No. Q. Can we merit or deserve it at his hands that he should do it for us A. No. Q. What doth move him then to sanctifie us A. Free grace Q. What do you mean by Gods free grace A. His free and undeserved favour Q. What is done for us in Sanctification A. We are renewed Q. Wherein are we renewed by Sanctification A. In the whole Man Q. Is it enough to be renewed in some part A. No. Q. Must it be a total and universal renovation then A. Yes Q. After what Image or pattern are we renewed in Sanctification A. After the Image of God Q. What is it it to be made new after the Image of God A. To be made like to him in knowledg righteousness and holiness Q. Is none truly sanctified but he that is quite changed and become a new man A. No. Q. You have described the habit of Sanctisication which lies in being renewed in the whole man after the Image of God Wherein stands the exercise of Sanctification A. In dying to sin and living to righteousness Q. Do those that are truly sanctified live in their sins A. No. Q. Do all that are truly sanctified mortifie their sins or die to them A. Yes Q. Is Mortification or dying to sin a necessary part of Sanctification A. Yes Q. What is it to live unto righteousness A. As living Trees to bring forth the fruits of righteousness or good works Q. Do all they that are truly sanctified not only abstain from and mortifie sin but also bring forth the fruits of righteousness or good works A. Yes Q. Is Vivification or living to righteousness a necessary part of the exerc se of Sanctification A. Yes Q. Are we perfectly sanctified or renewed at once A. No. Q. Are we by degrees then more and more enabled to die unto sin by Sanctification and live unto Righteousness A. Yes Q. 35. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from Justification Adoption and Sanctification A. The benefits which in this life do accompanyy or flow from Justification Adoption and Sanctification are assurance of Gods love peace of conscience joy in the Holy Ghost encrease of grace and perseverance therein to the end Q. Are there any benefits which flow from justification adoption and sanctification A. Yes Q. How many are they A. Five viz. 1. Assurance of Gods love 2. Peace of Conscience 3. Joy in the holy Ghost 4. Increase of grace 5. Perseverance therein to the end Q. Whence doth assurance of Gods love peace of Conscience joy in the holy Ghost c. flow A. From our Justification Adoption and Sanctification Q. What can none have assurance of Gods love nor true peace or joy but they that are truly justified and sanctified A. No. Q. What is it a false peace and comfort then that men have while they remain unsanctified A. Yes Q When do these benefits flow from Justification Adoption ond Sanctification A. In this life Q. May one that is truly justified and sanctified have assurance of Gods love in this life A. Yes Q. And from thence peace of Conscience and joy in the holy Ghost also A. Yes Q. Which of these benefits do flow from the sense and sight of our Justification Adoption and Sanctification A. Assurance of Gods love peace of conscience and joy in the holy Ghost Q. Which of them do flow from the being of Justification Adoption and Sanctification A. Increase of grace and perseverance therein to the end Q. Is it requisite to the getting of peace and assurance that we get the sight and sense of our justification and sanctification A. Yes Q. May a man that is truly justified and sanctified be without assurance peace and joy at least for a time if he bave not the sense of his Justification and Sanctification A. Yes Q. Do increase of grace and perseverance therein to the end necessarily flow from Justification Adoption and Sanctification A. Yes Q. What do all then that are truly sanctified increase in grace and persevere therein to the end A. Yes Q. Do they always actually and sensibly increase A. No. Q. Are they always of a growing disp sition and desirous to grow A. Yes Q. And do they actually grow at some time or other if there be time and opportunity A. Yes Q Is it consistent with grace to rest satisfied in present attainments and not to desire and reach out after a farther growth A. No. Q. Do none that are truly justified and sanctified fall away totally and finally A. No. Q. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death A. The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness and do immediateely pass into glory and their bodies being still united to Christ do rest in their graves till the resurrection Q. Do the benefits and priviledges of believers end with their lives A. No. Q. What benefits have they in respect of their souls at death A. They are made perfect in holiness and do immediately pass into glory Q. What benefit have they in respect of their bodies at death A. They are still united to Christ and do rest in their graves until the Resurrection Q. Are believers made perfect in this life A. No. Q. When are they made perfect A. At death Q. What are they thâ—n made perfect in A. In holiness Q. What is it of believers that is made perfect at death A. Their souls Q. Whose souls are made perfect A. Believers Q. None but believers A. No. Q. Do their souls dye with their bodies and see corruption A. No. Q. Are their souls made perfect when their bodies are corrupted A. Yes Q. Whither do the souls of believers pass after death A. Into glory Q. How long after death do they pass into glory A. Immediately Q. What as soon as they are out of their bodies A. Yes Q. Do not their souls sleep in the grave with their bodies or stay in Purgatory A. No. Q. Are their bodies at rest A. Yes Q. Where A. In their graves Q. What for ever A. No. Q. How long then A. Only until the Resurrection Q. Are believers united to Christ in their bodies as well as their souls A. Yes Q. Doth not Death break that union and separate them from Christ A. No. Q. Do their bodies still continue united unto Christ A. Yes Q. 38. What benefit do believers receive from Christ at the Resurrection A. At the resurrection believers being raised up in glory shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment and made perfectly blessed in full enjoying of God to all eternity Q. Shall believers be raised up A. Yes Q. When A. At the Resurrection Q. What do you mean by the Resurrection A. The rising from the dead Q. What estate shall believers be raised in A In glory Q. Who shall be raised in glory A. Believers Q. Shall they rise in such an estate as they were in before A. No. Q. What benefits shall believers
to save any from bondage or misery Q. Did Christ thus Redeem us A. Yes Q. Who is Christ the Redeemer of A. Of Gods Elect. Q. Whose Son was Christ A. The Son of God Q. What kind of Son A. His Eternal Son Q. Are there any other Sons of God besides Christ A. Yes Q. Is there any other Eternal Son A. No. Q. Is the Son of God Eternal in respect of his manhood or only in respect of his Godhead A. In respect of his Godhead Q. What did the Eternal Son of God beco methat he might be our Redeemer A. He became man Q. Was Christ God or Man A. Both God and Man Q. How many natures be there in Christ A. Two his Godhead and his manhood Q. Was Christ God and man here upon the Earth A. Yes Q. Doth he continue to be man as well as God now he is in Heaven A. Yes Q. Are there two distinct Persons in Christ No. Q. Are there two distinct natures in Christ A. Yes Q. Are not these two natures in Christ confounded nor compounded A. No they are distinct Q. How long doth Christ continue God and man in two distinct natures and one person A For ever Q. 22. How did Christ being the Son of God become man A. Christ the Son of God became man by taking to himself a true body and a reasonable soul being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary and born of her yet without sin Q. What did Christ take to himself when he became man A. A true body and reasonable soul. Q. Are these the necessary parts of a true man A. Yes Q. Did Christ take to himself a Phantastical body i.e. only the shape and appearance of a body A. No a true body Q. Did Christs Divine nature enliven and actuate his body in stead of a soul A. No. Q. Had Christ a reasonable soul such as men have as well as a true body A. Yes Q. Was he conceived in an ordinary way as others be A. No. Q How was he conceived then A. By the power of the Holy Ghost Q. In whose womb A. In the womb of the Virgin Mary Q. Was he made of her substance and born of her A. Yes Q. Was he born in sin as others be or without sin A. Without sin Q. 23. What Offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer A. Christ as our Redeemer executeth the Offices of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation Q. Doth Christ carry on the work of our Redemption in the execution or discharge of his several Offices A. Yes Q. How many are the Offices of Christ A. Three viz. of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King Q. How manifold was the state of Christ A. Twofold of humiliation and exaltation Q. Which estate was Christ in here upon the Earth A. The estate of humiliation Q. What estate is Christ now in in Heaven A. The estate of exaltation Q. In which of these estates doth Christ execute or carry on these Offices of a Prophet Priest and King A. In both Q. Did Christ exâ—cute these Offices when he was here upon Earth A. Yes Q. Doth he cease to execute them now he is in Heaven A. No. Q. 24. How doth Christ execute the office of a Prophet A. Christ executeth the Office of a Prophet in revealing to us by his Word and Spirit the will of God for our salvation Q. Who doth execute for us the Office of a Prophet A. Christ. Q. What doth Christ reveal to us as a Prophet A. The will of God Q. What doe you mean by revealing A. Making known to us Q. For what end doth Christ reveal the will of God to us A. For our Salvation Q. By what means doth he reveal the will of God to us A By his Word and Spirit Q. Is his Word the outward means A. Yes Q. Is the Spirit the inward means A. Yes Q. Is the word alone sufficient without the help of the Spirit to make a saving discovery of the will of God unto us A. No. Q. May we expect that the Spirit will discover to us the Will of God without the Word A. No. Q. What must the VVord and Spirit go together then A. Yes Q. Is there any thing necessary to our Salvation that Christ hath not revealed or made known to us A. No. Q. To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to reveal or make known to us the will of God A. To his prophetical Office Q. 25. How doth Christ execute the Office of a Priest A. Christ executeth the Office of a Priest in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfie divine Justice and reconcile us to God and in making continual intercession for us Q. Who doth execute for us the Office of a Priest A. Christ. Q. Is Christ our only High Priest A. Yes Q. What be the parts of Christs Priestly Office A. They are two viz. His offering himself a sacrifice and his making intercession Q. What did he offer up as a Priest to God A. Himself Q. In what way did he offer up himself A. As a Sacrifice Q. Was he offered up by some other against his own will A. No. Q. Did he of his own accord offer up himself A. Yes Q. What was Christs body and soul the sacrifice that was offered up A. Yes Q. Was the Cross the altar on which he offered himself a sacrifice A. No. Q. Was his Divine nature the altar that sanctified the gift of the Humane nature and made it an acceptable Sacrifice for the end for which it was offered A. Yes Q. How often did Christ offer up himself a sacrifice A. Only once Q. Is he to be offered up no more A. No. Q. Was his sacrifice and oblation finished at his death A. Yes Q. To what end did Christ offer up himself a sacrifice A. To satisfie Divine Justice Q. And for what else A. To reconcile us to God Q. What do you mean by Divine Justice A. The Justice of God Q. What do you mean by reconciling us to God A. Making God and us Friends Q. Is Christs once offering up of himself sufficient for these ends viz. to satisfie Gods Justice and make God and us Friends A. Yes Q. What doth Christ do for us as a Priest besides his offering up himself as a sacrifice A. He maketh intercession for us Q. What do you mean by Christs making intercession for us A. His praying and making request to God for us Q. Is Christs intercession part of his Priestly office as well as his oblation or offering up himself a sacrifice A. Yes Q. Did Christ interceed for us on earth A. Yes Q. Doth be continue to make intercession for us now he is in Heaven A. Yes Q. Doth he interceed for us by presenting his sacrifice and merits for us before his Father A. Yes Q. And by presenting his will before his Father for
of the duties required A. Yes Q. What do you mean by the omission of them A. The leaving them undone Q. Doth it forbid the careless performance of the duties of the Sabbath A. Yes Q. And the prophaning of the day A. Yes Q. How many ways may the Sabbath be prophaned A. Three 1. By idleness 2. By doing that which is in it self sinful 3. By unnecessary thoughts words or works about worldly imployments and recreations Q. May we not be idle upon the Sabbath day A. No. Q. May we sleep and loiter away the time A. No. Q. Is it prophaning the day by doing that which is in it self sinful A. Yes Q. Is it enough to forbear that which is sinful though we do neglect that which is good A. No. Q. Is it a prophanation of the Sabbath to let our thoughts unnecessarily run upon worldly affairs A. Yes Q. Or to let our tongues run upon worldly business A. Yes Q. Or to set our hands to worldly imployments A. Yes Q. Must we neither work nor play upon the Sabbath day A. No. Q. But spend all the day in Gods special Service A. Yes Quest. 62. What are the Reasons annexed to the Fourth Commandment A. The reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment are Gods allowing us six days of the week for our own imployment his challenging a special propriety in the seventh his own example and his blessing the Sabbath-day Q. Are there many reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment to enforce it A. Yes Q. How many are there A. Four viz. 1. Gods allowing us six days of the week for our own imployment 2. His challenging an especial propriety in the seventh 3. His own example 4. His blessing the Sabbath day Q. Hath God allowed us any days in the week A. Yes Q. What hath he allowed them to us for A. For our own imployments Q. Is it Gods will that every one should have some imployment A. Yes Q. How many days hath God allowed us for our own imployments A. Six Q. And is it his will that men should ordinarily spend the six days of the week in their imployments A. Yes Q. And is this a reason why we should not cut short Gods allowance of one day for his work because he hath allowed six times as much for ours A. Yes Q. In which words of the Commandment is this reason hinted of Gods allowing of us six days of the week for our own imployment A. In these words Six days shalt thou labour and do all thyork Q. Must we dispatch all our work upon the six days that we may have nothing to hinder us upon the Lords day A Yes Q. In which words doth God challenge a special propriety in the seventh day A. In these words but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God Q. In which words is Gods own example urged as a reason why we should work six days and keep holy the seventh A. In thâ—sâ— words sor in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day Q. In which words is Gods blessing the Sabbath day hinted as a reason why we should keep it A. In these words wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it Q. Hath God then blessed the Sabbath-day and appointed it to be a means of blessing unto us A. Yes Q. Doth God require us to Remember the Sabbath-day as a means for the keeping of it holy A. Yes Q. Are we apt to forget it A. Yes Q. And cannot we duly sanctifie it without we remember it before hand to prepare for it and conveniently to dispatch our worldly business in season out of the way A. No. Q. 63. Which is the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment is Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Q. 64. What is required in the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment requireth the preserving the honour and performing the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations as superiors inferiors or equals Q. Are all sorts of Relations comprehended under the words Father and Mother in the fifth Commandment A. Yes Q. And all sorts of duties in the word Honour A. Yes Q. What doth this Commandment require with reverence to our Relations A. Preserving the honour and performing the duty belonging to them Q. How many sorts of Relations be there A. Three Superiors Inferiors and Equals Q. What do you mean by superiors A. Such as are any way above us whether in Family Church or State Q. Are all that are above us whether in Power or Wealth or age or gifts Superiors A. Yes Q. Doth this Commandment require reverence respect submission and obedience towards Parents Masters Husbands Magistrates Ministers c. as being Superiors A. Yes Q. What do you mean by Inferiors A. Such as are below us in Gifts Place Estate or otherwise Q. Are Subjects Wives Children Servants Hearers the Poor the weak in grace or knowledg comprehended under the name of Inferiors A. Yes Q. And must their Superiors be careful in performing their duties towards them by caring for their bodies and souls governing them with meekness and gentleness correcting and reproving with moderation and wisdom A. Yes Q. Are there duties to be performed to our equals A. Yes Q. May we slight them and carry our selves scornfully towards them A. No. Q. Doth this Command require kindness and affableness towards our Equals readiness to yield to them and prefer them before our selves A. Yes Q. 65. What is forbidden in the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of or doing any thing against the honour and duty which belongeth to every one in their several places and relations Q. Doth it forbid the neglecting our duty to our relations A. Yes Q. And the doing any thing against it A. Yes Q. May we disgrace or dispise our supe riours or speak evil of them or carry our selves irreverently towards them or oppose and resist them A. No. Q. May we despise and slight our inferiours or be rigorous towards them and careless of their spiritual or temporal good A. No. Q. Is it a sin to neglect to instruct them correct them and keep them under government or to neglect to encourage and countenance them when they do well A. Yes Q. May we be discourteous or envious towards our equals or usurp over them or rigorously stand upon our terms with them A. No. Q. 66. What is the reason annexed to the fifth Commandment A. The Reason annexed to the fifth Commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity as far as it shall serve for Gods glory and their own good to all such as keep this Commandment Q. Is there any reason annexed or joined to the fifth Commandment A. Yes Q. What is the reason A. A promise of long life and prosperity Q. How far forth are these and