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A89734	A brief and excellent treatise containing the doctrine of godliness, or living unto God. Wherein the body of divinity is substantially proposed, and methodically digested, by way of question and answer. And, wherein sundry difficult points, much controverted in these times, are briefly and solidly determined, by that reverend and learned divine, Mr. John Norton, teacher of the church of God at Ipswich in New-England. Feb. 4. 1647. Imprimatur Joseph Caryl.	Norton, John, 1606-1663.	1648 (1648)	Wing N1315; Thomason E1178_5; ESTC R204872	25,055	63

of Levi as the High Priest the rest Priests Levites Q. What are the kindes of the Church-Officers under the New Testament A. Some are 1. Extraordinary Eph. 4.11 1 Cor. 12.28 2 Tim. 4.5 Rom. 12.7 8. 1 Tim. 5.17 Mat. 28.18 19. Acts 6. 1 Tim. 3.8 5.9 as Apostles immediately called by Christ Evangelists mediately called by the Apostles 2. Ordinary Officers taking care of the Spiritual things of the Church teaching and ruling as Pastors and Teachers or ruling onely as Ruling-Elders 2. Such that take care of the bodily good things of the Church as Deacons and widows Q. What is meant by the exercise of the power of the Church A. The form of the administration thereof Q. In whose hands remains the administration A. In an Organick Church this administration in matters of Government Matth. 18.17 1 Cor. 5.2 4 5 12. 2 Cor. 2.6 Acts 14.23 Acts 6. 2 Cor. 8.19 is in the hands of the Elders onely the power of Judgement in matters of Censure and the power of Liberty in matters of Liberty remains in the hands of the Fraternity In an Inorganick Church all power that is not official i.e. not proper to the Elders remains in the hands of the Fraternity the first subject of Church-power as before Q. What is Communion A. Church-communion is the performance of such services as are due from the Church to God and in him unto other Churches but especially such as the Members of each special Congregation do mutually owe one unto another Q. What is order A. It is the conscientious practice of the will of God concerning the Church in such a way as is prescribed in the word to the Church whether they be members and officers Col. 2.5 1 Tim. 3.15 1 Cor. 14.40 or members onely Q. In case of incorrigibleness in the Eldership whether doth the power return A. Unto the Brotherhood or Fraternity the first subject thereof yet orderly and according to councel Q. When is there use of a councel A. When such material doubts do arise in in a Church or Churches Act. 15.2 concerning matters of Government or Doctrine as cannot otherwise conveniently be determined Q. What is a councel A. A publique free and lawful meeting of godly and learned men orderly sent from divers Churches in which cases that concern the Churches either in respect of Doctrine or Government are examined and the truth therein determined Q. What are the principal conditions requisite in such a Councel A. 1. That it be lawfully called 2. That there be a president of the counsel principal Jesus Christ Ministerial 1. Political viz. The Magistrate that sees peace be kept 2. Ecclesiastical who seeth to ordering of the disputation 3. Fit persons orderly called 4. The orderly examination and determination of the truth in the matters controverted according to the word of God Q. What is the power of the sentence of a Councel A. Not Juridical as the Judicial sentence of a Court or Church is but decisive and limited binding no farther then it hath conformity with the Scriptures the question is onely carryed to the Councel the cause remains with the Church CHAP. IX Hitherto of the Subject to which Redemption is applyed 1 Cor. 3.5 Rom. 10.17 Dan. 10.21 Matth. 28.19 1 Cor. 11.25 26. Mat. 7.7 Matth. 21.22 Matt. 18.15 16. 1 Cor. 5.5 now follow The external means by which Redemption is applyed to the end of the world Q. VVHat are the external means by which Redemption is applyed to the Church A. There are four 1 By the Ministery of the word which word being contained in the Scriptures order calls to speak of them in this place 2. By Prayer 3. By the Ministery of the Sacraments 4. By Discipline Q. What are the Scriptures A. The Scriptures are the revealed wil of God contained in the books of the old new Testament written by holy men Rev. 22.18 2 Pet. 1.19 Isa 8.20 Ioh. 5.39 Deu. 4.2 as they were moved by the spirit of God to remain a constant real and unalterable rule of Faith and maners unto the end of the world Q. What are you to consider concerning the Scriptures Gal. 6.16 2 Tim. 3.16 Iob 33.12 Iohn 20.30 Mat. 5.18 Rev. 1.3 Neh. 8.8 1 Cor. 14.19 Ioh. 5.39 Col. 3.16 Psal 19.7 2 Tim. 3.16 17. A. Six things Authority Necessity Edition or Translation Interpretation Reading and Plainness Perfection Of the second means of the Application of Redemption Q. What is Prayer A. It is an act of worship Rom. 8.23 26. Iohn 14.13 14. wherein we do religiously represent our desires unto God in the name of Christ Q. Where have you the substance of things to be desired A. In the Lords prayer Matth. 6.9 Q. How many parts are there of Prayer A. Three Neh. 9.3 Dan. 9.20 Phil. 4 6. Confession Petition Thanksgiving Q. What other acts of worship may fall out here sometimes A. A Vow an Oath a Lot Ps 76.11 Heb. 6.15 16. Act. 1.26 Matth. 21.25 Matth. 28.19 1 Cor. 11.23 Matth. 3.11 1 Cor. 10.16 Rom. 4.11 Matth. 26.26 1 Cor. 11.23 Matth. 26.26 26.29 Matth. 26.28 1 Cor. 11.23 The third means of Application of Redemption Q. What is a Sacrament A. It is an ordinance instituted by the Lord Jesus wherein by certain visible figures duely administred and received he doth signifie to the receiver though unworthy signifie apply confirm unto the worthy all the good of the Covenant of Grace and receiveth a reciprocal seal from the receivers of their covenant with God in him Q. What is the efficient cause of a Sacrament A. The institution of the Lord Jesus Q. What is the matter A. External viz. the element as bread and wine Internal all the good of the Covenant of Grace Q. What is the form A. It is twofold External viz. That maner of administration both of the Ministers and receivers part which is prescribed in the word Internal Matth. 26.26 28. 1 Cor. 10.16 Rom. 4.11 with Gen. 17.9 viz. The relative union between the element and the grace signified Q. What is the end of a Sacrament A. It hath two special ends Gods renewing and sealing covenant with us 2. Our renewing and sealing covenant with him Q. Whether do the unbelivers and unworthy receive the Sacrament A. They receive the Sacrament as an external ordinance but they receive not the good of the Sacrament they receive the external but not the internal part of it Q. How many Sacraments are there in the new Testament A. Two Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Q. What is Baptism A. The first Sacrament of the Gospel Matth. 28.19 Rom. 4.11 with Col. 2.11 12. wherein by water duly applied and received the baptized receive a seal of their ingrafting into Christ and of the whole good of the Covenant of Grace seasonably to be applied and renew their covenant with God in Christ Jesus Q. What is the efficient cause thereof A. The Lord Jesus

Gen. 1.20 21 22 23. Moon and Stars Q. Wh●t were the works of the fifth day A. The Fishes that live in the water and the fowls that live in the air Q. What are the works of the sixth day A. The creatures living upon the earth Gen. 1.24 25 26 viz. creeping things Beasts Man Q. How did God create man A. In his own image created he him Gen. 1.27 Gen. 5.1 2. male and female created he them Q. What was the image of God according to which man was created A. That likeness by which man did eminently resemble his Maker in such a measure as was convenient to his nature Q. In what things did this image of God in man principally consist A. In four Eph. 4.24 Col. 3.10 Eccl. 7.29 Psal 8.6 viz. 1. The nature of the soul 2. The conformity of the whole man unto Gods will 3. The original liberty of his will to good 4. His dominion over the creatures Q. What is the Soul A. The Soul is a spiritual incorporeal and immortal substance created by God of nothing immediately infused into the body as the proper form thereof by which man is liveth is sensible moveth understandeth willeth and is affected and when it shall be separated from the body it still remaineth immortal subsisting by it self to be reunited to the body at the Resurrection there to abide for ever Q. What is the Providence of God Ioh. 5.17 Psal 76.10 Eph. 1.6 Phil. 2.10 11. Rom. 8.28 Matt. 10.29 30. A. It is an external work of God by which he preserveth and so ordereth and disposeth of all his works and the actions thereof as maketh most for his glory and the good of his Elect. Q. How many parts are there of his Providence A. Two The keeping of his creatures in their being and vertues Acts 11.28 Isa 47.7 Psal 75.7 8. The governing of them to their several ends Q. How is this government divided A. Into common belonging to all his works special belonging to Angels Men. Q. In Gods special government of Angels and Men what is to be considered A. His prescribing to them a Law and Deut. 26.16 17 18. Rom. 9.19 ordering the events that were to follow thereupon Q. Touching the ordering of the events concerning man what are you to consider A. Two things Rom. 5.19 1 Cor. 15.21 1. His Apostacy or fall which was the transgression of the Law prescribed to him by God 2. His Recovery Q. What are there to be considered in his Apostacy A. The transgression it self Gen. 3.6 The propagation of it Q. But for your better understanding of this point what may you further consider concerning the transgression A. 1. The sinfulness of the transgression Gen. 2.17 2. The causes 3. The consequents thereof Q. What are you to consider concerning the causes of this transgression A. 1. Negatively Iam. 1.13 God was not the cause of it 2. Affirmatively Gen. 3.1 3.6 the External cause was the instigation of Satan Internal the swerving of the will of our first Parents from the Will of God Q. What are you to consider concerning the consequents or events thereof A. The Guilt Gen. 2.17 3.10 Punishment viz. Death a great part of which death is original sin 1 Cor. 15.21 22. whence actual sin floweth as an act from the habit Q. What is Original sin A. The hereditary and habitual enmity and contrariety of the whole nature of man unto the Law of God Rom. 7.17 20. Heb. 12.1 Gen. 6.5 Rom. 8.7 Ier. 2.13 consisting in aversness from all good and propensness to all evil Q. What is Actual sin A. It is the swerving of the act of man either in thought Rom. 7.16 17. 2 Cor. 10.5 Mat. 12.37 Eccl. 12.14 word deed from the Law of God Q. How many sorts are there of Actual sin A. Two sins of Omission Commission Q. What is the propagation of sin A. The conveyance of the actual sin of Adam in eating the forbidden fruit Iob 14.4 Psa 51.5 Rom. 5.14 Eph. 2.3 and of original sin to all his posterity proceeding from him by ordinary generation together with the guilt and punishment thereof Q. After what maner is all this propagated A. The Instrumental cause Gen. 5.3 Psa 51.5 Iob 14.4 Ioh. 3.6 Rom. 12.5 is the seed of our next Parents Blameable cause is Adams sin made ours by imputation and by real communication and it may seem by some kinde of participation Unblameable cause is the righteousness of God Gen. 2.17 not as the Author of nature but the Avenger of sin Q. After what order is sin derived to man A. First the actual sin of Adam in eating the forbidden fruit thence proceedeth original sin as an effect from the cause thence actual as an act from the habit with the guilt and penalties all hanging one upon another Q. What is the way by which God reveals this misery A. By the moral Law Rom. 7.7 Q. How doth God reveal this misery by the law A. First Rom. 3.20 Isa 4.4 Rom. 8.15 2 Tim. 1.7 by discovering sin as sin Secondly by the works of conviction bondage terror all in their measure Q. What are we to think of man in this estate according to the Scripture A. That he is wholly dead in sin the childe of wrath and disobedience CHAP. IV. Hitherto of Mans Apostacy or Fall from GOD now Of Mans recovery the Redeemer and the Person of Christ Q. VVHat is mans recovery Rom. 6.14 Rom. 8.2 Gal. 3.10 Acts. 26.18 A. It is the restoring of him from the state of sin and death unto the estate of grace and life Q. How many parts are there of mans recovery A. Two Redemption Application of it Q. What is Redemption A. It is the freeing of man from the bondage of the Curse Sin and Satan into the liberty of the grace of God in Jesus Christ by the laying down of a price Q. Who is the Redeemer 1 Tim. 2.5 6. 2 Cor. 15.21 A. Jesus Christ Q. What is Jesus Christ A. God viz. the second person in the Trinity and Man in one person anointed to be a King Priest and Prophet unto his people Briefly he is God-Man Mediator between God and man Q. What things are chiefly to be considered in Jesus Christ A. 1. His fitness to be a Redeemer 2. The parts of Redemption Q. In what doth this fitness to be a Redeemer consist A. In his person and office Q. What is to be known concerning the person of Christ A. 1. The distinction of the two natures Matth. 1.23 Ioh. 1.14 Col. 2.9 2. The personal union of them in him 3. The effects and consequents of this personal union Q. What is the distinction of the two natures A. That whereby the two natures remain distinct in him both in themselves and in their properties Q. What is the personal union of them A. That whereby the second person in the