57. Which is the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment is Rememmber the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six daies shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy Son nor thy Daughter thy Man-servant nor thy Maid-servant nor thy Cattle nor thy Stranger that is within thy Gates For in six daies the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the Seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it Q 58. What is required in the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his Word expresly one whole day in seven to be a holy Sabbath unto the Lord. Explic. Q. Doth the fourth Commandment require any special time to be kâ—pt holy A. Yes Q. What time A. Such set time as God hath appointed in his Word Q. What mean you by a set time A. Such a time as is set apart for Gods worship only and wholly all business being laid aside Q. Doth the fourth Commandment then determine of the special time for divine worship as the three foregoing Commandments do of the Object means and manner of worship A. Yes Q. In whose power is it to appoint times for worship A. God who appoints the worship appoints also the time for it in his Word he hath not deputed any of this Power to any other Q. Hath God left us to keep what time we please A. No. Q. What proportion of time hath God more solemnly set apart for his worship A. One whole day in Seven Q. Is this Commandment to be understood of the seventh day in order so as to be limited to the last of the seven or is it to be understood of a seventh in number that is One in Seven A. It is to be understood of a seventh in number and this proportion of time the Gospel-Law never repealed Q. Is the fourth Commandment then a moral precept that is to say of perpetual force binding Christians now as well as the Iews heretofore to the observation of it A. Yes Q. How is this day to be spent A. As an holy Sabbath unto God Q. What is meant by that A. It is meant that we spend this whole day to Gods glory as he hath commanded us Deut. 5. 12. Q. 59. Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbâ—â—â— A. From the beginning of the World to the Resurrection of Christ God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath and the first day of the week ever since to continue to the end of the world which is the Christian Sabbath Explic. Q. How long did God appoint the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath A. From the beginning of the World to the Resurrection Q. Was it not only from the time of the giving of the Law by Moses A. No it was ordained for man in Paradise in the beginning of the World Q. Is that to continue or is it changed A. It is changed to the first day of the week Q. But why do you observe the first day of the week when the Commandment speaks of the seventh A. In memory of Christs rising from the Dead on the first day that he might enter into his glorious rest having here finished his work of Redemption For which there is the example of the holy Apostles and the Church of God Q. Is this day any more to be changed â— is it to continue A. It is to continue to the end of the World Q What is it câ—lled A. The Christian Sabbath to distinguish it from the Jewish seventh day Sabbath Q May it be lawfully so called A. Yes it is no where forbidden to be so called though the most proper Name be the Lords Day Rev. 1. 10. Q. 60. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by an holy resting all that day even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other daies and spending the whole time in the publick and private exercises of Gods worship except so much as is to be taken up in the works of Necessity and Mercy Explic. Q. Is the Sabbath to be sanctâ—fiâ—d A. Yes Q. In what sense is God said to sanctifie the holy Sabbath A. In making it holy by way of Consecration Q. In what sense are we said to sanctifie the Sabbath A. In keeping it holy by way of application viz. applying it to those ends and exercises for which God did consecrate it Q. What is required that the Sabbath may be sanctified A. Two things 1. Resting is required Q. What kind of resting must it be a meer civil rest A. No. Q. Or a meer carnal and bodily resting such as the Ox and the Ass must have on the Sabbath A. No Q. What kind of resting then is required on the Sabbath day A. An holy resting Q. How long must this be A. All that day Q. From what must we rest from spiritiual employments and recreations A. No. Q. From what then A. From worldly employments and recreations Q. When may these lawfully be used A. On other days so we use them aright Q. What else is required that the Sabbath may be sanctified A. 2. Spending the time in the exercises of Gods worship and this makes the rest to be an holy rest Q May we stay at home and spend our time in the private exercises of Gods worship with the neglect of the publick A. No Q. May we not rest satisfied in giving attendance on the publick worship but must we be also careful at home in private A. Yes Q. How much time must we spend in the publick and private exercises of Gods worship A. The whole time except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy Q. What do you mean by works of Necessity A. Such as could not be done before and cannot be deferred until after the Sabbath Q. How are we to perform the duties of the day A. 1. We are to perform the publick and private exercises of Gods worship on the Sabath day 1. With sincerity having a single respect unto the honour and glory of God whose day the Sabbath is Isa. 58. 13. 2. With reverence and that both of body and mind Eccl. 5. 1. 1 Cor. 6. 20. Heb. 12. 28 29. Isa. 66. 1. 3. With diligence and attention Acts 16. 13 14. Deut 6. 7. Acts 17. 11. and 10. 33. 4. With Love and fervour of Spirit Rom. 12. 11. 5. With delight Psal. 42. 4. Deut. 16. 14. Isa. 58. 13. 1 Ioh. 5. 3. 2. We must do works of Necessity and Mercy with chearfulness and without anxiety of mind and doubtful scrupulosity Rom. 12. 8. Mat. 12. 11 12. Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth Commandment A.
as our Redeemer A. Three the Offices of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King Q. In what estate doth he execute and discharge these Offices A. Both in his estate of Humiliation and Exaltation Q. 24. How idoth 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 Explic. Q. What is the first Office here considered of Christ as our Redeemer A. The Office of a Prophet Q How doth he execute and discharge this Office A. By revealing to us the Will of God Q. What do you mean by revealing A. Making known to us Q. How doth Christ reveal the Will of God to us A. By this Word and Spirit together Q. What is meant by the Will of God which Christ doth reveal A. The whole counsel of God or whatsoever God would have us o know believe and do in order to our Salvation Q. Is the Word of Christ without his Spirit sufficient to teach us the will of God for our Salvation A. No Q. May we expect the Revelation of Gods will by the Spirit without the Word A. In no wise for God hath joyned his Word and Spirit together Ibid. Q. For what end doth Christ thus reveal the will of God to us A. For our Salvation 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 Explic. Q. What is the next Office here considered of Christ as our Redeemer A. The Office of a Priest Q. How doth Christ perform this Office A. Two waies 1. By offering up himself a Sacrifice Q. Who offered up Iesus Christ A. He offered up himself Q. What Sacrifice did he offer A. He offered himself a Sacrifice Q What mean you by Christ offering up himself a Sacrifice A. Christ dying in his humane Nature for us Q. How often did Christ offer up himself A. He offered up himself once only Q. Why did Christ offer up himself for us A. For two ends 1. To satisfie divine Justice Q. Could not Iustice otherwise be satisfied A. Without death Justice could not be satisfied though mercy provided and accepted him as a Surety to die for us Q. What is the second end of Christs Sacrificing himself A. To reconcile us to God Q. What do you mean by reconciling us to God A. Making God and us friends or it is a bringing us by Nature enemies into an estate of peace and friendship with God again Q. How else doth Christ excute the Office of a Priest A. By making Intercession Q. What do you mean by Christs making Intercession for us A. The presenting his Sacrifice and Merits for us before his Father Or his praying and making request to God that what he hath purchased for us may be given us and that our persons and duties may be accepted by him through his Merits Q. Of what duration is his Intercession A. It is continual ceaseth not till the end of the World Q. To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to offer Sacrifices and make Intercession for us A. To his Priestly Office Q 26. How doth Christ execute the Office of a King A. Christ executeth the Office of a King in subduing us to himself in ruling and defending us and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies Explic. Q. What is the third Office of Christ as our Râ—deemer A. The Office of a King Q. How dâ—th he execute this Office A. He doth it both towards his people and towards his and their enemies Q. How towards his People A. Two waies 1. In subduing them to himself Q How doth he this A. By the powerful working of his Spirit in and by the Ministry of the Word 2. In ruling and defending them Q. Is Christ then the King of the Church A. Yes Q. How doth Christ execute this Office towards his and his peoples enemies A. In restraining and conquering them Q. What are these enemies A. The Devil the World and the Flesh the last enemy is Death Q. What is it for Christ to restrain his and his peoples enemies A. To set bounds and limits to their present remaining power over which he doth not suffer them to pass Q. What is it for him to conquer them A. To take away their power in part that they have not Dominion over his people and afterwards compleatly to bring them under his own and his peoples feet and utterly to abolish and destroy them Q. To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to subdue rule and defend us and to restrain and conquer all his and our enemies A. To his Kingly Office Q 27. Wherein did Christs Humiliation consist A. Christs Humiliation consisted in his being born and that in a low condition made under the Law undergoing the miseries of this life the wrath of God and the cursed death of the Cross in being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time Explic. Q Which is Christs first estate as our Redeemer A. His estate of Humiliation Q. Wherein be the four Degrees of it A. In his Birth Life Death and after Death Q. What was the first Degree A His being born Q. In what condition was he born A. In a low condition Q Vnder what was Christ made A. Under the Law Q. What is the second Degree A. The miseries of this life Q. What miseries were they A. All those miseries which belong to the nature of man as hunger thirst and weariness and those that are incident to Mans condition in the World as want poverty and reproach Q. What miseries did not Christ undergo A. Personal Miseries such as Diseases Monstroâ—ity Lameness Q. What else then did he undergo A. The wrath of God Q. What is the third Degree A. Death Q What kind of death did Christ undergo A. The most shameful painful and accursed death of the Cross Q. Wherein consisted the last Degree of Christ's Humiliation after Death A. In his being buried and continuing under the power of Death for a time Q. 28. Wherein consists Christs Exaltation A. Christs Exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day in ascending up into Heaven in sitting at the right hand of God the Father and in coming to Judge the World at the last day Explic. Q. What is the other estate of Christ our Redeemer A. His Exaltation Q. Which be the four Degrees of it A. His Resurrection Ascension Session at the right hand of God and coming to Judgement Q. Wherein
consists the first Degree A. In his rising again from the Dead Q. When did he arise A. On the third day Q. Did Christ rise again with the same body that was buried A. Yes with the very same For he bare the Print of the Nails in his hand and feet and of the Spear in his side Q. 〈…〉 Christs body corrupted in the Grave like the Bodies of others A. No Q. Doth Christ being raised from the Dead die any more A. No Q. What doth the Resurrection of Christ assure us of A. That our bodies shall be raised again from the Dead Q. What is the second Degree of Christs Exaltation A. His ascending up into Heaven Q. When was it that he ascended A. He ascended forty daies after he rose out of the Grave Q. What doth the ascension of Christ assure us of A. That we shall be carried up into Heaven whither our fore-runner is entred for us Q. What is the third Degree A. His siâ—ting at the right hand of God the Father Almighty Q. What mean you by that A. His being exalted to chief Honour power and favour with God As Princes do set them whom they highly love and favour at their right hand Q. What is the fourth Degree of his Exaltation A His coming to Judge the World Q. When will he come to Iudgement A. At the last day or at the end of the world Q. 29. How are we made Partakers of the Redemption purchased by Christ A. We are made partakers of the Redemption purchased by Christ by the effectual application of it to us by his holy Spirit Explic. Q By whom is Redemption purchased A. By Christ Q. By whom is it applied A By his holy Spirit Q. What do you mean by the Spirits applying it to us A. His making it ours Q. What kind of application is that which the Spirit makes A. An effectual application such as causeth and enableth us to receive it Q. Cannot the Minister apply it effectually without the Spirit A. No Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the Redemption purchased by Christ A. The Spirit applieth the Redemption purchased by Christ by working Faith in us and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling Explic. Q. What doth the Spirit work in us that we may apply this Redemption A. The Spirit works Faith in us Q. What is the fruit and effect of Faith A. It unites us to Christ Q. What is this union betwixt Christ and us A. It is that whereby Christ and we are joyned together and made one Q. When is this done A. In our effectual calling Q. 31. What is effectual calling A. Effectual calling is the work of Godâ—s Spirit whereby convincing us of our sin and misery enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ and renewing our wills he doth perswade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ freely offered to us in the Gospel Explic. Q. May men be externally called by the Ministry of the Word or in a common way and yet not effectually and savingly called A. Yes Q. Whose work is effectuall calling A. The work of Gods Spirit Q. What is the first thing the Spirit doth for us in effectual calling A. He convinceth us of our sin and misery Q. What do you mean by Conviction A. Making us feelingly know what a sinful miserable and undone condition we are in by nature Q. What more doth the Spirit work in us when he calleth us A. He inlightneth our minds in the knowledge of Christ Q. What doth the Spirit make us know of Iesus Christ A. He makes us know the want and worth of him not in an ordinary but saving way Q. What doth the Spirit do farther for us when he hath inlightned our minds A. He reneweth our wills Q. What is it for our wills to be renewed A. To have new inclinations and dispositions put into them Q. Are not we able to renew our own wills and to turn from sin unto Christ of our selves A. No Q Why doth the Spirit convince us of our sin and misery enlighten our minds and renew our wills A. That he may perswade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ Q. Doth the main business of our effectual calling consist in our answering Christs call and embracing him A. Yes Q. How and wherein is Iesus Christ offered to us A. He is freely offered to us in the Gospel Q. What mean you by the Gospel A. The Gospel is the glad tidings of Salvation by Jesus Christ contained in the Scriptures Q. 32. What benefits do they that an effectually called partake of in this life A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of Justification Adoption Saâ—ctification and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them Explic. Q. How many benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in the life A. Three principally 1. Justification 2. Adoption and 3. Sanctification Q. And do they likewise partake of the several benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from these A. Yes Q. 33. What is Iustification A. Justification is an act of Godâ—s free grace wherein he pardoneth all our sins and accepteth us as righteous in his sight only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us and received by Faith alone Explic. Q. What do you mean by Iustification A. The pronouncing righteous or not guilty or the absolving from guilt Q. Whose act is Iustification A. Gods Q. What moves him to Iustifie us A. His own free grace Q. What doth God for us in our Iustification A. He pardoneth all our sins and accepteth us as righteous in his sight Q. Whence is it that God accepteth us as righteous A. Only for the righteousness of Christ. Q. How come we to partake of Christs righteousness A. Two waies 1. God imputes it to us Q What do you mean by Gods imputing Christs righteousness to us A. His accounting it ours as much as if it were our own wrought by our selves Q. What other way is there whereby we partake of Christs righteousness A. 2. We receive it by Faith Q. Are we not then Iustified by our works A. No Q. But by Faith alone A. Yes Q. How and why so A. As that Grace which alone receives the righteousness of Christ Q. But is justifying Faith solitary without all attendants A. No justifying Faith hath two Daughters that inseparably attend her 1. Repentance Here sinful man retracts and undoes his faults acknowledgeth his transgressions rents his heart weeps smites upon his breast and cries What have I done laments after the Lord and abhors himself in dust and ashes He executes the Law upon himself and since God excuseth him from the punishment he accuseth himself 〈◊〉 the guilt and condemns himself to the shame of his sin