have I begotten thee Q. How is Christ said to be our Lord Our Lord. A. 1. By Creation Job 1.3 All things were made by him Col. 1.15 16. 2. By Redemption and purchase 1 Pet. 1.18 Ye were not redeem'd with corruptible things as Silver and Gold but with the precious blood of Christ 1 Cor. 8.6 Q. What do you observe in Christ's Humiliation A. His Incarnation and Passion Q. How was Christ the Eternal Word made Man Article 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost A. By uniting the Humane Nature to the Divine in one Person Joh. 1.4 The Word was made flesh Heb. 2.14 16. Q. How was this accomplished A. By the powerful operation of the Holy Ghost Luk. 1.35 The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee Q. Why was Christ thus formed and conceived and not by the ordinary way of generation A. That he might assume our Nature without the depravation of it Luk. 1.35 Therefore that Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Heb. 10.5 Q. Whence was his Bodily substance derived Born of the Virgin Mary A. From the Body of the Virgin Mary therefore he is said to be the seed of the woman Gen. 3.15 and to be made of a woman Gal. 4.4 Q. Why was Christ born of a Virgin A. 1. For the Sacredness of it Luke 1.35 That holy thing which shall be born of thee 2. For the fulfilling of the Prophesy Isaiah 7.14 The Lord himself shall give you a sign behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son. Matth. 1.23 3. To shew the Power of God Luke 1.35 The power of the highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Q. Why did Christ thus become Man A. To fit him for the full discharge of his Office as a Mediator so that he might dye and being one of the same Nature with those he died for might make an Atonement for Sin Heb. 2.9 17. Jesus was made a little lower than the Angels for the suffering of death Q. For what Reason did our Saviour suffer Death Article 4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate A. That he might become a Sacrifice a and by the shedding of his Blood might make an Atonement for Sin b a Heb. 9.26 He put away sin by the sacrifice of himself b 1 Joh. 2.2 He is the propitiation for our sins Q. Why is Christ said to suffer under Pontius Pilate A. To signifie the time of his Death and therein the accomplishment of the Prophesies concerning it Acts 3.18 These things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophets that Christ should suffer he hath so fulfilled Q. Who was Pontius Pilate A. The Governour of Judea under Tiberius the Roman Emperor Luke 3.1 Matth. 27.2 Q. What was the Death our Saviour suffer'd for us Was crucified A. It was the Death of the Cross Mat. 27.35 Q. What was the Death of the Cross A. 1. It was intolerable for the Pain Thence our Saviour is said to have endured the Cross Heb. 12.2 2. It was infamous and a Punishment of the vilest Malefactors Matth. 27.38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him Thence he is said to have despised the shame Heb. 12.2 3. It was accounted an accursed Death Gal. 3.13 Being made a curse for us for it is written Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree Deut. 21.23 Q. Why is it said our Saviour died after he was crucified Dead A. To shew that his Body when he was alive was vitally united to his Soul. Luke 23.46 He gave up the Ghost Q. Why is it said that our Saviour after he died was buried And buried A. 1. To shew the certainty of his Death John 19.40 41 42. In the place where he was crucified there was a Garden and in the Garden a Sepulchre c. there laid they Jesus 2. To shew that our Saviour's Body that holy Thing was not left upon the Cross as it was usual to perish but was decently interr'd 3. To testify the lowest act of abasement Isa 53.9 He made his Grave with the wicked 4. To give Testimony to the truth of his Resurrection Acts 13.29 30. They took him down from the Tree and laid him in a Sepulchre But God raised him from the dead Q. How was the Soul of Christ disposed of He descended into Hell after its separation from the Body A. He is said to be in Hell a to go to Paradise b or the highest Heaven c a Acts 2. 27 31. Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell. b Luke 23.43 This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise c 2 Cor. 12.2 3 4. Q. What is here meant by Hell A. It signifies a state of Separation Acts 2.27 Thou shalt not leave my Soul in Hell nor suffer thine holy one to see Corruption that is the Soul and Body of Christ should not be so long separated but that before the Body should corrupt both Soul and Body should be reunited Q. Why was not our Saviour to continue in that State A. Because Death was not to have Dominion over him Rom. 6.9 Q. But may not Hell be understood here of the state of the damned A. It has been an ancient Opinion that Christ did then locally descend into Hell to triumph over the Devil and his Angels Q. What do you observe in our Saviour's Exaltation A. 1. His Resurrrection 2. His Ascension 3. His glorification 4. His Coming to Judgment Q. What is the Resurrection of Christ Article 5. The third day he rose again from the Dead A. It 's the Reunion of the self-same Soul to the self-same Body Luke 24.39 Behold my hands and my feet that it is I my self Q. When did our Lord rise A. On the third day after he died which was then the first day of the Week and was thence called the Lord's day Rev. 1.10 Q. Why did Christ rise the third Day A. 1. To fulfil what the Scriptures a and he himself had foretold b a Psal 16.10 Thou wilt not suffer thy holy One to see Corruption b Matth. 16.21 From that time forth Jesus began to shew unto his Disciples how that he must go unto Jerusalem and be killed and be raised again the third day 2. It was that his Body might not corrupt a as in the course of Nature it would have done had it lay longer in the Grave b a Psal 16.10 b John 11.39 By this time he stinketh for he Lazarus hath been dead four days Q. Of what importance is this Article of Christ's Resurrection A. 1. It confirms whatever he said did or undertook for Rom. 8.34 Yea rather that is risen again 2. It 's a pledge and assurance of our Resurrection Rom. 8.11 He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal Bodies c. 3. It 's a full Demonstration
and in breaking of bread and in prayers b 1 Cor. 12.26 27. Whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it c. Q. What is the second privilege belonging to the Church A. Artic. 10. Forgiveness of sin Forgiveness of sins Rom. 4.7 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Q. What is Sin A. It 's a transgression of the Law of God 1 Joh. 3.4 Q. What is the punishment due to sin A. Death temporal a and eternal b a Rom. 5.12 By one man Adam sin entred into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Rom. 6.23 The wages of sin is death Mat. 25.46 Q. What is the forgiveness of sin A. It's God 's not imputing it in the punishment Rom. 4.7 8. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin Rom. 5.13 Q. Upon what terms is sin forgiven A. Upon our Faith and Repentance Act. 26.17 18. I send thee to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins c. through faith that is in me Q. By what means is God thus reconciled to sinful man A. It 's through Christ Ephes 4.32 God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you Q. Artic. 11. The Resurrection of the Body What is the third privilege A. The Resurrection of the Body Q. What do you understand by the Resurrection of the Body A. That the Body shall be raised out of the dust a and being again united to the soul shall be gloâ—â—ous b and immortal c. a 1 Cor. 15.36 That which thou sowest is not quickened except it die c. b Phil. 3.21 Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body c 1 Cor. 15.53 This mortal must put on immortality Q. What is the fourth privilege Artic. 12. The Life everlasting A. Everlasting Life Q. What is implied in that A. A state of most perfect happiness which consists in the perfection of our natures a and the enjoyment of God b a Mat. 22.30 In the Resurrection they are as the Angels of God in Heaven b Psal 16.11 In thy presence is fulness of joyâ— and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore PART III. Of the Decalogue or Ten Commandments Q. The Decalogue WHat was the third thing promised at your Baptism A. That I should keep God's holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Q. What are the Characters of true Obedience that you collect from hence A. 1. It 's universal a keeping Gods holy Will and Commandments Psal 119.6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect to all thy Commandments 2. It 's a course of Obedience a walking in the same 1 King. 6.12 If thou wilt keep all my Commandments to walk in them Rom. 6.4 3. A perseverance in that course it 's to be all the days of my life Luk. 1.74 75. That we might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life Q. You said that your God-Fathers and God-Mothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments tell me how many there be A. Ten. Q. Which be they A. The same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage Q. What is there contained in this Preface A. It affords several Arguments to Obedience Q. What are they A. They are taken 1. From God's Authority God spake these words 2. From God's Soveraignty I am the Lord. 3. From God's propriety in them thy God Deut. 26.16 17. 4. From his goodness to them Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt Deut. 8.14 Q. â—â—â—â—hist Say the Commandments A. 1. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me c. Q. If the Commandments are Ten how are they said to be two by our Saviour Mat. 22.38 40 A. They are two as they are divided into Two Tables of love to God and our Neighbour Q. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments contained in the Two Tables A. I learn two things my Duty towards God and my Duty towards my Neighbour Q. What is thy Duty towards God A. My Duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him c. Q. How many Commandments belong to the first Table A. The first four Q. What is the first Commandment A. Commandment 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods but me Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. I am forbidden hereby 1. to have or own any more than one God a 2. To give the honour due to God to any other object whatsoever b a 1 Cor. 8.4 6. There is none other God but one b Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Q. What is required in this Commandment A. To believe in him a to fear him b and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength c to worship him d to give him thanks e to put my whole trust in him f to call upon him g a Heb. 11.6 He that cometh to God must believe that he is b Eccles 12.13 Fear God and keep his Commandments for this is the whole duty of man. c Mat. 22.37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart c. d Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. e Psal 92.1 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name O thou most high f Prov. 3.5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding g Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Q. Command 2. What is the second Commandment A. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. All Religious Worship given to an Image Q. What is an Image the worship of which is here forbidden A. An Image is any external Representation of God set up for the receiving Divine Worship Levit. 26.1 Ye shall make you no Idols nor graven Image neither rear you up a standing Image neither shall ye set up a Image of Stone in your Land to bow down
Seventh A. It 's in remembrance of Christ's Resurrection from the dead on that day which was the great confirmation that all was sinished a which he undertook Joh. 19.30 He said it is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the Ghost Acts 17.3 Christ must needs have risen John 2.22 Q. How is this day to be employed A. In works of Piety a and Charity b in serving God and doing good to others a Acts 20.7 Vpon the first day of the week when the Disciples came together to break bread b 1 Cor. 16.2 Vpon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him the week before Q. What doth the second Table concern A. My duty towards my Neighbour Q. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour A. My duty towards my neighbour is to love him as my self and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me To love honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the King and all that are put in authority under him To submit my self to all my Governors Teachers spiritual Pastors and Masters To order my self lowly and reverently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and just in all my dealing To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart To keep my hands from picking and stealing and my tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity Not to covet nor desire other mens goods but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me Matt. 22.39 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Gal. 5.14 Matt. 7.12 All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so to them Q. What are the Commandments which contain thy duty towards thy Neighbour A. The last six Q. What is the Fifth Commandment A. Command 5. Honour thy Father and Mother that thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Q. What is here to be understood by the Terms Father and Mother A. More especially I thereby understand 1. My natural Parents whom I am to love honour a and succour b a Mal. 1.6 A son honoureth his father Ephes 6.1 Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right b 1 Tim. 5.4 Let children learn to shew piety or Charity at home and to requite their parents care by succouring them in their necessity Mark 7.11 12 2. The King and all that are put in authority under him a whom I am to honour and obey b in all lawful and honest things a Isa 49. 23. Kings are call'd Nursing-fathers b 1 Pet. 2.13 Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake whether it be to the King as supreme vers 14. or unto Governors as unto them that are sent by him c. 3. Teachers and Spiritual Pastors a to whom and whose spiritual and pious instructions I am to submit b a Judg. 17.10 Thou shalt be unto me a Father and a Priest 1 Cor. 4.15 b Heb. 13.17 Obey them that have the rule over you and submit your selves for they watch for your souls c. 1 Tim. 5.17 4. Masters of Families call'd Fathers as 2 Kings 5.13 and to whom if a Servant I am to submit in all reasonable things belonging to that condition Ephes 6.5 6. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters c. not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart Tit. 2.9 10. 5. All my Betters a to whom I am to order my self lowly and reverently b a Acts 7.2 St. Stephen said Men Brethren and Fathers b 1 Pet. 5.5 Ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility Levit. 19.32 Q. What encouragement is there for obedience to this Command A. There is annexed to it the Promise of a long and prosperous Life which ordinarily attends it That thy days may be long in the land c. Ephes 6.1 2. Honour thy father and mother which is the first commandment with promise Q. Which is the Sixth Commandment A. Thou shalt do no Murer Command 6. Q. What is the sin forbidden in this Commandment A. Murder or the wilful killing of a man's Neighbour Q. What are the kinds of that which you call wilful killing of another A. There are two sorts 1. A less which is the killing of another in heat of Blood usually called Man-slaughter but what the Scripture calls Murder Numb 35.16 17 18. If he smite him with an instrument of iron c. he is a murderer 2. A greater which is a contrived and deliberate killing of another a usually call'd wilful-murder a Exod. 21.14 If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour to slay him with guile Numb 35.20 21. Q. What was the punishmenr for this sin A. Death Gen. 9.5 6. He that sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed Numb 35.16 17 21. Q. What is further forbidden in this Commandment A. That I hurt no body by word or deed and bear no malice nor hatred in my heart And so this Commandment forbids all degrees incentives and provocations to this sin such as causeless rash and immoderate anger a hatred b malice spight and revenge bitterness and reviling c a Matt. 5.21 22. Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time thou shalt not kill and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment But I say unto you That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause c. Eph. 4.26 b 1 Joh. 3.15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer c Eph. 4.31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice Q. What is required in this Commandment A. 1. Peaceableness not to provoke others Rom. 12.18 If it be possible as much as lieth in you live peaceably with all men 2. Meekness not to be provoked to do evil to others Rom. 12.17 Recompence to no man evil for evil 3. Charity or readiness to forgive and to do good when provoked Rom. 12.20 21. If thine enemy hunger feed him c. 4. Succouring another in danger and distress as the good Samaritan Luke 10.33 Q. What is the Seventh Commandment A. Command 7. Thou shalt not commit Adultery Q. What is Adultery A. It 's a violation of that Covenant a made at Marriage b between one Man and one Woman c which makes the Man to be the Husband of the Woman and the Woman to be the Wife of the Man. a Malac. 2.14 She is the wife of thy covenant b Heb. 13.4 Marriage is honourable in all c Mal. 2.15 Did not he make one Matt. 19.4 5. Q. When is that Covenant
one while put defraud not Mark 10.19 another while Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Mat. 19.19 Q. What is required in this Commandment A. A contentedness in my present state and condition a and to learn and labour truly to get my own living b in that state of life whereunto it shall please God to call me c a Heb. 13.5 Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as you have c. Phil. 4.11 b 1 Thes 4.11 12. Study to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands that ye may have lack of nothing c 1 Cor. 7.20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called PART IV. Of the Lords Prayer Q. MY good Child know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords Prayer Q. What are the things contained in this Preface set before the Lord's Prayer in the Catechism A. Therein is contained 1. The reason of all prayer to God which is an insufficiency in our selves a and an allsufficiency in him b So it 's said a Know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy self without his special grace b 2 Cor. 3.5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God. 2. It shews us the use which prayer is of as a means for obtaining the special grace of God contained in these words which thou must learn to call for by prayer Luk. 11.9 10 11 12 13. Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you c. 3. It teaches me what are the qualifications of a prevalent and effectual prayer viz. 1. That it be at all times without intermission and discouragement a 2. That it be diligent what is accompanied with a stedfast faith and attention b a Luk. 18.1 Christ spake a parable unto them to this end that men ought always to pray and not to faint b Rom. 12.12 Continuing instant in prayer Eph. 6.18 Q. The Lords Prayer Why is that Form of Prayer which begins with Our Father call'd the Lord's Prayer A. Because it was composed by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Mat. 6.9 Luk. 11.2 Q. For what end did our Saviour compose this Prayer A. 1. As a pattern for our better help and direction what to pray for and of the order we are to pray in that we may not be at a loss what to pray for a nor use vain repetitions b a Luk. 11.1 2. His Disciples said unto him Lord teach us to pray And he said unto them When ye pray say c. b Mat. 6.7 8 9. When ye pray use not vain repetitions After this manner therefore pray ye c. 2. As a Form that 's fit to be used when we pray Mat. 6.9 After this manner or so pray ye Luk. 11.2 When ye pray say Our Father c. Q. Say the Lords Prayer A. Our Father c. Q. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer A. I desire my Lord God our Heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness to send his grace unto me and to all people that we may worship him serve him and obey him as we ought to do And I pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies and that he will be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our Ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Q. What are the general parts which this Prayer doth consist of A. They are three viz. the Preface the Petitions and the Doxology or Conclusion Q. What is the Preface or Compellation A. Our father which art in Heaven Q. What are the things contained in this Preface A. It contains several Arguments to encourage us in the performance of this Duty Q. What are those Arguments A. 1. As God is a Father the giver of all goodness and so cannot but chuse and give and do what is best for us Luk. 11.11 12 13. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a Father will he give him a stone c If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit good things Mat. 7.11 to them that ask him 2. As he is a Father in Heaven and so is able to understand and will and do what is best Psal 115.3 Our God is in the Heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased 3. As he is a common Father and whom all may freely resort to 2 Thes 2.16 God even our Father who hath loved us Ephes 2.18 Through him we both Jews and Gentiles have an access by one spirit unto the Father Q. What do you learn from hence A. 1. That God alone is the proper object of our prayers Psal 123.1 Vnto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the Heavens 2. That we ought to approach to him with fear and reverence Mal. 1.6 A son honoureth his father If then I be a father where is mine honour Eccles 5.2 Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God for God is in heaven and thou upon earth 3. That we ought to come with a true affection to all mankind and with an hearty desire that they may be as well and happy as our selves which is implied when we say Our Father and therefore I desire that he will send his grace unto me and to all people Q. What doth the matter respect which is contained in the six Petitions of the Lord's Prayer A. The first three respect Gods glory and the three last our good Q. What is the first Petition A. Hallowed be thy Name Petition 1. Q. What is here meant by the Name of God A. 1. Thereby is signified not only the Name of God but God himself Psal 44.20 If we have forgotten the Name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god Psal 20.1 2. The Attributes and Perfections of his Nature Exod. 34.5 6. The Lord proclaimed the Name of the Lord The Lord God merciful and gracious c. 3. The things set apart for his honour and service as his Word and Day c. Psal 138.2 I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy Name for thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy
is the means and pledge of 1 John 3.2 Now are we the sons of God. Acts 2.38 39. Then Peter said Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost For the promise is unto you and to your Children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call Q. Is Baptism alone sufficient to Salvation A. No not alone without the new birth thereby signified without we are dead unto sin and alive unto God through Jesus Christ Rom. 6.3 4 11. Q What is required of persons to be Baptized A. Repentance a whereby they forsake sin and Faith b whereby they stedfastly believe all that is revealed by Christ and particularly the Promises of God made to them in that Sacrament a Acts 2.38 41. Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins c. b Acts 8.37 If thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest be Baptized Q. Why then are Infants Baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them A. Because they promise them both Repentance and Faith by their Sureties which promise when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Q. Can Children be obliged where they do not actually consent A. Yes it was so under the Law a when Children were taken into Covenant and were circumcis'd at eight days old b and thenceforward were accounted God's Children c a Deut. 29.10 11 12. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your captains of your tribes your little ones That thou shouldst enter into covenant with the Lord. b Gen. 17.12 13 14. c Ezek. 16.20 21. Thou hast slain my children and deliver'd them to cause them to pass through the fire to Moloch Q. What warrant is there for the Baptism of Infants though born of Christian Parents A. The same that is for grown persons born of Christian Parents and that is because the Covenant belongs to them Acts 2.39 The promise is unto you and to your children 1 Cor. 7.14 Else were your children unclean but now as born of believing Parents are they holy Q. The Lord's Supper Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained A. For the continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby Q. Why is this Sacrament called the Lord's Supper A. It 's called the Lord's Supper a as it was ordained by our Lord at Supper b immediately before his death a 1 Cor. 11.20 This is not to eat the Lord's Supper b Matt. 26.26 Q. For what end did our Lord ordain it A. 1. As a Sign and Representation of the Sacrifice of his Death and a means to keep up the remembrance of it a 2. As a means to conveigh and a pledge to assure us of the benefits we receive thereby b a 1 Cor. 11.24 Take eat this is my body c. this do in remembrance of me b Matt. 26.28 This Wine is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins Q. Why is Christ's Death called a Sacrifice A. It 's call'd a Sacrifice a because he was a Sacrifice for sin b a Heb. 9.26 He put away sin by the sacrifice of himself b 2 Cor. 5.21 He hath made him to be sin a Sin-offering for us who knew no sin Q. How long is this Ordinance to continue A. It 's for the continual remembrance of his death till he come 1 Cor. 11.26 As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew the Lord's death till he come Acts 1.11 Q. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper A. Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Q. Are both the Elements Bread and Wine to be equally used A. Yes for the Lord commanded both to be received 1 Cor. 11.23 24. I received of the Lord That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread c. After the same manner also he took the Cup c. Q What is the inward part or thing signified A. The Body and Blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper Q. Are the Bread and Wine changed after consecration A. Not otherwise than in their use for they remain the same in Nature and Substance as before So it 's thrice called Bread 1 Cor. 11.26 27 28. Q. What is the Body and blood of Christ which are said to be verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful A. 1. Negatively It 's not the natural Body and Blood of Christ 1. Because the Catechism saith the inward part or thing signified by the Bread and Wine in the Sacrament is the Body and Blood of Christ and so the Bread and Wine are the Signs of that Body and Blood and not the very natural Body and Blood. 2. Because it 's said the Body and Blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken and received therein by the faithful in opposition to Unbelievers who as our Article 29th saith Eat not the Body of Christ in the Lord's Supper 2. I answer positively That by the Body and Blood of Christ is meant Christ himself who suffer'd in his Body and shed his Blood for us John 6.53 54 55 56. Except ye eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you c. His Flesh and Blood That is himself as it immediately follows v. 57. He that eateth me even he shall live by me Q. How is the Body and Blood of Christ verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper A. The Faithful do receive Christ who thus suffered in his Body and shed his Blood by Faith. As the Flesh and Blood of Christ are Christ himself so Eating and Receiving are the same with Believing John 6.35 I am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst Ver. 51. If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever Vers 54. Who so eateth my flesh c. ver 56 57. Q. Are the Benefits we receive by Christ another thing than his Flesh and Blood A. Yes They differ as much as Christ himself doth from the Benefits he hath purchased for us Q. What are the Benefits whereof we are partakers thereby A. The strengthning and refreshing of our Souls by the Body and Blood of Christ as our Bodies are by the Bread and Wine Q. How are our Souls strengthned and refreshed by the Body and Blood of Christ A. Our Souls are strengthned and refreshed in the Lord's Supper by our belief in Christ that suffered in his Body and shed his Blood for us a which is more especially exhibited and set forth in this Ordinance b a John 6.35 Jesus said I am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst Vers 51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever And the bread that I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world b 1 Cor. 10.16 The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the Communion or participation of the blood of Christ The bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ Q. What is required of them who come to the Lord's Supper A. 1. To examine themselves a whether they repent them truly of their former sins b stedfastly purposing to lead a new life c a 1 Cor. 11.28 Let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread c. b 1 Cor. 11.20 21. This is not to eat the Lord's Supper For in eating at their Love-Feasts before the Communion one is hungry and another is drunken Vers 31. If we would judge our selves we should not be judged c Isa 1.16 17 18. Wash ye make you clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do evil learn to do well c. Come now and let us reason together saith the Lord c. 2. To have a lively Faith in Gods mercy through Christ Act. 26.18 That they may receive forgiveness of sins by faith that is in me Act. 4.12 Neither is there Salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved 1 Cor. 11.29 He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lord's body 3. With a thankful remembrance of his Death 1 Cor. 11.26 For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew forth the Lord's death till he come 1 Cor. 6.19 20. 4. And to be in Charity with all men 1 Cor. 10.17 We being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread Ephes 5.2 Walk in love as Christ also hath loved us and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God. Matt. 5.23 24. If thou bring thy gift to the altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother whom thou hast wrong'd or offended and then come and offer thy gift FINIS The young Reader is to take notice that the Letters a b c d refer to the Scriptures that follow and which are to prove every point so marked