of his church w, in the eftate both of his humiliation and exaltation. Q. 43. How doth Chrift execute the office of a prophet ? A. Chrift executeth the office of a prophet, in his revealing to the church x, in all ages, by his Spirit and word divers ways of administration of administration z the whole will of God a, that was able to fave him from death, and was heard, in that he feared. Heb. iv. 14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is paffed into the heavens, Jefus the Son of God, let us hold faft our profession. v. 15. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without fin. : w Pfal. ii. 6. Yet have I fet my King upon my holy hill of Zion. Matth. xxi. 5. Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and fitting upon an afs, and a colt the fole of an afs. If. ix. 6. For unto us a Child is born, unto us a fon is given, and the government fhall be upon his houlder and his name fhall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlafting Father, The Prince of peace. v. 7. Of the increase of his government and peace there fhall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to eftablish it with judgment and with jufrom henceforth even for ever: zeal of the Lord of hosts will ولا in in and things under the earth; v. II. And that every tongue should confefs, that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 43. John i. 18. No man hath feen God at any time; the only be gotten Son, which is in the bofom of the Father, he hath declared him. y 1 Pet. i. 10. Of which falvation the prophets have enquired, and fearched diligently, who prophefied of the grace that should come unto you: v. 11. Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Chrift which was in them did fignify, when it teftified beforehand the fufferings of Chrift, and the glory that should follow. V. 12. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minifter the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gofpel unto you, with the Holy Ghoft fent down from heaven; which things the angels defire to look into. z Heb. i. 1. God, who at fundry times, and in divers manners, fpake in time paft unto the Fathers by the prophets. v. 2. Hath in these last days fpoken unto us by his Son, this. Phil. ii. 8. And being whom he hath appointed heir of all found in fafhion as a man, he hum- things, by whom alfo he made the bled himself, and became obedient worlds. unto death, even the death of the crofs. v. 9. Wherefore God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: v. 10. That at the name of Jefus every knee fhould bow, of gs in heaven, and things in carth, a John xv. 15. Henceforth I call you not fervants; for the fervant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you. B b AQ F in all things concerning their edification and falvation b. Q. 44. How doth Chrift execute the office of a priest? A. Chrift executeth the office of a prieft, in his once offering himself a facrifice without fpot to God c; to be a reconciliation for the fins of his people d, and in making continual interceffion for theme, Q. 45. How doth Chrift execute the office of a king? A. Chrift executeth the office of a king, in calling out of the world a people to himself f, and giving them offi b Acts xx. 32. And now, brethren, I conmmend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are fan&tified. Eph. iv. 11. And he gave fome, apostles: and fome prophets and fome, evangelifts and fome.paftors and teachers; v. 12. For the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift: v. 13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the ftature of the fulness of Chrift. John xx. 31. But thefe are written, that ye might believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the Son of God; and that believing, ye might have life through his name. 44. c Heb. ix. 14. How much more fhall the blood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit, offered himfelf without fpot to God, purge your confcience from dead works to ferve the living God? v. 28. So Christ was once offered to bear the fins of many; and unto them that look for him fhall he appear the fecond time, without fin, unto falva tion. d Heb. ii. 17. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren; that he might be a merciful and faithful cers high priest, in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the fins of the people. e Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the uttermoft, that come unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make interceffion for them. 45. f Acts xv. 14. Simeon hath declared how God at the first did vifit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. v. 15. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written V. 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will fet it up. If. lv. 4. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and command. er to the people. v. 5. Behold, thou fhalt call a nation that thou knoweft not, and nations that knew not thee fhall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the holy One of Ifrael; for he hath glorified thee. Gen. xlix. 10. The fceptre fhall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto him fhall the gathering of the people be. Pfal. cx. 3. Thy people fhall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of 'holinefs from the womb of the morning: thou haft the dew of thy youth. tha eers g, laws b, and cenfures, by which he vifibly governs them i; in beftowing faving grace upon his elect k, rewarding their obedience, and correcting them for their fins m, preferving and fupporting them under all their temptations and fufferings n, reftraining and overcoming all their enemies and powerfully ordering all things for his own glory p, and their good and alfo in taking q :: g Eph. iv. 11. And he gave fome, apoftles and fome prophets: and fome, evangelifts: and fome, paftors and teachers; v. 12. For the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift. 1 Cor. xii. 28. And God hath fet fome in the church, firft apoftles, fecondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. b If. xxxiii. 22. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King, he will fave us, i Matth. xviii. 17. And if he fhall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man, and a publican. v. 18. Verily fay unto you, Whatsoever ye fhall bind on earth, fhall be bound in heaven : and whatsoever ye fhall loofe on earth, fhall be loofed in heaven. I Cor. v. In the name of our Lord Jefus Chrift, when ye are gathered together, and my Spirit, with the power of our Lord Jefus Chrift, v. 5. To deliver fuch an one unto Satan for the deftruction of the flesh, that the Spirit may be faved in the day of the Lord Jefus. 4. k Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Ifrael, and forgiveness of fins. / Rev. xxii. 12. And behold, I vengeance come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work fhall be. Rev. ii. 10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt fuffer: behold, the devil fhall caft fome of you into prifon, that ye may be tried; and ye fhall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. m Rev. iii. 19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chaften: be zealous therefore and repent. n If. lxiii. 9. In all their afflic tion he was afflicted, and the angel of his prefence faved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them, and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 01 Cor. xv. 25. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. Pfal. cx. throughout. v. 1. The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. v. 2. The Lord fhall fend the rod thy ftrength out of Zion rule thou in the midst of thine enemies, &c. . Rom. xiv. 10. But why doft thou judge thy brother? or why doft thou fet at nought thy brother? for we fhall all stand before the judgment-feat of Chrift. v. 11. For it is written, As I live, faith the Lord, every knee fhall bow to me, and every tongue fhall confess to God. q Rom. viii. 28. And we know that all things work together for good, vengeance on the reft who know not God, and obey not the gospel r Q. 46. What was the eftate of Chrift's humiliation? A. The eftate of Chrift's humiliation was that low condition, wherein he, for our fakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form a fervant, in his conception and birth, life, death, and after his death, until his refurrection/. Q. 47. How did Chrift humble himself in his conception and birth? A. Chrift humbled himself in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bofom of the Father, he was pleafed in the fulness of time, to become the Son of man, made of a woman of low eftate, and to be born of her; with divers circumstances of more than ordinary abasement t. 48. How did Chrift humble himself in his life? good, to them that love God,to them who are the called according to his purpofe. r2 Theff. i. 8. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gofpel of our Lord Jefus Chrift: v. 9. Who shall be punished with everlast ing deftruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Pfal. ii. 8. Afk of me, and I fhall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy poffeffion. v. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rad of iron, thou shalt dafh them in pieces like a potter's veffel. 46. Phil.ii. 6. Who being in the form of God, thought it no robbery to be equal with God: v. 7. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a fervant, and was made in the likeness of men: v. 8. And being found in fashion as à man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs. Luke i. 31. And behold, thou shalt conceive in A A. Chrift thy womb, and bring forth a fon 47. John i. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. v. 18. No man hath feen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bofom of the Father, he hath declared him. Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God fent forth his Son made of a woman, made under the law. Luke ii. 7. And fhe brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in fwaddling cloathes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Gal, A. Chrift humbled himfelf in his life, by fubjecting himfelf to the law v, which he perfectly fulfilled w; and by con ficting with the indignities of the world x, temptations of Satan and infirmities in his flesh, whether common to the nature of man, or particularly accompanying that his low condition z. ولا 49. How did Chrift humble himself in his death? Chrift humbled himfelf in his death, in that having been betrayed by Judas a, forfaken by his difciples b corned and rejected by the world c, condemned by Pi 48. Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God fent forth his Son, made of a woan, made under the law. Matth. v. 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to deftroy, but to fulfil. Rom. v. 19. For as by one man's difobedience many were made finners: fo by the obedience of one shall many be made vighteous. x Pfal. xxii. 6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and defpifed of the people. Heb. xii. 2. Looking unto Jefus the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the joy that was fet before him, endured the cross, defpifing the fhame, and is fet down at the right hand of the throne of God. v. 3. For confider him that endured fuch contradiction of finners against himself, left ye be wearied, and faint in your minds. y Matth. iv. 1. to verfe 12. I hen was Jefus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil, &c. Luke iv. 13. And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a feafon. z Heb. ii. 17. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren; that he might be a merciful and faithful late, high prieft, in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the fins of the people. v. 18. For in that he himself hath fuffered, being tempted, he is able to fuccour them that are tempted. Heb. iv. 15. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yeż without fin. If. ii. 13. Behold, my fervant fhall deal prudently, he fhall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. v. 14. As many were aftonifhed at thee; his vifage was fo marred more than any man, and his form more than the fons of men. 49. a Matth. xxvii. 4. Saying, Į have finned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? fee thou to that. b Matth. xxvi. 56. But all this was done, that the fcriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the difciples forfook him, and fled. c If. liii. 2. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: hé hath no form nor comelinefs: and when we fhall fee him, there is no beauty that we should defire him. v. 3. He is defpifed and rejected of men, a man of forrows, and ac quainted |