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A16497	God and man. Or, a treatise catechisticall wherein the sauing knowledge of God and man is plainely, and breifely declared, whereby such as are ignorant may be helped, to heare sermons with profit, to reade the Bible or other bookes with iudgement, to receiue the Lords Supper with comfort, to discerne betweene truth and error, with vnderstanding, and to giue an answere to their minister, or any other that shall aske them a reason of their faith, with readinesse. Collected out of the sacred Scriptures, and the most orthodoxe and best approued diuines ancient and moderne, for the good of such as desire to be made wise to saluation, and heires of eternall life. By I.B. preacher of the Word.	Boughton, John, preacher of the word.	1623 (1623)	STC 3410; ESTC S106544	88,185	194

his sauing merits I. VVhat is our eating of the Bread and drinking of the VVine to cause vs to meditate on B. Euen vpon that most néere and streight vnion thereby signified that is betwéene Christ Iesus our selues and euery true beléeuer that hee is no lesse néerely and straightly ioyned to vs and we to him as also to one another then the Bread and Wine which we receiue 1 Cor. 10.16.17 and 12.12 13. eate and drinke are to our bodies I. What duties are wee to performe after wee haue receiued this Sacrament B. We ought euery one according to our abilitie chéerefully and willingly to consecrate some portion of that which God hath blessed vs with 1 Cor. 16.2 Nehem. 8.10 Heb 13.16 towards the reliefe of our poore and niedy Brethren among vs. I. Is the receiuing of this Sacrament a thing arbitrary or indifferent so as wee may communicate or not at our owne pleasures B. No but all such as are baptized being of yéeres and fitnesse to examine and prepare themselues Mar. 26.26.27 1 Cor. 11.24.25 and not hauing any iust impediment are bound to partake of it I. How may that appeare B. First because God hath expressely inioyned and commanded it Luk. 22.19.20 2. Chron. 30.8 confer with the verses preced Secondly it is a part of his publike diuine worship Thirdly the neglect of it is a very heynous and grieuous sinne Numb 9.13 Gen. 17.19 Ex. 4.24.25.26 greatly prouoking the wrath of God against such as are guilty of it Fourthly it is one of the meanes appointed of God to preserue cherish and increase in vs our faith and other spirituall graces Rom. 4.11 1 Cor. 10.16 11.24.25.26 Fiftly this Sacrament is one of the badges and cognisances and as it were the armes of our Lord and Master Iesus Christ by receiuing whereof his pleasure is that wee should make publike profession of being his Disciples and Seruants Exo. 12.43 44. Gen. 17.11 c. Acts 2.41.42 Acts 20.7 and bee knowne and distinguished from all other Sects and professions in the world I. How oft are wee to celebrate and partake of the Lords Supper B. We may not content our selues to come to it at Easter or once or twice in the yéere as if that were sufficient but we must receiue it as often as fit opportunitie is offered and as with conueniencie we may I. VVhy are wee to receiue it often B. First because our Sauiour Christ commands the frequent vse of it 1 Cor. 11.25 Acts 2.41.42 and 20.7 1 Cor. 11.26 Secondly the Apostles did often administer it Thirdly it was the constant practice of the Christian Churches long after the Apostles time to communicate often of some as often as they met together to heare the Word of God of some euery Lords day of some euery day in the weeke of all many times in the yeere Fourthly because our Sauiour Christ departing this world inioyned vs to celebrate this Sacrament Luk. 22.19 1 Cor. 11.24.29 in remembrance and in testimonie of our vnfayned thankfulnesse for his bitter death and passion which hee endured for our sinnes It must néedes bee therefore horrible ingratitude not to doe it often Fiftly because it is a meanes ordayned of God for the preseruing Rom. 4.11 1 Cor. 10.16 nourishing and increasing of the spirituall life of our soules and the sanctifying graces of the holy Ghost euen as hee hath ordained his creatures for preseruation and nourishment of our corporall life As therefore wee doe often feede vpon these so ought wee in like manner often to rec●iue the other Sixtly to neglect receiuing of it when it is administred in that congregation whereof we are members vnlesse by sicknesse or some other necessary impediment we be hindered is a fearefull contempt of Gods sacred ordinances and seales of grace as also of those inualuable benefits which in the same are proffered and confirmed vnto vs Gen. 17.14 Num. 9.13 1 Cor. 10 16. and 11.24.25 which cannot be but a most hainous sinne and greatly incense the wrath of God against vs. I. I will propound but one question more vnto you concerning this Sacrament and so passe from it VVhat thinke you may we with comfort of conscience and benefit to our soules receiue this Sacrament with those congregations wherin notorious sinners and scandalous impenitent liuers are permitted to communicate and so as not to be partakers of their sinnes B. Doubtles we may in as much as euery one is inioyned to examine himselfe 1 Cor. 11.28 and not others when hee comes to this blessed banquet Secondly because the sinne and penalty of vnworthy receiuing is limited and appropriated by God 1 Cor. 11.29 only to the persons selfe vnworthily communicating Thirdly because the Esa 1 2 3 c. Iere. 6.13 c. and 8.10 c. and 5.1 Hos 4.1 2. read obserue the other Prophets also Prophets the g Luk. 24.53 Act. 2.46 3.1 Apostles yea our most innocent and holy h Luk. 4.16 and 19.47 22.53 Iohn 18.20 Sauiour himselfe for whom it was impossible to erre or sin liuing in most prophane godlesse and irreligious times when all wickednesse and impietie reigned and abounded among all sorts of men yet none of them did separate from or forsake the assemblies of the people but ioyned euen with the vngodly themselues in the publike exercises of Religion and the commanded duties of Gods worship Of the state of Man after this life I. VVHen men haue liued a while here vpon earth Iob 4 19.20.2● and 14.10 Gen. 35.18 Iob 27.8 Eccle. 12.7 what befalles them then B. They die I. What is death B. It is the separation of the soule from the body I. Shall all men taste of death B. Yes surely euery i Iosh 23.14 Heb. 9.27 man and woman of what ranke or condition soeuer whether k Ps 82.7 and 146.3.4 noble or l Luk. 16 2● base m ●ob 3. ●9 ●0 ●●● ●9 ● 7 8 ● rich or n Luke 16.22 poore c. o Rom. 8.10 11 Reu. 14.13 elect or p Iob. 21.32 27.8 reprobate beléeuer or vnbeléeuer must die those onely excepted whom Christ at his second comming shall finde aliue vpon the earth q 1. Cor. 15.51.52 1. Thess 4.15 who in a moment and twinckling of an eye at the last Trumpe shall be changed of mortall being made immortall which change to them shall be in stead of death I. What becomes of men when they die B. The soules of the r Eccle. 12.7 Luk. 16.22 and 23.43 faithfull and godly are by the elect ſ Luke 16.22 Angels t Luke 23.43 Reu. 14.13 immediately carryed vp into Heauen there forthwith to be made partakers of a most vnspeakable glorious and blessed condition with Iesus Christ I. VVhat becomes of the soules of the wicked and vnbeleeuers B. So soone as they are seuered from their bodies they are instantly

an heauen vpon earth euen whatsoeuer might giue content or delight Gen. 3.17.19 Fifthly in that their labour was without any the least paine griefe or wearisomnesse that can be imagined Of Mans estate of misery by his fall I. DId they continue in this glorious and happy estate B. No alas they did not Gen. 3.1 2 c. Psal 49.20 but soone lost the same and fell away from God that had giuen it them I. How came that to passe B. By their voluntary and wilfull disobedience to the commandement of God Gen. 3.6 Eccles 7.29 in eating of the forbidden fruit of the trée of knowledge of good and euill I. By what meanes were they drawne to eate of this fruit contrary to Gods commandement B. By the temptation of the Diuell Gen. 3.2 3 c. who by his wily subtilty beguiled the woman making her beleeue that it would redound to the great good both of her and her husband to eate thereof by which perswasion she being ouercome tooke of the fruit and did eate and gaue of the same to her husband who did eate also I. What was the good which the Diuell bore the woman in hand they should gaine by their eating B. Wisedome and Knowledge Gen. 3.5 6. I. What befell them for this transgressing Gods Commandement B. They were instantly stript of Gen. 3.7.8.10.17 18 19. 23 24 2.17 Leuit. 26.14 15 c. Deut 20.15 16 c. and 27.26 Iob 14 1. Psal 49 last Rom. 6 23. Gal 3.10 Tit. 3 3. that glorious and happy estate of their creation and moreouer made obnoxious to innumerable legions of sorrowes in this life to death of body and to the neuer-ending wrath of God in body and soule in the life to come I. But doe you not thinke that God herein inflicted too great a punishment vpon them for their sinne B. No vndoubtedly he did not I. Why so B. Because thereby they transgressed the commandement of him who is an infinite Maiestie to the breach of whose least Commandement there can bee no lesse due then an infinite weight of vengeance Secondly because this was no small or petty sinne as it may séeme to be if wee looke no further then the basenesse of the externall obiect but a most grieuous horrible and capitall crime euen in the highest degrée I. This sinne may well bee called with the wicked spirit in the Gospell Legion because it was a combination of many execrable sinnes together in one Gen. 2.17 How make you this to appeare B. First because it was not one simple and single sinne alone but a composition and as it were a concourse and conglobation of many seuerall and those most hainous sinnes together I. Which were they First damnable infidelitie in that they beleeued not God menacing death vnto them if they disobeyed his Commandement Secondly fearefull contempt of the sacred Maiestie of God Gen. 3 4 5 6.17 in that they giue credit and yéeld obedience to the voyce of the Diuell rather then to his Thirdly detestable couetousnesse Gen. 3.6 in that not satisfied with those most excellent and glorious prerogatiues they were indowed withall they gape after more and séeke for a higher estate then God was pleased to confer vpon them Fourthly Satanicall pride Gen 3.5 in that they most insolently aspire to an equalitie with God himselfe Fiftly intollerable ingratitude in that when God had made them the principall and noblest of all his creatures yea Gen. 3. their soueraigne Lords and Kings and further dignified them with his owne image all this is forgotten vilified and made of no account with them vnlesse they may be his fellowes and equalles also in that they so soone let slip the memory of those manifold vnspeakable fauours bestowed vpon them Gen. 2.17 Sixtly sacrilegious theft in that they put forth their hands to that which is none of theirs but anothers and expressely interdicted them Gen. 3.6 Seuenthly itching curiositie in that they affect greater wisedome then God had giuen them and other knowledge then he had reuealed Gen. 3.1 2 3 c. Eightly horrible blasphemie in that they subscribe and giue consent to the saying of Satan in which he had charged God with lying and enuie Gen. 3.6 Ninthly epicurish intemperancie in that they must néedes gratifie and please their palate though Heauen it selfe be incensed and displeased for it Rom. 5.12 1 Cor. 15.22 Tenthly cruell vnnaturall and most bloudy murther in that they plunge themselues and their posteritie with them into death both of body and soule I. What other circumstances are there which may aggrauate this sin of theirs and euidence the hainousnesse of it B. First Gen. 1.27.9 9 1 Cor. 11.7 because they had power and abilitie giuen them not to haue sinned if they would but to haue kept the Commandement of God Secondly Gen. 1.29.2.16 17. because the Commandement giuen them was so easie to haue beene obserued Thirdly Gen. 1.29 2.16 17. the great reason they had to kéepe it namely the innumerable and inestimable benefits of God towards them and in particular his great bounty in giuing them frée liberty to eate of all other the trées and fruits in the Garden whereof there were great aboundance and all most delectable this one onely and no more among them all being excepted and forbidden them I Had Eue who was first in the transgression and the meanes to draw her husband to transgresse Gods Commandement no greater punishment inflicted on her then Adam B. Yes Gen. 3.16 For besides all the things before specified wherein she had equall share with him as a further plague and punishment God laide vpon her extreame sorrow and bitter anguish in conceauing and bearing children as also subiection to the will and rule of her husband I. But what thinke you did this happy condition we haue spoken of wherein Adam was created or that wofull misery and wretchednesse wherein by his disobedience hee plunged himselfe any whit concerne his posteritie and such as are descended of him B. Yes questionlesse both the one and the other concerne euery one of vs which are come out of his loynes I. How so B. Rom. 5 12.18 ●9 1 Cot. 15.22 Gen. 5 3. Iob. 14 4. Psal 51.5 Iob 14.1 ●en 3.27.19 Esay 30.33 Ma● 25.41 M●●k 9 43 44. Reuel 19 20 21.8 Because by the most iust appointment of God Adam was not a priuate man but a publike person representing all mankinde and euery particular person to descend from him in whom all were as in a common Roote and Stocke and therefore euery man in him receiued the Image of God and all those inualuable gifts graces and priuiledges which he was en●bled withall to haue possessed and inioyed them for euer had hee remained in his integritie and kept them and he sinning and losing them we al likewise sinned and lost the same in him and together with him became most

Ioh. 5. 16 17. pardonable l 1 Tim. 5 2 4. some for euer u Mat. 12.31 Marke 3.28 29. Luke 12.10 Heb. 6.6 1 Ioh. 5.16 17. vnpardonable namely the sinne against the Holy Ghost I. Are all actuall sinnes of equall or alike guilt c B. No. But some are x Ezek. 16.47 Mat 5.22 7.3 4 5. Iohn 15.24 Iohn 19.11 1 Tim. 5.8 2 Pet. 2.20 21. greater some smaller some in a higher degrée offensiue and more hainous before God some lesse Yet so as that the least that can be committed or named is y Rom. 6.23 Gal. 3.10 Ezek. 18.20 mortall and damnable of it owne nature if it bee not pardoned through Christ I. You said that actuall sinnes were such as are committed against the Commandements of God tell mee therefore which are those Commandements you speake of B. They are those ten recorded in order in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus 1. Thou shalt haue none other gods before mee 2. Thou shalt not make to thee any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in Heauen aboue c. I. Haue you sufficient power perfectly to keepe and fulfill all the commandements of God as you ought B. No z Eccles 7.22 Psal 19 12. Iames 3.2 in no wise neither any man liuing bee hee neuer so holy but euen the most righteous that are doe breake them euery day in thought word and deede yea in the most a Nehem. 13.22 Esay 6 4.6 Reuel 8 3. perfect and holiest performances that procéede from them they grieuously offend against them I. What punishment doe they make themselues lyable vnto which breake any of these Commandements B. To b Gen. 3.17 18 19. Leuit. 26.14 15 c. Deut. 28.15 c. all the miseries woes crosses plagues and calamities of this present life to c Rom. 5.12.14 1 Cor. 15.55 5 6. death of body in the end of this life and to d Deut. 27.26 Ezek. 18.20 Rom. 6.23 euerlasting and inconceiuable torments both of body and soule after this life in Hell fire All this and no lesse is the deserued punishment of euery euen the lest breach of any of these Commandements though it be but in wish desire or thought and that but once onely and no more during the whole time of our soiourning here in this world I. How can this be B. Because the author and giuer of these Commandements is an e 1 Tim. 1.17 eternall f Gen. 18.14 omnipotent g Psal 139 7.8 c. 147.5 infinite and h Psal 145.3 incomprehensible Maiestie euen God the high i Gen. 14.22 possessor of Heauen and earth the King of k 1 Tim 6.15 Kings and Lord of Lords I. Yea but God is most mercifull gracious and full of compassion he will not nay he cannot therefore punish sinne so extreamely B. It is true indéede God is excéeding l Exod. 34.6 Psal 103.8 Psal 145 9. mercifull yea infinite in mercy and compassion but it is also as true that he is excéeding m Exod 34.7 Iob 34.10.11.12 iust and as infinite in iustice as in mercy and therefore cannot punish sinne with a lesse then an infinite and eternall punishment For this iustice requires that the punishment bee proportionable to the offence which takes it greatnesse not from the person by whom it is done neither from the thing about which it is conuersant nor yet from the time in which it is finished but from the quality dignity and eminency of the person against whom and whose lawes it is committed and by this is to be measured Moreouer God is most n Deut. 32.4 Num 23 19 20 Iohn 14.6 true of his Word yea o truth it selfe hee therefore hauing said that the fore recited punishment all and euery part of it shall be the reward of euery sinne it is as impossible that it should receiue any easier recompence as it is that he p 1 Sam. 15.29 Tit. 1 2. should lie or denie himselfe Of Mans estate of grace by Iesus Christ I. BVt is there no remedy for vs who by the sinne of our first parents and our owne personall originall and actuall transgressions which are innumerable are subiect to all this woe and misery you haue mentioned whereby wee may be deliuered from this dreadfull and damnable condition B. In q Exod 34.7 Ps 49 6 7 8 9. Mich. 6.6 ● Mat. 16.26 1 Pet. 1.18 our selues or any méere creature in Heauen or in earth or ought that wee or they can doe none at all Howbeit God out of his infinite loue to mankind r Iohn 3.16 1 Iohn 4.9.10.11 hath ſ Ephes 1.4 1 Pet. 1.20 appointed and in his Word reuealed a most effectuall meanes which whosoeuer make right vse of they shall not onely be saued from all their sinnes and the eternall and infinite wrath of God due vnto the same but also be possessed of a farre more happy estate then euer in t Psal ●30 7.8 Luke 20.36 Iohn 10.10 Rom 5.17 Adam they were created in Mat. 20.28 Iohn 14.6 10 10. Acts 4 10. 20 28. Rom. 3.23.24 Gal. .13 Ephes 2.14 15. Col 1.14.20 1 Tim. 1.15 I. What is that meanes which God hath appointed for this purpose B. Iesus Christ and his merits I. What is this Iesus Christ B. Hee is the u Iohn 1.14 3.16 onely begotten sonne of God the x Mat. 28.19 1 Iohn 1.7 second person of Trinity who of y Gen. 3.15 Luke 1.31 the séede of the z Esay 7. ●4 Mat. 1.20.21 c. Virgin Mary a Mat 1.20 Luke 1.34 35. sanctifyed by the Holy Ghost b Heb. 2.16 17. Phil. 2.6 7 8. assumed and the same personally vnited vnto his Deity a true humane c Iohn 1.14 Heb 10.15 body indued with a reasonable d Mat. 26.38 Marke 14 34. soule and so in e Iohn 3.13 1 Tim. 3.16 one and the same person became true f Esay 7.14 Iohn 1.1 God and true g 1 Cor. 15.21.47 1 Tim. 2 5. Man in all things h Heb 2.17 4.15 like vnto vs i 2 Cor. 5.21 Heb. 4.15 1 Pet. 2.22 sinne onely excepted I. How are the two natures of Christ his Godhead and Manhood vnited together B. In such sort as the one cannot be l Iohn 3.13 Ephes 4.10 11. seuered from the other neither is m Rom. 1.3 4. 9.5 1 Tim. 3.16 1 Pet. 4.1 Luke 2 52. Marke 13.32 Iohn 2.19.24.25 4.6 10 17 18 21.17 Acts 3.21 2 Cor. 13.4 mixed nor confounded with either conuerted into the other but so as both remaine really and truly distinct one from the other both in essence properties wils actions and operations I. Was it necessary that our Redeemer should be thus God and Man in one person B. Yes altogether for otherwise he could neuer haue wrought the worke of our redemption I. For what cause was it

needefull he should be God B. First the greatnesse of the euill that oppressed vs. Secondly the greatnesse of the good we stood in néed of necessarily required it so to be I. In what things consists the greatnesse of our euill B. The n Ezra 9.5 6 7 Psal 40.12 Tit. 3.3 horriblenesse of our sins Secondly the infinite o Gen 2.17 Ezek. 18.20 Gent. 26 27. wrath of God due vnto the same Thirdly by the p Rom. 5 14. 6.23 dominion of death Fourthly the q Ephes 2.2 2 Tim. 2.26 tyrannie of the Diuell from r Psal 49.6 7 8 9. Esay 43.11 Mat. 16.26 all or ſ Not from wrath c. Deut. 4.24 Nahum 1.6 Reuel 19.15 Not from sinne Esay 43.25 Marke 2.7 Not from death Hos 13.16 1 Cor. 15.57 Not from the Diuell Rom 16 20. Reuel 1.18 any of which no meere creature was possibly able to deliuer vs. I. What are the good things wee stood in neede of B. First t Esay 43.25 Marke 2.7 remission of our sinnes Secondly u 1 Cor. 15.54 55.56 57. Rom. 16.20.38.39 40. Rom. 8.35 36. c. 1 Pet. 1.5 Rom. 6.23 Mat. 25.34 Luke 12.32 deliuerance from death and Satan Thirdly x Psal 51.10 Ezek. 36.26 27. restitution of Gods image Fourthly y Ierem. 32.38 39.40 Rom. 8.35 c. defence against sinne the World Diuell and Hell Fiftly z eternall life and happinesse neither of which we could attaine vnto but by him who is truly and essentially God I. Why was it necessary he should be Man B. Ezek. 18.20 Rom. 5 17 18 19. 8.3 First because the iustice of God required that the same nature which had offended should also bee punished and that in no other but in that in which his Lawes were violated satisfaction for the breach of them should be made Secondly because the person that should be our Sauiour was to suffer z Mat. 16.21 22 23 20 1● 18 19. Heb. 2.10 many things yea a Marke 10.34 Heb. 2.9 death it selse and to shed his b Heb. 9.18 19 c. Mat. 26.28 1 Iohn 1.7 bloud for vs without which wee could not be redéemed I. Why must he be God and Man in one person B. First that so he might be a fit mediator betwéene God and Man as it were an indifferent person to both Ephes 1.10 Col. 1.20 1 Tim. 2.5 and alike affected to either partie both offending and offended being as it were as néerely allyed to the one as to the other and on either side both of them to him Secondly Acts 20.28 2 Cor. 5.19 1 Iohn 1.7 that the workes performed by him in his Manhood might be of infinite merit and so consequently sufficiently auaileable to make expiation for our sinnes by which no lesse then an infinite Maiestie was offended I. In the description of Christ our redeemer you said he was in all things like vs sinne onely excepted shew me therefore how it came to passe that he descending from the corrupt and sinfull stocke of Adam as well as others yet should bee free from sinne when as it is contrary with al other men beside that come from him Ephes 2.1 who are all from their mothers wombs most lamentably infected therewith and euen borne dead in sinnes and trespasses B. The reason is because though Christ came from Adam as all other men doe Mat. 1.20 Luke 1.35 yet his conception and birth were not after the common ordinary manner of other mens but after a peculiar extraordinary and miraculous he being formed of the séede of a most pure Virgin which neuer knew man by the wonderfull and ineffable power of the Holy Ghost who in the very first moment of her conception sanctified that séede of hers and seuered it from all euen the least defilement of sinne which can bee imagined I. VVas it necessary that hee should bee so holy and righteous without any staine of sinne at all B. Yea certainely c Heb. 7.26.27 1 Pet. 3.18 2 Cor. 5.21 most necessary for otherwise his workes and sufferings could haue béene of no merit or efficacie to saue vs from the guilt and punishment of our sinnes but hee d Ezek 18.20 Rom. 6.23 Gal 3 10. himselfe should haue néeded a Sauiour for his owne redemption Secondly because his humane nature was to bee perpetually and personally vnited to the Godhead it selfe Psal 5.4 2 Cor. 6.14 which could neuer haue beene had it so much as in the least degree that can possibly bee conceiued beene polluted with sinne I. By what meanes hath this Iesus Christ effected the worke of our redemption B. Partly by his passiue obedience or sufferings and partly by his actiue obedience or righteousnesse I. VVhat vnderstand you by the passiue obedience or sufferings of Christ B. His most e Ioh. 10.17 18 Heb. 10.9 voluntary and willing vndergoing and bearing in our f Esay 35.4 5.6 c. Rom. 4.25 behalfe both in his g 1 Pet. 2.24 body and h Esa 53.10 11 Mat. 26.36 37 38. soule the i Esa 53.3 4 5.6 c. Luk. 22.24 c. Gal. 3.13 Phil. 2.8 full punishment and wrath of God which by our sinnes we had deserued to endure for euer and euer I. VVhat benefit doe wee reape by this passiue obedience or the sufferings of Christ B. Rom 3 24 25. 5.9 0 8.1 Col 1 14. T it 2.14 The iustice of God is thereby fully satisfieded for all our sinnes so that we are for euer cleered from them and the whole punishment due vnto them God of his endlesse mercy imputing the merit thereof vnto vs and so accounting and accepting of it as if we our selues had made most exact satisfaction for them I. How comes it then since Christ hath borne the burden of our sinnes and satisfied the iustice of God for them that notwithstanding the faithfull are so k Psal 73.14 34 9. 1 Cor. 15.19 grieuously afflicted in this life and also subiect to l may 57.1 Heb. 9 27. death in the end thereof B. The miseries and afflictions the faithful endure in this life are not properly punishments neither may they so be termed but louing and m 1 Cor. 11.32 Heb. 12.5 6 7. fatherly chastisements of God that they may not perish with the children of this world And as for death it is no n 1 Cor. 15.55.56 Num. 23.10 curse no euill to them but contrarywise the greatest blessing and good which can befall them for it frées them from all o Rom. 7.24 Ephes 5.27 Col. 1.22 sinne and p Reuel 14.13 2 Cor 4.17 2 Kings 22.20 misery and immediately q Phil 1.20.23 2 Tim. 4.7 8. Reuel 14.13 possesses them of vnspeakable and euerlasting happinesse in Heauen B. But is not this iniustice and cruelty in God to lay the punishment of vs who are the offenders and transgressors of his Law vpon Christ a most

Rom. 14.8 9. Lord. Secondly of the end because it is celebrated in ſ 1 Cor. 11.24 25. remembrance of him his death and passion Thirdly it may also not vnfitly bée so called in respect of the time when it hath been and yet is accustomed to be administred namely for the most part on the t Acts 20.7 Lords day or Sabboth Fourthly as also of the foode we partake of in it which is the Flesh and Bloud of our u 1 Cor. 11.24 25. Iohn 6.54.56 Lord Iesus Christ I. What are the outward visible signes in this Sacrament B. Bread and Wine Mat. 26.26 27 28. 1 Cor. 11.24.25 as also all the rites and actions about them both in Ministers and Communicants as breaking giuing receiuing c. I. What are the things signified by these signes B. The x Mat. 26.26 27 28. 1 Cor. 11.24 25 Body of Christ crucified and his Bloud shed with his y Iohn 6.27.51 52. giuing and our receiuing or spirituall z Iohn 6.53 54 c. eating and drinking the same through a ●ohn 6.29.35 40.47.51 faith that is to say our b 1 Cor. 10.16 1.24 25. vnion with him euen his whole c 1 Cor. 1.9 Iohn 6.56 person God and man and our communion with all his merits gifts and benefits d ●ohn 6.53 15.5 1 Cor. 1.30 flowing from the same I. What is the correspondence or agreement betweene these signes and things signified B. It is this As the e P●al 104.15 Bread and Wine which wee eate and drinke doe nourish confirme and preserue our bodies in this naturall life so the Body and Bloud of Christ crucified that is to say the merit of his f Rom. 5.9.10 He. 9.15.27 28. death and passion applyed vnto vs by the hand of g Iohn 6.47.54 faith doe as certainely and effectually h Iohn 6.51.53 54 56 c. nourish and preserue our soules vnto that eternall life which is to come I. Why did our Sauiour Christ of all other things in the world select and consecrate Bread and Wine to bee the Symboles and representations of his Body and Bloud B. In regard of the excellent analogie and likenesse that is betwéene the one and the other in their seuerall properties and effects I. Wherein standeth the analogie and likenesse betweene the Bread and Body of Christ I. In these particulars all worthy obseruation First as Bread by i Gen. 18.6 Leuit. 26.26 Esay 28.28 water and fire as also with many pressings and breakings is prepared to be corporall foode for vs So the Body of Christ by the water and fire as it were of k Esay 53.3 4 5 6 c. Mat. 26.37 38.39.42.44 27.46 1 Cor. 11.24 broken for you afflictions with many pressures miseries and bitter torments was prepared to bee spirituall foode for vs. Secondly as bread doth l Gen. 42 2. 43.8 Iudges 8.5 nourish sustaine m Gen. 18.5 Psal 1●4 15 strengthen the body n Esay 58.7 Pro. 27 2● expell hunger o Pro. 27.7 Luke 15.15 16. delight and benefit those which are hungry but none whose stomacks are already p Pro. 27.7 Luke 15.15 16. full So the Body of Christ doth q Iohn 6.51 52. c. nourish sustaine and strengthen the soule asswage the hunger thereof delight and benefit such as r 1 Iohn 6.35 Luke 1.53 hunger after grace and righteousnesse but nothing at all any Pharisaicall ſ Mat. 9 1● Luke 18.9 1● 11 c. Iusticiaries which are filled and puffed vp with presumptuous conceits of their owne righteousnesse and féele no neede of the t Rom. 3.22 righteousnesse of God which is by faith in Iesus Christ Thirdly as bread is the u Hence so often in Scripture bread is put for al other meates c. as Gen. 39.6 43 31 37. and in many other places see Eccles 29.21 chiefe and principall of all nourishments appointed for man and so necessary as that without it all other would be x Gen. 27.17 2 Sam. 6.19 vnfit vnsufficient and vncomfortable So the y Iohn 6.27 28 29. Phil. 3.7 8. merit of Christs Body it is the y Iohn 6.27 28 29. Phil. 3.7 8. chiefe and principall of all things which wee ought to séeke after in this life and so necessary for vs as that without it z Mat. 16.26 Phil. 3.7 8 9. Luke 2.25.29 c. all other things whatsoeuer ●e vnfit and vnsufficient to yéeld vs any true sound so●e comfort or benefit or to bring vs vnto c eternall life Fourthly as bread is the most b Mat. 6.11 common and ord●●●● o● meates enioyed of poore a Iohn 3.16 Acts 4.12 as well as rich of c Luke 11.3 2 Sam. 9 7. daily and continuall vse with all yet not wearying not cloying any but is sauory and welcome still to euery healthy palate when other things though of d N●m 11.6 swéetest relish please not long but soone bréede lothing Euen so the body of Christ and merit thereof is a common e Mat. 11.28 Iohn 3.14 15 16. 7.37 Iames 2.5 spirituall meate to all sorts and conditions of men that beléeue without exception to the poorest Dungeon-Captiue as the mightiest Sceptred-Monarch on the earth and is f Ephes 3.17 daily and continually fed vppon by all that haue faith yet not wearying or cloying any but remayning alwayes g Io●n 6.34 most swéet pleasant and delightsome to euery faithfull soule yea is euer the more h Marke 9.24 Luke 17.5 Cant. 2 3 4 5. eagerly hungred after and desired the more often and frequently it is tasted and eaten Fiftly as bread parted and broken among many persons is a testimonie of i Psal 41.9 2 Sam. 9 7. loue and vnitie among them So the Body of Christ broken with most grieuous k Esay 53.3 4 5 6 c. 1. Cor. 11.24 torments and sacrificed for many vpon the Crosse is a most illustrious testimonie of Christs l Iohn 3.16 15 13. infinite loue to vs and of the m 1 Cor. 10.16 17. loue vnitie and concord wherewith our hearts and soules ought to bee glued one to another Lastly as one Lease of bread 1 Cor. 10.16.17 12.27 is made of many graines of Corne so of vs which are many partaking of one bread is made one Body of Christ I. In what things consists the Analogie and likenesse betweene the Wine and Christs Bloud B. In these specialties 1. As Wine quenches the n Pro. 9.5 Dan. 1.5 th●●st quickens the o spirits p Zach. 10.7 cheeres she heart and beautifies the q Psal 104.15 face so the Bloud of Christ quenches our r Iohn 6.35.54 55. 4.14 7.37 Ephes 1.7 thirst after righteousnesse and remission of sinnes it ſ Acts 2.46 16.34 1 Pet. 1.8 Ephes 2.13 c. glads our fainting hearts and reuiues our drooping spirits

q Iohn 6.62 93. carnally with the mouth of the body but spiritually with the mouth of the soule which is aliuely faith that is to say to r Iohn 6.35.47.50 51 c. beléeue and bee perswaded that the Body of Christ was crucified and his Bloud shed for a full remission of all our sinnes and not onely so but after ſ Ephes 5.32 an incomprehensible manner to be t 1 Cor. 10.16 17. vnited vnto Christ as the members of the body vnto the head and so to be made partakers of his u Ioh. 6.55 56. righteousnesse life glory and whatsoeuer his benefits as truly and verily as we are of the outward Elements of Bread and Wine I. Then no wicked impenitent vngodly person c. vnbeleeuer hypocrite c. though they be present at this Sacrament doth eate the flesh or drinke the Bloud of Christ doth he B. No. It is not possible they should I. What receiue they then in this Sacrament B. Onely the outward Symboles or Elements and nothing else Iohn 6.54 55 56. they get the shell but not the Kernell they eate the Bread of the Lord but not that Bread which is the Lord. I. What are the ends of the Lords Supper B. First Luke 22.19 20 1 Cor. 11.20.25 Iohn 6.56 to signifie and assure our continuance preseruation and nourishment in the couenant of grace the familie and Church of God into which by baptisme wee had entrance and admission Secondly 1 Cor. 10.16 to seale and confirme more and more our communion with Christ and all his benefits Thirdly 1 Cor. 10.17 12 13. to declare and admonish vs of that néere fellowship and communion which is betwéene all faithfull receiuers of this Sacrament who are all ioynt members of the same body mysticall in Christ bone of each others bone and flesh of each others flesh Rom. 4.11 1 Cor. 10.16 11.24 25 26. Fourthly to strengthen and increase our faith and all other sauing graces Luke 22.19 Fiftly to celebrate and preserue the memory of our Sauiours death and passion and of the inestimable benefits wee reape thereby vntill his glorious appearing to iudge the world I. Whom are the Pastors or Ministers of the Church to admit to this Sacrament B. All and onely such as haue by y Exod. 12.43 44 c. Baptisme béene admitted into the Church and continue the professed members thereof and are for yéeres z 1 Cor. 11.24.29 vnderstanding and knowledge of the Principles of Christian Religion and particularly of the Doctrine of the Sacraments able to a 1 Cor. 11.28 examine and prepare themselues for the worthy receiuing of it and withall doe by their Christian and b Mat. 7.6 vnblamable conuersation giue probable testimonies that they are indued with a true sauing faith in Iesus Christ and vnfained repentance for their sinnes I. Doth it not therefore stand euery Minister vpon to examine such as he admits vnto it B. Certainely it doth for it is his duty to c Ier. 15.19 separate the pretious from the vile and to beware that he doe not prostitute the holy things of the Lord to d Mat. 7.6 Dogges and Swine Secondly it is his duty at all times to be carefull of acquainting himselfe with the state of his Flocke Pro. 27.23 Acts 20.28 and therefore much more then when hee is to receiue them to this holy Table Thirdly 2 Chron. 35.6 30.17 he is to helpe the people in their preparation that they may bee worthy receiuers Fourthly whomsoeuer he admits vnto it being vnworthy and vnprepared 1 Tim. 5.22 hee makes himselfe accessory to their sinnes and culpable of prophaning the sacred pleadges of the Lords Body and Bloud I. Then it is the peoples duty also to bee willing and ready to submit themselue to their Ministers examination is it not B. It is so for euery Christian is bound to bee alwayes ready to giue an answer to any man that shall aske him a reason of the hope that is in him 1 Pet. 3.15 much more therefore ought he to shew this readinesse to his lawfull Pastor who by God is placed ouer him Secondly God chargeth euery man to bee obedient to h●s Pastor and with all meekenesse and humblenesse of minde Deut. 17.11.12 1 Thes 5.12 Heb. 13.17 to submit themselues vnto him in all things which concerne the worship of God and good of their owne soules of which nature this is one Thirdly God requires of all such as are to bee baptized Mat. 3.6 Marke 1.5 Acts 8.37 1 Pet. 3.21 being men of yéeres that first they giue euidence of their knowledge faith and repentance to the Minister that baptizes them and therefore it is not to bee imagined that he requires any lesse of those that are to partake of the Lords Supper I. Who may not be admitted to this Sacrament but must be barred from it B. All c Exod. 12.43 44. 2 Cor. 6.14 15 16. Ephes 2.11 12 c. Infidels all persons f Exod 12.43 4● 48. Disciples so Acts 20.7 vnbaptized all g These cannot eate drink remember Christs death c. Mat. 26.26 departed this life all h None of these are able to examine themselues discerne the Lo●ds Body commemorate his death c. 1 Cor. 11.24.25.26.27.28.29 Infants all Ignorants that know not the fundamentall points of Religion all Idiots Fooles furious franticke and mad men all i P●al 50.16 17. Esay 1.11 66.3 1 Cor. 10.21.22 scandalous wicked impenitent liuers and whosoeuer are by the Gouernours of the Church worthily k Mat. 18.17 1 Cor. 5.5 1 Tim. 1.20 excommunicated I. What are we to doe that wee may be worthy receiuers of this Sacrament B. That we may worthily partake of it to our comfort and edification there bee some duties to be practised of vs before we resort to it some in the time of our receiuing some after wee haue receiued I. What are the duties to be practised before our resorting to it 1 Cor. 11.28 B. Wee must diligently prepare and examine our selues I. Why are we so to doe B. First because in the Old Testament all were to prepare and sanctifie themselues before they might either offer l 1 Sam. 16.5 sacrifice or celebrate the m 2 Chron. 35.6 Passeouer Secondly because we are bound to prepare our selues before other the seruices of God as n Eccles 5.2 Prayer o Eccles 5.1 Luke 8.18 hearing his Word Thirdly because whosoeuer receiues vnworthily 1 Cor. 11.27.39 is guilty of the Body and Bloud of Christ and eates and drinkes his owne damnation I. What things must wee examine our selues of I. 1 Cor. 10.15 16. First whether at the least in some competent measure wee know the grounds of Religion and in particular the Doctrine of the Sacraments 2 Cor 13.5 Heb. 11.6.28 Secondly whether we bee endued with a true iustifying sauing faith