all our whole might and that continually Deut. 10.12 Deut. 11.13 1 Cor. 6.30 Luke 1.6 Ioh. 8.29 Psal 119.6.112 Mat. 28.20 Deut. 12.32 Q. What if we come short in this A. If there be first a willing minde God will accept according to that a man hath 2 Cor. 8.12 To him that hath shall be given God will give more grace Mar. 4.24 Mat. 13.12 Q. How shall we know true faith A. First by cleaving unto God when he hides his face from us Isa 8.17 Iob 13.15 Hab. 3.17,18 Rom. 4.18 Secondly by readinesse to yeeld obedience to the Law of faith Iam. 2.17.18.26 Thirdly by purifying the heart Act. 15.9 1 Ioh. 3.3 Fourthly by love to God and his Saints Gal. 5.6 Q. How many Commandements be there A. Ten which were at the first delivered by God Exod. 20. Q. Which be they A. I am the Lord c. Q. Is there any other commands A. There be many other commands whereby God forbiddeth us some things and commands us to do other things according to his own good pleasure Mar. 28.20 Q. What is a Sacrament A. An outward visible sign and seal appointed by God to represent and confirme a spirituall Grace Q. How many Sacraments be there A. Two Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Q. What is the outward sign in Baptisme A. Water wherewith or wherein the party baptized is to be sprinkled or dipped in the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Mat. 28,19 Mar. 16.16 Q. What is the inward grace signified and sealed to us by Baptisme A. First by this we are made visible Members of the visible Church of Christ 1 Cor. 12.13 Act. 2.41 Secondly To them that beleeve it signifies and seals their reall and firme union to Iesus Christ Rom. 6.3 Gal. 3.27 Eph. 4.5 Thirdly It signifies and seals the Spirituall washing of our souls from the guilt of sin Act. 2.38 Rom. 4.11 and the imputation of Christs righteousnesse Fourthly it signifies and seals the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost 1 Pet. 3.21 Tit. 3.5 Acts 13.24 Mat. 3.11 Mar. 1.8 Luk. 3.16 Q. Are all that are Baptized thus washed A. No The grace of God is not tied alwaies to the outward signe Those that are not elected have nothing sealed to them Simon Magus had the outward Signe but was not washed with the inward grace Act. 8.13.23 Q. Who be so washed A. Those that believe and repent Mar. 16.16 Acts 2.38 Q. What shall we think of those that are baptized A. As all that believe are inwardly washed by the Spirit so those that are elected have right to be washed in time But because we cannot infallibly judge who be elected and do believe we cannot certainly know who be washed in Baptisme by the Spirit 1 Cor. 2.11 Q. Who is then to be admitted to the Sacrament of Baptisme A. Those are to be Baptized that professe their Faith repentance and obedience to the Gospel of Iesus Christ and their children Mat. 3.6 Act. 8.13.38 Act. 2.41 Q. How do you prove that the Infants of Beleevers are to be Baptized A. First because all Saints have right to Baptisme and children of believing Parents are esteemed Saints 2 Cor. 7.14 Secondly because children are capable of the inward grace else they cannot be saved 3 Ioh. 3 36. Heb. 12.14 Q. How prove you by the Word of God that they may have the inward Grace A. God promises to circumcise their heart Deu. 30.6 Our Saviour saith that of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Mat. 10 14. And Peter saith that the Promise belongeth to them Act. 2.39 Q. What Promise is that A. In the verse before the promise made to those that are baptized is the remission of sins and the gift of the holy Ghost Act. 2.38 Q. What is the third Reason why children are to be baptized A. God appointed children to be circumcised Gen. 17.12 And Baptisme is a seale of the same Covenant of Grace Rom. 4.11 Act. 2.38.17 Gen. 11. Q. What is the fourth reason A. If children may not be baptized the Law was more glorious and full of Grace then the Gospel and the children of the Jews more happy before Christ then the children of Christians under Christ but the Scripture teaches the contrary 2 Cor. 3.8 9. Q. What is the fifth reason A. All were baptized in the Red Sea 1 Cor. 10.2 And we read that whole houses and families were baptized in the Apostles time Act. 16.15.33 1 Cor. 1.16 Q. What do you gather from that A. Because no man can say there were no children in those families or that the children were not baptized therefore we conceive there was some children baptized and we ought not to deny Baptisme to children Q What other reason have you A. Mat. 28.19 Christ commanded his Apostles to Baptize all Nations As God had formerly commanded to circumcise all Iews and if children had not been to have been baptized our Saviour would have excepted them in that command Q. How many signes and significant actions are there in the Lords Supper and what do they signifie A. There be six First the Materials bread and wine which signifie the body and blood of Christ Mat. 26.26.28 Secondly the setting these signes apart for this holy use which signifie how Christ was set apart from eternity for the work of our redemption Rev. 13.8 Ioh. 10.36 Thirdly the Blessing the signes which puts us in minde how Christ Iesus blessed the bread and the wine in the first institution for this holy Sacrament Mat. 26.26 1 Cor. 11.24 And how the Father blessed Christ in his doings Offices and sufferings to finish the work of our Redemption Mat 1.20 Rom. 3.29 Fourthly the breaking of the Bread and powring forth of the Wine shew how his body was broken his blood shed and his soule made an offering for our sins Fifthly the giving of the bread and wine is a token that God offers to the faithfull receive Christ Iesus and the benefit of all that he did and suffered of all his offices merits and promises of which gift these signes are a pledge 1 Cor. 10.16 Lastly as we take and eat the bread and drink the wine for the nourishment of our bodies so ought we to take and eat the body and blood of Christ by Faith for the nourishment of our souls Ioh. 53,54,55,56.63 1 Cor. 10.17.8 Q. What is it to take Christ by Faith in the Sacrament A. To rest upon God in Christ to make good unto us or give us the benefit of the doings sufferings offices merits and promises of Christ and to receive this Sacrament as a pledge signe and seale of the Lords engagement and intention to do the same Isa 26.3 Isa 50.10 Q. Do all receive Christ in this Sacrament A. No Only such as come rightly prepared Q. How must we prepare our selves A. First with knowledge of the doings sufferings offices and merits Laws promises and Sacraments of Christ which is called discerning the Lords body 1 Cor. 11.29 Secondly by due examination of our thoughts words and actions according to his Laws and taking that course which hath been taught to avoid the danger of sin 1 Cor. 11.28 Thirdly with true Faith First in God the Father to commit our souls to him in his son in his promises cōmands Sacraments as a saithfull Creator 2 Pet. 4.19 Isa 58.9 1 Thes 24.26 Secondly with Faith in Christ relie upon his doings sufferings offices and merits to blot our sins and free us from wrath to make us righteous and give us a Crown of glory Heb. 8.12 1 Thes 1.10 Rom. 3.20,21 1 Cor. 1.30 Phil. 3.9 Ioh. 17.22 Tim. 2.48 Q. What is the act of Faith required in the offices of Christ A. First we must rest upon him as our King Isa 62.11 Zach. 9.9 Mat. 2.5 Mat. 25.34 To rule us by the Law of righteousnesse Heb. 1.8 To confirme the charter of the promises 2 Cor. 1.20 Heb. 9.15 Rom. 15.8 To subdue all our enemies 1 Cor. 15.25.26 To protect us in all our adversities 1 Cor. 15.57 1 Pet. 1.5 1 Cor. 10.13 Heb. 13.5 6. Isa 46.4 Secondly we must rest upon him as a Priest Hebrews 6.20 To have offered a sufficient Sacrifice to satisfie for our sins 1 Ioh. 2.2 To be our Advocate 1 Ioh. 2.1 And to plead for the Pardon of those sins we confesse judge and humble our selves for by mouring repentance and turning from them And to intercede for us Heb. 7.25 Rom. 8.34 Rev. 8.3 And offer up our prayers to his father Lastly we must rest upon him as a Prophet Deut. 18.18 Act. 3.22 Not only to it struct us by his Word and Ministers Act. 26.18.4 Eph. 11. But also by the unutrerable working of his Spirit in heavenly motions Ioh. 16.13 Isa 44.3 Joh. 5.20 Act. 3.26 Eph. 1.17,18 And by giving us new understandings wills rectified affections to receive those motions And to create in our soules the image of his heavenly graces Ioh. 1.16 Rom. 8.29 Luk. 24.45 Q. What else is desire to come prepared A. To come with reverence to that glorious Majestly there present of that holy Ordinance there celebrated that invaluable grace there offered Psa 89.7 Mat. 21.37 Lev. 19.30 Lev. 26.2 Heb. 12.28 Q. What else is required to come prepared A. If in this Sacrament God scale the Pardon of our sins deliverance from wrath and the firme union of his love It is fitting we should forgive others lay down thoughts of wrath and revenge and come together with bowels of compassion and love Q. How prove you that A. God requires these things at all times how much more will he require we should come cloathed with these graces to his table Mat. 6.14,15 2 Cor. 2.7,8 Ia. 2.8 Rom. 12.9,10 14.18 20. Rom. 13 8. Coll. 3.12 1 Ioh. 3.23 Q. What is the danger for a man to come unprepared A. He may eat and drink unworthily and so eat and drinke his own damnation 1 Cor. 11.29 After unprepared Iudas eat the sop Satan entred into him Ioh. 13.27 He that came to the Lords Table wanting a Wedding Garment was bound hand and foot and cast into utter darknesse Mat. 22.12 FINIS