of the virgin Mary, and born of her r, yet without fin/. Q.23. What offices deth Chrift execute as our Redeemer? A. Chrift, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a Prophet, of a Priefl, and of a King, both in his eftate of humiliation and exaltation t r Luke i. 27. To a virgin efpoufed to a man whofe name was Jofeph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. v. 31. And behold, thou fhalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a fon, and fhall call his name Jefus. v. 35. And the angel anfwered and faid unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which fhall be born of thee, fhall be called the Son of God. v. 42. And the fpake out with a loud voice, and faid, Bleffed art thou among women, and bleffed is the fruit of thy womb. Gal. iv. 4. (See in the preceding question, letter m.) Heb. iv. 15. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without fin. Heb. vii. 26. For fuch an high prieft became us, who is holy, harmlefs, undefiled, feparate from finners, and made higher than the heavens. 23. Acts iii. 21. Whom the heaven muft receive, until the times of reftitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, fince the world began. v. 22. For Mofes truly faid unto the fathers, A prophet fhall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; him fhall ye hear in all things whatfoever he fhall fay unto you. Heb. xii. 25. See that ye refufe not him that fpeaketh: For if they escaped not who refufed him Q. 24. that fpake on earth, much more fhall not we efcape, if we turn away from him that fpeaketh from hea ven. Compared with 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Since ye feek a proof of Christ fpeaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. Heb. v. 5. So alfo, Chrift glorified not himself, to be made an high prieft; but he that faid unto him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee. v. 6. As he faith alfo in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchifedec. v. 7. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and fupplications, with strong crying and tears, unto him that was able to fave him from death, and was heard, in that he feared. Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the uttermoft, that come unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make interceffion for them. Pfal. ii. 6. Yet have I fet my king upon my holy hill of Zion. If. ix. 6. For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government fhall be upon his fhoulder: and his name fhall be called Wonderful, Counfellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of peace. v. 7. Of the increase of his government and peace there fhall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judg ment and with juftice, from henceforth even for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hofts will perform this. Matth. xxi. 5. Tell ye the daugh ter 24. How doth Chrift execute the office of a Prophet ? A. Chrift executeth the office of a Prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our falvation v. Q. 25. How doth Chrift execute the office of a Prieft? A. Chrift executeth the office of a Prieft in his once offering up of himself a facrifice, to fatisfy divine justice w, and reconcile us to God x, and in making continual interceffion for us y. Q. 26. How duth Chrift execute the office of a King? A. Chrift executeth the office of a King, in fubduing ter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and fitting upon an afs, and a colt the fole of an afs. Pfal. ii. 8. Ask of me, and I fhall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermoft parts of the earth for thy poffeffion. F. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dafh them in picces like a potter's veffel. v. 1o. Be wife now therefore, O ye kings: be inftructed, ye judges of the earth. V. II. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 24. John i. 18. No man hath feen God at any time; the only be gotten Son, which is in the bofom of the Father, he hath declared him. 1 Pet. i. 10. Of which falvation the prophets have inquired, and fearched diligently, who pro. phefied of the grace that fhould come unto you: V. 1. Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Chrift which was in them did fignify, when it teftified before hand the fufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. v. 12. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themfeives, but unto us they did minifter the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gofpel unto you, with the Holy Ghoft fent down from heaven; which things us the angels defire to look into. John xv. 15. Henceforth I call you not fervants; for the fervant knoweth not what his lord doth : but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you. John xx. 31. But thefe are written, that ye might believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name. 25. Heb. ix. 14. How much more fhall the blood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit, offered himfelf without fpot to God, purge your confcience from dead works to ferve the living God? v. 28. So Chrift was once offered to bear the fins of many; and unto them that look for him fhall he appear the fecond time, without fin, unto falvation. x Heb. ii. 17. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren; that he might be a merciful and faithful high pricft, in things-pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the fins of the people. y Heb. vii. 24. But this man, becaufe he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priefthod. v. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the uttermoft, that come unto us to himself z, in ruling a and defending us b, and in reftraining and conquering all his and our enemies c. Q. 27. Wherein did Chrift's humiliation confift? and A. Chrift's made under the law e, underChris confifted in his being born, that in a low d, g, going the miferies of this life, the wrath of God and the curfed death of the cross b; in being burried i, and continuing unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make interceffion for them. 26. z Acts xv. 14. Simcon hath declared how God at the first did vifit the Gentiles, to take out of, them a people for his name. V. 15. And to this agree the words of the prophet; as it is written, v. 16. After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of Da vid, which is fallen down and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will fet it up. a If. xxxiii. 22. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King, he will fave us. b If. xxxii. 1. Behold, a King fhall reign in righteoufnefs, and princes fhall rule in judgment. v. 2. And a man fhall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempeft: as rivers of water in a dry place, as the fhadow of a great rock in a weary land. CI Cor. xv. 25. For he muft reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. Pfal. cx. throughout. 27. d Luke ii. 7. And fhe brought forth her firit-born fon, and wrapped him in Twaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. e Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulnefs of the time was come, God fent forth his Son made of a woman, made under the law. f Heb. xii. 2. Looking unto Jefus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was fet before him, endured the cross, defpifing the fhame, and is fet, down at the right hand of the.throne of God. v. 3. For confider him that. endured fuch contradiction of sinners against himself, left ye be weared and faint in your minds. If liii. 2. For he fhall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground; he hath no form nor comelinefs: and when we fhall fee him, there is no beauty that we should defire him. v. 3. He is defpifed and rejected of men, a man of forrows, and acquainted with grief and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was defpifed, and we efteemed him not. g Luke xxii. 44. And being in an agony, he prayed more earneftly: and his fweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Matth. xxvii. 46. And about the ninth hour Jefus cried with a loud voice, faying, Eli, Eli, lama fabachthani? that is to fay, My God, my God, why haft thou forfaken me? b Phil. ii. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himfelf, and became obedient death, even the death of the cross. unto continuing under the power of death for Q. 28. Wherein confifteth Chrift's exaltation? time k, A. Chrift's exaltation confifteth, in his rifing again from the dead on the third day l, in afcending up into heaven m, in fitting at the right hand of God the Father n, and in coming to judge the world at the last day o. Q. 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchafed by Chrift? A. We are made partakers of the redemption purchafed by Chrift, by the effectual application of it to usp, by his holy Spirit q. Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchafed by Christ? A. The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Chrift, by working faith in us r, and thereby day according to the fcriptures. k Acts ii. 24. Whom God hath raised up, having loofed the pains of death: because it was not poffible that he should be holden of it. v. 25. For David fpeaketh concerning him, I forefaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I fhould not be moved. v. 26. Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad moreover alfo, my flefh fhall reft in hope. v. 27. Because thou wilt not leave my foul in hell, neither wilt thou fuffer thine Holy One to fee corruption. V. 31. He feeing this before, fpake of the refurrection of Chrift, that his foul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did fee corruption. 28. / 1 Cor. xv. 4. And that he was buried, and that he rofe again the third day according to the fcrip right hand in the heavenly places. o Acts i. 11. Which alfo faid, Ye men of Galilee, why ftand ye gazing up into heaven? this fanie Jefus which is taken up from you into heaven, fhall fo come in like manner as ye have seen him go in to heaven. Acts xvii. 31. Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteoufnefs, by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given affurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 29. p John i. 11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. v. 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the fons of God, even to them that believe on his name. thereby uniting us to Chrift, in our effectual calling, Q. 31. What is effectual calling? A. Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit t, whereby, convincing us of our fin and mifery v, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Chrift w, and renewing our wills x, he doth perfuade and enable us to embrace Jefus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel y. Q. 32. What benefits do they that are partake of in this life? effectually called A. They that are effectually called do, in this life, par take v. 14. Whereunto he called you by our gofpel, to the obtaining of the glo ry of our Lord Jefus Chrift. v Acts ii. 37. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and faid unto Peter, and to the rest of the apoftles, Men and brethren, what fhall we do? word of truth, the gospel of your through fanctification of the Spirit, falvation in whom alfo after that and belief of the truth : : ye believed, ye were fealed with that holy Spirit of promife. v. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchafed poffeffion, unto the praife of his glory. John vi. 37. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to and him that cometh to me, I will in no wife cast out. v. 39. And this is the Father's will which hath fent me, that of all which he hath given me, I fhould lofe nothing, but fhould raife it up again at the laft day. Eph. ii. 8. For by grace are' ye faved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. me; w Acts xxvi. 18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darknefs to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of fins, and inheritance, among them which are fanctified by faith that is in me. x Ezek. xxxvi. 26. A new heart alfo will I give you, and a new fpi rit will I put within you, and I will take away the ftony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. V. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my ftatutes, and ye thall keep my judgments, and do them. y John vi. 44. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath fent me, draw him: and I will raife him up at the laft day. v. 45: It is written in the prophets, And they fhall be all taught of God, Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Phil. ii. 13. For it is God which worketh in you. both |