by the Son Heb. 1.2 and by the power of his Holy Spirit Job 26.13 Yes And should not we and all the World Worship and adore the Lord our maker Rev. 4.11 Yes § IS not the Work of Redemption peculiarly ascribed to God the Son 1 Tim. 2.5 6. Yes Were we not by Sin bound over to the Wrath of God and in slavery to Sin and Satan Gal. 3.10 2 Tim. 2.26 Yes * Could any meaner Price than his bloud satisfy Gods justice for our Redemption 1 Pet 1.18 No. * Could any less power than of his Spirit rescue our Souls from the bondage of the Devil Luk. 11.22 No. § DO you mean by his redeeming all mankind that all Men have equal benefit in the Price that He laid down Mat. 20.28 No. * Yet is not the Price sufficient for all as being the bloud of Him that was truly God Acts 20.28 Yes * Have not all Men indifferently a reprieve granted them and many Temporal favours by means of Christ's Death 1 Tim. 4.10 Yes * Is it a small matter that hereby there are offers of Pardon and Salvation to every Creature whereever the Gospel comes Mark 16.15 No. * Is He not indeed a ransom for all being for Jews and Gentiles into which two parts all mankind are divided Heb. 2.9 1 Joh. 2.2 Yes * And may not all mankind mean a great many out of every Nation and Language Joh. 12.32 Rev. 7.9 Yes †Should they then live as others do who are in especial manner the redeemed of the Lord 1 Cor. 6.20 No. § IS not the work of Sanctification peculiarly ascribed to the Holy Ghost 1 Pet. 1.2 Yes * Are not all that are Baptized Sanctify'd or set apart for a Holy use 1 Cor. 7.14 Yes And is not our Office and Ministry by which you were so dedicated from the Holy Spirit 1 Cor. 12.11 13. Yes †Dare you then forget your Baptismal Sanctification 2 Pet. 1.9 or tread under Foot the bloud of the Covenant by which you were Sanctify'd Heb. 10.29 No. * Is this dedication enough without an inward Sanctification by the gracious operation of the Holy Ghost in the renewing and converting the Soul 1 Cor. 6.11 No. § IS there not a certain number known to the Lord 2 Tim. 2.19 whom the Father hath chosen to Sanctification and Holyness 2 Thes 2.13 Yes Is there any way for us to know our Election but by Sanctification and effectual calling 1 Thes 1.4 5. No. Question You said that your Bodfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments Tell me how many they be Answer Ten. Question Which be they Answer The same which God spake in the Twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage I. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath or in the mater under the Earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor Worship them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto Thousands in 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 that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day Sir days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do out the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work Thou and thy Son and thy Daughter thy Man-servant and thy Maid-servant thy Cattle and the Stranger that is within thy states For in Six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the Seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the ‖ Heb. Sabbath Seventh day and hallowed it V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt do no Murther VII Thou shalt not commit Adultery VIII Thou shalt not Steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours House thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife nor his Servant nor his Maid nor his Oxe nor his Ass nor any thing that is his § IS not the Moral Law as distinct from the Judicial and Ceremonial Law sum'd up in these Ten Commandments Deut. 10.4 Yes Were they not spoken by the voice of God with much Terrour and Majesty on Mount Sinai and written on two Tables of Stone Deut. 5.4 22. Yes § ARE not Unbelievers under the Curse of the Law Gal. 3.10 Yes And when Believers are delivered from the Curse is the Law made void and of none effect to them Rom. 3.31 No. * Have they not by the Law the knowledge of Sin Rom. 7.7 and are they not driven thereby to Christ Gal. 3.24 Yes * Do they not delight in the Law and take it as a blessed Rule for them to walk by Rom. 7.22 Yes Gan He be a true Believer that doth not acknowledge all the Commandments to be Holy just and good Rom. 7.12 No. Are not the Commandments Spiritual reaching the Heart Rom. 7.14 and forbidding all degrees of Sin with the occasions of them Psal 119.96 Yes †Do you think it enough then that you have learnt these words without being taught the meaning of them No. Qu. What is the Preface to these Commandments Answ I am the Lord thy God c. § IS it not sufficient Reason to keep his Commandments that He is the Soveraign Lord Author of our beings and disposer of our Lives Acts 17.24 28. Levit. 22.31 Yes § IS not his special relation to his people as their God in Covenant a further Reason of Obedience Levit. 20.26 Yes Are believing Gentiles excluded from the Covenant Interest in Him that the Jews had of old Rom. 3.29 No. § DID not God wonderfully by the hand of Moses redeem the Children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage Exod. 12.41 Yes * And is it a less Mercy to be delivered from the bondage of Antichrist mistically called Egypt Rev. 11.8 No. * Is not God's redeeming us from the Spiritual bondage of Sin and Satan a further Obligation upon us to obey him Luk. 1.74 75. Yes Qu. Which is the First Commandment Answ Thou shalt have no other Gods ‖ but me ‖ Heb. before me § DOTH not this forbid the denying of the being of God or any of his Divine attributes Psal 14.1 and 10.11 Yes * Doth it not forbid having many Gods or any other save the Lord Gal. 4.8 1 Cor. 10 5 6. Yes May we use Divination or consult with those that do Deut. 18.10 11. No. * May we
4.2 Yes * Must we not Reverence his name in his Worship Psal 111.9 call upon his name and bless it Job 1.21 Yes * Must we not Honour his name in our Actions and take heed that we deny it not before men Rev. 2.13 Yes Qu. Which is the Fourth Commandment Answ Remember that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day c. § SEEING nature teacheth us there must be a time fixt for Gods worship is it fit that it should be left to men to determine it No. Hath not God fix't a Seventh part of time and made the observing it part of his Moral Law that shall not pass away Mat. 5.18 Yes Was not the Sabbath ordain'd in Paradice Gen. 2.2 3. observ'd before the Ceremonial Law Exod. 16.25 and ordered to continue in Gospel times Isa 56.1 2. Yes * But is it necessary to observe the same day of the Week which the Jews observed before the Resurrection of Christ Mark 2.28 Ezek. 43.27 No. Is not the first day of the week on which He arose called the Lords day Rev. 1.10 and mention'd as the known time for Worship in the Churches 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Yes And have we not the constant Practice of the Church for this change from the Apostles time to this day Acts 2.1 and 20.6 7. Yes § ARE we less oblig'd to Gospel Ordinances on the Lords day than the Jews were to their legal observances on their Sabbath Levit. 23.3 No. * Should we not remember the Holy Sabbath to prepare for it before it comes Luk. 23.54 Isa 66.23 Yes * Are we not to observe on the Sabbath a Rest from all manner of common work and business Neh. 13.15 Yes But must we neglect works of Piety though done with bodily labour Mat. 12.5 or works of necessity and mercy Luk. 14.5 No. May we think and talk of the worldly business that we abstain from doing Ezek. 33.31 32 or run to Recreations and Secular Pleasures Isa 58.13 No. * Must it not be a Holy Rest taken up in observing all duties of Divine Worship Acts 20.7 Yes Must we not rise Early Psal 92.2 and persist in the duties of the day without weariness or grudging Amos. 8.5 Yes * Can we keep a Sabbath aright if we wilfully neglect or forsake the Publick Assemblies Heb. 10 2◠No. Yet when they are over is not the rest of the day to be spent in repetition of what we have heard Holy conference and meditation Luk. 24.14 17. Yes § MAY Masters of Families into whose hands this Commandment is put Exod. 20.10 suffer any under their charge to Prophane the Sabbath No. And must not Magistrates enjoyn the observation of the Sabbath and punish the neglect Neh. 13.17 22. Yes Yet if they neglect it will God suffer Sabbath breakers to go unpunisht Jer. 17.27 No. †And are days of Fasting and Thanksgiving Lawfully appointed to be Religiously observ'd Esth 4.16 and 9.21 Yes § DARE you rob God of what He claims an Interest in when He hath allowed you Six days for your own Work No. Hath not God given his own Example by resting Himself on the Seventh day and blessing and hallowing the Sabbath Gen. 2.3 Yes †Doth not the keeping the Sabbath tend highly to the Honour or God Isa 58.13 and the preserving his Worship in the World Ezek. 20.12 Yes Can we expect a blessing on our Week-days Labour if we prophane the Sabbath Isa 56.2 No. Yet is it enough to Worship God on the Lords day if we neglect his Worship on other days Psal 145.2 No. Qu. Which is the Fifth Commandment Answ Honour thy Father and thy Mother c. § DOTH not this Commandment enjoyn the mutual duties of Superiours and Inferiours to each other in every Relation Yes 1. Must not Children honour their natural Parents the Authors of their being under God Eph. 6.2 Yes * If Parents are Aged Poor or Weak may Children despise them in Heart or Carriage Pro. 23.22 No. * Must they not fear to offend them Levit. 19.3 and Submit to their reproofs and corrections Heb. 12.9 Yes * Must they not obey their Commands in all Lawful things though they seem harsh and severe Col. 3.20 Yes * May they murmur at their Provision or reject their advice in Marriage or matters of moment Gen. 21.21 and 26.24 No. * Must they not follow their Godly Instructions and examples Pro. 4.1 3. and endeavour to be a Comfort to them in their old Age Prov. 10.1 and 25.20 Yes * May they divulge their infirmities wast their estates Prov. 19.26 or reflect dishonour upon them by their wicked Lives Prov. 29.15 No. * Must they not endeavour to requite their Parent◠in praying for them and maintaining them if they be in want 1 Tim. 5.4 Yes And must not Children by Adoption and affinity honour their Parents Esth 2.7 20. Ruth 3.1 5. Yes § DO not Parents owe to their Children tender sincere and constant Love Col. 3.21 Yes May they under pretence of loving them lose their just Authority over them Gen. 18.19 No. * Having seriously devoted them to God must they not diligently teach and instruct them Deut. 6 6-8 Yes * May they suffer them to live in idleness without a Lawful Calling and honest labour Mat. 21.28 No. * Must they not mark their Inclinations and Company reprove them for their faults and in case of sin and stubbornness correct them Prov. 29.15 17. and 23.13 14. Yes But may they by reproachful Language and wicked Commands provoke them to wrath and discourage them Eph. 6.4 No. * Must they not set them a good example and dayly pray for a blessing upon them Job 1.5 Yes 2. Must not Servants honour their Masters 1 Tim. 6.1 and obey their just Commands 1 Pet. 2.18 Yes * May they by stubborn silence private mutterings or cross answers provoke their Masters Tit. 2.9 No. May they wast their Masters Goods Tit. 2.9 or neglect his business when his Eye is off Col. 3.22 23. No. * Must they not bless God for Godly Masters pray for them Gen. 24.12 and submit to Instructions and Reproofs Yes § SHOULD Masters that would mind their Duty be indifferent or careless about what Servants they take into their Houses Psal 101.6 7. No. * May they rule over them with rigour as if they were Slaves or Beasts Levit. 25.46 without regard to the health of their Bodies Mat 8.5 6. or good of their Souls Gen. 18.19 No. * Must they not give them what is just and equal as to Instruction Provision Work and Wages Prov. 31.15 Jam. 5.4 Yes 3. Is not the duty of Wives Sum'd up in a reverend and quiet Subjection and the duty of Husbands in an entire and intense love Eph. 5.24 25. Yes 4. Are not Magistrates our civil Parents Isa 49.23 and must we not Honour and Reverence them 1 Pet. 2.17 Yes * May we revile our Rulers or use any indecent words concerning them Eccl. 10.20 Acts 23.5 No. * Must we not by all just means defend
not then in your Name promise or declare the Vow that you should be bound to perform Luke 5 18-20 Yes If you had been Baptized at Age should you not in your own Name have made the Promise Yes †VVhoever then made the Profession in your Name do you not now acknowledge it was your Promise and your Vow Psalm 119.106 Yes § IS not the Baptismal Vow to Renounce and forsake all your Spiritual Enemies Yes 1. Must you not Renounce the Devil under whose Power you were by Nature Eph. 2.2 Yes Is it enough to Renounce the Worship of the Devil which is practised by Idolaters 1 Cor. 10.20 and by Wizards and Charmers Deut. 18.10 11 12. No. Must you not renounce and resist him as an Adversary and a tempter with all his works Jam. 4.7 Yes * Must you not renounce the Suggestions of Satan and his instruments which are the works that He practiseth for your ruin Eph. 2.2 Yes * Must you not renounce the works that Signally bear the Devils Image 1 Joh. 3.8 Such as Lying Joh. 8.44 pride 1 Tim. 3.6 Malice Eph. 4.26 27. Treachery Joh. 6.70 71. and the Seducing others Acts 13.10 Yes 2. Is not the world another Enemy that you are bound to renounce Gal. 1.4 1 Joh. 5.4 Yes Are you bound to leave the Society of men and to dwell alone in woods and rocks or to renounce your Callings and Estates and vow Poverty Acts 20.35 No. * Must we not renounce the examples flatterys and enticings of wicked men Rom. 12 2. Prov. 1.10 Yes May we then like the Company or have a voluntary Fellowship with notoriously ungodly men Eph. 5.11 No. * Must we not renounce the things of the world so far as they are contrary to Christ or would draw us from him Luke 14.26 Yes Did not the first Christians renounce by the name of Pomps and Vanities the Pompous shews in the Pagan Theatres and Processions Yes * May we then be allowed to frequent prophane Stage-plays or the revels in Wakes and drunken Festivals Gal. 5.21 No. * May we immoderately or unseasonably seek or affect the riches honours or pleasures of the world 1 Joh. 2.15 16. No. 3. Is not the flesh with the sinful lusts thereof the other enemy that we must renounce Gal. 5.24 Yes Is not original Sin and corruption the fountain of all actual Sins call'd the works of the flesh Jam. 1.14 Gal. 5 19-22 Yes Doth it no◠lust against the Spirit and draw even the Members of the body to Sin Gal. 5.17 Rom. 6.19 Yes * May we then follow the depraved dictates and reasonings of a fleshly mind Rom. 8.7 Col. 2.18 No. * Must we not especially abhor the gross sins and fleshly lusts that War against the Soul 1 Pet. 2.11 Yes § ARE we not to observe in our Baptismal Vow what we are to believe as well as what we are to renounce Yes 1. Are not the Holy Scriptures Acts 24.14 and particularly the Articles of the Creed the Doctrinal object of our Faith Joh. 20.31 Yes Can we believe these without understanding their meaning and some good esteem of their excellency Luk. 1.4 No. * Must we not assent to the truth of these Articles and live and dye in contending for the Faith Acts 8.37 Jud. 3. Yes Is it enough to profess these Doctrines with the mouth without believing with the Heart Rom. 10.9 10. No. Is it enough to believe them implicitly because the Church believes them without ever examining and trying them by the word 1 Joh. 4.1 No. * Must we not believe with application to our Hearts particularly in what relates to Christ Eph. 1.13 Yes 2. Is not Christ Himself then the immediate and Personal Object of our Faith as a Mediator appointed by God and dying for us Rom. 3.25 Yes * Is not Faith to receive Christ as offer'd in the Gospel Joh. 1.12 and to rely on his merits and righteousness Yes Is it enough then to assent to the Articles as true without a consent to the offers and terms of the Gospel Jam. 2.19 20. No. * Is not saving Faith wrought powerfully by the Spirit Eph. 1.19 and doth it not work by love and all good fruits Gal. 5.6 Jam. 2.18 Yes Is Faith then a strong conceit or perswasion that Christ dy'd for you though you live in sin and were never humbled for it Mat. 7.22 23. No. § ARE we not further engag'd by the Baptismal Vow to a continual obedience to the Holy will of God Yes Did you promise a sinless Obedience for the ends of the Covenant of Works 1 Joh. 1.8 9. No. But is not sincere Obedience to the will of God declared in his word indispensably required in the Covenant of Grace Gal. 6.16 Jam. 1.25 Yes * Is not this new Obedience from the efficacy of the Spirit and constraint of Divine Love 2 Cor. 5.14 15. Yes Yet are we forbidden to take Motives of our Obedience from fear of punishment or hope of reward Jer. 32.40 No. * Are not the ends of it that God may be glorify'd Mat. 5.16 Our Neighbour edify'd 1 Pet. 3.1 2. and our Selves made meet for Heaven Col. 1.12 Yes Will God then accept of that partial Obedience that comes from meer custom and Education and is done for self-applause or pretence of merit Gal. 2.16 No. * Must not our Obedience be free and willing without being griev'd at any of his Commands 1 Joh. 5.3 Yes * Must it not be universal with all the Heart and with a respect to all his Commandments and that in all our actions Psal 119.128 Prov. 7.2 Yes * Must it not be constant even all the days of our Lives Luk. 1.74 75. Yes Question Dost thou think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promis'd for thee Answer Yes verily and by God's help so I will and I heartily thank our Heavenly Father that He hath called me to this State of Salvation through Iesus Christ our Saviour and I pray unto God to give me his Grace that I may continue in the same to my lives end § HAVE you considered your Solemn Vow and Promise made in Baptism Luk. 14.28 31. Yes Do you now in the presence of God and this Congregation make a profession of your standing to your Baptismal Covenant Josh 24.22 27. Yes * You say you will now but will you make this profession in the most difficult and costly circumstances when the glory of God is concern'd Rev. 2.3 4. Yes * Do you make this profession only for hereafter without setting about the performance presently Psal 119.60 No. You say you will but can you do it in your own strength 2 Cor. 3.5 No. * Do you then profess this in and by the help strength and assistance of God Phil. 4.13 Yes And is God wanting to his Church as to sufficiency of means for your help therein Isa 5.4 No. § ARE all that live under the Gospel outwardly called to the State of Salvation and knowledge of the
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
people 1 Pet. 2.9 Yes Are not believers a distinct Body or Society joyn'd to Christ by Faith Eph. 5.23 and to each other by love Col. 2.2 Yes Can this Church be built on any other Head or foundation than our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 3.11 No. Is not part of this Church Triumphant in Heaven Heb. 12.23 and part Militant on Earth Col. 1 24. Yes Is the Church known by external Splendour Pomp or Secular Grandeur Acts 2.42 No. § IS not this Church Holy 1 Cor. 3.17 the Saints above perfectly and the effectually called really so Yes Are not all the visible Members thereof called to Holiness and Holy by profession and obligation 1 Thes 4.7 Yes § IS not the Church Catholick or Universal consisting of all Believers Jews and Gentiles Bond and Free Gal. 3.28 Yes Is the Church confin'd to any one place or Nation Acts 1.8 No. Shall the Gates of Hell ever prevail against it Mat. 16.18 No. †May any of the particular Societys of which it doth consist Rev. 1.20 claim the name Authority and priviledges of the Catholick Church Rom. 11.22 No. § AMONGST the many priviledges of the Church Psal 87.3 is not this one that there is the Communion of Saints Yes * Have not Belâ—â—vers Union and Communion with Christ their Head from whence they are called Saints 1 Joh. 1.3 Yes Do they not Communicate by Faith their wants to him 1 Pet. 5.7 and He by his Spirit Communicate his Merits and Grace to them Isa 53.4 1 Joh. 5.12 Yes And will he refuse to such Communion with himself in Glory hereafter Joh. 17.24 No. * Have not the Saints also Communion one with another 1 Joh. 1.7 1 Cor. 12.26 Yes Can they Communicate Merits to each other Mat. 25.8 9. No. * Have not the Saints above Communion with each other in the same Vision Employment and Glory Mat. 8.11 Yes * Have not the Saints below Communion in the same Gifts and Graces Eph. 4.5 Heb. 3.13 in the same Sufferings Heb. 13.3 and if need be in their Worldly goods Heb. 13.16 Yes Qu. What is the Tenth Article Answ The forgiveness of Sins § ARE there any Sins Original or Actual of Omission or Commission of Thought Word or Deed that do not deserve eternal Death Rom. 6.23 No. Yet are there any that are not Pardonable the Sin against the Holy Ghost only excepted Mat. 12.31 No. * Doth not forgiveness of Sins consist in releasing the Sinner from Guilt and Condemnation Psal 32.1 2. Yes Can any but God who is the party offended forgive Sins to Men Psal 51.4 Mark 2.7 No. Yet must not all forgive injuries done to themselves Mat. 18.21 and Ministers Pronounce forgivenese in Christ's name to the Penitent Mat. 18.18 2 Cor. 2.7 10. Yes * Is there any forgiveness but only through Christ and on the account of his Satisfaction Col. 1.14 No. * Doth the Satisfaction of Christ make forgiveness of Sins to be less Free and Gracious Eph. 1.7 No * Have any the actual forgiveness of their Sins before they Repent and Believe Joh. 3.18 No. †Must you not then have a deep sense of your Sins Acts 2.38 Confess them to God Psal 32.5 with a sincere Resolution of forsaking them Pro. 28.13 Yes Must you not earnestly make Supplication for Pardon with a Fiducial trust in the mercy of God through the Merits and Righteousness of Christ alone Acts 10.43 Yes Qu. What is the Eleventh Article Answ The Resurrection of the Body § DID not death come in by Sin as the Sentence of the Law for the Transgression of it Rom. 5.12 Yes * Can any of our Members when turn'd to dust and scatter'd be hid from God's all-seeing Eye Psal 137.15 16. No. Is it above the Almighty power that made the Body at first of dust to raise it out of it again Mark 12.24 No. * And as He is able to raise the Dead so are we to believe that He will do it Joh. 5.28 29. Yes Though all shall be rais'd the just and the unjust Acts 24.15 yet is not the Resurrection the special Priviledge of Believers Luk. 14.14 Yes * Shall the Wicked rise by vertue of an Union with Christ by his Spirit as the Godly shall Rom. 8.11 No. * And will there not be a vast difference between them in the ends for which they arise Dan. 12.2 Yes Is it not agreeable to Divine Justice that the same Bodies for substance which we had here should be raised then 1 Cor. 15.38 2 Cor. 5.10 Yes But will they be raised to the same dying and mortal State they were in before 1 Cor. 15.53 No. Will not the Bodies of the Saints be exceeding Glorious of which the Resurrection of Christ is both an assurance and a Pattern 1 Cor. 15.20 43 44. Yes †And shall not they who are found alive at the coming of Christ be also chang'd 1 Cor. 15.51 52. Yes Qu. What is the Twelfth Article Answ The life Everlasting § SHALL not Believers have a Life of Glory and happiness in the World to come Psal 16.11 Yes * Do their Souls then sleep with their Bodies in the Grave or go to Purgatory Rev. 14.13 No. Are we able to express the Glory of that State which God has prepared 1 Cor. 2.9 and they enter into immediately after Death Phil. 1.23 No. Shall they not enjoy a Beatifical vision and enjoyment of God with Saints and Angels in the highest employment of Praise without Sin or Suffering Psal 17.15 Yes * and shall not their Bodies also partake of this Life of Glory at last 1 Cor. 15.43 Yes § IS it not an everlasting Life in opposition to this fading Life on Earth 1 Thes 4.17 Yes Will the Life above be Subject to decays and changes and interruptions in the happiness of it 1 Pet. 1.4 No. Will they be in danger of forfeiting this happiness or any Enemy be admitted to dispossess them of it Rev. 3.12 No. †Is there not an everlasting Death contrary to this everlasting Life Rom. 6.23 Yes Is this for the Wicked to have their beings taken away and to remain no more Rev. 21.8 No. Is it not to be banished from the presence of God and to undergo the Torments of Hell for ever 2 Thes 1.9 Mat. 25.46 Yes †Do we not say Amen to testifie our firm Belief of these Articles Rev. 22.20 21. Yes Question What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief Answer First I learn to believe in God the Father who hath made me and all the World Secondly in God the Son who hath redeemed me and all mankind Thirdly in God the Holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the Elect people of God § IS there not manifested a Divine order in the Works of the Blessed Trinity towards Men Yes When Creation is ascribed to the Father doth it mean that it was not the Work of the Son and Holy Ghost Joh. 1.3 Gen. 1.2 No. Is it not that the Father did Create all things