our sins Q. Is it not the great Commendation of Gods love in that he gave his Son to dye for us while we were yet sinners A. Rom. 5.8 God commendeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us Q. Is not Prayer a means to obtain the favour of God and to gain the knowledge of his love A. Job 33.26 He shall pray unto God and he shall be favourable unto him and he shall see his face with joy Q. How should we express our love to God for giving his Son to die for our sins Should we not do it by our hatred of sin that was the cause of the death of his Son A. Psal 97.10 Ye that love the Lord hate evil he preserveth the souls of his Saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked Q. How else should we express our love to God for his great love to us A. John 14.15 If ye love me keep my Commandments Q. Ought not Gods love to us make us love him A. 1 John 4.19 We love him because he first loved us Q. Should not Gods love to us cause us to love one another A. 1 John 4.11 Beloved if God so loved us we ought also to love one another Q. Should not Gods love in giving Christ to die for us encourage us to trust in him that he will freely give us all things A. Rom. 8.32 He that spared not his own Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things Q. What is the whole duty of man A. Eccles 12.13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter Fear God and keep his Commandments for this is the whole duty of man Q. How many Commandments did God deliver to Moses written in two Tables of Stone A. Deut. 4.13 And he declared unto you his Covenant which he commanded you to perform even ten Commandments and he wrote them upon two Tables of Stone Q. What is the Preface to the Ten Commandments which God spake to the People when he gave them his Commandments A. Exod. 20.1 2. God spake all these words saying I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the Land Egypt out of the House of Bondage Q. Which are the Ten Commandments Rehearse them in order as they are recorded in the 20th Chapter of Exodus from the 3d to the 18th verse A. 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image nor any likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or that is in the Earth beneath or that is in the Water under the Earth thou shalt not bow down thy self unto them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments 3. 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 4. Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy six days 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 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 Sabbath-day and hallowed it 5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee 6. Thou shalt not kill 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery 8. Thou shalt not steal 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his ass nor any that is thy neighbours Q. Hath God commanded nothing in his Law but what is holy just and good A. Rom. 7.12 The Law is holy and the Commandment holy and just and good Q. Is not the Law spiritual requiring spiritual duties and forbidding spiritual sins And may we not thereby discern our selves to be carnal A. Rom. 7.14 We know that the Law is spiritual but I am carnal sold under sin Q. Was the Law given us for this end that we might be justified by the deeds of it or Was it given to drive us to Christ that we might seek for justification in Christ through Faith A. Gal. 3.24 Wherefore the Law was our School-master to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith Q. Would there have been no need of the death of Christ if we could have obtained such a righteousness as might have justified us in the sight of God by our observing the Law A. Gal. 2.21 I do not frustrate the grace of God for if righteousness came by the Law then Christ is dead in vain Q. Is not Jesus Christ the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth A. Rom. 10.4 Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth Q. Though we cannot obtain Righteousness by the Law yet must we not be very careful to keep the Commandments of God A. Psal 119.4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy Precepts diligently Q. What Promise have you that God will enable you to keep his Commandments A. Ezek. 36.27 I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my Statutes and ye shall keep my Judgments and do them Q. Hath not God promised under the New Testament to write his Laws in our hearts which in the times of the Old Testament were written in Tables of Stone A. Heb. 10.16 This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days saith the Lord I will put my Laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them Q. Is there no man upon the face of the earth that keepeth all the Commandments of God at all times without breaking any of them A. Eccles 7.20 There is not a just man upon earth that doth good and sinneth not Q. If we have respect to all the Commandments of God and endeavour with sincere hearts to obey them Will not God accept us through Christ Jesus although we come short of what the Law requires A. Psal 119.6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy Commandments Q. Must we not obey the Commandments of God from a principle of faith and love and with a pure heart A. 1 Tim. 1.5 Now the end of the Commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good Conscience and of faith unfeigned Q. Are not Christians under the New-Testament freed from
not know God at the day of judgment seeing the Lord will have no mercy on them A. 2 Thes 1.7 8 9. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire taking vegeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power Q. Seeing the case of ignorant persons is thus dangerous doth it not greatly concern us to get wisdom and understanding A. Prov. 4.7 Wisdom is the principal thing therefore get wisdom and with all thy gettings get understanding Q. What must we do to get wisdom A. Jam. 1.5 If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him Q. Will not the knowledge of the holy Scriptures make us wise to salvation And should not this cause us from our childhood to give our minds to learn the Scriptures A. 2 Tim. 3.15 From a child thou haste known the holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus Q. Did God inspire all those things which are written in the holy Scriptures into their minds who wrote the Scriptures A. 2 Tim. 3.16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness Q. How do you prove the Lord to be an eternal God A. Psal 90.2 Before the Mountains were brought forth or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God Q. Is not the Lord an unchangeable God A. Mal. 3.6 I am the Lord I charge not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed Q. Is not the Lord an Almighty God A. Gen. 17.1 I am the Almighty God walk before me and be thou perfect Q. Is not Lord a faithful God A. 2 Thes 3.3 The Lord is faithful who shall stablish you and keep you from evil Q. Is not the Lord a merciful and gracious God A. Psal 103.8 The Lord is merciful and gracious slow to anger and plenteous in mercy Q. Is not the Lord an holy God A. Psal 145.17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works Q. Are not the eyes of God upon all men in every place A. Prov. 15.3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good Q. Doth God know all our thoughts and hear all our words and is he acquainted with all our ways A. Psal 139.2 3 4. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising thou understandest my thought afar off Thou compassest my path and my lying down and art acquainted with all my ways For there is not a word in my tongue but lo o Lord thou knowest it altogether Q. Doth God see what we do in the dark as well as what we do in the ligt A. Psal 139.12 Yea the darkness hideth not from thee but the night shineth as the day the darkness and the light are both alike to the. Q. Doth not the Lord fill heaven and earth with his presence A. Jor. 23.24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth saith the Lord Q. Is not the Lord at all times round about his people A. Psal 125.2 As the Mountains are round about Jerusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever Q. Seeing God is continually round about us ought we not to set the Lord always before us and walk as in his sight A. Psal 16.8 I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved Q. Is not the Lord a just God without iniquity A. Deut. 32.4 He is the rock for all his ways are judgment a God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he Q. Seeing the Lord is an holy God without iniquity do not they wrong God who say or think that he is the author of sin A. Jam. 1.13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempteth he any man Q. Do not they conceive amiss of God who think the Godhead is like unto Gold or Silver or any other thing which is graven by the art of man A. Acts 17.29 For as much then as we are the off-spring of God we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto Gold or Silver or stone graven by art and mans device Q. Cannot we live or move or subsist in our being without God A. Acts 17.28 In him we live and move and have our being A. Whence cometh every good and perfect gift Q. Jam. 1.17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of light with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning Q. Will God give all good things to them that seek him A. Psal 34.10 The young Lions do lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing Q. What shall be done for the man that serveth God and his Son Jesus Christ A. Job 12.26 If any man serve me let him follow me and where I am there shall also my servant be If any man serve me him will my Father honour Q. What must we do that we may serve God acceptably A. Heb. 12.28 Wherefore we receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear Q. How do you prove that God made and preserveth Heaven and Earth and the Sea and all things that are therein A. Neh. 9.6 Thou even thou art Lord alone thou hast made Heaven the Heaven of Heavens with all their host the Earth and all things that are therein the Seas and all that is therein and thou preservest them all and the host of Heaven worshipeth thee Q. Is not Gods making Heaven and Eearth an evident proof that nothing is to hard for him A. Jer. 32.17 Ah Lord God behold thou hast made the Heaven and the Earth by thy great power and streched out arm and there is nothing too hard for thee Q. Why did the Lord make all things A. Prov. 16.7 The Lord hath made all things for himself yea even the wicked for the day of evil Q. Who created man and how was he created A. Gen. 1.27 God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him male and female created he them Q. Did not the Image of God in which man was created consist in knowledg A. Col. 3.10 And have put on the new Man which is renewed in knowledge after the Image of him that created him Q. Did not the Image of God in which man was created consist in Righteousness and
persecute you Q. Is it not good for a man to hope in God and quietly to wait for his salvation A. Lam. 3.26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Q. Doth not God take pleasure in such as hope in his mercy A. Psalm 147.11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him in those that hope in his mercy Q. Will not God redeem us from all our iniquities if we hope in him A. Psalm 130.7 8. Let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him there is plenteous redemption and he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities Q. Ought we not to keep up our hope in God when we find our souls much disquieted and cast down A. Psalm 42.11 Why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God Q. Were not the Scriptures written for this very end to encourage us in all our troubles and distresses to hope in God A. Rom. 15.4 Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to hope in him in times of greatest distress A. Joel 3.15 16. The Sun and the Moon shall be darkned and the Stars shall withdraw their shining the Lord also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem and the Heavens and the earth shall shake but the Lord will be the hope of his people and the strength of the Children of Israel Q. Doth not God streightly charge us to wait upon him A. Psalm 27.14 Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart wait I say on the Lord. Q. How long must we wait on the Lord A. Hos 12.6 Turn thou to thy God keep mercy and judgement and wait on thy God continually Q. What hath God prepared for them that wait for him A. Isa 64.4 Since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him Q. Shall not they that wait upon the Lord renew their strength A. Isa 40.31 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint Q. What will God give the man that delighteth in him A. Psalm 37.4 Delight thy self also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart Q. Is not delight in God an evidence that God is our God and that he hath put his Law into our hearts A. Psalm 40.8 I delight to do thy will O my God yea thy Law is within my heart Q. What promise have you that God will help you to delight in him A. Job 22.23 26. If thou return to the Almighty Then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift up thy face unto God Q. Must we not rejoyce always in God A. Phil. 4.4 Rejoyce in the Lord alway and again I say rejoyce Q. Ought we not to rejoyce in God at such times as we are stript of all worldly comforts A. Hab. 3.17 18. Although the Fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the Vines the labour of the Olive shall fail and the fields shall yield no meat the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of of my salvation Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to rejoyce in him even when you are brought into a poor and low condition A. Isa 29.19 The meek shall encrease their joy in the Lord and the poor among men shall rejoyce in the holy one of Israel Q. Who are they that are called upon to fear the Lord A. Psalm 33.8 Let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in aw of him Q. Will God fulfil the desires of them that fear him A. Psal 145.19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them Q. Will not the Lord be for a Sanctuary in time of trouble to them that fear him A. Isa 8.13 14. Sanctifie the Lord of hosts himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread and he shall be for a Sanctuary Q. Shall not the Sun of righteousness arise with healing under his wings upon them that fear God A. Mal. 4.2 Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall Q. Ought we not to fear God above all the men in the world A. Luke 12.4 5. I say unto you my friends be not afraid of them that kill the body and after that have no more that they can do but I will forwarn you whom you shall fear Fear him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into Hell yea I say unto you fear him Q. Hath not God laid up wonderful blessings in store for them that fear him A. Psalm 31.19 O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men Q. Wherein consisteth the fear of God Doth it not consist in hating and departing from sin A. Prov. 8.13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil Prov. 16.6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil Q. What promise have you that God will put his fear into your heart A. Jer. 32.40 I will make an everlasing Covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me Q. When we eat or drink or do any other action must not all that we do be done to the glory of God A. 1 Cor 10.31 Whether ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God Q. Must we not glorifie God with our bodies and spirits A. 1 Cor. 6.20 Ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods Q. Must we not honour God with our substance A. Prov. 3.9 Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine increase Q. Is it not our duty to glorifie God before all sorts of people A. Lev. 10.3 I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified Q. Do we not glorifie God when we praise him A. Psalm 50.23
But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup. Q. Is not the Church of Christ so firmly built and established that all the power and policy of all the Devils in Hell shall never be able to destroy it A. Matth. 16.18 Upon this Rock I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it Q. Is not Christ the Head of the Church and the Church the Body of Christ A. Ephes 1.22 23. And hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the Head over all things to the Church which is his Body the fulness of him that filleth all in all Q. Is not the true Church which is the Houshold of God known by imbrasing and professing the Doctrine of the Prophets and Apostles and being built upon Jesus Christ A. Ephes 2.19 20. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and forreiners but fellow Citizens with the Saints and of the houshold of God and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone Q. Why must we follow holiness A. Heb. 12.14 Follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Q. Doth not the Lord require that we should be holy in all manner of conversation A. 1 Pet. 1.15 As he that hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conversation Q. How doth the grace of God teach us to live in this present world A. Tit. 2.11 12. The grace of God that bringeth Salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Q. Is it not the duty and care of godly men to labour to have always a Conscience void of offence both towards God and men A. Acts 24.16 Herein do I exercise my self to have always a Conscience void of offence towards God and toward Men. Q. What profit is there in godliness A. 1 Tim. 4.8 Bodily exercise profiteth little but godliness is profitable unto all things having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come Q. Are not the ways of God full of peace and pleasantness A. Prov. 3.17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace Q. Must not such as would live godly in Christ Jesus expect to meet with Persecution A. 2 Tim. 3.12 Yea and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer Persecution Q. Are not they blessed that are persecuted for righteousness sake and shall they not enjoy the Kingdom of Heaven A. Matth. 5.10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Are not righteous men more excellent then any other men that are in the whole world A. Prov. 12.26 The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour but the way of the wicked seduceth him Q. Are not they blessed that hunger and thirst after Righteousness as well as they that have obtained Righteousness A. Matth. 5.6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled Q. Who is a godly mans portion A. Lam. 3.24 The Lord is my portion saith my soul therefore will I hope in him Q. Is there no portion in Heaven or Earth like to this to have God for our portion A. Psal 73.25 26. Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon Earth that I desire besides thee My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever Q. Are not they the most happy men in the whole world that have the Lord for their God A. Psal 144.15 Happy is that people that is in such a case yea happy is that people whose God is the Lord. Q. When once the Lord is become our God will he not be our God for ever and ever A. Psal 48.14 This God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide even unto death Q. Why will not the Lord forsake us after it hath pleased the Lord to make us his people A. 1 Sam. 12.22 The Lord will not forsake his people for his great Names sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people Q. If we give up our selves unto the Lord to be his servants and obey his voice will he not become our God and own us for his people A. Jer. 7.23 Obey my voice and I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you that it may be well unto you Q. Is it not wonderful and amazing love that the great and holy God should own such poor and sinful creatures as we are for his children A. 1 John 3.1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the Sons of God therefore the world knoweth us not because it knew him not Q. Who are they upon whom God bestoweth this great favour and priviledge to be his sons A. Joh. 1.12 As many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his Name Q. Are all that have faith in Christ the Children of God A. Gal. 3.26 Ye are all the Children of God by Faith in Christ Jesus Q. Are not all Gods Children heirs of God and coheirs with Jesus Christ A. Rom. 8.17 And if Children then heirs heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also-glorified together Q. Is it not the duty of Gods Children to imitate and follow their Father A. Ephes 5.1 Be ye therefore followers of God as dear Children Q. Doth not the Lord love righteous men A. Psal 146.8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down the Lord loveth the righteous Q. What kind of love is it which Jesus Christ beareth to us A. John 15.9 As the Father hath loved me so have I loved you continue ye in my love Q. Shall no creature be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus A. Rom. 8.38 39. I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Q. How hath God manifested his great love to us A. 1 John 4.9 In this was manifested the love of God towards us because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him Q. Was not this love of God expressed towards us before we had any love for him A. 1 John 4.10 Herein is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the Propitiation for
A. Psal 68.19 Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits even the God of our Salvation Q. Must we not bear every days crosses with patience and continue to follow Christ notwithstanding we meet with troubles in the ways of God A. Luke 9.23 And he said unto them all If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me Q. Must we not do all the good we can for all men every day according as God puts opportunities into our hands A. Gal. 6.10 As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith Q. Must we not meditate all the day long upon the Wora of God that we may know how to order every days business according to the Word A. Psal 119.97 O how I love thy Law it is my meditation all the day Q. Must we not end as well as begin the day with Prayer A. Psal 88.1 O Lord God of my Salvation I have cried day and night before thee Q When we go to bed at night must we not commune with our hearts to see how we have spent the day past A. Psal 4.4 Stand in aw and sin not commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still Q. When we lie down to sleep and awake in the nigh season must not our thoughts be upon God and the thing of God A. Psal 119 55. I have remembred thy Name O Lord in the night and have kept thy Law Q. Whom must we make choice of for our companions A. Psal 119.63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee and of them that keep thy Precepts Q. What benefit comes by keeping company with good men and what hurt by being a companion of evil men A. Prov. 13.20 He that walketh with wisemen shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed Q. Do not they deceive themselves that think they may keep company with evil men and yet not be corrupted by them A. 1 Cor. 15.33 Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners Q. Can no man walk in the ways of God and obtain life unless he forsake evil company A. Prov. 9.6 Forsake the foolish and live and go in the way of understanding Q. Do not all afflictions come from God A. Isa 45.7 I form the light and create darkness I make peace and create evil I the Lord do all these things Q. Must we not bear every affliction patiently of what nature soever it be beause it comes from God A. Psal 39.9 I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didst it Q. Have we no cause to complain of God as long as he spares our lives and doth not cast us into Hell although he punish us very sorely for our sins A. Lam. 3.39 Wherefore doth a living man complain a man for the punishment of his sins Q. Must we neither despise the chastenings of the Lord when they are small and continue but a little time nor faint when they are heavy and lie long upon us A. Heb. 12.5 My son despise not thou the chastning of the Lord nor faint when thou art rebuked of him Q. When God chastneth us is it not that he may do us good and make us partakers of his holiness A. Heb. 12.10 They verily for a few days chastned us after their own pleasure but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness Q. Do not Gods rebukes come out of love and when he chastens us is it not to lead us to repentance A. Rev. 3.19 As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Q. If lesser afflictions do not lead us to repentance will not God send greater upon us A. Lev. 26.23 24. And if ye will not be reformed by these things but will walk contrary unto me then will I also walk contrary unto you and will punish you yet seven times for your sins Q. What promise have you that God will sanctifie your afflictions for the purging away your sins A. Isa 27.9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sin Q. What promise have you that God will be with you in your troubles and in due time grant you deliverance out of them A. Psal 91.15 He shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him Q. Is not God wont to give his people great comforts after they have been exercised with great troubles A. Psal 71.20 21. Thou which hast shewed me great and fore troubles shalt quicken me again and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth Thou shalt encrease my greatness and comfort me on every side Q. Hath not God promised to comfort his people not only after their troubles but even whilst they walk in the mid'st of trouble A. Psal 138.7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble thou wilt revive me thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies and thy right hand shall save me Micah 7.8 Rejoyce not against me O mine Enemy when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Q. Hath not God promised that he will not suffer us to be tempted above what we are able to bear A. 1 Cor. 10.13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it Q. Is not that man blessed that endureth temptation A. James 1.12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the Crown of Life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him Q. What must we do when Gods judgments are abroad Must we not give our selves unto Prayer and learn Righteousness A. Isa 26.9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night yea with my spirit within me will I seek thee early for when thy judgements are in the earth the Inhabitants of the World will learn righteousness Q. What is our strong hold whither we must run for safety in time of trouble A. Prov. 18.10 The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous runneth into it and is safe Q. What shall we do that we may be hid in the day of the Lords anger A. Zeph. 2.3 Seek ye the Lord all ye meek of the earth which have wrought his judgment seek righteousness seek meekness it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lords anger Q. What promise have you that God will deliver you from the Pestilence A. Psal 91.2 3. I will say of the Lord He is my refuge and my fortress my God in him will I trust Surely
subdue all things unto himself Q. Shall not her world and all things that are therein be consumed with fire A. 2 Pet. 3.10 The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the Heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat the Earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up Q. What should this teach us that the world and all things that are therein shall be dissolved A. 2 Pet. 3.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness Q. Hath not God appointed a day wherein he will judge the world by Jesus Christ A. Acts 17.31 He hath appointed a day in the which he will judg the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead Q. Can no man or any of the Angels tell when the day of Judgment will be A. Matth. 24.36 Of that day and hour knoweth no man no not the Angels of Heaven but my Father only Q. Seeing we know not the time of the Day of Judgement Should we not watch for the coming of Christ and pray that we may be prepared for it A. Mark 13.33 Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know not when the time is Q. When the Day of Judgment is come who are they must appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ and for what end must we appear there A. 2 Cor. 5.10 We must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Q. Shall all the dead be brought to Judgment as well as the living A. Rev. 20.12 And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books according to their works Q. Many have died at Sea some have been burnt to ashes and their ashes have been cast into the waters Shall these and all others that have died in any places of the world and they that are in hell also come to Judgment A. Rev. 20.13 And the Sea gave up the dead which were in it and Death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works Q. Will God bring young as well as old men into Judgment for all that they have done in the time of their youth A. Eccl. 11.9 Rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart chear thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thy heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment Q. Shall all our works both good and evil though done never so secretly be brought to judgment A. Eccl. 12 14. God shall bring every work into judgement with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil Q. Must we give account for all our words even for our idle words at the Day of Judgement A. Matth. 12.36 37. I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak they shall give an account thereof in the Day of Judgment For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned Q. Shall our thoughts and the secrets of our hearts be brought into judgement A. Rom. 2.16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel Q. What should this teach us that all our words and all our works must be brought into judgment A. James 2.12 So speak ye and so do as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty Q. What will Jesus Christ say to the righteous at the Day of Judgement whom he will place at his right hand A. Matth. 25.34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world Q. What will Jesus Christ say to the wicked at the Day of Judgment whom he will place on his left hand A. Matth. 25.41 Then shall he also say unto them on his left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Q. What shall become of the righteous and the wicked after Jesus Christ hath pronounced the forementioned sentences upon them A. Matth. 25.46 These shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal Q. Is it not such a dreadful thing to lie burning in Hell for ever that the very thoughts of it may cause the stoutest and hardest hearted sinners to fear and tremble A. Isa 33.14 The sinners in Zion are afraid fearfulness hath surprized the hypocrites Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings Q. What will be the aggravation of mens condemnation at the day of Judgment A. John 3.19 This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather then light because their deeds were evil Q. Should we not chuse to suffer the greatest pains and part with our greatest comforts in this world rather then do any thing which should cause God to cast us into Hell fire A. Mark 9.47 48. If thine eye offend thee pluck it out it is better for thee to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye then having two eyes to be cast into Hell fire where their worm dieth nor and the fire is not quenched Q. Is it not a hard matter to get to Heaven A. Matth. 7.14 Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it Q. Seeing 't is an hard matter to get to Heaven must we not strive all that we can to get thither A. Luke 13.24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate for many I say unto you shall seek to enter in and shall not be able Q. Is it not our wisdom all our life long to make it our business to get to Heaven and to escape Hell A. Prov. 15.24 The way of life is above to the wise that he may depart from Hell beneath Q. Shall not such as have served the Lord faithfully whilst they lived enter into their Masters joy when they die A. Matth. 25.21 Well done thou good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful over a few things I will make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Q. Shall not the righteous when they come to Heaven shine like the Sun in the Firmament A. Matth. 13.43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father Q. Shall we not be made perfect in holiness when we come to Heaven A. Psal 17.15 As for me I will behold thy face in righteousness I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness Q. Shall not the Saints in Heaven be made equal to the Angels A. Luke 20.35 36. They which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world and the Resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage neither can they die any more for they are equal unto the Angels and are the children of God being the children of the Resurrection Q. May such as are poor in spirit hope that God will give them the Kingdom of Heaven A. Matth. 5.3 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Shall such as are poor and have none of the worlds goods inherit the Kingdom of Heaven as well as the rich if they believe in Jesus Christ A. James 2.5 Hearken my beloved Brethren Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and Heirs of the Kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him Q. What effects doth the hope of eternal life produce in those that have it A. 1 John 3.3 Every man that hath this hope in him purisieth himself even as he is pure Q. Should we not labour more to get Heaven then ever we did for any thing in this world A. John 6.27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for the meat which endureth to everlasting life which the Son of Man shall give unto you for him hath God the Father sealed Q. If we seek the Kingdom of God above all other things Will not God add to us all things necessary to this life A. Matth. 6.33 But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you Q. 〈…〉 â—…eing it is no easie matter to find the way to Heaven What promise have you that God will shew you the path of life A. Psal 16.11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermoreâ— Q. When you are afraid that you shall fall short of the Kingdom of Heaven either because of your unworthiness or the difficulties you meet with in the way to Heaven or on any other account What promise have you that may dispel your fears of missing Heaven A. Luke 12.32 Fear not little flock for it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom Q. When we come to Heaven Shall we not ever be with the Lord and should not this comfort us under all the troubles of the world A. 1 Thes 4.17 18. And so shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore comfort one another with these words FINIS
Who so offereth praise glorifieth me and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God Q. Do we not glorifie God when we are fruitful in good works A. John 15.8 Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much fruit so shall ye be my Disciples Q. Do we not give glory to God when we rely upon his promises A. Rom. 4.20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God Q. Do we not glorifie God when we lead righteous lives A. Isa 60.21 Thy people shall be all righteous that I may be glorified Q. What promise have you that God will enable you to glorifie him A. Psalm 50.15 Call upon me in the day of trouble I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me Q. Will not God honour those that honour him A. 1 Sam. 2.30 Them that honour me I will honour and they that dispise me shall be lightly esteemed Q. To whom and for what must we pray A. Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God Q. If we follow this councel of the Apostle in making known our requests to God in every thing by prayer will not this bring us great peace A. Verse 7. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus Q. May not all flesh take encouragement to call upon God upon this account that he is a God hearing prayers A. Psalm 65.2 O thou that hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come Q. May we give religious worship to Saints and Angels or must we worship and serve God only A. Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Q. Can we have access to God no other way but by Jesus Christ A. John 14.6 Jesus saith unto him I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but me Q. Will God give us every thing that we ask of him in the name of Jesus Christ A. John 16.23 Verily verily I say unto you whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he will give it you Q. Must we not avoid rashness in prayer A. Eccl. 5.2 Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God for God is in Heaven and thou upon earth therefore let thy words be few Q. Must we ask nothing in prayer but what is according to the will of God And when we ask what is according to his will may we be confident he will hear us A. 1 John 5.14 This is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us Q. What place should we chuse to pray in Is not a secret place best for prayer A. Math. 6.6 But thou when thou prayest enter into thy Closet and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Q. Whose prayers avail much with God A. James 5.16 Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed The effectual fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much Q. Will not God hear the prayers of impenitent sinners A. John 9.31 We know that God heareth not sinners but if any man be a worshipper of God and doth his will him he heareth Q. Suppose a man be not an open sinner yet if he regard iniquity in his heart will not this hinder his prayers from being accepted with God A. Psalm 66.18 If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me Q. If we abide in Christ and his word abide in us may we have of God whatsoever we will ask in prayer A. John 15.7 If ye abide in me and my words abide in you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you Q. Is faith in prayer of such efficacy that we shall receive all things whatsoever we ask in prayer believing A. Matth. 21.22 All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing ye shall receive Q. Will not God pour out his wrath upon those persons and families that do not call upon him A. Jer. 10.25 Pour out thy fury upon the Heathen that know thee not and upon the families that call not on thy name Q. Can we not pray as we ought unless the spirit help our infirmities A. Rom. 8.26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the spirit it self maketh intercessions for us with groanings which cannot be uttered Q. What promise have you that God will pour out the spirit of grace and supplications upon you A. Zech. 12.10 I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first born Q. When we can't express our wants with words are not our desires and groansknown to God A. Psalm 38.9 Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee Q. When we have prayed to God must we not observe what answers God gives to our prayers A. Psalm 85.8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak for he will speak peace unto his people and to his Saints but let them not turn again to folly Q. When we find God answering our prayers should not this make us love God and call upon him as long as we live A. Psalm 116.1 2. I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice and my supplications because he hath enclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live Q. If we do not find God answering us must we not continue in prayers A. Col. 4.2 Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving Q. If we continue to pray and wait upon God will he not in due time hear and answer our prayers A. Psalm 40.1 I waited patiently for the Lord and he enclined unto me and heard my cry Q. Is it not the will of God that in every thing we should give thanks A. 1 Thes 5.18 In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you Q. Doth not the sacrifice of praise please God more then all the sacrifices under the law A. Psalm 69.30 31. I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnifie him with thanksgiving This also shall please the Lord better then an Ox or Bullock that hath horns and hoofs A. Must we not bless God every morning for the mercies of the night and every night for the
any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God Q. Shall they die eternally who live after the flesh and shall they live that mortifie the lusts and deeds of the flesh A. Rom. 8.13 If ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Q. Are not they spiritually dead whilst they live a natural life who live in pleasure A. 1 Tim. 5.6 She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth Q. Will not following our pleasures bring us to poverty A. Prov. 21.17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man he that loveth Wine and Oil shall not 〈…〉 Q. Do not the pleasures as well as the cares of this life choke the Word of God and make it unfruitful A. Luke 8.14 That which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection Q. Are not such as tell lies an abomination to the Lord A. Prov. 12.22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord but they that deal truly are his delight Q. Shall not all lyars be shut out of the Kingdom of Heaven A. Rev. 22.15 Without are Dogs and Sorcerers and Whoremongers and Murderers and Idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie Q. Shall all such as tell lies not only be shut out of Heaven but also be cast into Hell fire A. Rev. 21.8 All lyars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Q. Are not they in danger of eternal damnation that are given to swearing A. James 5.12 Above all things swear not neither by Heaven neither by the Earth neither by any other Oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into condemnation Q. What rules must we observe in taking a lawful Oath Must we not swear by the living God not by Idols or any of the creatures In truth and not to any falshood in judgment weighing and understanding what we swear and in righteousness A. Jer. 4.2 Thou shalt swear The Lord liveth in truth in judgment and in righteousness Q. Shall no thieves nor drunkards nor revilers nor any other unrighteous persons inherit the Kingdom of God A. 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Be not deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the Kingdom of God Q. Must we not hononr all men especially Kings and such as are in authority A. 1 Pet. 2.17 Honour all men love the brotherhood fear God honour the King Q. Ought we not to honour and reverence aged persons A. Lev. 19.32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head and honour the face of the old man and fear thy God I am the Lord. Q. Must we not be subject to such as are in authority obey Magistrates be ready to every good work avoid speaking evil of any man and brawling and be gentle and meek towards all men A. Tit. 3.1 2. Put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and Powers to obey Magistrates to be ready to every good work to speak evil of no man to be no brawelers but gentle shewing all meekness unto all men Q. Is it not a greater wrong to our neighbour to take away his good name by backbiting and speaking evil of him then to take away his Estate by theft or oppression A. Prov. 22.1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favour rather than silver and gold Q. Must not such as expect to live with God in Heaven be careful that they neither speak evil of nor do evil to their neighbour as well as to carry themselves piously and righteously towards God A. Psal 15.1 2 3. Lord who shall abide in thy Tabernacle who shall dwell in thy holy Hill He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart he that back-biteth not with his tongue nor doth evil to his neighbour nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour Q. How must we demean our selves in our callings and how in the service of God A. Rom. 12.11 Not slothful in business fervent in spirit serving the Lord. Q. When we are serving the Lord should we not be careful to keep our minds free from distraction and will not this be for our own prefit as well as Gods glory A. 1 Cor. 7.35 This I speak for your own profit that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction Q. Must not every man abide with God in his calling A. 1 Cor. 7.24 Brethren let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God Q. What advantage comes by diligence in our Callings and what evil ariseth from slothfulness A. Prov. 10.4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand but the hand of the diligent maketh rich Q. Is not diligence in our imployments the way to rise to great preserment A. Prov. 22.29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business He shall stand before Kings he shall not stand before mean men Q. Was not idleness one of the sins for which God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah A. Ezek. 16.49 50. Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom Pride fulness of bread and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy and they were haughty and committed abomination before me wherefore I took them away as I saw good Q. Seeing idleness is such a great sin doth it not concern us to be wise and circumspect to redeem time A. Ephes 5.15 16. See then that ye walk circumspectly not as fools but as wise redeeming the time because the days are evil Q. How must we spend our time every day Must we not make it our constant practise every morning as soon as we awake to have our hearts and thoughts upon God A. Psal 139.18 When I awake I am still with thee Q. Must we not every morning as soon as we rise give our selves unto Prayer and observe all the day how God answers our Prayers A. Psal 5.3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct my Prayer unto thee and will look up Q. Must we not be in the fear of the Lord all the day long A. Prov. 23.17 Let not thine heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long Q. Must not our speeches and carriages all the day long be such as may tend to the honour and glory of God A. Psal 71.8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day Q. Must we not receive every days mercies as coming from the hand of God and be thankful for them