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A59663 The first principles of the oracles of God collected by Thomas Shephard ... Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649. 1655 (1655) Wing S3112; ESTC R37142 12,596 24

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ends Psal. 29 10. Psal. 33. 11. Q. Doth God govern all creatures alike A. No but some he governs by a common providence and others by a special providence to wit Angels and Men to an eternal estate of happiness in pleasing him or of misery in displeasing ●…im Deut. 30. 15 16. Q. What of Gods Providence appears in his speciall government of man A. Two things 1. Mans Apostacy or fall 2. His Recovery or rising again Q. Concerning mans fall what are you to observe therein A. Two things 1. His transgression in eating the forbidden fruit Gen. 2. 17. 2. The propagation of this unto all Adams posterity Q. Was this so great a sin to eat of the forbidden fruit A. Yes exceeding great this Tree being a Sacrament of the Covenant also he had a special charge not to eat of it and in it the whole man did strike against the whole Law even when God had so highly advanced him Q. What are the causes of this transgression A. The blamelesse cause was the Law of God Rom. 5. 13. And hence as the Law did it so God did it holily justly and blamelesly Rom. 7. 10 1●… 12. Q. What are the blameable causes A. Two principally 1. The devill abusing the Serpent to deceive the women Gen. 3. 1. 2. Man himself in abusing his own free-will in receiving the temptations which he might have resisted Eph. 7. 29. Q. What is the Devil A. That great number of apostate and rebellious Angels which through pride and blasphemy against God and malice against man became lyars and murtherers of man by bringing him into that sin Luke 11. 18. 1 Tim. 3. 6. 1 John 3. 12. John 8. 44. Q. What are the effects and fruits of this transgression A. They are two 1. Guilt whereby they are tyed to undergo due punishment for the fault Rom. 3 19. 2. Punishment which is the just anger of God upon them for the filth of sin Rom. 1. 18. Q. What are the particular punishments insllcted on the causes of this sin A. Besides the fearful punishment of the devils mentioned Jude 6. and that of the Serpent and the Woman Gen. 3. 14 16. the punishment of man was first Sin Original and Actual Secondly death Gen. 5. 5. Q. What is sin A. The transgression of Gods Law John 3. 4. Q. What is Original and Actual sin A. First Original sin is the contrariety of the whole nature of man to the Law of God whereby it being averse from all good is enclined to all evil Eccles. 8. 11. Gen. 6. 5. Rom. 6. 20. Secondly Actual sin is the continual jarring of the actions of man from the Law of God by reason of Original sin and so man hath no free-will to any spiritual good Esa. 65. 2 3. James 1. 14 15. Esa. 1. 11. Q. What death is that God inflicts on man for sin A. A double death 1. The first death of the body together with the beginnings of it in this world as grief shame losses sicknesses Deut. 28. 21 22 25. 2. The second death of the soul whi●…h is the eternal separation and ejection of the soul after death and soul and body after judgment from God into everlasting torments in hell Q Is there no beginning of this death as there is of the other in this life A. Yes at first security and hardnesse of heart which cannot feel sin its greatest evil 2. Terrors of conscience Heb. 2 15. 3. Bondage of Satan Eph. 2. 2. 4. The curse of God in all blessings whereby they are fitted for destruction Rom. 9. 22. Q. What of Gods Attributes shine forth here 1. His holiness whereby he being pure from all sin cannot away with the least sin in the best of his creatures Heb. 1. 13. 2. His Iustice whereby he being most just in himself cannot but punish man for sin as well as reward him for well doing 2 Thes. 1. 6. 3. His Patience whereby he useth pitty patience and bounty to his creatures offending Rom. 2. 3. Q. Is this sin and the punishment of it derived to all mens postetity A. Yes John 3. 3. Eph. 2. 3. Q. How is it propagated A. By the imputaiion of Adams sin unto us and so the punishment must needs follow upon it Rom. 5. 13. Q. Why should Adams sin be imputed to all his posterity A. Because we were in him as the members in the head as children in his loynes as debtors in their surety as branches in their roots it being just that as if he standing all had stood by imputation of his righteousnesse so he falling all should fall by the imputation of his sin Q. Thus have you seen mans apostacy from God What is his recovery A. It is the return of man to the favour of God again meerly out of favour and the exceeding riches of his free grace Eph. 2. 12 13. Rom. 5. 8. Q. How are we brought into favour and what are the parts of this recovery A. Two wayes First by Redemption 2 Cor. 5. 19 20 Secondly by Application hereof Tit. 3. 6. Q. What is Redemption A. The satisfaction made or the price paid to the justice of God for the life and deliverance of man out of the captivity of sin Satan and death by a Redeemer according to the Covenant made between him and the Father 1 Cor. 6. 20. Luk. 1. 74. Esa. 55. 10 11. Q. Who is this Redeemer A. Iesus Christ God and Man Matth. 1. 23. John 1. 14. Col. 2. 19. Q. Why is he God-Man A. That so he might be a fit Mediator to transact all businesses between God and man in the execution of his three Offices whereunto he was anointed of the Father 1 Tim. 2. 5. Esa. 42. 12. Q. What are those three Offices of Christ 1. His Propheticall Office whereby he doth reveale the will of the Father Act. 3. 22. Col. 2. 3. 2. His Priestly Office whereby he makes full atonement with the Father for us Col. 1. 20. 3. His Kingly Office whereby he governs his people whom he had taught and reconciled subduing their enemies and procuring their eternal peace Psal. 2. 6. Esa. 9. 6. Q. How hath Christ Jesus made satisfaction A. By his humiliation whereby he was made subject throughout his whole life and death to the strict Iustice of God to perform what ever the same might require for the redemption of man Gal. 4. 4 5. Q. What did Gods Justice require of man A. 1. Death for the breach of the Law and that Christ tasted in his bitter sufferings both of body and Soul by being made sin and so abolishing sin and this is called his Passive Obedience Heb. 2. 9. Eph. 1. 7. 2 Cor. 5. 21. Gal. 3. 13. 2. Perfect Obedience in fulfilling the Law perfectly both in his Nature and Actions for the procuring and meriting of life and this is called his Active Obedience Heb. 7. 26. Q. What follows Christs Humiliation A. His Exaltation which is his glorious victory and open Triumph over all his and
the Father Joh. 3. 6. Heb. 1. 3. Thirdly The Spirit the third Person proceeding from them both Joh. 15. 26. Q. Are these three Persons three distinct Gods A. No For they are that one pure Essence and therefore but one God Ioh. 1. 1. Rom. 9. 5. 1 Cor. 6. 16. 1 Cor. 2. 10. Q. If every Person be God how can they be distinct Persons and not distinct Gods A. Yes Because one and the same thing may have many Relative properties and respects of being which in the Godhead makes distinct Persons As one and the same man may be a Father in one respect a Master in another respect and a Scholar in aenother respect Q. If these three Persons be but one God what follows from hence A. That all the three Persons are Co-equal Coeternall subsisting in not separating from each other and therefore delighting in each ●…ther glorifying each other Prov. 8. 30. Thus much concerning God Now concerning the works of God Q. Thus much concerning Gods sufficiency What i●… his efficiency A. Whereby he worketh all things and all in all things Rom. 11. 36. Esa. 45. 7. Q. What of God shines forth and are you to behold in his Efficiency A. Two things First Gods Omnipotency in respect of his Essence Secondly the co-operation and distinct manner of working of the three Persons Rom. 1. 20. Iohn 5. 17. Q. What is Gods Omnipotency A. It is his Almighty power whereby he is able to bring to passe all that he doth will or what ever he can will or decree 2 Chron. 20. 6. Phil. 3. 21. Mat. 3. 9. Psal. ●…15 7. Q. What is Gods Decree A. It is his Eternall and determinate purpose concerning the effecting of all things by his mighty power according to his counsel Eph. 1. 11. Q. What attributes or glory of God appear in his Decree A. First His Constancy whereby his Decree remains unchangeable Num. ●…3 19. Secondly His Truth whereby he delivereth nothing but what he hath decreed Jer. 10. 10. Thirdly His Faithfullnesse whereby he effecteth what ever he decreeth according thereunto Esa. 46. 10. Q. What is Gods Counsell A His deliberation as it were for the best effecting of every thing according to his Wisdom Act. 4. 24. Psal. 40. 24. Q What is Gods Wisdom A. It is the Idaea or perfect platform of all things in the mind of God which either can be known or shall be done according to the good pleasure of his will Heb. ●…1 3. Prov. 8. 12 13. Q. What is the good pleasure of Gods will A. It is the most free Act of his Will whereby he willeth himself directly as the greatest good and all other things for himself according to his good pleasure Mat. 11. 25. Prov. 16. 4. Q. What learn you from hence A. That Gods good pleasure is the first and best cause of all things Psal. 115. 3. Psal. 33. 8 9 10 11. Q What is the Co-operations of the three Persons in Gods Efficiency A. Whereby they work the same thing together unseparably Joh. 5. 17 19. 16. 13 14. Q. If they work the same thing together How is it that some works are attributed to God the Father as Creation some to the Son as Redemption some to the holy Spirit as application A. This is not because the same work is not common to all the three Persons but because that work is principally attributed in Scripture to that person whose distinct manner of working appears chiefly in the work Q. What is God the Fathers distinct manner of working A. His working is from himself by the Son and to the holy Ghost Psal. 33. 6. Joh. 1. 3 and hence the beginning and so the Creation of all things is attributed to him Q. What is God the Sons manner of working A. His working is from the Father by the Holy Ghost Ioh. 14. 16. and hence the dispensation of all things and so Redemption is attributed unto him Q. What is the holy Gosts manner of working A. His working is from the Father and the Sonne Joh. 14. ●…6 and hence the consummation of all things and so application is attributed unto him Q. Wherein doth Gods efficiency or working appear A. In two things First In his creation of the world Secondly In his providence over the world Esa. 37. 16. Q. What is his creation A. It is Gods efficiency whereby he made the whole world of nothing originally exceeding good Psal. 33. 9. Gen. 1. 31. Q. Did the Lord make the world in an instant A. No but by parts in the space of six dayes described at large by Moses Gen. 1. Q. When did the Lord make the third heaven with the Angels their inhabitants A. In the first day in the first beginning of it Gen. 1. 1. Job 38. 6 7. Q. What is the creation of the third heaven A. Whereby he made it to be the heaven of heaveas a most glorious place replenished with all pleasure which belongs to eternall happinesse wherein his Majesty is seen face to face and therefore called the habitation of God 2 Chr. 2. 5 6. Psal. ●…6 11. Psal. 63. 15. Q. VVhat is the creation of the Angels A. Whereby he created an innumerable number of them in holiness to be ministring spirits with most accutenesse of understanding liberty of will great strength and speedy in motion to celebrate his praises and execute his commands specially to the heirs of salvation Heb. 11. 22. Joh. 8. 44. Heb. 1. 14. 2 Sam. 14. 20. Jude 6. 2 Pet. 2. 11. Esa. 6. 2. Psal. 130. 20. Q. When did God create man A. The sixt day Gen. 1. 27. Q. How did God create man A. He made him a reasonable creature consisting of body and an immortall Soul in the Image of God Gen. 2. 7. Gen. 1. 28. Q. What is the Image of God wherein he was made A. That hability of man to resemble God and wherein he was like unto God in wisdom holiness righteousnesse both in his nature and in his government of himselfe and all creatures Col. 3. 10. Ephes. 4. 24. Gen. 1. 26. Q. What became of man being thus made A. He was placed in the Garden of Eden as in his Princely Court to live unto God together with the wom●…n which God gave him Gen. 2. 15. Thus much of Gods Creation Q. What is his Providence A. Whereby he provideth for his creatures being made even to the least circumstance Psal. 145. 16. Proverbs 16. 33. Q. How is Gods Providence distinguished A. It is either first Ordinary and mediate whereby he provideth for his creatures by ordinary and usual means Hos. 2. 22. Secondly Extraordinary and immediate whereby he provides for his creatures by miracles or immediately by himself Psal. ●…6 4 Dan. 3. 17. Q. Wherein is his Providence seen A. First in Conversation whereby he upholdeth things in their being and power of working Act. 17. 28. Psal. 104. 29 30. Nehem. 9. 6. Secondly in Gubernation whereby he guides directs and brings all creatures to their