all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and evil speakings 2. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the Word that ye may grow thereby 3. Attend thereunto with Prayer Psal 119.18 Open thou mine eyes that I may behold wonderful things out of thy Law 4. Receive it with Faith Heb. 4.2 The word preached did not profit them not being mixed with faith in them that heard it 5. Receive it with Love 2 Thes 2.10 They received not the love of the truth that they might be saved 6. Lay it up in your hearts Psal 119.11 Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee 7. Practise it in our lives Jam. 1.25 Whoso looketh into the perfect law of Liberty and continueth therein he being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the word this man shall be blessed in his deed 91 Q. How do the Sacraments become effectual means of Salvation A. The Sacraments become effectual means of Salvation not from any vertue in them or in him that doth administer them but only by the blessing of Christ and the working of the Spirit in them that by Faith receive them The Sacraments become effectual means of Salvation 1. Not from any vertue in them or in him that doth administer them 1 Cor. 3.7 Neither is he tha◠〈◊〉 any thing neither he that watereth but God that giveth the increase 2. Only by the blessing of Christ and the working of his spirit in them that by faith receive them 1 Pet. 3.21 The like figure whereunto even Baptism doth also now save us not the putting away the 〈◊〉 of the flesh but the answer of a good Conscience toward God by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ 92 Q. What is a Sacrament A. A Sacrament is an holy Ordinance instituted by Christ wherein by sensible signs Christ and the bâ—â—eâ—â—s of the New Covenant are represented sealed and aported to Believers A Sacrament is an holy Orainance instatuted by Christ wherein by sensible signs Christ and the benefits of the new Covenant are 1. Represented to Believers Gen. 17.10 This is my Covenant which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee every man child among you shall be circumcised 2. Seal'd and applied to Believers Rom. 4.11 He received the sign of Circumcision a seal of the Righteousness of Faith which he had yet being uncircumcised 93 Q. Which are the Sacraments of the New Testament Twenty-sixth day A. The Sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism and the Lords Supper 1. Baptism is a Sacrament of the New Testament Mar. 16.16 He that believeth and is Baptized shall be saved 2. The Lords Supper is a Sacrament of the New Testament 1 Cor. 11.23 I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread 94 Q. What is Baptism A. Baptism is a Sacrament wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost doth signifie and seal our ingrafting into Christ and partaking of the benefits of the Covenant of Grace and our engagement to be the Lords Baptism 1. Is a Sacrament wherein is the washing with water in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Mat 28.19 Go ye and teach all Nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost 2. Doth signifie and seal our ingrafting into Christ and partaking of the benefits of the Covenant of grace Rom. 6.3 Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death 3. Doth signifie and seal our engagement to be the Lords Rom. 6.4 We are buried with him by Baptism into death that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walk in newness of life 95 Q. To whom is Baptism to be administred A. Baptism is not to be administred to any that are out of the visible Church tâ—â— they profess their faith in Christ and obedience to him but the Infants of such as are members of the visible Church are to be baptized 1. Baptism is not to be administred to any that are out of the visible Church till they profess their faith in Christ and obedience to him Acts 2.41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized 2. The infants of such as are members of the visible Church are to be baptized Gen. 17.7 I will establish my Covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an Everlasting Covenant to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee 10. This is my Covenant which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee every Man-child among you shall be circumcised Acts 2.38 Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost 39. For the promise is to you and and to your Children and to all that a far off even as many as the Lord our God shall call 96 Q. What is the Lords Supper Twenty-seventh day A. The Lords Supper is a Sacrament wherein by giving and receiving Bread and VVine according to Christs appointment his death is shewed forth and the worthy Receivers are not after a corporal and carnal manner but by faith made partakers of his body and blood with all his benefits to their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace 1. The Lords Supper is a Sacrament wherein by giving and receiving bread and wine according to Christs appointment his death is shewed forth Luke 22.19 He took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which is given for you this do in remembrance of me 20. Likewise also the Cup after Supper saying this cup is the New Testament in my blood which is shed for you 2. The worthy receivers of the Lords Supper are not after a corporal and carnal manner but by faith made partakers of Christs body and blood with all his benefits to their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace 1 Cor. 10.16 The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the blood of Christ The bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ 97 Q. VVhat is required in the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper A. It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lords Supper that theâ— examine themselves of their knowledg â— discern the Lords Body of their faith to féed upon him or their renemance love and new obedience lest coming unworthily they eat and drink judgment to themselves It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lords Supper that they examine themselves of their 1. Knowledg to discern the Lords body 1 Cor.
11.28 Let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. 29. For he that eaâ—â—th and drinketh unworthily careth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lords body 2. Faith to feed upon him 2 Cor. 13.5 Examine your selves whether ye be in the faith 3. Repentance 1 Cor. 11.31 If we would judg ourselves we should not be judged 4. Love 1 Cor. 11.18 When you come together in the Church I hear there be divisions among you 20. When ye come together therefore into one place this is not to eat the Lords Supper 5. New obedience 1 Cor. 5.8 Let us keep the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth 6. They that come unworthily to the Lords Supper eat and drink judgment to to themselves 1 Cor. 11.27 Whosoever shall eat this Bread or drink this Cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. 29. He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself 98 Q. What is Prayer A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires to God for things agreeable to his will in the name of Christ with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies Prayer 1. Is an offering up of our desires to God Psal 62.8 Trust in him at all times ye people pour out your hearts before him God is a refuge for us 2. Is to be made for things agreeable to Gods will Rom. 8.27 He that searcheth the heart knoweth the mind of the spirit because he maketh intercession for the Saints according to the will of God 3. Is to be made in the name of Christ Joh. 16.23 Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name he will give it you 4. Is to be made with confession of our sins Dan. 9.4 I prayed unto the Lord my God and made my confession 5. Is to be made with a thankful acknowledgment of Gods mereies Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God 99 Q. VVhat Rule hath God given us for our Direction in Prayer Twenty-eighth day A. The whole word of God is of use to direct us in Prayer but the special Rule of Direction is that Form of Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples commonly called the Lords Prayer 1. The whole word of God is of use to direct us in Prayer 1 Joh. 5.14 This is the considence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us The especial Rule of our direction in Prayer is that form of Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples commonly called the Lords Prayer Mat. 6.9 After this manner therefore pray yâ— Our Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name c. 100 Q VVhat doth the Preface of the Lords Prayer teach us A. The Preface of the Lords Prayer which is Our Father which art in Heaven teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence as children to a Father able and ready to help us and that we should pray with and for others 1. The Preface of the Lords Prayer is Our Father which art in Heaven Mat. 6.9 2. In prayer we are to draw near to God with all holy reverence Isa 64.9 Be not wroth very sore O Lord neither remember iniquity for ever behold see we beseech thee we are all thy people 3. In Prayer we are to draw near to God with all holy confidence Rom. 8.15 Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father 4. In Prayer we are to draw near to God as Children to a Father able and ready to help us Luke 11 13. If ye being evil know how to give good gifts to your Children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him 5. We are to pray with and for others Ephes 6.18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereuto with all perseverance and surplication for all saints 101 Q. What do we pray for in the first Petition A. In the first Petition which is Hallowed be thy Name 〈…〉 that God would enable us and others to 〈◊〉 him in all that whereby he makes himself â—â—â—â—on and that he would dispose all things to his 〈◊〉 glâ—ry 1. 〈…〉 is Hallowed be thy name Mat. 6 9. 2. We 〈…〉 that God would enable us and others to glori 〈◊〉 in all that whereby he makes himself known Psal 67.1 God be mereiful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us 2. That thy way may be known upon Farth thy saving health among all Nations 3. Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee 3. We are to pray that God would dispose all things to his own glory Rom. 11.36 Of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Amen 102 Q. Twenty-ninth day What do we pray for in the second Petition A. In the second Petition which is Thy Kingdom come we pray that Satans Kingdom may be destroyed that the Kingdom of Grace may be advanced our selves and others brought into it and kept in it and that the Kingdom of Glory may be hastned 1. The second Petition is Thy Kingdom come Mat. 6.10 2. We are to pray that Satans Kingdom may be destrâ—yed Psal 68.1 Let God arise and let his Enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him 3. We are to pray that the Kingdom of Grace may be advanced Psal 51.18 Do gâ—â—d in thy goâ—d pleasure unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem 4. We are to pray that our selves and others may be brought into the Kingdom of Grace and kept in it 2 Thes 3.4 Brethren pray for us that the word of the Lord may have a free course and be glorified even as it is with you Rom. 10.1 My hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved 5. We are to pray that the Kingdom of Glory may be hastened Rev. 22.20 Surely I come quickly Amen Amen Even so come Lord Jesus 103 Q. What do we pray for in the third Petition A. In the third Petition which is Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven We pray that God by his Grace would make us able and willing to know obey and submit to his will in all things as the Angels do in Heaven 1. The third Petition is Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven Mat. 6.10 2. We are to pray that God by his grace would make us able and willing to know and obey his will in all things Psal 119.34 Give me understanding and I shall keep thy Law yea I shall
worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days Lev. 23.3 Six days shall work be done but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest an holy convocation ye shall do no work therein 2. By spending the whole time in the publick and prioate exercises of Gods Worship Psal 92.1 2. A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath-day v. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy Name O most high 2. To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning and thy faithsulness every night 3. Works of necessity and merey may and ought to be performed on the Sabbath day Mat. 12.11 12. What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day will not he lay hold on it and lift it out 12. How much then is a man better than a sheep wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-day 61 Q. What is forbidden in the fourth Commandment Sixteenth Day A. The fourth Commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the Duties required and the prosaning the day by toleness or doing that which is in it self sinful or by unnecessary thoughts words or works about worldly employments or recreations God forbiddeth 1. The omission or careless performance of the duties required on the Sabbath-day Mal. 1.13 Ye said also behold what a weariness it is and ye have snuffed at it saith the Lord of hosts and ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick thus you brought an offering should I accept this at your hands saith the Lord 2. The profaning the Sabbath day By idleness or doing that which is in it self sinful Ezck. 23.38 They have desiled my Sanctuary in the same day and have prefaned my Sabbaths 3. The profaning the Sabbath day By unnecessary thoughts words or works about worldly employments or recreations Iâ—u 58.13 If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath a delight the holy of the Lord honour thle and shalt honour him not doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure nor speaking thine own words 62 Q. What are the Reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment A. The Reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment are Gods allowing us fir days of the Work for our employments his challenging a special prâ—â—â—â—lew in the seventh his own erample and his viessing the Sabbath-day Gods 1. Allowing us six days of the week for our own émployments should move us to keep the fourth Commandment Exod. 31.15 16. Six days may work be done but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest 2. Challenging special propriety in the seventh day should move us to keep the sourth Commandment Lev. 23.3 Ye shall do no work therein it is the Sabbath of the Lord your God in all your dwellings 3. Own example should move us to keep the fourth Commandment Exod. 31.17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed 4. Blessing the Sabbath day should move us to keep the fourth Commandment Gen. 2.3 God blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it 63 Q. Which is the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment is Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Exod. 20.12 64 Q. What is required in the fifth Commandment God requireth the preserving the honour and performing the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations 1. As Superiors Eph 5.21 22. Submitting your selves one to another in the fear of God 22. Wives submit your selves unto your own Husbands as unto the Lord. Eph. 6.1 5. Children obey your Parents in the Lord. 5. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters according to the flesh Rom 13.1 Let every soul be subject to the higher powers 2. As Inferiors Eph. 6.9 Ye Masters do the same things unto them knowing that your Master also is in Heaven 3. As Equals Rom. 12.10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another 65 Q. What is forbidden in the fifth Commandment Seventgenth Day God forbiddeth the neglecting of or doing any thing against the honour and duty which belongeth to every one in their several places and relations Rom. 13.7 8. Render to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour 8. Owe no man any thing but to love one another 66 Q. What is the reason annexed to the fifth Commandment A. The reason annexed to the fifth Commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity as far as it shall serve for Gods glory and their own good to all such as keep this Commandment Eph. 6.2 3. Honour thy father and thy mother which is the first Commandment with promise 3. That it may be well with thee and that thou mayest â—ive long on the earth 67 Q. Which is the sixth Commandment The sixth Commandment is Thou shalt not kill Exod. 20.13 86 Q. What is required in the sixth Commandment A The sixth Commandment requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life and the life of others God requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve 1. Our own life Eph. 5.28 29. So ought men to love their wives even as their own bodies 29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it 2. The life of others Psal 82.3 4. Defend the poor and fatherless 4. Deliver the poor and needy Job 29.13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me A. 69 Q. Eighteenth Day What is forbidden in the sixth Commandment A. The sixth Commandment forbiddeth the taking way of our own life or the life of our Neighbour unjustly and whatsoever tendeth thereunto God forbiddeth the taking away of 1. Our own life Acts 16.28 Paul cried with a loud voice saying Do thy self no harm 2. The life of our neighbour unjustly Gen. 9.6 Whoso sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed 3. God forbiddeth whatsoever tendeth to the taking away of our own life or the life of our neighbour unjustly Prov. 24.11 12. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death and those that are ready to be slain 12. If thou sayest behold we knew it not doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it 70 Q. What is the seventh Commandment A. The seventh Commandment is Thou shalt not commit Adultery Exod. 20.14 71 Q. What is required in the seventh Commandment A. The seventh Commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbours chastity in heart spéech and behaviour God requireth the preservation of 1. Our own Chastity 1 Thes 4.4 Every one of you shall know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour