under the state of a dead and buried Person Article V On the third day early in the Morning his Soul returned into his Body which being thereby again enlivened he came forth of the Grave and openly shewed himself alive conversing with his Disciples and other chosen Witnesses for the space of forty Days Article VI At which time in the sight of his Disciples and those who used to keep with them he went up through the Air into that place far above the Stars where the Glory of the Infinite God more immediately dwells and appears and there received Glory Power and Blessedness unconceivably above the highest Angels or any created Beings all which bow to and worship him Article VII From thence at a time appointed by God and known only to him shall this Christ Jesus come again not as first he came but with Power and great Glory accompanied by numberless Holy Angels and Saints to judge all that shall be then alive and all who have deceased from first to last Article VIII Together with the Father and the Son the Holy Spirit also really is and is God all three one God He is called Holy and Spirit not because more Holy or more a Spirit than God the Father but because he is that Spirit which peculiarly does inspire that is secretly work Holiness in us Article IX Through this Holy Spirit working Faith and Holiness in mens hearts by the Word Sacraments and Prayer God hath gathered to himself a multitude of faithful People called out of all the World named therefore the Catholick Church for Church originally signifies an Assembly or Multitude called out and Catholick signifies out of all the World These faithful People are all of them united to Christ their Head and to one another in one Covenant by Baptism and being so united do partake of the Benefits procured by one and the same Saviour of the Influences of one and the same Spirit and reap Advantages by each others Prayers Love and good Offices By which means they are truly all but one Body Article X To all the Members of this Body upon their observing the Conditions of their Common Christianity that is of the Covenant of Grace full Pardon of Sins and Righteousness before God is graciously vouchsafed by God Article XI The Bodies of all People both Just and Unjust shall at the end of the World be by God wonderfully framed again out of their Dust and their Souls returning into them and enlivening them they shall all again become living Men and Women But those who are then alive shall have their Bodies changed into a condition like to theirs who rise again Article XII After this there shall be no more Death But all Faithful and Holy Persons shall live without end enjoying God in unspeakable unconceivable Blessedness And all Unbelieving Impenitent Wicked People shall be punished with the Devil and his Angels for evermore All this I stedfastly believe that is I am persuaded it is true and I resolve to live as one who is so persuaded A Paraphrase on the Lord's Prayer The Invocation or Adoration O Most merciful and bounteous yet Almighty most Glorious and All-seeing Lord God who hast made redeemed and evermore providest for me and all Mankind Petition I From my heart do I pray that thou mayest be ever acknowledged worshipped feared and glorified both by my self and all Creatures whatsoever capable of knowing and fearing thee Petition II And that thy Grace may bring into Subjection my Heart and the Hearts of all People so that the time may soon come when all thy Saints shall reign with thee in Glory everlasting Petition III And in the mean while that both I and all People may most chearfully faithfully speedily and diligently do and submit to thy Will in all things as thy Holy Angels do in Heaven Petition IV As to this World give us good God day by day as long as thou shalt continue us here what may conveniently suffice us Petition V And free us from the Punishments both present and to come due unto all our Sins Even as we desire all People may be freed from the Vengeance due to them for any wrong done us Petition VI And never O Lord withdraw thy Grace from us when we fall under any allurements to Sin or terrors from Duty so as to leave us to be overcome by Sin but preserve us from the Mischief of the Temptation and Power of the Tempter Glorification For thou alone O Heavenly Father both art ever hast been and ever shall be King and Lord most high over all Almighty and Sufficient From thee comes every good and every perfect Gift and to thee be the Glory of all to all Eternity With all my heart I desire it An ABSTRACT of the Bishop of CORK's Shorter Notes on the Church-Catechism with the Scripture Proofs of them as far as necessary On the Title Proposition I TO Catechise is to instruct in Religion by often repeating the first certain and most necessary Points of it Luke 1.3 4. It seemed good to me to write all in order that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed In the Original Catechised Proposition II Religion is the Worship or Service of God Jam. 1.27 Pure Religion Originally pure Worship Proposition III God is a most infinitely perfect Mind Maker Lord and Judge of all Proved under Answer 6. Proposition IV Those plain Truths or Doctrines which bring us to believe love fear and serve God we commonly call the Principles that is beginnings chief Points Fundamentals or Grounds of Religion Heb. 6.1 Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ let us go on unto perfection not laying again the foundation Proposition V The first and great Principle of all Religion is That there is a God Heb. 11.6 He that cometh to God must believe that he is Another That God hath revealed himself in Holy Scripture ready to receive Sinners to Repentance and enter into Covenant with them Luk. 24 47. It behoved that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in the name of Jesus among all nations On Answ 2. The Covenant of Grace to which God now-a-days calls all of us and into a state of which we are baptised consisteth on God's part of the Benefits which he makes over to us And on our part of the Vow which we make to him commonly in Baptism Jer. 31.33 This is the Covenant I will be their God and they shall be my people The Benefits God makes over to us flowing from that new Estate into which by Baptism we enter are chiefly three 1. Grace by being made Members of Christ our Head Joh. 1.16 Of his fulness have we all received and grace for grace 2. Pardon of Sin and God's favour being made Children of God Acts 22.16 Be baptised and wash away thy sins 3. A Right and Title to Everlasting Happiness being made Inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven
Rom. 8.17 And if children then heirs heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ that we may be also glorified together To be a Member of Christ is to be a Member of the Church whereof Christ is the Head Ephes 5.30 Members of his body which is the Church And v. 23. Christ is the head of the Church To be a Child of God is to be put into the Condition of a Child or into an Estate of God's Fatherly favour 1 Cor. 12.13 We are baptised into one body by one spirit Namely Rom. 8.15 The spirit of adoption by which we cry Abba Father that is truly call God Father and may come to him as a Father with humble boldness Ephes 2.18 and 3.12 To be an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven here is to have a right to inherit it For in this Life we can only have a right Revel 22.14 That they may have a right to enter in through the gates into the city Heaven is a State and Place of Everlasting Happiness or Bliss after Death 1 Pet. 1.4 An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you By the Kingdom of Heaven is meant the Glory and greatness of that Happy State with God and Christ in Heaven Coloss We shall appear with him in glory Rom. 8.17 Be glorified together On Answ 3. To vow is to make a solemn Promise to God as strong as an Oath Psal 132.2 He sware unto the Lord and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob. The Vow which we made to God in Baptism consists of three things 1. Repentance or foregoing all wicked Life in renouncing the Devil and all his works the Pomps c. 2. Faith in believing all the Articles of the Christian Faith 3. Obedience growth and continuance therein in keeping God's holy Will and Commandments and walking c. proved by the form of Baptism To renounce is to disclaim disown or vow against Devils are Angels fallen from Heaven into an Estate of most malicious Sinning and most dreadful Torments Jude 6. The Angels which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day Angels are such Beings as our Souls are without Bodies but exceedingly much more knowing and powerful Psal 103.20 Ye Angels that excel in strength that do his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word All manner of Sin may be called the work of the Devil 1 John 3.8 He that committeth sin is of the Devil for the Devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he may destroy the works of the Devil But especially seeking to the Devil or to those who are believed to deal with him Levit. 20.27 A man or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard shall surely be put to death they shall stone them with stones 1 Chron. 10.13 Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit to enquire of it As also all Pride Envy Malice Murther Lying False accusing Temping others and Falling off from God Pride which is commonly believed one of the Sins by which Angels fell to be Devils Isa 14.12 13 14. How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer c. Envy or Malice Jam. 3.14 15. If ye have bitter envyings or strife in your hearts this wisdom is earthly sensual devilish Lying and Murther John 8.44 Ye are of your father the Devil and the lusts of your father ye will do He was a murtherer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him When he speaketh a lye he speaketh of his own for he is a lyar and the father of it False Accusing Revel 12.10 The accuser of our brethren which accused them before God day and night Corrupting or temping others to sin 1 Thess 3.5 The tempter hath tempted you Apostacy or falling from God Jude 6. The Angels which left their first estate The Pomps and Vanities of this wicked World are all lewd Shews and Sights provoking lust in our selves or others As also all remains of Heathenish Customs yet visible amongst us All other Customs contrary to Christ's Laws as is any making a sport of Sin And finally all wild Revelling Riot Luxury wanton Apparel and Habit above our Quality Lewd Shews and Sights provoking Lust Ezek. 23.14 15 16. She increased in her whoredoms for when she saw men pourtrayed on the walls exceeding in dyed or party-colour'd attire on their heads after the manner of the Babylonians she doted on them 1 John 2.16 All that is in the world the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but of the world Remains of Heathenish Customs 1 Cor. 10.20 21. The things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to Devils and not to God and I would not that ye should have fellowship with Devils Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of Devils Ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table of Devils Customs contrary to Christ's Law Rom. 12.2 Be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God Making a sport of Sin Prov. 14.9 Fools make a mock at sin Wild Revelling and Riot c. 2 Thess 3.6 We command you brethren in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw your selves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which he received of us Habit above our Quality 1 Pet. 3.3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel Lust signifies an earnest desire commonly in some evil way The Flesh signifies the outward Natural Man as generally corrupt with all its Senses and Faculties Gal. 5.19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness The desires of the Flesh are sinful when they offend against the Christian Law That is when they are either of things evil and forbidden 1 Cor. 10.6 We should not lust after evil things as they also lusted Or of the unseasonable or immoderate use of things allowed Such was the Israelites lusting after Flesh in the Wilderness Psal 78.20 29 30. The Articles of our Christian Faith are the several parts of the Belief To believe these is to be so heartily persuaded of the truth of them as thereby to stir up our selves to the performance of our duty Acts 24.14 Believing all things which are written in the Law and the Prophets Gal. 5.6 Faith worketh by love To keep God's holy Will and Commandments is to do what he has bid us to do and to avoid what he has forbidden 1 Pet. 3. Eschew evil and do good Isa 1.16
Death did Redeem all Mankind even those that perish 1 Tim. 2.6 Christ Jesus gave himself a ransom for all men Heb. 2.9 He tasted death for every man 2 Pet. 2.1 Denying the Lord that bought them they bring upon themselves swift destruction Only those who believe and obey the Gospel shall be saved by this Redemption Heb. 5.9 Christ being made perfect became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him Holiness is purity from Sin Ghost is an old word for Spirit God the Holy Ghost who is also 1. commonly called the Spirit of God is that Spirit which 2. does inspire that is secretly work holiness in us which work we call sanctifying us 1. Gen. 1.2 The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters 1 Cor. 2.11 The things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God 2. Rom. 15.16 Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost The Elect People of God are the Saints or Sanctified the Church the choice and peculiar People of God 2 Thess 2.13 God hath chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth Psal 105.43 He brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with gladness On Answ 8. Proposit I God has delivered us Christians through Christ from the Spiritual Bondage of customary committing Sin the very foulest sorts of which most of us in this our corrupt State are subject to Joh. 8.34 36. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin If the Son therefore shall make you free ye shall be free indeed The Ten Commandments Paraphrased That is The Sense shortly givon in other words Proposit II To have any thing to ones self for a God is to pay to it the highest possible submission honour love trust and obedience of Soul and Body I. Command Sense Thou shalt own me Jehovah as the alone Maker Lord and Governor of all things and thou shalt not believe love regard trust to or obey any Person or thing so heartily or intirely as thou dost me Or shorter yet Thou shalt have me Jehovah for thy God and Happiness and none other either with me or in my stead Proposit III To make to ones self an Image in the Second Command is to make an Image for use in the Worship of God Levit. 26.1 Ye shall MAKE YOU no Idol or graven Image neither rear you up a standing Image neither shall ye set up any Image of stone in your land TO BOW down unto it for I am the Lord your God II. Command Sense Thou shalt not make to thy self any bodily Image of me who dwell in Heaven neither shalt thou have by thee to worship any such Image of me or of any thing else whether of any thing really being or imagined to be either in the Heaven Air Earth Water or in Hell nor shalt thou so much as bow thy self thereto But to me thou shalt bow down and worship Psal 95.6 O come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our Maker Proposit IV To visit the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children is to punish People for several Generations together To take or lift up Heb. the Name of God Proposit V is to swear Proposit VI Swearing is calling God to witness of our truth in what we say as expecting vengeance from him the most Righteous and All-seeing Judge if we think believe or intend other than we speak Judg. 11.10 The Lord be witness between us if we do not so Proposit VII Not to hold guiltless is surely and severely to punish III. Command Sense Thou shalt not either swear falsely or at thy pleasure Neither shalt thou irreverently use my Name as all those do who Swear and Curse in common Discourse Proposit VIII A Sabbath is a day of rest from Servile Work and Common Business Levit. 28.24 25. Ye shall have a Sabbath Ye shall do no servile work therein Proposit IX Servile work is such as we put Servants to Proposit X To keep a day holy is to spend it to those holy Uses and Employmets to which it was set a-part viz. to God's Service Rom. 14.16 He that regardeth a day regardeth it to the Lord. IV. Command Sense Remember that thy whole Life be a rest from Sin to the Service of God and in order thereto Remember to keep holy both in publick and in private all such Days as are by Christian Laws set a-part to my Worship but in a more especial sort the Lord's Day as being the Christian Sabbath Proposit XI By Honour we understand Inwardly a high esteem Outwardly a respectful and dutiful carriage towards others by reason of the good in them or which we receive by them V. Command Sense Thou shalt honour with the degree of honour due to each thy Parents thy King thy Pastors and Teachers As also all that are in Authority or Eminency both in Church and State and even thy Superiors of all sorts VI. Command Sense Thou shalt not knowingly kill or even wound maim or strike any one without lawful Authority Nay thou shalt not to thy power be causelesly angry with any much less bear malice or revenge to or otherwise provoke any Person but thou shalt be careful both of thy own and others Life Proposit XII Adultery here signifies any Naughtiness between either unmarried or married People VII Command Sense Thou shalt not defile any either married or unmarried Woman nor shall any Woman consent to be defiled But in thought word and deed shalt thou endeavour to keep chast and pure both thy self and others Proposit XIII To Steal is to take away from another that which is his without his consent or any lawful Authority VIII Command Sense Thou shalt neither take away nor with-hold any thing from the Owner thereof without either the Owner's consent or due warrant by Law but thou shalt to thy power give and preserve to all their own and be thy self both diligent in thy Calling and thrifty in thy way of living that neither thou nor thine may want but rather be able to help others Proposit XIV To bear witness here is to speak or talk any thing of our Neighbour So Luke 4.22 All bear him witness Proposit XV By Neighbour the Scripture means any Person whatsoever Read Luke 10.29 to 38. IX Command Sense Thou shalt not in any case speak of or against any one what thou dost not know to be true Nay except in Cases of Justice and Charity thou shalt not speak of others that evil which thou dost know of them but always have a care of other Peoples good Name as well as of thine own Proposit XVI To Covet here signifies so to desire as to contrive means how to compass though unjustly what we desire Mark 10.19 Covet not is rendred defraud not X. Command Sense Thou shalt not so desire any thing which thou seest thy Neighbour to have as to contrive to come by it
unjustly or without his consent but thou shalt be contented with thine own Condition putting away all irksome Cares and depending upon God for meet Supplies by a blessing upon thy honest Labours On Answ 9. The four first Commandments which we commonly call the First Table teach us our duty to God the six last or Second Table our duty to our Neighbours and our selves On Answ 11. Picking signifies lesser Acts of Thieving with which Malefactors commonly begin On Qu. 12. Special Grace is particular Assistance given to each Person for every good Act. 2 Cor. 12.9 My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness On Qu. 12. Proposition The Lord's Prayer ought to be used as a Prayer and not only as a Pattern of making Prayers by it Luk. 11.2 When ye pray say Our Father c. On Ans 12. Proposit I God is our Father by Creating Maintaining and Redeeming us Acts 17.28 In him we have our being for we are his offspring Psal 68.5 He is a Father of the fatherless viz. By providing for them Isa 63.16 Thou O Lord art our Father our Redeemer Proposit II His being in Heaven notes his Infinite Majesty and Power Eccles 5.2 He is in heaven and thou upon earth Proposit III His being our Father notes his kind affection care and providence over all Psal 103.13 Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him Proposit IV The Name of God here signifieth himself as known to us Psal 20.1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Jacob defend thee Proposit V Hallowed here is as much as thought of entertained and mentioned with all holy awe and honour 1 Pet. 3.15 Sanctify or hallow the Lord in your hearts Proposit VI God has a double Kingdom one here in the Souls of Men when all their Affections Purposes and Actions are subject and obedient to his Law Col. 3.15 Let the peace of God rule in your hearts Which may be explained by 2 Cor. 10.15 When even imaginations or all Reasonings and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God is cast down and every thought brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ The other hereafter when all such holy Persons shall reign with him in Heaven everlastingly Revel 2.5 They shall reign for ever and ever 2 Pet. 1.11 An entrance shall be ministred unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Proposit VII The Angels do the Will of God in Heaven and that most cheerfully diligently speedily and impartially Psal 103.20 21. Bless the Lord ye his Angels that do his commandments hearkening to the voice of his word ye ministers of his that do his pleasure Proposit VIII The Will of God on Earth may be done not only by us but also upon us Acts 21.14 The will of the Lord be done Proposit IX Daily Bread signifies all the Necessaries of Life as God sees them good for us Prov. 30.8 Give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with food convenient for me Proposit X To forgive our Trespasses is for God to free us from all punishment both here and more especially hereafter due to us for sin Psal 99.8 Thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance on their inventions Proposit XI To tempt is to try especially either by enticing into Sin or affrighting from Duty Jam. 1.13 God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempteth he any man Temptation is such being tried that is enticed or affrighted as before Proposit XII God is said to lead into temptation when he justly withdraws his Grace which we have neglected or abused and leaves us to our selves Psal 51.11 Take not thy holy spirit from me Proposit XIII Evil here signifies either the evil and hurt of the Temptation or the Evil One that is the Devil our chief Tempter Thus Matt. 13.38 The children of the wicked or evil one On Qu. 14. Proposition Sacraments in a very large sense signifies any holy Rights or Ceremonies to be used in the Worship of God to the end of the World On Ans 14. Proposi ∣ tion I Generally necessary is as much as necessary to the Salvation of all People saved in the common way Proposi ∣ tion II A Sacrament in the strict sense is a Seal of the Christian Covenant and so a means to make us Partakers of the Benefits of that Covenant Rom. 4.11 A seal of the righteousness of faith viz. by virtue of the Covenant made with Abraham Proposi ∣ tion III There are but two such Sacraments and both of them are generally or ordinarily necessary to Salvation 1 Cor. 12.13 By one Spirit we are all baptized into one Body and have been all made to drink into one Spirit Proposi ∣ tion IV Receiving the outward parts of the Sacraments alone when we by our unfitness hinder God from bestowing the inward Grace does no good but many times much harm Acts 8.13 21 23. Simon the Sorcerer was baptised yet had neither part nor lot in this matter for his heart was not right before God He was in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity 1 Cor. 11.29 He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself On Ans 16. Proposition An inward Spiritual Grace here is some unseen gift of God bestowed upon us as the fruit of the Covenant Namely as before has been declared either Grace Pardon or Comfort in a Right and Title to Heaven On Ans 17. Proposition To be Baptised in or into the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost is by being baptised to be given up most intirely to believe and obey the Father Son and Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 1.13 14 15. Were ye baptised in or into the name of Paul On Ans 18. Proposi ∣ tion I To be dead unto Sin is to be freed from being under the power of Sin Rom. 6.7 He that is dead is freed from sin Proposi ∣ tion II To be new born unto Righteousness is to be by God indued with Dispositions to Righteousness and every way ingaged and assisted to live righteously And thus are all Baptised Persons Rom. 6.3 4 5 6. Know ye not c. Read all the four Verses Proposi ∣ tion III By Nature born in Sin and Children of Wrath is being of our selves or by common course of Birth and Education corrupt sinful and under the Curse of Sin Psal 51.5 I was shapen or born in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Eph. 2.3 Being by nature children of wrath Proposi ∣ tion IV Made Children of Grace is being put into a state of Grace that is as before has been said under the means of God's Blessing and Favour for obtaining all the benefits of the Covenant Proved under Quest and Answ 4. On Qu. 19. Proposition Persons to be baptised are
either of ripe Years as Jews Turks Heathens when converted to the Christian Faith together with all unbaptised Persons who have lived in the Church or else the Infants of Chistian Parents at least by one side 1 Cor. 7.14 The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband Else were your children unclean but now they are holy On Ans 19. Proposi ∣ tion I Repentance is the forsaking all kinds of Sin Ezek 18.21 If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed and keep all my statutes See an Example of such Repentance Judges 10.13 and 16. compared Ye have forsaken me and served other gods And they put away the strange gods from amongst them Proposi ∣ tion II Acts of Sin are forsaken by sorrowing for them and doing so no more Matth. 26.75 Peter went out and wept bitterly John 5.14 Sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee Habits or a use of any Sin by breaking our selves of that ill Use or Custom and of all love and inclination to it Gal. 5.24 They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts Proposi ∣ tion III Only that Belief is stedfast which sets us on performing the Condition of God's Promises namely good Works or doing our duty Jam. 2.17 18. Faith if it hath not works is dead being alone Shew me thy faith without thy works and I will shew thee my faith by my works Proposi ∣ tion IV A dependance on God in a way of well-doing with due regard to God's Promises in Christ Jesus is most certainly a saving Faith Proved from Heb. 11. the whole Chapter especially verses 8 10 11 17 18 19. On Ans 20. Proposition Christian Infants are within the Covenant and therefore may not be denied Baptism which is only the first Seal of the Covenant Deut. 29.10 11 12. Ye stand here this day all of you before the Lord all ye men of Israel your little ones and your wives that you should enter into covenant with the Lord your God and into his Oath which he maketh with thee this day On Ans 21. Proposi ∣ tion I A Sacrifice strictly is a Religious Offering made to God commonly of some living Creature slain by the hands of a Priest according to God's appointment as an Act of outward Worship and an acknowledgment that we our selves have deserved to die Levit. 1.25 Ye shall bring your offering of the cattle even of the herd and of the flock And he that is the Priest shall kill the bullock before the Lord c. Proposi ∣ tion II Christ Jesus by his death became a true Sacrifice or Offering for Sin to make peace for us Isa 53.10 Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin Heb. 9.26 Now once in the end of the world hath he Christ appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself Ephes 2.14 He is our peace On Ans 23. Proposi ∣ tion I By the Body and Blood of Christ we mean only Christ's Sacrifice of himself for Remission of Sin Matth. 26.28 This is my blood which is shed for the remission of sin Proposi ∣ tion II The Faithful verily and indeed in the Lord's Supper by Faith partake of the Sacrifice of Christ's Death that is All the Benefits of his Death and Sufferings are truly from God conveyed and sealed to them 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 On Ans 24. Proposi ∣ tion I Our Souls in the Sacrament are strengthned by the Spirit of God conveyed to us as a fruit of Christ's Death 1 Cor. 12.13 We have been all made to drink into one spirit Namely into that Spirit of which our Lord spake John 6.63 It is the spirit which quickneth And which he promised John 15.26 to send from his Father after his departure Proposi ∣ tion II Our Souls are refreshed in the Sacrament by the apprehension and assurance hereby raised both of our pardon of Sin and right to Heaven through the Sufferings of Christ for us 2 Cor. 1.22 He hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts On Ans 25. Proposi ∣ tion I The chief Steps of truly repenting our selves of our former Sins are 1. Examination of our selves what Sins we have been guilty of 2. Confession of them before God and 3. Resolution against them or stedfast Purposes of a New Life 1. Hag. 1.5 Consider your ways Psal 119.59 I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies 2. Levit. 5.5 When he shall be guilty in one of these things he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing 3. Hos 14.8 Ephraim shall say What have I to do any more with Idols Psal 101.2 3. I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way I will walk with a perfect heart I will set no wicked thing before my eyes Proposi ∣ tion II In repenting of Sins against our Neighbours we are to make due amends for the wrong done and reconcile our selves to them 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 thou reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift Proposi ∣ tion III A lively Faith here is The actual casting our selves after all our Repentance on God's Mercy through the Sacrifice of Christ or acting such a dependance on God through Christ as before described Proposi ∣ tion IV We can only approve our thankful remembrance of Christ's death by endeavouring a constant sense of his Infinite Love in dying to redeem us and of the infinite Benefits we receive thereby And therefore by giving our selves up to obey him who has thus bought us Soul and Body to himself 1 Cor. 6.19 20. Ye are not your own for ye are bought with a price Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's Proposi ∣ tion V To be in charity with all men is to bear good will to all People whether Friends Enemies or Strangers forgiving all who have wronged us and being ready to do all good Offices in our power to any Persons living Matth. 5.44 45. Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despightfully use you and persecute you that you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven For he maketh his Sun to rise upon the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust Levit. 19.18 Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self I am the Lord. Luke 10.29 Who is my