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Beloved in Chriſt ; A © you are expreſly bound by G Pw Rules, to do that which is right unto your Fl

I am very ſenſibie, that the capacity of many

well-meaning Chr iſt tans is very low, to methg-

dize their InſtruSons in this behalf. And having a deſire to ſerve you in what I

may; 1 þave here preſented you wah ſome Brief

Rules (from the good Word of God;which is able, through Faith and Love, to niake our 'Chil-

dren wiſe to Salvation ) which. by the Bleſſi ng of God, 1 have found to be uſe fi in my own Fa-

my, Be don to NE the Salvation of al that

are under your care, above all other Conſidera= -

tions, leſt their Blood be required of you, Teach them the Fear of God betimes, with their Du-

ties towards their Superiours in every ſtate of Life; for this ſhall be a means rofpreſerve them -

from many dangerous Errors 1n theſe daies, and

alſo adorn the Goſpel #f God our Saviour, to.

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the Knowledg of the True God.

\ HE Queſtion, Whether there be any God ? is fo wicked and abſurd, that rione but Fools will admit the Debate. Ee OR For he that ſhall once ſay in his:Heart

there is no God, rhe next thought in him may be, *thar

_ he himſelf is God, ſeeing there is no Creature' known 'to'us above Man, The Heavens, Earth, and Seas, do all ferve Him, ' 4 ”

- " Bur ſeeing He made not himſelf, nor any cf theſe things 3 ir muſt be, that He that: made Man, and all things that are made, 1s above all, and to be obeyed in. Loye above all, Rev..14. 6,7. -- | _ , Remember therefore your Creator im -the days of your Youth, and dedicate the prime of yaur ſtrength ro his Service, Content your ſelves with ſach a knows . ledg of God, as is held forth ro you in his Holy Word - and Mighty Works, and as ſhall be wrought in you by phe Spirit of Grace, as you adhere to Him.

The ſum of that Reyelation which God hath made

_ of Himſelf, to us in his Holy Word, may briefly be

comprehended in- theſe enſuing Particulars; eacl. w. |

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ſpeAively. ' T defire you 3 read and ſearch the Seripe | TUres, £0 ſee whether theſe things be ſo. C 1, Thar God is One, or there is but one only 71: _ and living 25 Dent. 6, 4. Exod. 20. 3- I Cor. 8. 435% -Bp Ge John 197.3, | Who hath revealed himſelf in the Goſpel, oy mE+--.2 # Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoſt, Mat. 28. . | 19. And theſe three are one, 1 Jobs $.7. Ta. 6:3. 5 11. Tyat the Eflence or Being of this God,” 15 re- | pay by Chriſt to be aSpirit, God 35 a Spirit, John - 4. 24. 2 wn, of > * fHI. That this God is Ecernal, without Beginning, and without Erd, he abideth the ſame for ever. Det. _ 33. 27. Tho JO, I, 2. Ijas 57. 15, Pal. 93. 2. Jac 63. "= 16. Hab. I, 12. _ 0 | _T. Fhat God is Omnipotent, he can do wharſvever _ "s he pleaſeth ; there js no reſtraint to the Almighty. Exod. 4 6.3. Fob, Chap. 38, 39, 49, 4I- Pſal. 62. Il, & 66. LY t } 5. Jer. 10,12. t 3 V. ThatGod is Omniſcient, or knoweth - all things, = n none of our Thoughts nor A&ions can be hidden from - 0 his ſight, Pſal. 139. I, tothe end, Iſa, 45, 21. & 44+ To. 2 Prov..1s, It. Heb, 4. 12, © C VI, That God .is Holy, Righteous, and True, he will 1 judg the World IR tohreouſneſs, and there 1s.no_Un- . 1. | righteouſneſs in Him. - Zeſb. 24. 19. 2 San. 2. 2.. Pſal, | | 5-6. Das 9.19, -FOhm 17. 25: Zeph. 3 « 5. Rev. 16.'5s f AGES 17. 31. * i 3... YT, Tha: this God.is very oracions and merciful, no . ©. - - | Cruelcy isinhim; He delightetlin Mercy. Ex0d.34. $.-- d. Phal. 15, 9. 1 Pet. 3. 20, Ija. 27, 4+ Ron. 5. 20,2T, = Fam. 6. il. Tite'2. Ie © VII Thar God is perfe& without any weakneſs, having nodependance uponany, He only is perfect. 1Ja.

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IX. That the Place of God's Refidence is in Heaven, yet not confin'd to place, bur 15 preſent every where as he pleaſerh, * 6. 9. 12. 66. 1. Pſal. 123.1, 1 Kings, 29. Pſal. 139.8, 9, 10. Iſa. 57.15. Ffal. 58. 16. | * X. Thatnothing can be done withour the permiſſive Providerce of God : yet many things are done contraty 'ro his Will, Ger. 2. 17. & 3.6. Fir, 44. 2, 3, 4» Levit. 26. 23,24. John 19.11. 1 Pet.3. 197. Mat. 10. 29. Ff. Ir is ulawful tofori any Shape, Imag& or * 2 preſentation of Almighty God; no, not ſo much a$'in our Minds or Imaginations. Deut. 4-12,S, 1Þ, 15, 16,

17, 18, 19. Exod. 2.4. Pſal. 106. 20, 2I. AS 17. 29. Ja. 45. 1 5, 16, 18. "hg I, 26 _ AT "That the compleat knowledg and ehjoyinent of this God, is not-to be artained t1ll. after the olorious ReſurreRion of the People of God ; then, and. not till then, ſhall they know him fully. Fohn 12.26. 1'Cor.13.

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T mayih -ocnrericl® char this Carechiſtical Dif- - courſe: be formed berween the Father as Teachey, arll Hier as the Lrarner ; and thus we proceed. -

ea being in this World ?

PRA : &,." The chief End for which Man had his being, was, 'That he might bear the Image of -his Creator, ro © a1This World, Gen. 1. 26, 27. and to. live in Obe- fefies'to his Creator, Gen, 1, 26. & 2. 17. Is the enjoy mart of all good Things.

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| the Covenant of his God, and brought himfelf and all

his Poſterity under the Senretice of Dedth, -and thei. Curſe' or Condemnation of the Almighty. Us. 3: I 8 I8, 19. Rom, go 18

S, Did God leave Adan and his Poſtericy i in this coNt- tion, without any means of recovery ? FE 3

F, The: Mercy of God did intervene or come in be-

tween, Adam's Sin, and the Sentence due ro-him for _ Sin, G4. 3. 15. by! 'vwhich he was pur into a ſtate of t re- — covery. from his dreadful Fall.

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all his Voſteriry ?

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eator ? Ez To lovehis merciful Lord, and to ſerve him, by

obeying him in Duties of Religion, and to atk humbly

with his God, Mich. 6. 8. * J S. What is Religion? :

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or Covenant, by which all Men ſtand © and ſerve Almighty God, their Creator and Pre To you, O Men, I call, and my Voice is to the Sons of 7 am an what is good——t0 do: juſtly, love mercy, and wal humbly

with thy God; Mich. 6. 8,

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'Fall ?

F. By the free Grace of God, he Fe” all et Poſte-

rity are left or pur into a capaciry to obey God, ſo as -he will accept them, when and in what he requires .. - rheir Obedience, elſe they could riot ſin by not obeying ._ -+Him; Rom. 2. 1, 2, 14, I5, 16. \ :-; 8, Surely, if God Almighty do indeed require the | - Duties of Religion of all Men, then there is undoubtedly _ @ poſſibility of Salvation for all Men, this gives me ſome hope. I beſeech youtherefore make this plain, chat God

. requires the Duries of: Religion of all Men.

F. 1. Undoubtedly all Men are concern'd inthe Dy-

. xies of. Religion, as their Chief Buſineſs; otherwiſe they ſhould not much excel the Beaſts of the Field.

2. Thar Knowledg which Man hath, or the Reaſon which God hath given him, being only imployed abour

earthly things, would only make him the moſt excel- lent Amimal : and yer ſome Animals, or ſenſitive .Crea- _ - xhres, would ſeem ro outdo him 1n ſome things 3 and particularly the Hony-Bee, borh in the gathering of

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Die maintains if her Common-wealth, to the due imita- ; Fon whereof few Monarchs could arriye, if any at all thavedonent,. - * oy Cs 3. Whilſt Man may ſappoſe himſelf the moſt ex- [cellent Creature in the Gift of Invention, &c, yet when the admirable quickneſs of Senſe, Agthty of Body, with the Foreknoylede*which 1s 1n many of them of "I Times and Seaſs, and the neceſſary Proviſions which they make for themſelves accordingly, without any tq inſtru&- or exhorr them thereutito, 15 duly. conſidered, itmay much abare.the Pride of Man, who indeed has learned much more of them, than they of him 3. and - yet they canand do learn many things of Man alſo, . S. I ſee plainly, withoux God to be our God, and - Religion to be our Buſineſs, we are as the Beaſts of the | Field. 1 defire a further Demonſtration, ' Es F, Tf all Men be not concern'd to mind the Buſineſs | of Religion; with hope of rhe acceprance of God:there- in, they are expoſed to as1ll a condition as the Devils, or fallen Angels. For it's cerfain, Man 1s a very finful. . | MW Creature as well as the fallen Angels ; and if he muft be © i | irreligious too, ( as be muſt be ſo, if God require it mt of tim) then God harh made him only a fir Companion for the Devils, of whom Ir 1s certain God requires ng I Duties of Religion. - | We ſee then,the chief,and indeed the only thing that is truly valuable in fallen Man, above all Creatures here - | below, andabove the fallen Angels, is this, That he is . | capable of the Mercy and Knowledg of God, and by the | Mercy of Gad made capable to ſerve God, in ſuch a re- 4. ligious walking with God, and a dependance upon him 25 rherein to pleaſe God, and to find acceptance with im. '$, I defire to know what Religion this 1s which God - requires of all Men ? #, The Propher Micah tells us, It to ao juſtly, to

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From his more common. or amazing Providences, Or from the Work of God's

have fined without Law, many as have fmned in the Law, ſhall be judged by the Law.

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tous Miey,. and to walk bambly with 60d. St. Petit,

fays,"ic. is to fear God and work Rightzouſneſs,, Afts 10. 'St., Paul tells us, it is to glorify God, accord-

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of God, Rom. 2. Wherher this be taken from the Works of his Hands, Pſalm. 19. I, 2. Rom. 1. 20. Be Exo

18.11, John 1. 15,16. Righreous Law written' in Mens Hearts, Rom. 2, 1c r1, 12. Thee ſhall be Glory, Hangyr,and Peace,to tvery Man that worketh good, to the Few firſh, and alſo to the Gentile, for there.is no reſpeft of Perſons with God. For as many as

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24 9. It is true indeed, this is the ſum or main Body of true Religion, but this 3 15 mentioned in the Scripture 3 how do's it appear that the Nations know any thing of it who have nor the Scripture? . F, Itappears from the very places which I have quo-

red, becauſe che Prophets and Apoſtles here,do not ſpeak - . of Religion as then newly inftirured, but as that which had been of long continuance, even- in every Nation. - And the Scripture furrher ſhews, that the Way of God: | had been made known to all Fleſh in the old World, -

Gen.6, 11, 12. Elſe they could not have corrupted it. This way of God was again renewed to Noah, Gen. 9. 8,9, 12. for an everlaſting Reltgion to the whole.

| World, All are bound to take notice of, and to depend

upon the Lord asa gracious God, and to do juſtly, oye Mercy, and walk humbly with their God.

S, Burcan Man pleaſe God, - under any of theſe ma- |

nifeſtations of himſelf, without an Aſſiſtant ? | _ F, No, he cannot, therefore God provided an _ ant,)

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ſtanir, {the Lamb ſlain from the Foundation of che World, Fro take away the Sin of the World, 7obn 1.29; Rev. 13. 8; whom he placed as a Mediator berween himſelf and Man, 1 T1. 2. 33 4» 5» 6.

S. Bur how ſhallafiy Man have benefit by this Lamb ' Ir || of God, or this Mediator, who have not the means to 7. || know him by his Name, nor his Offices ?

«| F. 1. Many whonever had the means to know the

-. | Mediator particularly and diſtintly, maſt yet . have

i | Salvation by him, orelſe none of che Infant-race, dying

ej ſuch, could be ſaved.

ol 2. All thar know the Lord to be ſuch-a God as do's.

x || exerciſe loving-Kindneſs,” Fudgment, and Righteouſneſs jn_the

p. | Earth, do know this Mediator virtually, and believing

e Non che Lord as ſuch, do know him ſavingly, 7er. 95 24s

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Ff | to feel after him, ' and ro find him, For he 15s not far from every. one of them, becauſe in him they live,

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$.-Iſce ir is not good for us to pride up. our ſelves. againſt the Nations, which have not the Goipel as we

have, But it ſeems to bean Argument that God loves

us more than he loves them, becauſe ne gives us greater

means of Grace than he gives tem.

F, 1, Bthold, God is mighty, and deſyiſeth not any, |

Letthis Truth rake place in thy Keart, Job 35.5. *And

then admit the Love of God to be much more to lome

than toall, yer it's ſufficient to all. 2, YetI muſt inform thee, that when we confi Mankind as they are all the Off-ſpring of God, and as he has

appointed the bounds of their Habitations, | that you ſhould- ſeth the Lord, Then like as we may not conclude, that

a good Father do's therefore not love his youngeſt Son,ſa well as he loves his eldeſt Son, becauſe ie gives him bur half ſo much of his Eſtate, as he gives the eldeſt Son,

So neither may we-conlude that God loves England,

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we have greater means of Goſpel-Light than they. He that improves one Talent well, ſhall be accepted as

well as he thar 1 improves five. S, Iam well arisfied in rhis enquiry, I fee that God

_ expedts the Duries of Religion of all Men, according ro what Light and Knowledg he hath given them, in all

Ages and Nations, And that through the Mercy: and juſtice of God, whoever worſhips God, and doth his

Wall, according to the manifeſtation which he has given Men of his Will, ſhall be accepted of God.

I pray now inform me concerning the true way of God's Worſhip, or the true Chriſtian Religion accord-

jng to the Goſpel 3 Left whilſt we ſeem concern'd

for others, we be found to negle& our own Salvation, And, firſt, I defire to be inſtrufted, whether the

Holy Spirit, or the Holy Scripture, or the Holy Church,

muſt be our guide 1n theſe Soul-concernments ? ___

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other two : Beirg 1adced the Inſpirations of rhe Spirit, and the Prophers or Miniſters of the Church of God, receive thoſe Inſpirations, and gave them forth mn Writings, which Writings are the Holy Scriptures,

S. Is this Church always to be receiving and giving

forth Inſpirations of this kind ?

. F, No, in no wiſe, for ſo every Age night Produce a new Bible. Wherefore that our Rules might not be too burthenſom, it pleaſed God, that bur few of the

things which Jeſus himſelf did, ſhould be written, and

that we believing according to the Scripture. might have Life, John 20.31. 2 Pt. 3.2, That ye may be mindjull of the words which wera ſpoken before by the Prophets, and of the Commandment of us the Apoſtles of the Lord and Sa-

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Holy Spirit in whatſoever they Decree, in Council; and others think they preach by infallible Inſpirarion, I defire to known how we may beſt make tryal of theſe Spirits, to know the Spirit of Truth from the Spi- ric of Error ?

F, We may know the Spiric of Truch by. theſe Rules,

1, The Holy Scriptures being long fince confirmed,

all crue Miniſters of Chriſt, who are led by the Spirix

of Chriſt, will always magnify. the Authoriry of the Scripture above what themſelves deliver as perſonal Mi- niſters, thouph ir be never ſo true, For fo did Chriſt

. himſelf magrufy the holy y Scriptures, Jolt 5. 48, 46,47-

And ſoQid St. Peter, 2 Pet. I. 16, tothe end, S. Is it clear, thar by the more ſure Word of Pro-

| pheſy, is meant the Writings of the Prophets ?

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F. By a diligent attending upon the Teſtimony of th the Prophets, God gives Light ro thoſe that ſincerely ||. ſeek for it: ye ſhall know, if ye jollow on to know, Ho. of ſea 8. 3. and God es his Spirit ro help our infir- |

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\ $, Tam ſatisfied in this expoſition of the Tice, I pray proceed to further Rules by which the true Spirit PI may be ktown., | i

F.. 2. The Spirit which is of God, does not ſpeak or of it ſelf, John 16.13. So as to contradit what Chriſt b hath ſaid, bur he takes of Chriſt's Words, and ſhews | th them to his People. It delivers no new Ordinances, Þ an nor nulls, nor changes Chriſt's old ones ; But magnifies Þ| of Chriſt as the Law-giver, that was to teach us all rhings, |

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. The Apoſtles by this Spiric have left us the whole | m Council of God, At 20, 20, 27. and by that Dodtrine || Bc they knew thar to be rhe Spirit of God which led ro it, |

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+... 5 PREP :1eſire a little help, How I may beſt farisfy my felf, or vthers, that the Holy Scriptures are the undoubted Ora- cles of God ? | Wo - 8 F. To fatisfy thy Soul in this enquiry, thog haſt God's K own Teſtimony, who every-where ſpeaks to thee in | chem, by Doarine, and by Miracles. If any deny the truth of rhoſe Records, they only deprive themſelves - of the Authority of all Records that are extant in the | World of former Apes : for the truth 'of the Divine Scripture has the higheſt Teſtimony of all other ; and if [| theſe fall; all muſt fall with them © | 2. Thou haſt the Teſtimony of all the Prophets, and . | of the Apoſtles, and above all, the Teftimony of Chriſt . | and his Angels, chat the Old Teſtament 165 the Scriptures "of truth... os | 3: Layafide the New Teſtament,and then no Man can tf preach any thing of the Goſpel, reſpeting the Birth, | Life, Doarine, Miracles, Death, ReſurreRion, Aﬀſenſion, Jy or ſecond coming of Chrift.

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< FERN tf 4 We have the, Teſtimony of the firſt Churches, $| thar theſe Books are the. undoubted Oracles of God; {| and if their Teſtimony be nor of credir, the Teſtimony s || of thepreſent Church will ſignifte nothing. =

s. Theſe Scriptures muſt either be of God, or of the | Devil. But who dare fay they are of Satan? They are the e | moſt deſtryRive of his Kingdom, and Deſigns, of any e | Books whatſoever. aa I.” :. | S., Theſe Conſiderations muſt needs be ſatisfactory to 2 || all rhar pretend to be of rhe Chriſtian Faith. TI defire

therefore to be inftru&ed in the true Chriſtian Religion, r-| eſpecially in ſuch parts of it as are neceſſary to our wal- - | king with God ina Church-way, that I may have fellow- e | ſhip with God and his People, in the orderly profefiion d I of the Chriſtian Religion. OE F. In the Name of God, then [ct us begin there, where our Lord Chriſt began to preach, and let whos | | Tre!

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of the Firſt Pi idol of St. Paul SY, CATHCTHI-5Mt- i Or, Repentance From dead Works. $9. Defire to know, what were the firſt Things | , preached by Chriſt and his Apoſtles, and to be I learned by their Followers ? I Father, The firſt Things which Chriſt preactied were | | Repentance, and Faith, as it is written, Matth. 4+ 17. | Mark 1. 14.

Whoſe Heavenly Do&rine is more fully ſer down, and gathered into ſix Principles by St. Patil, Heb. 6. t, 2. and thus declared. Repentance from dead Works, and of Faith towards God ; of the Doftrin” of Baptiſms, and of laying on of Hands : and of the Reſurreftion of the Dead, and of eternal Judgment,

S, Seeing theſe are the Found jon-Principles, how muſt I underſtand the Apoſile whe he faith, learning

the Principles ?

F. They are words reſpe&ing the order of Diſcourſe, 4nd bear this ſence; that St, Paul would leave at that rime to ſpeak further of theſe Principles 3 and go on to more perfe& or higher Myſteries, and fo he'ggoceeds ro diſcourſe of the excellency of Chriſt's Prieſthood above the Aaronical Prieſthood, Chap. 7, &&.

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F. That Repentance"unto Life is the Gift God; is very clear, As 5. 31. &,11. 18. Itis a ſpecial Mercy * —_— from the goodneſs of God to all Sinners, Rom.

"|| 2. 3. for he might in juſtice have denied the Riches of

his Grace to the Rebellious, which yet he hath nor; Pſalm 68. 18. A517, 309, Thus God gives Repen- 7 || tance, both graciouſly and'preceptively. | f S, Bur does not God. alſo give Power, with his gre | | # | cious Precepr, to'repent ? / -» > | | ||

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| refiſtible, bur it is ſufficient, either to effe&t Repenrance, _ to leave the Sinner without excuſe, Extk. 24-13. Rom;

1.32. compared with Rom. 2. I.

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S. Idefire to know whar are unto Life ?

- F. The Parts of Repentance unto Life were pally three. 1, Athorow or due ſenſe of. Sin, in the ſinful Nature of it. 2. A godly ſorrow for onr Sins ; chiefly, becauſe we have committed them againſt the}

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whoſe Mercy and Goodneſs we live and enjoy all good Things. 3+ It conſiſts in a holy reſolution and endea-}j -your to forſake all ſinful ways. S. Pray explain the firſt part of Repentance, by

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where no Law 1s, there 1s no Tranſgreflion, © And that the ſubſtance and work of this Law 1s fo far revealed to all che World, that all the World is undex it 3 and that by rhe breach of God's Law, every Mouth ſhall be

Mankind univerſally, ( being of the Gentile Race )

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found pguilry before God,

S, I confeſs, if all the World be not under ſome Law of God, they could nor be guilty of Sm againſt God, Bur my defire 1s, to know what Law we are un-

der, who have the Holy Scriptures amongſt us ?

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F, In the Ten Commandments, Exod, 20. which are explained in our Sayjour's Sermons on the Mount,

&@<c. Mar. Chap. 5, 6, 7. and compriſed by -hin in the -

rwo'great Evangelical Precepts ; that 1s, To. love God a- bove all ; and our Neighbours as our ſelves, Mat. 22.37,38, 3949 Upon theſe rwo Commands hang all the Law and

. the Prophets. TERS | $. How.may a Man know that he 1s guilty of the * breach of theſe Laws ? * —

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muth wetome ſhorr in theſe, by ſo much we fin and.

conge Tho as God $.,Whatare the true demonftrations of Love to God ? F.1.When God is chietly and moſt delighttully 1n our

thoughts of all rhings wharſoever, Pjal.43.4. Pſa.25.

2. When his Word, and chieily his Commands, are nor grievous bur delightful ro us, 1 097 2.3,4,5. . 3. When Sin 1s the Objcct of our hatred, becauſe it

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the World, to take away this Sin of the World in the condemning power of it, oh 1. 29. Rom.g.18.. *$, J would gladly know how to attain this Godly vgpron, which worketh Repentance unto Salyation. F, 1. Conſider, in order thereunto, That the Holy God hates thoſe who preſumpruouſly go on in their Treſpatles, Pſal.7.11,12,13. & 68.21.

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(F from going to the Pit, Job 33. 27,28. ! // 3+ .Think often of the fudgmens of God adainſt ob: \Mvurate Sinhers, and of his Mercy in ſparing thee ſolong.

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And according ro the due uſe, or wilful abuſe of his Mer-

Cy ſo offered, you ſhall Al be acquitted, or conder _ in the day when God ſhall judg the Secrets of Mn ac- conting b to. the Goſpel, Rom..2: 14, is, 16. {Wo Goſpel ſhews that God is not an hard Maſte > .

Fey where he-hath not Sown, 2 Cor. 8. 12. © Dyi ne ants never heard of Chriſt, yet they. ſhall be {4 d.1, Mat, 19. 14. A. =».

S, By this I perceive All Nen'are under the f-

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of God,, as well as under his Juſtice : and that. þne | Thall therefore periſh for wanr' of Mercy,. bur. .becdaſ

they turn the Grace of God into watitonneſs. . Shew: therefore what 1 we, -who have, .the wly SCFIPrur:

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gotten : and verſ. 2. '*tis ſaid, The Worlds (that is, all »

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:F, 1. The ſame Teſtimonies which prove He was | þ God, and that he was before all things, proves that he was God of God: becauſe there was but one Gag por as yet any other Efſence but God. - The Son 5j

fore begotten, not made, becauſe all things we rel yy” by him which was made; and ſure he that page b was not made himſelf. þ |

2, In John. $. 20. The Son is expre God 5, and ſeeing there 15 bur one | be very God of very God. vs. <1

3, And for the ſame reaſon he is L oh "Light God is that Light in whom 15 no Darkies, ri%r and { is Chriſt, Jobs 1. 5, 7, 0 90 oP ths ed tk Mo Heb, pp LE, os LS _ «8\' Ir ſeems the great Coun TT Gd-nots watt 'Sortfi- | - ture-evidence ro confirm this g <4 re Grohe t8- - Exiſtence of the Son of God. # Ay:

_ Article, where the Sonof Gq 5 0) Ly of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Be

F, It picaſed the Farther Al St | y 7 nat being in the form of God, and eg ve l Ful-yo0perFWd be 2g with God, ſhould tobe upon bim thera} a : ant,

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- Andin this ſtate, He that was'a $CTR ang. 2, &, was now made- a little lower than the 4 Angel. faffering of Death, Heb. 2. 9. For he. tooks Nature of Angels, bit be took on bimt the See of o.. Big - Heb, 2. 16. Andin this reſpe&, both he that ſpl and they that axe Janftified, are #1 of ons, C char. is. one, Eleſh ] for which cauſe he is not aſhamed to call them Brethven, ..

And as Children are partakers af Fleſh and Blood, he on bimſelf lihewiſe tools part of tht:Jame, that by means of Death he might deſtroy him that had the Power of Death,that zs, the Devil, Heb. pt S, This

(27 8. This a great Myſtery indeed ; I defire to know my low and when this was fulfilled or accompliſhed ? - [FT e Lord Chriſt was born of the Virgin Mary, in

| hy rime.;of: Auguſtus Ceſar, about the Year of the Uvorld 280 62. And his Birth was thus effe&ed by the Snoſt High God, His Power overſhadowed the Virgin, and by the / b/ Ghoſt coming upon her, ſhe conceived, and was wich Oil rh he 3s. Mat.1.18. Andat Bethlehem. ſhe hegOon, and ( as the Angel had com- led Ts Name 7eſus, which fignifies a Sa- "is talled Gl Mat. 1. 21. Luk.2. 7. as

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18.18. Ifa.9. 14. 1defiretherefote t to know what'T a1, farther to believe concerning him, that. I may be ſaved #" F. Thou muſt with the Heart believe.unto gens | neſs and with the Mouth make confeſſion ntc d Salya- , tion, Rom. 10.10. *S. Whatdo you mean by believing unpo Þ Rig hreouſ- neſs ? # | F. There 3 is 2 two-fold Righteouſneſs, which trae Faith will lead thee unto. The. one js . Inputati the other is Pradtical, The firſt is calle the Right ſneſs of God, Mat. 6.33, or God's Righttoltinehs, - This Righteouſneſs 1 is revealed by the Gp! 18, It 15a Righteouſneſs to us witholif 2 witneſſed by. the Law andihe Praphals FL 2>A | is the Righteouſneſs ofChriſt, ws 'tlie- Lord Our _ Righteouſels, -Ja.452432 5+ Cy oy God wil. s Righteou(neſs, 1 Cor. L.30. "ſp BE S.” I defire tv underſtand | thi is org F. 1, God having may 2. $9 fulfilled ; and none was © he did fulf-1c10 our veal FRD. 4-56,7. and thus the RigWEoutnd C filled: in-rhe Children of '@bd, & bread gh ouſneſs is made theirs th we 8 beliehpas, 4 a 4. Phyl.3.9. And they are made-rhe Rip re ifGod 1h Him, 2.Cor. x. 21. that.is,,a Righre ple God. 2. The Juſtice of .God cried ygaini};ns-for Sin oM- - mitted; and Sin muſt be purged by-the Blood of Chriſt ;

Ht bare our ſins, that is, the puniſhment. of our. Sins, in his '%

ewl-Body on the Tree, 1 Pet. 2. 24. And thus weare ju- Ttfied Ly his Death, and faved by his Life, Rom.5.9,10. He died for qur Sins, and roſe again for our Juſtification, Rom. gels. -

$. Where do's God ay, that Righteouſneſs i 15a thing umputcd to Man?

F, Rom4.6. David deſcriveth the bleſſe df of th! Mar 11t

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( 2 to Sin God imputeth Righteouſneſs without Works, faich the Apoſtle. Abrchghs beitig fully perſwaded, that whar God had promiſed, he was able to perform. It was impated to im forgh ie uſneſs. Now it was not written for his ſake lone, that 7% ws imputed unto him, But for us alſo, to Whom i F (hal be imputed, if we believe on him that raiſed up fs Eprifs from the, Dead, Rom.4.21,22,23,24, S. Andis w wondetful Grace held forth to all Men nChſhſt 2 Ae "Yes, a bteouſuſs of God without the Law 7s Nas f:28, or pu Whfed, bring. witneſſed by the Law and the bs, *227n the Righteouſneſs of God, which is by Faith of byft @NTO ALL; and upon all that believe: for there | | ras, Fof ALL have ſinned, and come ſhort 2] Wi! « Li GM : Being jy wel Jreely by his Grace, throug A p hriſt: Hf 3 Whon God hath ſet raſens”; and not for. ours 0n- *t hy whole World, x John 2. 2, * its Blood; to declare his Righteouſneſs for Wie 72) Y 01 wy Fns zhit are 'paft, through the forbearance od, Wo neclayt, ſay, at this time his Righteouſneſs, that v mig T4 e Juſt, and the juſtifier of bin that believeth i in 76 - ROT: 3-21, 027. - _

Ic "appears plainly, that the Righteouſneſs of mn and by.Chrift, 1s free for all ; bur yer it js re- dived by Faith. "Bur does God require all Men to be« ye this?

F. Yes, Chriſt wich all his Benefits was tendred to he Jews » but they beirg ignorant of God's Righteouſneſs, | going about to eſtabliſh their own Righteouſneſs, have not mitted themſelves to the Righteouſneſs of God, Rom. 10.1,2, , So they would not come to Chriſt that they mighc ave Life, John 5. 40.

2. All are commanded to believe the Goſpel, (which freals this Righteouſneſs of God as the main of it )

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are therefore to believe that God has Mer y, and Graq |

and LO in ſtore for them all, 1 73.2. 4,66. 4

9, Tdefire yon to give me the ſurn q oahe @ oſpel +

few words, © vt BY F, This Goſpel i 1s briefly compreſ henc Tf His ( 3

ing ; Chriſt died for our Sins, x Pk c zaink yr po

Juſtification, "1'C07. 15. 35; 4s - Which, B&urd b " Oe

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neſs which 1r reacherh, is {er.down, vich the Glo Hh "cal

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fo death In the Fleſh, | Be 6.3: 2 9 He and | thro i om | A ms, 2 Cor. 13: T1 He was 1s note Lowtr n a. TM Angt . ] tharthe might ſuffer _ oj OT "I fav

Ir was ſufficient that an holy. Man, perfedtly y _ /2y,

without Sin, ſhould die for the unjuſt, rhar he ay Jan bring us to God. F «

S, To ſtrengthen my Faith, I deſire to know fon _ clear Grounds or Evidence char the holy Spirir is God. Ge

F. 1, Becauſe he #5 called the eternal Spirit, eb.

x4. and is preſent in every place, Fſal. 39. 7. He is | I prelly called God, A. 5.3, 4,9. Joto 2. We are bapt if-d inco his. Name, Mat, 28. * 7!

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"2 he work of Creation is aſcribed to him, and het ieff his- procedure from the Father and the Son, ang is bart NED them, Gen. 1. 1, 233. Pſal.. 104. 30.

q.6lll het, tharthe Righteouſneſs of Faith as Wn *% J deſire ro learn the Righteouſheſs

A + "Mn xeguine(s is a holy walking with God oth ZR : Bs 16 Commands, to the beſt of our | Js wo rode ws ohn 2. 4, 5, 6. For the Goſ Grac of Bod tracheth us to deny all Vngodly+ WEL ats; rmdgo. live ſobcrly, Fighteoſh, and Shit jrotwe?” p. IN #2. 11, 12, Chriſtiars are pvachhoeddy- ot: | MP hings whatſoever C briſt COM i Mal 3s. 199For they .are -God's workmarſtyp,” in Chit Ft $3 10h rh. o0d Works, which God. bat © e wht Way: Mow walk, In than, Epheſ, 23 -

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faved withou - Works, For what doth it profit, if a Man

ſay, be bath Faith; *apd have-not, Works, can Faith Jaws him ?

Jam. 2.” 14- As the Body without the Spirit is dead, ſd Faith without Works is dead alſo.

'S. What ſhall Ido thar-I may work the Work of

'F, 1. This is the Work of God, that yau believe on bim

whom he hath ſent, John 5. 29 This Faich muſt be pur

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the World, even our Faith, 1. obs. 5. 4 5s 1 is $- 15, | 16. - Nv J | 5 . This Faith purifieth the Heart in obeyi Av; through the Spiric,and leads to every '® ad Work, oy I5-9. I Pit, 1.22, Philip, 2. 12, 13. C a v1, b

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ſtandings of Men, by his Worksg#*- 1 3" 1 26, And by his Word,. Roms. 1. IP 4 7 , FP 4 d by. ; motions of his Spirit, inſt ine” 4 1 Theſ.1.5. Againſt which Men'may | ce to their own deſtrudichy whole Pſalm ſhews much of this £ , and ſo does Ad, 7. 51. sf | . -- 8, Idefire a ſhort view of chis _—_ Grace of | | ; Faith, F: 1.It is art hearty and aniorrſa Credence of rhie Truth |

Scriptures, or otherwiſe, Luk, 24. 25. Þ##t. 1. 32. Rom. i”

T, I 9, 20, 21, + 2. A cleaving to God and his Truth, as mads known || _

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for his Grace and Help in this mt og bry-in the World ro come, 1 Ptt, 1. 3. Hth, J eto the end; Ron. 2. 9, 10, Il. S | F: ff 41 ſay, in ſome meaſure, I believe, and pray, bf Godthay help againſt my unbelief. - Whac I pray, Preps which bong toa beginning Chrt-

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” get es, there arethreediftin&t Baptiſins pertain- ingroy bEOh than Man, The firſt 1s the Baptiſm of i Re- . pentance' Ji "TOW la 7 a of Sins This was of divine Original, Ic came. kg Heaven, and was arft admuuſired by that great Prophe at Kd Meſſenger of Chriſt, Tous the. Bap- rift, Mat, 21,25,

The ſecond, js the pouring out of the Spiric of pro- miſe z and in the ordinary way of 1ts reception, fol- lows'the Baptiſm of Repenrance for the remifhon of Sins. AF. 1,5. & 2. 38, & 19. 5, 6. Ep. 1,13,

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5. How b it ſaid tive BY evident thereare three?

F! That isa groſs miſtake. Iti is not 8, there is but one Baptiſm, *ris ſaid, there 5 We. _ Paul [peaks of two of theſe Baptiſms iy Place, as verſ. 4. There is one Body and ont _ are called in one hope of- your Calling, And't ' , had receiyed both the Baptiſm of. Repenta - .mifſion of Sins, in the Name of the Lord, | , alſo the-Baptiſm of the Spirit, . herwi. as*15 unde .niable, A. 19. 5, 5. So that - Pgulſhould hive ſacl tn falſe if he had ſaid there is but ole »Baptiſm, idalſo i}

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| Bapriſin, 1 wogld learn them in To part” Þ fe foreI defire to know what God rk Ge of. ” Mich are to be baptiſed into Chrithgſceoggjng to his Tgmmand,

F, God requires the ſub] ince-of the ws Bregoing & Principles, of all charare rok & baptiſed with the Bap " riſm-bf Repentance, for the-rEmiflion of Sit. Ripent, N an#;be. baptiſed every one of you, AR. 2: .38. The thit dla

ly received the Word, were baptiſed, A. 2.41. When ey M b:lizved,” &c. they were baptiſed, both Men and Wong, Abt, : -85.12+ In true Baptiſm, we are dead with. Chit, Yo |

with Chriſt, and riſes with Chriſt, Rong, 6. 1,/t9:7. Coloſ. 1 2.11, 12, 13. We? are: all the Sons of: GudW®) "Faith in || -Chriſt- Jeſus 5, for as maiy as have been bapt fra int Chrift, have pul on Chrift, Gal, 3. 26,27. _ :

S. Did our Lord Chriſt himſelf eſtabliſh this pradti al Baptiſm?

F. Yes, he eſtabliſhed ir divers ways 3 firſt, in that

he would not enter. upon his Munttry till. he was bap- * of John in 7ordas Mat. 15. 16. & 4. 17,

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felt, Math,36; 1 5,16.

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-cived the Bapriſm of the $f cus'd as to tA$ Or > OEWaptiſm ?

F. No'fat#; the better God is ro us, the morerea- dy we ſhouldbe to follow Chriſt, who ſaith, This it bes cometh us to filfil- all. Righteouſneſs. Sure no Man can ſup- poſe he 1s more holy than Chriſt, Bur to put-the mat- ter out of doubt ,#Chrift commands thole .thar' have received the Holy Ghoſt, to be bapriſed wich Water in | his Name, AG, 10. 47, 48.

S.I perceive no Man may with ſafery negle& this Ordi- | nance ; I therefore defire to know what 1s the profit which atrends. the fincere obedience to God in this Ordinance ?

F. The ſame profit which chou mayeſt _ In thy fincere obedience to God in any other Ordinance ;

Thar is, pardon of Sin, and eternal Life, 15 made ſure :0:thee in God's way, ( if thou arc fairhful 1n what

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Church of Chriſt without bail "75 ooh F. No, that cannot be Wir ohe whit En. 1 more may the Priviledpegzof Members of the Church withour Baptiſm, and ther fere may be 2 ha Church conſticuted withouv-Bapriſim, eo ——— * 8, May nota company of Believers fortp.-chemfelves Into a Church cf-Chriſt, withour Baptiſm in Warer, up- | on profeſſion of Repentance and. Faſftr only ? - F,. No true Church can be formed by Man's device. There ruſt be the Rule of God's Wed” to dire us, or

nothing is done well ip the forming a'Church, Chriſt hath

Faith, and Baptiſm, as we have fhewed. If he has allo giyen order ro form Churches bo "oi Bapriſin,rhi n he muſt nceds be the Author of Confuſion, which he is not.

S. I confeſs, I find no order from Chriſt to forx: or conſtiture a Church wichour Baptiim I find the Church founded by himſelf, to be comftirured 4n rheuſe of rhe

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[ive this Church, formed by Chrift at Feraſalem, to if be the Mother-Church, and tha therefore her Foun- 7, (Cation-Princigles are neceſſary for the true conſtitution ;yo[2f all other Churches, EL now defire you toſhew me nel thedue form | '>]. F. This due f

apriſm.

rm of Baptiſm, is by dipping the hs Repemane Deliver into the Water, in the Name of the Fa- "Pther, andiof the Son, and of. the- Holy Ghoſt, Mat. 28. 19.

,. | And henee- it, was, "That Fohs bapfiſed in Anon near YN Selegy, Are «there. wore mach Water there, John 3. 23. A re all bapriſed 3 the River of, ordan, con-

77 mg oy Sins, Mark 1. 5. ft 05 S, Was Chi himſelf dipped in Jordan by Job! a Pi F, Yes, it 15 granzed by: the Learned,that Mark 1.9. exprefled for 1 ity; the, Greek being 93 iCamman vat In4218 a5 7 be 7x8 ls z which they confeſs to be, word. femord] Lip Engliſh, 4nd was dipped of John into -| Jordan. Andy*ris &ear, ber Chriſt was baptiſed, he 7 | came up ſtraights x out bf FWater, Mat.3. 16, Which Example alowth ake all Chriſtians afraid to de- viſe a Form contrary to \ hriſt's own Pattern, and his Teftimony alſo, who fair F Thus it becometh us t0 falfil | all Righteouſneſs. . ©}

S, Bur muſt rhe Party baptiſed, be naked or cloathed | | when he goes down into the Water ? ; F, He thar is baptiſed, ſhould be cloathed, becauſe God hath required that all things in the Church ſhould ve done decently and in order. And the Party to be ' || baptifed, may as well-be dipped in Water with a con- venient Garment upon him as without.

S. - Whac Ceremonies hath Chriſt appointed to be uſed in Baptiſm ?

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ment to be uſed in Baptiſm.

\'S. May not the Church alter the ſubje& of Baptiſm, and change the manner of adminiſtration, as the Pa-

piſts ( and others) have generally done ?

F. No, The Lord Chriſt commandsHhis. Apoſtles to reach all his People to obſerve all things wh Aſoruer he commanded them, Mat 28. 19. They delivered that to the Churches, . which they received of the Lord, 1 Cor.11. 23. The Churehis commended for beeping the Ordi DAN

ces as they were delivered to them, 1 Cor. 11.42, There was

a Curſe followed them that changed God's Ordinance, Ja.

24: 5.

S.I fee ita Duty incumbent. upon all that will have due admiſſion into the Church of Chriſt-Milirant, to be baptiſed with the Baptiſm of Repentance for remiſ- fron of Sins. I now fire to know the truth concer- ning the Baxtiſm of the Spirit; ſo much claimed in theſe days, tho ſome deny that thepeys any ſuch Baptiſm now to be expected. ;

F. That the Gift of the Holy Ghoſt, (which is the Baptiſm of the Spirit ) is" a right which pertains co the Church, oro Baprtis'd clicvers | ih their ſucceſſive Generarions, is evident, A, 2. 38, 39. It belongs to al that the Lord our. God ſhall Call,” If any Man have not the Spirit of Chriſt, he is none of his, Rom. 8.'g. Becauſ ye are Sons, God hat ſent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father, Gal. 4..6. There zs onl

Body. and on? Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope Y your Calling, Foheſ. 4.4. The Love of God is (hed abroas 7 our Hearts by the Holy Ghoft, Rom. -s. s. Now we har received, not the Spirit of the World, but the Spirit whicl zs of God, that we might know the | Foings which are yt givento us of God,

S. Are theſe thirgs meant of tie Baptiſm of rhe Spi rit. or of tome lower rece1v1ngs of 1t ?

F. Theſe

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oy. *. a A F. Theſe are the beſt part of the Promiſe of the

Spirit, which whoſo receive, are ſealed thereby to rhe _ day of Redemption, and are the Earneſt of our Inhc- rirance 3 and are therefore moſt fitly called rhe Eap-_

tiſm of the Spirit,becauſe the Spirit receives in'the nine Fruits of it, Gal.s, 22,23. tranſcends it's being received in the nine Gifts of it, 1 Cor.12.8,9,10, The firſt are cal- led the more excellent way of receiving the Spirit, 1 Cor. I2. #/f, IT had rather have that one Fruit of the Sp1-.

Titcalled Loye,: thenall the nine Gifts of rhe Spirit.

S. Burt are'nct the Gifts of tie Spirit ceas'd ?

F. No ſuch matter! unleſs our unworthineſs deprive us of them. Arenot theſe Exhortations yet of force ? Covet earneſtly the beſt Gifts, Follow after Charity, and deſire ſpiritual Gifts, and rather that, ye may propheſy. Co- vet to propheſy, and forbid not to ſpeak with Tongues, Sure theſe Exhortations inform us, that as the Church hath need, ſhe may lawfully ask rheſe beſt Gifts. But ler her remember. there 1s a better part of the Promiſe . of the Spirir thanthe beſt 'of theſe Gifcs.

S. Iam ſatisfied the whole Promiſe of the Spirit per- tains to the Church, and thar therefore che Bapriſm of the Spirit remains. I would know what ordinary way God hath aſſigned to wait upon him for ſo great a

Blefling ?

F. Indeed our receiving the Promiſe of the Spirit through Faith, Gal, 3. 14. inthe ſan&ifying operations. of it, 1s the next great Bleſling of the Goſpel, ro our being juſtified by Faith in the Blood of Chriſt, And for a more full anſwer to your enquiry, I refer you to what ſhall be ſaid upor: the Fourth Principle of the Do- arine of Chriſt, ;

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The Fourth Principle of St. Paul's

CATECHISM: Or, The Laying on of Hands.

Sort. Greing this principle 1s expreſs'd in the fingular

Number | Laying on of Hands, not Layings on |

of Hands] 1 i ro know what Laying oh of Hands

15here meant ?

Father, 1. It cannot be a violent laying on of Hands - [25 ſome prophanely imagine]; our Saviour taught none ro lay violent Hands upon his People 3 and yer the very

a& of Laying on of Hands here, 15 called a Principle

cf the Do&rive of Chriſt. ' 2. The Greck, is, Epitheſ#os te Chiron, which. fi gnifies a gentle parting on of Hands, . The word which yd hes a violent handling, 1s another word, as in Lub, 21. 12. Epibalouſin. But ſuch 1s the great blindneſs of ſome, that they will nor ſee a difference between a Pro-

phecy, as that 1s in Lub,21, 12. and a Dodtrine, as this

is, Hb. 6. 2.

8, I am fatisfied thus far, that it can be no violent AR; I defireto hear the Truth,

F, It muſtvea Service which concerns all Chriſtians equally, as they are Baves in Chriſt, becauſe it 1s called Nilk for. Babes, Mb, 5. 12, 13. a beginning Principle, Hitb. 6.1. and p laced among thoſe other five Principles, which do equally concern ll Chriſtians to know, as vou are Babes in Chrift. Ard for thete reaſons 1t can- not be Lay1ng on of Hands for Ordinarion, tor upon the Sick. It muſt rherefore Le that religions Service pcr- toxmed by the Apoitles, Ads 8, Ts ard 19.6. 2 Tit, 7. 6, for the promiſed Soirit, both Giics and Fruits, as

God plea Kd.

5. Bur

AS + 22 —— '$. But did not the Apoſtles give the Holy-Ghoſt, by putting on of rhelr Hands ? Ons - F. No, inno wiſe, God gave the Spirit tothafe who did obey him, A. 5. 32. The Apoſtles only prayed for this Blefling, which they knew belonged to Baprifed Believers as ſuch, Ad. 2. 38, and 19. 2. And faith- ful Paſtors ought to reach Babes in Chriſt ; this Prig- ciple, as it reſpe&s the Promiſe of the Spirir, and ro pray for it on behalf of the Diſciples, both Men and Women, after the Example of the Apoſtles, 4. 8. 14. elſe they.cannot lay rhe whole of that Foundation, Heb. 6. 1, 2. nor teach Babes in Chriſt all their Princi- les. | EY | : S, Was this praQice of Prayer, with laying on of- Hands, continued in the Church of Chriſt in che Apes next after the Apoſtles ? ' _ 0 | F, Yes, it was religiouſly abſerved ; Enſebius men- tions ir, as theancient manner, viz, Pray?r, and Laying on of Hands, Lib.7. c. 2. And ſo does Tirtullian long be- fore him, Lib..de Bapt. his words are, Ajtrr we are come out of the Laver of. Baptiſm, the Hand 7s laid on by Bleſ- ſing, calling upon, and inviting the Holy Ghoſt. - _ $, Theſe things are very plain to ſuch as are willing to be informed. 1 defire now to be 1nformed, whar is rhe reaſon why ſo, very few do receive theſe Principles, in arti wed poet and ſimplicity of chem, and eſpeci- ally theſe to practical ones, Baptiſm, and Laying on of Hands ? | F. 1. One great reaſon 1s, becauſe a falſe Baptiſm, "= without Repenrance and Faith, and diſpenſed in a Man- gil pleaſing way : and likewiſe an outwardly Glorious and E | Ceremonious Bilhoping, has obtruded upon very many. by which they are blinded, that rhey cannor, or pre- judiced, that they will nor ſee theſe Truths, than which $'þ ſcarce any are more plain and ealy to be ſeen, ; F | 2, Another may be this, The Wiſdom of God know-. q ; ing

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RT, 42 ing the Great pride of Man's'Heart, ordained theſe Or-

dinances, to try them, whether they would be obedi- ent to his Commands, how low ſo ever, or whether

they would contemn the very foot-ſteps of Chriſt him- ſelf, the only Son of God, The Phariſtes and Lawyers led the way in this Rebellion- againſt God's Counſel, Luke 5. 29, and many follow them, rejecting the Counſel of God, againſt all Fower in Heaven and Earth, Matth, 28, 17, 18, being not bapriſed in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoſt, = OY |

S, I confeſs we have the foot-ſteps of *Chriſt moſt plain in the caſe of Baptiſm ; bur havewe any thing trom him to favour us 1n the Laying on of Hands with Prayer for the promiſed Spirit ? We

F, Yes verily, we haveas much from his own Ex- ample herein, as the caſe could bear.z for Jeſus, as ſoon as he was baptiſed, prayed, and the Heavens were opened, and the Holy Ghoſt deſcended in the bodily ſhape of 2 "Dove upon him ;, and a Voice came from Heaven which ſaid, Thrs is my belovid Son, in whom Tam well-pleaſed,

The rhings which from hence favour our Cauſe in hand, are thefe. 1. Chriſt did not ask thus ſealing and confirming Spirit, tillafter he was baptiſed : but as ſoon as bapufed, he prays, and receives the Holy Ghoſt, 'Here 1s nothing wanting but the Adminiſtrator, which could ror be fourtd among Men; for who durſt pray for

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Chriſt that he might receive the Spirit ? I could obje& upon others, thatin Chriſt's Baptiſm Repentance was wantiro. Yerſure his Baptiſm 1s very precedential to vs, ir coming as ncar us as the caſe would bear ; and fo

likewiſe he comes as ncar us in his waiting for the Spirit

after E2ptiim as rhe caſe will bear. on”

8. I defire ro ſee the Grounds of thoſe two Duties,

Beptiſm, and Lavirg on of Hands, in a few Particulars,

F. The Grevrds &n which theſe Duties may be afler-

xcd, 21a arte ndcd, arc 5 _

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the to

- I; Theexprefs Command of Chriſt,or,the expreſs Do-

'| Arine of Chriſt, they being bothPrinciples of his DoRtine.

' 2, Chriſt's own Example, or Pretidenr, as far as the greatneſs and holineſs of his Perſon would bear It, to be exemplary 1n either. ils

. The undoubted neceſſity of the chief” Bleſſings,

.

atinexed to the celigious uſe of theſe Services reſpe- &ively. Rs RE Re * 4« Sufficient Example of many thouſands of 'Chriſti-

ans, Men /and ' Women, at Fersſalem and Samaria, 8c.

ſubmitting ro theſe Services at their Principles. 5. No Ie of theſe Services, or of either of them fince their inſfitution in the Church of Chriſt,

| 6. The: undeniable conſent of Antiquity for ſome

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and reſloring them to a ſlate of ſuch perfe&ion, as 0 have an ereynal duration ; but does not neceſſarily infer the happmeſls of the Dead, ſo: raiſed, but with reſbes ro.the Event of that Trial which they then. ſhall under-. g0. And therefore the Reſurre&ion is diſtinguiſhed in- ro two parts, by Chriſt himſelf, Fol g. 28, 29, May- vel not at ths, for the hosr is coming, in-the,which all that. are in the Graves ſhall hear his Voice, and ſhall come furth;, they that have done good, to the Reſyreftion of Life, and they that have done evil, to the Reſurreftion of Condanigtion. == * $. Shall the fame Body in refpe&: of 1 US; vhſl and Bones riſe again ? - * 4 F. It muſt either be che ſame F leſh and? JOHG "i , - thing, ſeeing there is nothing ele lajdanith e- Grave that may becalled Mai, And this is che angiens Faith: of God's People, as appears in 7ob 19. 26, 2% Though after my Skin, Worms deſtroy this Body, yetfin my Flaſh, ſhall 1 ſee God: Whom I ſhall ſts for my ſelf, and. 2. FL though my Reins be conſumed in me, We S. I confeſs this agrees with our Saviour” 5 walfd: fore mentioned, All that are in the Gravgs, ſhall hear bis Voice and come for th. Bur does not Chriſt | A myſtical ly of the Graves of Sin? _

F. No, he had ſpoken of thoſe chat are "dead i iq. Sin before, verſ. 25. The hour 7s coming, and now 1s, * hen the Dead ſhall hear the Voice of the Son of God ; and they that hear ſhall live. This he ſpeaks of the, powerful preach- ing of the Goſpel rv convert thoſe that were dead in Sin. . Then adds, Marvel not at this, for the houy is coming, that all that are in the Graves ſhalk bear his Voice, and ſhall come forth, bur ſome of rhefe ro Con- demmnation, which reſpects the Laft Judgment, unden1- abl : T How then does the Apoſtle ſay, That Fleſh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God ? 1 Cr. 15 $0»

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S. I rontels JOU follow, that if no Fleſh can enter Heayen,uchen Chriſt's glorified Body . cannot be ws * bichdoubtlelſs ic is. Burt-have we fufficient Te- mes 1.4 char our-Bodjes ſhall put off Moruliy, and be

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wh * he 4s ' able even to ſupdue all things ynto himſelf, Phil, 8, Afe there 2ny Examples, rhat any "of the Dead who had lain long in the Graves was railed ?.* _ F, Yes, theres a full Inſtance of that, Mat. 27. 525 3. Tie Graves were opened, and many Bodies of- the Saints 371 (#pt, aroſe and came out of the Graves, and -appeared to many, Now theſe Sainrs doubrleſs had been long dead, for we read cf no Saints dying at Feraſalem abour the time of Chriſt's Suftering, S. Are there any other Examples to confirm this orcar Article of our Faith ? K, Ir pleaſed God to give an Inſtance of his Power, and of his Will in this bekalf, near the beginning of the World, in thar he tranflaced Enoch that he ſhould nt (CC Peach, Gil:5.24. Hed,l1+5,

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2, He raiſed alfo the Daughter of Shs Mark Go 40, 41,42

. Chriſt raiſed Lazarus when He had! been dead and buried, commanding the Dead to come forrh 3 3 and though he was bound hand and foor, yet tt came Yorch by the Power of God, John 11. 43,44. (44,

4. St. Peter raiſed Tibitha to Life, by. che ſtre pi Chriſt, A#.9.40,41. | p '- s, Butthe greateſt Inſtance of all is, the Reſur ys on of Chriſt himſelf, by which God hath given aflury

to allMen, thar all Men ſhall riſe again, both the! Juſt and Unjuſt, 4.17.21.

'S. Was this Article of Faith received -by the Pro- phers before the coming of Chriſt ? |

F, The Prophet David ſpake of the Reſurre&ion of the Body of Cirift, P/al. 16. 8. and of the hope of his - own ReſurreQion alſo. This was, the hope of Iſrael, AR.23-21.& 24:15.

2, The Prophet 7 hath theſe words 3 Thy dead Men ſhall live, together witb my 4244 Body ſhall they ariſe : awake, and ſing, ye that dwillin the Duſt, Iſa. 26, 19, Auguſtine refers this to the Reſurretion,

3. Daniel tells us, That. many that ſleep in the Duſt of the Earth, (hall awake, ſoin? to everlaſting Life, and ſome to everlaſting ſhame and contenpt, Dan, 12.2.

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S. Theſe Feſtimonies are very cleat, 1 deſire ſome further confirmation of this Truth from the New Te- ” Farheite@- 2 F. 1, For this I refer you to the ſerious reading of 1 Cor. 15. throughout z. -where the Apoſtle, by divers Arguments, confirms this Truth, and eſpecially by the Reſurre&ion of Chriſt, and the importance of the thing it ſelf, making all Religion mniignificant, unleſs there be a Reſurre&ion from the Dead,

4 | 2: I will here inſert this excellent, Teſtimony to the q {oem h I would not gat You L2HOYant, Brethren, concerning then * which are aflee Tt at Je ſorrow nat, even as others which - qPaze no hope. Far if, we believe that Teſus died, and roſe a- * | rain, then. they dlſe;which ſleep in Feſus, ſhall God bring with , * For this we. Jay unto you by the Word of the Lord, t we ws, wl remain unto the. coming of the

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Shepherd divideth his Sheep from the Goats, Mat.25.31,32« S. To what end ſhall Chriſt rhus divide che Na- tions ? DTD _— F. To give to every Man according as bis Work ſhall be, - For he ſhall ſet the Sheep on his right Hand, and the Goats on

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il] * x. God's Ofnniſcience; for he ſhall bring every Work to Judgment, with every ſecret Thing, whether 4 ir be Good or Ey1], Eccleſ. 12. ult, G 2.: The Conſciences of Men which then ſhall be a- mM wakened to condemn them, or acquit them, Roy, 2. l 15, x6. may here be'ealled Books, 4 S," Tdefire ro knew What is meant by the Book of | 15667 and whether any that were once. written in'ir, b m: be blotted out'vf” 511 j 7,” The rime 'when'this Book ſhall be opened, will fo beſt. reſolve the firſt veſtion, But thus much we "4 Ktiow, That the Promiſe > ad Covenant of Life made

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Everlaſting, their Kingdom incorruptible dud wwlalitt fadeth not away. os .. * God ſhall wipe away all Tears, from. thiir Eyes, and ſhall be no more death, nor forvom, wor crfaag 4 ar all ther - any. more jan, fir the former things oe pa CV. 21. _ They Gal ſhine as the brightneſs of the Firmanont, ad » © as the Stars, for ever and eutr,, Dan, 13» 3 |

HS. Shall the Children of God bd, one another, aud & 2 {o rejoiec together-in rheKin of their Father ?

F. 1. Yes, they ſhall belike che p$m who know one another, and rejoice together ;jn. Heaven; - Lake 1 ge 9, 10. They ſhall bc like Chriſt, for rl 6c ſee him as he is; and as<ie converſed of the things concerning | bis Kingdem alter hs was, riſen, He will tell rhem allo

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.S, When ſhall be the Time of this ' Eternal Judg- ment?

F. God has not revealed ine ro Man ; but In that our Life here1s very ſhort, this Judgment ; is at han&in reſpe&tof:'us. For it: is appointed unto: Man once to dit and after that the 7udgment, Heb. 9, 27.

S; Lam: well fatisfhed concerning theſe- Saered Prin. |

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God, nor can be withour Baptiſm, And here -remem-: | ber our dear; Saviour would not: preach one. Berman.

rjll he was baptiſed. ; When Men are competengly vified and qualificd,

in ooint of Life, being Church-members, they.. arszto;. | be choſen. by the-Church, and!ordain'd to the Wiokeh |

the Miniſtery, by Prayer and Faſting,;, with the. on of Hands of the Meſſengers and -Elders of...the Church, for ſuch Offices-as the Church finds them moſt eapable, |

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which are capable, to exerciſe their Gifts to the edifi- . cation of the Body ; and Men thus called, or.. Privi; + ledged in the Church, thou mayeſt lawfully hear, FT

thou further goeſt, thou goeſt without Rule...

S. Whar honour or reſpe&t do I ow fo 1 mY lawful Pa- ſtours or Teachers ?

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2. Thou muſt obey rhem in the. clare to thee the Counſel of God, and a

moniſh- tftee,

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them a Bleſſing to chee. ar Of whar.concertiment is, the gol raul of ths Lord?

ing ordained by Chriſt himſelf ro ſhew forth a perpe- tual. Memorial of his Death, till he come the ſecond _ time without Sin ro Salvation. ..S. I pray ſhew me'the manner of its 11 itution, F. Tye Lord Feſus,the ſame night in which be was bitray- ed, took Bread, And when he bad given thanks \ he brake it, and ſaid, Take, tat, this is mv Body which is broken jor Joh, :hi 6 £0 #1 PEMEINDY ANCE of mW .. : And

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- Dodrine, and true Chriſtian Fellowſhip, A..2. 42. ::

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Blood of Chriſt, in a ſpiritual and myſtical Senſe, 'byr. 0 | not carnally and corporally, - reeds 8, AreallMembersof the Church to partake of the

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Chriſt, and the Cup is the Communion of the Blood of Chriſt; and of this Communion the .whole Body My-

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whither he be a Servant or a Maſter, Epheſ, 6. 8; to 9. S. What is the Duty of young Men to the Aged?

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unto Governours as unto thoſe that” are, ſent by-him,; 1 Pet, 2. 13, 14 Thou muſt he ready to every gaod- Work which they command, Tit, 3. 3. Thou muſt; in no viſc rebel againſt him, Ron. + RR

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