and Men y: The Day and Hour whereof no Man knoweth, that all may watch and pray, and be ever ready for the Coming of the Lord.

89. Queft. What shall be done to the Wicked at the Day of Judgment?

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Anfw. At the Day of Judgment the Wicked shall be fet on Chrift's Left Hand, and upon clear Evidence, and fall Conviction of their own Confciences, fhall have the fearful, but juft Sentence of

Conire in the graves fhall hear his voice, of all their hard Speeches, which un29. And shall come forth, they godly finners have spoken against that have done good, unto the re- him. Mat. 25.46. And these shall furrection of life; and they that go away into everlafting punishhave done evil, unto the refur- ment: but the righteous into life ection of damnation, Mat. 25. eternal, 33. And he fhall fet the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on

the left.

88. 2 Pet. 2. 4. For if God pared not the angels that finned, but caft them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darknefs, to be referved unto judgment. Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their firft eftate, but left their own habitation, he hath referved in everlafting chains under darknefs, unto the judgment of the great day. v. 7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner giving them felves over to fornication, and going after ftrange flesh, are fet forth for

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Mat. 24. 36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. v. 42. Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. v. 44. Therefore be ye alfo ready: for in fuch an hour as you think not, the Son of man cometh. Luke 21.35. For as a fnare fhall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth, v. 36. Watch ye therefore and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pafs, and to ftand before the Son of man.

89. a Mat. 25. 33. And he fhall fet the fheep on his right hand, but

example,fuffering the vengeance the goats on the left. of eternal fire. v. 14. And Enoch Rom. 2. Is. Which fhew the alfo, the feventh from Adam, pro- work of the law written in their phefied of thefe, faying, Behold, hearts, their confcience alfo bearthe Lord cometh with ten thousands ing witnefs, and their thoughts the v. 15. To execute mean while accufing, or else exjudgment upon all, and to convince cufing one another. v. 16. In the all that are ungodly among them, day when God fhall judge the fecrets of all their ungodly deeds which of men by Jefus Chrift, according they have ungodly committed, and to my gospel.

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Condemnation pronounced against them; and thereupon fhall be caft out from the favourable Prefence of God, and the glorious Fellowship with Chrift, his Saints, and all his holy Angels, into Hell to be punished with unfpeakable Torments both of Body and Soul, with the Devil and his Angels for ever d

90. Queft. What shall be done to the Righteous at the Day of Judgment?

Anf. At the Day of Judgment, the Righteous being caught up to Chrift in the Clouds, fhall be fet on his Right Hand, and there openly acknowledged and acquitted, fhall join with him in the judging of reprobate Angels and Men 8: and fhall be received into Heaven", where they fhall be

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Mat. 25. 41. Then fhall he fay be caught up together with them in also unto them on the left hand, the clouds, to meet the Lord in the Depart from me, ye curfed, into air: and fofhall we ever be with the everlafting fire, prepared for the Lord. devil and his angels. v. 42. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: v.43. I was aftranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: fick, and in prifon, and ye vifited me not.

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f Mat. 25. 33. And he fhall fe the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Mat. 10.32. Whofoever therefore fhall confels me before men, him will Iconfefs also before my Father which is in heaven.

& I Cor. 6, 2. Do ye not know that the faints fhall judge the world? And if the world fhall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? v. 3. Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more then the things that per tain to this life.

Luke 16. 26. And befides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: fo that they which would pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 2 Thef. 1.8. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel b Mat. 25. 34. Then fhall the of our Lord Jefus Chrift: v.9. Who King fay unto them on his right fhall be punished with everlafting hand, Come ye bleffed of my Fa deftruction from the prefence of the ther, inherit the kingdom prepared Lord, and from the glory of his

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1 Thef. 4. 17. Then we which are alive, and remain, fhall

for you from the foundation of the world. .46. And thefe fhall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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fully and for ever freed from all Sin and Mifery ; filled with unconceivable Joys *; made perfectly holy and happy both in Body and Soul, in the Company of innumerable Saints and holy Angels', but especially in the immediate Vision and Fruition of God the Father, of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and of the Holy Spirit to all Eternity m. And this is the perfect and full Communion, which the Members of the Invisible Church fhall enjoy with Christ in Glory, at the Resurrection and Day of Judgment.

What Duty God requires of Man

91. Queft. What is the Duty that God requireth of Man?

Anfw. The Duty which God requireth of Man, is Obedience to his revealed Will ".

i Eph. s. 27. That he might prefent it to himself a glorious church, not having fpot or wrinkle, or any fuch thing; but that it fhould be holy and without blemish. Rev. 14, 13. And I heard a voice from heaven, faying unto me, Write, Bleffed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth; yea, faith the Spirit, that they may reft from their labours; and their works do follow them.

k Pfalm 16. 11. Thou wilt fhew me the path of life: in thy prefence sfulness of joy, at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

1. Heb. 12. 22. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerufalem, and to an innumerable company of angels. v. 23. To the general affembly, and church of the firft-born which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all,

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and to the spirits of just men made perfect.

1 John 3.2. Beloved, now are we the fons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we fhall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we fhall be like him; for we fhall fee him as he is. 1 Cor. 13. 12. For now we fee through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part, but then fhall I know even as I am known. I Thef. 4. 17. Then we which are alive, and remain,shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and fo fhall we ever be with the Lord. v. 18. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.

92. Queft. What did God at firft reveal unto Man as the Rule of his Obedience?

Anfw. The Rule of Obedience revealed to Adam in the Estate of Innocence, and to all Mankind in t him, beside a special Command, not to eat of the Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, was the Moral Law °.

93. Queft. What is the Moral Law?

Anfw. The Moral Law is the Declaration of the Will of God to Mankind, directing and binding every one to perfonal, perfect, and perpetual Conformity and Obedience thereunto, in the Frame and Difpofition of the whole Man Soul and Body',

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fervice. v.2. And be not conformed ture the things contained in the to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God. Micah 6. 8. He hath fhewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? I Sam. 15. 22. And Samuel faid, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and facrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold,to obey, is better than facrifice; and to hearken,than the fat of rams.

law, thefe having not the law, are a law unto themselves: v. 15. Which fhew the work of the law written in their hearts, their confcience also bearing witnefs, and their thoughts the mean while accufing, or elfe excufing one another. Rom. 10. 5. For Mofes defcribeth the righteous nefs which is of the law, That the man which doth those things, fhall live by them. Gen. 2. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eateft thereof, thou shalt surely die.

92. Gen. 1. 26. And God faid, 93. Deut. 5.1. And Mofes calLet us make man in our image, after led all Ifrael, and faid unto them, our likeness: and let them have do- Hear, O Ifrael, the ftatutes and minion over the fish of the fea, and judgments which I fpeak in your over the fowl of the air, and over ears this day, that ye may learn the cattle, and over all the earth, them, and keep, and do them. and over every creeping thing that v. 2. The Lord our God made a creepeth upon the earth. v. 27. So covenant with us in Horeb. v.3. God created man in his own image, The Lord made not this covenant in the image of God created he him: with our fathers, but with us, even male and female created he them. us, who are all of us here alive this Rom. 2. 14. For when the Gentiles day. v. 31. But as for thee, ftand which have not the law, do by na

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and in Performance of all thofe Duties of Holiness and Righteoufnefs which he oweth to God and Man : promifing Life upon the fulfilling, and threatning Death upon the Breach of it.

94. Queft. Is there any Ufe of the Moral Law to Man fince the Fall?

Anfw. Although no Man fince the Fall, can attain to Righteoufness and Life by the Moral Law', yet there is great Ufe thereof, as well common to all Men, as peculiar either to the Unregenerate, or the Regenerate. 95. Quest.

thou here by me, and I will speak our life. Acts 24. 16. And herein unto thee all the commandments, do I exercise my selfto have always and the ftatutes, and the judg- a confcience void of offence both ments which thou shalt teach them, toward God and toward men. that they may do them in the land Rom. 10.5. For Mofes defcribeth which I give them to poffefs it. the righteoufnefs which is of the . 33. You fhall walk in all the law, That the man which doth those ways which the Lord your God hath things fhall live by them. Gal. 3. 10. commanded you, that ye may live, For as many as are of the works of and that it may be well with you, the law, are under the curfe: for it and that ye may prolong your days is written, Curfed is every one that in the land which ye fhall poffefs. continueth not in all things which Luke 10. 26. He faid unto him, What are written in the book of the law. $written in the law? how readeft to do them. v. 12. And the law thout v.27. And he answering,faid, is not of faith: but, The man that Thou shalt love the Lord thy God doth them fhall live in them. with all thy heart, and with all thy 94. f Rom. 8.3. For what the law foul, and with all thy ftrength, and could not do, in that it was weak with all thy mind; and thy neigh- through the flesh, God fending his bour as thy felf. Gal. 3. 10. For own Son, in the likeness of finful as many as are of the works of the flesh, and for fin condemned fin in law, are under the curfe for it is the flesh. Gal. 2. 16. Knowing that written, Curfed is every one that a man is not juftified by the works continueth not in all things which of the law, but by the faith of Jefus are written in the book of the law Chrift, even we have believed in to do them. I Thef. s. 23. And the Jefus Chrift; that we might be justivery God of peace fanctify you fied by the faith of Chrift, and not wholly and Ipray God, your whole by the works of the law for by fpitit and foul and body be pre- the works of the law fhall no flesh ferved blameless unto the coming be justified.

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t 1 Tim. 1. 8. But we know that Luke 1.75. In holiness and righ- the law is good, if a man use it lawteousness before him all the days of fully.

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