means to bring them to their ends for the manifestation of his own Glory Ephes 1.11 There is nothing effected or done by God in Time but was Determined and appointed by him before all Time Acts 15.18 Q. What is Creation Creation defined A. The first outward act of God whereby of nothing by the Word of his power he made the World and every Creature in it and all very good Heb. 11.3 Gen. 1.31 Q. Wâ—at is Providence Providence defined A. That continued act of God whereby he takes notice of preserves and governs all and every Creature to their ends by those means which he hath appointed to the Glory of his Name and the good of his Elect Prov. 15.3 Nehem. 9.6 Psal 29.10 Prov. 20.24 Jer. 10.23 Col. 1.16 17. 1 Tim. 4.10 IV. Of the Word of God Q. What are you to know concerning the Word of God A. 1. That every part is Divinely inspired 2 Pet. 1.20 21. 2. Infallibly true Luke 16.17 3. That it contains all things necessary to be known believed and practised by us to Salvation 2 Tim. 3.16 17. 4. That all and every one ought to know it believe it practise it and yield obedience to it Joh. 5.39 Mark 16.16 2 Thes 1.8 9. Q. What are you to know concerning the Worship of God V. Of the Worship of God A. Especially two things 1. That he is to be Worshipped in Publick in Private and in Secret Isa 2.2 3. Jer. 10.25 Matth. 6.6 2. That he is to be Worshipped in a Right Manner and to a Right End In the Name of Christ Col. 3.17 And by the Strength of Christ Joh. 15.5 And in Spirit and in Truth Joh. 4.24 And to the Glory of Christ Phil. 1.20 Thus of things to be known concerning God Q. What are we to know concerning our Selves Knowledge of our selves in four estates A. Four things 1. Our Blessed estate by Creation 2. Our Cursed estate by Transgression 3. Our Gracious estate by Regeneration 4. Our Happy estate by Glorification I. Mans Blessed estate by Creation Q. What was mans Blessed estate by Creaâ—ion A. He was Created after the Image of God in Knowledge Righteousness and true Holiness Gen. 1.26 27. Col. 3.9 10. Ephes 4.24 Where by Image you are to understand not the Substance but the likeness of God because an Infinite God cannot be resembled by a finite Creature And by righteousness that original justice inclining the whole man to the Knowledge and Obedience of the whole will of God And by holiness an actual Conformity to the whole will of God II. Mans Cursed estate by Transgression Q. What is the Cursed estate of man by Transgression A. By our first Parents disobeying the Command of God in eating the forbidden fruit there followed the Curse of God upon them and all their posterity Q. Wherein doâ—h this Curse consist A. In three things viz. Guilt Filth and Punishment 1. Guilt 1. Every one comes into the world guilty of Adams first sin Rom. 3.9 10. Rom. 5.17 18. Q. Whâ—t is the second thing â—hat followed the Fâ—ll of man 2. Filth A. A defilement of the whole man with sin Original and Actual 1 Thes 5.23 Q. What is sin Of sin A. The Transgression of the Law of God Revealed in the word 1 Joh. 3.4 or written in the heart Rom. 2.14 15. Q. What is Original sin A. It is the Corruption of our Nature Original sin defined which was justly derived to every one of us from the loyns of our first Parents inclining them to all evil and indisposing them to all good Rom. 5.12 Psal 51.5 Rom. 8.7 Q. What is Actual sin A. Every evil Thought Affection Actual sin defined Word and Action that ariseth out of this Corrupt Fountain James 1.14 Q. What is the third thing that followed the Fall on every man A. Punishment both of Loss and Sense 3. Punishment Q. What is the Punishment of Loss A. A Deprivation of the Image of God 1. Of Loss and that happy estate which we had by Creation Rom. 3.23 Ephes 2.3 Q. What is â—he Punishment of sense A. All manner of Plagues and Judgements in Life and Death and after Death 2. Of sense or Death Spiritual Corporal and Eternal Deut. 28.15 to the end of the Chap. Rom. 6.23 Mat. 25.46 Q. What is the third thing to be known concerning our selves III. Mans Gracious estate by Regeneration A. Our Gracious estate by Regeneration God leaveth not all men in their fallen cursed estate and condition but in his appointed time he effectually calleth all such as belong to the election of Grace out of an estate of Nature into in estate of Grace Acts 26.18 Q What is that Graâ—ious estate What it is A. It is a quickning of the Soul with Spiritual Life by infusing a principle of Grace Epâ—es 2.1 2. Or A Râ—novation of the Image of God Ephes 4.24 Or The Sanctification of the whole man in Body Soul and Spirit 1 Thes 5.23 Signs of Saving Grace Q. What signs can you give me of saving Grace begâ—n in you or of your being in such a Graâ—ious estate 1 Sign A. First The Universality of it when it is a thorough change of heart and life when there is holiness not only in my words and actions without but also in my thoughts and affections within 2 Cor. 5.17 When also I have respect to every Command of God one as well as another Psal 119.6 Acts 13.22 Luke 1.6 Q. What is another sign of saving Grace 2. Sign A. 2. When it is still combating with corruption Gal. 5.17 Rom. 7.18 19 20 21. 2 Sam. 6.21 22. Job 27.5 6. And increasing by opposition 2 Sam. 6.22 and Jâ—b 27.5 6. Q. What is another sign A. 3. The Prizing of Grace wheresoever I see it 3 Sign 1 Joh. 3.14 Psal 16.3 And all the means of Grace Psal 84.1 Psal 122. throughout Q. What is another sign of saving Grace A. 4. When it is Diffusive 4 Sign and labouring to make others partakers of it Psal 34.8 9 10 11. Acts 26.29 Q. What is another sign of saving Grace A. 5. Persevering in Grace to the end and in the end 5 Sign Heb. 3.14 Rev. 2.10 Q. What is the Fourth thing to be known concerning our selves A. Our Happy estate and condition by Glorification IV. Mans Happy estate by Glorification Q. What is that A. That Perfect holiness and happiness that we shall have both in Soul and Body with the Lord in Heaven for evermore Matth. 25.46 1 Thes 4.17 18. And thus of things to be known concerning our selves Knowledge of Christ in four things Q. What are thâ—se things that we are to knâ—w concerning Christ A. Four things 1. What he is in his Natures 2. What he is in his Offices 3. What are the Benefits that come by him and 4. What we must do to get an Interest in him Q. What
is a Rule of Righteousness Secondly When it is Resolute without Doubting as Joshua's was Josh 24.15 And the Reason of it is Because Resolution is the foundation of all Religion And because of the fickleness of our Spirits there being in every one of us the same seeds which there are in others of apostatizing from the Living God Thus of Obedience The Tryal of Love Q. WHat is the Fifth Sacramental Grace to be examined before you come to the Sacrament A. It is Love Q. What is that Love you are to examine A. Our Love to God the Father Son and Holy Ghost and our Love to the Saints and to our Enemies Q. What signs have you of your Love to God A. 1. If it be a superlative Love to him above all the World and all the Creatures in it our Nearest and Dearest Relations even Life it self Matth. 22.37 Luke 10.22 Q. How else A. If it be with a fervent Love with all our heart and soul and mind and strength Deut. 6.5 Q. How else A. If it be with a Love of complacency and delight Psal 4.4 6. Psal 73.25 Q. How else A. If it be with a love of Assimulation it makes us like to him Holy as he is Holy 1 Pet. 1.15 Q. How else A. If it be an Obediential Love 1 Pet. 1.17 1 Joh. 5.2 3 4. Q. How else do you know you love God at your Father A. By this that he adopted me for his Child in Christ from all Eternity Ephes 1.5 Joh. 1.37 Q. How else A. By this That when â—he fulness of time was come he sent forth his Son made of a woman and made under the Law that we might receive the Adoption of Sons Gal. 4.4 5. Q. How else A. By this That by his Word and Spirit he hath wrought faith in me John 1.12 Q. How else A. By this that I have the nature of my Father and a desire and endeavour to be holy as he is holy 1 Pet. 1.15 Q. How else A. By this that my Desire and endeavour if to carry my self as a child towards him by studying and labouring to know him and love him and fear him and reverence and obey him and depend on him for all the good I stand in need of for soul and body me and mine this life and a better Psal 9.10 Q. How do you know the truth of your love to his Son the Lord Jesus Christ A. By this that I am willing to receive whole Christ and give up my whole self to Christ Q. How doth it appear that you receive whole Christ A. By this that I receive him on his own terms as my alone Lord Jesus Christ and my alone Mediator King Priest and Prophet Q. How do you know you receive him as your alone Lord A. By my renouncing all other Lords that command besides him and contrary to him and subject my self only and wholly to his command and service Isa 26.13 Q. How do you know you receive him as your alone Jesus A. By this my renouncing my own righteousness and desiring to be found only in his Phâ—l 3.8 9. Q. How do yâ—u know you receive him for your alone Christ A. 1. By this that I am anointed with the same spiritual unction of his Grace 1 Joh. 2.27 2. By this that I labour to observe and perform those offices to which I was anointed sc to be a King to govern my Family a Priest to offer up Spiritual Sacrifices in it and a Prophet to teach and instruct them Rev. 1.6 Q. How do you know that he is your Mediator A. By this that I renounce all other Mediators as Angels and Saints and do whatsoever I do in his Name Mediation and Worthiness Col. 3.17 Q. How do you know you love him as your Prophet A. By this that I am willing to be taught and guided only by his Word and Spirit in my whole conversation and not follow any further than they follow him Joh. 10.4 5. 1 Cor. 11.1 Isa 30.21 Q. How do you know you love him as your Priest A. By this 1. My high prizing of his righteousness above my own accounting all my own as filthiness and but Dross and Dung Isa 64.6 Phil. 3.7 8. Q. How else A. 2. By my continual seeking unto him for all that pardoning purging and sanctifying Grace I stand in need of 1 John 1.6 Q How do you know you love him as your King A. By my desire to know his Laws and yield universal obedience to them Joh. 15.14 my continual fighting his battels against all his and my spiritual enemies 2 Tim. 4.8 and my dependance on him for power and victory over them Col. 2.15 Q. How do you know you give up your wholâ— self to him A. By this 1. My willingness to deny my self take up his cross and follow him Mark 8.34 and 2. By my desire and endeavour to glorifie him both in my soul and body 1 Cor. 6. lâ—st Q. How do you know you love the Holy Ghost A. 1. By this my giving up my self to be his habitation to dwell in and Temple to offer up Spiritual Sacrifices in 1 Cor. 6.19 Q. How else A. By my hearkning to and obeying his call to faith and repentance Isa 30.21 my nourishing and cherishing his holy motions and resisting the temptations of my spiritual enemies 1 Thes 5.19 and 1 Pet. 5.9 Q. How else A. By my living in the Spirit and walking after the Spirit Gal. 5.25 Rom. 8.14 Q. How else A. By my loving frequenting and delighting in those Ordinances wherein he manifests himself his Word and Sacrament Psal 84. 122.1 Q. How else A. By my entring on Duty in his strength Ephes 6.10 and giving him the whole glory of my ability 1 Cor. 15.10 Q. How else A. By still blessing him for those special gifts and graces acts and operations in my soul as saving illumination vocation regeneration consolation supplication and sealing me up to the Day of Redemption Ephes 4.30 Q. How do you know that you love those that are Gods and Christs and the Spirits A. By this that my Love is a Brotherly Love Heb. 12.1 Q. What is that Brotherly Love Love defined A. It is a Fruit of the Spirit in the hearts of the Regenerate whereby they are kindly affectioned one to another being careful to express it by endeavouring the good of others souls and bodies especially the Saints Gal. 6.10 Rom. 12.10 Signs of Love Q. What signs can you give me of the truth of your Love 1 Sign A. 1. The Rise of it When it ariseth from the Love of God to them 1 John 5.1 And the command of God to love them 1 Joh. 4.21 Joh. 15.12 17. Q. How else do you know the truth of your Love 2 Sign A. 2. By the Properties of it Q. What is one Property of true Love A. 1. The Purity of it when it comes from a pure heart 1 Cor. 6.11 1 Pet. 1.22 Q. What is
the Excellency Necessity and Utility of those things that we do know 1 Joh. 2.3 4. Q. How are you to stir up the Grace of Faith before the Sacrament 2. Faith A. 1. By taking notice of the want and weakness of our Faith wherein we have manifested unbelief since we were last at the Lords Table 2. By meditating upon the freeness fulness and sweetness of the Promises 3. By considering the Lords kind Invitation and hearty welcome of upright hearts Cant. 5.1 Q. How are you to stir up the Grace of Repentance before you come to the Sacrament 3. Repentance A. 1. By searching out our special sins that we have committed since we were last at the Table of the Lord Lam. 3.40 2. By a free a full and particular confession of them Prov. 28.13 1 Tim. 1.13 3. By sound humiliation under them and self-condemnation for them James 4.9 10. 1 Cor. 11.31 4. By earnest Supplication for the pardon of them and power over them in and by the Use of the Sacrament 4. Obedience Q. How are you to stir up your Obedience before you come to the Sacrament A. 1. By taking notice what our omissions defects and failings have been in our Obedience 2. By bewailing them before the Throne of Grace 3. By renewing our Covenant with God of new and better Obedience of more forwardness to it and Spiritualness and fruitfulness in the use of the Sacrament 5. Love Q. How are you to stir up your Love before you câ—me to the Sacrament A. 1. By taking notice of our wants and defects in our Love to Christ or any of his 2. By humbling our selves under all our unkindnesses to them 3. By a willingness and readiness to seek and accept of Reconciliation with others 4. By a Resolution and endeavour to manifest more fruits of Love and mercy to the Souls and Bodies of others especially those that are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6.10 Q. How are you to stir up your Holy desire to thâ— Sacrament before you come 6. Holy Desire A. 1. By taking notice of our great want of Christ and need of Grace 2. By meditating on the great worth of Christ and the Alsufficiency of Christ and the readiness of Christ to supply all our wants 3. By considering the Greatness of the Feast the greatest that ever Heaven and Earth affords and the greatness of the Feast-maker being no other than the King of Kings 4. By considering the Lords Gracious invitation of us and the many precious Promises that he hath made to supply all our wants Psal 81.10 Psal 145.18 19. Of stirring up the Graces in the Sacrament 1. Knowledge Q. HOw are you to stir up the Grace of knowledge in the Vse of the Sacrament A. By a serious meditation of these Three things 1. The Greatness of the Majesty in whose presence we are 2. The Excellency of the Matter which we partake of 3. The things Signified by the Elements and the Actions about them Q. How are you to stir up your Faith in the Vse of the Sacrament 2. Faith A. By making particular Application of all the Sacramental Promises and Sacramental Actions and Sacramental Ends and Sacramental Benefits that are Signed Sealed and Exhibited in the Sacrament to any true Believer That they are Signed Sealed up and Exhibited to my self in particular Q. How are you to stir up your Repentance in the Vse of the Sacrament 3. Repentance A. By labouring to have our hearts feelingly affected with Godly sorrow for sin which was the principal in the Death â—nd Sufferings of Christ and so hating sin as never to leave pursuing it until we have the death of that which was the cause of the Death of Christ Q. How are you to stir up your Obedience in the Vse of the Sacrament A. By Renewing our Covenant of more circumspect walking for the future 4. Obedience and fetching Vertue from Christ to walk before him in new and better Obedience Q. How are you to stir up the Grace of Love to Christ in the Vse of the Sacrament A. 1. We are to stir up our Love to Jesus Christ 5. Love by taking notice of his wonderful Love to us in taking our Nature upon him and in Doing and Suffering that in our nature for us which neither we our selves nor the whole Creation were able to do and suffer for us Q. How else A. 2. By taking notice wherein we are or have been defective in our Love to him and humbling our selves under our failings and renewing our Covenant of more expressions of Love to him than ever Q. How are you to stir up the Grace of Love to the Saints in the Vse of the Sacrament A. By taking notice wherein we have been defective in our Love to them and humbling our selves under it and renewing our Covenant of exercising more Love to others and endeavouring to go in and out before others in all offices of Love Q. How are you to stir up your Holy Desire in the Vsâ— of the Sacrament 6. Holy Desire A. By opening our mouth wide that he may fill it and by an earnest expectation of all the good things Signed Sealed up and Exhibited in the Sacrament to all true believers Psal 81.10 A Right Disposition in the time of Administration of the Sacrament Q. WHat is Required at the time of the Administration of the Sacrament 4 Things Required in the time A. Four things 1. Reverence 2. Meditation 3. Affection 4. Prayer I. Reverence Q. What Reverence is Required A. It is both Outward and Inward 1. Outward To fix our eye upon the Elements and the Actions of the Minister about them 2. Inward in a sense of our own unworthiness and an endeavour to approve our hearts to God in all we do Q. What are those things that we are to Meditate on II. Meditation in the use of the Sacrâ—ment A. 1. We are to Meditate on the near Resemblance 1. On the Resemblances or Relation between the Bread and Wine and the Body and Blood of Christ Q. What are some of those Resemblances A. 1. As the Bread is the staff and strength of our natural Life so is Christ of our Spiritual life 1 Cor. 12.6 2. As the Corn hath much labour bestowed upon it before it come to be Bread so the Lord Jesus Christ suffered much for us before he could become Bread for our Souls 3. As Bread is but one body though it be made up of many Grains so all the faithful are but one Body though they are many Members Q. What Resemblanâ—â—s are there between the Wine and the Blood of Christ A. 1. As Wine quencheth the thirst of the Body so doth the Blood of Christ quench the thirst of the Soul Joh. 4.13 14. 2. As Wine cheereth and maketh glad the heart so doth the Blood of Christ cheer and make glad the drooping Spirits 3. As Wine warmeth the Stomach
Acts 2.37 4. By working in him a holy despair or hopelesness of being freed from it by any thing that he can do or suffer Q. How doth the Gospel produce Faith How the Gospel does produce Faith A. Four wayes 1. By discovering of Christ the Remedy 2. By convincing the soul that he is an Alsufficient Remedy for him as well as for others Joh. 16.8 3. By working in him a high prizing of him above all other things in the world 1 Pet. 2.7 4. A Resolution to sell and part with all for him Luke 18.22 True Faith is known by three sorts of Signs Q. How do you know that you have truth of Faith A. By the Antecedents Concomitants and Consequences of it I. The Antecedents Q. What are the Antecedents or those thingâ— which go before Faith A. 1. A sight and sense of our want of Christ and need of Christ and of the worth of Christ Joh 12.46 Luke 19.10 Mat. 11.28 Q. What else goeth before Faith A. 2. An earnest desire of an Interest in him above all other things Revel 22.17 1 Cor. 2.2 Q. What else goeth before Faith A. 3. A willingness and readiness to part with every sin and any thing for Christ Luke 18.22 II. The Concomitants of Faith Q. What are the Concomitants of Faith or those things which accompany it A. 1. An emptying of the soul of it self and taking it wholly off from its own Righteousness to rest and rely only on the Righteousness of Christ for salvation Phil. 3.7 8 9. Q. What else A. 2. A Receiving of Christ upon his own terms in all his Offices not only as his Jesus but also as his Lord and Christ his Mediator King Priest and Prophet Rom. 13.14 Acts 16.31 Acts 2.36 Q. What else A. 3. Believing of and closing with the whole mind and will of God Act. 24.14 Q. What else A. 4. A particular application of Christ and the Promises in him Joh. 20.28 Q. What else A. 5. Union and Communion with Jesus Christ in all that is his 1 Cor. 6.17 1 Joh. 1.3 4. Q. What else A. 6. Peace and Joy and Hope in believing Rom. 5.3 4. Rom. 15.13 Q. Have all true Believers this Peace and Joy in Believing A. Yes in the Root but not in the Fruit in the Cause but not in the Effect 1 Pet. 1.6 7. Q. Is it every kind of Peace and Joy and Hope that evidenceth Faith A. No but only that Peace and Joy that ariseth from a fore-going trouble for sin Acts 16.28 29 30. compared with vers 34. And such a Hope as purifieth the heart and life from the love of sin 1 Joh. 3.3 Q. What else accompanyeth Faith A. 7. A Combate and conflict with Corruption especially with unbelief Gal. 5.17 Mark 9.24 III. The Consequences of Faith Q. What are the Consequences of it or those things which follow Faith A. They are Divers In respect of God and of Christ and of the Spirit and of the Word and of the World and of our Selves and of Others I. In Respect of God Q. What doth Faith work in respect of God A. 1. Thankfulness to God for Jesus Christ and all his mercies in him Psal 103.1 2. 1 Pet. 1.3 4 5. Q. What else A. 2. Repentance from dead works Acts 19.18 19. Mark 1.15 Q. What else A. 3. Love to God Gal. 5.6 1 Joh. 4.19 Q. Wâ—at else A. 4. Prayer to God with boldness and confidence Zech. 12.10 Ephes 3.11 12. Q. What else A. 5. An endeavour to walk with God and approve our selves to his all-seeing eye as Enoch Heb. 11.5 and Moses vers 27. Q. What doth Faith work in respect of Jesus Christ II. In respect of Christ A. 1. It makes him Precious to the Soul 1 Pet. 2.7 Q. What else A. 2. A Conformity to him 1 Joh. 2.6 Q. What doth Faith work in respect of the Spirit of Christ III. In respect of the Spirit A. A care not to Grieve him Ephes 4.3 and vers 30. Q. What doth Faith work in respâ—ct of the Word of God IV. In respect of the Word A. A high prizing of it and an endeavour to profit by it Rom. 10.13 14 15. 1 Pet. 2.2 Q. What doth Faith work in respect of the World V. In respect of the World A. A contempt of it and Victory over it 1 Joh. 5.4 Heb. 11.24 25 26. Q What else A. A bold Confession and profession of it before the World Rom. 10.10 Q. What doth Faith work in respect of Others VI. In respect of others A. An unfeigned Love to all especially to the Saints Gal. 5.6 1 Job 4.20 21. Col. 1.3 4. VII In respect of our selves Q. What doth Faith work in respect of our Selves A. 1. It purifieth the heart from the Love of all sin Acts 15.8 9. Q. What else A. 2. A thorow change of the whole man 2 Cor. 5.17 Q. What else A. 3. Humility and lowliness of mind Rom. 3.27 1 Cor. 15.9 10. Q. What else A. 4. Contentation in every estate and condition Phil. 4.11 12. Q. What else A. 5. Patience in Suffering from and for God James 1.2 3. Q. What else A. 6. Growth in Grace Rom. 1.16 17. 2 Thes 1.3 Q. What else A. 7. Perseverance in Grace in well-doing and waiting upon God Heb. 3.12 13 14. Rev. 2.10 Isa 28.16 Thus of Faith The Tryal of Repentance Q. WHat is the Third Sacramental Grace to be examined before you come to the Sacrament A. Repentance Q. What is Repentance A. It is a special Gift of God Repentance defined wrought by the Spirit in the Ministry of the Word arising from knowledge of and faith in the mercy of God in Jesus Christ working godly sorrow for sin and a thorow change of heart and life from the Love and Reign of all sin to the life and power of Godliness Acts 26.18 2 Cor. 5.17 Rom. 6.11 12 13 14. Q. What signs can you give me of saving Repentance A. We may know it Signs of true Repentance 1. By the Rise of it 2. By the extent oâ— it 3. By the Cure of it 4. By the Fruits and effects of it and 5. By the continuance of it Q. How by the Rise of it A. When it ariseth from a sight and apprehension of Gods mercy and goodness in Christ This made Mary to Repent I. Sign Luke 7.37 38 and 47. And this made David to Repent Psal 130.3 4. And this made Peter to Repent Luke 22.61 62. And this made the Israelites to Repent Hosea 6.1 2. And this Motive to it the Lord useth in Isa 55.6 7 8 9. Q. How else do you know the truth of yâ—ur Repentance II. Sign A. By the Extent of it When the whole man is set against all sin When it is inward in the soul as well as outward in the Body Joel 2.13 Jer. 4.14 When also it is for all sins one as well as another Ezek. 18.30 31. Q.
How else do you know the truth of your Repentance III. Sign A. By the Cure of it When the same means that humbleth the soul comforts the soul as The Hand of the Lord Hosea 6.1 And the Blood of Christ Ephes 2.13 14 15. Q. How else do you know the truth of your Repentance IV. Sign A. By the Fruits and Effects of it Q What is one 1 Fruit. A. 1. A Godly sorrow for sin 2 Cor. 7 10. Signs of Godly Sorrow Q When is your sorrow a Godly sorrow A. 1. When it is rather for sin against God than for Punishment from God Luke 15.21 Psal 51.4 2. When it is for one sin as well as for another 3. When it is for Sin in health and prosperity as well as in sickness and adversity Psal 38.4 5. 4. When it is for sin in others as well as in our selves 2 Pet. 2.7 8. 5. We may know it by those seven fruits of it in 2 Cor. 7.11 Q. What is another Fruit of true Repentance A. 2. An unfeigned Hatred of sin 2 Fruit. Q. When is your Hatred of sin an unfeigned hatred A. 1. When I hate it because it is contrary to the holy Nature and Law of God 2. When I hate all and every sin Psal 119.104 3. When I hate sin wheresoever I see it in others Psal 101.3 Rev. 2.6 Q. What is another Fruit A. 3. When it makes a man willing to take to himself 3 Fruit. and carry the shame of his sin so that God may be honoured Rom. 6.21 Jer. 31.19 Ezra 9.6 For it is that which God promiseth to his people Ezek. 16.60 61 62 63. Q. What is another Fruit of Repentance 4 Fruit. A. 4. An Universal forsaking and turning from all sin not only from the Action of it but also from the motions temptations and occasions of it Ezek. 18.31 Prov. 28.13 Q. What other Fruits are there of True Repentance A. These First of all A remembrance of sin so as to humble and abase our selves for it Psal 51.3 Psal 119.59 contrary to those in Jer. 8.12 2. Aggravation of sin as Paul 1 Tim. 1.13 3. A particular free and full confession of sin 1 Tim. 1.13 4. A Self-loathing for sin Ezek. 20.43 Job 42.5 6. 5. Self-cnodemnation for sin 1 Cor. 11.31 6. Satisfaction though not to God yet to men for the wrong done unto them Luke 19.8 7. A new life Ezek. 18.31 32. Mat. 8.9 10. 8. Growing still better 2 Cor. 7.1 9. An endeavour to bring others to Repentance Isa 2.3 Hos 6.1 Ezek. 18.31 32. Q. How else do you know the truth of your Repentance A. By the continuance of it V. Sign when it is a daily Repentance and continues from the first day we begin to Repent unto our last day Ephes 4.26 27. Thus of Repentance The Tryal of Obedience Q. WHat is the Fourth Sacramental Grace to be Examined before the Sacrament A. Our Obedience Q. What is Obedience A. It is either Legal or Evangelical Q. What is Legal Obedience A. Legal Obedience it is a perfect Legal Obedience defined compleat Obedience of the whole man by his own strength in his own person to the whole Law of God Q. What is Evangelical Obedieâ—ce A. It is an unfeigned desire Evangelical Obedience defined seconded with our earnest and uttermost endeavour in and by the Grace and strength of Christ to yield universal sincere and constant obedience to the whole revealed mind and will of God humbling us under our failings and defects and going out of our selves desiring to be found in the Righteousness of Christ and to be accepted only in and for and through the compleat and perfect obedience of our Lord Jesus Christ Sign of saving obedience Q. How do you know that your obedience is sound saving and acceptable Obedience 1 Sign A. 1. By the kind of it When it is an Evangelical or Gospel obedience Q. When is it a Gospel obedience A. When it is according to the Rules of the Gospel Phil. 1.27 Phil. 3.16 Q. What is one Rule of the Gospel A. 1. When it is done in the Name of Christ Col. 3.17 Q. What is another Rule A. 2. When it is done in Faith 1 Pet. 2.5 6. Heb. 11.6 Q. What is another Rule A. 3. When it is done in the strength of Christ Joh. 15.5 Q. What is another A. 4. When it is done in Love and thankfulness to Jesus Christ that hath done all for us 2 Cor. 5.14 15. And in Love to the Saints 1 Joh. 4.21 1 Cor. 13.4 5 6 7. Q. How else do you know the truth of yâ—ur Obedience A. 2. By the Rise of it 2 Sign When it is well Grounded Q. When is your Obedience well Grounded A. 1. When it is grounded upon the mind and will of God Psal 119.33 34. Q. When else it is well grounded A. 2. When it is grounded upon the Authority and the Command of God Psal 119 4 5. Q. When else it is well grounded A. 3. When it ariseth from an inward principle of Grace or Spiritual Life Psal 40.8 Jer. 31.33 Q. What is another sign of sound and saving Obedience A. 3. When the Example of it is 3 Sign The Life of Christ Joh. 13.15 1 Joh. 2.6 And the Life of the Saints Heb. 6.11 12. Q. How else do you know tâ—e truth of your Obedience A. 4. By the ends of it 4 Sign Q. What ought to be the ends of yâ—ur Obedience A. 1. The Glory of God Phil. 1.20 21. 1 Cor. 10.31 2. The Publick good 1 Cor. 10.33 Phil. 2.4 Q. How else do you know the truth of your Obedienâ—e 5 Sign A. 5. By the Qualities and Properties of it Q. What is the first property of true Obedience A. 1. It is Willing without Constraint 1 Chron. 28.9 Psal 110.3 Q. What is a second A. 2. It is cheerful without lumpishness Psâ—l 122.1 Joh. 4.28 29. Q. What is a Third A. 3. Iâ— is Diligent without Slothfulness Deut. 6.17 18. Jer. 17.24 25 26. Q. What is a Fourth A. 4. It is Zealous without Lukewarmness Rom. 12.11 Rev. 3.19 Q. Whaâ— is a Fifth A. 5. It is speedy without delay Psal 119.60 Q Whâ—t is a Sixth A. 6. It is Sincere without hypocrisie Josh 24.14 Joh. 4.24 Q. What is a Seventh A. 7. It is Universal without Partiality and that in respect of the Subject and Object 2 Cor 5 17. Joh. 15.14 Deut 26 16 Psal 119.6 Q. What is the last A. 8. It is constant without Apostasie 1 Kings 8.40 Mat. 10.22 1 Câ—r 15.58 Rev. 2.10 Q. What other signs are there of the truth â—f Obedience A. These two first It is absolute 2. Other signs without demanding of God a Reason of what he hath commanded us As Abraham Heb. 11.8 And the Reason of it is Because God is the Soveraign Lord of all his Creatures and may Command what he will for his Will or his Law