in the New Testament because it was so fully known in the Old that Children were within the Covenant and admitted to the Seal of it That Baptizing them is not a receiving them as Foreigners into the Church of Christ but a more Solemn manifesting them to be so and a witnessing they are Members of Christ who belonged to the Body of his Church before Ephes 2.12 13. Hâ—l 8.6 There needed no new Command to promote an old Practâ—â—e which unless contâ—â—ued I see no great inducement can be offered to perswade a Jew to become Christian Wills against Danvers Second Part p. 36. None of their Priviledges are infringed but ours enlarged the Covenant is unrepealed and Baptism larger than Circumcision as including Females as well as Males as capable Subjects of it 14. The Error of the Anabaptists hath these ill consequences 1. It throws all the World into Heathenism again 2. Makes a Church ever gathering never gathered 3. 1 Cor. 7.14 Makes Children of Turks and Jews equally happy as ours 4. States our Children in the visible Synagogue of Satan by excluding them the visible Church of Christ 5. Gives Parents small hopes of their Salvation by disowning them for Members of Christs Church Mark 16.16 Baxters Infant Church-memb and not esteeming them Believers 6. It may expose to the breach of the sixth and seventh Commandments Q. Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Ordained A. For the continual Remembrance and the Sacrifice of the Death of Christ and the Benâ—sits we receive thereby Q. What things are Considerable in this Answer A. 1. That Christ Offered himself a Sacrifice to God for Mans sins Heb. 5. and 9 Chap. 2. By the Death and Sacrifice of Christ we receive great Benefits 1. Pardon of Sin 2. Peace with God 3. Adoption 4. Gift of Holy Ghost 5. Graces 6. Glory 3. That these Benefits and this Death of Christ ought to be remembred Mat. 26.1 Cor. 11 24. Q. How is the Sacrament a Commemoration of Christs Death A. 1. The Bread and Wine set apart for the Use of the Sacrament denotes Christs separation for the Work of our Redemption the Breads breaking Christs Crucifying its eating our receiving Christ and our Union with him 2. The Wine shews Christs Blood distinct from his Body as shed for us The pouring out the Wine shews the shedding his Blood and our drinking it our applying Christs Blood to cleanse us from sin Q. Why is Christs Death called a Sacrifice A. 1. It was Typified by all the Sacrifices under the Law 2. Christ Offered himself a Sacrifice for us Q. Why is it not yet counted a Sacrifice A. 1. Christ is not again Offered 2. Christ is not ours nor in our power to Offer 3. Heb. 9.25 26. His Offering himself once for all is sufficient Q. What are the outward parts of the Lords Supper A. Bread and Wine which the Lord hath Commanded to be Received Q. Is not the Bread in the Sacrament turned into Christs Body after the words of Consecration since Christ said This is my Body A. No. 1. Gen. 17.10 Exod. 12 Funeral of Mass Brevint against Mass p. 57. Sacraments are spoken in a Figurative sense Circumcision is called the Covenant and the Paschal Lamb the Passover which were but signs of the Covenant And so this is my Body signifieth this is the sign of my Body and our Adversaries grant a Figurative Speech in the use of the Cup where it is said This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood of which the Blood of Christ signified by the Wine was a Seal 2. Transubstantiation against all our Senses We see feel smell taste Bread 3. Then is there no Sacrament because the Sign is destroyed 4. It s Institution iâ— in Remembrance of Christ which implies his Absence 5. It destroys Christs Humanity which cannot be in many places at once 6. It exposeth Christs Body to Rude Accidents our eating him Mice destroying him its moulding and corrupting against Psal 16.10 7. Then the Infidels eating the Bread shall be saved for all eating Christ shall 8. Their Pleas from John 6. unsound Christ spoke there Spiritually nor indeed was the Sacrament then Instituted but some time after a little before his Death 9. Either Christ is in the Sacrament or he is not If in it they Act horrid things to tear Christs Body with their Teeth and if he be not there they Act gross Idolatry in Worshipping a piece of Bread it is a madness to eat our God or adore what we eat in the Heathens account 16 10. It was Confirmed but in the Year 1215. after Christ Q. May not the Cup of Wine be forbidden A. 1. No. This Error succeeded the former Ames Bell. Enervat Tom. 3. Lib. 4. Cap. 7. Fox Act. Vol. 2. pag. 460. A. Bishop Ushers Answer to Jesuit pag. 3. B. Taylors disswasive Cap. 1. Sect. 6. for if Christs Body be in the Bread his Blood is there also and therefore our Adversaries deny the distinct Administration of it But 2. Against the Command and Practice of Christ and his Apostles 1 Cor. 11.24 Mat. 26. 3. Pope Gelasius Decreed this Act to be Sacrilegious and he was as Infallible as his Successors if one be Infallible for them another is so against them 4. No Ancient Council Father or Example of Primitive Church was for it saith the same Gelasius 5. It was Decreed about 1415 after Christ in the Council of Constance Q. What is the inward part or thing signified A. The Body and Blood of Christ which are verisy and indeed taken and received of the Faithful in the Lords Supper Q What is here Observable A. 1. That the Body and Blood of Christ are Offered in the Sacrament to be received by the Communicants 2. That the true faithful Communicant doth receive them and their Benefits 3. His receiving them is by Faith Spiritually applying them to his Soul Q. What are the Benefits we are made Partakers of hereby A. The strengthening and refreshing of our Souls and Bodies by the Body and Blood of Christ as our Bodies are by the Bread and Wine Q. What is herein Considerable A. 1. That as Bread and Wine are great strengtheners and refreshers of our Bodies so doth Christs Body and Blood with the Benefits thence flowing to the Worthy Receiver Dr. Patricks Mensa Mystica p. 382. much strengthen and refresh our Souls in the sense of the Pardon of our sins of our Peace with God comforts of the Holy Ghost Grace against sin our sense of Gods Love Union with him and Right to Glory Q. What is required of Persons who come tâ— the Lords Supper A. To Eramine themselves whether they Repent them truly of their former sins steadfastly purposing to lead a new Life have a lively Faith in Gods Mercy through Christ with a Thankful Remembrance of Christ's Death and be in Charity with all Men. Q. What is Considerable in this Answer A. 1. The Duties of a
Kingdom of Grace in this and Glory in another World may hasten as to us Psal 2.8 and it implies these requests 1. That God would be pleased in order to the bringing Jew and Gentile Med. lib. 4. p. 766 767. all the World to his Kingdom of Grace to make known the Gospel and means of Grace in all Parts and to make them Efficacious or else by some other dispensation to bring them to the true and saving knowledge of himself and his Christ 2. I here Pray that I and all who enjoy Gods Ordinances may by Gods Spirit be Converted and Translated into his Kingdom 3. That I and all his People may willingly Obey and Serve him as our King 4. That his Kingdom of Glory may hasten Rev. 7. when all his and our Enemies shall be destroyed our Sins and Troubles have a Period and our Souls and Bodies be Glorified Q. What then is the Sum of this Petition A. 1. I Pray that the God of all Grace would by his Spirit and Word or by other means Convert me and all his People and as our King would subdue in us all his and our Souls Enemies our sinful Lusts and enable us to pay him all due Obedience and so prepare us all to meet him as King of Glory which Kingdom of Glory I desire may hasten to end Gods dishonour sinners impiety the Godly's Troubles and that God may be for ever Glorified in the Eternal Hallelujahs of his People Q. What is the Third Petition A. Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Q. What is herein Considerable A. The Matter and Manner of the Petition Q. What is the Matter or Thing Prayed for A. 1. An Obedience to Gods will that we may Serve and Obey him as we ought 2. A submissive Contentedness under all Corrections and Dispensations of Poverty Affliction Persecution We Pray his Will may be done and ought not to murmure when it is done though it please us not as in Troubles Afflictions and Persecutions Q. What is the manner after which we Pray Gods Will may be done A. That it may be done on Earth as i◠is in Heaven Q. What doth that teach us A. 1. We Pray it may be Obeyed by all All in Heaven serve him 2. That we might serve God not only so Universally but as sincerely though it cannot be with that Perfection Q. What then is here Prayed for A. That the God our Father King of Grace and Glory would so guide the Thoughts Words Actions of me and all others through the whole Earth that we may all without Hypocrisie serve him in Soul and Body and quietly rest contented in that state the All-wise God our Father hath placed us in Q. What is the First Petition concerning our selves especially which is the Fourth in the Prayer A. Give us this Day our daily Bread Q. What is meant by Bread A. 1. Christ Jesus the Bread of Life 2. Gods Word and Ordinances the Food of our Souls 3. All Necessaries for our Comfortable Subsistence respecting our outward State Life Health Food and Raiment convenient for us Q. Why do we Pray for Daily Bread A. 1. Acts 17.28 To teach us we cannot subsist one day without Gods Blessings 2. To re-mind us of our daily dependance on God so that we should not account what we enjoy (*) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hesiod opera l. 1. v. 313. our gettings but Gods Blessings 3. To Oblige us to Pray daily if Blessings be worth having they are worth our asking for 4. Mat. 6.25 to the end To disswade from an Anxious Carefulness for many days or a long time we know not what a day may bring forth and God is every day ready to grant what we every day want and pray for Q. Why are our Enjoyments asked as an Alms from God A. 1. To Humble us who are apt to be Proud by shewing us to be Beggars 2. To teach us we deserve nothing at Gods hand what we have God gives 3. To engage our importunity in Prayer as Beggars who knowing their wants will scarce receive a denial where they know their wants may be supplyed Q. What then is the Sum of this Petition A. I Pray that God would be pleased to send to me and to all People those things which be necessary both for their Souls and Bodies And we and all his People owning our dependance on him may daily seek our Relief from him Q. Which is the Fifth Petition The Second concerning our selves A. Forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that Trespass against us Q. Why are Sins in some places called Debts A. 1. Because our Obedience is due to God and not being paid we are Debtors to God 2. We Sinners as Debtors are exposed to the Censure of Gods Law Q. What is the importance of this Petition A. 1. An acknowledgment that we sin daily and daily need ask Gods Pardon 2. A begging of God to Pardon us 3. A desiring God to Pardon our Offenders 4. A desire to be forgiven by God as we forgive those who Offend us Q. Doth not this lay a great Engagement on Christians to forgive each other A. Yes 1. Mat. 6.14 15. Mat. 18. latter end None can Offend us so much as our sins have Offended God 2. If we forgive our Brothers small Offences God will forgive our greater 3. Unless we forgive our Brothers faults God will not Pardon our Crimes 4. He who Prays and forgives not his Brother calls for a Curse on himself and desires he might not be forgiven his sins Q. Are we bound to Pray for Pardon of sins daily A. 1. Yes Scriptures witness none are without sin 2. It is confessed by all our Mouths that we are sinners Hooker on Halak 1.4 Mornaeus de Relig. cap. 16. 1 John 8 9 10. And have gone astray like lost Sheep 3. Our very Prayers are sinful we are too cold in our greatest heat and our thoughts wander in our nearest Addresses to God 4. Sin if not Pardoned is Damning 5. We cannot expect a Pardon unless we Pray for it Q. What is the Sum of this Petition A. That the God of all Mercies would through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ through whom he is my Father forgive me my sins when ever Acted and however aggravated and that he would encline my Heart to a free pardoning and forgiveness of those who Offend me Q. What is the Sixth Petition the last and third concerning us A. Lead us not into Temptation but deliver us from Evil. Q. What is meant by Temptation A. 1. Temptation by Satan to any sin 2. James 1.5 Temptation from God as Tryals of our Graces Q. What is meant by Gods leading us into Temptation A. 1. By permitting what he may be pleased to hinder Satans tempting 2. To leave us in the Temptation so as to sin or under Affliction so that we sin against him Q. What then is Prayed for here
cry out as it were of the pains of Loss as if God had for saken him Q. What necessity was there for Christs suffering in Soul and Body A. 1. We had sinned in both Leighs body of Divinity p. 600. and so had exposed both to Gods Anger 2. Christ in order to our Redemption took on him Soul and Body and so was perfect Man as we are 3. Therefore to save both our Soul and Body he must suffer in both Heb. 12.25 Phil. 3.20 4. If Christ suffered not in both Soul and body to free both ours from sin and misery both ours shall not be glorified but both ours shall be glorified Q. What Influences ought the sufferings of Christ to have upon us A. 1. They may shew to us Sins Evil which caused Christs death 2. may manifest Christs love to us who dyed that we might live 3. John 15.13 Rom. 5.8 Homil. of Engl. on Good Friday May engage our dying to sin Christ shed tears of blood Let us repent of sin 4. It may oblige us to live an holy life Christ parted with his life for us let us lay down our lusts for him Q. What do the other Articles of the Creed concerning Christ relate to A. His Exaltation in his Resurrection Ascension Session and his coming to judgment 1. Cor. 15.6 7 8. Mat. 28. John 20.27 B. Pearson on Creed p. 255. Q. Did Christ rise again from the dead A. 1. Yes he appeared to one two Eleven and after to five hundred at once 2. It is witnessed by Angels Friends and Disciples Yea by the watch of Soldiers 3. It was the same Christ who was buried which rose again in the same wounded body and humane Soul evidencing it's sensitive part in eating John 21. 6. And drinking and his Rational in discoursing after his Resurrection Q. Why did Christ rise from the dead A. Psal 16.10 1. To fulfil the prophesies of the Messiah 2. To shew his conquest over Death Hell and the Grave 3. To compleat our Salvation 1 Cor. 15 19 55 56 57. Col. 3.1 had not Christ risen we had been miserable 4. To make us not afraid to dye 5. To raise our affection after him Q. Why did Christ rise again the third day A. Hos 6.2 Jonah 1.17 1. To fulfil the prophesies and Types of it 2. To evidence the truth of his death he lay in the grave till the third day Psalm 16.10 3. Least his body should see corruption he rose early on the third day A day being here taken figuratively for a part of a day Christ dyed as we compute on Friday about three of the Clock in the afternoon and lay all that day and night and all the next day and night which was the second day he lay in the grave and early on the third day he rose again Q. The Soldiers say he was stoln away how then did he rise A. Mat. 28. 1. This was not the first and free Testimony of the Soldiers for it is manifest that as Christ did arise and appear to many so the soldiers told the Chief Priests the things that were done But the speech of his being stollen was what they were hired to say 2. This Testimony argues the Soldiers guilty of a manifest Lie and they are entrapped in their own snare for if they were asleep how could they tell the things that were done or whether he arose or was stoln away and if stoln whether his Disciples did steal him or others And if they were not asleep they might easily see whether his Resurrection was miraculous or whether his Disciples took him away and might as easily have prevented his Disciples stealing him They being an armed Company and Christs Disciples a few naked men Q. How is Christs Ascension proved A. 1. By Testimony from Scripture 2. Lak 24.50 Acts. 1.9 10. 〈◊〉 Calviâ— Insâ—â— â— â— Cap. â—â— seâ—â— â—6 Heb. 7.25 John 16.7 Spectators who beheld him ascending Q. Why did Christ ascend A. 1. It was prophesied of the Messiah 2. Typified by the High-Priests entring into the Holy of Holys 3. To compleat his triumph over all Enemies 4. To open heaven for us which was shut against us by our sins 5. To assure our humane nature of glory 6. To intercede with his Father for us 7. To send the Holy Ghost to prepare us for Heaven Q. What is meant by Christs sitting at the right hand of God A. Psalm 110.1 B. Fearson on Creed p. 277. 1. Christs power given him by his Father to destroy all his and his Churches enemies 2. The Glory Christ with his Father is admitted to 3. His stay and dwelling in Heavens Glory 4. Our having possession of Heavens Glory by him and in him Q. What doth Christs coming to judgment import A. Three things 1. That there shall be a judgment 2. That Christ shall be judge 3. That he shall judg both quick and dead Q. Why must there be a judgment A. 1. To manifest Gods Truth mercy justice Baxters Reasons of Christian Religion part 2. Cap. 12. Glanvil on future judgment 1 Cor. 15.19 2. To duely punish Sinners and reward his people 3. To vindicate Gods Glory and providence 4. To amend all false judgments here 5. To discover all Hypocrisie and dissimulation 6. To clear all innocency 7. Each mans conscience chiding for sin and commending for duty teacheth a judgment to come 8. Our unsatisfiedness with what this world affords implies a future state 9. If there be no future state of mercy the beasts are better then we as meeting with fewer troubles and disappointments 10. Heathens granted it 11 Hence their feigned judges Q. Why is Christ Judge A. 1. Calvin Instit lib. 2. Cap. 16. sect 18. He is man as well as God and so as he knows the heart is a judge visible to our Eyes 2. For his Glory who on earth was so vilified 3. For the terror of his Enemies over whom he will triumph 4. For the comfort of his people who have their Saviour their judge God is judge in respect of authority of judging John 5.22 1 Cor. 6.3 Christ is judge as Executor of Gods judgment by Gods deputation and the Saints judge as approving of the judgment which God by Christ Executers Not much unlike our Assizes on earth The power of judging is in the King who deputes the Execution of his power to the judges and their judgment is approved of by the Justices who are Assessors Q. What is meant by quick and dead A. Those who are dead before Christs coming and those who shall be alive at his coming Q. Will any be alive at Christs coming to judgment A. 1. Scripture testifies it 2. 1. Cor. 15.5 1 Thes 4.16 Allusions of the old world and Gomorrah c. shew it Q. Shall not those who are then alive die before judgment A. 1 Cor. 15.52 They shall undergo a change like death and a Resurrection Q. What
our Addresses he knows our wants 6. To Conquer mans enemies in that nature which was Tempted for our enemies greater Terrour Homil. of Engl. on Nativ and our greater Comfort 7. To bring our human nature to Glory Q. How do you prove Christ to have been Man A. 1. He had the natural properties of Man He was born was a Child grew in Stature Mat. 1.2 Luk. 1.80 walked sate c. 2. He had the parts of a Man A Body in all parts like ours Eyes Ears Tongue and he had a Soul with Sense Reason Will Affections 3. He had the infirmities of man Hungred Thirsted Wept 4. He had the sufferings man was liable to wept groaned was crucified died Q. How is Christs human Nature proposed in the Creed A. By his Conception Birth Crucifixion Death and Burial Q. How is Christs Birth set down A. As conceived of the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary whence appears his two Natures God and Man Q. Why is Christ said to be conceived by the Holy Ghost A. Mat. 1.18 1. To manifest his Deity he was not conceived after the ordinary way of Generation but from above 2. To manifest his purity who was to be without sin being to suffer for ours Q. Why was he born of the Virgin Mary A. 1. To manifest him to be of the Tribe the Messiah was to come of Mat. 1. Luke 3. 2. That he might be free from original as well as actual Sins of which all are guilty who are born after the ordinary way of Generation 3. B. Pearson on Creed p. 179. To give both Sexes hopes of Salvation thro him as being of one and from the other Q. Why doth the Creed pass immediately from Christs Birth to his Crucifixion A. 1. Christs Life was but as one continued act of suffering because our Life is as one continued act of sinning 2. His Life appears full of sufferings persecuted and put to flight by Herod as soon as born Mat. 2. 4. 26. 27. Tempted and accused by Satan Crucified and put to Death by his Instruments 3. The grand design of his Incarnation was to suffer for our sins Q. What was Pontius Pilate under whom Christ suffered A. A Governour sent by the Romans B. Pearson on Creed p. 194. and by them placed over the Jews who had then been sixty years subject to the Romans And his name in our Creed is mentioned that we might by History 10 find the truth and certainty of our Faith and the Reality of our Saviours sufferings Q. Why did Christ suffer under him A. 1. Gen. 49. That he might fulfil the Prophecy of the Messiahs coming when the Scepter was departed from Judah Gal. 3.10 B. Pearson on Creed p. 196. Their Governours being now Romans 2. That he might be crucified according to that curse mentioned to be on him for us Which was not a Death used among the Jews Q. What are the parts of Christs Sufferings A. His being Crucified Dead Buried his descending into Hell Q. Why was Christ Crucified A. Psal 22.16 Numb 21.8 John 3.15 16. 1. It was Prophecyed of the Messiah 2. Typified in the Brazen Serpent 3. To take away the curse due to us he became a curse for us 4. To represent by the extending his Arms on the Cross Christs readiness to receive all returning sinners Q. Why did Christ suffer Death A. Isa 53. Confes Saxon. art 3. Heb. 2.15 Leighs body of Divinity p. 583. 1. It was Prophecyed of the Messiah 2. Sin deserved Death Rom. 6.23 3. To manifest sins evil and his love John 15.12 4. For Satans greater Terrour to destroy him by that by which he thought to have destroyed man 5. For our greater comfort our Death is without a sting 1 Cor. 15.56 Q. Why was Christ Buried A. Isa 57.2 Leighs body c. p. 603. 1. To evidence the reality of his Death 2. To sweeten the Grave for us 3. To Conquer Death in his own Dominions Hos 14.14 1 Cor. 15.56 57. 4. To render his own and our Resurrection the more manifest Q. What is meant by Christs descent into Hell A. 1. It is interpreted by some to be a real Local descent B. Bilson on Articl as if Christ did really descend into Hell the place of the damned and there triumph over Satan in his own Territories to his greater Terror 2. Some assert that tho Christ did not Locally descend into Hell B. Nicholson on Cat. p. 49. yet he did virtually that is the powers of Hell felt the efficacy of his Death to their destruction and his eternal conquest and this may safely be believed Q. But did not Christ go down into Hell to deliver the Patriarchs who died before him A. That was not necessary because Calvin Institut l. 2. c. 16. sect 8. B. Ushers answer to Jesait p. 27â— Hom. of Engl. on Faith 1. Christs death was equally meritorious before his Incarnation as it is now after it 2. He was promised soon after the fall of Man so that they knew as well that Christ would come as we do that he is come 3. They had the same Christ Ordinances Spirit and Faith as we have 4. Several were in Heaven before Christs Ascension as Flias 2 Kings 12.11 Moses Luke 9.30 I azarus Luke 16.22 The Thief on the Cross c. Q. What other interpretations are there of Christs descent into Hell A. 1. His being Dead and Buried also Book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prayer Nicaean Aâ—han 〈…〉 For where the Burial of Christ is ment oned his descent into Hell is lest out as in the Nicaean Creed and where his de 〈◊〉 into Hell is mentioned his Burial is omitted as in the Athanasian Creed 2. Christs being in the state of the Dead B. Ushers answer to Jesuit p. 341.395.412.413 B. Pearson on Creed p. 250. That as his Soul and Body were really separated by the dissolution of their vital Union so Christs Body went to the place of dead mens Bodys and his Soul to the place of dead mens Souls As two very Reverend Prelates and Lights of our English Church have declared as their sense of the Article and as the Universal consent of Christians Q. Did Christ suffer in Soul and Body A. Mat. 26. Mat. 27. 1. Yes he suffered in his body Hunger Thirst Weariness Thorns on his Head Nails in his Hands and Feet Spear in his Side Buffettings and Spittings on his Face and at last a most cursed ignominious painful death 2. He suffered in his Soul sadness and anguish Mat. 26.36 sorrow and fear trouble and agony So great that he three times declares it and begs if it was his Fathers Will the Cup might pass from him Luke 22.44 so great that under it his blood was so rarified that his sweat was drops of blood Mat. 27.44 Yea so great that he felt the pains of Hell the pains of sense being so sharp that they made him