A. It is said 1 Thes. 4.14 If we beleeue that Iesus is dead and â—is risen euen so them which sleeepe in Iesus will God bring with him and 1 Cor. 15.21.22 for since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead for as in Adam all die euen so in Christ shall all be made aliue therefore it is that hee is called the first fruits of them that sleepe Q. Proue that if there be no resurrection then the preaching of the Word and our faith is in vaine A. It is the Apostles argument to proue the resurrection 1 Cor. 15.14 that if there be no resurrection and so consequently Christ is not risen then saith hee our preaching is vaine your faith is also vaine and wee are found also false witnesses of God and verse 19. If in this life onely we haue hope in Christ we are of all men the most miserable X Of the day of Iudgement Q. Rehearse the Letter X. A. EXCeeding glorious in itselfe ioyous to the godly and fearfull to the wicked shall be the day of iudgment wherein Iesus Christ shall cal to account and iudge all men for all things done in this life according to their works For he shall come with glory in the clouds accompanied with innumerable Angels and fitting vpon his throne of Maiestie shall vpon due triall of euery mans workes the bookes being opened pronounce the sentence of saluation to the Godly and of damnation to the wicked Q. Proue that there shall be a day of iudgement A. It is written Act. 17.31 That God hath appointed a day in the which he will iudge the world in righteousnesse and Salomon telleth vaine young men Eccles. 11.9 that they must know that for all these things God will bring them to iudgement yea it is a mayne Article of our Creed reason doth teach that seeing the godly liue here in much affliction the wicked in great pleasure there must needs be a day of iudgement to right all Q. When shall that day of iudgement be A. The day of iudgement is not knowne to any creature in heauen or earth but to God onely see Math. 24.36 But of that day and houre knoweth no man no nor the Angels of heauen but my Father onely and Mark 13.32 is added neither the Son himselfe that is in respect of his humane nature or as he is here in this world in the state of humiliation or to reueale it to vs whom it doth not concerne to know it as is said Act. 1.7 It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his owne power yet there are signes foretold whereby wee knâ—w the approaching of this day of Iudgement Q. What are the signes foreshewing the day of iudgement A. The signes are chiefly these 2. The preaching of the Gospell through the whole world 2. Great calamities persecutions troubles wars famine pestilence and the like 3. A generall apostasie or falling away and departing from the faith and puritie of religion 4. The comming and reuealing of Antichrist the head of that Apostasie who shall take vpon him to be the head of the Church by sitting as God in the Temple of God aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped 5. Many deceiuers false Christs and false Prophets that shall seduce many 6. Generall corruption of manners and abundance of all iniquitie 7. Great securitie as in the dayes of Noe Mat. 24.37 8. The calling or conuerting of the Iewes Rom. 11.25.26 9. Strange signes in the heauens in the Sunne Moone and Starres on the land earthquakes in the sea roaring tempestuous storms 10. The burning of the world with fire and the comming of Christ in glory Q. Why is the day of iudgement concealed from men A. That day and houre is hidden and vnknowne to men and shall therefore be as the comming of a Thiefe in the night or as the trauaile of a woman with childe to the end that wee should waite and watch euery day and houre and be prepared for the Lords comming see Math. 24.42 Watch therefore for you know not what houre your Lord commeth and verse 44. Therefore be yee also ready for in such an houre as ye thinke not the Sonne of man doth come and Mark. 13.37 And what I say vnto you I say vnto all Watch. Q. Why is the day of iudgement so long deferred A. The Lord doth deferre the day of iudgement for diuers causes 1. that he might shew his patience toward vs in giuing so large a time of repentance 2. That all the elect both of Iewes and Gentiles might be gathered together their number compleat and so all Israel may bee saued 3. That he might try and exercise the patience of the faithfull who suffer so much at the hands of wicked men for the truth 4. That the vngodly and impenitent abusing the patience and long suffering of God which leadeth to repentance might bee left without excuse and be the more seuerely punished Q. Who shall be the Iudge A. He shall be the iudge who is our Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ see Act. 17.3 1. where it is said That God will iudge the world by that man whom hee hath appointed and Rom. 2.16 In the day when God shall iudge the secrets of men by Iesus Christ for saith he Ioh. 5.22 The Father hath committed all iudgement to his Sonnâ— yet at the day of iudgement the godly shall also be as iudges in assisting and consenting to the iudgement of Christ therefore the Apostle saith 1 Cor. 6.2 Doe you not know that the Saints shall iudge the world Q. Who are they that shall be iudged A. All men of what condition soeuer that haue beene are or shall be from the beginning to the end of the world must come to iudgement so we reade 2 Cor. 5.10 That wee must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ and Rom. 14.12 So then euery one of vs shall giue account of himselfe to God for the Apostle had said before verse 10. Wee shall all stand before the iudgement seat of Christ. And this must be that as the wicked haue ioyned in sinne with the Apostate Angels that is the Deuils so they may be conioyned with them in iudgement who are reserued in chaines of darkenesse vnto the iudgement of that great day 2 Pet. 2.4 Iud. 6. then shall Antichrist as a chiefe head of all impietie receiue the doome of his eternall destruction 2 Thes. 2.8 Q. Of what things shall all men be iudged A. Euery man shall be iudged of all things done in this life both good and euill the good shall bee approued the euill condemned so it is said Eccl. 12.14 That God shall bring euery worke into iudgement with euery secret thing whether it be good or euill and 2
God walke before me and be thou perfect And Reu. 15.3 Great and maruelous are thy works Lord God almighty Whereupon it is said Mark 10.27 That with God all things are possible Q. Proue that God is most wise A. It is written ps 147.5 Great is our Lord and of great power his vnderstanding or his wisdome is infinite And 1 Tim. 1. 17. He is called The onely wise God Q. Proue that God is most holy A. It is the voyce of the Seraphims or Angels Isa. 6.3 Who cry one to another saying Holy Holy Holy is the Lord of Hosts And Reu. 15.4 Who shall not feare 〈◊〉 O Lord and glorifie thy name for thou only art Holy And 1 Pâ—t 1.15 As he which hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conuersation Q. Proue that God is good A. That he is absolutely good in himselfe our Sauiour sheweth Matth. 19.17 when hee saith There is none good but one that is God And that he is good to his creatures read Psal. 145.9 where it is said That the Lord is good to all And Matth. 5. 45. He maketh his Sunne to arise on the euill and the good and sendeth raine on the iust and vniust Q. Proue that God is mercifull A. It is written Iam. 5.11 That the Lord is very pittifull and mercifull And Psal. 145. 8.9 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of Great mercy and his tender meâ—â—y is ouer all his workes And Luk. 6.36 Be ye therefore mercifull as your father also is mercifull Q. Proue that God is iust A. It is said Deu. 32.4 That he is a God of truth and without iniquity iust and righteous is he Psal. 145.17 The Lord is righteous in all his wayes Psal. 11.7 The righteous Lord loueth righteousnes And therefore he is called 2 Tim. 4.8 The righteous Iudge Q. Proue that God would be so described A. It is euident in his appearing to Moses Exod. 34.6 where it is said That the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed The Lord the Lord mercifull and gracious long suffering and abundant in goodnesse and truth reseruing mercy for thousands forgiuing iniquity and transgression and sinne and not making the wicked innocent c. Q. Proue that God is so described because otherwise no man can see God A. It is written Ioh. 2.18 No man hath seene God at any time And 1 Tim. 6.16 That God dwelleth in light which no man can approach vnto whom no man hath seene nor can see And therefore this is rendred as the reason why God did so proclaime himselfe to Moses Exo. 33.18.19.20 Because no man can see the face of God and liue F Of the creation of the world Q. Rehearse the Letter F A. FRamed and made was the whole world by the word of God and that of nothing in six dayes and all very good For nothing can make it selfe neither can bee without some cause nor can be euill being made of God Q. Proue that God made the world A. It is written Gen. 1.1 In beginning God created the heauen and the earth Act. 17.24 God made the world and all things therein And Col. 1.16 By him were all things created which are in heauen and which are in earth things visible and inuisible Q. Proue that the world was made by the word of God A. So it is in the Psalme 33.6 By the word of the Lord were the heauens made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth And Psalme 148.5 He commanded and they were created See this in the history of the creation Gen. 1.6 Q. Proue that God made all things of nothing A. It is said Hebrewes 11.3 Through faith we vnderstand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seene were not made of things which doe appeare Q. Proue that God made all things in six dayes A. It is manifest in the story of the creation Gen. 1.31 And is repeated in the fourth commandement Exod. 20.11 In six dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is Q. Proue that God made all things very good A. So God himselfe testifieth Gen. 1.31 And God saw euery thing that he had made and behold it was very good Q. Proue that nothing can make it selfe A. It is brought as a reason to proue that God made man and so consequently all other creatures Psal. 100.3 Know ye that the Lord hee is God it is hee that hath made vs and not wee our selues Q. Proue that nothing can be without some cause A. It is euident in the light of nature and it is the reason of the Apostle to proue that God made all things Heb. 3.4 for saith he Euery house is builded of some man but he that built all things iâ— God Q. Proue that nothing made of God can be euill A. It is manifest because as is shewed before God is good yea goodnesse it selfe And Psal. 5.4 No euill can dwell with him And therefore he cannot be the author of euill who is the fountaine of all goodnesse as is proued Iam. 1.17 Euery good gift and euery perfect gift is from aboue and cometh downe from the father of lights G Of Gods prouidence in gouerning and preseruing all things Q. Rehearse the Letter G A. GOuerned and preserued are all things by the prouidence of God For otherwise Satan and wicked men might doe what they list yea and euery creature would perish in a moment Q. Proue that all things are gouerned by the prouidence of God A. It is written Pro. 15.3 The eyes of the Lord are in euery place beholding the euill and the good And Mat. 10.29.30 That one sparrow shall not fall on the ground without your Father but the very hayres of your head are all numbred Q. Shew some instances or examples of Gods prouidence gouerning and ordering all things A. It is euident by many examples in the word of God that nothing doth come to passe by fortune or chance but that all things are ordered by the will and prouidence of God therefore it is said Ps. 135.6 Whatsoeuer the Lord pleased that did he in heauen and in earth in the sea and in all deepe places Q. Shew some instance of things in heauen A. It is said Psal. 29.3 The God of glory maketh it to thunder Psal. 135 7. He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth hee maketh lightenings for the raine he bringeth the winde out of his treaâ—ures Iob. 37.6 He saith to the snow be thou vpon the earth likewise to the small raine and to the great raine of his power Therefore it is said Psal. 147.7.8 Sing vnto the Lord with thanksgiuing which couereth the heauen with cloudes and prepareth raine for the earth Q. Giue some example of Gods worke in the sea A. It
then be as plainely laid open before Angels and men as if they were recorded in a booke or register Q. What are these bookes A. There are foure sorts of bookes which shall then be opened for the discouery of all the actions of men That is The booke of Gods prouidence whereof the Psalmist speaketh in Psal. 139.16 In thy booke were all things written The booke of the creatures spoken of in Ioh. 20.27 The heauen shall reueale his iniquity and the earth shall rise vp against him The booke of the conscience of which see Rom. 2 15.16 Their conscience bearing witnes and their thoughts accusing or excusing one another in the day when God shall iudge the secrets of men by Iesus Christ. The booke of life Reu. 20.12 which is the decree of Gods election wherein whosoeuer is not found written is cast into the lake of fire verse 15. Q. What shall bee the sentence A. The sentence shall bee twofold of saluation and of condemnation Matth. 25.34 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand Come yee blessed of my father inherit the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world And verse 41. then shall he say also vnto them on his left hand Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his Angels Y Of the execution of the sentence of damnation Q. Rehearse the letter Y A. YOu that are wicked shall by the power of the voyce of Christ goe away into hell being separated from God consorted with the Deuils depriued of all comfort punished with vnspeakable torments both in soule and body according to your sinnes and that eternally without ease or end For it is iust with God so to punish the wicked and that they who haue liued heere in the pleasures of sinne should be recompenced with answeâ—able torment Q. Proue that there is a place of torment called Hell A. That there is a Hell or place of torment so called the word of God doth witnesse euery where we reade Math. 5.22 of the danger of hell fire so verse 29.30 of the whole body cast into hell fire so Math. 10.28 Feare him which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell so Math. 23.33 How can ye escape the damnation of hell This hell the Prophet resembleth by Topheth which is in the valley of Hinnon where the Israelites offered vp their children in fire to the Idoll Molech see in Isa. 30.33 the description of it Topheth is ordained of old yea for the King it is prepared hee hath made it deepe and large the pile thereof is fire and much wood the breath of the Lord like a streame of brimstone doth kindle â—t Q. Where is the place of Hell A. The situation or locall being and place of hell cannot for any thing we reade in Scripture be certainely determined onely this in generall is certaine and out of all question that Hell is in respect of the Heauen of the Blessed called the third or highest heauen an inferiour or lower place exceeding farre remote and distant from it which may be gathered by that which we reade of the damned rich man in Luk. 16.23 That in hell he lift vp his eyes being in torments and sâ—eth Abraham a farre off and verse 26. it is said to him betweene vs and you there is a great gulfe fixed But it is better for vs leauing all curiositie to learne to auoid hell then by experience to finde where it is remembring that in Pro. 15.24 The way of life is aboue to the wise that he may depart from hell beneath Q. Proue that the wicked shall by the power of Christs voyce goe into hell A. The wicked that here in this life will not heare the voyce of Christ shall then be constrained will they nill they by the power of that voyce to goe away into hell this is euident Math. 25. if wee conferre together the 41. and 46. verses where wee may see that when Christ had said Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire it is added withall And these shall goe away into euerlasting punishment Q. Proue that the wicked shall then bee separated from God A. They that in this life say vnto God Depart from vs for wee desire not the knowledge of thy wayes to them it shall be said at that day I neuer knew you depart from me ye that worke iniquitie for this must be one chiefe part of the punishment of the reprobate to be excluded out of the glorious presence of God and of his Angels and Saints so wee reade 2 Thes. 1.9 That they shall bee punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power Q. Proue that they shall bee consorted with the deuils A. In this life wicked men doe preferre the deuill before God for as our Sauiour saith Ioh. 8.44 They are of their Father the deuill and the lusts of their Father they will doe therefore as here they ioyne with the deuils in sinne so there they shall be consorted with them in punishment according to the sentence and iudgement giuen Math. 25.41 Depart from mee yee cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his Angels Q. Proue that they shall be depriued of all comfort A. That the wicked being in hell shall be destitute of all ease and comfort wee may see by the example of him who refusing to giue one crumme of refreshing could not receiue so much as one drop of comfort And indeed what comfort can there bee where there shall be notâ—ing but weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth when the wicked shall see Abraham and Isaac and Iacob and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God and themselues thrust out Luk. 13.28 Q. Proue that they shall bee punished with vnspeakeable torments A. The exceeding greatnesse of their torments may appeare in that they are said to be in the lake that burneth with fire brimstone Reu. 19.20 where their worme dyeth not and the fire is not quenched Mark 9.44 To bee cast out into vtter darkenesse Math. 8.12 And into a furnace of fire Math. 13.42 Which epithets or termes the spirit of God doth vse to note how fearefull and intollerable the paines of the damned shall be Q. Proue that their punishment shall bee proportionable and according to their sinne A. The punishment of the damned reprobates shall be proportioned according to the quality degree and measure of their sinnes they that haue had the meanes of grace and repentance the word of God and haue neglected or contemned it shal be more seuerely punished then they that neuer heard it therefore it is said Math. 10.15 That it shall be more tollerable for Sodome and Gomorrha and Math. 11.22 for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement then for such Againe sinnes of knowledge shall be punished
I will send vnto you from the father euen the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me Q. What is the third euidence A. The third euidence is taken from the consideration of the distinct effects or workes attributed to each person as the worke of Creation to the Father Redemption to the Sonne Sanctification to the Holy Ghost For though being outward workes they be common to the whole Deitie yet in respect of personall order and of the manner of working they are distinct the Father working by the Sonne and by the holy Ghost but the Sonne and the holy Ghost working from the Father as being the fountaine of euery action Q. What is the fourth euidence A. The fourth euidence to proue that the persons are distinct and not confounded is grounded vpon certaine termes which doe notâ— personall difference as Ioh. 1.1 the word was with God and Ioh. 5.17 My Father worketh hitherto and I worke So of the holy Ghost it is said Isai. 48.16 the Lord God and his spirit hath sent me and where it is said 1. Cor. 12.6 that it is the same GOD that worketh all in all it is added Psal. 8. c. by the spirit and by the same spirit often repeated which termes of difference were meerely in vains if the persons were not distinct Q. Why must not the substance be diuided A. We must not diuide the substance because the God head of the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost is all one for we must conceiue in the Deitie another and another person but not another and another thing that is a diuersitie or distinction of persons but not a diuision of the diuine nature so the Father is God the Sonne is God and the holy Ghost is God yet they are not three Gods but one God Q. Proue that euery person distinctly by himselfe is God and first that the Father is God A. It is written Ephes. 4.6 There is one God and Father of all who is aboue all through all and in you all and 1 Cor. 15. 24. Christ is said to haue deliuered vp the Kingdome to God euen the Father Q. Proue that the Sonne is God A. The God-head of the Sonne is plentifully confirmed in Scripture Saint Iohn speaking of our Sauiour Christ Ioh. 1.1 saith In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God and 1 Ioh. 5.20 That the Sonne of God Iesus Christ is true God and eternall life and Ioh. 20.28 That Thomas beleeuing answered and said vnto Iesus My Lord and my God Q. Proue that the Holy Ghost is God A. The God head of the Holy Ghost may appeare amongst many euidences by that saying of Saint Peter to Ananias Act. 5.3.4 That in that hee did lie vnto the Holy Ghost he lied not vnto men but vnto God Againe the deitie of the Holy Ghost may be gathered out of Isa. 48.16 where the Prophet saith And now the Lord God and his holy spirit hath sent me And Act. 13.2 where it is said That as they ministred vnto the Lord and fasted the Holy Ghost said separate me Barnabas and Saul for the worke whereunto I haue called them So Act. 20.28 S. Paul telleth the Elders of the Church That the holy Ghost had made them ouerseeâ—s to feede the Church of God All which could not bee said of the holy Ghost if hee were not God Q. Proue that though there be three persons yet they are but one God A. It is manifest that the three persons are not three Gods but only one God because there can bee but one infinite one eternall one almighty and so consequently but one only God as was proued before And S. Iohn doth expressely affirme 1 Ioh. 5.7 these three are one Q. Proue that they are coeternall A. The Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost must of necessity bee coeternall one as well as the other that is the Father eternall the Sonne eternall and the holy Ghost eternall because they doe all subsist in one and the same diuine nature and are all three one and the same God For the Sonnes eternitie see Ioh. 1.2 The same was in the beginning with God all things were made by him And Ioh. 17.5 Now O Father glorifie thou me with thine owne sâ—lfe with the glory which I had with thee before the world was And theÌ„ coeternity of the Holy Ghost with the Father and the Sonne is noted in that hee ioyned with them in the creation of all things Gen. 1.2 And the spirit of God moued vpon the face of the waters Q. Proue that they are coequall A. Being one and the same diuine nature they must also needs be coequall Of the Sonne it is said Phil. 2.6 That being in the forme of God he thought it no robbery to be equall with God So againe the disposing of spirituall gifts is equally attributed to the holy Ghost aâ— well as to the Father and the Sonne as being God coequall with them 1 Cor. 12.4.5.6.11 E Of the attributes or properties of God Q. Rehearse the Letter E. A. ETernall infinite immutable invisible almighty most wise holy good mercifull and iust is this one God For thus God is pleased to describe himselfe vnto vs in his word because otherwise no man can see or know the nature of God Q. Proue that God is eternall A. That God is eternall without beginning or ending iâ— euident Psal. 90. â— Before the mountaines were made and before thou hadst formed the earth and the world euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art God And 1 Tim. 1.17 To the King eternall immortall inuisible the only wise God bee honour and glory for euer and euer Amen Q. Proue that God is infinite A. That God is infinite filling all places and present euery where see Ier. 23.23.24 Am I a God at hand saith the Lord and not a God a farre off can any hide himselfe in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord doe not I fill heauen and earth saith the Lord And Ps. 139.7 Whither shall I goe from thy spirit or whither shall I flee from thy presence Q. Proue that God is immutable A. That God is immutable without change see Iam. 1.17 where God is said to be the father of lights with whom is no variablenesse neither shadow of turning And Mal. 3.6 I am the Lord I change not therefore ye sonnes of Iacob are not consumed Q. Proue that God is invisible A. It is manifest by that hath beene said before 1 Tim. 1.17 That as God is eternall without beginning and immortall without end so he is also invisible And Col. 1.15 Christ is called the Image of the invisible God And Ioh. 4.24 it is said That God is a spirit and therefore without bodily or visible substance Q. Proue that God is almighty A. It is written Gen. 17.1 I am the Almighty
the tree of the knowledge of good and euill thou shalt surely die And by the speciall sentence of bodily death Gen. 3.29 Dust thou art and vnto dust shalt thou returne So Ro. 5.12 it is said by one man sinne entred into the world and death by sinne And Ro. 6.23 The wages of sinne is death Q. Proue that the soule is of spirituall substance immortall in its selfe A. That the soule of manâ—s of spirituall substance immortall in its selfe by nature existing as well out of the body as in the body and giung life to the body it is euident both in the creation Gen. 2.7 where it is said That God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a liuing soule As also by the parting of soule and body in death Eccles. 12.7 Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was and the spirit shall returne to God who gaue it Else Christ could not haue said of the Patriarchs deceased Matth. 22.32 God is not the God of the dead but of the liuing And Matth. 16.26 What shall it profit a man though hee should winne the whole world if hee lose his owne soule Q. Proue that man was made a most excellent creature aboue all others excepâ— the Angels A. That next to the Angels man excelled all other creatures in the world see Psal. 8.4.5 What is man that thou art mindfull of him or the sonne of man that thou visitest him for thou hast made him a little lower then the Angels and hast crowned him with glory and honour Q. Proue that man was created in the image of God A. That God made man in his own image and liknesse is specially noted in the creation more then onee as it is written Gen. 1.26 God said Let vs make man in our image after our likenesse And verse 27. So God created man in his owne image in the image of God created he him male and female created hee them Q. Proue that man had dominion and rule ouer all other creatures A. It is granted to man in his first creation Gen. 1.26.28 To haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea and ouer the fowle of the aire and ouer euery liuing thing that moueth vpon the earth And the grant is humbly acknowledged Psal. 8.6 Thou madest him to haue dominion ouer the workes of thy hands thou hast put all things vnder his feete K Of the image of God wherein man was created Q. Rehearse the Letter K A. KNowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse are the chiefe things wherein the image of God doth consist For otherwise the word of God would not call vpon vs to renew this image in Christ and without these graces man had not beene fit to rule the creatures nor yet himselfe Q. Proue that the image of God doth consist in knowledge A. The Apostle noteth so much Col. 3.9.10 where speaking of the Christians renewed estate iâ— Christ he saith Ye haue put of the old man with his deeds and haue put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge after the Image of him that created him Q. Proue that it doth also consist in righteousnesse and true holinesse A. That the image of God in man doth not onely consist in knowledge but also in iustice and in sanctity or holinesse may appeare by that of Saint Paul to the Ephesians 4.24 Put on the new man which after God is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse Q. How is man said to bee thus made in the image of God A. Man is said to bee thus made in the image of God not that he is the very stampe and representation of the Deity for the infinite and invisible God cannot be resembled in the person of a sinite creature but in respect of some kind of similitude or likenessâ— therefore when God said Let vs make man in our image it is added after or according to our likenesse the later words expounding the former For this is the peculiar priuiledge of Christ Iesus the eternall sonne of God who alone is so called 2 Cor 4.4 The image of God And Col. 1.15 The image of the inuisible God And Heb. 1.3 The brightnesse of his glory and the expresse image of his person because he is one and the same God eternall with his father Q. Doth the image of God consist onely in knowledge righteousnesse and holinesse A. Knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse are the chiefe but not the onely image or resemblance of God in man for in that God made man ruler ouer all creatures in earth man doth therein represent the soueraignety of God who is Lord of all things Againe besides those gifts of true knowledge righteousnesse and holinesse God gaue vnto man diuers excellent representations of the deitie both in his soule and body Q. What other resemblances of God are there in the soule of man A. In the soule of man besides those heauenly graces of diuine knowledge righteousnesse and holinesse God gaue man excellent wisdome and vnderstanding whereby he did know the nature and property of all things as may appeare in that Adam was able to giue to euery creature a name according to the nature of it Gen. 2.19 where it is said That God brought them vnto Adam to see what he would call them and whatsouer Adam called euery liuing creature that was the name thereof Q. Is there any resemblance of God in the substance of mans soule A. The very essence and substance of mans soule doth in some respects beare the image or likenesse of God as namely in that the soule of man is a spirituall nature invisible and immortall Againe the soule being onely one is endned with diuers properties as vnderstanding memory will which after a sort doe shadow out and resemble the vnity of the Godhead and the trinity of persons Q. Is there any part of the image of God in the body of man A. The whole man both soule and body was made in the image of God as may appeare by these euidences First God saith Gen 1.26 Let vs make man not the soule onely or the body onely in our image Secondly sinne being the contrary to Gods image is seated not onely in the soule but also in the body Rom. 6.12 Thirdly the renewing of Gods image which is our sanctification is as well in the body as in the soule see Rom. 12.1 1 Thes. 5.23 Fourthly God forbidding murder doth vse this reason Gen. 9.6 For in the image of God hath hee made man Q. How is the image of God in the body of man A. The image of God is not said to be in the body as it is a body or in respect of the shape and parts or limbs for God is an infinite spirit incorporaell and inuisible but in these respects 1. As the body vnited to the soule in which the image of God doth chiefely