12. Neither is there Salvation in any other; for there is none other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby we must be faved.

Q. 7. What learn you from God's Election?

A. What Caufe we have to admire Free-grace in our Choice, who were no better than others, Eph. ii. 3. And were by Nature Children of Wrath, even as others.

Q. 8. What is the fecond Inftruction?

A. It teaches us Humility, we made not ourselves to differ; but the free Grace of God made the Difference, 1 Cor. iv. 7. For who maketh thee to differ from another?

Q. 9. What is the third Inftruction?

A. It teaches us Diligence to make our Election fure to ourselves, by our Calling, 2 Pet. i. 10. Wherefore the rather Brethren, give Diligence to make your Calling and Election fure.

Q. 10. What is the fourth Inftruction?

A. It is Matter of Comfort to God's Elect, amidst all Dangers in the World, 2 Tim. ii. 19. Nevertheless the Foundation of God ftandeth fure, having this Seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.

Quest. 1.

Of the Covenant of Grace.

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HAT is the Covenant of Grace? A. It is a new Compact or Agreement made with Sinners, out of meer Grace, wherein God promifeth to be our God, and that we fhall be his People, and to give everlafting Life to all that believe in Chrift, Jer. xxxi. 33. But this fhall be the Covenant that I will make with the Honfe of Ifrael, after thofe Days, faith the Lord, I will put my Law in their inward Parts, and write it in their Hearts, and will be their God, and they fhall be my People.

Q. 2. How doth this Covenant differ from the Covenant of Works.

A. They differ many ways; but principally in three Things: First, the Covenant of Works had no Mediator; the Covenant of Grace hath a Mediator, Heb. xii. 24. And to Jefus the Mediator of the new Covenant: Secondly, in the former, no Place was found for Repentance. In the Second,

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God admits it, Heb. viii. 10. For this is the Covenant that I will make with the Houfe of Ifrael, after thoje Days, faith the Lord, I will put my Laws in their Minds, and write them in their Hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a People, ver. xii. For I will be merciful to their Unrighteoufness, and their Sins will I remember no more: Thirdly, In their Condition, the former requires exact Obedience, the latter Faith, and fincere Obedience, Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be faved.

Q. 3. May a Sinner that hath no Worthiness at all of his own, be taken into the Covenant of Grace?

A. Yes, he may, Ifa. xliii. 25. I, even I, am he, that blotteth out thy Tranfgreffions for mine own fake, and will not remember thy Sins. This Covenant is not of Works but of Grace, Rom. xi. 5, 6. And if by Grace, then it is no more of Works, otherwife Grace is no more Grace; but if it be of Works then it is no more Grace, otherwife Work is no more Work.

Q4. Is this Covenant changeable, or an unchangeable Covenant?

A. No, it is not changeable, but everlafting and unchangeable for ever, Ifa. liv. 10. For the Mountains fall depart, and the Hills be removed, but my Kindness fhall not depart from thee, neither all the Covenant of my Peace be removed, faith the Lord, that hath Mercy on thee.

Q5. What are the principal Things bestowed in this Covenant?

A. God himself, and in and with him Pardon and Salvation, Jer. xxxi. 33. I will be their God, and they shall be my People.

Q. 6. Can no Sin be forgiven out of this Covenant?

A. No, God pardons none out of this Covenant, John iii. 18. But he that believeth not, is condemned already. Q. 7. What is the first Inftru&tion hence?

A. Humbled and believing Sinners have fingular Support from this new Covenant, 1 John ii. 12. I write unto you little Children, because your Sins are forgiven you for his Name Jake. Q. 8. What is the fecond Inftruction from hence?

A. That it is the great Concern of all Men to examine whether they be in this Covenant, or no, 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the Faith, prove your

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own felves; know ye not your own felves, how that Jefus Chrift is in you, except ye be Reprobates.

Q. 9. What is the third Instruction ?

A. See here the miferable State of the wicked, which have no Intereft in it, Pfal. 1. 16. But unto the wicked, God faith, What haft thou to do to declare my Statutes, or that thou fhouldft take my Covenant in thy Mouth?

Q. 10. What is the last Instruction?

A. That Chriftians are obliged to walk as People in Covenant with God, 1 Pet. ii. 9. But ye are a chofen Generation, a royal Priesthood, an holy Nation, a peculiar People; that ye should fhew forth the Praifes of him, who hath called you out of Darkness into his marvellous Light.

Quest. 21.

Of the only Redeemer.

WHO is the Redeemer of God's Elect ?

A. The only Redeemer of God's Elect, is the Lord Jefus Chrift, who being the eternal Son of God, became Man, and fo was, and continueth to be God and Man, in two diftin&t Natures, and one Perfon for ever.

Q. What doth the Name Redeemer fignify?

A. It fignifies one that frees another out of Captivity and Bondage, as Christ did, Mat. xx. 28. And to give his Life a Ranfome for mány.

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Q2. What was the Mifery from which Chrift delivered

A. A twofold Mifery, viz. Sin and Hell. First, Sin, Mat. i. 21. Thou shalt call his Name Jefus, for he shall fave his People from their Sins. Secondly, Hell, 1 Thef. i. 10. Even Jefus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come.

Q. 3. How did Chrift deliver us from this Mifery?

A. First, By Price: Secondly, By Power. By Price, 1 Pet. i. 18, 19. Ye are not redeemed with Silver and Gold from your vain Converfation, received by Tradition from your Fathers: But with the precious Blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without Blemish, and without Spot. By Power, Col. i. 13. Who hath delivered us from the Power of Darkness, and hath tranflated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.

Q. 4. When was the Redemption wrought by Christ ?
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A. It was decreed from Eternity; it was actually wrought on the Cross, Col. i. 20. And having made Peace through the Blood of his Cross, by him to reconcile all Things unto himfelf, by him, I fay, whether they be Things in Earth, or Things in Heaven.

Q. 5. How then could they be redeemed that died before? A. Though Chrift's Blood was actually fhed after the Old Teftament, Believers died; yet the Virtue of Christ's Death extends to them, as well as us, Heb. xi. 39, 40. And thefe all having obtained a good Report through Faith, received not the Promife, God having provided fome better Thing for us, that they without us fhould not be made perfect. Q. 6. Why would not God deliver Redeemer?

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A. Because it was not fo much for the Honour of his Juftice, Rom. iii. 25. Whom God hath fet forth to be a Profitiation through Faith in his Blood, to declare his Righteousness, for the Remiffion of Sins that are past, through the Forbearance of God. To declare, I fay, at this Time bis Righteousness, that he might be juft, and the Juftifier of him that believeth in Jesus.

Q7. What is the first Inftrnction hence ?

A. That all that are out of Chrift are in a miferable Bondage, and Captivity, John viii. 36 If the Son therefore fhall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Q. 8. What is the fecond Inftruction ?

A. Hence fee the heinous Nature of Sin, which required fuch a Price to fatisfy for it, 1 Pet. i. 18, 19. We were not redeemed with corruptible Things, as Silver and Gold, but with the precious Blood of Chrift, as of a Lamb without Blemish, `and without Sjot.

Q. 9. What is the third Instruction hence?

A. The wonderful Love of Chrift in redeeming us at fuch a Rate, Rev. i. 5. Who loved us, and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood.

Q. 10. What is the laft Inftru&ion ?

A. This ftrongly obligeth us to an univerfal Holiness, 1 Cor. vi. 20. For ye are bought with a Price; therefore glorify God in your Body, and in your Spirit, which are God's.

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Of Chrift's Incarnation.

OW did Chrift, being the Son of God, become Man?

A. Chrift the Son of God became Man, by taking to himself a true Body, and a reasonable Soul, being conceived by the Power of the Holy Ghost, in the Womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without Sin.

Q1. Who is the only Redeemer of God's Ele&?

A. The Lord Jefus Christ is their only Redeemer, and` there is no other Redeemer befides him, Acts iv. 12. Neither is there Salvation in any other; for there is none other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby we must be faved. Q. 2. How is he the Son of God, or can be, as no other is fo?

A. He is the Son of God by Nature, from all Eternity, and fo no Angel or Saint is, Heb. i 5, For unto which of the Angels, faid he, at any Time, Thou art my Son, this Day have I begotten thee?

Q3. Why was it neceffary he fhould become Man?

A. That he might be capable to fuffer Death in our room. Heb. ii. 15, 16, 17. For verily he took not on him the Nature of Angels, but he took on him the Seed of Abraham; wherefore in all Things it behoved him to be made like unto his Brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest, in Things pertaining to God, to make Reconciliation for the Sins of the People.

Q. 4. Why muft the Redeemer be God as well as Man? A. Because the Blood of a meer Man could not fatisfy and redeem us, Acts xx. 28. Feed the Church of God, which be bath purchased with his own Blood.

Q5. Do thefe Natures make two Perfons?

A. No, The humane Nature is united to the fecond Ferfon, and fubfifts in Union with it, John i. 14. And the Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his Glory, the Glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of

Grace and Truth.

Q. 6. Was the Union only for a Time?