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           St.
           
           PAVL's
           CATECHISM
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           brief
           and
           plain
           Explication
           of
           the
           
             Six
             Principles
          
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           ,
           as
           recorded
           Heb.
           6.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           WITH
           Some
           Considerations
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           Natural
           and
           Universal
           Religion
           :
           As
           previous
           ,
           and
           yet
           subservient
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Revealed
           and
           Positive
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             Containing
             also
          
           ,
           The
           Duties
           of
           Children
           to
           their
           Superiors
           .
           Written
           chiefly
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           Young
           Christians
           ,
           Children
           and
           Servants
           in
           all
           Christian
           Families
           .
        
         
           By
           
             THO.
             GRANTHAM
          
           .
        
         
           
             2
             John
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             I
             rejoiced
             greatly
             ,
             that
             I
             found
             of
             thy
             Children
             walking
             in
             Truth
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             received
             a
             Commandment
             from
             the
             Father
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1687.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             To
             all
             Parents
             and
             Masters
             of
             Christian
             Families
             .
             Grace
             be
             multiplied
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Beloved
             in
             Christ
             ;
          
        
         
           AS
           you
           are
           expresly
           bound
           by
           Gospel-Rules
           ,
           to
           do
           that
           which
           is
           right
           unto
           your
           Servants
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           up
           your
           Children
           in
           the
           nurture
           and
           admonition
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           so
           I
           am
           very
           sensible
           ,
           that
           the
           capacity
           of
           many
           well-meaning
           Christians
           is
           very
           low
           ,
           to
           methodize
           their
           Instructions
           in
           this
           behalf
           .
        
         
           And
           having
           a
           desire
           to
           serve
           you
           in
           what
           I
           may
           ;
           I
           have
           here
           presented
           you
           with
           some
           Brief
           Rules
           (
           from
           the
           good
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           able
           ,
           through
           Faith
           and
           Love
           ,
           to
           make
           our
           Children
           wise
           to
           Salvation
           )
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           have
           found
           to
           be
           useful
           in
           my
           own
           Family
           .
        
         
           Be
           exhorted
           to
           tender
           the
           Salvation
           of
           all
           that
           are
           under
           your
           care
           ,
           above
           all
           other
           Considerations
           ,
           lest
           their
           Blood
           be
           required
           of
           you
           .
           Teach
           them
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           betimes
           ,
           with
           their
           Duties
           towards
           their
           Superiours
           in
           every
           state
           of
           Life
           ;
           for
           this
           shall
           be
           a
           means
           to
           preserve
           them
           from
           many
           dangerous
           Erros
           in
           these
           daies
           ,
           and
           also
           adorn
           the
           Gospel
           of
           God
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           whose
           Grace
           I
           comit
           you
           ,
           and
           remain
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             loving
             Brother
             ,
             
               T.
               GRANTHAM
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           INTRODUCTION
           .
        
         
           To
           Children
           ,
           and
           Servants
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Knowledg
           of
           the
           True
           God.
           
        
         
           THE
           Question
           ,
           
             Whether
             there
             be
             any
             God
          
           ?
           is
           so
           wicked
           and
           absurd
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           Fools
           will
           admit
           the
           Debate
           .
        
         
           For
           he
           that
           shall
           once
           say
           in
           his
           Heart
           there
           is
           no
           God
           ,
           the
           next
           thought
           in
           him
           may
           be
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           is
           God
           ,
           seeing
           there
           is
           no
           Creature
           known
           to
           us
           above
           Man.
           The
           Heavens
           ,
           Earth
           ,
           and
           Seas
           ,
           do
           all
           serve
           Him.
           
        
         
           But
           seeing
           He
           made
           not
           himself
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           ,
           that
           He
           that
           made
           Man
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           that
           are
           made
           ,
           is
           above
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           obeyed
           in
           Love
           above
           all
           ,
           Rev.
           14.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
        
         
           Remember
           therefore
           your
           Creator
           in
           the
           days
           of
           your
           Youth
           ,
           and
           dedicate
           the
           prime
           of
           your
           strength
           to
           his
           Service
           .
           Content
           your selves
           with
           such
           a
           knowledg
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           is
           held
           forth
           to
           you
           in
           his
           Holy
           Word
           and
           Mighty
           Works
           ,
           and
           as
           shall
           be
           wrought
           in
           you
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Grace
           ,
           as
           you
           adhere
           to
           Him.
           
        
         
           The
           sum
           of
           that
           Revelation
           which
           God
           hath
           made
           of
           Himself
           ,
           to
           us
           in
           his
           Holy
           Word
           ,
           may
           briefly
           be
           comprehended
           in
           these
           ensuing
           Particulars
           ;
           eac●
           〈◊〉
           which
           I
           have
           confirmed
           ,
           by
           some
           of
           the
           most
           clea●
           Testimonies
           ,
           as
           they
           relate
           to
           these
           Particulars
           respespectively
           .
           
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           read
           and
           search
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           to
           see
           whether
           these
           things
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           I.
           That
           God
           is
           One
           ,
           or
           there
           is
           but
           one
           only
           true
           and
           living
           God.
           Deut.
           6.
           4.
           
           Exod.
           20.
           3.
           1
           
           Cor.
           8.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           John
           17.
           3.
           
        
         
           Who
           hath
           revealed
           himself
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           Mat.
           28.
           19.
           
           And
           these
           three
           are
           one
           ,
           1
           John
           5.
           7.
           
           Isa
           .
           6.
           3.
           
        
         
           II.
           That
           the
           Essence
           or
           Being
           of
           this
           God
           ,
           is
           revealed
           by
           Christ
           to
           be
           a
           Spirit
           .
           
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
          
           ,
           John
           4.
           24.
           2
           
           Cor.
           3.
           17.
           
        
         
           III.
           That
           this
           God
           is
           Eternal
           ,
           without
           Beginning
           ,
           and
           without
           End
           ,
           he
           abideth
           the
           same
           for
           ever
           .
           Deut.
           33.
           27.
           
           Psal
           .
           90.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           Isa
           .
           57.
           15.
           
           Psal
           .
           93.
           2.
           
           Isa
           .
           63.
           16.
           
           Hab.
           1.
           12.
           
        
         
           IV.
           That
           God
           is
           Omnipotent
           ,
           he
           can
           do
           whatsoever
           he
           pleaseth
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           restraint
           to
           the
           Almighty
           .
           Exod.
           6.
           3.
           
           Job
           ,
           Chap.
           38
           ,
           39
           ,
           40
           ,
           41.
           
           Psal
           .
           62.
           11.
           
           &
           66.
           3
           ,
           5.
           
           Jer.
           10.
           12.
           
        
         
           V.
           That
           God
           is
           Omniscient
           ,
           or
           knoweth
           all
           things
           ,
           none
           of
           our
           Thoughts
           nor
           Actions
           can
           be
           hidden
           from
           his
           sight
           ,
           Psal
           .
           139.
           1
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           .
           Isa
           .
           45.
           21.
           
           &
           44.
           7.
           
           Prov.
           15.
           11.
           
           Heb.
           4.
           12.
           
        
         
           VI.
           That
           God
           is
           Holy
           ,
           Righteous
           ,
           and
           True
           ,
           he
           will
           judg
           the
           World
           in
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           Unrighteousness
           in
           Him.
           Josh
           .
           24.
           19.
           2
           
           Sam.
           2.
           2.
           
           Psal
           .
           5.
           6.
           
           Dan.
           9.
           7.
           
           John
           17.
           25.
           
           Zeph.
           3.
           5.
           
           Rev.
           16.
           5.
           
           Acts
           17.
           31.
           
        
         
           VII
           .
           That
           this
           God
           is
           very
           gracious
           and
           merciful
           ,
           no
           Cruelty
           is
           in
           him
           ;
           He
           delighteth
           in
           Mercy
           .
           Exod.
           34.
           6.
           
           Psal
           .
           145.
           9.
           1
           
           Pet.
           3.
           20.
           
           Isa
           .
           27.
           4.
           
           Rom.
           5.
           20
           ,
           21.
           
           Jam.
           5.
           11.
           
           Tit.
           2.
           11.
           
        
         
           VIII
           .
           That
           God
           is
           perfect
           without
           any
           weakness
           ,
           having
           no
           dependance
           upon
           any
           ,
           He
           only
           is
           perfect
           .
           Isa
           .
           40.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           21
           ,
           22
           ,
           28.
           
           Deut.
           32.
           4.
           
           Jer.
           2.
           5.
           
           Psal
           .
           75.
           3.
           
           James
           1.
           17.
           
        
         
         
           IX
           .
           That
           the
           Place
           of
           God's
           Residence
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           yet
           not
           confin'd
           to
           place
           ,
           but
           is
           present
           every
           where
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           .
           Mat.
           6.
           9.
           
           Isa
           .
           66.
           
           ●
           .
           Psal
           .
           123.
           1.
           1
           
           King.
           8.
           39.
           
           Psal
           .
           139.
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           Isa
           .
           57.
           15.
           
           Psal
           .
           68.
           16.
           
        
         
           X.
           That
           nothing
           can
           be
           done
           without
           the
           permissive
           Providence
           of
           God
           :
           yet
           many
           things
           are
           done
           contrary
           to
           his
           Will.
           Gen.
           2.
           17.
           
           &
           3.
           6.
           
           Jer.
           44.
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           Levit.
           26.
           23
           ,
           24.
           
           John
           19.
           11.
           1
           
           Pet.
           3.
           17.
           
           Mat.
           10.
           29.
           
        
         
           XI
           .
           It
           is
           unlawful
           to
           form
           any
           Shape
           ,
           Image
           ,
           or
           Representation
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ;
           no
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           in
           our
           Minds
           or
           Imaginations
           .
           Deut.
           4.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           Exod.
           2.
           4.
           
           Psal
           .
           106.
           20
           ,
           21.
           
           Acts
           17.
           29.
           
           Isa
           .
           40.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           18.
           
           Rom.
           1.
           24.
           
        
         
           XII
           .
           That
           the
           compleat
           knowledg
           and
           enjoyment
           of
           this
           God
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           attained
           till
           after
           the
           glorious
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ;
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           ,
           shall
           they
           know
           him
           fully
           .
           John
           12.
           26.
           1
           
           Cor.
           13.
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           12
           ,
           13.
           1
           
           John
           3.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           Mat.
           13.
           43.
           
           Job
           11.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
        
         
           
             
               This
               I
               say
               therefore
               ,
               and
               testify
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               that
               ye
               henceforth
               walk
               not
               as
               other
               Gentiles
               walk
               ,
               in
               the
               vanity
               of
               their
               Minds
               .
            
          
           
             
               Having
               their
               Vnderstanding
               darkned
               ,
               being
               alienated
               from
               the
               Life
               of
               God
               ,
               through
               the
               Ignorance
               that
               is
               in
               them
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               blindness
               of
               their
               Heart
               .
            
          
           
             
               Who
               being
               past
               feeling
               ,
               have
               given
               themselves
               over
               unto
               lasciviousness
               ,
               to
               work
               all
               uncleanness
               witb
               greediness
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               ye
               have
               not
               so
               learned
               Christ
               ,
               if
               so
               be
               you
               have
               heard
               him
               ,
               and
               have
               been
               taught
               by
               him
               as
               the
               Truth
               is
               in
               Jesus
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           Lord
           give
           you
           understanding
           in
           all
           things
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           St.
           PAUL's
           Catechism
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           may
           be
           convenient
           that
           this
           Catechistical
           Discourse
           be
           formed
           between
           the
           
             Father
             as
             Teacher
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Son
             as
             the
             Learner
          
           ;
           and
           thus
           we
           proceed
           .
        
         
           
             Son.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             the
             chief
             End
             for
             which
             I
             have
             a
             being
             in
             this
             World
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Father
             .
          
           
             The
             chief
             End
             for
             which
             Man
             had
             his
             being
             ,
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             might
             bear
             the
             Image
             of
             his
             Creator
             ,
             to
             govern
             this
             World
             ,
             Gen.
             1.
             26
             ,
             27.
             and
             to
             live
             in
             Obedience
             to
             his
             Creator
             ,
             Gen.
             1.
             26.
             
             &
             2.
             17.
             
             
               In
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               all
               good
               Things
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Did
             Man
             answer
             this
             chief
             End
             of
             the
             Almighty
             in
             his
             Creation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             Adam
             (
             the
             Man
             we
             speak
             of
             )
             did
             break
             the
             Covenant
             of
             his
             God
             ,
             and
             brought
             himself
             and
             all
             his
             Posterity
             under
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Death
             ,
             and
             the
             Curse
             or
             Condemnation
             of
             the
             Almighty
             .
             Gen.
             3.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             Rom.
             5.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Did
             God
             leave
             Adam
             and
             his
             Posterity
             in
             this
             condition
             ,
             without
             any
             means
             of
             recovery
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             The
             Mercy
             of
             God
             did
             intervene
             or
             come
             in
             between
             
             Adam's
             Sin
             ,
             and
             the
             Sentence
             due
             to
             him
             for
             Sin
             ,
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             by
             which
             he
             was
             put
             into
             a
             state
             of
             recovery
             from
             his
             dreadful
             Fall.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Did
             this
             favour
             of
             God
             extend
             it self
             to
             Adam
             and
             all
             his
             Posterity
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             Yes
             verily
             ,
             whole
             Adam
             sinned
             ,
             and
             whole
             Adam
             had
             this
             tender
             of
             Mercy
             .
             For
             as
             the
             Offence
             abounded
             towards
             all
             Men
             to
             condemnation
             ,
             so
             the
             Benefit
             abounded
             
             towards
             all
             Men
             
               to
               justification
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             Rom.
             5.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             
             Adam's
             Duty
             now
             in
             relation
             to
             his
             Creator
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             To
             love
             his
             merciful
             Lord
             ,
             and
             to
             serve
             him
             ,
             by
             obeying
             him
             in
             
               Duties
               of
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             humbly
             with
             his
             God
             ,
             Mich.
             6.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Religion
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             The
             word
             Religion
             signifies
             ,
             an
             holy
             Tye
             ,
             Bond
             or
             Covenant
             ,
             by
             which
             all
             Men
             stand
             obliged
             to
             love
             and
             serve
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             their
             Creator
             and
             Preserver
             .
             
               To
               you
               ,
               O
               Men
               ,
               I
               call
               ,
               and
               my
               Voice
               is
               to
               the
               Sons
               of
            
             Adam
             ,
             Prov.
             8.
             4.
             
             
               He
               hath
               shewed
               thee
               ,
               O
            
             Adam
             
               (
               or
               Man
               )
               what
               is
               good
               —
               to
               do
               justly
               ,
               love
               mercy
               ,
               and
               walk
               humbly
               with
               thy
               God
               ,
            
             Mich.
             6.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Was
             Adam
             left
             in
             a
             capacity
             to
             do
             this
             after
             the
             Fall
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             By
             the
             free
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             and
             all
             his
             Posterity
             are
             left
             or
             put
             into
             a
             capacity
             to
             obey
             God
             ,
             so
             as
             he
             will
             accept
             them
             ,
             when
             and
             in
             what
             he
             requires
             their
             Obedience
             ,
             else
             they
             could
             not
             sin
             by
             not
             obeying
             him
             ,
             Rom.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Surely
             ,
             if
             God
             Almighty
             do
             indeed
             require
             the
             Duties
             of
             Religion
             of
             all
             Men
             ,
             then
             there
             is
             undoubtedly
             a
             possibility
             of
             Salvation
             for
             all
             Men
             ,
             
               this
               gives
               me
               some
               hope
            
             .
             I
             beseech
             you
             therefore
             make
             this
             plain
             ,
             that
             God
             requires
             the
             Duties
             of
             Religion
             of
             all
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Undoubtedly
             all
             Men
             are
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Duties
             of
             Religion
             ,
             as
             their
             chief
             Business
             ;
             otherwise
             they
             should
             not
             much
             excel
             the
             Beasts
             of
             the
             Field
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             Knowledg
             which
             Man
             hath
             ,
             or
             the
             Reason
             which
             God
             hath
             given
             him
             ,
             being
             only
             imployed
             about
             earthly
             things
             ,
             would
             only
             make
             him
             the
             most
             excellent
             Animal
             :
             and
             yet
             some
             Animals
             ,
             or
             sensitive
             Creatures
             ,
             would
             seem
             to
             outdo
             him
             in
             some
             things
             ;
             and
             particularly
             the
             Hony-Bee
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             gathering
             of
             Hony
             ,
             and
             preserving
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Government
             
             she
             maintains
             in
             her
             Common-wealth
             ,
             to
             the
             due
             imitation
             whereof
             few
             Monarchs
             could
             arrive
             ,
             if
             any
             at
             all
             have
             done
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Whilst
             Man
             may
             suppose
             himself
             the
             most
             excellent
             Creature
             in
             the
             Gift
             of
             Invention
             ,
             &c.
             yet
             when
             the
             admirable
             quickness
             of
             Sense
             ,
             Agility
             of
             Body
             ,
             with
             the
             Foreknowledg
             which
             is
             in
             many
             of
             them
             of
             Times
             and
             Seasons
             ,
             and
             the
             necessary
             Provisions
             which
             they
             make
             for
             themselves
             accordingly
             ,
             without
             any
             to
             instruct
             or
             exhort
             them
             thereunto
             ,
             is
             duly
             considered
             ,
             it
             may
             much
             abate
             the
             Pride
             of
             Man
             ,
             who
             indeed
             has
             learned
             much
             more
             of
             them
             ,
             than
             they
             of
             him
             ;
             and
             yet
             they
             can
             and
             do
             learn
             many
             things
             of
             Man
             also
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             see
             plainly
             ,
             without
             God
             to
             be
             our
             God
             ,
             and
             Religion
             to
             be
             our
             Business
             ,
             we
             are
             as
             the
             Beasts
             of
             the
             Field
             .
             I
             desire
             a
             further
             Demonstration
             .
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             If
             all
             Men
             be
             not
             concern'd
             to
             mind
             the
             Business
             of
             Religion
             ,
             with
             hope
             of
             the
             acceptance
             of
             God
             therein
             ,
             they
             are
             exposed
             to
             as
             ill
             a
             condition
             as
             the
             Devils
             ,
             or
             fallen
             Angels
             .
             For
             it
             's
             certain
             ,
             Man
             is
             a
             very
             sinful
             Creature
             as
             well
             as
             the
             fallen
             Angels
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             must
             be
             irreligious
             too
             ,
             
               (
               as
               he
               must
               be
               so
               ,
               if
               God
               require
               it
               not
               of
               him
               )
            
             then
             God
             hath
             made
             him
             only
             a
             fit
             Companion
             for
             the
             Devils
             ,
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             certain
             God
             requires
             no
             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
             ,
             and
             above
             the
             fallen
             Angels
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             he
             is
             capable
             of
             the
             Mercy
             and
             Knowledg
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Mercy
             of
             God
             made
             capable
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             religious
             walking
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             dependance
             upon
             him
             as
             therein
             to
             please
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             find
             acceptance
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             what
             Religion
             this
             is
             which
             God
             requires
             of
             all
             Men
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             The
             Prophet
             Micah
             tells
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             
               to
               do
               justly
               ,
               to
               
               love
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               to
               walk
               humbly
               with
               God.
            
             St.
             Peter
             says
             ,
             it
             is
             
               to
               fear
               God
               and
               work
               Righteousness
               ,
            
             Acts
             10.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
             St.
             Paul
             tells
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             
               to
               glorify
               God
            
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             knowledg
             or
             manifestation
             which
             Men
             have
             of
             God
             ,
             Rom.
             2.
             
             Whether
             this
             be
             taken
             from
             the
             Works
             of
             his
             Hands
             ,
             Psalm
             .
             19.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
             Rom.
             1.
             20.
             
             Or
             from
             his
             more
             common
             or
             amazing
             Providences
             ,
             Exod.
             18.
             11.
             
             John
             1.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Or
             from
             the
             Work
             of
             God's
             Righteous
             Law
             written
             in
             Mens
             Hearts
             ,
             Rom.
             2.
             
             1●
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             
               There
               shall
               be
               Glory
               ,
               Honour
               ,
               and
               Peace
               ,
               to
               every
               Man
               that
               worketh
               good
               ,
               to
               the
               Jew
               first
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               the
               Gentile
               ,
               for
               there
               is
               no
               respect
               of
               Persons
               with
               God.
               For
               as
               many
               as
               have
               sinned
               without
               Law
               ,
               shall
               perish
               without
               Law
               ;
               and
               as
               many
               as
               have
               sinned
               in
               the
               Law
               ,
               shall
               be
               judged
               by
               the
               Law.
            
             And
             by
             a
             parity
             of
             Reason
             ,
             they
             that
             have
             sinned
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             shall
             be
             judged
             by
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             see
             Jer.
             9.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             sum
             or
             main
             Body
             of
             true
             Religion
             ,
             but
             this
             is
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             how
             do's
             it
             appear
             that
             the
             Nations
             know
             any
             thing
             of
             it
             who
             have
             not
             the
             Scripture
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             It
             appears
             from
             the
             very
             places
             which
             I
             have
             quoted
             ,
             because
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             here
             ,
             do
             not
             speak
             of
             Religion
             as
             then
             newly
             instituted
             ,
             but
             as
             that
             which
             had
             been
             of
             long
             continuance
             ,
             even
             in
             every
             Nation
             .
             And
             the
             Scripture
             further
             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
             Religion
             to
             the
             whole
             World.
             All
             are
             bound
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             depend
             upon
             the
             Lord
             as
             a
             gracious
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             justly
             ,
             love
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             walk
             humbly
             with
             their
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             But
             can
             Man
             please
             God
             ,
             under
             any
             of
             these
             manifestations
             of
             himself
             ,
             without
             an
             Assistant
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             he
             cannot
             ,
             therefore
             God
             provided
             an
             Assistant
             ,
             
             the
             Lamb
             slain
             from
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Sin
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             John
             1.
             29.
             
             Rev.
             13.
             8.
             whom
             he
             placed
             as
             a
             Mediator
             between
             himself
             and
             Man
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             But
             how
             shall
             any
             Man
             have
             benefit
             by
             this
             Lamb
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             this
             Mediator
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             the
             means
             to
             know
             him
             by
             his
             Name
             ,
             nor
             his
             Offices
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Many
             who
             never
             had
             the
             means
             to
             know
             the
             Mediator
             particularly
             and
             distinctly
             ,
             must
             yet
             have
             Salvation
             by
             him
             ,
             or
             else
             none
             of
             the
             Infant-race
             ,
             dying
             such
             ,
             could
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             All
             that
             know
             the
             Lord
             to
             be
             such
             a
             
               God
               as
               do's
               exercise
               loving-Kindness
               ,
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               Righteousness
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
            
             do
             know
             this
             Mediator
             virtually
             ,
             and
             believing
             on
             the
             Lord
             as
             such
             ,
             do
             know
             him
             savingly
             ,
             Jer.
             9.
             24.
             
             Psal
             .
             86.
             5.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             All
             the
             common
             Providences
             of
             God
             are
             given
             chiefly
             for
             this
             end
             ,
             to
             direct
             Men
             to
             seek
             the
             Lord
             ;
             because
             it
             appears
             from
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             capacity
             to
             feel
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             find
             him
             .
             For
             he
             is
             not
             far
             from
             every
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             because
             in
             him
             they
             live
             ,
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             being
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             And
             as
             to
             their
             ignorance
             in
             things
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             not
             particular
             and
             distinct
             means
             to
             know
             ;
             't
             is
             expresly
             said
             ,
             The
             Lord
             winked
             at
             it
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             he
             graciously
             passed
             by
             their
             weakness
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             exact
             the
             utmost
             Farthing
             ,
             Acts
             17.
             26
             ,
             27
             ,
             30.
             
             See
             and
             consider
             Job
             37.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             But
             when
             Men
             grow
             presumptuous
             and
             unthankful
             ,
             and
             give
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             incorruptible
             God
             to
             created
             things
             ,
             or
             things
             of
             their
             own
             devising
             ,
             they
             thus
             unmanning
             themselves
             ,
             and
             forgetting
             that
             they
             are
             the
             Off-spring
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             ,
             and
             not
             till
             then
             ,
             do's
             God
             withdraw
             his
             Love
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             suffers
             them
             to
             be
             filled
             with
             their
             own
             ways
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             clear
             ,
             Rom.
             1
             ,
             2
             Chapters
             ,
             and
             also
             Dan.
             5.
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             see
             it
             is
             not
             good
             for
             us
             to
             pride
             up
             our selves
             against
             the
             Nations
             ,
             which
             have
             not
             the
             Gospel
             as
             we
             have
             .
             But
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             an
             Argument
             that
             God
             loves
             us
             more
             than
             he
             loves
             them
             ,
             because
             he
             gives
             us
             greater
             means
             of
             Grace
             than
             he
             gives
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Behold
               ,
               God
               is
               mighty
               ,
               and
               despiseth
               not
               any
               .
            
             Let
             this
             Truth
             take
             place
             in
             thy
             Heart
             ,
             Job
             36.
             5.
             
             And
             then
             admit
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             to
             be
             much
             more
             to
             some
             than
             to
             all
             ,
             yet
             it
             's
             sufficient
             to
             all
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Yet
             I
             must
             inform
             thee
             ,
             that
             when
             we
             consider
             Mankind
             
               as
               they
               are
               all
               the
               Off-spring
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             as
             he
             has
             
               appointed
               the
               bounds
               of
               their
               Habitations
               ,
               that
               you
               should
               seek
               the
               Lord.
            
             Then
             like
             as
             we
             may
             not
             conclude
             ,
             that
             a
             good
             Father
             do's
             therefore
             not
             love
             his
             youngest
             Son
             ,
             so
             well
             as
             he
             loves
             his
             eldest
             Son
             ,
             because
             he
             gives
             him
             but
             half
             so
             much
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             as
             he
             gives
             the
             eldest
             Son.
             So
             neither
             may
             we
             conlude
             that
             God
             loves
             
               England
               ,
               France
            
             ,
             or
             Italy
             ,
             better
             then
             he
             loves
             America
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             greater
             means
             of
             Gospel-Light
             than
             they
             .
             He
             that
             improves
             one
             Talent
             well
             ,
             shall
             be
             accepted
             as
             well
             as
             he
             that
             improves
             five
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             well
             satisfied
             in
             this
             enquiry
             ,
             I
             see
             that
             God
             expects
             the
             Duties
             of
             Religion
             of
             all
             Men
             ,
             according
             to
             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
             Will
             ,
             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
             according
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             Lest
             whilst
             we
             seem
             concern'd
             for
             others
             ,
             we
             be
             found
             to
             neglect
             our
             own
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             first
             ,
             I
             defire
             to
             be
             instructed
             ,
             whether
             the
             
               Holy
               Spirit
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Holy
               Scripture
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Holy
               Church
            
             ,
             must
             be
             our
             guide
             in
             these
             Soul-concernments
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             these
             three
             agree
             in
             one
             Testimony
             :
             
             For
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             other
             two
             :
             Being
             indeed
             the
             Inspirations
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             Prophets
             or
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             receive
             those
             Inspirations
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             forth
             in
             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
             might
             Produce
             a
             new
             Bible
             .
             Wherefore
             that
             our
             Rules
             might
             not
             be
             too
             burthensom
             ,
             it
             pleased
             God
             ,
             that
             but
             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
             
             Pet.
             3.
             2.
             
             
               That
               ye
               may
               be
               mindfull
               of
               the
               words
               which
               were
               spoken
               before
               by
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Commandment
               of
               us
               the
               Apostles
               of
               the
               Lord
               and
               Saviour
               .
            
             If
             any
             
               come
               unto
               you
               and
               bring
               not
               this
               Doctrine
               ,
               receive
               him
               not
               into
               your
               house
               .
            
             2
             John
             v.
             10.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Seeing
             some
             pretend
             to
             the
             infallible
             conduct
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             in
             whatsoever
             they
             Decree
             in
             Council
             ;
             and
             others
             think
             they
             preach
             by
             infallible
             Inspiration
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             known
             how
             we
             may
             best
             make
             tryal
             of
             these
             Spirits
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             from
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Error
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             We
             may
             know
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             by
             these
             Rules
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Holy
             Scriptures
             being
             long
             since
             confirmed
             ,
             all
             true
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             are
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             will
             always
             magnify
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scripture
             above
             what
             themselves
             deliver
             as
             personal
             Ministers
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             never
             so
             true
             .
             For
             so
             did
             Christ
             himself
             magnify
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             John
             5.
             45
             ,
             46
             ,
             47.
             
             And
             so
             did
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             16
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Is
             it
             clear
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             more
             sure
             Word
             of
             Prophesy
             ,
             is
             meant
             the
             Writings
             of
             the
             Prophets
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             clear
             by
             the
             very
             reading
             of
             the
             Place
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             S.
             
          
           
             What
             is
             this
             dark
             place
             which
             this
             word
             of
             Prophesy
             is
             said
             to
             shine
             in
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             well
             meant
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ,
             which
             
               understood
               not
               the
               voice
               of
               their
               own
               Prophets
               ,
               which
               are
               read
               in
               their
               Synagogues
               every
               Sabbath
               day
               :
            
             Or
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             true
             of
             us
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             we
             are
             
               slow
               of
               heart
               to
               understand
               and
               believe
               all
               that
               the
               Prophets
               have
               spoken
               ,
            
             Luk.
             24.
             25.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             What
             is
             the
             Day-Star
             which
             is
             to
             arise
             in
             our
             Hearts
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             By
             a
             diligent
             attending
             upon
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             God
             gives
             Light
             to
             those
             that
             sincerely
             seek
             for
             it
             :
             
               ye
               shall
               know
               ,
               if
               ye
               follow
               on
               to
               know
               ,
            
             Hosea
             8.
             3.
             and
             God
             gives
             his
             Spirit
             to
             help
             our
             infirmity
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             satisfied
             in
             this
             exposition
             of
             the
             place
             .
             I
             pray
             proceed
             to
             further
             Rules
             by
             which
             the
             true
             Spirit
             may
             be
             known
             .
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Spirit
             which
             is
             of
             God
             ,
             does
             not
             speak
             of
             it self
             ,
             John
             16.
             13.
             
             So
             as
             to
             contradict
             what
             Christ
             hath
             said
             ,
             but
             he
             takes
             of
             Christ's
             Words
             ,
             and
             shews
             them
             to
             his
             People
             .
             It
             delivers
             no
             new
             Ordinances
             ,
             nor
             nulls
             ,
             nor
             changes
             Christ's
             old
             ones
             ;
             But
             magnifies
             Christ
             as
             the
             Law-giver
             ,
             that
             was
             to
             teach
             us
             all
             things
             ,
             John
             4.
             25.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Apostles
             by
             this
             Spirit
             have
             left
             us
             the
             whole
             Council
             of
             God
             ,
             Act
             20.
             20
             ,
             27.
             and
             by
             that
             Doctrine
             they
             knew
             that
             to
             be
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             which
             led
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             be
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Error
             which
             dissented
             from
             it
             ,
             1
             John.
             4.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             see
             there
             is
             no
             safety
             in
             adhering
             to
             my self
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             having
             the
             infallible
             Conduct
             ,
             or
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
             I
             shall
             beg
             the
             influence
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Grace
             to
             quicken
             my
             Judgment
             and
             Affection
             in
             the
             search
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             most
             infallible
             Records
             of
             God
             and
             his
             Church
             .
             But
             yet
             I
             
             desire
             a
             little
             help
             ,
             How
             I
             may
             best
             satisfy
             my self
             ,
             or
             others
             ,
             that
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             undoubted
             Oracles
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             To
             satisfy
             thy
             Soul
             in
             this
             enquiry
             ,
             thou
             hast
             God's
             own
             Testimony
             ,
             who
             every-where
             speaks
             to
             thee
             in
             them
             ,
             by
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             by
             Miracles
             .
             If
             any
             deny
             the
             truth
             of
             those
             Records
             ,
             they
             only
             deprive
             themselves
             of
             the
             Authority
             of
             all
             Records
             that
             are
             extant
             in
             the
             World
             of
             former
             Ages
             :
             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
             Testimony
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Angels
             ,
             that
             the
             Old
             Testament
             is
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             truth
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Lay
             aside
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             and
             then
             no
             Man
             can
             preach
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             respecting
             the
             Birth
             ,
             Life
             ,
             Doctrine
             ,
             Miracles
             ,
             Death
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
             Assension
             ,
             or
             second
             coming
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             We
             have
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             first
             Churches
             ,
             that
             these
             Books
             are
             the
             undoubted
             Oracles
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             if
             their
             Testimony
             be
             not
             of
             credit
             ,
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             present
             Church
             will
             signifie
             nothing
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             These
             Scriptures
             must
             either
             be
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
             But
             who
             dare
             say
             they
             are
             of
             Satan
             ?
             They
             are
             the
             most
             destructive
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             Designs
             ,
             of
             any
             Books
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             These
             Considerations
             must
             needs
             be
             satisfactory
             to
             all
             that
             pretend
             to
             be
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith.
             I
             desire
             therefore
             to
             be
             instructed
             in
             the
             true
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             especially
             in
             such
             parts
             of
             it
             as
             are
             necessary
             to
             our
             walking
             with
             God
             in
             a
             Church-way
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             have
             fellowship
             with
             God
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             in
             the
             orderly
             profession
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             let
             us
             begin
             there
             ,
             where
             our
             Lord
             Christ
             began
             to
             preach
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             follow
             
             him
             whom
             our
             Heavenly
             Father
             hath
             given
             to
             be
             
               a
               Witness
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               for
               a
               Leader
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               Commander
               to
               the
               People
               ,
            
             Isa
             .
             50.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             First
             Principle
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             CATECHISM
             :
             Or
             ,
             
               Repentance
               from
               dead
               Works
            
             .
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               I
               Desire
               to
               know
               ,
               what
               were
               the
               first
               Things
               preached
               by
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               learned
               by
               their
               Followers
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               Things
               which
               Christ
               preached
               were
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               Faith
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               written
               ,
               Matth.
               4.
               17.
               
               Mark
               1.
               14.
               
            
             
               Whose
               Heavenly
               Doctrine
               is
               more
               fully
               set
               down
               ,
               and
               gathered
               into
               
                 six
                 Principles
              
               by
               St.
               
                 Paul.
                 Heb.
              
               6.
               1
               ,
               2.
               and
               thus
               declared
               .
               
                 Repentance
                 from
                 dead
                 Works
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Faith
                 towards
                 God
                 ;
                 of
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Baptisms
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 laying
                 on
                 of
                 Hands
                 :
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 the
                 Dead
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 eternal
                 Judgment
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Seeing
               these
               are
               the
               Foundation-Principles
               ,
               how
               must
               I
               understand
               the
               Apostle
               when
               he
               saith
               ,
               learning
               the
               Principles
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               They
               are
               words
               respecting
               the
               order
               of
               Discourse
               ,
               and
               bear
               this
               sence
               ;
               that
               St.
               Paul
               would
               leave
               at
               that
               time
               to
               speak
               further
               of
               these
               Principles
               ;
               and
               go
               on
               to
               more
               perfect
               or
               higher
               Mysteries
               ,
               and
               so
               he
               ●roceeds
               to
               discourse
               of
               the
               excellency
               of
               Christ's
               Priesthood
               above
               the
               Aaronical
               Priesthood
               ,
               Chap.
               7
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               ,
               if
               we
               should
               otherwise
               leave
               these
               Principles
               ,
               we
               should
               leave
               God
               himself
               ,
               for
               without
               Faith
               and
               Humiliation
               we
               cannot
               please
               God.
               But
               does
               not
               Faith
               go
               before
               Repentance
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               F.
               
            
             
               We
               must
               distinguish
               of
               Faith.
               There
               is
               the
               Faith
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               who
               generally
               do
               believe
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               that
               will
               punish
               the
               Wicked
               ,
               and
               reward
               the
               Just
               .
               This
               Faith
               must
               go
               before
               Repentance
               ,
               Heb.
               11.
               6.
               
            
             
               But
               the
               Faith
               here
               spoken
               of
               ,
               is
               the
               Faith
               of
               actual
               Justification
               ;
               and
               this
               Faith
               must
               needs
               follow
               Repentance
               ,
               Rom.
               3.
               25.
               and
               5.
               1.
               thus
               
                 God
                 is
                 the
                 justifier
                 of
                 him
                 that
                 believeth
                 in
                 Jesus
                 .
              
               Impenitent
               Sinners
               are
               so
               far
               from
               Justification
               ,
               that
               Christ
               tells
               them
               ,
               Except
               they
               repent
               ,
               they
               shall
               all
               perish
               ,
               Luke
               13.
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               thank
               you
               for
               this
               distinction
               ;
               I
               see
               the
               necessity
               of
               Repentance
               .
               Pray
               shew
               me
               the
               true
               Nature
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               how
               I
               may
               obtain
               Repentance
               unto
               Life
               ;
               And
               whether
               it
               be
               the
               Gift
               of
               God
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               That
               Repentance
               unto
               Life
               is
               the
               Gift
               God
               ,
               is
               very
               clear
               ,
               Acts
               5.
               31.
               
               &
               11.
               18.
               
               It
               is
               a
               special
               Mercy
               flowing
               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
               not
               ,
               Psalm
               68.
               18.
               
               Acts
               17.
               30.
               
               Thus
               God
               gives
               Repentance
               ,
               both
               graciously
               and
               preceptively
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               But
               does
               not
               God
               also
               give
               Power
               ,
               with
               his
               gracious
               Precept
               ,
               to
               repent
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               That
               God
               gives
               Repentance
               potentially
               ,
               is
               true
               ;
               Jer.
               31.
               18
               ,
               19.
               
               
                 Turn
                 thou
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 turned
                 :
                 surely
                 when
                 I
                 was
                 turned
                 ,
                 I
                 repented
                 .
              
               Yet
               this
               Power
               is
               not
               irresistible
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               sufficient
               ,
               either
               to
               effect
               Repentance
               ,
               or
               to
               leave
               the
               Sinner
               without
               excuse
               ,
               Ezek.
               24.
               13.
               
               Rom.
               1.
               32.
               compared
               with
               Rom.
               2.
               1.
               
            
             
               Christ
               was
               sent
               to
               turn
               every
               one
               of
               the
               Jews
               from
               their
               Iniquities
               ;
               and
               there
               was
               a
               sufficiency
               of
               Power
               in
               the
               means
               which
               he
               used
               to
               do
               it
               .
               But
               yet
               they
               resisted
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               were
               destroyed
               in
               their
               Iniquities
               ,
               Acts
               3.
               26.
               
               &
               7.
               51.
               see
               Mat.
               12.
               41.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               see
               plainly
               we
               may
               not
               look
               for
               in
               irresistibl●
               Power
               to
               convert
               us
               to
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               Gospel
               ,
               
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 ministration
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
              
               is
               to
               us
               the
               Power
               of
               God
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               it
               was
               to
               the
               Jews
               ,
               Rom.
               1.
               16
               ,
               17.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               are
               the
               Parts
               of
               Repentance
               unto
               Life
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               Parts
               of
               Repentance
               unto
               Life
               were
               principally
               three
               .
               1.
               
               A
               thorow
               or
               due
               sense
               of
               Sin
               ,
               in
               the
               sinful
               Nature
               of
               it
               .
               2.
               
               A
               godly
               sorrow
               for
               our
               Sins
               ;
               chiefly
               ,
               because
               we
               have
               committed
               them
               against
               the
               Will
               and
               Commandment
               of
               that
               gracious
               God
               ,
               by
               whose
               Mercy
               and
               Goodness
               we
               live
               and
               enjoy
               all
               good
               Things
               .
               3.
               
               It
               consists
               in
               a
               holy
               resolution
               and
               endeavour
               to
               forsake
               all
               sinful
               ways
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Pray
               explain
               the
               first
               part
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               by
               shewing
               me
               what
               Sin
               is
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               have
               a
               due
               sense
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               Scripture
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               St.
               Paul
               had
               not
               known
               Sin
               but
               by
               the
               Law
               ,
               Rom.
               7.
               7.
               
               And
               that
               by
               the
               Law
               is
               the
               knowledg
               of
               Sin
               ,
               Rom.
               3.
               20.
               and
               that
               Sin
               is
               the
               Transgression
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               John
               3.
               4.
               
               And
               where
               no
               Law
               is
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Transgression
               .
               And
               that
               the
               substance
               and
               work
               of
               this
               Law
               is
               so
               far
               revealed
               to
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               World
               is
               under
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               by
               the
               breach
               of
               God's
               Law
               ,
               every
               Mouth
               shall
               be
               stopped
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               World
               be
               found
               guilty
               before
               God
               ,
               Rom.
               3.
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               23.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               ,
               if
               all
               the
               World
               be
               not
               under
               some
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               they
               could
               not
               be
               guilty
               of
               Sin
               against
               God.
               But
               my
               desire
               is
               ,
               to
               know
               what
               Law
               we
               are
               under
               ,
               who
               have
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               amongst
               us
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               We
               are
               under
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               given
               to
               Mankind
               universally
               ,
               (
               being
               of
               the
               
                 Gentile
                 Race
              
               )
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Principles
               of
               Right
               Reason
               ,
               and
               the
               Instructions
               of
               the
               Book
               of
               Creation
               ,
               Psal
               .
               19.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3.
               
               Rom.
               1.
               2.
               
               whereunto
               it
               has
               pleased
               God
               to
               add
               this
               great
               Blessing
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               the
               Divine
               Law
               ,
               as
               contained
               in
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               by
               which
               more
               excellent
               Things
               are
               made
               known
               ;
               which
               are
               also
               explain'd
               and
               confirm'd
               to
               us
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               whom
               we
               are
               commanded
               to
               hear
               in
               all
               things
               .
               And
               thus
               we
               are
               under
               the
               teachings
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               both
               Natural
               &
               Divine
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Where
               shall
               we
               find
               the
               Substance
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               Natural
               and
               Divine
               ,
               recommended
               and
               explained
               to
               us
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               Ten
               Commandments
               ,
               Exod.
               20.
               which
               are
               explained
               in
               our
               Saviour's
               Sermons
               on
               the
               Mount
               ,
               &c.
               
               Mat.
               Chap.
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7.
               and
               comprised
               by
               him
               in
               the
               two
               great
               Evangelical
               Precepts
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 To
                 love
                 God
                 above
                 all
                 ;
                 and
                 our
                 Neighbours
                 as
                 our selves
                 ,
              
               Mat.
               22.
               37
               ,
               38
               ,
               39
               ,
               40.
               
               Upon
               these
               two
               
                 Commands
                 hang
                 all
                 the
                 Law
                 and
                 the
                 Prophets
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               How
               may
               a
               Man
               know
               that
               he
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               breach
               of
               these
               Laws
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               By
               considering
               the
               quality
               of
               that
               Love
               which
               we
               owe
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               our
               Neighbour
               ,
               respectively
               :
               For
               our
               Love
               to
               God
               must
               be
               of
               the
               superlative
               or
               highest
               Degree
               ;
               less
               than
               this
               he
               will
               not
               accept
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Our
               Love
               to
               our
               Neighbour
               must
               be
               of
               the
               Possitive
               Degree
               ,
               even
               as
               we
               love
               our selves
               ;
               and
               by
               how
               much
               we
               come
               short
               in
               these
               ,
               by
               so
               much
               we
               sin
               and
               come
               short
               of
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               of
               glorifying
               him
               as
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               are
               the
               true
               demonstrations
               of
               Love
               to
               God
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               When
               God
               is
               chiefly
               and
               most
               delightfully
               in
               our
               thoughts
               of
               all
               things
               whatsoever
               ,
               Psal
               .
               43.
               4.
               
               Psal
               .
               25.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               When
               his
               Word
               ,
               and
               chiefly
               his
               Commands
               ,
               are
               not
               grievous
               but
               delightful
               to
               us
               ,
               1
               John
               2.
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               5.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               When
               Sin
               is
               the
               Object
               of
               our
               hatred
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               contrary
               to
               the
               Nature
               and
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               Psal
               .
               37.
               10.
               
               Jude
               23.
               
               Rev.
               2.
               6.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               When
               we
               hunger
               and
               thirst
               for
               the
               gracious
               ,
               and
               
               for
               the
               glorious
               enjoyment
               of
               God
               ,
               Psal
               .
               42.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               John
               14.
               8.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               are
               the
               true
               Demonstrations
               of
               Love
               to
               my
               Neighbour
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               They
               are
               many
               ,
               some
               are
               continual
               ,
               and
               some
               are
               occasional
               ;
               and
               they
               flow
               from
               this
               Spring
               .
               A
               hearty
               desire
               of
               their
               good
               ,
               or
               constant
               Prayer
               to
               God
               for
               them
               ;
               for
               this
               keeps
               our
               Heart
               open
               in
               love
               towards
               them
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               avoid
               all
               things
               that
               may
               do
               them
               harm
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               pity
               and
               help
               them
               in
               their
               Necessities
               ,
               as
               we
               are
               able
               ,
               both
               in
               things
               Temporal
               and
               Spiritual
               .
               This
               is
               that
               Charity
               ,
               without
               which
               the
               highest
               Pretences
               to
               Religion
               are
               nothing
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               By
               these
               brief
               Rules
               ,
               I
               perceive
               how
               greatly
               Sin
               has
               prevailed
               against
               Men
               generally
               ,
               and
               against
               my self
               in
               particular
               ,
               whilst
               we
               have
               followed
               the
               desires
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Mind
               ,
               neglecting
               both
               God
               and
               our
               Neighbour
               .
               What
               manner
               of
               Repentance
               is
               that
               which
               you
               call
               the
               second
               Part
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               godly
               Sorrow
               ,
               or
               sorrowing
               for
               Sin
               after
               a
               godly
               sort
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               7.
               9.
               and
               arises
               in
               the
               Heart
               from
               this
               Consideration
               ;
               That
               whilst
               a
               gracious
               God
               hath
               been
               following
               us
               with
               Mercies
               ,
               from
               day
               to
               day
               ,
               we
               have
               consum'd
               these
               Days
               and
               Mercies
               in
               ignorance
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               in
               sinful
               Courses
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               against
               Heaven
               ,
               Luk.
               15.
               18.
               
               And
               the
               truly
               Penitent
               ,
               do
               often
               meet
               with
               
               David's
               experience
               ,
               Psal
               .
               51.
               4.
               
               &
               77.
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4.
               
               
                 Against
                 thee
                 ,
                 thee
                 only
                 have
                 I
                 sinned
                 ,
                 and
                 done
                 this
                 evil
                 in
                 thy
                 sight
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 my
                 trouble
                 I
                 sought
                 the
                 Lord
                 :
                 my
                 sore
                 ran
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 ,
                 and
                 ceased
                 not
                 :
                 my
                 Soul
                 refused
                 to
                 be
                 comforted
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 thought
                 upon
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 troubled
                 :
                 I
                 complained
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Spirit
                 was
                 overwhelmed
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 so
                 troubled
                 I
                 cannot
                 speak
                 .
              
               And
               in
               this
               Conflict
               ,
               the
               Sinner
               will
               remember
               his
               sinful
               Original
               ,
               Psal
               .
               51.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Is
               Original
               Sin
               cause
               of
               Humiliation
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               undoubtedly
               ;
               For
               all
               Flesh
               was
               ,
               and
               is
               defiled
               by
               it
               ,
               (
               Christ
               only
               excepted
               ,
               Heb.
               4.
               15.
               
               )
               and
               should
               have
               perished
               under
               it
               ,
               had
               not
               Christ
               ,
               the
               Lamb
               of
               God
               ,
               been
               in
               God's
               Decree
               slain
               from
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               to
               take
               away
               this
               Sin
               of
               the
               World
               in
               the
               condemning
               power
               of
               it
               ,
               John
               1.
               29.
               
               Rom.
               5.
               18.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               gladly
               know
               how
               to
               attain
               this
               Godly
               Sorrow
               ,
               which
               worketh
               Repentance
               unto
               Salvation
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Consider
               ,
               in
               order
               thereunto
               ,
               That
               the
               Holy
               God
               hates
               those
               who
               presumptuously
               go
               on
               in
               their
               Trespasses
               ,
               Psal
               .
               7.
               11
               ,
               12
               ,
               13.
               
               &
               68.
               21.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               But
               
                 if
                 any
                 say
                 I
                 have
                 sinned
                 ,
                 and
                 perverted
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 right
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 profited
                 me
                 not
                 ;
                 he
                 shall
                 deliver
                 his
                 Soul
                 from
                 going
                 to
                 the
                 Pit
                 ,
              
               Job
               33.
               27
               ,
               28.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               Think
               often
               of
               the
               Judgments
               of
               God
               against
               obdurate
               Sinners
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Mercy
               in
               sparing
               thee
               so
               long
               .
               And
               let
               his
               Goodness
               and
               Forbearance
               lead
               thee
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               Rom.
               2.
               4.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               Pray
               much
               to
               Almighty
               God
               to
               be
               thy
               help
               herein
               ;
               Jer.
               31.
               18.
               
               
                 Turn
                 thou
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 turned
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 art
                 the
                 Lord
                 my
                 God.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               May
               these
               Directions
               be
               blessed
               to
               me
               ,
               I
               shall
               then
               have
               my
               desire
               .
               But
               what
               mean
               you
               by
               the
               third
               part
               of
               Repentance
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               I
               mean
               ,
               1.
               a
               holy
               loathing
               and
               abhorring
               all
               Sin
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               1
               John
               3.
               8.
               
               And
               because
               God
               hates
               it
               ,
               and
               because
               Christ
               died
               for
               it
               ,
               or
               because
               of
               it
               .
               2.
               
               Abstain
               from
               the
               act
               of
               Sin
               ,
               in
               Desire
               ,
               Word
               ,
               and
               Deed
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               possible
               ;
               Jonah
               3.
               10.
               
               
                 God
                 saw
                 their
                 Works
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 turned
                 from
                 their
                 evil
                 ways
                 .
                 Break
                 off
                 thy
                 Sins
                 by
                 Righteousness
                 ,
              
               Dan.
               4.
               27.
               
               
                 Repent
                 you
                 therefore
                 and
                 be
                 converted
                 ,
              
               Acts
               3.
               19.
               
               This
               is
               to
               bring
               forth
               Fruit
               meet
               for
               Repentance
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Hath
               Man
               any
               liberty
               of
               Will
               ,
               and
               any
               measure
               of
               Power
               ,
               thus
               to
               hate
               and
               forsake
               Sin
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               By
               the
               Bounty
               of
               God
               ,
               Man
               hath
               some
               Liberty
               
               and
               Power
               this
               way
               ,
               he
               is
               not
               chained
               to
               his
               Sin
               of
               necessity
               ;
               Josh
               .
               24.
               19.
               
               
                 Chuse
                 you
                 this
                 day
                 whom
                 you
                 will
                 serve
                 .
                 To
                 day
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 hear
                 his
                 Voice
                 ,
                 harden
                 not
                 your
                 Hearts
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               3.
               7
               ,
               8.
               
               Mary
               
                 hath
                 chosen
                 the
                 good
                 part
              
               ,
               uk
               .
               10.
               42.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               Yet
               Man's
               Infirmity
               in
               the
               exercise
               of
               this
               Liberty
               and
               Power
               is
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               not
               to
               depend
               upon
               this
               Liberty
               and
               Power
               ,
               but
               upon
               the
               strength
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               use
               of
               them
               ,
               Hos
               .
               14.
               2.
               2
               
               Cor.
               3.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               my self
               ,
               and
               all
               Men
               indispensably
               bound
               to
               repent
               ,
               and
               turn
               to
               God.
               But
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               whether
               this
               Repentance
               will
               justify
               the
               Sinner
               ,
               or
               how
               far
               it
               is
               available
               hereunto
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Though
               a
               Sinner
               humble
               himself
               ,
               and
               repent
               in
               Dust
               and
               Ashes
               ,
               as
               truly
               as
               Job
               did
               ,
               Job
               42.
               6.
               
               Yet
               is
               he
               not
               
                 thereby
                 justified
              
               ,
               but
               only
               prepared
               to
               justification
               ;
               for
               remission
               of
               Sin
               follows
               Repentance
               ,
               Luke
               24.
               47.
               and
               is
               made
               ours
               ,
               
                 freely
                 by
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 Redemption
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 .
              
               For
               without
               shedding
               of
               Blood
               there
               is
               no
               Remission
               ,
               Heb.
               9.
               22.
               
               &
               10.
               18.
               
               Rom.
               5.
               9.
               
               We
               must
               therefore
               in
               no
               wise
               place
               our
               Justification
               in
               our
               Repentance
               ,
               for
               that
               were
               to
               place
               our
               Justification
               from
               the
               guilt
               and
               condemning
               Power
               of
               Sin
               ,
               in
               our
               Duty
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               which
               God
               forbid
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               you
               therefore
               to
               shew
               me
               this
               great
               Mystery
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               which
               guides
               poor
               Sinners
               to
               the
               true
               Cause
               of
               Justification
               ,
               from
               the
               guilt
               and
               condemning
               Nature
               of
               Sin.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               That
               I
               will
               endeavour
               to
               do
               in
               our
               con●ideration
               of
               the
               second
               Principle
               of
               Christ's
               Doctrine
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 Of
                 Faith
                 towards
                 God
              
               ,
               or
               
                 towards
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesu●
                 Christ
              
               ,
               Heb.
               6.
               1.
               
               Acts
               20.
               21.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Second
             Principle
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             CATECHISM
             :
             Or
             ,
             
               Of
               Faith
               towards
               God.
            
             
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               I
               de●ire
               first
               to
               have
               a
               true
               definition
               of
               Faith
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               Faith
               is
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               St.
               Paul
               defines
               Faith
               thus
               ,
               Heb.
               11.
               1.
               
               
                 Now
                 Faith
                 is
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 Things
                 hoped
                 for
                 ,
                 the
                 evidence
                 of
                 things
                 not
                 seen
                 .
              
            
             
               It
               is
               also
               truly
               defined
               ,
               of
               a
               firm
               belief
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               God
               as
               made
               known
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ;
               and
               particula●ly
               concerning
               his
               Son
               Jesus
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               ,
               John
               20.
               31.
               1
               
               John
               5.
               10
               ,
               11.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               perceive
               that
               the
               main
               design
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               is
               to
               direct
               us
               to
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               I
               do
               therefore
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               Record
               God
               hath
               given
               of
               his
               Son
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               Record
               which
               God
               hath
               given
               of
               his
               Son
               ;
               
                 That
                 God
                 hath
                 given
                 to
                 us
                 eternal
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 Life
                 is
                 in
                 his
                 Son.
              
               1
               John
               5.
               11.
               with
               John
               1.
               4.
               and
               6.
               51.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Was
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ordained
               to
               procure
               the
               Light
               of
               saving
               Life
               to
               the
               whole
               World
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               
                 God
                 so
                 loved
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 gave
                 his
                 only
                 begotten
                 Son
                 ,
                 that
                 whosoever
                 believeth
                 on
                 him
                 should
                 not
                 perish
                 ,
                 but
                 have
                 everlasting
                 Life
                 .
              
               And
               the
               reason
               why
               many
               shall
               not
               see
               Eternal
               Life
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 because
                 they
                 believe
                 not
                 on
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 only
                 begotten
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 John
              
               3.
               16
               ,
               17
               ,
               18.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               But
               how
               can
               they
               be
               saved
               by
               Christ
               who
               never
               heard
               of
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Christ
               is
               the
               Lamb
               of
               God
               ,
               slain
               in
               the
               design
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               take
               away
               the
               Sin
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               John
               1.
               29.
               
               
               In
               whom
               God
               hath
               offered
               such
               means
               of
               Light
               as
               to
               him
               seemed
               convenient
               ,
               Act.
               17.
               26
               ,
               27.
               that
               all
               might
               seek
               him
               ,
               and
               be
               reconciled
               to
               him
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               5.
               14
               ,
               18
               ,
               19.
               
               And
               according
               to
               the
               due
               use
               ,
               or
               wilful
               abuse
               of
               his
               Mercy
               so
               offered
               ,
               you
               shall
               all
               be
               acquitted
               ,
               or
               condemned
               ,
               in
               the
               day
               when
               God
               shall
               judg
               the
               Secrets
               of
               Men
               according
               to
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               Rom.
               2.
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               Now
               the
               Gospel
               shews
               that
               God
               is
               not
               an
               hard
               Master
               ,
               he
               only
               expects
               improvement
               of
               what
               he
               gives
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               reap
               where
               he
               hath
               not
               Sown
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               8.
               12.
               
               Dying
               Infants
               never
               heard
               of
               Christ
               ,
               yet
               they
               shall
               be
               saved
               ,
               Mat.
               19.
               14.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               By
               this
               I
               perceive
               all
               Men
               are
               under
               the
               Mercy
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               under
               his
               Justice
               :
               and
               that
               none
               shall
               therefore
               perish
               for
               want
               of
               Mercy
               ,
               but
               because
               they
               turn
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               into
               wantonness
               .
               Shew
               me
               therefore
               what
               we
               ,
               who
               have
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               are
               bound
               to
               believe
               concerning
               God
               and
               Jesus
               Christ
               whom
               he
               hath
               Sent.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               We
               are
               firmly
               to
               believe
               that
               God
               is
               ,
               Heb.
               11.
               6.
               and
               that
               there
               's
               no
               other
               God
               but
               one
               ,
               Mark
               12.
               32
               ,
               34.
               
            
             
               This
               one
               God
               is
               made
               known
               to
               us
               by
               three
               Denominations
               especially
               ;
               The
               Father
               ,
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
               Mat.
               28.
               19.
               1
               
               John
               5.
               7.
               1
               
               Tim.
               3.
               16.
               
               John
               1.
               14.
               
            
             
               And
               that
               thou
               mayest
               know
               how
               this
               Great
               Mystery
               was
               understood
               by
               the
               Ancient
               Church
               ,
               about
               1400
               Years
               ago
               ,
               I
               will
               here
               shew
               thee
               their
               Confession
               of
               Faith
               ,
               published
               by
               a
               very
               great
               Council
               of
               the
               Christians
               in
               those
               daies
               ,
               wherein
               were
               318
               Pastors
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               who
               thus
               profess
               their
               Faith.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       The
                       Nicene
                       Creed
                    
                     
                       I
                       
                         Believe
                         in
                         one
                         God
                         the
                         Almighty
                         Father
                         ,
                         maker
                         of
                         Heaven
                         and
                         Earth
                         ,
                         and
                         of
                         all
                         things
                         visible
                         and
                         invisible
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                     
                       
                         And
                         in
                         one
                         Lord
                         Jesus
                         Christ
                         ,
                         the
                         only
                         begotten
                         Son
                         of
                         God
                         ,
                         Begotten
                         of
                         the
                         Father
                         before
                         all
                         Worlds
                         .
                         God
                         of
                         God
                         ,
                         Light
                         of
                         Light
                         ,
                         Very
                         God
                         of
                         very
                         God
                         ,
                         begotten
                         ,
                         not
                         made
                         ,
                         of
                         one
                         substance
                         with
                         the
                         Father
                         ,
                         by
                         whom
                         all
                         things
                         were
                         made
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Who
                         for
                         us
                         Men
                         ,
                         and
                         for
                         our
                         Salvation
                         descended
                         from
                         the
                         Heavens
                         ,
                         and
                         was
                         incarnate
                         of
                         the
                         Virgin
                         Mary
                         ,
                         and
                         became
                         Man.
                         
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Crucified
                         also
                         for
                         us
                         under
                         Pontius
                         Pilate
                         .
                         Suffered
                         and
                         was
                         buried
                      
                       ;
                    
                     
                       
                         And
                         rose
                         again
                         the
                         third
                         day
                         according
                         to
                         the
                         Scriptures
                         ,
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         And
                         ascended
                         into
                         Heaven
                         ,
                         and
                         sits
                         at
                         the
                         right
                         Hand
                         of
                         God.
                         
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         And
                         is
                         to
                         come
                         again
                         with
                         Glory
                         to
                         judg
                         the
                         Living
                         and
                         the
                         Dead
                         ,
                         and
                         of
                         whose
                         Kingdom
                         there
                         shall
                         be
                         no
                         end
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         And
                         in
                         the
                         holy
                         Spirit
                         the
                         quickening
                         Lord
                         ,
                         who
                         proceeds
                         from
                         the
                         Father
                         and
                         the
                         Son
                         ,
                         and
                         in
                         like
                         manner
                         is
                         adored
                         and
                         g●●rifyed
                         with
                         the
                         Fathe●
                         and
                         the
                         Son
                         ,
                         and
                         who
                         spake
                         by
                         the
                         Prophets
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         And
                         I
                         believe
                         one
                         holy
                         Catholick
                         and
                         Apostolical
                         Church
                         .
                         I
                         confess
                         one
                         Baptism
                         f●r
                         remission
                         of
                         Sins
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         And
                         I
                         look
                         for
                         the
                         Resurr●ction
                         of
                         the
                         Dead
                         .
                         And
                         the
                         Life
                         in
                         the
                         World
                         to
                         come
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               much
               reverence
               this
               ancient
               Confession
               of
               Faith
               ,
               for
               it
               's
               excellent
               Brevity
               ,
               and
               especially
               for
               the
               solidity
               of
               the
               Matter
               .
               But
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               shew
               me
               what
               Scripture-Evidence
               we
               have
               for
               some
               things
               contained
               in
               the
               second
               Article
               ,
               where
               it
               says
               ,
               
                 The
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 was
                 begotten
                 before
                 all
                 Worlds
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               In
               Heb.
               1.
               5.
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               is
               called
               the
               First-Begotten
               :
               and
               vers
               .
               2.
               't
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 The
                 Worlds
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               all
               Worlds
               )
               were
               made
               by
               him
               ;
               and
               vers
               .
               10.
               
               
                 Thou
                 Lord
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 hast
                 laid
                 the
                 Foundation
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Heavens
                 are
                 the
                 Works
                 of
                 thy
                 Hands
                 ,
              
               John
               1.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3.
               is
               full
               evidence
               of
               the
               same
               thing
               .
               And
               Colos
               .
               1.
               17.
               
               
               
                 He
                 is
                 before
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 him
                 all
                 things
                 consist
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               But
               how
               is
               it
               said
               ,
               the
               Son
               is
               
                 God
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 Light
                 of
                 Light
                 ?
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               The
               same
               Testimonies
               which
               prove
               He
               was
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               was
               before
               all
               things
               ,
               proves
               that
               he
               was
               God
               of
               God
               :
               because
               there
               was
               but
               one
               God
               ,
               nor
               as
               yet
               any
               other
               Essence
               but
               God.
               The
               Son
               w●s
               therefore
               begotten
               ,
               not
               made
               ,
               because
               all
               things
               were
               made
               by
               him
               which
               was
               made
               ;
               and
               sure
               he
               that
               made
               all
               things
               was
               not
               made
               himself
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               1
               John.
               5.
               20.
               
               The
               Son
               is
               expresly
               called
               ,
               
                 Very
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               seeing
               there
               is
               but
               one
               God
               ,
               he
               must
               needs
               be
               very
               God
               of
               very
               God.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               for
               the
               same
               reason
               he
               is
               Light
               of
               Light
               ;
               for
               God
               is
               that
               Light
               in
               whom
               is
               no
               Darkness
               ,
               1
               ●ohn
               1.
               ●
               ▪
               and
               so
               is
               Christ
               ,
               John
               1.
               5
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9.
               
               See
               also
               Rev.
               21.
               
               2●
               ▪
               Heb.
               1.
               3.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               It
               seems
               the
               great
               Council
               did
               not
               want
               Scri●ture-evidence
               to
               confirm
               this
               great
               Article
               o●●he
               pr●existence
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God.
               I
               pray
               explain
               the
               thi●d
               Article
               ,
               where
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               is
               said
               
                 to
                 be
                 incarnate
                 of
                 of
                 the
                 Virgin
              
               Mary
               
                 by
                 the
                 Holy
                 ●●ost
                 ,
                 and
                 became
                 Man.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               It
               pleased
               the
               Father
               Almighty
               ,
               that
               his
               Son
               ,
               
                 who
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 robbery
                 to
                 be
                 equal
                 with
                 God
                 ,
                 should
                 take
                 upon
                 him
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Servant
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 habit
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
              
               Col.
               2.
               6
               ,
               7.
               
            
             
               And
               in
               this
               state
               ,
               He
               that
               was
               above
               all
               Angels
               ,
               Heb.
               1.
               5.
               was
               now
               
                 made
                 a
                 little
                 lower
                 than
                 the
                 Angels
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 suffering
                 of
                 Death
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               2.
               9.
               
               
                 For
                 he
                 took
                 not
                 on
                 him
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Angels
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 took
                 on
                 him
                 the
                 Seed
                 of
              
               Abraham
               ,
               Heb.
               2.
               16.
               
               And
               in
               this
               respect
               ,
               both
               
                 he
                 that
                 sanctifieth
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 sanctified
                 ,
                 are
                 all
                 of
                 one
                 ,
              
               [
               that
               is
               ,
               one
               Flesh
               ]
               
                 for
                 which
                 cause
                 he
                 is
                 not
                 ashamed
                 to
                 call
                 them
                 Brethren
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               
                 as
                 Children
                 are
                 partakers
                 of
                 Flesh
                 and
                 Blood
                 ,
                 he
                 also
                 himself
                 likewise
                 took
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 means
                 of
                 Death
                 he
                 might
                 destroy
                 him
                 that
                 had
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 Death
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               S.
               
            
             
               This
               a
               great
               Mystery
               indeed
               ;
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               how
               and
               when
               this
               was
               fulfilled
               or
               accomplished
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               Lord
               Christ
               was
               born
               of
               the
               Virgin
               Mary
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Augustus
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               about
               the
               Year
               of
               the
               World
               3962.
               
               And
               his
               Birth
               was
               thus
               effected
               by
               the
               most
               High
               God.
               His
               Power
               
                 overshadowed
                 the
                 Virgin
              
               ,
               and
               
                 by
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 coming
                 upon
                 her
                 ,
                 she
                 conceived
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 with
                 Child
                 ,
              
               Luk.
               1.
               35.
               
               Mat.
               1.
               18.
               
               And
               at
               Bethlehem
               she
               brought
               forth
               her
               Son
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               the
               Angel
               had
               commanded
               )
               called
               his
               Name
               Jesus
               ,
               which
               signifies
               a
               Saviour
               ,
               the
               same
               is
               called
               Christ
               ,
               Mat.
               1.
               21.
               
               Luk.
               2.
               7.
               as
               it
               was
               foretold
               by
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               Isa
               .
               7.
               14.
               
               Mich.
               5.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Do's
               any
               Testimony
               appear
               in
               humane
               Histories
               ,
               respecting
               the
               Time
               of
               the
               Birth
               and
               Death
               of
               our
               Lord
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Our
               Faith
               must
               only
               rest
               upon
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ;
               in
               these
               things
               nevertheless
               there
               is
               som●
               things
               remarkable
               found
               in
               the
               Histories
               of
               those
               Times
               .
            
             
               
                 Learn
                 (
                 saith
                 a
                 Learned
                 Writer
                 )
                 the
                 Time
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Prophecy
                 of
                 Daniel
                 ,
                 when
                 Christ
                 should
                 co●e
                 ,
                 is
                 now
                 exactly
                 fulfilled
                 .
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 from
                 the
                 2d
                 Year
                 of
                 
                   Darius
                   Longamanus
                
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Ki●●s
                 Commandment
                 went
                 forth
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 People
                 to
                 b●ild
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 Ezra
                 .
                 4.
                 24.
                 
                 Hag.
                 1.
                 1.
                 to
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 
                 Alexander's
                 Monarchy
                 ,
                 were
                 144
                 Years
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 Metasthenus
                 the
                 Persian
                 .
              
               
                 From
                 thence
                 to
                 the
                 Incarnation
                 of
                 Christ
                 was
                 309
                 Years
                 by
                 the
                 judgment
                 of
                 Josephus
                 :
                 And
                 from
                 Christ's
                 Incarnation
                 to
                 his
                 Baptism
                 ,
                 was
                 about
                 30
                 Years
                 ,
                 Luke
                 2.
                 23.
                 
                 Then
                 count
                 the
                 Prophecy
                 of
                 Daniel
                 9.
                 25.
                 
                 After
                 70
                 weeks
                 (
                 a
                 week
                 containing
                 7
                 Years
                 )
                 that
                 is
                 483
                 Years
                 ,
                 then
                 shall
                 the
                 Messiah
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 viz.
                 two
                 Years
                 and
                 an
                 half
                 after
                 his
                 Baptism
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               understand
               that
               Christ
               is
               the
               true
               Messiah
               ,
               of
               whom
               Moses
               and
               the
               Prophets
               did
               write
               ,
               John
               1.
               41
               ,
               45.
               
               Deut.
               
               18.
               18.
               
               Isa
               .
               7.
               14.
               
               I
               desire
               therefore
               to
               know
               what
               I
               a●
               farther
               to
               believe
               concerning
               him
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               be
               saved
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Thou
               must
               with
               the
               Heart
               believe
               unto
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Mouth
               make
               confession
               unto
               Salvation
               ,
               Rom.
               10.
               10.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               do
               you
               mean
               by
               believing
               unto
               Righteousness
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               two-fold
               Righteousness
               ,
               which
               true
               Faith
               will
               lead
               thee
               unto
               .
               The
               one
               is
               Imputative
               ;
               the
               other
               is
               Practical
               .
               The
               first
               is
               called
               the
               
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               Mat.
               6.
               33.
               or
               
                 God's
                 Righteousness
              
               ,
               Rom.
               10.
               3.
               
               This
               Righteousness
               is
               revealed
               by
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               Rom.
               1.
               17
               ,
               18.
               
               It
               is
               a
               Righteousness
               to
               us
               
                 without
                 the
                 Law
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               witnessed
               by
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               Rom.
               3.
               21
               
               ▪
               It
               is
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Lord
               our
               Righteousness
               ,
               Isa
               .
               45.
               24
               ,
               25.
               
               
                 Christ
                 made
                 of
                 God
                 un●●
                 us
                 Righteousness
                 ,
              
               1
               Cor.
               1.
               30.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               understand
               this
               more
               plainly
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               God
               having
               made
               a
               Righteous
               Law
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               fulfilled
               ;
               and
               none
               was
               able
               to
               do
               ●his
               but
               Christ
               ,
               and
               he
               did
               fulfil
               it
               in
               our
               behalf
               Heb.
               10.
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               Psal
               .
               4.
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7.
               and
               thus
               the
               Rig●teousness
               of
               the
               Law
               is
               fulfilled
               in
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               ,
               because
               Christ's
               Righteousness
               is
               made
               theirs
               through
               believing
               ,
               Rom.
               10
               ▪
               3
               ,
               4.
               
               Phil.
               3.
               9.
               
               And
               they
               are
               made
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               in
               Him
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               5.
               21.
               that
               is
               ,
               a
               Righteous
               People
               to
               God.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Justice
               of
               God
               cried
               against
               us
               for
               Sin
               committed
               ;
               and
               Sin
               must
               be
               purged
               by
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ;
               
                 He
                 bare
                 our
                 sins
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 the
                 punishment
                 of
                 our
                 Sins
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Body
                 on
                 the
                 Tree
                 ,
              
               1
               Pet.
               2.
               24.
               
               And
               thus
               we
               are
               justified
               by
               his
               Death
               ,
               and
               saved
               by
               his
               Life
               ,
               Rom.
               5.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               He
               died
               for
               our
               Sins
               ,
               and
               rose
               again
               for
               our
               Justification
               ,
               Rom.
               4.
               25.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Where
               do's
               God
               say
               ,
               that
               Righteousness
               is
               a
               thing
               imputed
               to
               Man
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Rom.
               4.
               6.
               
               
                 David
                 describeth
                 the
                 blessedness
                 of
                 the
                 Man
                 
                 unto
                 whom
                 God
                 imputeth
                 Righteousness
                 without
                 Works
                 ,
              
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               .
            
             
               Abraham
               being
               fully
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               what
               God
               had
               promised
               ,
               he
               was
               able
               to
               perform
               .
               It
               was
               
                 imputed
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 Righteousness
                 .
                 Now
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 written
                 for
                 his
                 sake
                 alone
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 imputed
                 unto
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 for
                 us
                 also
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 imputed
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 believe
                 on
                 him
                 that
                 raised
                 up
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 from
                 the
                 Dead
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               4.
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               23
               ,
               24.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               And
               is
               this
               wonderful
               Grace
               held
               forth
               to
               all
               Men
               in
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               
                 The
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 God
                 without
                 the
                 Law
                 is
                 manifested
                 ,
              
               or
               published
               ,
               
                 being
                 witnessed
                 by
                 the
                 Law
                 and
                 the
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 even
                 the
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 by
                 Faith
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 VNTO
                 ALL
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 upon
                 all
                 that
                 believe
                 :
                 for
                 there
                 is
                 N●
                 difference
                 .
                 For
                 ALL
                 have
                 sinned
                 ,
                 and
                 come
                 short
                 of
                 the
                 ●lory
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 Being
                 justified
                 freely
                 by
                 his
                 Grace
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 ●edemption
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 ;
                 Whom
                 God
                 hath
                 set
                 forth
                 〈◊〉
                 be
                 a
                 propitiation
                 [
                 for
                 our
                 sins
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 for
                 ours
                 only
                 ,
                 bu●
                 also
                 for
                 the
                 sins
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 ,
              
               1
               John
               2.
               2.
               
               ]
               
                 throug●
                 Faith
                 in
                 his
                 Blood
                 ;
                 to
                 declare
                 his
                 Righteousness
                 for
                 the
                 re●ission
                 of
                 sins
                 that
                 are
                 past
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 forbearance
                 of
                 God.
                 To
                 declare
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 his
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 that
                 ●e
                 might
                 be
                 just
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 justifier
                 of
                 him
                 that
                 believeth
                 in
                 Je●us
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               3.
               21
               ,
               to
               27.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               It
               appears
               plainly
               ,
               that
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               ,
               in
               and
               by
               Christ
               ,
               is
               free
               for
               all
               ;
               but
               yet
               it
               is
               received
               by
               Faith.
               But
               does
               God
               require
               all
               Men
               to
               be●●eve
               this
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Christ
               with
               all
               his
               Benefits
               was
               tendred
               to
               ●he
               Jews
               ;
               
                 but
                 they
                 being
                 ignorant
                 of
                 God's
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 ●nd
                 going
                 about
                 to
                 establish
                 their
                 own
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 have
                 not
                 ●●bmitted
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               10.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
            
             
               ●
               .
               So
               they
               would
               not
               come
               to
               Christ
               that
               they
               might
               ●ave
               Life
               ,
               John
               5.
               40.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               All
               are
               commanded
               to
               believe
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               (
               which
               ●eveals
               this
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               as
               the
               main
               of
               it
               )
               
               under
               pain
               of
               damnation
               ,
               Mark
               16.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               All
               Me●
               are
               therefore
               to
               believe
               that
               God
               has
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               Grac●
               and
               Glory
               in
               store
               for
               them
               all
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               2.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               give
               me
               the
               sum
               of
               the
               Gospel
               〈◊〉
               few
               words
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               This
               Gospel
               is
               briefly
               comprehended
               in
               this
               sa●ing
               ;
               Christ
               died
               for
               our
               Sins
               ,
               and
               rose
               again
               for
               〈◊〉
               Justification
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               3
               ,
               4.
               
               Which
               is
               further
               e●plained
               ;
               2
               Cor.
               5.
               18
               ,
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               And
               the
               great
               Hol●ness
               which
               it
               teacheth
               ,
               is
               set
               down
               ,
               with
               the
               Glory
               co●sequent
               to
               it
               ,
               Tit.
               2.
               11
               ,
               12
               ,
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15.
               1
               
               Pet.
               1.
               4
               ,
               ●
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Did
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               die
               and
               rise
               again
               for
               all
               Me●
               without
               exception
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               he
               did
               ;
               
                 For
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 cause
                 Christ
                 both
                 die●
                 ,
                 ro●●
                 and
                 revived
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 Lord
                 both
                 of
                 the
                 Dead
                 a●d
                 L●ving
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               14.
               9.
               
               
                 He
                 gave
                 himself
                 a
                 Ransom
                 for
                 all
                 ,
              
               ●
               Ti●
               2.
               6.
               
               
                 He
                 tasted
                 Death
                 for
                 every
                 Man
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               2.
               
               ●9
               .
               〈◊〉
               bought
               
                 them
                 that
                 deny
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 upon
                 themselv●●
                 〈◊〉
                 destruction
                 ,
              
               2
               Pet.
               2.
               1.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               These
               things
               cannot
               be
               spoken
               against
               .
               But
               〈◊〉
               Christ
               die
               as
               he
               was
               God
               ,
               or
               as
               he
               was
               Man
               only
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Not
               as
               God
               ;
               for
               if
               God
               should
               die
               ,
               nothi●●
               could
               live
               .
               Man
               cannot
               kill
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               ,
               muc●
               less
               the
               Divine
               Nature
               of
               Christ
               ;
               our
               Saviour
               was
               
                 〈◊〉
                 to
                 death
                 in
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
              
               1
               Pet.
               3.
               18.
               
               
                 He
                 died
                 through
                 wea●ness
              
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               13.
               4.
               
               He
               was
               made
               
                 Lower
                 than
                 the
                 Angel
              
               that
               he
               might
               suffer
               Death
               ,
               Heb.
               2.
               9.
               
            
             
               It
               was
               sufficient
               that
               an
               holy
               Man
               ,
               perfectly
               jus●
               without
               Sin
               ,
               should
               die
               for
               the
               unjust
               ,
               that
               he
               mig●●
               bring
               us
               to
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               To
               strengthen
               my
               Faith
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               som●
               clear
               Grounds
               or
               Evidence
               that
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               is
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Because
               he
               is
               called
               the
               eternal
               Spirit
               ,
               Heb.
               ●
               14.
               and
               is
               present
               in
               every
               place
               ,
               Psal
               .
               39.
               7.
               
               He
               is
               e●presly
               called
               God
               ,
               Act.
               5.
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               9.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               We
               are
               baptised
               into
               his
               Name
               ,
               Mat.
               28.
               
               
               But
               we
               are
               not
               to
               be
               baptised
               into
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Created
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Work
               of
               Creation
               is
               ascribed
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               hath
               his
               procedure
               from
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               is
               one
               with
               them
               ,
               Gen.
               1.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3.
               
               Psal
               .
               104.
               30.
               
               John
               15.
               26.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               well
               satisfied
               ,
               that
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Faith
               is
               a
               grea●
               〈◊〉
               :
               I
               desire
               to
               learn
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Practice●
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Practical
               Righteousness
               is
               a
               holy
               walking
               with
               God
               in
               obedience
               to
               all
               his
               Commands
               ,
               to
               the
               best
               of
               our
               k●owledg
               and
               ability
               ,
               1
               John
               2.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               For
               the
               Gosp●●
               of
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               
                 teacheth
                 us
                 to
                 deny
                 all
                 Vngodlyne●●
                 and
                 worldly
                 Lusts
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 live
                 soberly
                 ,
                 righteously
                 ,
                 and
                 g●dly
                 on
                 this
                 present
                 Life
                 ,
              
               Tit.
               2.
               11
               ,
               12.
               
               Christians
               are
               ●●rictly
               obliged
               
                 to
                 observe
                 all
                 things
                 whatsoever
                 Christ
                 comm●●ded
                 ,
              
               Ma●
               .
               28.
               19.
               
               For
               they
               are
               
                 God's
                 workmanship
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 unto
                 good
                 Works
                 ,
                 which
                 God
                 hath
                 〈◊〉
                 ordained
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 walk
                 in
                 them
                 ,
              
               Ephes
               .
               2.
               10
               ▪
            
             
               Christians
               are
               bo●●d
               to
               hear
               Christ
               their
               great
               Prophet
               
                 ●n
                 whatsoever
                 〈◊〉
                 shall
                 say
              
               .
               Nor
               are
               they
               his
               true
               Friends
               ,
               unless
               the●
               do
               (
               to
               their
               best
               )
               
                 whatsoever
                 he
                 commands
                 them
              
               ,
               Act.
               3.
               22.
               
               John
               15.
               14.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Will
               not
               Faith
               save
               us
               without
               Works
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Altho
               we
               are
               not
               saved
               by
               Works
               ,
               yet
               we
               are
               not
               saved
               without
               Works
               .
               
                 For
                 what
                 doth
                 it
                 profit
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 Man
                 say
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 not
                 Works
                 ,
                 can
                 Faith
                 save
                 him
                 ?
              
               Jam.
               2.
               14.
               
               
                 As
                 the
                 Body
                 without
                 the
                 Spirit
                 is
                 dead
                 ,
                 so
                 Faith
                 without
                 Works
                 is
                 dead
                 also
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               shall
               I
               do
               that
               I
               may
               work
               the
               Work
               of
               God
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 Work
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 believe
                 on
                 him
                 whom
                 he
                 hath
                 sent
                 ,
              
               John
               6.
               29.
               
               This
               Faith
               must
               be
               put
               into
               act
               ,
               else
               it
               is
               not
               the
               
                 Work
                 of
                 Faith
                 with
                 Power
              
               ,
               2
               Thes
               .
               1.
               9.
               
               Gal.
               5.
               6.
               
               Jam.
               2.
               22
               ,
               24.
               
            
             
             
               2.
               
               True
               Faith
               overcometh
               the
               World
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               〈◊〉
               Lusts
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               the
               Lust
               of
               the
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               the
               Prid●
               of
               Life
               .
               For
               this
               is
               the
               victory
               which
               overcometh
               the
               World
               ,
               even
               our
               Faith
               ,
               1
               John.
               5.
               4
               ,
               5.
               and
               2.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
            
             
               This
               Faith
               purifieth
               the
               Heart
               in
               obeying
               the
               Truth
               through
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               leads
               to
               every
               good
               Work
               ,
               Act.
               15.
               9.
               1
               
               Pet.
               1.
               22.
               
               Philip.
               2.
               12
               ,
               13.
               
               
                 Colos
                 ▪
              
               〈◊〉
               10.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Is
               this
               Faith
               in
               the
               act
               ,
               the
               Gift
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               the
               Work
               of
               Man
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               With
               the
               Heart
               Man
               believeth
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               Man
               that
               worketh
               Good
               ,
               Rom.
               10.
               10.
               
               Rom.
               2.
               10.
               
               But
               the
               preparation
               of
               the
               Heart
               in
               Man
               to
               these
               things
               is
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               Prov.
               16.
               1.
               1
               
               Cor.
               4.
               7.
               2
               
               Cor.
               3.
               5.
               
               Isa
               .
               10.
               23.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Does
               God
               work
               this
               preparation
               in
               Man's
               Heart
               irresistibly
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               In
               some
               special
               Case
               it
               may
               be
               so
               ,
               Gen.
               20.
               6.
               
               But
               God
               ordinarily
               works
               upon
               the
               Heart
               ,
               or
               Understandings
               of
               Men
               ,
               by
               his
               Works
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 ▪
              
               4.
               13.
               
               Isa
               .
               ●0
               .
               26.
               
               And
               by
               his
               Word
               ,
               Rom.
               1.
               16
               ,
               17
               ,
               18
               ▪
               And
               by
               the
               motions
               of
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               ministerially
               and
               graciously
               ,
               1
               Thes
               .
               1.
               5.
               
               Against
               which
               Men
               may
               ●nd
               often
               do
               ,
               make
               resistance
               to
               their
               own
               destruction
               ,
               Psal
               .
               88.
               8.
               
               This
               whole
               Psalm
               shews
               much
               of
               this
               to
               be
               too
               common
               ,
               and
               so
               does
               Act.
               7.
               51.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               a
               short
               view
               of
               this
               excellent
               Grace
               of
               Faith.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               It
               is
               an
               hearty
               and
               universal
               Credence
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               revealed
               or
               made
               known
               to
               Man
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               .
               Luk.
               24.
               25.
               
               Deut.
               1.
               32.
               
               Rom.
               1.
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21
               ,
               22.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               cleaving
               to
               God
               and
               his
               Truth
               ,
               as
               made
               known
               to
               us
               ,
               in
               sincere
               Love
               ,
               Psalm
               119.
               31.
               1
               
               Thes
               .
               1.
               5
               ,
               6.
               2
               
               Thes
               .
               1.
               10.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               A
               Shewing
               the
               Fruit
               of
               Faith
               ,
               by
               a
               ready
               obeying
               
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               suffering
               for
               it
               ,
               when
               called
               thereunto
               ,
               James
               .
               2.
               28.
               1
               
               Pet.
               3.
               14
               ,
               15.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               An
               holy
               dependance
               upon
               God
               for
               the
               fulfilling
               all
               his
               Promises
               ,
               for
               his
               Grace
               and
               Help
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               for
               Glory
               in
               the
               World
               to
               come
               ,
               1
               Pet.
               1.
               3.
               
               Heb.
               10.
               35
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               Rom.
               2.
               7
               ,
               10
               ,
               11.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               can
               say
               ,
               in
               some
               measure
               ,
               I
               believe
               ,
               and
               pray
               ,
               that
               God
               may
               help
               against
               my
               unbelief
               .
               What
               I
               pray
               ,
               is
               the
               next
               Principle
               which
               belongs
               to
               a
               beginning
               Christian
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               next
               Principle
               is
               ,
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Baptisms
               .
               Of
               which
               we
               shall
               treat
               briefly
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Third
             Principle
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             CATECHISM
             :
             Or
             ,
             
               The
               Doct●ine
               of
               Baptisms
            
             .
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               WHy
               is
               the
               word
               BAPTISMS
               used
               in
               this
               place
               ?
               Are
               there
               more
               Baptisms
               than
               one
               pertaining
               to
               Christians
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               there
               are
               three
               distinct
               Baptisms
               pertaining
               to
               the
               Christian
               Man.
               The
               first
               is
               
                 the
                 Baptism
                 of
                 Repentance
                 for
                 remission
                 of
                 Sins
              
               ;
               This
               was
               of
               divine
               Original
               ,
               it
               came
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               was
               first
               administred
               by
               that
               great
               Prophet
               and
               Messenger
               of
               Christ
               ,
               John
               the
               Baptist
               ,
               Mat.
               21.
               25.
               
            
             
               The
               second
               ,
               is
               the
               pouring
               out
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               promise
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               ordinary
               way
               of
               its
               reception
               ,
               follows
               the
               Baptism
               of
               Repentance
               for
               the
               remission
               of
               Sins
               .
               Act.
               1.
               5.
               
               &
               2.
               38.
               
               &
               19.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               Ephes
               .
               1.
               13.
               
            
             
               The
               third
               is
               the
               Afflictions
               which
               attend
               Christians
               for
               the
               Gospel's-sake
               ,
               Luk.
               12.
               50.
               
               Mat.
               20.
               22.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               S.
               
            
             
               How
               is
               it
               said
               there
               is
               but
               one
               Baptism
               ,
               seeing
               it's
               evident
               there
               are
               three
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               That
               is
               a
               gross
               mistake
               .
               It
               is
               not
               said
               ,
               Ephes
               .
               4.
               5.
               there
               is
               but
               one
               Baptism
               ,
               't
               is
               said
               ,
               there
               is
               one
               ;
               and
               yet
               Paul
               speaks
               of
               two
               of
               these
               Baptisms
               in
               that
               very
               place
               ,
               as
               vers
               .
               4.
               
               
                 There
                 is
                 one
                 Body
                 and
                 one
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 as
                 ye
                 are
                 called
                 in
                 one
                 hope
                 of
                 your
                 Calling
                 .
              
               And
               the
               Ephesians
               had
               received
               both
               the
               Baptism
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               for
               remission
               of
               Sins
               ,
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ;
               and
               also
               the
               Baptism
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               afterward
               ,
               as
               is
               undeniable
               ,
               Act.
               19.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               So
               that
               Paul
               should
               have
               spoken
               false
               if
               he
               had
               said
               there
               is
               
                 but
                 one
                 Baptism
              
               ,
               and
               also
               must
               have
               contradicted
               himself
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Hebrews
               ,
               where
               he
               speaks
               of
               Baptisms
               in
               the
               plural
               Number
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               ,
               the
               mistake
               of
               the
               Quakers
               ,
               and
               some
               others
               ,
               is
               hereby
               discovered
               ;
               I
               see
               indeed
               a
               threefold
               Baptism
               ,
               I
               would
               learn
               them
               in
               every
               part
               :
               And
               there
               fore
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               God
               requires
               of
               all
               that
               are
               to
               be
               baptised
               into
               Christ
               ●ccording
               to
               his
               Command
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               God
               requires
               the
               substance
               of
               the
               two
               foregoing
               Principles
               ,
               of
               all
               that
               are
               to
               be
               baptised
               with
               the
               Baptism
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               for
               the
               remission
               of
               Sins
               .
               
                 Repent
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 baptised
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 you
                 ,
              
               Act.
               2.
               38.
               
               
                 They
                 that
                 gladly
                 received
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 were
                 baptised
                 ,
              
               Act.
               2.
               41.
               
               
                 When
                 they
                 believed
              
               ,
               &c.
               
                 they
                 were
                 baptised
                 ,
                 both
                 Men
                 and
                 Women
                 ,
              
               Act.
               8.
               12.
               
               In
               true
               Baptism
               ,
               we
               
                 are
                 dead
                 with
                 Christ
                 ,
                 buried
                 with
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 risen
                 with
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               6.
               1
               ,
               to
               7.
               
               Colos
               .
               2.
               11
               ,
               12
               ,
               13.
               
               
                 We
                 are
                 all
                 the
                 Sons
                 of
                 God
                 by
                 Faith
                 in
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 many
                 as
                 have
                 been
                 baptised
                 into
                 Christ
                 ,
                 have
                 put
                 on
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               Gal.
               3.
               26
               ,
               27.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Did
               our
               Lord
               Christ
               himself
               establish
               this
               practical
               Baptism
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               he
               established
               it
               divers
               ways
               ;
               first
               ,
               in
               that
               he
               would
               not
               enter
               upon
               his
               Ministry
               till
               he
               was
               〈…〉
               John
               in
               
                 Jordan
                 Mat.
              
               15.
               16.
               
               &
               4.
               17.
               
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               
            
             
               〈◊〉
               managed
               the
               Doctrine
               and
               Practice
               of
               this
               
               Baptism
               ,
               more
               than
               John
               the
               Baptist
               did
               ,
               John
               3.
               22
               ,
               26.
               
               &
               4.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               
                 Jesus
                 made
                 and
                 baptised
                 more
                 Disciples
                 than
              
               John.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               How
               then
               is
               it
               said
               that
               Jesus
               baptised
               not
               ,
               but
               his
               Disciples
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Jesus
               made
               the
               People
               Disciples
               by
               teaching
               them
               .
               To
               baptize
               them
               ,
               was
               more
               convenient
               for
               his
               Disciples
               or
               Apostles
               ,
               because
               they
               were
               to
               be
               baptised
               in
               his
               Name
               ;
               Kings
               do
               not
               execute
               their
               Laws
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               done
               in
               their
               Name
               ,
               't
               is
               more
               fit
               to
               be
               done
               by
               their
               Ministers
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               plain
               ,
               that
               Christ
               did
               propagate
               this
               holy
               Ordinance
               in
               his
               personal
               Ministry
               .
               Did
               he
               establish
               it
               after
               his
               Death
               also
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               In
               his
               perpetual
               Commission
               he
               does
               particularly
               establish
               it
               ,
               to
               continue
               as
               long
               as
               the
               Gospel
               it self
               ,
               Mark
               16.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               Mat.
               28.
               19
               ,
               20.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               very
               clear
               ;
               but
               suppose
               a
               Man
               have
               received
               the
               Baptism
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               may
               not
               he
               be
               excus'd
               as
               to
               this
               Ordinance
               of
               Baptism
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               No
               sure
               ;
               the
               better
               God
               is
               to
               us
               ,
               the
               more
               ready
               we
               should
               be
               to
               follow
               Christ
               ,
               who
               saith
               ,
               
                 Thus
                 it
                 becometh
                 us
                 to
                 fulfil
                 all
                 Righteousness
                 .
              
               Sure
               no
               Man
               can
               suppose
               he
               is
               more
               holy
               than
               Christ
               .
               But
               to
               put
               the
               matter
               out
               of
               doubt
               ,
               Christ
               commands
               those
               that
               have
               received
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               to
               be
               baptised
               with
               Water
               in
               his
               Name
               ,
               Act.
               10.
               47
               ,
               48.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               perceive
               no
               Man
               may
               with
               safety
               neglect
               this
               Ordinance
               ;
               I
               therefore
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               is
               the
               profit
               which
               attends
               the
               sincere
               obedience
               to
               God
               in
               this
               Ordinance
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               same
               profit
               which
               thou
               mayest
               expect
               in
               thy
               sincere
               obedience
               to
               God
               in
               any
               other
               Ordinance
               :
               That
               is
               ,
               pardon
               of
               Sin
               ,
               and
               eternal
               Life
               ,
               is
               made
               sure
               ●o
               thee
               in
               God's
               way
               ,
               (
               if
               thou
               art
               faithful
               in
               what
               thou
               dost
               ,
               as
               God
               requires
               thy
               Faith
               and
               Obedience
               )
               ;
               
               For
               thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 believeth
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 baptised
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 saved
                 ,
              
               Mark
               16.
               16.
               
               
                 Arise
                 ,
                 why
                 tarriest
                 thou
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 baptised
                 ,
                 and
                 wash
                 away
                 thy
                 Sins
                 ,
                 calling
                 on
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 ,
              
               Act.
               22.
               16.
               
               
                 The
                 like
                 figure
                 whereunto
                 even
                 Baptism
                 doth
                 now
                 save
                 us
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 putting
                 away
                 the
                 Filth
                 of
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 answer
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 Consicience
                 towards
                 God
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 Christ
                 from
                 the
                 Dead
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               These
               are
               very
               high
               expressions
               ;
               are
               we
               not
               saved
               by
               Christ
               only
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Doubtless
               Christ
               only
               is
               ordained
               of
               God
               to
               be
               the
               
                 Saviour
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               4.
               10.
               and
               
                 especially
                 of
                 his
                 Body
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               And
               you
               are
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               it
               's
               Christ
               who
               is
               held
               forth
               in
               Baptism
               ,
               which
               saveth
               ;
               even
               as
               it
               's
               said
               ,
               we
               are
               
                 saved
                 by
                 Preaching
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               by
               Christ
               held
               forth
               in
               preaching
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               May
               not
               a
               Man
               have
               his
               place
               and
               priviledg
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               without
               ●aptism
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               that
               cannot
               be
               ●or
               if
               one
               Man
               ,
               then
               more
               may
               take
               the
               place
               ,
               and
               assume
               the
               Priviledges
               of
               Members
               of
               the
               Church
               without
               Baptism
               ,
               and
               then
               there
               may
               be
               a
               true
               Church
               constituted
               without
               Baptism
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               May
               not
               a
               company
               of
               Believers
               form
               themselves
               into
               a
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               without
               Baptism
               in
               Water
               ,
               upon
               profession
               of
               Repentance
               and
               Fa●th
               only
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               No
               true
               Church
               can
               be
               formed
               by
               Man's
               device
               .
               There
               must
               be
               the
               Rule
               of
               God's
               Word
               to
               direct
               us
               ,
               or
               nothing
               is
               done
               well
               in
               the
               forming
               a
               Church
               .
               Christ
               hath
               given
               express
               order
               to
               form
               his
               Church
               by
               Repentance
               ,
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Baptism
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               shewed
               .
               If
               he
               has
               also
               given
               order
               to
               form
               Churches
               without
               Baptism
               ,
               th●n
               he
               must
               needs
               be
               the
               Author
               of
               Confusion
               ,
               which
               he
               is
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               ,
               I
               find
               no
               order
               from
               Christ
               to
               form
               or
               constitute
               a
               Church
               without
               Baptism
               ;
               I
               find
               the
               Church
               founded
               by
               himself
               ,
               to
               be
               constituted
               in
               the
               use
               of
               the
               
               Baptism
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               for
               remission
               of
               Sin.
               I
               believe
               this
               Church
               ,
               formed
               by
               Christ
               at
               Jerusalem
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               Mother-Church
               ,
               and
               that
               therefore
               her
               Foundation-Principles
               are
               necessary
               for
               the
               true
               constitution
               of
               all
               other
               Churches
               .
               I
               now
               desire
               you
               to
               shew
               me
               the
               due
               form
               of
               Baptism
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               due
               form
               of
               Baptism
               ,
               is
               by
               dipping
               the
               Repentant-Believer
               
                 into
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
              
               Mat.
               28.
               19.
               
               And
               hence
               it
               was
               ,
               That
               
                 John
                 baptised
                 in
              
               Aenon
               near
               Salem
               ,
               
                 because
                 there
                 was
                 much
                 Water
                 there
                 ,
              
               John
               3.
               23.
               
               And
               they
               were
               all
               baptised
               
                 in
                 the
                 River
                 of
              
               Jordan
               ,
               
                 confessing
                 their
                 Sins
              
               ,
               Mark
               1.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Was
               Christ
               himself
               dipped
               in
               Jordan
               by
               
                 John
                 Baptist
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               it
               is
               granted
               by
               the
               Learned
               ,
               that
               Mark
               1.
               9.
               is
               expressed
               for
               it
               ,
               the
               Greek
               being
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               which
               they
               confess
               to
               be
               ,
               word
               for
               word
               in
               English
               ,
               
                 And
                 was
                 dipped
                 of
              
               John
               into
               Jordan
               .
               And
               't
               is
               clear
               ,
               
                 When
                 Christ
                 was
                 baptised
                 ,
                 he
                 came
                 up
                 straight●●y
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
              
               Mat.
               3.
               16.
               
               Which
               Example
               alone
               should
               make
               all
               Christians
               afraid
               to
               devise
               a
               Form
               contrary
               to
               Christ's
               own
               Pattern
               ,
               and
               his
               Testimony
               also
               ,
               who
               saith
               ,
               
                 Thus
                 it
                 becometh
                 us
                 to
                 fulfil
                 all
                 Righteousness
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               But
               must
               the
               Party
               baptised
               ,
               be
               naked
               or
               cloathed
               when
               he
               goes
               down
               into
               the
               Water
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               He
               that
               is
               baptised
               ,
               should
               be
               cloathed
               ,
               because
               God
               hath
               required
               that
               all
               things
               in
               the
               Church
               should
               be
               done
               decently
               and
               in
               order
               .
               And
               the
               Party
               to
               be
               baptised
               ,
               may
               as
               well
               be
               dipped
               in
               Water
               with
               a
               convenient
               Garment
               upon
               him
               as
               without
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               Ceremonies
               hath
               Christ
               appointed
               to
               be
               used
               in
               Baptism
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               
                 Christ
                 loved
                 his
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 himself
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 ●e
                 might
                 sanctify
                 and
                 cleanse
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 washing
                 of
                 Water
                 through
                 
                 the
                 Word
                 .
              
               There
               is
               no
               other
               Ceremony
               by
               his
               appointment
               to
               be
               used
               in
               Baptism
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               May
               not
               the
               Church
               alter
               the
               subject
               of
               Baptism
               ,
               and
               change
               the
               manner
               of
               administration
               ,
               as
               the
               Papists
               (
               and
               others
               )
               have
               generally
               done
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               The
               Lord
               Christ
               commands
               his
               Apostles
               to
               teach
               all
               his
               People
               to
               observe
               all
               things
               
                 whatsoever
                 he
                 commanded
                 them
              
               ,
               Mat.
               28.
               19.
               
               They
               delivered
               that
               to
               the
               Churches
               ,
               which
               they
               
                 received
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               11.
               23.
               
               The
               Church
               is
               commended
               
                 for
                 keeping
                 the
                 Ordinances
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 delivered
                 to
                 them
                 ,
              
               1
               Cor.
               11.
               2.
               
               There
               was
               a
               Curse
               followed
               them
               that
               
                 changed
                 God's
                 Ordinance
                 ,
                 Isa
              
               .
               24.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               see
               it
               a
               Duty
               incumbent
               upon
               all
               that
               will
               have
               due
               admission
               into
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ-Militant
               ,
               to
               be
               baptised
               with
               the
               Baptism
               of
               Repentance
               for
               remission
               of
               Sins
               .
               I
               now
               desire
               to
               know
               the
               truth
               concerning
               the
               Baptism
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               so
               much
               claimed
               in
               these
               days
               ,
               tho
               some
               deny
               that
               there
               is
               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
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               to
               Baptis'd
               Believers
               in
               their
               successive
               Generations
               ,
               is
               evident
               ,
               Act.
               2.
               38
               ,
               39.
               
               It
               belongs
               
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 our
                 God
                 shall
                 Call.
              
               If
               any
               Man
               have
               not
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               he
               is
               none
               of
               his
               ,
               Rom.
               8.
               9.
               
               
                 Because
                 ye
                 are
                 Sons
                 ,
                 God
                 hath
                 sent
                 forth
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 his
                 Son
                 into
                 your
                 hearts
                 ,
                 crying
                 ,
                 Abba
                 ,
                 Father
                 ,
              
               Gal.
               4.
               6.
               
               
                 There
                 is
                 one
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 even
                 as
                 ye
                 are
                 called
                 in
                 one
                 hope
                 of
                 your
                 Calling
                 ,
              
               Ephes
               .
               4.
               4.
               
               
                 The
                 Love
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 shed
                 abroad
                 in
                 our
                 Hearts
                 by
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               5.
               5.
               
               
                 Now
                 we
                 have
                 received
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Spirit
                 which
                 is
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 know
                 the
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 freely
                 given
                 to
                 us
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Are
               these
               things
               meant
               of
               the
               Baptism
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               or
               of
               some
               lower
               receivings
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               F.
               
            
             
               These
               are
               the
               best
               part
               of
               the
               Promise
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               whoso
               receive
               ,
               are
               sealed
               thereby
               to
               the
               day
               of
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               are
               the
               Earnest
               of
               our
               Inheritance
               ;
               and
               are
               therefore
               most
               fitly
               called
               the
               Baptism
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               because
               the
               Spirit
               receives
               in
               the
               nine
               Fruits
               of
               it
               ,
               Gal.
               5.
               22
               ,
               23.
               transcends
               it's
               being
               received
               in
               the
               nine
               Gifts
               of
               it
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               The
               first
               are
               called
               the
               
                 more
                 excellent
                 way
                 of
                 receiving
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
              
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               ult
               .
               I
               had
               rather
               have
               that
               one
               Fruit
               of
               the
               Spirit
               called
               Love
               ,
               then
               all
               the
               nine
               Gifts
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               But
               are
               not
               the
               Gifts
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ceas'd
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               No
               such
               matter
               !
               unless
               our
               unworthiness
               deprive
               us
               of
               them
               .
               Are
               not
               these
               Exhortations
               yet
               of
               force
               ?
               
                 Covet
                 earnestly
                 the
                 best
                 Gifts
                 .
                 Follow
                 after
                 Charity
                 ,
                 and
                 desire
                 spiritual
                 Gifts
                 ,
                 and
                 rather
                 that
                 ye
                 may
                 prophesy
                 .
                 Covet
                 to
                 prophesy
                 ,
                 and
                 forbid
                 not
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 Tongues
                 .
              
               Sure
               these
               Exhortations
               inform
               us
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               Church
               hath
               need
               ,
               she
               may
               lawfully
               ask
               these
               best
               Gifts
               .
               But
               let
               her
               remember
               there
               is
               a
               better
               part
               of
               the
               Promise
               of
               the
               Spirit
               than
               the
               best
               of
               these
               Gifts
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               satisfied
               the
               whole
               Promise
               of
               the
               Spirit
               pertains
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               that
               therefore
               the
               Baptism
               of
               the
               Spirit
               remains
               .
               I
               would
               know
               what
               ordinary
               way
               God
               hath
               assigned
               to
               wait
               upon
               him
               for
               so
               great
               a
               Blessing
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Indeed
               our
               receiving
               the
               Promise
               of
               the
               Spirit
               through
               Faith
               ,
               Gal.
               3.
               14.
               in
               the
               sanctifying
               operations
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               the
               next
               great
               Blessing
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               to
               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
               upon
               the
               Fourth
               Principle
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Fourth
             Principle
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             CATECHISM
             :
             Or
             ,
             
               The
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
            
             .
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               SEeing
               this
               principle
               is
               express'd
               in
               the
               singular
               Number
               [
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               ,
               not
               Layings
               on
               of
               Hands
               ]
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               is
               here
               meant
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               It
               cannot
               be
               a
               violent
               laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               [
               as
               some
               prophanely
               imagine
               ]
               ;
               our
               Saviour
               taught
               none
               to
               lay
               violent
               Hands
               upon
               his
               People
               ;
               and
               yet
               the
               very
               act
               of
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               here
               ,
               is
               called
               a
               Principle
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Greek
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 Epitheseos
                 te
                 Chiron
              
               ,
               which
               signifies
               a
               gentle
               putting
               on
               of
               Hands
               .
               The
               word
               which
               signifies
               a
               violent
               handling
               ,
               is
               another
               word
               ,
               as
               in
               Luk.
               21.
               12.
               
               Epibalousin
               .
               But
               such
               is
               the
               great
               blindness
               of
               some
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               not
               see
               a
               difference
               between
               a
               Prophecy
               ,
               as
               that
               is
               in
               Luk.
               21.
               12.
               and
               a
               Doctrine
               ,
               as
               this
               is
               ,
               Heb.
               6.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               satisfied
               thus
               far
               ,
               that
               it
               can
               be
               no
               violent
               Act.
               I
               desire
               to
               hear
               the
               Truth
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               It
               must
               be
               a
               Service
               which
               concerns
               all
               Christians
               equally
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               
                 Babes
                 in
                 Christ
              
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               called
               Milk
               for
               Babes
               ,
               Heb.
               5.
               12
               ,
               13.
               a
               beginning
               Principle
               ,
               Heb.
               6.
               1.
               and
               placed
               among
               those
               other
               five
               Principles
               ,
               which
               do
               equally
               concern
               all
               Christians
               to
               know
               ,
               as
               you
               are
               Babes
               in
               Christ
               .
               And
               for
               these
               reasons
               it
               cannot
               be
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               for
               Ordination
               ,
               nor
               upon
               the
               Sick.
               It
               must
               therefore
               be
               that
               religious
               Service
               performed
               by
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               Acts
               8.
               14.
               and
               19.
               6.
               2
               
               Tim.
               1.
               6.
               for
               the
               promised
               Spirit
               ,
               both
               Gifts
               and
               Fruits
               ,
               as
               God
               pleas●d
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S.
               
            
             
               But
               did
               not
               the
               Apostles
               give
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               by
               putting
               on
               of
               their
               Hands
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               in
               no
               wise
               ,
               God
               gave
               the
               Spirit
               to
               those
               who
               did
               obey
               him
               ,
               Act.
               5.
               32.
               
               The
               Apostles
               only
               prayed
               for
               this
               Blessing
               ,
               which
               they
               knew
               belonged
               to
               Baptised
               Believers
               as
               such
               ,
               Act.
               2.
               38.
               and
               19.
               2.
               
               And
               faithful
               Pastors
               ought
               to
               teach
               Babes
               in
               Christ
               ;
               this
               Principle
               ,
               as
               it
               respects
               the
               Promise
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               to
               pray
               for
               it
               on
               behalf
               of
               the
               Disciples
               ,
               both
               Men
               and
               Women
               ,
               after
               the
               Example
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               Act.
               8.
               14.
               else
               they
               cannot
               lay
               the
               whole
               of
               that
               Foundation
               ,
               Heb.
               6.
               1
               ,
               2.
               nor
               teach
               Babes
               in
               Christ
               all
               their
               Principles
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Was
               this
               practice
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               with
               laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               ,
               continued
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               Ages
               next
               after
               the
               Apostles
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               it
               was
               religiously
               observed
               ;
               Eusebius
               mentions
               it
               ,
               as
               the
               ancient
               manner
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Prayer
                 ,
                 and
                 Laying
                 on
                 of
                 Hands
                 ,
                 Lib.
              
               7.
               c.
               2.
               
               And
               so
               does
               Tertullian
               long
               before
               him
               ,
               
                 Lib.
                 de
                 Bapt.
              
               his
               words
               are
               ,
               
                 After
                 we
                 are
                 come
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Laver
                 of
                 Baptism
                 ,
                 the
                 Hand
                 is
                 laid
                 on
                 by
                 Blessing
                 ,
                 calling
                 upon
                 ,
                 and
                 inviting
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               These
               things
               are
               very
               plain
               to
               such
               as
               are
               willing
               to
               be
               informed
               .
               I
               desire
               now
               to
               be
               informed
               ,
               what
               is
               the
               reason
               why
               so
               very
               few
               do
               receive
               these
               Principles
               ,
               in
               the
               native
               purity
               and
               simplicity
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               especially
               these
               two
               practical
               ones
               ,
               Baptism
               ,
               and
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               One
               great
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               a
               false
               Baptism
               ,
               without
               Repentance
               and
               Faith
               ,
               and
               dispensed
               in
               a
               Man-pleasing
               way
               :
               and
               likewise
               an
               outwardly
               Glorious
               and
               Ceremonious
               Bishoping
               ,
               has
               obtruded
               upon
               very
               many
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               are
               blinded
               ,
               that
               they
               cannot
               ,
               or
               prejudiced
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               not
               see
               these
               Truths
               ,
               than
               which
               scarce
               any
               are
               more
               plain
               and
               easy
               to
               be
               seen
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Another
               may
               be
               this
               ,
               The
               Wisdom
               of
               God
               knowing
               
               the
               Great
               pride
               of
               Man's
               Heart
               ,
               ordained
               these
               Ordinances
               ,
               to
               try
               them
               ,
               whether
               they
               would
               be
               obedient
               to
               his
               Commands
               ,
               how
               low
               so
               ever
               ,
               or
               whether
               they
               would
               contemn
               the
               very
               foot-steps
               of
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               the
               only
               Son
               of
               God.
               The
               Pharisees
               and
               Lawyers
               led
               the
               way
               in
               this
               Rebellion
               against
               God's
               Counsel
               ,
               Luke
               7.
               29.
               and
               many
               follow
               them
               ,
               
                 rejecting
                 the
                 Counsel
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 against
                 all
                 Power
                 in
                 Heaven
                 and
                 Earth
                 ,
              
               Matth.
               28.
               17
               ,
               18.
               being
               not
               baptised
               
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               we
               have
               the
               foot-steps
               of
               Christ
               most
               plain
               in
               the
               case
               of
               Baptism
               ;
               but
               have
               we
               any
               thing
               from
               him
               to
               favour
               us
               in
               the
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               with
               Prayer
               for
               the
               promised
               Spirit
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               verily
               ,
               we
               have
               as
               much
               from
               his
               own
               Example
               herein
               ,
               as
               the
               case
               could
               bear
               ;
               for
               Jesus
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               he
               was
               baptised
               ,
               
                 prayed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Heavens
                 were
                 opened
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 descended
                 in
                 the
                 bodily
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 Dove
                 upon
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 Voice
                 came
                 from
                 Heaven
                 which
                 said
                 ,
                 This
                 is
                 my
                 beloved
                 Son
                 ,
                 in
                 whom
                 I
                 am
                 well-pleased
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               things
               which
               from
               hence
               favour
               our
               Cause
               in
               hand
               ,
               are
               these
               .
               1.
               
               Christ
               did
               not
               ask
               this
               sealing
               and
               confirming
               Spirit
               ,
               till
               after
               he
               was
               baptised
               :
               but
               as
               soon
               as
               baptised
               ,
               he
               prays
               ,
               and
               receives
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
               Here
               is
               nothing
               wanting
               but
               the
               Administrator
               ,
               which
               could
               not
               be
               found
               among
               Men
               ;
               for
               who
               durst
               pray
               for
               Christ
               that
               he
               might
               receive
               the
               Spirit
               ?
               I
               could
               object
               upon
               others
               ,
               that
               in
               Christ's
               Baptism
               Repentance
               was
               wanting
               .
               Yet
               sure
               his
               Baptism
               is
               very
               precedential
               to
               us
               ,
               it
               coming
               as
               near
               us
               as
               the
               case
               would
               bear
               ;
               and
               so
               likewise
               he
               comes
               as
               near
               us
               in
               his
               waiting
               for
               the
               Spirit
               after
               Baptism
               as
               the
               case
               will
               bear
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               see
               the
               Grounds
               of
               those
               two
               Duties
               ,
               Baptism
               ,
               and
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               ,
               in
               a
               few
               Particulars
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               Grounds
               on
               which
               these
               Duties
               may
               be
               asserted
               ,
               and
               defended
               ,
               are
               ;
            
             
             
               1.
               
               The
               express
               Command
               of
               Christ
               ,
               or
               ,
               the
               express
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ
               ,
               they
               being
               both
               Principles
               of
               his
               Doctrine
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Christ's
               own
               Example
               ,
               or
               President
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               the
               greatness
               and
               holiness
               of
               his
               Person
               would
               bear
               it
               ,
               to
               be
               exemplary
               in
               either
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               undoubted
               necessity
               of
               the
               chief
               Blessings
               ,
               annexed
               to
               the
               religious
               use
               of
               these
               Services
               respectively
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Sufficient
               Example
               of
               many
               thousands
               of
               Christians
               ,
               Men
               and
               Women
               ,
               at
               Jerusalem
               and
               Samaria
               ,
               &c.
               submitting
               to
               these
               Services
               at
               their
               Principles
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               No
               repeal
               of
               these
               Services
               ,
               or
               of
               either
               of
               them
               ,
               since
               their
               institution
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               The
               undeniable
               consent
               of
               Antiquity
               for
               some
               hundreds
               of
               Years
               down
               from
               the
               very
               dayes
               of
               the
               Apostles
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               The
               Scriptureless
               ,
               trifling
               ,
               self-contradicting
               ,
               and
               nonsensical
               Objections
               ,
               which
               hitherto
               have
               been
               brought
               against
               Sacred
               Baptism
               ,
               or
               Prayer
               ,
               with
               the
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               ,
               for
               the
               Ends
               for
               which
               they
               were
               at
               first
               observed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fifth
             Principle
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             CATECHISM
             :
             Or
             ,
             
               The
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Dead
            
             .
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               WHat
               is
               the
               true
               definition
               of
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Dead
               ,
               according
               to
               Christian
               Doctrine
               and
               Faith
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               The
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Dead
               is
               an
               Act
               of
               Divine
               and
               Almighty
               Power
               ,
               quickning
               dead
               Bodies
               ,
               
               and
               restoring
               them
               to
               a
               state
               of
               such
               perfection
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               an
               eternal
               duration
               ;
               but
               does
               not
               necessarily
               infer
               the
               happiness
               of
               the
               Dead
               ,
               so
               raised
               ,
               but
               with
               respect
               to
               the
               Event
               of
               that
               Trial
               which
               they
               then
               shall
               undergo
               .
               And
               therefore
               the
               Resurrection
               is
               distinguished
               into
               two
               parts
               ,
               by
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               John
               5.
               28
               ,
               29.
               
               
                 Marvel
                 not
                 at
                 this
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 hour
                 is
                 coming
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 which
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 Graves
                 shall
                 hear
                 his
                 Voice
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 come
                 forth
                 ;
                 they
                 that
                 have
                 done
                 good
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Resurection
                 of
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 that
                 have
                 done
                 evil
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 Condemnation
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Shall
               the
               same
               Body
               in
               respect
               of
               it's
               Flesh
               and
               Bones
               rise
               again
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               It
               must
               either
               be
               the
               same
               Flesh
               and
               Bones
               ,
               or
               nothing
               ,
               seeing
               there
               is
               nothing
               else
               laid
               in
               the
               Grave
               that
               may
               be
               called
               Man.
               And
               this
               is
               the
               ancient
               Faith
               of
               God's
               People
               ,
               as
               appears
               in
               Job
               19.
               26
               ,
               27.
               
               
                 Though
                 after
                 my
                 Skin
                 ,
                 Worms
                 destroy
                 this
                 Body
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 my
                 Flesh
                 shall
                 I
                 see
                 God
                 :
                 Whom
                 I
                 shall
                 see
                 for
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 another
                 ,
                 though
                 my
                 Reins
                 be
                 consumed
                 in
                 me
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               this
               agrees
               with
               our
               Saviour's
               words
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               
                 All
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 Graves
                 ,
                 shall
                 hear
                 his
                 Voice
                 and
                 come
                 forth
                 .
              
               But
               does
               not
               Christ
               speak
               mystically
               of
               the
               Graves
               of
               Sin
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               he
               had
               spoken
               of
               those
               that
               are
               dead
               in
               Sin
               before
               ,
               vers
               .
               25.
               
               
                 The
                 hour
                 is
                 coming
              
               ,
               and
               now
               is
               ,
               
                 when
                 the
                 Dead
                 shall
                 hear
                 the
                 Voice
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 that
                 hear
                 shall
                 live
                 .
              
               This
               he
               speaks
               of
               the
               powerful
               preaching
               of
               the
               Gospel
               to
               convert
               those
               that
               were
               dead
               in
               Sin.
               Then
               adds
               ,
               
                 Marvel
                 not
                 at
                 this
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 hour
                 is
                 coming
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 Graves
                 shall
                 hear
                 his
                 Voice
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 come
                 forth
              
               ;
               but
               some
               of
               these
               to
               Condemnation
               ,
               which
               respects
               the
               Last
               Judgment
               ,
               undeniably
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               How
               then
               does
               the
               Apostle
               say
               ,
               
                 That
                 Flesh
                 and
                 Blood
                 cannot
                 inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 ?
              
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               50.
               
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               He
               explains
               himself
               in
               the
               next
               words
               ;
               
                 neither
                 
                 doth
                 Corruption
                 inherit
                 Incorruption
              
               ;
               He
               speaks
               of
               Men
               in
               their
               sinful
               and
               mortal
               state
               ;
               They
               must
               be
               regenerate
               by
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               freed
               from
               mortality
               in
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               or
               (
               as
               the
               next
               Verse
               shews
               )
               partake
               of
               a
               change
               which
               is
               equivalent
               ;
               or
               else
               they
               cannot
               enter
               into
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               It
               is
               certain
               our
               Saviour
               was
               Flesh
               and
               Bones
               after
               he
               was
               risen
               from
               the
               Dead
               ,
               Luk.
               24.
               39.
               
               Yet
               ,
               
                 he
                 entered
                 into
                 Heaven
                 it self
                 ,
                 there
                 to
                 appear
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 for
                 us
                 .
              
               Heb.
               9.
               24.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               confess
               it
               must
               follow
               ,
               that
               if
               no
               Flesh
               can
               enter
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               then
               Christ's
               glorified
               Body
               cannot
               be
               there
               ,
               which
               doubtless
               it
               is
               .
               But
               have
               we
               sufficient
               Testimony
               that
               our
               Bodies
               shall
               put
               off
               Mortality
               ,
               and
               be
               glorified
               with
               his
               glorious
               Body
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               written
               ,
               
                 This
                 Mortal
                 must
                 put
                 on
                 Immortality
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Corruption
                 must
                 put
                 on
                 Incorruption
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 Death
                 shall
                 be
                 swallowed
                 up
                 in
                 Victory
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               again
               ,
               
                 He
                 shall
                 change
                 our
                 vile
                 Body
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 fashioned
                 like
                 unto
                 his
                 glorious
                 Body
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 working
                 whereby
                 he
                 is
                 able
                 even
                 to
                 subdue
                 all
                 things
                 unto
                 himself
                 ,
              
               Phil.
               3.
               21.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Are
               there
               any
               Examples
               ,
               that
               any
               of
               the
               Dead
               who
               had
               lain
               long
               in
               the
               Graves
               was
               raised
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               full
               Instance
               of
               that
               ,
               Mat.
               27.
               52
               ,
               53.
               
               
                 The
                 Graves
                 were
                 opened
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Bodies
                 of
                 the
                 Saints
                 which
                 slept
                 ,
                 arose
                 and
                 came
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Graves
                 ,
                 and
                 appeared
                 to
                 many
                 .
              
               Now
               these
               Saints
               doubtless
               had
               been
               long
               dead
               ,
               for
               we
               read
               of
               no
               Saints
               dying
               at
               Jerusalem
               about
               the
               time
               of
               Christ's
               Suffering
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Are
               there
               any
               other
               Examples
               to
               confirm
               this
               great
               Article
               of
               our
               Faith
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               It
               pleased
               God
               to
               give
               an
               Instance
               of
               his
               Power
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Will
               in
               this
               behalf
               ,
               near
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               in
               that
               he
               translated
               Enoch
               that
               he
               should
               not
               see
               Death
               ,
               Gen.
               5.
               24.
               
               Heb.
               11.
               5.
               
            
             
             
               2.
               
               God
               also
               took
               Elijah
               the
               Prophet
               up
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               without
               tasting
               of
               Death
               ,
               2
               King.
               2.
               1
               ,
               11
               ,
               12.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               Elisha
               by
               the
               Power
               of
               God
               raised
               a
               dead
               Child
               to
               Life
               ,
               2
               King.
               4.
               33
               ,
               34
               ,
               35.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               By
               God's
               Power
               a
               dead
               Man
               was
               raised
               to
               Life
               ,
               at
               the
               touch
               of
               the
               Bones
               of
               the
               Prophet
               Elisha
               ,
               2
               King.
               13.
               21.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Are
               there
               any
               Examples
               of
               this
               kind
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Our
               Saviour
               raised
               a
               young
               Man
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               carried
               upon
               the
               Bier
               to
               be
               buried
               ,
               Luk.
               7.
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               He
               raised
               also
               the
               Daughter
               of
               Jairus
               ,
               Mark
               5.
               40
               ,
               41
               ,
               42.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               Christ
               raised
               Lazarus
               when
               he
               had
               been
               dead
               and
               buried
               ,
               commanding
               the
               Dead
               to
               come
               forth
               ;
               and
               though
               he
               was
               bound
               hand
               and
               foot
               ,
               yet
               he
               came
               forth
               by
               the
               Power
               of
               God
               ,
               John
               11.
               43
               ,
               44.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               St.
               Peter
               raised
               Tabitha
               to
               Life
               ,
               by
               the
               strength
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Act.
               9.
               40
               ,
               41.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               But
               the
               greatest
               Instance
               of
               all
               is
               ,
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               by
               which
               God
               hath
               given
               assurance
               to
               all
               Men
               ,
               that
               all
               Men
               shall
               rise
               again
               ,
               both
               the
               Just
               and
               Unjust
               ,
               Act.
               17.
               31.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Was
               this
               Article
               of
               Faith
               received
               by
               the
               Prophets
               before
               the
               coming
               of
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               Prophet
               David
               spake
               of
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Psal
               .
               16.
               8.
               and
               of
               the
               hope
               of
               his
               own
               Resurrection
               also
               .
               This
               was
               the
               hope
               of
               Israel
               ,
               Act.
               23.
               21.
               
               &
               24.
               15.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Prophet
               Isa
               hath
               these
               words
               ;
               
                 Thy
                 dead
                 Men
                 shall
                 live
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 my
                 dead
                 Body
                 shall
                 they
                 arise
                 :
                 awake
                 ,
                 and
                 sing
                 ,
                 ye
                 that
                 dwell
                 in
                 the
                 Dust
                 ,
              
               Isa
               .
               26.
               19.
               
               Augustine
               refers
               this
               to
               the
               Resurrection
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Daniel
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 That
                 many
                 that
                 sleep
                 in
                 the
                 Dust
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 shall
                 awake
                 ,
                 some
                 to
                 everlasting
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 to
                 everlasting
                 shame
                 and
                 contempt
                 ,
              
               Dan.
               12.
               2.
               
            
             
             
               4.
               
               Hosea
               13.
               14.
               as
               interpreted
               by
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               is
               very
               plain
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 ransom
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Grave
                 ;
                 I
                 will
                 redeem
                 them
                 from
                 Death
                 :
                 O
                 Death
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 be
                 thy
                 Plagues
                 ;
                 O
                 Grave
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 be
                 thy
                 destruction
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               These
               Testimonies
               are
               very
               clear
               .
               I
               desire
               some
               further
               confirmation
               of
               this
               Truth
               from
               the
               New
               Testament
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               For
               this
               I
               refer
               you
               to
               the
               serious
               reading
               of
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               throughout
               ;
               where
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               by
               divers
               Arguments
               ,
               confirms
               this
               Truth
               ,
               and
               especially
               by
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               importance
               of
               the
               thing
               it self
               ,
               making
               all
               Religion
               insignificant
               ,
               unless
               there
               be
               a
               Resurrection
               from
               the
               Dead
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               I
               will
               here
               insert
               this
               excellent
               Testimony
               to
               the
               Thessalonians
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 you
                 ignorant
                 ,
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 concerning
                 them
                 which
                 are
                 asleep
                 ,
                 that
                 ye
                 sorrow
                 not
                 ,
                 even
                 as
                 others
                 which
                 have
                 no
                 hope
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 we
                 believe
                 that
                 Jesus
                 died
                 ,
                 and
                 rose
                 a●ain
                 ;
                 then
                 they
                 also
                 which
                 sleep
                 in
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 shall
                 God
                 bring
                 with
                 〈◊〉
                 .
                 For
                 this
                 we
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 by
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 we
                 which
                 are
                 alive
                 ,
                 and
                 remain
                 unto
                 the
                 coming
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 prevent
              
               (
               or
               hinder
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               )
               
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 asleep
                 :
                 For
                 the
                 Lord
                 himself
                 shall
                 descend
                 from
                 Heaven
                 with
                 a
                 shout
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Voice
                 of
                 the
                 Arch-angel
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 Trump
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 dead
                 in
                 Christ
                 shall
                 rise
                 first
                 .
                 Then
                 we
                 which
                 are
                 alive
                 ,
                 and
                 remain
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 caught
                 up
                 together
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 to
                 meet
                 the
                 Lord
                 in
                 the
                 Air
                 :
                 and
                 so
                 shall
                 we
                 ever
                 be
                 with
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               1
               Thess
               .
               4.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               bless
               God
               for
               these
               clear
               Testimonies
               .
               I
               desire
               now
               to
               be
               instructed
               concerning
               the
               Eternal
               Judgment
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Sixth
             Principle
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             CATECHISM
             :
             Or
             ,
             
               The
               Eternal
               Judgment
            
             .
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               THE
               manner
               of
               Christ's
               coming
               to
               Judgment
               is
               thus
               described
               :
               
                 Then
                 shall
                 appear
                 the
                 Sign
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 in
                 Heaven
                 :
                 And
                 then
                 shall
                 all
                 the
                 Tribes
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 mourn
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 see
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 coming
                 in
                 the
                 Clouds
                 of
                 Heaven
                 with
                 great
                 Glory
                 .
                 And
                 he
                 shall
                 send
                 his
                 Angels
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 sound
                 of
                 a
                 Trumpet
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 gather
                 together
                 his
                 Elect
                 from
                 the
                 four
                 Winds
                 ,
                 from
                 one
                 end
                 of
                 Heaven
                 to
                 another
                 .
              
               Mat.
               24.
               30
               ,
               31.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               This
               will
               be
               a
               terrible
               day
               !
               Who
               is
               this
               Son
               of
               Man
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               This
               Son
               of
               Man
               is
               Christ
               Jesus
               ;
               For
               
                 God
                 〈◊〉
                 se●d
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 who
                 before
                 was
                 preached
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
              
               Act.
               3.
               20
               
               
                 The
                 same
                 Jesus
                 which
                 you
                 have
                 seen
                 go
                 up
                 into
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 sha●●
                 so
                 come
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 seen
                 him
                 go
                 into
                 Heaven
                 ,
              
               Acts
               1.
               11.
               
               
                 Behold
                 ,
                 he
                 cometh
                 with
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 Eye
                 shall
                 see
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 also
                 who
                 pierced
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 Nations
                 shall
                 wail
                 because
                 of
                 him
                 ,
              
               Rev.
               1.
               7.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Why
               shall
               the
               Nations
               wail
               because
               of
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Because
               ,
               
                 when
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 shall
                 come
                 in
                 his
                 Glory
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Holy
                 Angels
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 then
                 shall
                 he
                 sit
                 upon
                 the
                 Throne
                 of
                 his
                 Glory
                 .
                 And
                 before
                 him
                 shall
                 be
                 gathered
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 shall
                 separate
                 them
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Shepherd
                 divideth
                 his
                 Sheep
                 from
                 the
                 Goats
                 ,
              
               Mat.
               25.
               31
               ,
               32.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               To
               what
               end
               shall
               Christ
               thus
               divide
               the
               Nations
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               
                 To
                 give
                 to
                 every
                 Man
                 according
                 as
                 his
                 Work
                 shall
                 be
                 .
                 For
                 he
                 shall
                 set
                 the
                 Sheep
                 on
                 his
                 right
                 Hand
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Goats
                 on
                 the
                 left
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 Then
                 shall
                 the
                 King
                 say
                 to
                 them
                 on
                 his
                 right
                 Hand
                 ,
                 Come
                 ye
                 Blessed
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 prepared
                 for
                 you
                 from
                 the
                 foundation
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 :
                 for
                 I
                 was
                 hungry
                 ,
                 and
                 ye
                 sed
                 me
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               
                 Then
                 shall
                 he
                 say
                 also
                 unto
                 them
                 on
                 his
                 left
                 hand
                 ,
                 Depart
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 ye
                 Cursed
                 ,
                 into
                 everlasting
                 fire
                 ,
                 prepared
                 for
                 the
                 Devil
                 and
                 his
                 Angels
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 was
                 an
                 hungry
                 ,
                 and
                 ye
                 gave
                 me
                 no
                 Meat
                 ,
              
               Mat.
               25.
               34
               ,
               35
               ,
               41
               ,
               42.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               glorious
               and
               terrible
               description
               of
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               World.
               I
               pray
               ,
               by
               what
               Records
               will
               Christ
               judg
               the
               Nations
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               He
               shall
               especially
               proceed
               in
               Judgment
               with
               all
               Men
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               means
               of
               Grace
               which
               he
               gave
               them
               ,
               Rom.
               2.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               
                 For
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 condemnation
                 ,
                 That
                 Light
                 is
                 come
                 into
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 Men
                 love
                 Darkness
                 rather
                 than
                 Light
                 ,
              
               John
               3.
               17
               ,
               18.
               
               And
               yet
               more
               particularly
               ,
               they
               that
               have
               sinned
               without
               Law
               ,
               shall
               perish
               without
               Law
               ;
               and
               they
               that
               have
               sinned
               in
               the
               Law
               ,
               shall
               be
               judged
               by
               the
               Law.
               And
               those
               that
               have
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               
                 the
                 Word
                 which
                 Christ
                 hath
                 spoken
                 shall
                 judg
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 last
                 day
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               There
               are
               several
               Books
               spoken
               of
               in
               Rev.
               20.
               10.
               
               What
               are
               these
               Books
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               Books
               are
               Metaphorical
               ,
               and
               signify
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               God's
               Omniscience
               ;
               for
               he
               shall
               bring
               every
               Work
               to
               Judgment
               ,
               with
               every
               secret
               Thing
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               Good
               or
               Evil
               ,
               Eccles
               .
               12.
               ult
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Consciences
               of
               Men
               which
               then
               shall
               be
               awakened
               to
               condemn
               them
               ,
               or
               acquit
               them
               ,
               Rom.
               2.
               15
               ,
               16.
               may
               here
               be
               called
               Books
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               is
               meant
               by
               the
               Book
               of
               Life
               ?
               and
               whether
               any
               that
               were
               once
               written
               in
               it
               ,
               may
               be
               blotted
               out
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               The
               time
               when
               this
               Book
               shall
               be
               opened
               ,
               will
               best
               resolve
               the
               first
               Question
               .
               But
               thus
               much
               we
               know
               ,
               That
               the
               Promise
               and
               Covenant
               of
               Life
               made
               with
               Adam
               ,
               renewed
               with
               Noah
               and
               with
               Abraham
               ,
               and
               
               confirmed
               by
               Christ
               ,
               is
               ,
               to
               us
               ,
               the
               Book
               of
               Life
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               Men
               may
               blot
               themselves
               ,
               or
               render
               themselves
               unworthy
               of
               Eternal
               Life
               by
               Sin
               ,
               and
               especially
               by
               Unbelief
               ,
               Mark
               16.
               16.
               
               
                 He
                 that
                 believeth
                 not
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 damned
                 ,
                 Act.
              
               13.
               46.
               
               See
               and
               consider
               Exod.
               32.
               32.
               
               Psal
               .
               69.
               28.
               
               Rev.
               3.
               5.
               
               &
               21.
               17.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Shall
               the
               punishment
               of
               ungodly
               Men
               be
               perpetual
               ?
               shall
               it
               never
               end
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Wicked
                 shall
                 be
                 turned
                 into
                 Hell
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 forget
                 God
                 ,
              
               Psal
               .
               9.
               17.
               
               
                 Where
                 their
                 Worm
                 di●th
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 fire
                 is
                 not
                 quenched
                 ,
              
               Mark
               9.
               44
               ,
               45.
               
               They
               
                 shall
                 be
                 punished
                 with
                 everlasting
                 destruction
                 ,
              
               2
               Thess
               .
               1.
               19.
               
               The
               Hellish
               Torments
               are
               for
               the
               Devils
               and
               the
               Wicked
               for
               ever
               .
               There
               is
               no
               promise
               of
               any
               Pardon
               to
               the
               Damned
               ;
               nor
               that
               their
               Torments
               shall
               have
               an
               end
               ;
               and
               therefore
               for
               any
               to
               say
               these
               Torments
               shall
               end
               ,
               is
               presumptuous
               Folly.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Of
               what
               duration
               shall
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               Saved
               be
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Their
               Life
               and
               Glory
               is
               every
               where
               said
               to
               be
               Everlasting
               ,
               their
               
                 Kingdom
                 incorruptible
                 and
                 undefiled
                 ,
                 that
                 fadeth
                 not
                 away
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 God
                 shall
                 wipe
                 away
                 all
                 Tears
                 from
                 their
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 no
                 more
                 death
                 ,
                 nor
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 nor
                 crying
                 ;
                 nor
                 shall
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 more
                 pain
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 former
                 things
                 are
                 passed
                 away
                 ▪
              
               Rev.
               21.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 They
                 shall
                 shine
                 as
                 the
                 brightness
                 of
                 the
                 Firmament
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 the
                 Stars
                 ,
                 for
                 ever
                 and
                 ever
                 ,
              
               Dan.
               12.
               3.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Shall
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               know
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               so
               rejoice
               together
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               their
               Father
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Yes
               ,
               they
               shall
               be
               like
               the
               Angels
               ,
               who
               know
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               rejoice
               together
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               Luke
               15.
               7
               ,
               10.
               
               They
               shall
               be
               like
               Christ
               ,
               for
               they
               shall
               see
               him
               as
               he
               is
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               conversed
               of
               the
               things
               concerning
               his
               Kingdom
               after
               he
               was
               risen
               ,
               He
               will
               tell
               them
               also
               of
               his
               Brethren
               ,
               and
               what
               kindness
               they
               shewed
               to
               them
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               St.
               Paul
               tells
               the
               
                 Thessalonians
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 were
                 the
                 Hope
                 and
                 Crown
                 of
                 his
                 rejoicing
                 in
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               ;
               yea
               ,
               
                 his
                 Glory
                 and
                 Joy.
              
               But
               how
               this
               should
               be
               ,
               and
               he
               not
               know
               them
               ,
               is
               not
               easy
               to
               conceive
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Communion
               of
               the
               Faithful
               in
               Heaven
               shall
               far
               exceed
               what
               it
               was
               on
               Earth
               ;
               but
               this
               cannot
               well
               be
               ,
               unless
               they
               know
               each
               other
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Does
               the
               last
               Judgment
               agree
               to
               the
               Principles
               of
               common
               Justice
               and
               Equity
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               There
               is
               nothing
               in
               it
               contrary
               thereunto
               ;
               for
               when
               Life
               and
               Death
               are
               set
               before
               Men
               ,
               and
               Men
               chuse
               Death
               by
               chusing
               sinful
               ways
               against
               the
               known
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               it
               's
               just
               with
               God
               to
               give
               them
               their
               choice
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               If
               there
               were
               not
               a
               Judgment
               to
               come
               ,
               wicked
               Men
               would
               go
               unpunish'd
               ,
               for
               in
               this
               World
               they
               commonly
               escape
               ;
               they
               can
               bribe
               almost
               any
               wicked
               Action
               ,
               even
               Murder
               it self
               .
               Now
               all
               Principles
               of
               Justice
               cry
               for
               Vengeance
               in
               this
               Case
               ,
               both
               to
               the
               Offender
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               covers
               Iniquities
               .
               And
               hence
               ,
               the
               Last
               Judgment
               is
               necessary
               ,
               and
               agrees
               with
               all
               Principles
               of
               Common
               Justice
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               If
               there
               were
               not
               a
               Judgment
               to
               come
               ,
               the
               Just
               and
               Righteous
               People
               of
               God
               would
               be
               of
               all
               Men
               most
               miserable
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               19.
               for
               here
               they
               are
               oftentimes
               exposed
               to
               the
               hardest
               things
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               well-doing
               too
               .
               Now
               't
               is
               equal
               that
               they
               should
               have
               a
               time
               of
               refreshing
               ,
               and
               to
               this
               common
               Principles
               of
               Justice
               do
               agree
               .
            
             
               Finally
               ,
               We
               can
               none
               of
               us
               perfectly
               understand
               how
               hainous
               the
               Sins
               of
               those
               are
               ,
               who
               reject
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Gift
               of
               his
               Son
               ;
               and
               therefore
               we
               are
               not
               able
               to
               measure
               what
               Punishment
               is
               proportionable
               to
               such
               Iniquity
               .
            
             
               But
               here
               we
               must
               rest
               :
               That
               the
               Judg
               of
               all
               the
               Earth
               will
               do
               ●ight
               .
               For
               if
               there
               were
               Unrighteousness
               
               with
               God
               ,
               
                 How
                 then
                 should
                 he
                 judg
                 the
                 World
                 ?
              
               Rom.
               3.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               
                 But
                 all
                 his
                 Ways
                 are
                 Judgment
                 ;
                 a
                 God
                 of
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 Iniquity
                 ;
                 Just
                 and
                 Right
                 is
                 he
                 .
              
               Deut.
               32.
               4.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               When
               shall
               be
               the
               Time
               of
               this
               Eternal
               Judgment
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               God
               has
               not
               revealed
               that
               to
               Man
               ;
               but
               in
               that
               our
               Life
               here
               is
               very
               short
               ,
               this
               Judgment
               is
               at
               hand
               in
               respect
               of
               us
               .
               
                 For
                 it
                 is
                 appointed
                 unto
                 Man
                 once
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 that
                 the
                 Judgment
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               9.
               27.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               well
               satisfied
               concerning
               these
               Sacred
               Principles
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               I
               desire
               some
               further
               Instruction
               concerning
               my
               walking
               with
               God
               in
               the
               Communion
               of
               his
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Being
               thus
               a
               Christian
               ,
               built
               upon
               this
               Foundation
               ,
               Christ
               being
               the
               chief
               Corner-Stone
               ,
               thou
               must
               continue
               in
               the
               Faith
               ,
               Colos
               .
               1.
               23.
               and
               keep
               thy self
               in
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               ,
               praying
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               Judge
               20.
               walking
               in
               all
               the
               Commandments
               and
               Ordinances
               of
               the
               Lord
               blameless
               ,
               Luke
               1.
               6.
               obeying
               all
               thy
               Superiors
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               shew
               me
               the
               Rules
               of
               Prayer
               ;
               And
               also
               the
               Rules
               of
               my
               Obedience
               to
               my
               Superiors
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               These
               things
               are
               briefly
               comprehended
               in
               the
               Lord's
               Prayer
               ,
               which
               he
               taught
               his
               Disciples
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               fifth
               Commandment
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               first
               Commandment
               with
               Promise
               ,
               Matth.
               6.
               9
               ,
               10
               ,
               11
               ,
               12
               ,
               13.
               
               Ephes
               .
               6.
               2.
               which
               in
               the
               next
               Discourse
               we
               will
               consider
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             Duty
             of
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               WHo
               may
               warrantably
               pray
               according
               to
               Christ's
               Directions
               ,
               in
               the
               Prayer
               set
               down
               Mat.
               6.
               9
               ,
               
                 &
                 c
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               Although
               it
               is
               the
               Duty
               of
               all
               Men
               to
               humble
               themselves
               in
               Prayer
               before
               the
               Lord
               their
               Maker
               ,
               yet
               these
               Rules
               were
               given
               to
               the
               Disciples
               of
               Christ
               ,
               to
               the
               Children
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               In
               what
               sence
               are
               Christians
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               By
               Adoption
               and
               Regeneration
               ;
               they
               are
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               received
               into
               Grace
               and
               Favour
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               expound
               unto
               me
               the
               Lord's
               Prayer
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               That
               I
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               do
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 Our
                 Father
                 which
                 art
                 in
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               Christ
               teacheth
               us
               ,
               to
               put
               on
               Charity
               when
               we
               pray
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               include
               our
               Brethren
               with
               our selves
               .
               When
               we
               pray
               unto
               God
               ,
               we
               must
               also
               pray
               in
               Faith
               ,
               believing
               that
               he
               heareth
               us
               ,
               Jam.
               1.
               6
               ,
               7.
               
               Mat.
               21.
               22.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Which
                 art
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               .
               Here
               we
               profess
               that
               our
               God
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               as
               the
               place
               of
               his
               special
               Residence
               .
               Hence
               our
               Saviour
               in
               Prayer
               did
               frequently
               lift
               up
               his
               Eyes
               to
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Hallowed
                 be
                 thy
                 Name
              
               .
               We
               are
               to
               make
               the
               Honour
               and
               Glory
               of
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               dearest
               to
               us
               of
               all
               things
               ;
               thus
               Moses
               was
               more
               willing
               to
               die
               ,
               than
               that
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               should
               be
               reproached
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 Thy
                 Kingdom
                 come
              
               .
               The
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               is
               to
               be
               considered
               ,
               with
               respect
               to
               his
               Church
               in
               this
               World.
               And
               then
               we
               pray
               ,
               in
               this
               Petition
               ,
               for
               it's
               growth
               in
               
               Number
               and
               in
               Grace
               .
               We
               ought
               also
               to
               hope
               for
               the
               coming
               of
               Christ's
               Kingdom
               in
               the
               Glory
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               by
               Prayer
               to
               seek
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 Thy
                 Will
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 Earth
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               ;
               It
               is
               evident
               here
               ,
               that
               by
               Heaven
               is
               meant
               Heaven
               in
               a
               literal
               sence
               ,
               the
               place
               which
               is
               opposed
               to
               the
               Earth
               .
               And
               in
               all
               Prayer
               we
               must
               submit
               our
               will
               to
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               beware
               that
               we
               do
               not
               act
               contrary
               to
               his
               Will
               ,
               and
               so
               contradict
               our
               own
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 Give
                 us
                 this
                 Day
                 our
                 Daily
                 Bread.
              
               Here
               we
               acknowledg
               that
               our
               common
               Mercies
               are
               all
               in
               the
               Hand
               of
               God
               to
               give
               them
               ,
               or
               to
               withhold
               them
               .
               We
               are
               also
               taught
               to
               live
               by
               Faith
               in
               these
               Enjoyments
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               by
               some
               ,
               because
               God
               has
               promised
               that
               all
               these
               things
               shall
               be
               added
               to
               those
               that
               seek
               him
               rightly
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 And
                 forgive
                 us
                 our
                 Debts
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 forgive
                 our
                 Debtors
                 .
              
               We
               learn
               here
               that
               the
               best
               of
               God's
               Children
               are
               liable
               to
               offend
               ,
               they
               never
               esteemed
               themselves
               pe●●●
               without
               all
               Imperfection
               :
               and
               they
               that
               offend
               ,
               must
               pray
               ,
               and
               that
               Daily
               too
               ,
               for
               remission
               of
               Sin
               ;
               this
               teacheth
               us
               to
               humble
               our selves
               daily
               before
               God.
               We
               see
               here
               also
               a
               necessity
               of
               being
               merciful
               to
               such
               as
               offend
               us
               ,
               and
               to
               forgive
               with
               readiness
               all
               that
               trespass
               against
               us
               ;
               specially
               if
               they
               do
               turn
               ,
               saying
               ,
               I
               repent
               .
               Prayer
               for
               Mercy
               ,
               without
               Charity
               in
               him
               that
               prayeth
               ,
               will
               not
               be
               accepted
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 And
                 lead
                 us
                 not
                 into
                 Temptation
                 ,
                 but
                 deliver
                 us
                 from
                 Evil.
              
               Here
               we
               profess
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               God
               has
               the
               disposing
               of
               all
               Tryals
               which
               do
               attend
               us
               in
               this
               mortal
               State
               ;
               And
               here
               we
               pray
               that
               he
               will
               not
               suffer
               us
               to
               be
               tempted
               above
               what
               we
               are
               able
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               will
               with
               the
               Temptation
               make
               a
               way
               to
               escape
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               able
               to
               bear
               it
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               
                 For
                 thine
                 is
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Glory
                 for
                 ever
                 .
              
               Here
               we
               profess
               our
               Faith
               in
               Prayer
               .
               1.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 is
                 His
              
               ;
               and
               that
               therefore
               we
               depend
               
               on
               him
               for
               the
               prosperity
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               glorious
               coming
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               .
               2.
               
               
                 That
                 all
                 Power
                 is
                 his
              
               ,
               and
               therefore
               we
               depend
               on
               him
               to
               provide
               for
               ,
               and
               to
               deliver
               us
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               Will.
               3.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 glory
                 is
                 everlastingly
                 due
                 to
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               therefore
               we
               ascribe
               it
               ,
               as
               the
               Church
               did
               ,
               
                 not
                 unto
                 us
                 ,
                 not
                 unto
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 unto
                 thy
                 Name
                 give
                 Glory
              
               ;
               this
               is
               also
               to
               praise
               God
               in
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Amen
               .
               This
               word
               being
               truly
               expressed
               ,
               shews
               the
               full
               assent
               of
               the
               mind
               to
               the
               whole
               of
               the
               Prayer
               ,
               whether
               express'd
               by
               our selves
               in
               private
               ,
               or
               by
               such
               as
               join
               sincerely
               with
               us
               in
               publick
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Is
               it
               our
               Duty
               to
               use
               this
               form
               of
               words
               ,
               or
               to
               pray
               according
               to
               the
               tenor
               of
               the
               words
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Doubtless
               we
               are
               at
               liberty
               to
               use
               both
               ;
               and
               for
               weak
               Christians
               ,
               and
               indeed
               for
               all
               Christians
               in
               their
               private
               Devotions
               ,
               it
               is
               safe
               to
               use
               these
               very
               words
               ,
               so
               they
               be
               spoken
               with
               a
               Heart
               and
               Soul
               truly
               breathing
               after
               God
               ,
               
                 When
                 ye
                 pray
                 ,
                 say
                 ,
                 Our
                 Father
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Luk.
               11.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               other
               Ordinances
               hath
               Christ
               ordained
               for
               the
               general
               use
               of
               his
               Church
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Preaching
               the
               Word
               to
               Edification
               ,
               Exhortation
               ,
               Reproof
               ,
               and
               Correction
               of
               Offenders
               ,
               and
               the
               comfort
               of
               the
               Sincere
               ;
               And
               therewithall
               the
               frequent
               use
               of
               the
               Holy
               Table
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               2
               Tim.
               4.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               Act.
               2.
               42.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               How
               shall
               I
               know
               a
               lawful
               Minister
               ,
               one
               that
               is
               sent
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               hear
               the
               Word
               according
               to
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Observe
               these
               Rules
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Know
               that
               no
               Man
               of
               true
               Christian
               Modesty
               ,
               will
               pretend
               to
               be
               immediatly
               sent
               by
               a
               Commission
               from
               Heaven
               .
               And
               yet
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               God
               must
               make
               Men
               Ministers
               by
               the
               Gifts
               of
               his
               Grace
               ,
               illuminating
               their
               Understanding
               ,
               and
               capaciating
               them
               to
               speak
               to
               edification
               ,
               before
               the
               Church
               can
               make
               them
               Ministers
               .
            
             
             
               3.
               
               No
               unbaptised
               Person
               ,
               let
               his
               Parts
               be
               what
               they
               will
               ,
               has
               any
               liberty
               to
               be
               a
               Minister
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               not
               yet
               imbodied
               with
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               nor
               can
               be
               without
               Baptism
               .
               And
               here
               remember
               our
               dear
               Saviour
               would
               not
               preach
               one
               Sermon
               till
               he
               was
               baptised
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               When
               Men
               are
               competently
               gifted
               and
               qualified
               in
               point
               of
               Life
               ,
               being
               Church-members
               ,
               they
               are
               to
               be
               chosen
               by
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               ordain'd
               to
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Ministery
               ,
               by
               Prayer
               and
               Fasting
               ,
               with
               the
               Laying
               on
               of
               Hands
               of
               the
               Messengers
               and
               Elders
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               for
               such
               Offices
               as
               the
               Church
               finds
               them
               most
               capable
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               There
               is
               a
               liberty
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               for
               Brethren
               which
               are
               capable
               ,
               to
               exercise
               their
               Gifts
               to
               the
               edification
               of
               the
               Body
               ;
               and
               Men
               thus
               called
               ,
               or
               priviledged
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               thou
               mayest
               lawfully
               hear
               .
               If
               thou
               further
               goest
               ,
               thou
               goest
               without
               Rule
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               honour
               or
               respect
               do
               I
               ow
               to
               my
               lawful
               Pastours
               or
               Teachers
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Thou
               art
               bound
               to
               honour
               them
               in
               Love
               ,
               for
               the
               Work's-sake
               whereunto
               they
               are
               called
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Thou
               must
               obey
               them
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               they
               declare
               to
               thee
               the
               Counsel
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               admonish
               thee
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Thou
               must
               pray
               for
               them
               ,
               that
               God
               may
               make
               them
               a
               Blessing
               to
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Of
               what
               concernment
               is
               the
               Holy
               Table
               of
               the
               Lord
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               an
               Ordinance
               of
               great
               concernment
               ;
               being
               ordained
               by
               Christ
               himself
               to
               shew
               forth
               a
               perpetual
               Memorial
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               till
               he
               come
               the
               second
               time
               without
               Sin
               to
               Salvation
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               I
               pray
               shew
               me
               the
               manner
               of
               its
               Ins●itution
               .
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 night
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 betrayed
                 ,
                 took
                 Bread.
                 And
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 thanks
                 ,
                 he
                 brake
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 Take
                 ,
                 eat
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 my
                 Body
                 which
                 is
                 broken
                 for
                 you
                 ;
                 this
                 do
                 in
                 remembrance
                 of
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 And
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 also
                 he
                 took
                 the
                 Cup
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 supped
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 This
                 Cup
                 is
                 the
                 New
                 Testament
                 in
                 my
                 Blood
                 ;
                 This
                 do
                 ye
                 ,
                 as
                 oft
                 as
                 ye
                 drink
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 remembrance
                 of
                 me
                 .
                 For
                 as
                 often
                 as
                 ye
                 eat
                 this
                 Bread
                 ,
                 and
                 drink
                 this
                 Cup
                 ,
                 ye
                 do
                 shew
                 forth
                 the
                 Lord's
                 Death
                 till
                 he
                 come
                 ,
              
               1
               Cor.
               11.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               required
               of
               all
               that
               partake
               of
               this
               Holy
               Bread
               and
               Cup
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               They
               must
               be
               such
               as
               continue
               in
               the
               Apostles
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               true
               Christian
               Fellowship
               ,
               Act.
               2.
               42.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               They
               must
               examine
               themselves
               ,
               whether
               they
               walk
               in
               the
               Truth
               with
               a
               good
               Conscience
               ,
               both
               towards
               God
               ,
               and
               also
               towards
               Men.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               They
               must
               labour
               to
               discern
               the
               Lord's
               Body
               ,
               as
               the
               only
               Sacrifice
               for
               Sin
               ,
               as
               signified
               in
               this
               Service
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               They
               must
               hereby
               testify
               true
               unity
               with
               the
               Church
               :
               who
               are
               hereby
               shewed
               to
               be
               one
               Bread
               ,
               and
               one
               Body
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               all
               Partakers
               of
               that
               one
               Bread.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               danger
               of
               eating
               this
               Bread
               ,
               and
               Drinking
               this
               Cup
               unworthily
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               They
               that
               eat
               and
               drink
               unworthily
               ,
               receive
               condemnation
               to
               themselves
               ,
               not
               discerning
               the
               Lord's
               Body
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Is
               this
               Bread
               ,
               and
               this
               Cup
               ,
               the
               Real
               Body
               ,
               and
               the
               Real
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               This
               Bread
               ,
               and
               this
               Cup
               ,
               is
               the
               Real
               Body
               and
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               in
               a
               spiritual
               and
               mystical
               Sense
               ,
               but
               not
               carnally
               and
               corporally
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Are
               all
               Members
               of
               the
               Church
               to
               partake
               of
               the
               Cup
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               of
               the
               Bread
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               they
               have
               express
               Command
               from
               Christ
               to
               take
               the
               Cup
               ;
               for
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 Drink
                 ye
                 all
                 of
                 it
              
               ,
               Matth.
               26.
               27.
               
               The
               Bread
               is
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               Body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Cup
               is
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ;
               and
               of
               this
               Communion
               the
               whole
               Body
               Mystical
               ,
               the
               Church
               ,
               are
               partakers
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               10.
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               16.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               S.
               
            
             
               But
               were
               they
               not
               all
               Ministers
               that
               sat
               at
               the
               Table
               with
               our
               Saviour
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               When
               Ministers
               receive
               that
               Holy
               Bread
               ,
               an●
               Cup
               ,
               they
               do
               not
               receive
               it
               as
               they
               are
               Ministers
               ,
               〈◊〉
               as
               they
               are
               Members
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               10.
               17.
               
               〈◊〉
               dispense
               the
               Ordinance
               as
               Ministers
               ,
               but
               they
               partake●●
               it
               as
               Members
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Whether
               are
               we
               to
               kneel
               when
               we
               receive
               th●
               Holy
               Ordinance
               ,
               or
               to
               sit
               at
               the
               Table
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               A
               reverent
               Gesture
               is
               necessary
               ;
               but
               decently
               to
               sit
               at
               the
               Table
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               most
               warrantable
               ,
               being
               according
               to
               the
               Example
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               at
               the
               Institution
               ,
               Matth.
               26.
               20.
               
               Mark
               14.
               18.
               
               Luk.
               22.
               14.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               conclusion
               of
               this
               Service
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Giving
               thanks
               to
               God
               for
               his
               Mercy
               in
               giving
               Christ
               for
               us
               :
               and
               this
               is
               to
               be
               done
               with
               Hearts
               fille●
               with
               joy
               ,
               and
               the
               Thanksgiving
               to
               be
               in
               the
               manner
               of
               an
               Hymn
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Must
               this
               Hymn
               ,
               or
               Thanksgiving
               ,
               be
               in
               Meeter
               ,
               and
               expressed
               by
               all
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               Rule
               for
               either
               of
               these
               ;
            
             
               And
               the
               first
               would
               infer
               the
               necessity
               of
               a
               Poet
               to
               compose
               the
               Hymn
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               to
               be
               supposed
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               All
               pray
               and
               praise
               God
               when
               they
               heartily
               join
               with
               the
               Minister
               ,
               who
               is
               most
               sit
               to
               express
               the
               Praises
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             Obedience
             to
             Superiours
             .
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               WHat
               is
               my
               Duty
               towards
               my
               Parents
               by
               God's
               Law
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Gospel
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               To
               love
               and
               reverence
               their
               Persons
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               pious
               Fear
               and
               Obedience
               to
               their
               Authority
               ,
               Lev.
               19.
               3.
               
               Prov.
               23.
               22.
               
               &
               1.
               8.
               
               
                 My
                 Son
                 ,
                 hear
                 the
                 Instruction
                 of
                 thy
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 forsake
                 not
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 thy
                 Mother
                 .
              
               The
               just
               Commands
               of
               Parents
               are
               a
               Law
               to
               Children
               ;
               Colos
               .
               3.
               20.
               
               
                 Children
                 ,
                 obey
                 your
                 Parents
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 is
                 well-pleasing
                 to
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               3.
               
               To
               help
               them
               when
               they
               are
               in
               want
               ;
               thus
               our
               Saviour
               interpreteth
               the
               fifth
               Commandment
               ,
               Mat.
               15.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               Mark
               7.
               12.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               Not
               to
               speak
               evil
               of
               your
               Parents
               ,
               for
               he
               that
               does
               so
               ,
               is
               in
               danger
               of
               death
               ,
               Mark
               7.
               10.
               
               Mat.
               15.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               Duty
               of
               Servants
               to
               Masters
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 Let
                 as
                 many
                 Servants
                 as
                 are
                 under
                 the
                 Yoak
                 ,
                 count
                 their
                 own
                 Masters
                 worthy
                 of
                 all
                 honour
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 his
                 Doctrine
                 be
                 not
                 blasphemed
                 ,
              
               1
               Tim.
               6.
               1.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 And
                 they
                 that
                 have
                 believing
                 Masters
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 not
                 despise
                 them
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 do
                 them
                 Service
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 faithful
                 ,
              
               1
               Tim.
               6.
               2.
               
               The
               Gospel
               does
               not
               free
               any
               from
               the
               Duties
               of
               Morality
               ,
               but
               makes
               their
               Obligation
               to
               these
               Duties
               more
               strong
               .
               And
               
                 if
                 any
                 Man
                 teach
                 otherwise
              
               ,
               to
               open
               a
               Gap
               to
               Disobedience
               to
               our
               Superiours
               ,
               
                 he
                 is
                 proud
                 ,
                 and
                 knows
                 nothing
                 ,
              
               1
               Tim.
               6.
               3.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Servants
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 obedient
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 their
                 Masters
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 with
                 fear
                 and
                 trembling
                 ,
                 in
                 singleness
                 of
                 Heart
                 as
                 to
                 Christ
                 ,
                 not
                 with
                 eye-service
                 as
                 Men-pleasers
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 the
                 Servants
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 doing
                 the
                 Will
                 of
                 God
                 from
                 the
                 
                 heart
                 with
                 good
                 will
                 doing
                 Service
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 Men
              
               [
               because
               though
               we
               serve
               Men
               in
               these
               Duties
               of
               Life
               ,
               yet
               God
               is
               he
               that
               commands
               it
               ]
               knowing
               (
               also
               )
               
                 that
                 what
                 good
                 thing
                 any
                 Man
                 doth
                 ,
              
               [
               in
               the
               honest
               d●●charge
               of
               his
               Duty
               ]
               
                 the
                 same
                 shall
                 he
                 receive
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 whether
                 he
                 be
                 a
                 Servant
                 or
                 a
                 Master
                 ,
              
               Ephes
               .
               6.
               5.
               to
               9.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               Duty
               of
               young
               Men
               to
               the
               Aged
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 rise
                 up
                 before
                 the
                 Gray
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 honour
                 the
                 Face
                 of
                 the
                 Old
                 Man
                 ,
              
               Lev.
               19.
               32.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               other
               demonstrations
               of
               Honour
               is
               there
               due
               to
               the
               Aged
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               To
               speak
               to
               them
               reverently
               as
               to
               Fathers
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               them
               the
               Civilities
               of
               the
               Place
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Honour
             due
             to
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Son.
               
            
             
               WHAT
               is
               my
               Duty
               to●●●ds
               my
               Prince
               or
               Soveraign
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Father
               .
            
             
               Thou
               art
               to
               honour
               the
               King
               next
               unto
               God
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               none
               above
               him
               in
               Authority
               over
               thee
               but
               God
               :
               
                 Fear
                 God
                 ,
                 honour
                 the
                 King
                 ,
              
               1
               Pet.
               2.
               17.
               
               He
               is
               the
               Lord
               's
               Anointed
               ,
               for
               so
               was
               Cyrus
               King
               of
               Persia
               ,
               Ezra
               1.
               1.
               
               Isa
               .
               45.
               1.
               
            
             
               They
               are
               called
               Gods
               ,
               Psal
               .
               82.
               6.
               
               Fear
               therefore
               
                 the
                 Lord
                 and
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 meddle
                 not
                 with
              
               disloyal
               Persons
               
                 who
                 are
                 given
                 to
                 change
              
               ,
               Prov.
               24.
               21.
               
               
                 Let
                 every
                 Soul
                 be
                 subject
                 to
                 the
                 Higher
                 Powers
                 —
                 for
                 the
                 Powers
                 that
                 be
                 are
                 ordained
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               13.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               In
               what
               things
               am
               I
               bound
               to
               obey
               my
               Soveraign
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               F.
               
            
             
               In
               all
               things
               which
               he
               commands
               ,
               either
               Actively
               or
               Passively
               .
               
                 Submit
                 your selves
                 to
                 every
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 Man
                 for
                 the
                 Lord's
                 sake
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 as
                 Supream
                 ,
                 or
                 unto
                 Governours
                 as
                 unto
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 sent
                 by
                 him
                 ,
              
               1
               Pet.
               2.
               13
               ,
               14.
               
               Thou
               must
               be
               ready
               to
               every
               good
               Work
               which
               they
               command
               ,
               Tit.
               3.
               1.
               
               Thou
               must
               in
               no
               wise
               rebel
               against
               him
               ,
               Rom.
               13.
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               if
               God
               command
               one
               thing
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               command
               another
               contrary
               to
               God's
               Command
               ,
               what
               then
               must
               I
               do
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Thou
               〈◊〉
               do
               what
               God
               commands
               ,
               and
               suffer
               patiently
               what
               the
               King
               imposeth
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               Death
               it self
               ;
               for
               so
               did
               
                 Daniel
                 ,
                 Ch.
              
               6.
               10.
               and
               so
               did
               the
               three
               Children
               ,
               Dan.
               3.
               16
               ,
               17.
               
               And
               the
               Apostles
               did
               the
               same
               ,
               Act.
               4.
               19.
               
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Wha●
               must
               be
               the
               frame
               of
               my
               Spirit
               towards
               my
               Prince
               in
               such
               hard
               usage
               ?
            
          
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Thou
               must
               not
               curse
               the
               King
               ,
               no
               not
               in
               secret
               ,
               for
               God
               will
               discover
               it
               ,
               Eccles
               .
               10.
               20.
               
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 revile
                 the
                 Gods
                 ,
                 nor
                 speak
                 evil
                 of
                 the
                 Ruler
                 of
                 my
                 People
                 ,
              
               Exod.
               22.
               28.
               
               Act.
               23.
               5.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Thou
                 must
                 give
                 to
                 Caesar
                 the
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 Caesars
                 ;
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Fear
                 ,
                 Tribute
                 ,
              
               &c.
               for
               so
               hath
               Christ
               commanded
               ,
               Mat.
               22.
               21.
               
               Rom.
               13.
               7.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               Thou
               must
               pray
               for
               him
               in
               love
               unfainedly
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               good
               and
               acceptable
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               2.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               Thou
               must
               do
               all
               this
               for
               Conscience-sake
               ,
               suffering
               grief
               patiently
               ,
               
                 Commiting
                 thy self
                 into
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 in
                 well-doing
                 ,
                 as
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 a
                 faithful
                 Creator
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               13.
               5.
               1
               
               Pet.
               2.
               19.
               
               &
               4.
               19.
               
            
             
             
               To
               conclude
               ,
               know
               this
               ,
               that
               Religion
               is
               ordain'd
               to
               make
               us
               wise
               and
               good
               Men.
               The
               Christian
               Religion
               is
               the
               best
               Religion
               :
               And
               the
               best
               Christians
               will
               be
               the
               best
               Subjects
               to
               Princes
               ,
               most
               obedient
               to
               Parents
               ,
               most
               faithful
               to
               Masters
               ;
               for
               herein
               do
               they
               exercise
               themselves
               ,
               
                 To
                 have
                 always
                 a
                 Conscience
                 void
                 of
                 offenc●
                 ,
                 both
                 towards
                 God
                 ,
              
               by
               walking
               humbly
               with
               him
               ;
               
                 and
                 towards
                 Men
                 ,
                 by
                 doing
                 to
                 all
                 Men
                 as
                 they
                 would
                 that
                 Men
                 should
                 do
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 Act.
              
               24.
               16.
               
               Mat.
               7.
               12.
               
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .