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where present Can any hide himself in secret places Jer. 23. 24. that I shall not see him saith the Lord Do not I fill heaven and earth whereby he doth as it were with his Hand uphold and govern Heaven and Earth with all the Creatures therein Heb. 1. 3. So that those things which in the Earth grow as likewise Rain and Drought Fruitfulness and Barrenness Meat and Drink Health and Sickness Riches and Poverty In a word all Things come not rashly or by Chance but by his Fatherly Counsel and Will as is manifest Viz. Let us now fear the Lord our God that Jer. 5. 24. giveth rain both early and late in due season He gave us rain from heaven and Act. 14. 17. fruitful seasons filling our hearts with food and gladness The rich and the poor meet together the Prov. 22. 2. Lord is the Maker of them all Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing Mat. 10. 29. and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father The lot is cast into the lap but the whole Prov. 16. 13. disposition thereof is of the Lord. Q. How know you that God ordereth and governeth all things by his most wise and mighty Power and by his special Providence A. By Experiece we see that Meat and Drink being void of Life yet preserve the Life of Man Cloathing being void of Heat yet it keeps the Body warm which could not be but by the special Providence of God Q. What doth the Knowledge of the Creation and Providence of God teach us A. That in Adversity we may be Patient and Thankful in Prosperity and have herefter our chiefest Hope reposed in God our most faithful Father being sure that there is nothing which may withdraw us from his Love forasmuch as all Creatures are so in his Power that without his Will they are not able not only to do any thing but not so much a once to move Q. What are we further to Believe and Conceive concerning God A. That in One Spiritual and infinitely Perfect Essence there be Three Divine Persons the Father the Son and Holy Ghost as is proved Furthermore God said Let us make Gen. 1. 26. man Hereby shewing that in the Unity of the Godhead there is a Plurality which is not Accidental nor Effential but Personal Go therefore and teach all notions baptizing Mat. 28. 19. them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost These Three Persons are not Three several Substances but Three distinct Subsistences or Three divers Manner of Beings of One and the Same Substance and Divine Essence Q. Why is the first Person named Father A. 1st In respect of his Natural Son Christ This is my beloved Son in whom I am Mat. 3. 17. well pleased 2ly In respect of the Elect his adopted Sons Doubtless thou art our Father though Isa 63. 16. Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel know us not yet thou O Lord art our Father and our Redeemer Q. Why is the Second Person named the Son A. Because he is begotten of his Father's Substance or Nature Thou art my Son this day I have begotten thee Q. Why is he called the Word A. 1st Because the Conception of a Prov. 8. 12. Word in Man's Mind is the nearest thing that in some sort can shadow unto us the Manner how he is eternally begotten of his Fathers Substance and in this respect he is also called the Wisdom of his Father 2dly Because that by him the Father Joh. 1. 18. hath from the Beginning declared his Will for our Salvation 3dly Because he is the chief Argument Heb. 1. 1. of all the Word of God or that Word whereof God spake when he promised the Blessed Seed to the Fathers under the Old Testament Q. Why is the Third Person called the Holy Ghost A. 1st Because he is Spiritual without Joh. 4. 24. a Body 2dly Because he is Inspired and as it were Breathed from the Father and the Son that is proceeding from them Both. And he breathed on them and said Chap. 20. 22. Receive the Holy Ghost And he is called Holy both because he is Holy in his own Nature and also the immediate Sanctifier of all God's Elect. As he that hath called you is holy so 1 Pet. 1. 15. be ye holy Elect according to the fore-knowledge Ver. 2. of God the Father unto sanctification of the spirit Q. What is the Father A. The First Person of the glorious Trinity having neither his Being nor Beginning of any other but of himself begetting his Son and together with his Son sending forth the Holy Ghost from Everlasting Q. What is the Son A. The Second Person of the Trinity and the only begotten Son of his Father not by Grace but by Nature having his Being from the Father alone and the whole Being of his Father by an Eternal and Incomprehensible Generation and with the Father sendeth forth the Holy Ghost Q. What is the Holy Ghost A. The Third Person of the Trinity proceeding and sent forth equally from both the Father and the Son by an Eternal and Incomprehensible Inspiration For as the Son receiveth the whole Divine Essence by Generation so the Holy Ghost receiveth it wholly by Inspiration Q. How doth this Order between the Three Persons appear A. In that the Father Begetting must in Order be before the Son Begotten and the Father and the Son before the Holy Ghost proceeding from them both Q. Are not these Three Persons in Degree one before or after another A. This Divine Order excepted there is neither First nor Last neither Superiority nor Inferiority among the Three Persons but for Nature they are Co-essential for Dignity Coequal for Time Co-eternal the Divine Essence being in every one of the Three Persons Q. Are these Three Persons Three several Gods as three Persons amongst Men are three several Men A. No The Three Persons are but One God There be three which bear record in heaven 1 Joh. 5. 7. the Father the Word and the Spirit and these three are one In that he saith Three he noteth the Distinction of the Persons and in saying One he sheweth the Unity of the Essence Because the Divine Essence is Infinite and admits n Division and the whole Divine Essence is in every one of the Three Persons which are not severed but only distinguished one from another Q. How are we to coneive the Three Persons in the Godhead distinct one from another A. Two ways 1st In the Manner of Personal Being which each Person hath proper to himself As The Father is the Person which Begets The Son the Person who is Begotten of the Father The Holy Ghost the Person who proceeds from the Father and the Son 2ly In the Manner of Working in the Creatures For the Scripture ascribes To the Father the Beginning of Working To the Son Wisdom and Counsel and
Christ's coming to Iudgment A. I believe hereby That they shall then receive their own Bodies again which so long time had lain in the Earth and that in a far more excellent Estate than when they left them God giveth even to every seed his own 1 Cor. 15. 38 body The body is sown in dishonour and is 43. raised in glory And that they shall then receive Honour as in Rev. 3. 5 21. And that blessed Sentence of the Judge Come Mat. 25. 34. ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you And also all the Benefits that Christ hath purchased for them Then lift up your heads for your redemption Luk. 21. 28. draweth nearer And they shall be freed from all the Powers of Death they shall die no more Death is swallowed up in victory Yea they shall be freed from all Sorrow and Want from all Hunger and Thirst and they shall weep no more They shall neither hunger nor thirst any Rev. 7. 16. more God shall wipe away all tears from Rev. 7. 17. their eyes Q. Wherein consisteth the Third Part of the Creed A. Of Faith in God the Holy Ghost Q. Which then is the Eighth Article of the Creed A. I Believe in the Holy Ghost Q. Wherefore is the third Person in the Trinity called a Ghost or a Spirit A. 1st Because he is a Spiritual Nature God is a Spirit Joh. 4. 24. 2dly Because he is breathed or inspired into the Hearts of the Elect by the Father and the Son He breathed on them and said unto Joh. 20. 22. them Receive the Holy Ghost 3dly Because it is his Office to inspire our Hearts with good Motions Holy men of God spake as they were 2 Pet. 1. 21. moved by the Holy Ghost Q. Wherefore is he called Holy A. It is not to deny either the Holiness of the Father or the Son but because he is the Means of the Sanctification of others and therefore he is called the Spirit of Sanctification Rom. 1. 4. Q. What is the Holy Ghost or how is he described A. The Holy Ghost is the Third Person of the Trinity There are three which bear record in 1 Joh. 5. 7. heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one proceeding from the Father and the Son But when the Comforter shall come Joh. 15. 26. whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of Truth which proceedeth from the Father being also very God with the Father and the Son There are three which bear record in 1 Joh. 5. 7. heaven the Father the Word and the Spirit and these three are one Co-eternal and Because he created the Heaven and the Earth and was from the very Beginning The Spirit of the Lord moved upon the Gen. 1. 2. waters Co-equal with the Father and the Son And that is manifest by his Divine Attributes as Omnipotency Psal 33. 6. Omnisciency 1 Cor. 2. 10. Infinite Goodness and Holiness 1 Cor. 6. 11. Unchangeableness Act. 1. 16. Truth Infallible Joh. 15. 26. Mercy Unspeakable Rom. 5. 5. 8. 26. Q. What is the Office of the Holy Ghost A. The chief Parts of his Office are 1st To Teach us The Holy Ghost whom the Father will Joh. 14. 26. send in my name he will teach you all things 2dly To Regenerate us Except a man be born of water and of Joh. 3. 5. the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God 3dly To Unite us with Christ Hereby we may know that Christ dwelleth 1 Joh. 3. 24. in us even by the Spirit that he hath given us 4thly To Rule and Govern us As many as are led by the Spirit of Rom. 8. 14. God they are the sons of God Q. By what means may the Holy Ghost be given or received A. He is given either Visibly as unto the Apostles There appeared unto them eleven tongues Act. 2. 3. like fire or Invisibly as unto the Church from the Beginning to the End of the World He which hath not the Spirit of Christ Rom. 8. 9. is none of his For without the Spirit there neither was nor should have any Church Also he is given after an ordinary way By the Ministry of the Word and by the Use of the Sacraments While Peter yet spake the Holy Ghost Act. 10. 44. fell on them which heard the word Q. To whom is the Holy Ghost given A. He is said to be given to all to whom he comunicateth his Gifts to the whole Church that are called both to the Elect and to Hypocrites To the Elect he is given not only as concerning his Common Gifts but also as concerning his Proper and Saving Graces Knowledge of God's Word Regeneration Faith and Conversion To the Hypocrite he is also given only as touching the Knowledge and Doctrine and other his Common and General Gifts The world cannot receive him because Joh. 14. 17. it seeth him not neither knoweth him Q. How is the Holy Ghost kept or retained A. 1st By diligent Use of the Ecclesiastical Ministry He gave some to be Apostles some to Eph. 4. 11. be Prophets for the edification of the body of Christ 2dly By Meditation in the Doctrine of the Gospel and by studying to Profit therein Let the word of God dwell in you plenteously Col. 3. 16. in all wisdom 3dly By Encrease and Continuance and Amendment of Life Unto him that hath shall be given Mat. 13. 12. He that is righteous let him be righteous Rev. 22. 11. still 4thly By daily earnest Prayer and Invocation How much more shall your heavenly Luk. 11. 13. Father give the Holy Ghost to him that desire him Q. How shall a Man know whether he hath the Spirit or no A. It may be known by the Effects 1st If Sin be weakned in him If Christ be in you the body is dead Rom. 8. 10. because of sin 2dly If he be freed from the Bondage and Dominion of Sin Where the Spirit of the Lord is there 2 Cor. 3. 17. is liberty 3dly If he can love his Enemies This must needs be of God's Spirit because it is above Nature Love your enemies Mat. 5. 44. 4thly If he have the Spirit of Supplication and can Pray with the Heart from a feeling and from a fervent and holy Desire The Spirit helpeth our infirmities for Rom. 8. 26. we know not what to pray for as we ought but the Spirit it self maketh request for us 5thly If he can find in himself any of the Fruits of the Spirit as Love Gal. 5. 2. joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith c. Q. May the Holy Ghost once received be afterwards totally and finally lost A. In the Reprobate he may be lost totally and finally The Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit of the Lord vexed him But in the Elect
Christ For as the body is one and hath many 1 Cor. 12. 12. members and all the members of the body which is one though they be many yet are but one body even so is Christ For by one Spirit we are baptized into Ver. 13 one body whether we be Jews or Grecians bond or free and have been all made to drink into one spirit For the body also is not one member but 14. many For we that are many are one bread 1 Cor. 10. 17. and one body because we are partakers of one bread We being many are one body in Christ Rom. 12. 5. and every one one anothers members But let us follow the truth in love and Eph. 4. 15. in all things grow up into him which is the head that is Christ For we are members of his body of his Chap. 5. 30. flesh and of his bones Whereby we are ready to communicate all God's Benefits both Spiritual and Temporal to the mutual Health and Comfort of one another according to the measure which we have received of God in this Life Besides the things that are outward I 2 Cor 11. 28. am cumbred daily and have the care of all the churches Bear ye one anothers burthen and so Gal. 6. 2. fulfil the law of Christ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ if any comfort of love if any fellowship of the Spirit if any compassion and mercy Fulfil my joy that ye be like-minded having the like love being of one accord and of one judgment That nothing be done through contention or vain-glory but that in meekness of mind every man esteem other better than himself Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of other men Q. Wherein have the Saints Communion one with another A. 1st In that they are made Partakers 1 Cor. 12. 13. of the same Privileges in Christ and of the same Saving Graces in his Life And though not in the same Phil. 1. 7. Measure yet of the same Glory in the Life to come For henceforth is laid up for me 2 Tim. 4. 8. the crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing 2dly In that they are made Partakers of the Prayers of one another I exhort therefore that prayers and supplications 1 Tim. 2. 1. be made for all men c. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem Psal 122. And therefore our Saviour Christ taught us to pray Our Father and not My Father To signifie That we ought to pray for all the Militant Churches as well as our selves 3dly In that they do employ those Talents that God hath given them not altogether to their own private Good but to the Good of God's Church The manifestation of the Spirit is given 1 Cor. 12. 7. to every man to profit withal So that ye labour together in prayer for 2 Cor. 1. 11. us that for the gift bestowed upon us for many thanks may be given by many persons for us For the gathering together of the Saints Eph. 4. 12. and for the work of the Ministry and for the edification of the body of Christ 4thly In that God's Saints are ready to relieve the Necessities of their Brethren And the multitude of them that believed Act. 4. 32. were of one heart and of one soul neither any of them said that any thing of that which he possessed was his own but they had all things common He is ever merciful and lendeth Psal 37. 26. A devout man one that feared God Act. 10. 2. with all his houshold which gave much alms to the people He that hath two coats let him part to Luk 3. 11. him that hath none and him that hath meat do likewise 5thly The Communion of Saints consists in respect of Society and Fellowship one with another And all that believed were in one Act. 2. 24 place and had all things common And they continued daily in the temple 26. with one accord and breaking bread at home did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart Thou art my Lord my well-doing extendeth Psal 16. 3 4. not to thee but to the Saints that are in the earth and to the excellent all my delight is in them And not only in Private Meeting together of the Saints but also in the diligent and chearful Meeting together at God's House at his Publick Ordinances as at Publick Prayer Hearing the Word Preached Receiving the Holy Sacrament c. I thank my God having you in perfect Phil. 1. 3. memory Because of the fellowship which ye have 5. in the Gospel from the first day till now When I remembred these things I Psal 42. 4. poured out my very heart because I had gone with the multitude and led them into the house of God with the voice of singing and praise as a multitude that keepeth a feast Q. What is to be understood by Saints in this Article A. Not only dead Men much less such as are Canoniz'd by the Pope but also such Servants of God that live upon the Earth being Sanctified by the Blood of Christ and by the Spirit of God being also set a-part and separated out of the World I mean from the Estate of an Unregenerate Person and such as are called Saints in divers places of Scripture Unto the church of God which is at 1 Cor. 1. 2. Corinth to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus Saints by calling To the Saints that are at Ephesus Eph. 1. To the Saints in Christ that are at Philippi Phil. To them which are at Coloss Saints Col. and faithful brethren in Christ Q. Which is the Tenth Article of the Creep A. The Tenth Article to be believed is Remission of Sins Q. What is the Remission of Sins A. Remission of Sins is the free Gift of God whereby the Elect are freed both from the Guiltiness and Punishment of Sin by the means of the Passion and Intercession of Christ and that in this World Q. Who is it that giveth Remission of Sins A. Remission of Sins is given of God only I even I am he that putteth away Isa 43. 25. thine iniquities for my own sake and will not remember your sins Why doth this man speak blasphemy Mark 2. 7. Who can forgive sins but God only And it must needs be so because Sin is only committed against God and therefore God only hath Power to forgive it Q. But Remission is ascribed to the Apostles and the Ministers as is manifest Mat. 18. Joh. 20. 23. A. The Apostles remit Sins in that they are Signifiers and Declarers of God's Remission The Church remitteth Sins when according to the Commandment of God she denounceth Remission of Sins to the Repentant One Neighbour
Conversations that with prepared Hearts and joyful Souls you may chearfully approach the Holy Table Now it follows we should consider what this Preparation is and wherein it stands This Preparation is Two fold Habitual and Actual Habitual There 's somewhat that Men must have and something that Men must do 1. Habitual Preparation stands in the having of all such Dispositions and Graces or gracious Dispositions as qualifie and fit a Man for the Work of Receiving 2. Actual Preparation stands in the exciting and awakening of those Graces and Dispositions and renewing of them when a Man is to Receive Both these must be done by him that will Receive worthily For there is a Two-fold Unworthiness found in those that come unpreparedly to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper an Unworthiness of the Person an Unworthiness of the Action when such come to the Sacrament as have no Right to the Sacrament or when such as have Right to it come not in a right and due manner It is in this Ordinance as in the Preaching of the Word A Man that will Preach the Word must first be habitually prepared for the Work by having such Gifts Graces Abilities and Ministerial Qualifications of Learning and Knowledge in the Scriptures as are required to accomplish and fit a Man for that Work A Minister should be a Man well read and well studied Now though a Man be sufficiently qualified and proved and gifted for the Work of the Ministry he will not on a sudden step up into the Pulpit take a Text at adventure and fall a Preaching but besides his Habitual Preparation in the course of his Studies he will study a fresh upon a particular Text and for a particular Sermon and bestow special Pains for that particular Work I am no Prophet I am an husbandman Zech. 13. 5. for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth Ye men and brethren if ye have Act. 13. 15. any word of exhortation for the people say on Every Scribe instructed unto the kingdom Mat. 13. 52 of heaven brings forth out of his treasure things new and old Now thus it is in the case of the Sacrament there must be an Habitual Preparation and an Actual Think him to be saved by him in his own way whereupon God bestows his Son upon the poor Sinner and in due time crowns all with the Assurance of his Love in particular by the infallible Testimony of the Spirit Now Christians How hath the Case been with you What Experience have you had of these workings Did you ever see your selves to be lost and undone Creatures Was the News of a Saviour ever as welcome and acceptable to you as a Pardon to a ppor Malefactor ready to be turn'd off the Ladder What longings thirstings after Christ Have you besieged Heaven with strong and earnest Cries and Groans after Christ Hath the Kingdom of Heaven suffered Violence by reason of you Hath Christ been ever precious in your esteem c. 2. But Secondly Consider how Faith works what the Fruits and Effects of it are and by that judge It purifies the Heart it begets a striving against and resisting of Sin and Corruption it draws the Heart to a Dependance upon God in all Estates and Conditions it trusts God as well for a supply of Outward Necessaries as for Eternal Salvation it self And which I shall only insist upon it causeth a Man to have respect unto all God's Commandments to yield universal Obedience without Dispensation A True Believer doth not allow himself in the Omission of any known Duty or in the Commission of any known Sin If he do sin 't is out of Weekness and Infirmity or through Violence and Suddenness of Temptation but 't is not out of Wilfulness and Presumption He may fall into Sin but he doth not live and lie in the Practice of Sin he doth not make a Trade of it Judge therefore how the Case stands with you in this respect Are all or any of God's Commandments grievous to you Do you make a trade of Lying Swearing Drunkenness Profaning God's Day Scoffing at Religion c. Oh! 't is to be feared you are far from Believing and so cannot partake worthily of this Ordinance A Second Grace is Repentance Which may be described to be a spiritual Sorrow for Sin joyned with a true Hatred and Detestation of it It implies 1st A Conviction and Acknowledgment of Sin A Man doth not deny conceal or seek to hide his Sin or justifie himself and stand stoutly upon his own Vindication and Innocency when his own Conscience is privy to the contrary but with holy David he doth freely and ingenuously confess and acknowledge his Sin and that particularly Against thee thee Psal 51. 4. only have I sinned Wash me cleanse me Ver. 14. deliver me from blood-guiltiness 2dly It implies inward Grief and Sorrow of Heart for Sin and the Offence given thereby to God It 2 Cor. 7. 11. causeth the Sinner to sorrow after a godly sort 3dly It implies an inward Hatred and Dislike of Sin an Aversion and turning away of the Heart from Sin so that whereas a Man before had a secret Love and Liking to it now he comes to see the Ugliness and Deformity of it to loath and detest it as an Offence to God the great Enemy of his Soul and Bane of all his Peace and Comfort 4thly It implies a leaving and forsaking of Sin and a practising of the contrary Good Amendment and Reformation of Life is the great Fruit Evidence and Effect of true Repentance He that confesseth Sin professeth Sorrow for Sin and Detestation of Sin and yet continueth in the Practice of Sin He that by his Practice licks up those Sins which he seemed to have vomited up by Confession there are seven Abominations in his Heart he may seem to repent he may think he repents but the truth is he deceiveth himself and others For 't is Reformation and Amendment of Life that crowns Repentance that argues it to be sound and Isa 1. 16. sincere Wash you make ye clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do evil Learn to do well c. Ver. 17. Repentance without Reformation is no better than Abomination Examine therefore thy self upon this Point Do'st thou with Adam seek to hide thy Sin Do'st thou deny it extenuate it excuse it justifie it Or though thou confessest it in thy Mouth yet is there a secret love and liking to it in thy Heart Do'st thou roul it under thy tongue as a sweet Morsel Is it with thee as St. Augustin confesseth it was with him before his Conversion he prayed That God would be pleased to suppress and subdue in him the Lusts of Concupiscence and yet he was afraid God should hear his Prayers in regard of the secret liking he had of those Lusts Is there no Amendment and Reformation of thy Life but thou art as vile as wretched as profane