not guilty of Adam's first sin and lyable to wrath thereupon Rom. 5.18 Eph. 2.3 No. Is not our nature by the fall corrupted by Original Sin from whence all actual Transgressions flow Psal 51.5 Yes And is there any sin that doth not deserve death and eternal Damnation Rom. 6.23 No. * Has God left all the posterity of Adam to perish in this State into which they brought themselves No. Having chosen some before all time Eph. 1.4 hath He not â—â—â—red into a new Covenant with them called the Covenant of Grace Ezek. 16.8 Yes Is man left to save Himself by his own wisdom or power Hos 13.9 No. Or is there any other Redeemer from this State of sin and wrath but our Lord Jesus Christ Acts 4.12 No. * Did not the Son of God that He might Redeem us become man and take on him a true body and reasonable Soul Heb. 2.14 Yes Is He not then one Person in two Natures Yes If He had not been man could He have dyed and if He had not been God could he have Merited by dying Acts 20.28 No. § IS not this Jesus the Christ or Messias so long promised and expected Job 8.24 Yes Is He not called Christ because anointed to His Offices by the Spirit which He received without measure Psal 45.7 Joh. 3.34 Yes 1. Were not Prophets anointed 1 Kings 19.16 and had not He the Office of a Prophet Acts 3.21 Yes Could we have known the will of God if his only begotten Son had not revealed it Joh. 1.18 No. Did He not at first preach himself and afterwards send Pastors and Teachers to shew us the whole counsel of God touching our Salvation Eph. 4.11 Yes But is the outward Preaching sufficient without the inward effectual Teachings of the Spirit Joh. 6.45 No. 2. Were not the Legal Priests anointed Exod. 40.13 and Hath not our Lord the Office of a Priest Psal 110.4 Yes * Was not his human nature Soul and Body offer'd up a Sacrifice to satisfie the Divine Justice Isa 53.10 Heb. 9.13 14. Yes Was this Sacrifice offer'd more than once or is it offer'd dayly in the Mass Heb. 9.28 No. * Doth He not now appear in Heaven to make intercession for us Heb. 7.24 25. Yes 3. Were not Kings also anointed 1 Sam. 10.1 and hath not He the Office of a King Psal 2.6 Yes Can any defend the Church Deliver it and Conquer the Enemies thereof but He Rev. 17.14 No. Hath He not subdued Subjects to himself erected Officers and made Laws to govern his Church by Psal 110.3 Yes Is He not rightly Stiled Lord as being rightful Soveraign and our Lord by right of Redemption and our Resignation of our Selves to him Rom. 14.9 Yes Qu. What is the Third Article Ausw Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary § DID He take upon Him the nature of the Angels Heb. 2.16 No. Had He when He took our nature any earthly Father Luk. 3.23 Heb. 7.3 No. * Was He not Conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the Womb of his Mother Mat. 1.21 Yes Did not the Holy Ghost by that wonderful operation sanctifie and purifie that Substance of the Virgin of which He was made man Luk. 1.35 Yes Hath He then by taking on him the same Flesh and Bloud that the Children have the same Original Stain as they Heb. 7.26 No. And was not the Human Nature thus Form'd in the moment of the Conception assum'd into the Person of the Son of God Luk. 1.39 Yes Did He relinquish his Divine Nature or was there a Conversion of the Godhead into Flesh Rom. 9.5 No. But did He not veil his Divinity when in our Flesh He seem'd to many to be no more than a man Phil. 2.7 Yes And is not this wonderful Condescension called his coming down from Heaven for us Joh. 3.13 Yes †Are we capable of Comprehending fully the Mystery of his Incarnation 1 Tim. 3.13 No. * Was it not according to the first promise that He should be the Seed of the Woman Gen. 3.15 Yes Was He not born of a Virgin for further demonstration of his power and purity Isa 7.14 Yes And was He not born of the Virgin Mary as being of the Tribe of Judah and Family of David Rom. 1.3 Yes Was there any thing in his Birth as to time or place which did not fully agree with the Prophecies that went before Gal. 4.4 Luke 2.4 No. Was His Birth in Princes Courts or the splendour of Earthly Grandeut Luk. 2.7 No. Yet did not the Heavenly Host and miraculous Star declare his Dignity Mat. 2.2 Luk. 2.13 Yes * Did He disdain to be made under the Law or to submit to the Ceremonial part thereof particularly in Circumcision Gal. 4.4 5. Luk. 2.21 No. And was He not perfectly obedient to the whole moral Law Mat. 3.15 and 5.17 Yes Qu. What is the Fourth Article Answ He suffered under Pontius Pilate was Crucified Dead and buried He descended into Hell § DID not our Lord Suffer the penalty of the Law for Sinners as well as Submit to the Commands of it Isa 53.5 Yes * Was He not all his life time a Man of sorrows persecuted tempted affronted and Subject to all our natural and sinless Infirmities Isa 53.3 Heb. 4.15 Yes Yet in the midst of the Sufferings of his life did He forbear to Preach work Miracles and to go about doing good Mat. 4.23 Acts 10.38 No. * Was He not betray'd forsaken and deny'd reviled spit on and buffetted accused arraigned and condemned to death Mat. 26 and 27. Yes Was it a small matter that He suffered under Pontius Pilate a man noted for cruelty Luk. 13.1 and by a Death which the Romans would inflict on none but their Slaves No. Was not the Cross a painful lingering shameful and accursed death Heb. 12.2 Gal. 3.13 Yes * But was not his Soul-agony the bitterest part of his Suffering both in the Garden and on the Cross Mat. 26.38 and 27.46 Yes Did He not then as the great propitiation drink the Cup of Wrath which we had deserv'd Isa 53.6 10. Yes § WAS He not really dead by a Separation of his Soul from his body 1 Cor. 19.3 Luk. 23.46 Yes Could He be otherwise than dead when upon the piercing his side there came out forthwith bloud and water Joh. 19.37 No. Did not the darkning of the Sun the rending the Vail the quaking of the Earth and cleaving of the Rocks further confirm this tremendous mystery Mat. 27.51 Yes § AND could there be a greater evidence of his death than his being buried in such a manner as is recorded Mat. 27.59 66. No Yea did not the place and circumstances of his Burial contribute to the assurance of his following Resurrection Joh. 19.39 40. Yes § MAY we doubt of the truth of his descending into Hell because there are variety of opinions about the meaning of it No. If upon his Resurrection He was not left in Hell Acts 2.30 31.
No. Do not Believers in the Sacraments Seal their Covenant with God Psal 50.5 and receive the Benefits of the new Covenant Seal'd to them Rom. 15.8 Yes Question How many parts are there in a Sacrament Answer Two The outward visible sign and the inward Spiritual Grace § ARE these the only parts of it or doth a bare sign of Grace without a Promise and Institution make a Sacrament 1 Cor. 16.20 No. Do you not mention these two parts for the better Explication of each particular Sacrament following Yes Question What is the outward visible sign or Form in Baptism Answer Water wherein the Person is Baptised in the name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost § IS not water the Element in which Baptism is administred and was not Christ and his Disciples Baptized therein Mat. 3.17 Acts 8.36 and 10.44 Yes May any for the meaness of its outside or under pretence of a higher Baptism contemn this 2 Kings 5.12 No. Can any thing be more apt to signify the blood and Spirit of Christ than water for the necessity freeness pleâ—ty and the Cleansing Vertue thereof Isa 55.1 Joh. 1.16 No. § DOTH not Baptizing signify the application of water to a person or thing in greater or â—esser quantities Mark 7.4 1 Cor. 10.2 Yes Is it probable that when Thousands were Baptized in a day and some Baptized in private houses and by night that they were all plung'd under water No. Doth not the Sprinkling with or pouring on of water aptly express the bloud of sprinkling Heb. 10.22 and 12.24 and pouring out of the Spirit Acts 2.17 Yes § CAN any administer Baptism but they who are sent and Commissioned Joh. 1.33 or may they do it in their own names or the name of any Creature 1 Cor. 1.13 15 No. Must it not be in the name of the Trinity to shew by whose authority it is done and who alone can make it effectual Mat. 28 19. Yes †And is not the person so Baptized engag'd to the Profession and worship of Father Son and Holy Ghost Gal. 3.27 Yes Question What is the inward and Spiritual Grace Answer A death unto Sin and a new birth unto righteousness for being by nature born in Sin and the Children of wrath we are hereby made the Children of Grace § IS not the new Birth or Regeneration which is a Change of State and Heart signify'd and Sealed in our Baptism Tit. 3.5 Yes 1. Are there any that before the relative change by Regeneration are not by nature Children of Wrath Eph. 2.3 No. Is not Justification signify'd by Baptism whereby our Souls are sprinkled with Christs blood as our bodies are with water Acts 2.28 and 22.16 Yes And are not they who are thus justified accepted as the Children of Grace by adoption Yes 2. Can any have this Relative change without a real change of Heart and life accompanying it No. Are there any that are not by nature born in Sin and become defiled and unclean thereby Psal 51.5 No. Is not Sanctification Seal'd in Baptism whereby our Souls are cleansed by his Spirit as by the pouring on of Water Joh. 3.5 Ezek. 36.25 Yes * Is not mortification or a death unto Sin one part of Sanctification Rom. 6.2 3. Yes Can any improve their Baptism aright that do not dye unto sin and dayly mortify their Corruptions Rom. 6.11 and 8.13 No. And is not this aptly signifyed by pouring Water on the Person Baptized as we cast dust on a body that is buried Rom. 6.4 Yes * Is not vivification or a rising again unto righteousness the other part of Sanctification and signify'd by coming from under the water of Baptism Rom. 6.4 Yes †But though this be the inward Grace signify'd and Sealed by Baptism yet is this Change wrought meerly by the outward washing 1 Pet. 3.21 No. Question What is required of Persons to be Baptized Answer Repentance whereby they forsake Sin and Faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament § IS Baptism to be administred to any Creatures save the Children of Men or to any of them that are out of the visible Church No. Is it not to be administred to all within the Church without distinction of Nation Sex or Condition Gal. 3.28 Yes May any Adult Person be admitted to Baptism without Profession of Faith and Repentance Mark 1.15 or can they receive any saving benefit without those Graces Acts 2.38 41. No. 1. Is there not in repentance a deep sense of Sin Confession of it to God with shame hatred and sorrow for it Luk. 18.13 Yes Yet is all this sufficient without forsaking or renouncing Sin in Heart and Life and turning from it to the Lord Isa 55.7 No. And is not such a repentance one thing that is required of Persons that are to be Baptized Mat. 3.6 Yes 2. Are we not to believe the promises of justifying and Sanctifying Grace made in the new Covenant and signifyed and Sealed in Baptism Ezek. 36.25 26. Heb. 11.13 Yes Are there any such promises without respect to Christ or can we stedfastly believe them without Faith in Jesus Christ in and through whom they are established 2 Cor. 1.20 No. And is not such a faith the other thing that is required of Persons that are to be Baptized Acts 8.37 Yes Question Why then are Infants Baptized when by reason of their tender Age they cannot perform them Answer Because they promise them both by their sureties which promise when they come to Age themselves are bound to perform § WERE you capable of performing these when you were Baptized in Infancy as you might have been if you had been Baptized at Age No. Is then the Baptism of Infants to be retained in the Church and was our Baptism in that tender Age Lawful Yes * If God extends his Covenant to the seed of Believers Acts 2.38 39. may any deny them a Right to the Seal of that Covenant Gen. 17 7-10 No. Is not the blessing of Abraham come upon the Gentiles Gal. 3.14 and are not we graffed into the same Church that the Jews were broken off from Rom. 11.17 Yes Hath God then repealed his Grant made to Infants or hath the Church fewer Priviledges since Christ came than it had before Heb. 8.6 No. Are not the Infants of Believers faederally Holy Rom. 11.16 1 Cor. 7.14 own'd as Covenant-servants Levit. 25.41 42. and received as Disciples Mat. 10.42 Mark 10.14 Yes * Was it not the Will of Christ who is King of Kings that whole Nations should be discipled and Baptized Mat. 28.19 Yes Are Infants deny'd to be a part of Nations or are they deny'd Birth-priviledges amongst Men Acts 22.28 No. * Doth not the Practice of the Universal Church in all Ages agree to this and Confirm it Acts 16.15 33. Yes § IF Infants they do not actually repent and believe yet are they â—â—capable of coming under a promise or engagement so to do Deut. 29 10-12
hearts Acts 5.3 Yes * Must we not beg that if God please we may not fall into such Circumstances where we shall meet with occasions and provocations to sin Prov. 30 7-9 Yes * Must we not pray that if we are tempted He would not leave us to our Selves or withdraw his Grace 2 Chro. 32.31 Yes Can we have wisdom to know the Devils wiles or strength to withstand them without asking it of God 2 Cor. 12 7-9 No. * Must we not beg that if we fall by temptation we may rise again Psal 51.12 and that God woâ—â—d at last free us from all temptation Rom. 16.20 Yes § MUST we not desire to be delivered from this present evil world Gal. 1.4 and all the real evil of afflictions Joh. 17.19 Yes * Must we not pray to be delivered from evil men 2 Thes 3.2 3. and that the Church may be freed from its oppressours Luk. 18.7 8. Yes * But is there any greater evil than that of sin or any greater mercy to be beg'd than to be delivered from the guilt and power of it Psal 19.13 Rom. 7.24 No. * Must we not desire to be delivered from the evil one 2 Pet. 2.9 and from the wrath of God in the world to come 1 Thes 1.10 Yes Qu. What is the Conclusion of the Lords Prayer Answ For thine is the Kingdom c. § MAY we take arguments in Prayer from our own merits or from any thing but God his Name and Grace Psal 115.1 Dan. 9.18 No. * Is not He that hath the Kingdom ready to save his Subjects and He that hath the power able to do it especially when His Glory is also concern'd 2 Chro. 20.6 Yes * Is not this a Form of Thanksgiving 1 Chron. 29.11 and must not Honour and Glory and Power be ascribed to Him now and for ever 1 Tim. 1.17 Rev. 5.13 Yes § CAN we say Amen to Prayers which we do not understand or attend to 1 Cor. 14.15 16. No. Do we not by saying Amen testify our earnest desire of what we pray for and trust through Christ that we shall obtain it Neh. 8.6 Yes Question What desirest thou of God in this Prayer Answer 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 § CAN we aright Petition God for mercy without Confession of our vileness and unworthiness and Thanksgiving for what we have received Dan. 9.4 Col. 4.2 No. * Can we in Confession reckon up all the sins that ever we committed Psal 19.12 and 40.12 or if we could is it to inform God of what He knew not before 2 Kings 19.27 No. Is it not to unburden our loaded Consciences before the Lord Psal 32.4 5. to acknowledge his justice and to lay hold on his mercy 1 Joh. 1.9 Yes Must it not be sincere and full Prov. 28.13 with grief and confusion of Face Luk. 18.13 Yes * Is there any Condition that a Believer can be in in which Thanksgiving may not be joyn'd with his Prayer Eph. 5.20 No. Must we not value his mercys for their number greatness and freeness declare them to others and live suitable thereunto Psal 103.1 2. Psal 116.12 14. Yes Question How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answer Two only as generally necessary to Salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. § IF we hope to obtain the mercy we pray for may we neglect the other means of Grace attending on his word and use of his Sacraments Acts 2.41 42. No. Are the two Sacraments of the old Testament Cir cumcision and the Passover to be used in the Church now Heb. 7.12 No Hath not Christ appointed two other Sacraments in their room answering to our necessity of a new birth and of Spiritual growth 1 Cor. 12.13 Yes § ARE Baptism and the Lords Supper civil appointments used without the Church as Marriage amongst Heathens or meer Ceremonies of indifferent and Arbitrary use Mark 16.16 No. * Are they only specially necessary to some one sort of Believers as Ordination is to Ministers to which others are not oblig'd No. * Are they so particularly necessary to every person under all Circumstances that no one can be saved that doth not pertake of them Mat. 9.13 No. Are they not then generally necessary where they may be had by vertue of Gods Command that no one upon peril of his Soul may wilfully contemn them Num. 9.13 Yes Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answer I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward Spiritual Grace given unto us ordain'd by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof § DOTH not the word Sacrament fignify our engagement to Christ as the Roman Souldiers were to their Emperours by their military Oath Yes 1 Can it be a Sacrament where there is not some outward sign sensible and visible Rom. 4.11 No. Are not such signs of great use to inform our understandings quicken our memories and stir up our affections Gal. 3.1 Yes 2. Must there not be some inward and spiritual Grace that may answer to the outward sign Yes 3. Yet can it be a Sacrament unless this Grace be given to us viz. by offer and Promise made to us therein Acts 2.38 39. No. Are the Benefits of Christ's death though conditionally offer'd and promised in these rites Yes 4. Must not a Sacrament be Ordained by Christ himself 1 Cor. 11.23 and hath not He besides his appointing Sanctify'd these by his own pertaking of them Yes Can any meer man ordain a Sacrament or annex Grace or any promise thereof to their own inventions No. 5. Must not a Sacrament be a means to receive the Grace promised Tit. 3.5 and doth not God indeed conveigh Grace to the worthy receivers 1 Cor. 10.16 Yes Doth the efficacy of the Sacraments depend upon the intention or worthiness of the Person that administers them 1 Cor. 3.6 7. No. Do the Sacraments work of themselves by any Natural vertue in the outward rites 1 Pet. 3.21 No. Are they not means of Grace made effectual by the working of the Spirit to them that by Faith do pertake of them 1 Cor. 12.13 Yes 6. Can there be any Sacrament where there is not a Seat or pledge to assure this to us Rom. 4.11
means Acts 13.26 Yes Are all under this common call also called effectually and chosen Mat. 22.14 No. But can this outward call be refus'd without the woful hazard of the Soul Prov. 1.24 26. No. § IS not the Gospel-call a great priviledge and must you not Solemnly thank God our Heavenly Father through Christ for it Psal 147.19 20. Yes Is there not great danger of being drawn from the State to which you are called by damnable doctrines or practices Heb. 10.38 Yes Can you then continue therein and be kept from revolting from your profession without real grace Heb. 13.9 Phil. 2.12 13. No. And if God gives you the first grace is perseverance therein of your Selves Luk. 22.32 No. § WILL you then pray unto God for his Grace to prevent and assist you and consummate at last his work in you Jam. 1.5 Phil. 1.6 Yes And must you not to prayer add the diligent use of all the means that God has appointed Mat. 25.29 Yes Are you willing for your further help that I should teach you what you are to believe and to do according to your promise Heb. 5.12 Yes Catechist Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief Answer 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 crucifyed 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 § IS this Creed found in so many words any where in Scripture No. Yet is not the whole of it proved by Scripture as being according to the Doctrine of the Apostles and therefore called the Aposiles Creed Eph. 2.20 Yes Is it not agreeable to Scripture that there should be such a Form of sound Words 2 Tim. 1.13 Yes * May we receive any thing as an Article of Faith that is not found in Scripture Gal. 1.8 9. No. Are not all things revealed in the Scriptures to be believed by us Luk. 1.1 Yes But are all things therein alike necessary to be known Joh. 17.3 No. * Are not all things necessary and Fundamental plainly revealed Psal 119.105 Yes * Were not the Scriptures confirm'd by Miracles owned by the Church in all Ages and are they not known by their majesty purity and efficacy on the Hearts of Believers Psal 19.7 8 9. Yes †Will you not then search the Scriptures to prove the Articles of your Belief Joh. 5.39 Yes Qu. What is the first Article Answ I believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth § DOTH not Believing in God denote a practical trusting in and depending on Father Son and Holy Ghost as our Father Redeemer and Sanctifyer Yes Can this be without understanding what God hath revealed concerning himself as standing in these Relations to us Heb. 11.6 No. § DO you not believe that there is a God a most pure and supream Spirit Joh. 4.24 Yes Hath He a body or bodily parts or can He be seen with mortal eyes 1 Tim. 1.17 Deut. 4.15 No. Is He not infinite in his being and blessedness Exod. 3.13 Yes Is He confin'd to Time or place Psal 90.1 or doth He stand in need of any of his Creatures to make Him happy Acts 17.25 No. Is He subject to change or alteration Jam. 1.17 No. Can his attributes and glorious perfections be fully comprehended by us Job 11.7 8 9. No. Is He not most Holy Powerful Wise Good Just and true and this Originally and independently so as no Creature can be Mat. 19.17 Yes § ARE there more Gods than One Deut. 6.4 Is it agreeable to right reason that there should be more than one first Cause on which all things depend Acts 17.28 No. § ARE there not three Persons in the Godhead the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost 1 Joh. 5.7 Yes Is either of these Divine Persons before or after greater or less than the other Joh. 10.30 No. Have they not one and the same Divine nature and are they not distinguished by their Personal properties Yes Did not the Father from eternity beget the Son Psal 2.7 and is not the Son begotten of the Father before all worlds Joh. 1.14 Yes Doth not the Holy Ghost proceed from the Father and the Son Joh. 15.26 Yes § DID not the Almighty power of God appear in the works of his Creation Isa 45.12 13. Yes * Did He not make all things of nothing by the word of his power in the space of 6 days Heb. 11.3 Psal 33.6 Gen. 1.1 Yes Did He make any thing amiss Gen. 1.31 No. †And doth He not by his providence uphold and govern all that He hath made Heb. 1.3 Yes * Did He not in particular make man his body Form'd of the dust and his Soul immediately inspir'd Gen. 2.7 Yes Did not God create him after his own Image a knowing holy creature able also to sulfil the whole Law Gen. 1.26 Yes Did not God Covenant with man to confirm his life and happiness upon condition of his perfect obedience Rom. 10.5 Yes Was the particular command given to try his obedience viz. that He should not eat of the tree of Knowledge of good and evil a hard and impossible thing No. Did not God threaten death on his disobedience Gen. 2.17 Yes Should man have dy'd if he had not sinned Rom. 5.12 No. Did not man understand and agree to his Covenant Gen. 3.3 Yes Qu. What is the Second Article Answ And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord. § DO you not Believe in God the Son the Second Person of the Trinity equal with the Father and partaker of the same essence Phil. 2.6 Yes Though Believers are called Sons by Grace and adoption 1 Joh. 3.1 Yet is not our Lord His only Son by Nature and Eternal Generation Rom. 8.3 Yes § IS not the Son of God called Jesus because He saves his People from their Sins Mat. 1.21 Yes * Was man confirm'd in the holy estate in which He was created as the Elect Angels are now No. Did He not fall from that estate by Transgressing the Law and command which God gave him Eccl. 7.29 Yes Did He not Sin by the temptation of the Devil being left to the freedom of his own will Gen. 3 4 5 6. Yes Can so high an affront to the majesty of the Law-giver that contain'd so much Infidelity and such a total defection from God be reckoned a small Sin No. * Was not Adam our common Father a publick Person and our Representative in the Covenant of works 1 Cor. 15.22 Rom. 5.12 19. Yes Are there then any meer men that are
their persons Rom. 13.1 2. pay them Taxes Mat. 22.21 and be Subject to their lawful Commands Tit. 3.1 Yes § MAY Magistrates forget by whom they Reign or cast off the fear of God in their Covernment 2 Sam. 23.3 No. 5. Are not Ministers our Ecclesiastical Parents 2 Kings 2.12 whom we must know Honour and esteem 1 Thes 5.12 13. Yes * May we defraud them of their maintenance 1 Tim. 5.17 1 Cor. 9.11 or despise their Godly Disciplines Heb. 13.17 No. * Must we not receive their Holy Doctrines as the word of God 1 Thes 2.13 and consult with them in difficult Cases Mala. 2.7 Yes § MUST Not Ministers be Holy in their Carriage apt to teach able to convince gain-sayers and to Comfort the afflicted Tit. 1.9 Yes 6. May we neglect a suitable respect and Honour to any others that are above us in Age Gifts or quality Levit. 19.32 No. § IS not this the first Commandment with Promise Eph. 6.2 3. because Obedience thereunto tends to prosperity and the lengthening out of our days Deut. 5.16 Yes †Doth not this shew us that Honouring our Parents is well-pleasing to God Col. 3.20 and that Godliness hath the promises of this Life as well as that to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Yes But if Children are Hypocritically Obedient hath He Promised not to cut them off for their other sins No. Yea if Children be Godly and Dutiful for Christ's sake is this Promise absolute without any Condition 1 Kings 14.13 No. May He not take them away from the evils of this Life and give them the blessing of eternal Life Isa 57.1 2. Yes †Can they that persist in disobedience to their Parents escape the dreadful Curse pronounc'd on the breakers of this Commandment Deut. 27.16 Pro. 30.17 No. Qu. Which is the Sixth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not Kill Or Thou shalt do no Murder § DOTH not this forbid the taking away unjustly the life of Man who was made after the Image of God Gen. 9.3 6. Yes Is it Murder or unlawful for the Magistrate to take away the lives of Criminals by Publick Justice Num. 35.31 No. Is it Murder to shed Bloud in a Lawful War Jer. 48.10 or to kill a Man in our necessary self-defence Exod. 22.2 3. No. * Is it not Murder to kill a Man in a Passion Exod. 21.23 and yet greater if done with malice and fixed hatred Gen. 4.8 Yes * Is not the sin yet greater if done by force and violence in an open assault Num. 35.16 or by Witchcraft and help of the Devil Exod. 22.18 Yes Doth blind Zeal excuse the Murderer if He should think He ought to do it Joh. 16.2 No. Are Duels Lawful or can any pretence of Gallantry or injuries receiv'd excuse them Rom. 12.19 No. * Doth it not forbid all hurting and wounding our Neighbours Bodies Exod. 21.24 25. and all occasions of Bloud-shed Deut. 22.8 Yes * May we by Contrivance hiring or false Accusation consent or be accessary to Murder Prov. 1 10-12 No. * Is not Self-murder a most unnatural Sin and without possibility of Repentance Mat. 27.5 Yes Doth not all Murder make Men odious to God and like the Devil who was a Murderer from the beginning Joh. 8.44 Yes * Are not all rayling and reviling Words and all malice and unjust anger in the Heart as murder in Gods account 1 Joh. 3.15 Mat. 5.21 22. Yes § IS it sufficient that we do not strike or wound our Neighbour if we use no due care to preserve his Life Luk. 10.33 36. No. * Must we not succour the distressed protect the innocent and deliver them from wrongs Job 29.13 Yes * May we needlesly hazard our own lives Mat. 10.23 or neglect the moderate use of Food Physick Labour or what may tend to the Health of our Bodies 1 Tim. 5.23 No. Qu. What is the Seventh Commandment Answ Thou shalt not Commit Adultery § MAY any forbid Marriage which God has ordain'd for mutual Society the avoiding Fornication and the increase of the Church Heb. 13.4 1 Tim. 4.3 No. * Is it Lawful for any to have more Wives than one Mala. 2.15 or to put away his Wife saving for the cause of Fornication Mat. 19.9 No. * Is it Lawful to contract Marriage with those that are near of Kin within the degrees mentioned in the Law Levit. 18. 1 Cor. 5.1 No. Is it not a shame to mention the secret Lusts of uncleanness whereby sinners defile their own and others bodies in a single or married State Eph. 5.12 Yes * Is not Adultery or the breach of the marriage Covenant Mala. 2.14 the direct sin against this Commandment Yes * Yâ—t doth it excuse the uncleanness called Fornication that it is committed by single persons 1 Cor. 6.9 18. or with a purpose and promise of marriage afterwards Gen. 34.31 No. Do not these sins bring destruction on Nations and Families and ruin on the Estate and reputation of the sinner Prov. 6.26 33. Yes Do they not destroy the health and lives Prov. 5.8 11 and more especially the Souls of the guilty 1 Pet. 2.11 Yes Are they usually committed by any but who are first given up by God and abhorred by him Prov. 22.14 Rom. 1.24 No. Are there many Instances of those that have return'd and repented after the commiting of such sins Prov. 2.18 19. No. Do they not expose men to Excommunication from the Church and to Damnation in Hell 1 Cor. 5.11 and 6.9 10. Yes * Doth not this Law extend to the forbidding the Lustings of the Heart Mat. 5.28 the uncleanness of the Tongue Eph. 4.29 and the adultery of the Eye 2 Pet. 2.14 Prov. 6.25 Yes May we read wanton Books wear immodest Attire Prov 7.10 live in idleness 2 Sam. 11.2 or have familiar converse with unchast persons Prov. 5.8 No. Are not Gluttony and Drunkenness the great incentives to the Lusts of uncleanness Jer. 5.7 Prov. 23 31-33 Yes § MUST we not take great care to preserve our own and others Chastity in heart speech and behaviour 1 Thes 4.4 1 Tim. 2.9 Yes Can this be done without watching over our Senses Job 31.1 and watching against Temptations 1 Pet. 5.8 especially in a time of Youth 2 Tim. 2.22 No. Qu. Which is the Eighth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not Steal § HATH God left all things in Common for every one that is strongest or most crafty to seize on what He can get Habak 2.8 No. * Is it not theft to take away anothers Goods unjustly Joh. 12.6 though never so secretly Josh 7.21 Yes * May we be Confederates with Thieves Prov. 1.10 14 pertake of or receive what they have Stollen or conceal their Persons or Goods Prov. 29.24 No. * Is it not aggravated by the violence that is used in Robbery and Piracy Judg. 9.25 or by Stealing things Dedicated to God called Sacriledge Rom. 2.22 Yes * May men wast Riotously their own Estates and thereby Rob themselves and their Families Prov. 21.17 No. Is not Theft contrary
to the Light of Nature as well as the Law of Christ and doth it not expose the Guilty to a severe Condemnation 1 Cor. 6.10 Yes * May we use any unlawful calling 2 Pet. 2.15 or any Guile or defrauding though in a lawful calling Mark 10.19 1 Thes 4.6 No. * May we put off bad or false Wares and Mony for good or use False Weights and Measures Amos. 8.5 6. Prov. 11.1 No. * May we set unconscionable Prices on our Goods Levit. 25.14 16. or Work upon the ignorance or necessities of them we deal with Prov. 22.22 23. No. * May we buy of those that we vehemently suspect have no right to Sell or immoderately praise our own or dispraise anothers Goods Prov. 20.14 No. * Is it not grievous Theft to be false in Places or matters of Trust especially in the Wills of the Dead Gal. 3.15 Yes * May we refuse to pay just Debts if we are able Rom. 13.8 or borrow without being likely to pay unless we lay open our Case Psal 37.21 No. * May we trespass upon the Lands of others Prov. 22.28 or with-hold corn to advance the Price in a time of scarcity Prov. 11.26 No. * May we keep Lost Goods which we have found without a suâ—table diligence to enquire out the Owner Deut. 22.2 3. No. § MUST we then in a Lawful use of some good Câ—lling cast our care upon the Lord and eat our own bread Eph. 4.28 2 Thes 3.11 12. Yes * Must we not do to others as we would be done by Mat. 7.12 Give to all their due Rom. 13.7 and Linder what we can any damage from befalling our Neighbours Estate Deut. 22.1 Yes Can there be true Repentance for sins of injustice without restoring what we have defrauded to the utmost of our power Mic. 6.10 11. Luk. 19.8 No. * Must we not give largely of our well-gotten Goods to the Poor according to their necessity especially to the Godly and them that suffer for Christs sake 2 Cor. 8.2 Yes Qu. Which is the Ninth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not bear false Witness c. § DOTH not this in the Letter forbid the affirming any thing falsely against another in Courts of Judicature Acts 6.11 13. and 24.9 Yes * May we therefore for fear favour or malice conceal the truth Acts 24.19 20. or knowingly change or wrest the words of another Mar. 26.60 61. No. * May we suborn false Witnesses 1 Kings 21.9 10. oâ— may Judges and Juries Wittingly admit of them to Justify the Wicked or condemn the Righteous Deut. 1. â—7 No. * And though it be in common converse may we raise false Reports Neh. 6.6 8. or lightly take them up and spread them Psal 15.3 No. * May we put the worst Constructions on our Neighbours words and actions 1 Sam. 22.9 10. or carry about Tales openly or secretly to disgrace him Levit. 19.16 No. Is not all false Witnessing and Slandering injurious to Men and hateful to God Prov. 6.19 20. and 19.5 Yes * Doth not this Condemn all Lying as highly provoking to God contrary to all Society amongst men and making men like the Devil the Father of it Prov. 6.16 17. Joh. 8.44 Yes Is it Lawful to Lye under pretence of Gods Glory the preservation of Religion Joh. 13.7 Rom. 3.7 8. or for any Worldly gain whatsoever Prov. 21.6 No. And if we may not Lye for our own or others Profit may we for their Sport or Pleasure Prov. 26.18 19. No. May we use Artificial modes of Lying by Equivocations and Mental Reservations Acts 5.8 No. Yet the more pernicious and hurtful any Lye is to our Neighbour is it not so much the more abominable Psal 52.4 Yes § MUST not all behave themselves in Courts of Judicature as under the awe of the peculiar presence and Oath of God Psal 82.1 2. Yes * Must we not in our whole Conversation Love the Truth and when we are called to speak utter it Eph. 4.25 Yes May we Promise any thing that we intend not to perform or neglect the performance if it be Lawful No. * Must we not rejoyce in the good Name of our Neighbour and be grieved when they deserve or receive disgrace 1 Cor. 12.26 Yes Must we not Charitably think the best 1 Cor. 13.5 and cover thâ—ir Faults 1 Pet. 4.8 and in what we can speak well of them 1 Sam. 19.4 5. Yes Yet must we neglect to reprove them for their Faults Levit. 19.17 till they prove scorners or desperate Mat. 7.6 No. * Can we rightly take care of our Neighbours good Name if we do not by a Holy walking endeavour to preserve our own 1 Sam. 2.30 Eccl. 7.1 No. Qu. Which is the Tenth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not Covet thy Neighbours House c. § ARE we forbidden not only the acts and setled thoughts of sin but even the first motions and stirrings thereof in our Souls Rom. 7.7 Yes * May we comply with the Devils motiâ—ns 〈…〉 5.3 or suffer our selves to be drawn aside by oâ—◠〈…〉 to affect any thing forbidden by God's Law Jam. 1.14 No. * May we desire what is anothers to his hurt Acts 20.33 or envy our Neighbours happiness and delight in his loss Prov. 23.17 18. No. * Though we Covet not anothers Goods may we set our affections on our own or distract our mind and wast our strength in persuit of the World Luk. 12.15 17. Yes Doth not Covetousness bring a Curse on the Goods Bodies Families and Souls of Worldlings Habak 2.9 10. Yes § DOTH not this require all inward purity of the Soul and the regulating our affections by the Word Prov. 4.23 Yes Must we not rejoyce in our Neighbours prosperity Rom. 12.12 and be contented with what Condition the providence of God allots us 1 Tim. 6.6 8. Heb. 13.5 Yes Question What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answer I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour § WAS not the Law Written on two Tables the one containing our Duty to God the other our duty to men and both Comprehended in Love Exod. 34 1-5 Rom. 13.10 Yes Can those two be separated in our Practice and Obedience or is our Holiness true without righteousness Luk. 1.75 No. Yet are not the duties of the first Table more noble than the duties of the Second as the Object of them which is God is greater than Man Job 33.12 Yes Question What is thy duty towards God Answer My duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my Heart with all my mind with all my Soul and with all my Strength To Worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him to Honour his Holy Name and his word and to serve him truly all the days of my Life § DOTH not the Four first Commandments make up the first Table and is not Love to God the Sum of them all Mat. 22.37 38. Yes Can we
Holy and glorious Psal 8.1 9. No. Yet is not his Name dishonoured by sin Rom. 3.23 and reproach'd and blasphem'd by Sinners Psal 74.10 Yes * Must we not beg Grace to Hallow his Name in our Hearts by acknowledging and honouring it as Infinitely Holy Isa 5.16 Yes Can we thus Sanctify his Name unless he first Sanctify our Hearts and make them Holy 1 Thes 5.23 No. * Must we not desire Grace to Honour him with our mouths Josh 7 19. Psal 69.30 and in our lives by worshipping and obeying Him Jer. 13.16 Mat. 5.16 Yes * Can we honour his name aright without desiring that others also might Glorifie and hallow his name Psal 145.21 No. * Must we not beg that He would glorifie his own name in the World Psal 67.1 2 3. and pull down what is Contrary to his Glory therein Psal 83.16 c. Psal 57.5 Yes Qu. Which is the Second Petition Answ Thy Kingdom come § HATH not God a general Kingdom over all and must we not desire that His Soveraign Authority may be every where acknowledged Psal 103.19 Dan. 4.32 Yes Is it enough to be under his Providential Dominion as are all creatures unless we be made the Subjects of his Kingdom of Grace 1 Thes 2.12 Mark 1.15 No. * Do you not beg then to be delivered from the Kingdom of Satan under which you were by Nature that Christ may Reign in you by his Grace and Spirit Col. 1.13 Rom. 14.17 Yes And that He would make you fit for and give you an abundant entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven 2 Tim. 4.18 Yes * Are you to neglect others in your Prayers so as not to desire the spreading of the word of his Kingdom 2 Thes 3.1 No. * Is it not highly desirable that the Kingdoms of the world should be all the Kingdoms of Christ and Jews and Gentiles given him for his possession Rev. 11.15 Yes Can we pray for this without desiring the pulling down of Antichrist and all the implacable enemies of the Church Psal 68.1 No. * Must we not desire the hastning of his Kingdom of Glory in which all the Saints shall have with him their perfect Consummation and bliss Rev. 22.20 Yes Qu. Which is the Third Petition Answ Thy will be done in Earth c. § IS it fit for us curiously to enquire into the secret will of God Acts 1.7 or can we know it but by the event and course of his Providence Isa 40.28 No. * Must we not desire that we may submit to his Providential Will when discovered according to our Lords Pattern Mat. 26.42 without murmuring or repining Acts 21.13 14. Yes * But must we not desire to know his revealed will Acts 9.6 and renounce our own Wills so far as they stand in Competition with his Joh. 5.30 Yes * Is it sufficient to know his Will without desiring that He would enable us to perform it Psal 143.10 No. § CAN we do the Will of God here on Earth with that perfection that Saints and Angels do above Rev. 4.8 9. No. But must we not aim at perfection Phil. 3.13 14. and desire to do His Will as they do speedily Isa 6.2 faithfully Psal 103.20 21. and constantly Mat. 18.10 Yes Qu. Which is the Fourth Petition Answ Give us this day our dayly Bread § DO we deserve the least crumb of Bread Gen. 32.10 or can we procure it by our Industry and Labour without the gift of God Psal 127.1 2. No. If all be of free gift may we murmur that others have more than we or that God takes away any outward blessing from us Job 1.21 No. * Yet must we not pray for such a Competency of Health and Peace 3 Joh. v. 2. Sleep and Safety Psal 4.8 Food and Raiment as He sees fit Gen. 28.20 Yes Must we not desire that He would give fruitful Seasons and a Blessing on the Fruits of the Earth 1 Kings 8.35 36. Yes †Must we ask these things chiefly or in the first place before the Spiritual Bread for our Souls Mat. 6.33 No. * May we when we have daily bread long for Riches delicacies and abundance Luk. 12.15 Prov. 30.8 No. * Can we live by this bread alone without desiring his word of blessing upon it Deut. 8.3 No. * Is it our dayly Bread or can we pray for a blessing on it if it be the Bread of Idleness violence or Injustice 2 Thes 3.12 Psal 128.2 No. * Must we not come day by day like Beggers for what we need and depend on God for fresh supplies Psal 104 27-29 Yes * And when we ask for Bread this day may we be anxiously careful about to morrow Mat. 6.34 No. †And when He bestowes upon us our dayly Bread must we not receive it with Thanksgiving 1 Tim. 4.4 5. Yes Qu. Which is the Fifth Petition Answ Forgive us our Trespasses c. Gr. Debts § IF we have our daily Bread and never so much of the world can we be happy without the Pardon of sin Job 21 7-15 No. Are not our sins called Trespasses and Debts as making us obnoxious to the punishment threatned Mat. 18.32 35. Yes * Must we not pray that God for his mercy sake through Christ would not exact the penalty of us but deliver us from the guilt of all our sins Psal 130.2 3. Yes * Must we not therefore beg repentance unto Life and Faith in Jesus Christ who bore the penalty Acts 5.31 Yes * May they who have been pardon'd already neglect to pray for the continuances of that Grace and the Pardon of their dayly Infirmities Psal 25.11 and 51.1 No. * Must they not pray for the manifestation of forgiveness to their Souls Psa 51.8 and to be openly absolv'd at the great day Acts 3.19 Yes § MAY any think or hope that God hath forgiven him that doth not find in his Heart a readiness to forgive others Mat. 6.15 and 18.32 34. No. Though we may seek help peaceably of the Magistrate when we are injured Acts 23.11 yet may we bear a grudge for injuries done or privately revenge them Rom. 12.19 No. * Must we not profess our readiness to forgive others when we desire God to forgive us Mark 11.25 Yes And must we not do it heartily fully and freely Mat. 18.21 22 35. as God for Christ's sake forgives us Col. 3.13 Eph. 4.32 Yes * Is it not an encouragement to our Faith that God upon our repentance will forgive us when such as we are enabled by his Grace to forgive others Luk. 11.4 Yes Qu. Which is the Sixth Petition Answ And lead us not into Temptation c. § IS it enough to beg pardon for what is past if we are not careful to be kept from sin for the time to come Joh. 5.14 No. Is temptation an excuse for sin or doth God tempt any one by enticing them to iniquity Jam. 1.13 No. Are not men tempted by their own Lusts Jam. 1.14 and by the Devils stirring up the corruptions of their
No. Though your engagement and promise was then declared by others yet can you lay claim to the Benefits of the Covenant without standing to that engagement your selves No. And now you are come to Age do you not renew your Baptismal engagement and are you not desirous to be Confirmed therein by laying on of hands and Prayer Heb. 6.2 Yes Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper orâ—ain'd Answer For the continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of the Death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby § IS not the Lords Supper the other Sacrament and was it not Ordained by Christ as well as Baptism 1 Cor. 11.23 Yes Was it Ordained to be an unbloody Sacrifice or propitiation for the Quick and the Dead Heb. 9.22 25. No. Yet is it not an Eucharist or Spiritual Sacrifice of Thanksgiving and Gospel Service Mala. 1.11 Yes * Was not the death of Christ such a Propitiatory Sacrifice Typifyed by all the bloody Sacrifices of Old Heb. 9.13 14. Yes Did He not bear the punishment of our iniquities Isa 53.6 and by shedding his blood make Atonement for them Rom. 3.23 Yes Are not reconciliation Rom. 5.1 Sanctification Heb. 10.10 and Salvation Rom. 5.9 the Benefits which Believers receive by his death Yes * Is it a small Mercy to have a memorial or remembrance of Christs death when we are so apt to forget it Luk. 22.19 No. Must we not remember his death as a History to improve our knowledge as a Gospel to increase our Faith and as an Example to promote our Patience Gal. 3.1 Yes Is a bare Remembrance sufficient that is not affectionate fiducial and operative 1 Cor. 10.16 17. No. * Is it sufficient that we Remember him in this Ordinance once in our Lives or once in the Year No. Must it not be a continual Remembrance as often as we have opportunity as we go often to our food 1 Cor. 11.25 26. Yes Is this Ordinance Temporary to give place to others as the Jewish Sacraments were Heb. 9.10 No. Will it be continual and remain in the Church till Christ comes to Judgment 1 Cor. 11.26 Yes Question What is the outward part or Sign in the Lords supper Answer Bread and Wine which the Lord hath Commanded to be received § CAN Bread be more necessary to the Body Levit. 26.26 than Christ is to the Life of the Soul Joh. 6.33.57 No. Can Wine be more suited to the thirst than Christ is to the desires of a Believer Joh. 4.14 No. * Are not Bread and Wine most perfect in their Kind Psal 104.15 and apt to signifie a perfect Saviour Yes * Was not our Lord set forth for our Redemption as the Elements are set apart for a Holy use Rom. 3.25 Yes * Doth not the breaking the bread and pouring out the Wine aptly Represent the torturing his body and shedding his bloud 1 Cor. 11.24 Yes * Can we have Life by Christ without Believing any more than our Natural Life can be maintained without Eating and Drinking Habak 2.4 No. § HATH Christ who Commanded us to receive the Elements bid us to lay them up carry them about in procession or to adore them No. Is it sufficient to receive one of these Elements without the other when Christ has Commanded both to be received Mat. 26.27 No. Question What is the imward part or thing signify'd Answer The Body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the Faithful in the Lords supper § WHEN we are pertakers of Christs bloody death and the Benefits thereby are we not said to receive his Body and Blood or to eat his Flesh and drink his Blood Joh. 6.56 Yes * Is this done after a Corporal or Carnal manner as the Jews of Old and Papists now understand it Joh. 6.52 No. Are we to believe that the Substance of the Bread and Wine is changed into the Substance of Christs Body and Blood No. Can we deny our Senses without destroying the Foundation of our Faith in Christ's Resurrection and miracles Luk. 24.39 No. Is it Rational to Believe that our Lord eat his Natural Body with his own mouth or that a true body can be whole in ten Thousand places at once Joh. 6.61 62. No. Is Not that which we eat and drink in the Sacrament called Bread and Wine after Consecration 1 Cor. 11.26 Yes * Is then the receiving Christs body and blood a Phantastical thing done only in Imagination and Pretence No. Do we verily and indeed pertake thereof in a Spiritual manner and by Faith Joh. 6.63 Yes * Is this done by wicked and ungodly men or by any but the Faithful or true Believers Joh. 6.54 56. No. Question What are the Benefits whereof we are made pertakers thereby Answer The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the Body and Blood of Christ as our Bodies are by the Bread and Wine § IS not the Lords Supper compar'd to a Feast 1 Cor. 5.7 8. wherein the Benefits of Christs Death are the dainties set forth by their excellency and variety Isa 25.6 Yes * Can the bodies of men be more Strengthned at a Feast than the Souls of Believers are Strengthned at the Lords Table Psal 138.3 No. Can there be a better means to Strengthen the habit of Grace in General to enable us to mortify Corruptions overcome Temptations bear our Burdens and improve our Talents No. And doth not every particular Grace therein acted receive Strength by exercise Isa 40.31 Yes * Can any Bodys be more refresh't with Wine at a Feast than the Souls of Believers are Comforted in the Lords Supper Cant. 1.2 and 2.3 4. No. Can any thing be more reviving to a Soul than to have Christ manifesting his Love and Loveliness in all the joys of his Salvation Joh. 14.21 22. No. Question What is required of them who come to the Lords Supper Answer To examine themselves whether they repent them truly of their former Sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new Life have a lively Faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankful remembrance of his death and be in Charity with all men § MAY any be admitted to the Lords Supper who have not a Competency of Knowledge to be ready for Confirmation or are Scandalous and notorious evil Livers Rubr. after Confirmation and before Confirmation No. Is it sufficient to have been approved and admitted by the Church if we do not examine our Selves 1 Cor. 11.28 No. Are not all Naturally unfit to discern the Lords Body or to delight in Communion with God 1 Cor. 2.14 Eph. 2.12 Yes Can any rush unprepared on this Ordinance without dishonour to God and Judgment on themselves 1 Cor. 11.27 29. No. Are there not certain Graces which accompany Salvation Heb. 6.9 which upon Examination may be known 1 Joh. 3.10 especially by the witness of the Spirit Rom. 8.16 Yes * Can we be worthy Communicants without Sincere Repentance for our Sins past 1 Cor. 11.31 No. Must we
not examine whether our sorrow be inward and extended to Original Sin and the Sins of our Hearts and accompanied with the hatred and loathing of them Isa 66.2 Yes * Can our repentance be true or our approach to the Sacrament right without full purpose of amendment 2 Cor. 7.10 No. Must we not examine whether our purposes are deliberate and without reserve and prevailing to an actual turning from all known sin Acts 11.23 Yes * Dare you approach to the Lords Table without a lively Faith in Gods mercy through Christ Joh. 6.35 No. Is not Faith known upon Examination by a great prizing of Christ and hungering after him 1 Pet. 2.7 and the victory and purity that follows upon it Acts 15.9 1 Joh. 5.4 Yes * Can we pertake of these Benefits at his Table without Thankfulness to God for them Psal 43.4 and 63.6 No. Must we not examine this by our affections of Love and delight Cant. 2.5 6. and the yielding of our Selves to him for his benefits in the paying our Vows Psal 116.18 Yes * Can we Communicate aright at a Feast of Love without Charity and Love to all men Eph. 5.2 1 Cor. 11 18-21 No. Must we not examine this by our giving and forgiving doing good to all with a peculiar delight in the Saints Mat. 5.23 24. 1 Cor. 10.17 Yes †Is all our preparation sufficient without a due care of our behaviour at and after the receiving this Holy Sacrament Cant. 1.12 No. FINIS Books Sold by Tho. 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