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A47179	A short Christian catechisme for the instruction of children in the grounds and practice of Christian religion being (for the most part) an abridgment of a larger, formerly printed, where many questions and answers that were in the larger, are omitted, and others shortened, to fit the capacity of children, and some new questions, with their answers inserted, on several heads, which were not in the larger / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing K212; ESTC R14138	15,116	34

not therefore be taught in words what to pray as well as what to believe A. Yea Hos 14.2 Luke 11.1 2. Q. Ought not great care be taken by all to have their hearts in some prepared frame in order to Prayer A. Yea Eccles 5.1 2. Q. How is that preparation obtained A. By getting the mind freed from worldly and vain thoughts and also by meditation on spiritual things and matters as the Spirit of God is pleased to assist us who is never wanting to them who sincerely desire and wait for his assistance Jer. 4.14 Psal 119.113 Psal 39.3.2 Cor. 3.5 Q. Is it necessary for the best of Men to confess their sins and pray for the forgiveness of them A. Yea 1 Joh. 1.9 Jam. 3.2 Q. Ought not the first day of the week on which our Lord rose from the dead be solemnly set apart for the worship and service of God both in publick and private with abstinence from worldly affairs and servile labour A. Yea Matth. 28.1 Acts 20.7 1 Cor. 16.2 Rev. 1.10 Q. Ought not also times of thanksgiving to be observed by the Faithful to give solemn thanks to God for solemn and extraordinary mercies and deliverances A. Yea. Q. Is fasting at times a Christian Duty A. Yea as it is a help to mortifie the flesh and to prepare and dispose us for more solemn humiliation and confession of Sin and Prayer either in private or publick when some more than ordinary occasion requires it Matth. 6.17 18. Acts 13.2 3. Jonah 3.5 Exod. 15.1 Jer. 30.18 19. John 10.22 Rev. 15.3 4. SECT XII Q. WHat is the Catholick-Church A. The whole multitude of the Faithful every where in all Ages having one Faith one Lord one Baptisme who are one Body tho many Members consisting of superiors as Teachers Pastors Elders and Inferiors to wit the several Congregations of Believers having one Spirit and one hope of their calling and one God and Father over all through all and in them all Ephes 4.4 5.6 Q. What are the best marks of the true Church A. Purity of Doctrine the due observation and practise of all the Institutions and Ordinances of Christ under the Gospel and holiness of life and conversation Q. Ought any Men to be received or owned to be Members of the Church of Christ who do not give some proof of their Christian Faith by Confession of the mouth and good conversation before they be received A. Nay Acts 8.36 37. Q. Wherein doth the Communion of the Faithful consist A. Inwardly in the Gifts and Graces of God and the Communion of the holy Spirit and outwardly in the profession of the same Faith and jointly worshiping God together and practising Christ's Institutions particularly these of Baptisme and the Supper also in mutual acts of Piety and Charity Philem. 5.6 7. Eph. 4.16 Phil. 22. Matth. 25.35 Q. Are the Infant Children of Believers by virtue of God's promise within the Covenant of grace together with their Parents A. Yea Acts 2.39 Gal. 4.28 Gen. 17.7 1 Cor. 7.14 Q. How doth it appear that Baptisme with Water is an Institution and Ordinance of Christ A. From his Command to the Apostles Matth. 28.19 Go therefore and teach all Nations Baptising them in the Name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost and the general practise of it in the Apostles days Q. But some say it was not outward Baptisme with Water that is there commanded but the inward Baptisme with the Spirit A. That is a great error they might as well say it was not outward teaching with audible words that was there commanded but inward teaching by the Spirit we find not any where in Scripture a command or power given to Men to Baptise with the Spirit that power only belonging to God and to Christ but we find a promise given by God that Christ should Baptise with the Holy Ghost as was accordingly fulfilled John 1.33 Q. What is the chief end and use of Baptisme with Water A. It is a Seal of Gods receiving us into the Covenant of Grace a badge or token of our Christian Profession a means of Grace a sign of our washing from sin and the forgiveness of our sins and of our regeneration and translation from being Aliens and Strangers to be Members of Christ and of his Church therefore it is that Baptisme by a figure of the sign receiving the name of the thing signified is called regeneration Titus 3.5 Q. Seeing Baptisme is a Seal of the Covenant of Grace are not all baptised Persons solemnly engaged by their Baptisme to deny themselves and take up their Cross daily and follow Christ by obeying his most holy Commands and walking after his most holy example renouncing the World the Flesh and the Devil giving up and resigning themselves wholly to follow Christ the Captain of our salvation and manfully to fight the good fight under his Banner A. Yea Matth. 16.24 Heb. 5.9 1 Pet. 2.21 1 Tim. ● 12. Q. What proof is there in Scripture for the practise of the Supper by the outward Elements of Bread and Wine with Prayer and Thanksgiving A. The Command of Christ Matth. 26.26 27 28. and practise of Believers in obedience to that Command Q. But some say Christ did Command it but until he should come again and now that they witness him come the substance and thing signified they need not the sign or shadow A. That is also a great error in them to expound it only of his inward coming The Bread and the Wine in the Supper were real signs of his Body outwardly broken and his Blood outwardly shed and did respect the Man Christ who is not come again since he ascended Q. What is the chief end and use of the Supper A. It is another Seal of the Covenant of Grace a sign of our being spiritually nourished by Christ as by Meat and Drink that we eat his Flesh and drink his Blood by Faith that so we may receive of his Spirit still more to quicken refresh and nourish us a memorial of his Death and Suffering a Pledge of his Love a means of Grace and of preserving the Doctrine and Faith of him in the World also a testimony and sgnification of our Communion with the Faithful 1 Cor. 11.25 26. 1 Cor. 10.16 17. Q. How ought Persons to be prepared for the receiving the Lords Supper A. By serious examination of the sincerity of their Faith and whither they are in true Charity also with earnset Prayer and true spiritual hunger and thirst to enjoy and feed upon Christ in that Divine Institution 1 Cor. 11.28 2 Cor. 13.5 Q. By whom are Baptisme and the Supper to be administred A. By such as are duly called and authorised by Christ who are true Pastors and Stewards of the mysteries of God Eph. 4.11 1 Cor. 4.1 Q. What is the Eternal Life that all the Faithful hope to attain unto according to God's promise A. It is their full enjoyment of God and Christ together with the holy spirit by vision love and delight with the complete glorification of their Souls and Bodies and the blessed Society of all the holy Angels and glorified Saints in the Kingdom of Heaven eternally and without all end Luke 20.36 Matth. 5.8 1 Cor. 13.12 1 John 3.2 Rev. 22.4 Phil. 3.21 Heb. 12.22 FINIS The CREED I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was Conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at 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 The Ten Commandments I. THou shalt have none other Gods before me II. Thou shalt not make thee any graven Image or any likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or that is in the Earth beneath or that is in the Water under the Earth Thou shalt not Bow down thy self to them nor serve them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquties of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shewing Mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain IV. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh

and by their obedience to it without some degree of faith in Christ crucified explicite or implicite A. It is of great use both to the Unbeliever and Believer to the Heathen and Christian Isaiah 40.3 Rom. 2.12 14.15 16. Q. What use hath it to the Heathen and Unbeliever A. As a preparatory ministration in a lower degree and kind of operation for convincing of moral duties and the contrary Sins and Vices for restraining them from great immorality for rendring them without excuse and liable to the judgment of Christ according to which they are to be judged and lastly for the government of the World and preserving good order equity and justice among Men It being that whereby mainly God's providential Kingdom is maintained and administred in the World according to Psalm 103.19 and his kingdom ruleth over all Q. What use hath it to true Believers and Christians A. It serves for a rule of life together with the Scriptures in things of moral honesty justice and temperance and obedience to it as a rule of moral life is so necessary that no Man can be saved without sincere obedience to it and all transgressions against it in any are hainous sins Mat. 7.12 Q. What is the summ of the moral Law A. To love the Lord our God with all our heart with all our Soul and with all our mind and to love our neighbour as our self on these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets Matth. 22.37 38.39 40. Deut. 6.5 Lev. 19.18 SECT X. Q. WHat are the Laws that God doth write in the hearts of the faithful as he has promised in the new Covenant Are they not the same contained in the holy Scriptures excepting the Ceremonial part and some other Laws peculiar to the Jews A. Yea Jerem. 31.31 Q. Are not many of these Laws belonging to the new Covenant other and distinct from the Law writ in the hearts of all Mankind commonly called the Law of Nature particularly such as respect the peculiar Doctrins and Precepts of the Christian Religion and the positive Institutions of Christ concerning Baptisme and the Supper and Christian Discipline in the Church of Christ A. Yea. Q. Doth God write those Laws of the new Covenant in the hearts of his People without all use of outward means A. Nay but in the use of them 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. What is the difference betwixt the writing of the Law in the hearts of Unbelievers and Heathens and that writing in the hearts of the faithful A. The former hath it writ in hard and stony hearts the other hath it writ in hearts of flesh that are made by the Lord soft and tender as he hath promised Ezek. 36.26 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. Of what service are the promises contained in the Scripture to the faithful A. Of exceeding great use and service for by them through the operation of the Spirit true Believers are made partakers of the Divine nature and have a lively hope begot in them that what God hath promised he will faithfully perform both in this life and in the life to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Heb. 13.5 2 Pet. 1.4 1 Pet. 4.8 19. Q. Is God and Christ in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers A. God and Christ as the word and also the Spirit are in all Creatures as to their essential presence Psal 139.7 it being one of God's Attributes to be omnipresent as well as omniscient and omnipotent and therefore they are in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers but in respect of their Operations and Manifestations the difference is great Q. What is the difference betwixt the manner of God and Christ their Operations and Manifestations in Be●●●vers and Unbelievers A. Believers have special and peculiar Manifestations and Operations of God Christ and the holy Spirit in them which Unbelievers have not and God and Christ and the holy Spirit are in the Faithful by union and communion and inhabitation or indwelling by Faith and Love but they are not so in Unbelievers hence it is that Unbelievers are said to be without God and Christ in the world without hope strangers and aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel 1 Cor. 2.12 14. Eph. 1.17 18. 1 John 1.3 Eph. 3.17 1 Cor. 6.17 Phil. 2.1 Eph. 2.12 Q. How is Christ the Saints hope of Glory Col. 1.27 is it only as within them considered only as God and as the Word or is it both as without out them as he is God-Man their Prophet Priest and King Mediator and Advocate and Head and also as within them as he is the Word Light and Life A. Christ is the Saints hope of Glory both ways considered for Paul gave thanks to God for the hope laid up for the believing Colossians in Heaven Col. 1.3 4.5 and surely that was without them and not within them only also the hope of the Faithful is said to be as an anker of the Soul sure and stedfast and which entreth into that within the veil whither the forerunner is for us entred even Jesus Heb. 6.18 19. and that place whither Jesus our High Priest is entred is not any place within us though he is spiritually present in us but Heaven without us there to appear in the presence of God for us and that in the true nature of Man Heb. 9.24 SECT XI Q IS Prayer and Thanksgiving with humble reverence both of Soul and Body unto God a most necessary duty to be performed by us both in private and publick and that frequently A. Yea Matth. 6.6 Jer. 10.25 Matth. 18.19 20. Q. Ought the Prayers of all true Christians and their Thanksgivings be offered up to God in the name of our blessed Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ God-Man and also to him together with the holy Spirit A. Yea John 14.1 3.14 John 16.24 Q. Are Angels and Saints to be prayed unto A. Nay Rev. 19.10 Matth. 4.9 Exod. 20.3 Q. Are Images to be made use of in the worship of God A. Nay Exod. 20.4 5. Acts 17.25 29.30 Q. For whom are we to pray A. Not only for our selves but for all Men for the King and all in Authority and for the whole Church of God and also for our Enemies 1 Tim. 2.1 2. Psal 51.18 Psal 137.5 Matth. 5.44 Q. How are we to pray and give thanks so as to be accepted A. In Spirit and in Truth in sincerity of Heart in Faith in Humility in Holy Fear with the Understanding with Love and Fervency of Heart with frequency and constancy to all which we need the continual help of God's Spirit and Grace to aid and assist us John 4.23 Jam. 1.6 5.16 1 Thess 5.17 1. Cor. 14.15 Heb. 12.28 Q. What are the things for which we are chiefly to pray A. They are briefly contained in that excellent form of Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples saying Our Father c. Q. Doth the Spirit of God teach us to pray without all outward means of instruction or use of the holy Scriptures A. Nay Q. May we

A SHORT Christian Catechisme FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN In the Grounds and Practice of Christian Religion being for most part an Abridgment of a larger formerly Printed where many Questions and Answers that were in the larger are omitted and others shortned to fit the Capacity of Children and some new Questions with their Answers inserted on several Heads which were not in the larger By George Keith LONDON Printed for Brabazon Aylmer at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill Price 3 d. A SHORT Christian Catechisme For the Instruction of CHILDREN in the Grounds and Practise of Christian Religion being for most part an Abridgment of a larger formerly Printed where maeny Questions and Answers that were in the larger are omitted and others shortened to fit the Capacity of Children and some new Questions with their Answers inserted on several Heads which were not in the larger By G. Keith SECT I. Q. WHat is the Christian Religion A. It is a Knowledge Belief and Practise of certain things by means of which we may attain to Eternal Life and Happiness Joh. 20.3 Rom. 6.22 Q. Where are these things taught us A. In the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament John 5.39 Rom. 15.4 Rom. 16.26 Q. What things are to be known and believed by us A. First concerning God and his Works of Creation and ●rovidence Secondly Concerning Christ his only begotten Son and our Redemption by him Thirdly Concerning the holy Spirit and his saving Gifts and Graces Heb. 11.3 1 Tim. 3.16 1 Cor. 2.11 12. Q. What things are to be practised by us A. The Commandments of God briefly contained in the ten Precepts of the moral Law and some other Commandments given us by Christ in the New Testament Exod. 20.1 Matth. 28.20 Q. Whence came the Holy Scriptures A. They came from God who did inspire and move holy Men to commit them to writing for our Instruction 2 Tim. 3.16 Q. Are they the words of God A. Yea John 17.8 Q. Are they not also the word of God A. Yea John 17.20 Acts 13.26 1 Cor. 4.20 Gal. 6.6 Phil. 1.14 2 Tim. 4.2 Q. Seeing Christ is called the Word in Scripture John 1.1 Is it not false to call the Scriptures the Word for the Scriptures are not Christ but testifie of him A. It is no more false than to call the Sun light because God is called Light in Scripture 1 John 1.5 Q. How is then the Word distinguished A. The essential Word is Christ but the Doctrinal Word that was first spoken and then committed to writing is that contained in the holy Scriptures Q. Doth the holy Scripture contain all things belonging to Faith and Practice A. Yea 2 Tim. 3.15.16 Q. Are they then a full and compleat Rule of the whole Duty of Man A. Yea. Q. What doth chiefly move us to believe the Truth of them and that they are given by divine Inspiration A. The Spirit of God by his secret Operation in our Hearts 2 Cor. 4.13 Phil. 1.29 Q. What doth give us the spiritual and saving Understanding of them A. The same holy Spirit by his secret Inspiration and Illumination in us 1 Cor. 2.11 2 Cor. 4.4 6. SECT II. Q. WHat doth the Scripture teach us concerning God A. That he is a Spirit of infinite Understanding Power Wisdom and Goodness Eternal Unchangeable Omniscient Omnipotent Omnipresent Merciful and Gracious long Suffering Faithful Just and Holy that he is Light and in him is no Darkness at all the Fountain of living Waters the only living and true God Deut. 7.9 1 John 1.5 Jer. 2.13 Jer. 10.10 John 4.24 Psal 147.5 Gen. 17.1 1 Chron. 29.11 Rom. 1.20 Rom. 2.4 Psal 31.19 33 11.139 1. to 12. Exod. 3.4 6 7. Deut. 32.4 Q. Are there any more than one God A. There is but one God over all through all and in all Deut. 6.4 Eph. 4.6 Q. Is God any Body or hath he any Parts or Passions A. Nay Numb 33.19 Q. What doth the Scripture further teach us concerning God A. That this one God is three Persons the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and these three are one in Essence and Substance or Being from everlasting to everlasting equal in Wisdom Goodness Power and Glory John 5.7 Matth. 28.19 Q. Are the Father and the Son and the holy Ghost so distinguished that the Son is not the Father but was begotten of the Father before all Ages and the holy Ghost is neither the Father nor the Son but did proceed from the Father and from the Son before all Ages and neither the Father nor the holy Ghost was made Flesh was born of a Woman suffered Death rose again in the true Nature of Man but only the Son A. Yea John 1.14 SECT III. Q. WHich are God's Works of Creation A. All things visible as the visible Heavens and Earth and Waters and all things contained in them and all things invisible as the invisible Heavens Angels and Souls of Men Gen. 1.1 Coloss 1.16 Q. By whom did God Create and make all things A. By his Word his eternally begotten Son and Spirit John 1.2 Ephes 3.9 Psal 33.6 Q. Was it any difficulty to God to Create and make all things A. Nay For he spake and it was done he commanded and they were Created Psal 33.9 Q. What is understood by his resting on the seventh Day A. His ceasing to Create and finishing his Works which he had made in six days Q. Whence come all Men and Women of all Nations A. Of Adam our common Father and Eve our common Mother by ordinary Generation Acts 17.26 Rom. 5.12 Q. On which day were they made A. On the sixth day Male and Female Ge. 1.26 27. Q. In what Estate did he make them A. In his Image and after his Likeness Holy Upright Wise and Good with Dominion over the Creatures Col. 3.10 Eph. 4.24 Eccles 7.29 Q. Of what parts did they consist A. Of Soul and Body Matth. 10.28 Q. Was the Soul of the Earth as the Body was A. Nay For God breathed into him the Breath of Life and he became a living Soul Q. Where did God place them A. In the Garden to work in it and to keep it Gen. 2.15 Q. Did he give them a Law of Obedience A. Yea Which was that of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden they should not eat but of every other Tree in the Garden they might freely eat Gen. 2.16 17. Q. Why did God forbid them to eat of that Tree A. To try their Obedience as well as for other Causes known to him Deut. 13.3 Q. Did they transgress that Command A. Yea. Q. What did that Transgression bring upon them A. It brought Death and other great Miseries upon them and their Posterity Q. What was that Death A. A Spiritual Death unto Holiness and Righteousnes whereby they lost Communion with God and fell under his Judgment and Wrath together with their Posterity and also that the Body

became subject to Sickness and Death John 5.25 Eph. 2.1 Isaiah 59.2 Rom. 2.8 Q. Had Man died the bodily Death if he had not sinned A. Nay Gen. 3.18 Q. Did he need any Cloaths before he sinned A. Nay Q. What other Effects brought their Sin into the World A. It brought a Curse upon the Earth and Guilt and Condemnation and a sinful Defilement upon them and all their Posterity Gen. 3.17 Psal 51.5 Rom. 6.23 Q. Do the Souls of Men die with the Body A. Nay Matth. 10.28 2 Pet. 1.14 Q. Who was the Serpent that Tempted the Woman to eat of the forbidden Fruit A. That old Serpent the Devil Rev. 20.2 Q. Doth the Providence of God extend to all the Creatures from the greatest to the least and to all the Actions of Men and Angels A. Yea So that a Sparrow falls not to the Ground without the same Matth. 10.29 30. Psal 103.19 Q. How doth the Providence of God extend to the evil Actions of Men and Devils A. Not to be the Author or Approver of them but by his Wise and Powerful and holy Bounding and Over ruling them to the Praise of his Glory and to the Good of the Faithful Psal 76.10 Rom. 8.28 SECT IV. Q. WHO is the Redeemer of lost Men A. The Lord Jesus Christ Job 19.25 Q. How many Natures hath Christ Jesus A. Two his Godhead-nature and his Manhood-nature John 1.14 Q. Was his Manhood-nature Created and doth it consist of a created Soul and Body A. Yea. Q. How can two such Natures be one Christ A. By the personal Union of both as the Soul and Body of a Man is one Man 1 Cor. 8.6 Q. How was Christ the Son of David and Abraham A. Because he was born of the Virgin Mary who was descended of David and Abraham Mat. 1.1 20 25. Q. Did Christ's Body really partake of Mary's Substance A. Yea. Q. Why was he to be born of a Virgin A. That it might be manifest he was without all Guilt or Defilement of Sin and might have no immediate Father but God being conceived in the Womb of the Virgin by the Holy Ghost Q. What signifieth the Names Jesus and Christ A. Jesus signifieth Saviour and Christ Anointed SECT V. Q. HOW many Offices hath Christ A. Three the Office of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King Q. Hath he not many other Offices as Head Husband Mediator Advocate Bishop Shepherd Captain Physician A. They are all contain'd under these three Q. Was it needful that he should be both God and Man in one Person to perform all these his three Offices A. Yea. Q. Is not Christ the Foundation of all the Faithful in particular and of the whole Church in general as he is both God and Man and as he is Prophet Priest and King and as such is not he the Vine and they the Branches A. Yea Isaiah 28.16 1 Cor. 3.11 Eph. 2.20 1 Pet. 2.6 John 15.5 Q. How doth Christ perform the Office of a Prophet A. By teaching us by his Word and Doctrin outwardly delivered to us in the Holy Scriptures by Reading and Preaching and by his Spirit inwardly enlightning our Minds to understand what is outwardly delivered Isaiah 59.23 John 17.8 14 20. John 16.13 Q. Have not Men some knowledg of God without the Scriptures A. Yea and all Men may know some things of God and of his Will without the Scriptures partly by what God doth manifest in them and partly by the Works of Creation and Providence without them and towards them Rom. 1.19 20. John 1.9 Q. But are the peculiar Doctrins of the Christian Religion concerning the way of Life and Salvation revealed to Mankind without the Scriptures or some outward Means of Instruction according to the Doctrin of the Holy Scriptures A. Nay Q. How was the Doctrin of Salvation made known to Men before the Scriptures were writ A. The same Doctrin was taught by good and holy Men with word of Mouth which was accompanied with the inward teaching of the Spirit of God in all the Faithful Q. How had they that Doctrin outwardly conveyed unto them A. By means of the Prophets whom God raised up in the several Ages from Adam to Moses and the following Prophets Q. What is the Gospel of Salvation Is it not the Doctrin of Salvation as held forth in the Holy Scriptures by and through Jesus Christ with respect to his Birth Life Death Resurrection c. And spiritual Blessings received by him A. Yea Luke 2.10 Q. Is it not a greater Error to say that the Light within every Man that teacheth nothing of Christ Crucified and raised again is the Gospel of Christ yea the whole Gospel without any thing else A. Yea. Q. What place of Scripture in the Old Testament did show that Christ the promised Messiah should be a Prophet whom all were to hear A. Deut. 18.15 16 17 18. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet c. Q. What place in the Old Testament did show that he was to give Light to the Gentiles A. Isaiah 49.6 I will also give thee for a Light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my Salvation to the end of the Earth Q. Was that Prophecie fulfilled by the common Illumination given to all Mankind without the Preaching of the Gospel requiring Faith in Christ Crucified A. Nay But by the Preaching of the Gospel and the special Illuminations of Christ by the holy Spirit inwardly accompanying it 2 Cor. 4.4 6. Ephes 1 17 18. Q. How did it appear that the Man Jesus born of Mary was that Prophet A. By his Prophecies his Miracles his most excellent Doctrin and most holy Life and the many other things that did agree to him only and could agree to none other Q. What things did the Prophets chiefly bare witness unto and deliver as their Message A. The coming of Christ in the Flesh his Prophetical Priestly and Kingly Office the Promises of Salvation and Remission of Sin through Faith in him with the Gift of the Holy Spirit and the saving Gifts and Graces thereof Acts 26.22 23. SECT VI. Q. HOW did Christ perform the Office of a Priest A. By dying for our Sins and offering up himself a Sacrifice by his Death to satisfie the Justice of God and thereby to reconcile us unto God and by his continual Mediation and Intercession for us in Heaven 1 Cor. 15.3 Eph. 5.2 Heb. 9.26 Heb. 7.25 Q. Why was it necessary that he should dye for our Sins A. Because Death was the punishment due to us for our Sins which he being our Surety did undergo for us and the nature of an expiatory Sacrifice required that he should be slain and his Blood should be shed Q. What Blood is that which Christ hath redeemed us with and by which we are justified cleansed and sanctified A. The real Blood of his Body that was outwardly shed at his passion on the Tree of the Cross Q. Was the Priesthood of Christ