and; actual those corrupt desires, thoughts, motives, words, and actions which proceed from it, and may be distinguished into sins against God or our neighbour.2 Of omission or commission; into secret and open-and of ignorance, or presumption, &c. man is still bound to have original righteousness, though God is not to restore it to him.

Q. 7. How do you prove that man is now originally and totally depraved? Gen. vi. 5. and viii. 21.Psalm x. 4. and xiv. 1 to 4. Universal, Rom. iii. 10, 18, 23. Isa. liii. 6. General, Isa. i. 6. Punishable, Rom. ii. 19. Samuel ii, 9, 10. Eph. ii. 1 to 3. Titus iii. 3. 1 John v. 19. Job. xv. 14, to 16. Jer. xvii. 9. Rom. viii. 7. Mat. xv. 19. Prov. xxvii, 19. See also Job xxi. 14, and 15. Malach. iii. 14, and 15. 2. No unrenewed man can please God. Rom. viii. 8. 3. History of the world-all the actions of all unrenewed men sinful, Prov. xv. 8. Jer. xvii. 9. 4. Necessity of the new creation. So for as original righteousness is respected, all are equally unholy, yet in a positive sense some men are more wicked than others.

Q. 8. Can man in a state of nature perform no good actions?

A. The matter of an action may be good-but as it is necessary to every acceptable action, that it not only be according to law, but done out of love to God, and a desire for his glory; no natural man can do it, for, Rom. viii. 7. Gen. vi. 5.

Q. 9. What are some of the miseries of the fall?

A. Loss of all good-liability to the sufferings of this life to death and hell, dominion of sin and satan, blindness of mind, hardness of heart, vile affections, Rom. i. 26, 27. Strong delusions, &c.

Q. 10. What is the law of nature, and where is it recorded?

A. It is that perfect rule of moral duties which was originally written on the hearts of all men. Rom. ii. 14, 15. and i. 19, 20. and which was afterwards inscribed in the two tables of stone. It is called the moral law,

and differs from positive law in that it is founded in the nature of God as well as his will.

Q. 11. Is this law always binding and unchangeable?

A. Yes. It is founded in the nature of God, and can never be either altered or repealed, because it contains the sum of all duties and such as he can never cease to require. From the relations of Creator and creature, and the holiness of God. Hab. i. 18.

Q. 12. What kind and degree of obedience does God require?

A. True and sincere, 1 Tim. i. 5. Universal extending to all precepts; perfect and absolute in degree, in duration perpetual, in nature internal as well as exter nal; and as perfect obedience is required by it, Psalm xix. 8. so it has never been altered or repealed. Mat,

v. 17.

Q. 13. How are the precepts of the moral law to be understood?

A. That love, Mat. xxii. 37. is the great principle required; that when any thing is commanded, its opposite is forbidden-that when any of them is forbidden its opposite is commanded. That all things of the same kind are included in the general term; and all similar relations which are mentioned; and that all the precepts extend in their application to the thoughts and purposes of the heart. As in Mat. v. 28. (See part 3d.)

Q. 14. Is it possible for any man fully and perfectly to keep the moral law, and attain life by it?

A. No. Gal. iii. 21, 22. Rom. iii. 19, There is no salvation but in Christ. 2 Obedience must be sinless, but man's is always imperfect, Eccl, vii. 20. Rev. xi. 2. confined to the regenerate, Mat. vii, 17. and without merit. Titus iii. 5. Luke xvii. 10. 3. The best of men have their defect in it, Job ix. 2, 3. Psal, xix. 13. Isa. Ixiv. 6. Dan. ix. 5. Rom. viii. 20.and all good is ascribed to the efficatious grace of God. Phil. ii. 19.

Q. 15. What then is now the use of the moral lawi A. In a state of sin, it convinces of sin, Rom. iii. 20.

discovers the curse of God, Gal. ii. 10. awakens the conscience, 2 Cor. v. 2. and teaches the need of Christ. In a state of grace it gives the measure of obedience and a rule of life, Titus ii. 11, 12. humbles the heart, and shows it dependance upon Christ, and exhibits the purity of God.

Q. 16. Are christians exempted from obedience to the law?

A. They are not. They are freed from its curse, but not their obligations to obey it. Without holiness it is impossible to please God, and obedience is the essential fruit of faith. Obedience is not to attain justification, but to testify gratitude.

Q. 17. Are all unregenerate persons under this covenant of works and are they bound both to obey and to suffer its penalty?

A. They are as creatures of God, bound to obey all he requires and as sinful offenders they are under obligations to punishment, since transgression does not free them from obligation.

Q. 18. What are the punishments of sin? A. Eph. iv. 17, 18. 2 Thes. ii. 11. 2 Tim. iv. 4. Heb. x. 27. diseases and judgments and final, and eternal misery、 Mat x. 28.

Q. 16. What is meant by the convenant of grace, and when was it instituted?

A. Cat. Q. and A. 20. It is that eternal 2 Timothy i. 9. unconditional Eph. ii. 8, 9. agreement made between the Father and Christ, the second Adam as the representative of his people, Col. i. 18. whereby it was promised unto Christ, on condition of his obedience and sufferings in their room and stead, that he should justify and save them, or that grace and salvation should be conferred upon all that believed on him. Heb. viii. 10. Rom. x, 4.

Q. 20. What are the nature and provisions of this covenant? See Ans. to questions 31, 32, &c. also 58, 59 of the Lar, Cat. and scripture proofs annexed.

Q. 22. What are the blessings promised in this covenant? A. Exod. xx. 2, xxix. 45, Deut. v. 2, 36, Jer. xxiv. 7, and xxx. 21, Psal. xvi. 5, and lxxiii. 25, all the blessings bestowed both here and hereafter.

Q. 23. What is required of man in this covenant? A. Faith is the instrument by which its blessings are attained, John iii. 15, which is the gift of God; is attended by consecration to his service and worship, and obes dience to his precepts.

SECTION V.

CEREMONIAL LAW.

1. Was this covenant introduced immediately after that of works was broken?

A. Yes. It is supposed that the promise of the victory of the "seed of the woman," and the bodies of those animals, whose skins were made a covering for our first parents, offered in sacrafice, were the first manifestations of the covenant of grace.

છુ. 2. How w as it administered before the advent of Christ?

A. Questions 84. of larger Catechism.

Q. 3. What was the chief design of the ceremonial law?

A. By types, figures and sacrifices to represent the work and offices of Christ and the benefits of the Gos¬ pel, and to preserve under the former disposition the knowledge and worship of the true God. Thro' these the benefits of this covenant received by the ancient believers were prefigured.

Q. 4. What were some of the general laws of purification? Leviticus xv. xvi. xiii. 58. Num. vi. 19. Exod. xl. 9.

Q5. Who and what were to be thus purified? Levit. xi. xii. xiii. and xlv. Exod. xl. 9. 15. Num. viii. 6.xix. Numb. xxxi. 20, 24. Deut xxi. 12.

Q. 8. If moral pollution could not be removed by any of these washings and sacrifices what was the design of them? Hebrews. ix. 13. Isaih. i. 11. 15. Ps. 1. 8, 9.-and li. 16. Hebrews ix. 11 and 12.

Q. 7. Mention some of the typical things mentioned before and not connected with the ceremonial law? A. There was the ark and preservation of Noah. Isa. iv 6 and Mat. viii. 11. 1 Peter iii. 18 to 22. 2 The life aad translation of Enoch, Luke xxiv. 50. 3 The name, employment and death of Abel, typical of that of that of Jesus. 4 The passage thro the desart, Heb. xi. The rock Horeb, Num. xx 11. and 1 Cor x. 4. The manna Exod. xvi. 14. and Rev. ii 17. The brazen ser pent. Num. xxi. 8 and John iii 14.

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Q. 8. How was the Tabernacle constructed?

A. It was a kind of movable tent constructed by the contributions of the people, Exodus xxv. 2, and by a tax, ch. xxx. 11, 16, amounting in gold and silver upon it in value, as has been supposed, to more than £ 180, 560 sterling-built for the peculiar residence of God, and emblematical of the rich treasures of the gospelMoses was commanded to build it, Exod. xxv. 2, and its curtains xxvi. 1-boards 20,-its vail, 31-door 36,— xxxvi 37, its courts, xxvii. 9, and xxxviii. 9, together with its sitting up, xl. 1, anointing 9, and the cloud that covered it 3, are particularly described.

Q. 9. How was it divided? A. It was divided into two rooms by a vail, the holy and the most holy place. It was about 55 feet long, 18 broad, and 18 high-when moved was taken to pieces.

Q. 10. What did it contain? It stood in the court of the tabernacle and all the tribes pitched around it, Num. ii.; it was removed to Mount Zion by David-and put in the temple by Solomon, 2. Chron. iii. 1, and 1 Kings viii. 1. It contained the ark of the testimony, the merry-seat, the altar and other furniture.

Q. 11. Describe the two altars? A. The altar of burnt offerings, Ex. xxvii. 1—3, had at each corner a horn, and tho' made of wood it was covered with brass, two yards and a half square, and a yard and a half high.