Q. 11. Do the Jews receive the whole of divine Revelation?

A. The old Testament only. They differ from christians in rejecting the New Testament, and Christ as the Messiah; in holding that the ceremonial law is eternal, that Moses is the greatest of all the prophets-that Messiah is yet to come, and in denying the doctrines of the trinity, atonement &c.

Q. 12. What other Sacred books have professed to be revelations from God?

A. The Koran of Mahomet, the Zendavista of Zoroaster, the Persian, some Hindoo, Chinese and other books. But they are partly taken from the Bible, contradict some things in it, an even themselves; have no marks of divine origin-countenance the worst of crimes and are supported by neither miracles, prophecies or by purity of effect. The Apocrapha is a human composition does not pretend to inspiration; has no internal marks of it was written after prophecy had ceased and was not in early times included in the Sacred vol

ume.

Q. 13. How do you prove that of God is a spirit?— John iv, 24. 2 God is immaterial, omnipresent and invisible.

Q. 14. Which are generally denominated the nat ural perfections or attributes of God?

A. Eternity, self-existence, spirituality, independence omnipotence, omnipresence, and immutability. Q. 15. And which his moral?

A. Wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, faithfullnes, mercy, grace, &c.

Q. 16. By what passages do you prove that God is eternal, or without begining, or end? Psalm ix. 7.— xlv. 6.—xciii. 2.-cii. 12 and 27. Isa. lxiii. 16. Heb. į 12-Job xi. 7, 8 and 9. Exod. xv. 18.

Q. 17. By what that he is self-existent sovereign and independent? Psal. xc. 2. Heb. i. 12, Ps. xciii. 2

and xlv. 6.-2 the name and the nature of God.

Q. 18. By what that he is immutable and unchangible? Mal. iii. 6. James i. 17.

19. By what that he is Almighty or can do all things? Jer. xxvii. 5. Ps. lxxii. 18. Psalms viii. 3. and civ. 19. Amos iv. 13. Ps. xxxiii. 14. lxxiv. 16. Isa. xl. 22. and xliv. 24.

Q. 20. By what that he is omniscient or knoweth all things? Prov. xv. 3. Jer. xxxii. 18. Heb. iv. 13. Acts xv. 18. Job xxxvi. 4. Psal. cxxxix. 3, and 4.

Acts i. 24.-1 Kings viii. 39.

Q. 21. How do you prove that he is omnipresent immense or that he filleth all places? Isa. lvii. 15. Ps. cxxxix. 1 to 13. 1 Kings viii. 27 Ps. cxiii. 4. Nahum i̟. 3. Job xxviii. 24 and xxxiv. 21.

Q. 22. How that he is pure and holy? Rev. iv. 8. and Isa. vi. 3. Hab'k. i. 1, 2, 3.

Q. 23. lxxxix. 14. Deut. xxxii. 4. Q. 24. How that he is faithful and true? Num. xxiii. 12. Ps. exlvi. 6. 2 Cor. i. 18. Rev. iii. 7. and xv. Job. xxxiv. 17. Ps. xlv. 4. 1 Cor. i. 9. Ps. cxix. 90. Q. 25. How that he is good to all? Ps. cxix. 68. and cxlv. 9. Exod. xxxiv. 6. Ps. lxv. ii. Isa. Ixiii. 7. Q. 26. How that he is merciful to the miserable? Ps. lxxxix. 14. Hosea vi. 6. 2 Samuel. xxii. 6. Hosea xiv. 3. Micah vii. 18.-2 Cor. i. 3. 1 Peter i. 3.

How that he is just and terrible? Psal.

Mat. xvi. 27. Jer. xxxii. 19. Ps. xviii 20.

Hab. iii. 3.

Q. 27. That he is gracious and forgiving to the guilty when penitent? Exod. xxxiv. 6. Ps. cxvi. 5. Ezra. ix. 13. Jer. xxxi. 20. Neh. ix. 32.

Q. 28. How that God is love? 1 John iv. 16. 9. and iii. 16. Rom. viii. 39. John iii. 16. Deut. vii. 7. Q. 29. By what passages that he is most happy in and of himself? 1 Tim. vi. 15. Mat. v. 49.

Q. 30. By what that he is imperfecly wise? 1 John 1. 5-Ps. xciv. 8. to 10. Col. ii. 3. Rom. xvi. 27. Q. S1. How are all these scriptural representations confirmed?

By his works, providence, word-by his punishment of the ungodly, and his care of his church in the gifts and merits of Christ.

Q. 32. How do you prove that God is one? 1 Tim. vi. 15. Deut. vi. 4.. John v. 26. Ps. cxv. 3, 5. Malachi ii. 10. Mat. xix. 17. 1 Cor. viii. 4 6.-2 reason, and the unity and order of creation and providence teach it.

SECTION II.

TRINITY AND PURPOSES OF GOD.

Q. 1. By what passages do you show that there is a trinity of persons in the unity of God? John i. 32, 34. Isaiah xlviii. 16. 1 Peter i. 2. Mat. xxviii. 19. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. 1 John v. 7. Psalms cx. 1. Gen. xix. 24. 2. The name of God is used sometimes in the plural number as in Genesis with peculiar application, i, 26. and xi. 7. and elsewhere. 3. God, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit have distinct attributes ascribed to them, and yet, each the incommunicable perfections of the Deity, therefore there is a trinity in unity-4. Held by the ancient Jews, and some traces of it are still to be found among the Pagan nations.

Q. 2. Is this doctrine contradictory to reason?

A. It is not. God is not three in the same sense in which he is one, nor one in the same sense in which he is three. Like the union of soul, body, and spirit, in man, as well as many other things it is above our comprehension, and it is the province of reason, to read, believe and adore, since we are to expect mysteries in the imcomprehensible God.

Q. 3. As it is admitted by all persons that the Father is God, by what appellations does it appear that Christ is God co-equal with the Father? Jehovah compare Zech. xii. 10. Psal. xxiii. 1. with John xix. 37. and Acts iy. 12. Isa. xli. 4. with Rev.i. 11 and 17. God, Isaiah vii. 14. Malachi iii. 1. Psal. lxxviii. 18. with 1 Cor. x. 9. Malach iii. 1. with Mat. xi. 10. Psal. xxiv. with 1 Cor. ii. 8. Acts xx. 28. Psal. xlv. 6. with Heb. i. 8. True God and ete life, 1 John v. 20. Titus ii. 19.

Q. 4. How does it appear from the Bible that Christ is the Creator and Preserver of all things? Rom. ix. 5 Heb. i. 2, 3. Mat. xxviii. 18. Col. ii. 9, 17. Q. 5. Where is eternity ascribed to Christ? Compare Psalm cii. 25 to 27. with Heb. i. 1 to end. Rev. i. 11. Compare Exodus iii. 14. with John viii. 58. John i. 1 to 14. Gen. iii. 9.

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Where immensity and omniscience? Mat. xviii. 20. Rev. i. 11. Acts vii. 54 to 60. and i. 24. Q. 7. Where omnipotence? Revelation i. 8. Col. i. 15 to 19.

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.. 8. Where is divine worship rendered to him? John v. 12.-xiv. 33. Acts ix. 14. 1 Cor. i. 2. Rom.

9 to 12.

John xx. 28.

Acts vii. 59, 60.

૨. 9. How does it appear from the Bible that Christ is really and truly man?

A. His birth, infancy, his increase in knowledge and strength-his tears, sorrows, sufferings, words, perThe idea of a human body, and a superanson, &c. gelic or angelic spirit, is contradictory to plain evidence and in this case he would be neither properly, man nor angel, but a mysterious compound.

Q. 10. How does it appear that the Holy Spirit is God, and has ascribed to him distinct attributes?

A. He is spoken of as eternal, Heb. ix. 14. omnipresent, Psalm cxxxix. 7 to 10. 1 Cor. iii. 16. Raising the dead, Rom. viii. 11. Sanctifying, 2 Thess. ii. 19. 1 Peter i. 2. Convincing, 1 Thess. v. 19. Witmessing, 1 John v. 6. Quickening 1 Pet. iii. 18. And as having mind, Rom. viii. 27. Will, Heb. ii. 4. and affections, 2 Cor. xiii. 14. He is called another comforter, John xiv. 16. and is said to create us anew in Christ Jesus, John ii. 8. which his personal appearance at our Saviour's baptism, and his distinct mention in the apostolic benediction, and in the form of baptism shows us that he is not the same person as the Father and Son. Q. 11. What are the distinctive offices of each?

A. The Father gives and sends his Son, and is he to whom more particularly prayer is directed-Christ works out the redemption of sinners and become the official intercessor, through whom prayer is offered.The Holy Spirit applies the merits of Christ, sanctifies and assists in the offering up of prayer. The Father sends the son is sent and the Spirit proceeds from.

Q. 12. Why is this a fundamental doctrine of the Bible? A. Because the atonement of Christ and all that is said about the salvation of grace, &e. is dependant upon it. If Christ be not God-man, his atoning merits cannot save us. Repeat Acts iv. 11 and 12.

Q. 13. Who are Arians, Socinians, Unitarians, &c. A. They are such as suppose that Christ is inferior to, and distinct from the Father, in essence and nature or at least inferior in person, and as Anti-Trinitarians deny his atonement and with it the distinct personality of the Holy Spirit.

Q. 14. Is it both rational and Scriptural to suppose that God has some glorious end in view in all he does?

A. It is. 2 Thess. ii. 13. Dan. iv. 35. Acts xv. 18. Every rational being must have some end or design before he takes any measures. God has stated the end proposed by him in his works of creation and providence. Rom. xi. 36. and Rev. iv. 11.

Q. 15. And is it; that he has determined upon the measures to be employed in its accomplishment? A. Yes. Acts xvii. 26. Jer. xxxiii. 25. Ro. xi. 33. God is infinitely wise, and must know and be able to adopt the best means possible. He can propose nothing without seeing the way by which he can infallibly accomplish it.

Q. 16. Can either the end or the means thus determined by God ever be defeated? No. Isa. xlvi. 10. Prov. xix. 21. If they could he would cease to be Almighty. Prov. xxi. 30.

Q. 17. How does it appear that in this plan of God are included all events of time and that "whatever comes to pass" is of course predestinated? Rom. xi. 36. Job xiv. 5. Acts iv. 27, 28. and ii. 23 Psalm