to expect and for the furtherance and promoting of his own honour to desire the fulfilling of our requests A. Yes Q. What else doth the Conclusion teach us A. It teacheth us in our Prayers to Praise him or to joyn praises to our Prayers by ascribing Kingdom Power and Glory to him only 1 Chron. 29. 11 12 13. Q. And is Gods Kingdom Power and Glory then the matter both of Gods praise and of our encouragement A. Yes Q. Is God praised by us in our ascribing all Kingdom Power and Glory to him and in extoling his excellencies and Prerogatives A. Yes 1 Tim. 6. 15 16. Q. How long must we thus glorifie and praise God A. For ever Q. And why do we say Amen as the Conclusion of this and of all our Prayers A. In testimony of our desire and assurance to be heard Q Is that then the meaning of our saying Amen in the close of our Prayers So let it be and so it shall be as such phrases imply both earnestness in desiring and confidence of speeding A. Yes The Creed I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was Crucified dead and buried he descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the forgiveness of Sins the Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting Amen The Ten Commandments Exodus 20. GOD spake all these words saying I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me 2. 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 not 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 3. 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 4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six daies 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 Cattle nor thy Stranger that is within thy Gates For in six daies 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 5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy daies may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee 6. Thou shalt not Kill 7. Thou shalt not commit Adultery 8. Thou shalt not Steal 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour 10. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours House thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife nor his Man-Servant nor his Maid-Servant nor his Ox nor his Ass nor any thing that is thy Neighbours The Lords Prayer Matth. 6. OVR Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our Debts as we forgive our Debtors And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever Amen Acts 8. 30. Understandest thou what thou readest GOD avouched Israel to be his peculiar people In Iudah is God known his Name is great in Israel God erected a partition-wall between the Jew and the Gentile but Christ took it down And now in every Nation be that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him And this Ethiopian Eunuch although of the Line of cursedâ— Ham becomes a Believer upon Philip's Preaching to him Jesus We see how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called Yet there are some of the most Noble and Officers of great honour and trust whom God is pleased to call over to himself Of this chosen and royal Priesthood whom God called out of darkness into his marvellous light were David Solomon Iehâ—shaphat You may read David's conquests 2 Sam. 8. and 10. Chapters Solomon's honour 2 Chron. 1. 12. How the Realm of Iehoshaphat was quiet for his God gave him rest round about 2 Chron. 17. 6. and 20. 30. And you see of what Authority this Eunuch was under Candace Queen of the Ethiopians Verse 27. The Law is our School-master to bring us unto Christ Yea even Proselytism it self is here an Introduction to such a blessing Philip had a Vision and therein an Angel from Heaven spake unto him to go towards the South unto the way that goeth down from Ierusalem to Gaza which is desart where he light on the Ethiopian Eunuch Vers. 26 27. And finding him studious of the way of God reading the Evangelical Prophet vers 28. by prophetick divine efflation or revelation he is directed to go near to the Chariot and speak to him vers 28. The which he did with the greatest readiness running to the Chariot and there hearing him read Esaias the Prophet said to him in the words of the Text Vnderstandest thou what thou readest Which words we may call the Deacons serious profitable question to the Eunuch with set purpose according to the guidance of Gods Spirit to be an Interpreter unto him The division of the words would be more curious than useful That every sincere serious Christian that doth in good earnest look after the Salvation of his Soul will diligently read the holy Scriptures is here to be supposed
as our Redeemer A. Three the Offices of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King Q. In what estate doth he execute and discharge these Offices A. Both in his estate of Humiliation and Exaltation Q. 24. How idoth 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 Explic. Q. What is the first Office here considered of Christ as our Redeemer A. The Office of a Prophet Q How doth he execute and discharge this Office A. By revealing to us the Will of God Q. What do you mean by revealing A. Making known to us Q. How doth Christ reveal the Will of God to us A. By this Word and Spirit together Q. What is meant by the Will of God which Christ doth reveal A. The whole counsel of God or whatsoever God would have us o know believe and do in order to our Salvation Q. Is the Word of Christ without his Spirit sufficient to teach us the will of God for our Salvation A. No Q. May we expect the Revelation of Gods will by the Spirit without the Word A. In no wise for God hath joyned his Word and Spirit together Ibid. Q. For what end doth Christ thus reveal the will of God to us A. For our Salvation Q. To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to reveal or make known to us the will of God A. To his Prophetical Office Q. 25. 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 satisfie Divine Justice and reconcile us to God and in making continual intercession for us Explic. Q. What is the next Office here considered of Christ as our Redeemer A. The Office of a Priest Q. How doth Christ perform this Office A. Two waies 1. By offering up himself a Sacrifice Q. Who offered up Iesus Christ A. He offered up himself Q. What Sacrifice did he offer A. He offered himself a Sacrifice Q What mean you by Christ offering up himself a Sacrifice A. Christ dying in his humane Nature for us Q. How often did Christ offer up himself A. He offered up himself once only Q. Why did Christ offer up himself for us A. For two ends 1. To satisfie divine Justice Q. Could not Iustice otherwise be satisfied A. Without death Justice could not be satisfied though mercy provided and accepted him as a Surety to die for us Q. What is the second end of Christs Sacrificing himself A. To reconcile us to God Q. What do you mean by reconciling us to God A. Making God and us friends or it is a bringing us by Nature enemies into an estate of peace and friendship with God again Q. How else doth Christ excute the Office of a Priest A. By making Intercession Q. What do you mean by Christs making Intercession for us A. The presenting his Sacrifice and Merits for us before his Father Or his praying and making request to God that what he hath purchased for us may be given us and that our persons and duties may be accepted by him through his Merits Q. Of what duration is his Intercession A. It is continual ceaseth not till the end of the World Q. To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to offer Sacrifices and make Intercession for us A. To his Priestly Office Q 26. How doth Christ execute the Office of a King A. Christ executeth the Office of a King in subduing us to himself in ruling and defending us and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies Explic. Q. What is the third Office of Christ as our Râ—deemer A. The Office of a King Q. How dâ—th he execute this Office A. He doth it both towards his people and towards his and their enemies Q. How towards his People A. Two waies 1. In subduing them to himself Q How doth he this A. By the powerful working of his Spirit in and by the Ministry of the Word 2. In ruling and defending them Q. Is Christ then the King of the Church A. Yes Q. How doth Christ execute this Office towards his and his peoples enemies A. In restraining and conquering them Q. What are these enemies A. The Devil the World and the Flesh the last enemy is Death Q. What is it for Christ to restrain his and his peoples enemies A. To set bounds and limits to their present remaining power over which he doth not suffer them to pass Q. What is it for him to conquer them A. To take away their power in part that they have not Dominion over his people and afterwards compleatly to bring them under his own and his peoples feet and utterly to abolish and destroy them Q. To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to subdue rule and defend us and to restrain and conquer all his and our enemies A. To his Kingly Office Q 27. Wherein did Christs Humiliation consist A. Christs Humiliation consisted in his being born and that in a low condition made under the Law undergoing the miseries of this life the wrath of God and the cursed death of the Cross in being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time Explic. Q Which is Christs first estate as our Redeemer A. His estate of Humiliation Q. Wherein be the four Degrees of it A. In his Birth Life Death and after Death Q. What was the first Degree A His being born Q. In what condition was he born A. In a low condition Q Vnder what was Christ made A. Under the Law Q. What is the second Degree A. The miseries of this life Q. What miseries were they A. All those miseries which belong to the nature of man as hunger thirst and weariness and those that are incident to Mans condition in the World as want poverty and reproach Q. What miseries did not Christ undergo A. Personal Miseries such as Diseases Monstroâ—ity Lameness Q. What else then did he undergo A. The wrath of God Q. What is the third Degree A. Death Q What kind of death did Christ undergo A. The most shameful painful and accursed death of the Cross Q. Wherein consisted the last Degree of Christ's Humiliation after Death A. In his being buried and continuing under the power of Death for a time Q. 28. Wherein consists Christs Exaltation A. Christs Exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day in ascending up into Heaven in sitting at the right hand of God the Father and in coming to Judge the World at the last day Explic. Q. What is the other estate of Christ our Redeemer A. His Exaltation Q. Which be the four Degrees of it A. His Resurrection Ascension Session at the right hand of God and coming to Judgement Q. Wherein
consists the first Degree A. In his rising again from the Dead Q. When did he arise A. On the third day Q. Did Christ rise again with the same body that was buried A. Yes with the very same For he bare the Print of the Nails in his hand and feet and of the Spear in his side Q. 〈…〉 Christs body corrupted in the Grave like the Bodies of others A. No Q. Doth Christ being raised from the Dead die any more A. No Q. What doth the Resurrection of Christ assure us of A. That our bodies shall be raised again from the Dead Q. What is the second Degree of Christs Exaltation A. His ascending up into Heaven Q. When was it that he ascended A. He ascended forty daies after he rose out of the Grave Q. What doth the ascension of Christ assure us of A. That we shall be carried up into Heaven whither our fore-runner is entred for us Q. What is the third Degree A. His siâ—ting at the right hand of God the Father Almighty Q. What mean you by that A. His being exalted to chief Honour power and favour with God As Princes do set them whom they highly love and favour at their right hand Q. What is the fourth Degree of his Exaltation A His coming to Judge the World Q. When will he come to Iudgement A. At the last day or at the end of the world Q. 29. 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 by his holy Spirit Explic. Q By whom is Redemption purchased A. By Christ Q. By whom is it applied A By his holy Spirit Q. What do you mean by the Spirits applying it to us A. His making it ours Q. What kind of application is that which the Spirit makes A. An effectual application such as causeth and enableth us to receive it Q. Cannot the Minister apply it effectually without the Spirit A. No Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the Redemption purchased by Christ A. The Spirit applieth the Redemption purchased by Christ by working Faith in us and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling Explic. Q. What doth the Spirit work in us that we may apply this Redemption A. The Spirit works Faith in us Q. What is the fruit and effect of Faith A. It unites us to Christ Q. What is this union betwixt Christ and us A. It is that whereby Christ and we are joyned together and made one Q. When is this done A. In our effectual calling Q. 31. What is effectual calling A. Effectual calling is the work of Godâ—s Spirit whereby convincing us of our sin and misery enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ and renewing our wills he doth perswade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ freely offered to us in the Gospel Explic. Q. May men be externally called by the Ministry of the Word or in a common way and yet not effectually and savingly called A. Yes Q. Whose work is effectuall calling A. The work of Gods Spirit Q. What is the first thing the Spirit doth for us in effectual calling A. He convinceth us of our sin and misery Q. What do you mean by Conviction A. Making us feelingly know what a sinful miserable and undone condition we are in by nature Q. What more doth the Spirit work in us when he calleth us A. He inlightneth our minds in the knowledge of Christ Q. What doth the Spirit make us know of Iesus Christ A. He makes us know the want and worth of him not in an ordinary but saving way Q. What doth the Spirit do farther for us when he hath inlightned our minds A. He reneweth our wills Q. What is it for our wills to be renewed A. To have new inclinations and dispositions put into them Q. Are not we able to renew our own wills and to turn from sin unto Christ of our selves A. No Q Why doth the Spirit convince us of our sin and misery enlighten our minds and renew our wills A. That he may perswade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ Q. Doth the main business of our effectual calling consist in our answering Christs call and embracing him A. Yes Q. How and wherein is Iesus Christ offered to us A. He is freely offered to us in the Gospel Q. What mean you by the Gospel A. The Gospel is the glad tidings of Salvation by Jesus Christ contained in the Scriptures Q. 32. What benefits do they that an effectually called partake of in this life A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of Justification Adoption Saâ—ctification and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them Explic. Q. How many benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in the life A. Three principally 1. Justification 2. Adoption and 3. Sanctification Q. And do they likewise partake of the several benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from these A. Yes Q. 33. What is Iustification A. Justification is an act of Godâ—s free grace wherein he pardoneth all our sins and accepteth us as righteous in his sight only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us and received by Faith alone Explic. Q. What do you mean by Iustification A. The pronouncing righteous or not guilty or the absolving from guilt Q. Whose act is Iustification A. Gods Q. What moves him to Iustifie us A. His own free grace Q. What doth God for us in our Iustification A. He pardoneth all our sins and accepteth us as righteous in his sight Q. Whence is it that God accepteth us as righteous A. Only for the righteousness of Christ. Q. How come we to partake of Christs righteousness A. Two waies 1. God imputes it to us Q What do you mean by Gods imputing Christs righteousness to us A. His accounting it ours as much as if it were our own wrought by our selves Q. What other way is there whereby we partake of Christs righteousness A. 2. We receive it by Faith Q. Are we not then Iustified by our works A. No Q. But by Faith alone A. Yes Q. How and why so A. As that Grace which alone receives the righteousness of Christ Q. But is justifying Faith solitary without all attendants A. No justifying Faith hath two Daughters that inseparably attend her 1. Repentance Here sinful man retracts and undoes his faults acknowledgeth his transgressions rents his heart weeps smites upon his breast and cries What have I done laments after the Lord and abhors himself in dust and ashes He executes the Law upon himself and since God excuseth him from the punishment he accuseth himself 〈◊〉 the guilt and condemns himself to the shame of his sin