Biddle Dispossessed, OR His Scripture perverting Catechism reform by Scripture. Wherein Those points of the Christian Religion blasphemed by Biddle, by wresting the Scripture, to answer his heresies Question-wise propounded, are vindicated in several Anti-questions, resolving themselves by pertinent answers, taken word for word out of the Scripture, without either consequents or comments; And (which Biddle could not say) no more is concluded in the Question, than what is really and plainly contained in the Answer. Collected for their sakes who desire to be true Christians, and not of this sect of Biddle, inasmuch as that Sect (not more or less but) hath altogether departed from the simplicity and truth of the Scripture.  Quid dignum tanto tulit hic promissor? 2 Pet. 3.17. Beware lest ye being led away with the Error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 
London, Printed for Francis Titan, at the three Daggers in Fleet street, near the Temple-Gate, 1654.   

BIDDLES Mock-Preface.  
I Have wondered that there was no Catechism yet extant (that ever I could see or hear of) in which one might find the whole system of heresy, as the same is exactly contrary to the holy Scripture, as in this of Biddles, which is generally so stuffed, which abuses, wrest, and forcing the Scripture to answer his heretical, spurious, and lying Questions, that the least part thereof is at all consonant to, or derived from the Word of God; For thus it is, the Counsels, Convocations, and Assemblies of Divines, having been attending to lesser things, not sufficiently watching, this envious one, now whilst they sleep, endeavours to justle the sacred Scriptures out of their place in the Church; framing Articles, and Intruding them on our faith, according to his own fancy and Interest, which is to gain Disciples after him; as who is there that hath not heard of Biddles Disciples? And the Civil Magistrate, notwithstanding his Authority, conniving at the same, we have at last a Catechism fitted to those Articles, that Interest and design, wherein the Scriptures are some of purpose omitted, others wrested or brought in only for a show, not one quotation amongst all the things controverted, being a whit to the purpose, as will soon appear to any man of Judgement, who taking into his hands the said Catechism, shall examine the text, alleged with other Scriptures, and the ends they are alleged for; for if he do this diligently and impartially, he will find the Scripture and this Catechism to be at so wide a distance one from another, that he will begin to question whither, and proceed to believe that Biddle did not himself believe what himself wrote; or if he did so, will positively conclude, that spiritual and Scriptural understanding he hath none (notwithstanding all his pretence to rational) and that he did believe (proudly supposing all men blind as himself) that his Readers had no more: In how miserable a condition then (as to spiritual things) must the Disciples of Biddle needs be; when thus trained up, not (as the Apostle adviseth) in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, but in the blind and crooked paths of ungodly men, deceived, or deceving, or both: and in the doctrine of Devils, not having only no assurance of the reality, but the clearest Scripture-conviction of the non entity of their faith! Into which sad condition, many notwithstanding are fallen into, being so unhappy as not to know, or having known, to forsake the way of Truth, and quite abandon all piety and honesty, having departed from the Truth, the only firm ground whereon to build the same; to prevent which mischief, for time to come, by reducing such to their prisline faith (I mean such of them as own the Divine authority of the Scripture) and withal to satisfy the just and pious desire of some, and of myself, who delight to see the Scripture vindicate its self, and maintain the Truth of our religion, to the end that they and all good men (especially such to whose hands this blasphemous piece hath come) may consume themselves, their children and families, in that truth wherein they are already built up, and are yet building up one another; I have therefore (not by the understanding I have gotten, but that God hath given me) not compiled but collected certain Scriptures, which may serve touching several wronged Truths of God, for a Scripture Catechism, wherein I have not, nor cannot, but the Spirit of God may bring the Reader to a sure and certain knowledge of the truth of our profession, and the Error of Biddles, touching great things, both touching belief and practice, whilst I myself assert nothing; much less force the Scripture to answer my lies (as Biddle hath done before me) but only introduce the Scripture, uttering its own assertions, which all Christains confess to be of undoubted Truth. Take heed therefore, whosoever thou art, of Biddles Sect or not, that lightest on this book, and there readest things quite contrary to the lies propagated by Biddle, and currently received amongst his deluded, & (without grace lost followers; for I maintain, not only the things here displayed but the many Scriptures alleged both in the Letter, and sense of them, not only to have such a tendency, but a direct and flat opposition to those his abominations; I say take heed whoever thou art, that thou art not once or again entangled or ensnared with these his Hellish diabolical insinuations; for if thou art fair with him, thou canst not be so, without falling foul upon the whole bulk of holy Scripture itself: inasmuch as all the Questions and answers through Biddles Catechism, are forced either to speak another Dialect than themselves know, or at least than the current of other Scriptures know; whereas the Scripture wars not against its self, but is in sense reconcileable one place to anoother, though in words perhaps may have another tendency: for how can a Kingdom divided against its self stand? And for the Answers in this Anti-Catechism now before thee, they are faithfully transcribed out of the holy book, rightly applied to Question, and made father no more in the Question than is really contained in the proof, if thou shalt make a diligent inspection into the several texts with all their Circumstances: which (besides his pretensions) Biddle could not say. To evince it that he could not say so, Take only one Instance for many in his Catechism: In his 5. Chap. his first question is, How many holy spirits of Christians are there? He answers it by Eph. 4 4. One spirit. Put the Question and answer together, they make one entire proposition (whither true or false judge Reader.) There is but one holy Spirit of Christians: This he does to take off the power of the word, which calls the holy Ghost the Spirit God; But neither here nor elsewhere the Spirit of Christians: which yet as an answer to this Question this Scripture is made to say ex ungue Leonem: by this may you judge of many such; and yet Mr. Biddle gives you express Scripture without consequent or comments (to save his credit we say so too, without true ones.) And let not Biddle say, or any for him, we need a mystical or figurative interpretation (though many texts of Scripture are of that nature) to make the doctrines of Truth in our hand, and the texts of Scripture alleged to maintain their sense; for we do not as Biddle in this Instance, draw the Scripture falsely to our doctrine, but our doctrine truly from the Scripture: nor do we once take this liberty to impose our mystical and figurative interpretations on the Scripture, without express warrant of the Scripture itself; and with that, they are no more our interpretations, but the Scriptures: neither have we the less settled belief, nor are we the more liable to be turned aside by any one can Invent a new mystical meaning of the Scripture, there being as sure a rule to judge of such meanings as there is of the literal ones, to wit, the spirit of Revelation in the knowledge of him; I say Revelation conversant in, not without and besides the Scriptures, and that form of wholesome words, once to the Saints: nor is there any error how absurd or impious soever, can on such terms be accorded with the Scripture, nor the abominable Idolatries of the Papists, nor the superstitious fopperies of the Turks, nor the licentious opinions and practice of the Ranters, nor all these abominable and damnable heresies, the smoke belched out by Satan in several ages, from the bottomless pit, and now all Epitomised in the Person and Catechism of Biddle, may upon such terms be palliated, much less defended by the Word of God. Certainly we do not of our own heads figuratively interpret the Scripture, when the Letter seemeth repugnant to our spiritual sense, to the scope of the respective Text, and to many plain Texts to the contrary; (for in such cases) Biddle himself confesseth we must of necessity admit figures in the sacred volume, as well as we do in profane ones, that the Scripture clash not with itself, or with our spiritual sense, which indeed as it hath the word for its foundation, (and only so is of infallible certainty I say, if then we do admit a figure or spiritual meaning, in the plain word of God; neither do we make, as some blaspemously, and Biddle wickedly would make the Scripture a nose of wax: for Instance, it's delivered in the Scripture that the heaven of heavens cant contain God, that there is no flying from his presence, that he is present in heaven, and in hell, and in the uttermost parts of the Sea: that the Heaven is his Throne, and the Earth his Foot stool, and all these things hath his hand made, that he is a God at hand, and a God afar off, that no man can hid himself in secret places from God, and that he fills the heaven and the Earth: neither is any thing said in the Scripture to the contrary, (but that several places say, he is in heaven, none saying he is not elsewhere) I say now in this or such other cases, why should I thus stick to the Letter of the Word, and boldly affirm, with Biddle (having his understanding darkened with vain Philosophy, of which we are bidden to beware that God is in a certain place? would not this be to use the Scripture as a nose of wax, and when of itself it looketh one way, to turn it another at our pleasure? the like may be said of the similitude or shape of God: his Passions and affections, the Redemption of all men, and the falling from the faith, and such like, whatever is controverted in the ensuing Catechism: And doth not God so speak to our capacity in his Word, (which is a sure refuge in many matters, concerning God in Scripture (as that he doth not render us uncapable of finding out his meaning, when he speaks one thing, and explains himself by another? yea is not that way of his a direct course, not to make us substitute an Idol in his place, but to prohibit our so doing when he tells in one place, our God is in the heavens, and explains himself in another, yea sundry other, that he is also in the Earth, in Hell, and in the furthestmost parts of the Sea: for thus doth he in plain terms express himself, that we may not conceive amiss of him: Thus we see, that when sleep which plainly argueth weakness and imperfection, is ascribed to God, Psa. 44.23. the contrary is said of him; Psa 121. Thus does God in these forementioned things; he tells us he is in heaven, but that he is in the Earth and the Sea also: which is the manner of God in Scripture to explain himself in one place, what he means by another, which hath so much weight in it that it cannot be avoided; and he that shall deny it to any heretical end, does but take up one erroneous tenet, to maintain another; But it's no wonder indeed this fellow doth so, who entertains himself, and would have us to entertain such conceits of God and Christ, as are repugnant to the current of the Scripture, and far below the Divine Majesty, as he hath pleased to discover himself in the plain but certain Letter of sacred writ, which he doth in design to beguile the rude apprehensions of the vulgar, and instead of making them mere Christians to make them worse than Heathens; the root whereof is pride desiring to be accounted a learned man, and able to speak more truly of God, and the things of God, than himself hath spoken in his word. This indeed hath brought that more than Babylonish confusion into the Church, whilst men, such men, (who being of their Father the Devil, his works they will do) have framed those horrid doctrines under colour of Religion and Truth, but in Truth to put a baffle on the simplicity of the Scripture, and usher in heresies, that so they may with the more advantage, carry on their designs, whither of applause or profit, by their seduced followers, which could not be effected but by the ignorance of such people, and by wrapping up such dangerous conclusions in the guilded coverts of wrested & misapplied Scriptures, such things probably as our Author (for so he would, but shall not be called) doth not, and the first Inventors thereof; for he hath taken them all from the inventions of others indivers ages before him, who did not themselves believe, even then when they did (whither in design or in malice or both, I say not) first of all broach them; wherefore there is no possibility to keep the Christian Religion in its primitive purity, (a thing worthily boasted of in reformed Churches, as having been sincerely endeavoured, and in some good measure effected, by the good hand of God upon the labour (among others) his Servants Luther and Calvin) but by detecting and cashiering those many false notions, and devised forms of lying, fathered on religion, and wholly keeping ourselves to the plainness and Truth of the Scripture: for I have observed and find my observation to be true and certain, that when men to express matters of religion, wrist the words and phrases in Scripture contrary to the sense thereof, as explained by the holy Ghost, (the Author of the whole Divine writ) in other Scriptures they slyly under them couch false doctrines, and obtrude them on us: for without question the doctrines of the Scripture can be so aptly explained by no Spirit, (no Scripture being of private interpretation as by the spirit of the Scripture itself; so that it's not always safe to stick to the Letter of every Scripture, but only as explained by other Scriptures; nor is it always unsafe to express matters of religion in words and phrases unfound in Scripture, as to the Letter of them, provided they be sufficiently warranted and allowed as to the sense of them. This Liberty therefore has the Church unblamably taken to speak of the things God in the exact sense of Scripture in their own words: And he that blasphemes any such sentence, which in sense is the very language of Scripture, though the very words are not found in Scripture blasphemes the Scripture its self, and so doth he who (not ignorantly but maliciously) opposes the expressions of Gods being infinite, and incomprehensible, of his being a simple act subsisting in 3 persons, a Divine Circumcession, an eternal generation, eternal procession, incarnation, hypostatical union, communication of properties, original sin, Christ's taking our nature upon him, of Christ making satisfaction to God for our sins, both past, and present, and to come, of Christ's fulfilling the Law for us, being punished by God for us, Christ's merits, or his meritorious obedience, both active and passive, of Christ's purchasing the Kingdom of heaven for us, of Christ's enduring the wrath of God, of Christ's rising from the dead by his own power, of apprehending and applying Christ's righteousness to ourselves by faith; of Christ's being our surety, paying our debts, of our sins imputed to Christ, of his righteousness imputed to us, of Christ's dying to appease the wrath of God, and reconcile him to us, of infused grace, of free grace, of the world, of the elect, of Irresistible workings of the Spirit in bringing men to believe, of carnal reason, of spiritual desertion, of spiritual incomes, the out-goings of God, of submitting to, or taking up the ordinances, etc. some of which are in the same terms expressed in Scripture, all of them so owned by the Scripture, as that the things are expressly and fully contained in them, which all men know that are any thing acquainted in that sacred book; but for the terms, the mother of God, Transubstantiation, Consubstantation, and the ubiquity of Christ's body, we will add them to Biddles holy spirit of Christians, and confess them neither to be owned by Scripture, name, nor thing: Therefore excellent was Paul's advice to Timothy, to hold fast the form of sound words; which if we once let go, we shall be in danger of corruption, by new coined words of some, and the new coined doctrines of others, which is many men's sad case, as woeful experience teacheth us: for wicked and ungodly men, in succeeding ages, from the Apostles, have coined not only words, but doctrines to: Hence it is, that Arrius began wickedly to blaspheme & oppose the Divinity of the second person, who is coessential with the father, for he is God blessed for ever, Amen: this opened a gap for other heretics after him, (as at present Biddle) like so many undershrubs taking life from the droppings of his heresy, under pretence of returning to Truth, to propagate that accursed heresy: The like of others, which though it could not vitiate the chastity and simplicity of our faith delivered in the Scriptures, every point thereof yet remaining sound and entire, yet did there, or yet doth remain not any one point thereof uncontradicted and opposed; And those heresies of whatsoever kind, thus propagated from hand to hand, are so far from being like Theseus his old ship new mended, as that 'twas hard to say, whither 'twas the old ship or new; as that they are rather like the bird which was alterius ornata coloribus, so that though they may perchance vary their words, and new dress their arguments, yet are they the same, and but the same, which were at first propounded, by this or that Master Heretic, and as often answered, so that this Master-Builder himself does here Jurare in verba Magistri, only with this difference: this o that Heretic, at this or that time, hath tacked this or that error to our Religion: but this would subvert the whole Religion, which Christ and his Apostles taught, and put this body of heresy in the room thereof; in this outstripping them, that what they do scatteringly, against this or that part of Religion, he Rallies and applies to the ruin of Religion itself; but thanks be to God through our Lord jesus Christ, who amidst the present Inundation of heresies, hath preserved his written word entire: (for had men corrupted it, they would have made it speak more favourably in behalf of their lies and heresies than it doth) which word if we with prayer & humility pry into, resolving sincerely to embrace the doctrine therein plainly delivered, though all the world should set themselves against the Truth (our minds being enlightened) we shall easily discern it, and be kept therein through the power of God unto salvation.  
And thus much we shall see by experience, that a weak instrument of none, much less of no great abilities, hath sufficiently detected his wicked errors in the Body of heresy, by natural and pertinent Questions and answers, exactly transcribed out of the Word of God; it having been already of much vantage to me and may (I question not) through the spirit be so to all whosoever shall search the Scripture alleged, and make inquiry into the Oracles of God: These Oracles, which all men that have (by the Spirit of Truth, which can only lead into all Truth) studied the same, be enamoured with, as breathing out the wisdom and Truth of God, and as being the exactest rule of a holy life, (which the true Religion acknowledges the way unto happiness) whose Divinity notwithstanding hath been, is, and will be Questioned by many, to the world's end, who are unwilling to deny their worldly lusts, and obey the pure and perfect precepts thereof; which truly Biddle himself would not stick to do (might it advantage him in his design against Truth) as well as the Divinity of that Spirit which made them Divine: But he judges it the most Politic way, to stand on the foundation, to batter down the house, which is a stratagem so perfectly devilish, as that in this life, and in that to come, 'twill (without repentance) make him equal to the Prince of evil Angels.   


CHAP. I.  
QVest. The Word of God is quick and powerful, and more sharp than a twoedged sword: but is to so of itself, or with the spirits operation?  
Asw. 2 Cor. 3.6. Who also hath made us able Ministers of the New Testament, not of the Letter, but of the Spirit; for the Letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.   

CHAP. II.  
QV. There is indeed but one God: but hath not that God declared himself to be as one in Essence, so three in subsistence, the Father, the Word and the Spirit?  
Answ. Isa. 61.1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, therefore hath the Lord anointed me. Gen. 1.26. And God said let us make man in our Image, chap. 3.22. And the Lord God said, behold the man is become as one of us. chap. 11.6.7. and the Lord God said, let us go down. 1 joh. 1.1.7. for there are three which bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, and these three are one. Mat. 28.16. Go therefore and teach all Nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghost. joh. 15.26. but when the Comforter shall come whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth of the father, he shall testify of me.  
joh. 14.26. But the Comforter which is the holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.  
2 Cor. 13.13. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy Ghost be with you all, Amen.  
Titus 3.5, 6. But when the bountifulness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, he saved us by the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.  
Gal. 4.6. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts.  
Quest. The Father indeed is God, and also the Son is God, and the Spirit is God: of which in its proper place; only here repeat one Scripture already named.  
Answ. 1 John 5.7. For there are three which bear record in heaven, the father, the Word, and the Spirit, and those three are one.  
Quest. When God is said to be in a certain place in Scripture, as Psal. 115.3. Our God is in the heavens, and such like places: is he so there as to be circumscribed, comprehended, as included? or so there as are the Creatures, there, and not elsewhere then there; how then is God infinite? or is he infinite? what saith the Scripture?  
Answ. 1 Kingt 8.27. ' But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded.  
Psal. 139.7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or Whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into Heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there: If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. Isa. 66.1. Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my Throne, and the earth is my footstool; where is the house that ye builded unto me, or where is the place of my rest? for all those things hath my hand made.  
Isa. 40.12. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? and meted out heaven with a span? and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed the mountains in Scales? or the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord?  
Jer. 23, 24. Am I a God at hand saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? can any hid himself in secret places, that I shall not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, sa th' the Lord?  
Quest. When we read of the Image of God, as Gen. 1 26, 27. Let us make man in our Image, after our likeness, etc. the similitude of God; or the person of God in Scripture, doth it prove that God is corporeal and visible as man is? what is meant by the Image of God? what say other Scriptures?  
Answ. Col. 3.10. Renewed in knowledge after the Image of him that created him: Ephes. 4.24. And put on the new man which after God is renewed in righteousness and true holiness.  
Joh. 6.46. Not that any man hath seen the Father.  
Joh. 1.18. No Man hath seen God at any time.  
1 John 4.12. No man hath seen God at any time.  
Exod. 33.20. Moreover he said, Thou canst not see my face.  
1 Tim. 6.16 Who only hath immortality, and dwelleth in the light that no man can attain unto, whom never man saw, nor can see, to whom be honour and power everlasting, Amen.  
Quest. When we read in Scripture of affections and passions, as love, hatred, repentance, anger, etc. attributed to God in Scripture, as the anger of the Lord was kindled, it repent the Lord, etc. may we think thereby that God is subject to change as is man, or else speaks the Scripture in order to our capacity and apprehensions? what saith the Scripture?  
Answ. 1 Joh. 1.5. God is light, and in him there is no darkness, Gen. 28.19 God is not as man that he should lie, neither as the Son of man that he should repent; hath he said, and shall he not do it? hath he spoken, and shall he not accomplish it? James 1.17. Every good giving and every perfect gift is from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning: Psal. 33.11. The counsel of the Lord shall stand for ever, and the thoughts of his heart throughout all ages.  
Isaiah 46.10. My counsel shall stand, and I will do whatsoever I will; as I have spoken so will I bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will do it.  
Quest. Touching expressions we meet with in Scripture, of Gods tempting of Abraham, and having tried him, now he knew that he feared God, Gen. 22.1 to the 10. that God proves his people to see whither they will walk in his way or no; or repenting him of good and evil, upon his people's sins, or return of trying them, to know what was in their heart, and such like places; do they prove any such free actions of ours, or that God knoweth not till they come to pass: or rather speaks the Scripture after the manner of men? would not such doctrine destroy the Omnisciency of God? what saith the Scripture to this thing?  
Answ. Heb. 4.13. Neither is there any creature which in not manifest in his sight; but all thing are naked and open unto his eyes, with whom we have to do, Psal. 139.2, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16. Oh Lord, thou understandest my thoughts afar off; thy knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is so high that I cannot attain unto it; If I say the darkness shall hid me even the night shall be light round about me; yea the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day, the darkness and light are both alike; My bones are not hid from thee, though I was not made in a secret place; thine eyes did see me, when I was without form: for in thy book were all things written which in continuance were fashioned, when there was none of them before.  
Joh. 21.27. Peter said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and Jesus said, when thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou pleasedst; but when thou shalt be old, another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not; and this he spoke, signifying by what death he should glorify God.  
Psal. 147. Great is our Lord, his wisdom is infinite.  
Isa. 40.28. there is no searching of his understanding.  
Acts. 2.3. The determined counsel and fore knowledge of God.  
1 Pet. 1.2. Elect according to the fore knowledge of God the Father.  
Psal. 94.9, 10, 11. He that planted the ear, shall not he hear? and the eye, shall he not see? he that teacheth men knowledge, shall not he know? the Lord knoweth the thoughts of a man.  
Jer. 17.9, 10. The heart is deceitful and wicked above all things: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, and try the reins.  
Eph. 1. He hath chosen us in him, ere the foundationn of the world, that we should be holy: that in the dispensation of the fullness of time, he might gather together in one, all things according to his purpose; who ruleth all things after the counsel of his own will.  
2. Tim. 2.19. The foundation of God stands sure, having this seal: the Lord knows who are his.  
James 1.17. With God is no variableness or shadow of change:  
Prov 19.21. Many devices are in man's heart, but the Lords counsel shall stand.   

CHAP. III.  
QVest. Whereas we read in Gen. 3. the curse denounced by God upon our Parents first sin, to be sorrow in conception, a curse on the ground, and man's labour in this life, is that the full extent of the curse, or in the question of God's enemies? did not their sin bring on them and us the guilt of hel-f re? deface the Image of God in us, darken our understandings, enslave our wills, deprive us of power to do good, and cause mortality? did it, or did it not? what saith the Scriptures?  
Answ. Gen. 2.17. in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt dying die: Rom. 5.12. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death went over all men: verse. 14. but death reigned from Adam to Moses.  
Verse 15. Through the offence of one, many be dead.  
16. The fault came of one man to condemnation.  
17. By the offence of one, death reigned.  
18. By the offence of one, the fault came on all men to condemnation.  
21. Sin reigned unto death.  
Gal. 3.10. Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are written in the book of the Law to do them.  
Rom. 3.9. We have proved both Jews and Gentiles to be all under sin; vers. 12. They are altogether become unprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one. john 8.34. Whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.  
Rom. 6.17.20. Servants to sin.  
Rom. 7.14. Sold under sin:  
15. What I would, that I do not; but what I hate, that I do.  
18. In me (that is in my flesh) there dwelleth no good thing:  
19 For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.  
23. But I see another Law in my members, bringing me into captivity of the Law of sin, which is in my members.  
24. O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death?  
2 Pet. 2.19 While they promise liberty, themselves are the servants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.  
Eph. 2.1. Dead in trespasses and sins.  
john 8.41. You do the deeds of your Father; ye are of your Father the Devil, and his deeds will ye do.  
James 1.14. Every man is tempted of his own lust, and enticed.  
Rom. 8.7. They that are in the flesh, cannot please God.  
Gal. 3.22. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin; unless ye be born from above, you cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  
Titus 3.5. He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the holy Ghost.  
Psal. 54.5. Behold I was born in iniquity, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.  
Gen. 6.5. The Lord faw all that all the imaginations of man's heart are evil continually.  
Quest. What saith the Scripture concerning the understanding?  
1 Cor. 2.4. For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.  
Eph. 4.17, 18. This I say therefore and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them; because of the blindnesss of their hearts.  
Rom. 8 5 They that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh:  
7. The carnal mind is enmity with God.  
Luke 24.45. Then opened he their understandings, that they might understand the Scripture.  
Isaiah 44.18. They have not known nor understood. God hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and their hearts that they cannot understand.  
19 None considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding.  
10. A seduced heart hath deceived him.  
Quest. What of the Will?  
Answ. Phil. 2.18. It's said, God worketh in us to will and to do.  
Rom. 7.23. But I see another Law in my members, bringing me into captivity into the Law of sin.  
Rom. 6.20. Being servants to sin, we are free from Righteousness.  
Rom. 8.7, 8. The carnal mind is enmity with God; for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can be; so than they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Eph. 4.19. Have given themselves over to lasciviousness.   

CHAP. IU.  
QVest. Whereas we find in the Catechism, of God's enemies and ours, an endeavour to prove Christ the Lord by way of distinction from the one God, as he blasphemes to that end several Scriptures quoted, and many Questions stated; as that Jesus is the Lord born of his Mother Mary; that he died to be Lord over quick and dead; that God raised him up from the dead; that he was approved of God by miracles which God did by him; that the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seethe the Father do; that he abode in his Father's house, because he abode in his Father's commandments; that he is the Son of God; that the Father is greater than he; that he shall deliver up his kingdom to his father; that at the same time Thomas calls him, and the Scriptures call him God, himself and the Scripture confess him to have a god; by these doth that wretched Creature prove what he intends; to wit, that the Lord Jesus Christ is so our Lord, as not our God, very God with the Father? or doth he prove that which we shall never deny him, the humanity of our Mediator, according to the Scriptures; for such an high Priest it became us to have; let us hear what testimony the Scripture gives to the Godhead of Christ; and that he may see the wisdom of that God whom he hath blasphemed, as a token of vengeance to him, bring out one dart for the heart of him and his blasphemy out of his own quiver: The two first Scriptures he quotes, in this God defying Chapter, what say they and other Scriptures?  
Answ. He gins with Ephes. 4.5. and 1 Cor. 8.6. One Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things.  
Col. 2.9. In him (in Christ) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.  
Isaiah 9.6. For unto us a child is born, and unto us a Son is given, the Government is upon his shoulders, he shall call his name wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of peace.  
Jer. 23.5. Behold the days come, saith the Lord, I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and this is the name whereby they shall call him, the Lord our righteousness.  
Mat. 16.16. Then Peter answered and said, Thou art Christ the Son of the living God.  
John 1.1. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and that word was God.  
John 20.28. Then Thomas answered and said, Thou art my Lord and my God.  
Acts 15.28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock whereof the holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.  
Rom. 9.5. Of whom concerning the flesh Christ came, who is God over all, blessed for ever, Amen  
1 Tim. 3.16. And without controversy great is the Mystery of godliness, God manifested in the flesh.  
1 John 5.20. But we know the Son of God is come; Christ; and we are in him that is true; Christ, that is, his son Jesus Christ, this same is very God; and eternal life.  
joh. 3.13. No man ascendeth up to heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man which is in heaven; before Abraham was I am:  
Phil. 2 6 Who being in the form of God thought it no robbery to be equal with God took on him the form of a servant.  
Mat. 24.44. The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.  
Joh. 5.17, 18 My Father worketh hitherto and I work therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, not only because he had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, and made himself equal with God.  
Joh. 19.7. The Jews answered, we have a Law by which he ought to die; because he made himself the Son of God.  
Rom. 8.3, 15 God sending his own son, not sparing his own Son.  
Isa. 7.14 Behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son and she shall call his name Emanuel, God with us.  
John 3.16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.  
joh. 1.14. And the word was made flesh and we saw the glory thereof as the only begotten son of the father.  
Col. 1.13. Giving thanks unto the Father who hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son, who is the Image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature; for by him were all things created, which are in heaven and which are in earth things visible and invisible, whether they be Thrones or Dominions, or Principalities, or powers all things are created for him, and by him: and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.  
Heb. 1.6. Let all the Angels of God worship him: vers. 8. Unto the Son he saith, O God, thy throne is for ever and ever: verse. 10. And thou Lord in the beginning hast established the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands.  
Heb. 3.3. Christ is worthy of more honour than Moses, inasmuch as he that built the house, hath more honour than the house; and he that built all things is God.  
Heb. 13.8. Jesus the same yesterday, to day, and for ever.  
Isa. 45.21, 22, 23. Who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath told it of old? have not I the Lord? there is none other God beside me, a just God, and a Saviour; look unto me, and ye shall be saved all the ends of the earth; for I am a God, and there is none other; I have sworn by myself, every knee shall bow unto me and every tongue shall swear by me; compared to Rom. 14.10, 11, 12. We shall appear before the Judgment-seat of Christ; for it is written, I live saith the Lord, and every knee shall bow to me, and all tongues shall confess unto God: so than every one shall give account of himself to God.  
Isa. 44.4.44.6. Rev. 1.18. compared; who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generation from the beginning: I the Lord am the first, and with the last, I am the same; thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts, I am the first and the last, and without me there is no God; And I saw seven Candlesticks, and in the midst one like the Son of man, and he said, I am the first and the last.  
Pro. 8.22. The Lord hath possessed me, the beginning of his ways, I was before his works of old.  
Mar 3.1. Behold I will send my Messenger, and he shall prepare my way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek shall speedily come to his Temple, even the Messenger of the Covenant, whom ye desire.  
Psal. 45.6. Unto the Son he saith, O God thy Throne is for ever and ever.  
Esa. 40.3 A voice cryeth in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make strait in the desert a path for our God.   

CHAP. V.  
QVest. We find the Blasphemer pretending to the Letter of the Scripture, without Consequent or Comment; how then does Eph. 4.4. one Spirit resolve his Question, how many holy Spirit's of Christians are there?  
Ans. No ways.  
Quest Whereas then he would ungod God the holy Ghost, he makes a phrase and gives the holy Ghost a new name, The holy spirit of Christians whereas we find no such thing in Scripture, but the holy Spirit of God; what shall we then say to such a Blasphemer, who would under pretence of express Scripture, put on us, that for Scripture which we never find there, & that to so damned an end?  
Answ. The Lord rebuke thee Satan, to the Law and to the Testimony.  
Quest. The Scriptures indeed are the rule of faith; and no God ought we to worship but the God in the Scriptures: What Scripture have we then that expressly proves the Deity of God the holy Ghost?  
Answ. The first Scripture being unhappily quoted by our Adversary, being 1 Chron. 10.11. I shall therefore first give you, The Spirit searcheth all things, Esay 6.9. compared to Act. 28.25. and I heard the voice of (Jehovah) the Lord; saying, whom shall I send? And I said, here am I, send me: Then he said, go and fay unto this people, they shall hear and not understand, etc. In Acts its quoted, well said the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet, go unto this people and say, by hearing ye shall hear and not understand.  
Heb. 9.14. The etternal Spirit.  
1 Cor. 3.16. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God? and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?  
1 Cor. 6.19. Know you not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost, which dwelleth in you, therefore glorify God in your body, and in your Spirit, for they are Gods.  
2 Cor. 6.16. And what Agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols? for ye are the Temple of the living God.  
Acts 5.3, 4. Then said Peter, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie unto the holy Ghost? Thou hast not lied unto man but unto God. Esay 40.9. Say unto the Cities of Judah, behold your God, ver. 10. behold the Lord God will come with power, ver. 13. who hath instructed the Spirit of the Lord, or was his Counsellor? ver. 15. Behold the Nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance; Behold he takes away the sles as a little dust, vers. 17. All Nations before him are as nothing, less than nothing, and vanity, ver. 18. To whom then will ye liken God?  
Luke 1.3. And the Angel said, the holy ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most high shall overshadow thee: the Spirit of God hath made me.  
1 John 1.5, 7. Three bear Record in heaven, and these three are one.  
Mat. 28.19. Go teach all Nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghost.  
Gen. 1.2. And the Spirit of God moved upon the waters.  
1 Cor. 12.1. Now concerning gifts, vers. 4. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit, verse. 6. And there are diversities of operations, but God is the same, which worketh all in all: ver. 8, 9 To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom: to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit: to another faith by the same Spirit: to another the gift of healing by the same Spirit: verse. 11. All these things worketh the selfsame Spirit, distributing to every one severally, as he will.  
Mat 12.28, 31.32. I cast out Devils by the Spirit of God: therefore I say unto you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men but the blasphemy of the holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men; and whosoever speaketh against the holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this world, or the world to come.  
Quest. Are there not some workings of the Spirit in the hearts of men already regenerate, that are extraordinary and miraculous? such as in the Acts, which is called receiving the holy Ghost; the holy Ghost falling upon them, etc. in use for confirmation of the primitive Church, some that are proper to such a state, as the Spirit of Adoption: Because ye are Sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son; of Consolation, so the Spirit is called the Comforter, which Christ prays shall be sent; of assurance and evidence; after ye believed, ye were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise; if there be, and that this is the meaning of such Scriptures, do they then prove that Regeneration, Conversion, and the first beginnings of grace are in us, without the working of the Spirit, until after, as our Catechist would insinuate? or else do they prove only the further and gradual workings of the Spirit? what say the Scriptures?  
Answ. 2 Cor. 3.8. The Gospel by which we are converted, is called the Ministration of the Spirit.  
Joh. 3.5. Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Mat. 3.12. I baptise you with water, unto amendment of life: but he that cometh after me, will baptise you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.  
joel 2.28. I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh.  
2 Cor. 6.11, 18. But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are purified in the name of our Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.  
1 joh. 3.24. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost.  
Rom. 8.2. The Law of the Spirit of life which is in Christ Jesus, hath freed me from the Law of sin and death.   

CHAP. VI  
QVest. That Scripture, Rom. 5.10. We shall be saved by his life; is it so to be understood, as Saints ought not to expect salvation by the death of Christ, as Biddle insinuates? What say other Scriptures to this thing?  
Answ. Rom. 8.3. God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, condemned sin in the flesh, Heb. 2.9, 14, 15. that he by the grace of God should taste death for all men, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the Devil, and deliver them who through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bondage, 2 Cor. 5.14. If one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they that live, should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 1 Tim. 2.6 who gave himself a ransom for all men.  
Mat. 20.28. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.  
Mat. 26.28. For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins, Heb. 9.28. Christ what once offered to bear the sins of many. Esay 53.11. By knowledge shall my righteous servant Justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities.  
Eph. 5.25 Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it; without blood there is no remission; he died for us, and gave himself for us.  
Eph. 1.7. We have redemption through his blood.  
Heb. 9.12. But by his own blood entered he once into the holy place, and obtained redemption for us.  
Heb. 13.13. Therefore even Jesus that he might sanctify his own people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.  
1 Pet. 1.18, 19 Knowing ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold; but with the precious blood of Christ.  
1 john 1.7. And the blood of jesus Christ his Son, cleanseth us from all sin.  
Rev. 1.5. Who hath washed us from our sins in his own blood.  
Rom. 4.25.  
Isa. 53.5. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities.  
1 Cor. 15.3. Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures: he laid on him the iniquities of us all.  
Quest, But how is the other Question, of Christ his being given, raised and exalted by another to be a Saviour, according to those Scriptures, a name given, exalted to be a Saviour, raised unto Israel a Saviour, to be understood?  
Answ. As are those Scriptures in the fourth Chapter of the humanity of Christ: else the Scripture tells us, 1 Tim. 2, 6. He gave himself a ransom: he gave himself for us.   

CHAP. VIII.  
QVest. Whereas he would impudently apply that Scripture, Joh. 3.13. No man hath ascended into heaven, but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man which is in heaven: and what other Scriptures speak him coming down from heaven, coming forth from God, and such like; to this erroneous doctrine, that Christ as man, first ascended into heaven, was there, and came down thence, ere he shown himself to the world; is that according to truth? or doth he this merely to avoid the force these Scriptures have in them to prove the Deity of the Son? what Scriptures have you, that will sufficiently prove he did not so ascend as man, ere he was discovered to the world?  
Answ. Mat. 1.8. The birth of Jesus was on this wise; when as his Mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the holy Ghost: behold a Virgin shall be with child.  
Luke 1 30,31. And the Angel said unto her, Marry; Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son.  
Mat. 2.8. Search diligently for the young child: ver. 9 stood over where the young child was: verse. 11. They saw the young child with Mary his Mother: vers. 13. Arise, take the child and his Mother: for Herod seeketh the child to destroy him: vers. 14, 15. He arose and took the babe and his Mother, and departed into Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son: verse. 19, 20, 21. And when Herod was dead, behold an Angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the babe and his Mother, and go into the Land of Israel: Then he risen up, and took the babe and his Mother, and came into the Land of Israel. Verse. 23. And went and dwelled in a City called Nazareth.  
Luke 2.40. And the child grew, and waxed strong in the Spirit, 42. Now when he was twelve years old. 43. The child jesus remained in Jerusalem. 51.52. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth and was subject to them, and jesus increased in wisdom and stature.  
Joh. 20.17. jesus said unto her, Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended unto my Father: but I ascend unto my father and your father.  
Quest. These Scriptures prove indeed sufficiently, that Jesus was conceived among us; for she was with child; born among us: seen among us: removing from place to place among us: growing in years and stature, and gifts among us: and after all this his own testimony, after his resurrection, do sufficiently prove, he ascended not as man, before he descended; what use then shall those Scriptures turn to, which he abuses to that end?  
joh. 3.13. No man hath ascended, but he that hath descended, the Son of man which is in heaven.  
john. 8.42. I came from God. Vers. 29. I am from above.  
john 13.1.3. Jesus knowing that he came from God.  
joh. 16.28, 30. I came forth from the Father: by this we believe that thou camest from God.  
Answ. Add them all to that Testimony afforded us by the Scripture, Rom. 9.5. Who is God over all, blessed for evermore, Amen.  
Quest. Whereas our Catechist quotes several Scriptures, importing that he that believes shall be saved; if we hold fast our confidence to the end; if a man purge himself, if through the spirit we mortify the deeds of the flesh, we shall live; if we repent, our sins shall be blotted out; if we do these things, happy are we; if we suffer with him, we shall also reign: and whereby he deducts— that the promises of the Gospel are propounded conditionally to faith, perseverance, obedience, doing and uttering, which indeed is true, but mean time conceals that Truth, which ought to be considered herewith, namely, that we may perform these conditions, we must have recourse to an absolute promise: are there not therefore Scriptures that make all these first to be God's gift, ere they are our Act? repeat some among many.  
Answ. Gal. 5.22. The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, etc.  
Eph. 6.23. Peace be to the Brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and from our Lord jesus Christ.  
Heb. 12.2. Looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith.  
Eph. 2.8. By grace are ye saved through faith in jesus; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.  
Acts 26.22. I obtained help of God, and continue unto this day.  
2 Tim. 2.14. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly Kingdom.  
Heb. 13.20, 21. The God of peace that brought again from the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the Sheep, through the blood of the everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in all good works, to do his will, working in you what is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever and ever, Amen.  
Eze. 11.19. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit in their bowels, and will take their stony heart out of their bodies, and I will give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my Judgements, and execute them. Hosea 14.9. The ways of the Lord are just, and the r ghteous shall walk in them.  
Phil. 2.13. For it is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do, of his good pleasure.  
Acts 5.31. Him hath God raised up, with his right hand, to be a Prince and Saviour to Israel, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins.  
Acts. 11.17, 18. Forasmuch then as God gave them a like gift as he did unto us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could let God? when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, then hath God also granted unto the Gentiles repentance unto life!  
Rom. 2.4. Or despisest thou the riches of his bounty, and patience, and long-suffering, not knowing that the bountifulness of God leadeth thee to repentance. 2 Tim. 2.24, 25. But the Servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle toward all men, apt to teach, suffering the evil men patiently, instructing them with meekness that are contrary-minded, proving if God at any time will give them repentance, that they may acknowledge the Truth, and come to amendment out of the snare of the Devil, of whom they are taken prisoners to do his will.  
Phil. 1.19. Unto you it is given for Christ, that not only you should believe in him, but also suffer for his sake.   

CHAP. IX.  
QVest. Though the many Scriptures cited do prove the Divinity of the Son, and we do in the main refer all other by strokes thereat (one whereof we have in this Chapter) to that distinct head, yet whereas here is quoted Mat. 9.2, 3, 4, importing that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins; and that the multitude glorified God, which had given so much power unto men  
Acts 5.31. Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and Saviour to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel; which Scripture he accommodates by his Question, to his Lie; namely, that Christ forgiving sins on earth and heaven, does it as a man impowered and exalted by God, and not as God: That so he may remove the irresistible force of this argument, He that forgives sins, is God; but the man Jesus Christ forgives sins: Ergo. Have you therefore no Scripture that directly proves this thing; that what the Lord Jesus did in the work of Redemption and forgiveness of sins, he did it as God? and so what ere act he did as Mediator, he did by virtue of his Divine nature.  
Acts 20.28. The Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.   

CHAP. X.  
QVest. What shall we say to this Blasphemer, who yet in despite of Jesus Christ, God blessed for ever, abuseth that place, john 22.23. The father judgeth no man, but hath committed all Judgement to the Son, that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father; to th' s cursed end. The Son is not to be honoured as the Father, because he hath not the same esteem with the Father, but the same judiciary power; that so he may divert the dint of two unanswerable Arguments in this glorious Text. 1. He that is Judge of all the world, is God: but the Son is Judge of all the world. Ergo Gen. 18.22, 25. And Abraham stood before the Lord, and said, Shall not the Judge of all the world do right? And the Lord answered. If I shall find 50. persons in Sodom righteous. I will spare the place for their sakes. 2. The second is, He that is to be Honoured even as the Father, is equal to the Father; but the Son is to be Honoured even as the Father, Ergo. So that though there be enough in the naming this Scripture, to confute this child of Satan, yet have ye no Scripture over and above those Scriptures already brought to vindicate the Divinity of the Son that expressly proves the Son is honoured as he is, and because he is God?  
Answ. 1 Pet. 3.15. Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, that they may be ashamed which blame your good conversation in Christ.  
Luke 17.15, 16, 17. Then one of them when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice praised God, and fell down on his face at his feet, and gave him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. But Jesus answered and said, Are there not ten cleansed, but where are the nine? There were none found to give God thanks save this stranger.  
Quest. Since in this Chapter he belches out yet more blasphemy, what shall be said in answer to his perverting of this Scripture? john 5 27. he hath authority to execute Judgement, because he is the Son of man; Christ therefore, saith he, had it not as he is God; and that Rev. 1.5, 6, 11, 12. Unto him which washed us from our own sins in his own blood, be glory and dominion; worthy is the Lamb that was slain; when says he, Saints and Angels praise him, not because he is very God, of very God, but because he died for us.  
Answ. These are sufficiently spoken to in the Scriptures to the other Answer; yet more to follow him, in regard in this Question he blasphemes the term very God of very God, see Phil. 2.5, 6.7 8.9, Let the same mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, thought it no robbery to be equal with God; but he made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a Servant, and was made like unto man, and was found in shape as a man; he humbled himself, and became obedient unto the death, even the death of the Cross wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name above every name.  
1 john 5.20. But we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind to know him that is true and we are in him that is true; that is, in his Son jesus Christ; this same is very God, and eternal life.  
john 1.14. And the word was made flesh, and pitched his tents among us: and we saw the glory thereof as the glory of the only begotton Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.   

CHAP. XI.  
QVest. There being two parts of the Priesthood, of Christ's satisfaction, and intercession, according to the Scriptures; it's the design of this Chapter to make void the first of them, namely the satisfaction of Christ by making the Priesthood of Christ merely to consist with latter namely his intercession; contrary to that rule, What God hath joined, let no man put asunder: And whereas he doth this, First, by Heb 8.4. If he were on earth, he should not be a Priest. Heb. 7.15, 16. There ariseth another Priest, made not after the Law of a Carnal Commandment, but after the power of an endless life; hereby concluding, that Christ was not a Priest until after his death and resurrection; and if so, no Priest upon the Cross; since then this is so weighty a business, what saith the Scripture in other places?  
Answ. The Scriptures to this thing are already cited in the sixth Chapter. All centring in that, 1 Cor. 15.3. Christ died for us according to the Scriptures.  
Quest. But whereas that Scripture, Heb. 7.25. he is able to save, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for us, is alleged: doth he save only by his intercession, or by his intercession without his satisfaction? What other Scriptures therefore have you to prove Christ to be a Priest, and a Priest able to save, because he offered up himself?  
Answ. Many, but some of the principal our adversary names, I cannot tell why, unless that we should not.  
Heb. 9.28. Christ was once offered up to bear the sins of many.  
Heb. 10.11, 12. This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down at the right hand of God; for by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.  
Heb. 7.26.27. For such a Highpriest it became us to have, which is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the Heavens; which needed not daily, as these High-Priests, to offer up a sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's for that he did once when he offered up himself.  
Quest. Doth our Catechist pretend to express place of Scripture, and yet tells us so impudent and known a lie, as that Christ entered into the holy place to offer himself, as in his nineth Question, in this Chapter, intimating he offered himself not here; what will you then say to so bold a Blasphemer?  
Answ. Acts 13.10. Oh full of all subtlety, and all mischief, the child of the Devil. and enemy of all righteousness! wilt not thou leave to pervert the strait ways of the Lord?  
Quest. What means that place in Heb. 9.12. By his own blood entered he into the holy place; meaneth it that Christ was not a Priest? etc. as this lying wretch insinuates from this place, that Christ offered not himself till he went into the holy place; or rather means it that Christ by his offering himself, and suffering upon the Cross, then being a Priest, went up to God? rehearse some passages in this Chapter.  
Answ. Verse 12.13, 14, 15. But Christ being come an Highpriest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect Tabernacle, not made with hands, neither by the blood of Goats and Calves, but by his own blood entered he once into the holy place, and obtained Redemption for us; for if the blood of Bulls and Goats, and the ashes of an Hiefer, sprinkling them that are unclean, sanctifieth as to the purifying of the flesh; how much more shall the blood of Christ, which through the eternal spirit offered up himself without spot unto God? ver. 24, 25, 26. for Christ is not entred into holy places that are made with hands, which are similitudes of the true Sanctuary, but is entered into the very heaven, to appear now in the sight of God for us; not that he should offer himself often, as the Highpriest entered into the holy place every year with other blood; (for then must he have often suffered, since the foundation of the world) but now in the end of the world hath he appeared once to put away sins by the sacrifice of himself.  
Quest. shove indeed that oblation once offered for the sins of many, which Christ offered up himself, was the great act of his Priestly office, yet was not Christ as Priest before his suffering? or came he to his Priestly office by suffering? That is to say, did he first suffer, and then was a Priest? Is that meant in that place, that he might be a merciful and faithful Highpriest?  
Answ. Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec; so speaks the Psalmist before Christ, Psal. 110.4.  
Quest. Seeing we have such an Highpriest, let us come boldly unto the Throne of grace, Heb. 4.14.16. is the proper use indeed we ought to make of the Priesthood of Christ, but principally respecting his intercession? what other Scripture therefore doth the Scripture direct us to, to be made of his satisfaction?  
Answ. Luke 1.68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he visited and Redeemed his people; and hath raised up the horn of salvation unto us, in the house of his Servant David, ver. 74, 75. that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, should serve him without fear, all the days of our life in holiness and righteousness before him. Luke 2.8. to the 14. Rom. 5.8, 9, 11. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us: much more than being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him; and not only so, but we rejoice in God through our Lord jesus Christ, by whom we have received the atonement.  
1 Pet. 21.24. Christ suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps, who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we being delivered from sin should live in righteousness; 2 Cor. 5,21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, that we should be made the righteousness of God through him.   

CHAP. XII.  
QVest. It's demanded whither it were the will and purpose of God, that Christ should, suffer the death of the Cross? what say you in answer?  
Answ. We say, answer and confess that he was delivered by the determinate council and foreknowledge of God; and that what was done, was whatever Gods hand and council derermined before to be done; only we would herewith take in that 9 to the Heb. 13. which saith expressly that Christ through the eternal spirit, offered himself too God.  
Quest. Reconciliation being properly betwixt two persons at variance; the Mediator of Reconciliation, hath in both these, respecting God and us, made an atonement and reconciliation: And because God was the party offended, the Scripture therefore speaks that man was reconciled; hence are we said to be reconciled to God; God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself; Christ suffered for sins, that he might bring us to God.  
But the adversary of all truth takes occasion hence to insinuate that God was not at odds with us; and if so, needed no satisfaction: Therefore saith he, Christ died not to reconcile God to us, but us to God: That so he may null that glorious work of Christ's satisfaction: To which in its proper place the Scriptures have already spoken; yet that this false conclusion may fall, do not the Scriptures say, we lay under the displeasure of God, which was done away by that work of his satisfaction?  
Answ. We were the Children of wrath as well as others: Eph. 2.3. Christ hath redeemed us from the Curse of the Law, when he was made a Curse for us.  
Gal. 2.13. Jesus which delivereth from the wrath to come.  
1 Thes. 1.10.— Rom. 5.9. Saved them from wrath to come through him.  
Quest. If we lay under the curse of the Law, and were children of wrath, and this curse and wrath are we by this Mediator redeemed from; then indeed hath he reconciled God unto us by his satisfaction, that glorious part of his Mediation: but have you no Scripture that doth expressly hold out our reconciliation to God, by the blood of Christ, to be in order to our acceptance with God?  
Answ. Col. 1.19, 20, 21. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself: and to set at peace, through the blood of his cross, both the things in heaven, and the things on earth: and you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your minds were set on evil works, hath he now also reconciled in the body of his flesh, through death, to make you holy and unblameable, and without fault in his sight.  
Rom. 5.9.10. When we were enemies we were reconciled to God through his son; and not only so, but we all rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.  
Quest. When the Scripture says Christ died for our sins, our sins indeed procured his death Accidentally: for we might have sinned, and Christ not have died, which is causa causata but whereto doth the Scripture assign the first principal and moving cause which is causa causans?  
Answ. John 3.16. Grd so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. Gal. 2.20. Who loved me, and gave himself for me.  
Rev. 1.5. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.  
Quest. Christ indeed learned obedience by the things he suffered, left us an example, brought us to God, destroyed him that had the power of death, sanctify us with his own blood, makes us live together, with him, not live to ourselves; which are glorious ends; the Scripture tells us of the death of Christ: but are these the only ends of Christ's death the Scripture mentions? if not, what other principal end is here omitted?  
Answ. Ephes. 1.7. We have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.  
Col. 1.14. Same words, Ephes. 1.14. Redemption of the possession purchased.  
Gal. 4.5. When the fullness of time was come, God sent forth his son, made of woman, and made under the Law, that he might redeem them which were under the Law.  
Titus 2.13, 14. Our Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquities.   

CHAP. XIII.  
QVest. Were there neither Scripture nor Argument against the doctrine of universal love and general Redemption, this were enough to a sober mind to Question it, in that it's bound up in the volume of our Author's Truth; and so vigorously contended for by such a Master of heresy; And may cause our late assertors thereof to blush to see their opinion touching so important an head in Divinity, inserted in so black and Atheistical a Calendar: But to the thing; the Scriptures speaking Christ died for all gave himself a ransom for all, tasted death for every man, giveth life to the world, will have all men be saved, all should come to repentance, for the sins of the whole world, etc. and other such of a general tendency; how must they be understood? of a general confused and universal love to men, so that God willed, and Christ effected the Salvation of all men? or else according to restraint given us in other Scriptures? to the Election of the Father: the prayer of Christ: the faith, and obedience of men: the sheep of Christ: his Church: such whom his Father hath given him: his people; his peculiar people: and this general term all, expounded by other Scriptures, to be many? which will if so, effectually prove, that though Christ is indeed in common tendered, and propounded to all men, but intended and effectually applied only according to these restraints. Rehearse the Scriptures therefore on each of these.  
Answ. Rom. 9.11, 12.13. For ere the Children were born, and when they had done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God might remain according to Election, not by works, but by him that calleth, it was said, the elder shall serve the younger, as it is written, I have loved jacob, and hated Esau.  
Rom. 11.5. Even so then at this present is there a remnant according to the election of grace; ver. 7. The Election have obtained it; the rest have been hardened. v. 28. As touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake.  
john 17.9. I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me, for they are thine.  
joh. 3.16. God so loved the world, that whosoever believeth on him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.  
john 12.46. I come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in me, should not abide in the darkness.  
Acts 10.43. To him also give the Prophet's witness that through his name, all that believe in him shall receive remission of sins.  
Rom. 3.22. The righteousness of God by the Faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all that believe.  
Heb. 5.9. Being consecrate, was made the Author of eternal Salvation to all them that obey him.  
Mat. 25.33. And he shall set his sheep on his right hand, and the Goats on his left.  
John 10.26, 27. My sheep hear my voice; and I give unto them eternal life.  
John 10.15. I lay down my life for my Sheep.  
Mat. 15.24. And he answered, and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  
Acts 20.28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock whereof the holy Ghost had made you overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.  
Ephes. 5.25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it.  
john 6.29. And this is the Father's will who hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.  
Mat. 1.21. And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.  
Titus 2.13, 14. Looking for the blessed hope, and appearing of the glory of the mighty God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purge us to be a peculiar people unto himself, zealous of good works.  
Mat. 20.28. The Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.  
Mat. 26.28. This is the blood of the new Testament which is shed for many, for the remission of sins: Heb. 9.28. Christ was once offered to take away the sins of many.  
Isa. 53.11. But his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.  
Quest. These Scriptures are undeniable as to this great point; but is there not a general, providential, temporal good, mercy and salvation in God, common to all men? yea to irrational creatures as well as men?  
Answ. Psal. 145.8, 9 The Lord doth good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.  
Psal. 36. O Lord, thou savest man and beast.  
Quest. In this Chapter we have another blow at the Godhead of the Son; The Scriptures abused to this end are such as tell us, Christ was raised by God, by the power of God, by the glory of the Father, and such like: whence it is concluded, Christ risen not by his own power, but by the power of another: Is that therefore the language of these Scriptures; which tells us, he was not raised by himself? Touching that, we must address to other Scriptures; what therefore saith the Lord himself touching this thing?  
Answ. john 2.19, 20, 21. Jesus answered, and said unto them, Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up again: then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this Temple a building, and wilt thou rear it in three days? but he spoke of the Temple of his body.  
john 10.17. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again: no man taketh it from me: But I lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.  
Quest. This discourse of the resurrection was improvidently meddled with to that end intended; for if the Lord Jesus Christ did by his own power raise himself from the dead, as those Scriptures prove, then only was he God; yet have you not other Scriptures do prove, that when God the Father raised up the Son from the dead, the Son then raised up himself, inasmuch as the Father and the Son work together in one and the same work?  
Answ. John 5.21. For likewise as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, so the Son quickeneth whom he will.  
John 5.19. Whatsoever things the Father doth, the same things doth the Son also; the father worketh hitherto, and I work.   

CHAP. XV.  
QVest. To usher in the doctrine of works, way is made for it by confounding the terms, justification and Righteousness; as if they were but one and the same thing, when indeed there's nothing less; for the Scripture indeed tells us of a righteousness which is of the Law, but nowhere a justification which is of the Law. That we may therefore understand them both, let us hear the Scripture speaking touching them both; and first for justification; doth not the Scripture expressly say, it cannot be righteousness in us?  
Answ. Psal. 143.3. For in thy sight shall no man that liveth be justified, Rom. 4.5. To him that worketh not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for Righteousness.  
Quest. Justification than cannot be righteousness in us, but accounted to us; what is Justification then but remission of sins? and doth not the Scripture make our Justification to consist herein, that iniquities are forgiven, and sin not imputed?  
Answ. Psal. 32.1. Blessed is he whose iniquity is forgiven, and whose sin is covered: blessed is the man to whom God imputeth not sin.  
Quest. But how prove you this is meant to be Justification? doth not the Apostle Paul, treating on this very thing justification, quote this very place, summing up justification in two parts; Imputation of righteousness without works, non-Imputation of sin?  
Answ. Rom. 4.2, 5, 6, 7, 8. For if Abraham were justified by works, he had wherewith to boast, but not before God; But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is accounted for Righteousness; even as David declareth the blessedness of the man to whom the Lord Imputeth righteousness without works: saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered: blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin.  
Quest. What then is our Righteousness? doth not the Scripture tell us, it's the satisfaction and obedience of Christ, in life and death performed for us, and of God freely imputed to us that believe? report the language of the Scripture touching this glorious import, first of his satisfaction?  
Answ. 1 Cor. 2.2. For I determined to know nothing among you save jesus Christ, and him crucified. Esay 53.5, 6. By his stripes we are healed, the Lord hath laid upon him the iniquities of us all.  
Luke 22.20. This cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.  
Rom. 3.24. Justified freely by his grace, through the Redemption which is in Christ jesus; whom God hath sent forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness to the forgiveness of sins.  
Rom 5.8, 9 While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; much more then, being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.  
Gal. 5.13. Christ hath redeemed us from the Curse of the Law, when he was made a Curse for us.  
Eph. 1.7. By whom we have Redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.  
1 Joh 1.7. The blood of jesus Christ the Son of God, cleanseth us from all sin, Christ the Son of God cleanseth from all sins.  
Col. 2.10. Ye are complete in him.  
Rom 5.19. For as by one man's disobedience, many were made sinners: so by the obedience of one, shall many also be made righteous.  
Quest. It's clear indeed, than its the suffering of Christ, the obedience and righteousness of Christ that makes us righteous, and justified; but then how doth the Scripture say, his faith was counted righteousness? Abrabam believed in God, and he counted it for righteousness: Is it (contrary to the sense of all the forementioned Scriptures) the act of faith, or the blood of Christ the Object of faith, that justifies? in short, is Justification for our faith, or by it? how say the Scriptures?  
Answ. Eph. 2 10. By Grace are ye saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.  
Rom. 5.9. Being now justified by his blood.  
Quest. But the Scriptures say, we are justified freely by grace, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace; eternal life is the gift of God, etc. Is it so, as if the gift of God, and the merit of Christ are inconsistent? nay, rather do they ever act apart? may not, nay is not that which is a free gift of God, respecting us, the price of blood respecting Christ?  
Answ. We need no farther than the Scriptures wrested on this very account.  
Rom 3.24. We are justified freely by his grace, through the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus.  
Eph. 1.7. In whom we have Redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.  
Rom. 6 23. The gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  
Quest. Doth not the Scripture say therefore positively, that we are bought with a price? and that price is the precious blood of Jesus Chr●st?  
Answ. 1 Cor. 6.20. For ye are bought with a price.  
1 Cor. 7.23. Ye are bought with a price; be not the Servants of men.  
1 Pet. 1.18, 19 Knowing that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation, received by the traditions of the fathers, but with the precious blood of jesus Christ, as a Lamb undefiled, and without spot.  
Quest Nay, more, doth not the Scripture expressly say, that without this price of blood there is no remission?  
Answ. Heb. 9.22. And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.   

CHAP. XVI.  
Quest. Our Saviour tells us his Commandments are not grievous, his yoke is easy, and his burden light; this indeed is a slight proof of our Master of Arts to conclude our possibility of keeping the Commandments of God: let's hear the sense of the Apostle Paul to this very thing, affectionately expressing the desire of his regenerate part to keep the Law of God, and his hearty closing therewith making good that of our Saviour: That his Commandments are not grievous, his yoke is easy, and his burden light: yet withal plainly telling us, that he was not able to keep them, by reason of his unregenerate part; and in plain terms giving our Master of Arts the lie.  
Answ. Rom. 7.14.— For we know the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin; for that which I do I allow not; for that I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that I do: now then it's no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me; for I know in me, (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing; for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I know not; for the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that do I; I find then a Law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me; for I delight in the Law of God after the inward man: but I see another Law in my members, warring against the Law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the Law of sin, which is in my members: Oh wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from this body of death?  
Quest. In Truth this is an eminent experience, in this eminent Apostle, writ for our instruction: but what more express Scriptures have you?  
Answ. Eccl. 7.20. For there is not a just man upon the earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.  
1 John 8.10. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and the truth is not in us.  
2 Cor. 3.5. We are not sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves. Psal. 14.3.2. Enter not into Judgement with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.  
Esay 64.6. We have all been as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness is as filthy rags.  
Quest. Indeed this makes little for the possibility of keeping the Law of God: but yet more, are not these laws broken by us, ere we come unto act? and if so, there is yet further impossibility.  
Answ. Mat. 5.28. I say unto you, whosoever looketh after a woman, to lust after her, hath committed Adultery with her already in his heart.  
Prov. 20.9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?  
Quest. Here is sin proved effectually to be in all, even the best men, omitting good, committing evil; yea, and against their endeavours and desires, and sin in thought; but what is this sin which the best men do, and cannot but do? is it not the breaking, transgressing, or not keeping the Commandments of God?  
Answ. 1 John 3. Whosoever committeth sin, transgresseth also the Law; for sin is the transgression of the Law.  
Quest. But suppose a man exactly observe and do all the Law: some few points, nay, o'er breach in his time only excepted; doth not that entitle him to the guilt of all? so that he that keeps not all and every one, keeps none of the Commandments?  
Answ. james 2.10. For whosoever shall keep the whole Law, and yet offend in one point, is guilty of all.  
Quest. If this be our possibility to keep the Commandments, the Lord be merciful to me a sinner; but yet the Scriptures speak of keeping the Commandments of God, doing the will of God, hearing and doing, to which blessedness is annexed: is there not therefore a new obedience required of, and practised by the Saints, according to the tenor of such Scripture, which though it be not perfection, yet is accounted to them as perfection, and hath blessedness entailed to it; That obebience centring on these two Bases Sincerity and Faith.  
Answ. Walk before me, and be perfect, etc. upright, seat Psal. 1.1, 2. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the Counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in Law of the Lord.  
Gal. 3.21, 22. If there had been a Law given which could have given life, surely righteousness should have been by the Law; but the Scripture hath concluded all under sin; that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ should be given to them which believe.  
Quest. But David said of himself he had keep the ways of the Lord; did he mean perfectly? How could that be, since he is recorded (a fit example alleged by Biddle) both an Adulterer and a Murderer? what can be then meant by his keeping, but his sincerity? is not that his righteousness, cleanness of hands, and his keeping the ways of God? namely, his not wickedly departing from God, and his being upright before him? quote the very words already by Biddle, (for which light we thank God, not Biddle) to the contrary end.  
Psal. 18.20. to 24. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me; for I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God; for all his judgements were before me, and I did not put away his Statutes from me; I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity; therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.  
Quest. What saith Paul, whom before we find could not keep the commandments, yet in God's sight was accounted perfect; but how?  
Answ. Phil. 3.7. That I might be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the Law, but that which is of the faith of Christ.  
Quest. That the Lord Jesus himself did respect, and the Saints may, the recompense of reward, is not denied by us:— which is warranted by those Scriptures that tell us, by welldoing we should seek for Honour, Glory and Immortality: we should look for the blessed hope: But how is this to be looked on as due unto us? ex debito, vel ex congruo? for our doing, or for our suffering? or rather to the grace of God which pleaseth so to reward us? in short, is the reward of merit or of grace?  
Answ. Luke 17.7. to the 10. but which of you having a servant ploughing, or feeding Cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, go and sit down to meat, and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me till I have eaten and drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink doth he thank that servant, because he did those things that were commanded him? I trow not; so likewise you when you have done all those things commanded you, say we are unprofitable servants, we have done that which was our duty to do.  
Ephes. 2 8.9. By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it's the gift of God: not of works lest any man should boast.  
Quest. The Scripture tells us, we are chosen to be holy and unblameable: That Christ gave himself for the Church, to present to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 2. That the gifts of Christ were for the protecting of the Saints: we are exhorted to be perfect; prayed for, that we may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God; and that our whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: and we have it recorded, that Noah was a just man, and perfect in his generation; That Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments of the Lord blameless: if these and such like be intended of perfection complete, is it not in respect to the imputation of Christ's Righteousness and perfection to us; not of our own righteousness or perfection in us?  
Answ. I desire to be found in him, not having my own Righteousness. Phil. 3.9.  
Quest. But rather is not the scope of those Scriptures, truly to press us to aim at perfection and have it as a rule in our eye? nay doth not the Apostle Paul press such as he calls already perfect, at the same time to press on to perfection, as not having yet attained perfection, though called perfect? let us hear himself speak of himself and others.  
Answ. Phil. 3.11, 12, 13, 14, 15. If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead; not as though I had already attained, or were already perfect; But I follow after, If I may apprehend that for which I am apprehended of Christ Jesus; Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press towards the mark, for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus; let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded.  
Quest. When Paul was at his highest pitch, through the abundance of Revelations, yet was he not then far from such an estate as perfection in degree? what saith he himself?  
Answ. 2 Cor. 12. Lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of Revelations, there was given unto me a prick in the flesh.  
Quest. But though the degree of perfection were not attained or attainable, yet there is sincerity, which is perfection; there is an universal, general obedience to every part of the Law of God, which is perfection too in God's account; so much these Scriptures compared with others declare; but can they prove the complete pitch and degree of perfection? besides what is already named, what say other Scriptures?  
Answ. 1 Cor. 13.9, 10. For we know in part, & we prophesy in part.  
Psal. 19.12, 13. Who can understand his Errors? cleanse thou me from my secret sins; keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.  
Mat. 6. 12. Forgive us our Trespasses.  
Mark 9.24. Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief.  
Col. 3.5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth.  
Psal. 51.4. My sin is ever before me.  
Quest. Touching good works enough hath been said in the former chapter, to evince that they have nothing to do in the business of Justification, so as that God should justify us for, or because of our works: yet inasmuch as here it's again insisted on as the cause of Justification; repeat therefore the same Scriptures here urged, which prove our Justification to be not of works but of grace.  
Answ. Eph. 8, 9 10. By grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works:  
Rom. 11.5. And if by grace, it's no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace.  
Quest. But good works are so to salvation, as is the Antecedent to the Consequent: to say though we may not expect to be saved for them, yet we cannot expect to be saved without them; what therefore the Scripture makes the proper end of good works, are they not especially these, and such like as these? obedience to God, the honour of our profession; the glory of God, the proof, evidence and justification of our faith, a trial to the sincerity of our profession, a sign of our state in grace, acceptance with God, and from the whole, to put to silence evil men, and be a comfortable ground of peace in our own s●uls. What says the Scriptures to each of these?  
Answ. 1 Thes. 4.3. This is the will of God, even your Sanctification.  
Titus 3.8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, That they which have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works: These things are good and profitable unto men.  
Eph. 4.1. I therefore the Prisoner of the Lord beseech you, that you walk worthy of the vocation whereunto ye are called.  
Mat. 5.16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.  
James 2.14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25. What doth it profit my brethren though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? will faith save him? if a brother be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things that are needful to the body: what doth it profit? even so faith if it hath not works, is dead. Was not Abraham our father justified by works? Thou believest that there is one God: thou dost well; the Devils also believe and tremble; but wilt thou know O vain man that faith without works is dead? was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered his son Isaac upon the altar? seest thou how faith wrought with his works? and by works was faith made perfect.  
1 John 3.7, 10. Little children, let no man deceive you; he that doth righteousness, is righteous, even as he is righteous, in this the children of God are manifest, and the Children of the devil: whosoever doth not righteousness, is not of God.  
1 john 2.29. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one which doth righteousness is born of him.  
Acts 10.35. He that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him.  
Heb. 13.18. Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience in all things willing to live honestly.  
1 Pet. 3.16. Having a good conscience, that whereas they speak evil of you, as ev l doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.  
1 Pet. 2.15. For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.  
Acts 23.1. And Paul earnestly beholding the Council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience towards God, until this day.  
Quest. We are now come to that grand Question, touching the perseverance of the Saints wherein we have many scriptures brought, telling us that the righteous may turn away from his righteousness, and sin unto death, and that for his iniquity which he hath committed he shall die.  
Eze. 18.24.33.13. Is there any denies a temporal death according to these Scriptures? have ye not other examples agreeing with them that sickness and death are inflicted on good men, under the Gospel for their miscarriages?  
Answ. 1 Cor. 13.— For this cause some of you are sick, and some are fallen asleep.  
Quest. But do these or other Scriptures following prove that doctrine to be false, Once in Christ and ever in Christ? as we have taken for granted in the question of Biddle: The Scriptures are such as tell some shall departed from the faith; some have made Shipwreck of faith, cast off their faith erred from the faith; overthrown the faith of some; several exhortations in Scripture, that we take heed we depart not from the living God; left we be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin; lest any man fall after the example of unbelief; lest being led away by the error of the wicked, fall from their own steadfastness; lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest by any means the Tempter tempts us, and the Apostles labour be in vain; lest we destroy our weak brother by our knowledge; and the Apostle, lest when he preach unto others, himself should be cast away: several other positive Scriptures speaking, such Saints as were enlightened, have tasted the heavenly gift, made partakers of the holy Ghost, tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come; if they fall away; that some are cursed children, having forsaken the right way, and have gone astray: That some after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, are again entangled therein, and overcome, who after they have known the way of righteousness, turn from the holy Commandment delivered to them; and to conclude, if a man abide not in Christ, he is cast forth and withers; every branch in him that beareth not fruit he taketh away. Do not some of them prove that hypocrites may go far in the business of Religion, and have much light, much experience, yea faith, (though temporary) and yet fall away? do not others of them, as the last, prove, that such men may have the profession of Christ and be members of the visible Church of Christ, and so said to be in him; yet being strange from the work of regeneration, and implantation, in the end be cast out? But notwithstanding all this; do any of these Scriptures, or all of them prove, that a real member of Christ's mystical body, or a true Believer, may fall from that state, loaf his faith, and finally perish? is not this contrary to the whole tenure of the Gospel? what do the Scri tures speak? do they not tell us that such as thus fall, were never true Believers? & that many did thus believe, whom our Lord himself did not account to be true Believers? 2. Hath not God in his word plentifully promised that true believers should persevere and be preserved from total and final apostasy? and if so, doth not the Scripture tell us, God cannot lie?  
3. Doth not the Scripture tell us, that God doth keep true believers, that they cannot thus finally fall?  
(4.) Doth not the Scripture tell us, that such as are true believers are elected of God, and cannot thus fall, but have already attained the inheritance?  
(5.) Doth not the Scripture tell us, that Christ prayeth the Father for the perseverance of the Saints? and doth not Christ himself say, the Father hath always heard him?  
6. Do not the Saints and true Believers daily pray for their perseverance? and doth not the Scripture tell them what ever necessary thing they ask in the name of Christ, shall be obtained?  
7. Are not true believers thus kept by Jesus Christ in the faith, so as they can never totally and finally lose their faith?  
8. Are not such sealed by the holy Spirit in their hearts, that they shall never fall?  
(9) Are not Believers compared to a Tree that withers not: a house that is builded on a Rock and falls not: seed sown in good ground, which bringeth forth its perfect crop?  
10. Are not such Believers so dead to sin, that it cannot again have dominion over them? and are they not so born of God, as the seed of God abides in them: that they cannot so sin again as do other men? yea, are not such believers so endued, as that they shall overcome all their enemies, and cannot be overcome? In short, if these particulars are the Tenor of Scripture, and the truth as it is in Jesus, shall not this truth of the Saints everlasting perseverance, be worthy of all acceptation to the world's ends? sure it will, let us therefore hear what the Scriptures speaks to each of these, and first of the first.  
Answ. 1.— John 8.31. Then said jesus to those Jews that believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my Disciples indeed.  
1 John 2.19. They went out from us, because they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would have no doubt continued with us, but they went out that they might be made manifest they were not all of us.  
Heb. 3.6.14. Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.  
Luke 8.18. Whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken what he seems to have.  
2 John 23, 24. Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the Passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles that he did; But jesus did not commiit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.  

2 God's promise.  2. Jer. 32,38, 40. They shall be my people, and I will be their God; and I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will never turn a may from them to do them good, but I will put my fear into their hearts that they shall not departed from me.  
Esa. 54.10. For the Mountains shall remove, and the Hills shall fall down, but my mercy shall not departed from thee; neither shall the covenant of my peace fall away saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.  
Isa. 59.10. And I will make this my Covenant with them saith the Lord, My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not departed out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of the seed of thy seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth even for ever.  
Hosea. 2.19. In that day, I will marry thee unto me for ever.  
al. 125.1. They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. john. 4.14. Whosoever drinketh of this water that I shall give him, shall never be more athirst: but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water, that springs up to everlasting life.  
john 6 39 And this is the Father's will, which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.  
john 10.27, 28, 29, My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand? My Father that gave them me is greater than all, and none is able to take them out of my Father's hand.  
Mat. 16.18. Upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates hell shall not overcome it.  
joh. 14.16. I will ask the father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.  
Titus 1.1,2. This hope of eternal life, God that cannot lie hath promised before the world began.  

3 God keeps them.  3.— 1 Cor. 1.7, 8. Waiting for the appearing of our Lord jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord jesus Christ; God is faithful.  
1 Cor. 10 13. God is faitful, and will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but will give with the temptation, that ye may be able to bear it.  
1 Thes. 5.23, 24. Now the very God of peace sanctify you throughout; and I pray God, that your whole spirit, soul and body may be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord jesus Christ: faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.  
2 Thes. 3.3. The Lord is faithful which will establish you, and keep you from evil.  
Phil. 1.6. And I am perswaof this thing that he that haeh begun this good work in you, will perform it until the day of jesus Christ.  

4 The Elect cannot fall.  4. Mat. 24.24. For there shall arise false Christ's, and false Prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that (if it were possible) they should deceive the very Elect.  
Rom. 8.29,30. For those whom he knew before, those also he predestinated; moreover whom he predestinated, them also he called: and whom he called, them also he justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.  
Rom. 11.1. God hath not cast away his people, whom he knew before verse. 7. what then? Israel hath not obtained that he sought, but the election have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened.  

5 Christ prays, and is always heard.  5.— Luke 21.31, 32. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to winnow thee as wheat: but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not.  
John 17.15, 20. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou keep them from evil. I pray not for these alone, but for them which shall believe in me through their word.  
Rom. 8.34. Who shall condemn? it is Christ which is dead, yea rather which is risen again, who is also at the right hand of God, and maketh request for us; who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  
John 11.41, 42. And jesus lift up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee because thou hast heard me, I know that thou hearest me always.  

6 The Saints pray and shall obtaen.  6. Mat. 6. 13. Led us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  
1 John 5.14. And this is that assurance that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.  

7 6 Saints are preserved in the faith.  7.— John 6.37.38. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me; I cast not away.  
This is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.  
Chap. 10.27, 28. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall not perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.  
John 17.12. Those that thou gavest me, have I kept, and none of them is lost: chap. 13.1. Forasmuch as he loved his own which were in the world, unto the end he loved them.  
8.— 2 Cor. 1.21. And it is God which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us: who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.  
Ephes. 1.13, 14. In whom also ye have trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, even the Gospel of your Salvation, wherein also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance. Chap. 4.30. Grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of Redemption.  
Psal. 
9 Comparison of Believers in Scripture.  1.3. For he shall be like a Tree planted by the Rivers of waters, that will bring forth her fruit in her due season, whose leaf shall not fade.  
Mat. 7, 24.25. I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded his house on a rock.  
Luke 8.15 But that which fell on good ground, are they which with an honest and good heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.  
10. Rom. 6.2 8, 
10 Saints dead to sin.  9, 11. How shall we that are dead to sin, live yet therein? wherefore if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall live also with him; knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dyeth no more, death hath no more dominon over him: likewise think ye also that ye are dead to sin, but are alive to to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.  
1 john 3 9 Whosoever is born of God, sinneth not; for his seed remaineth in him, neither can he sin, because he is born of God.  
Chap. 5,4. For all that is born of God, overcometh this world.  
Rom. 8.35.37. to the end. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? in all these things we are more than Conquerors through him that loved us; for I am persuaded, that neither death nor life, nor Angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ jesus our Lord.  
Quest. Our Saviour tells his Disciples, hitherto they had asked nothing in his name; was it because they prayed God without a Mediator? without the name of Christ? nay sure; but they had asked nothing, that is nothing comparatively to what they might have asked, and God would give; was there at any time even before Christ's Incarnation, any acceptance with the Father without him? was not Christ the Centre of all those types? Surely yes, the Scripture is full.  
Let it suffice us here to hear one Scripture proving that Christ was to them before his coming in the flesh as to us since, though more darkly; one Scripture proving that they did then pray the Father through his name, even before his incarnation; One Scripture that there is but one Mediator for all men, whether them before, or us since his manifestation in the flesh; let us hear them faithfully recorded.  
Answ. 1 Cor. 10.4.3. Moreover Brethren, I would not have you, ignorant how that all our Fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink (for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ)  
Dan. 9.17. Now therefore oh our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications; and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that lieth waste, for the Lords sake.  
1 Tim. 2.5. For there is one God; and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.   

CHAP. XX, XXI.  
QVest. It's of great comfort to the Church indeed, that Christ her head, hath the Keys of hell and death; But hath not the Lord Jesus committed to the Church the power of these keys, that the public, regular, and due use thereof may according to the institution of Christ, and Apostolical direction be had to the proper ends thereof, in each particular Church and congregation of Christ under the Gospel?  
Answ. john 16.19. And I will give unto thee the Keys of the Kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt lose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.  
john 20.23. Then jesus said unto them, Peace be unto you; as my Father sent me, even so send I you: and when he said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, Receive ye the holy ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.  
Mat. 18.15, 16, 17, 18. If thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault betwixt him and thee alone; if he hear thee, thou hast won thy brother; but if he hear thee not, take yet with thee one or two, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be confirmed; and if he will not vouchsafe to hear them, tell it to the Church; and if he refuse to hear the Church also, let him be unto thee as an Heathen-man and a Publican. verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye lose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.  
1 Cor. 1.4, 5. I verily as absent in body, but present in spirit, have determined already as though I were present, that he that hath done this thing, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit in the name of our Lord jesus Christ, that such one I say, by the power of our Lord jesus Christ be delivered unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the Spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord jesus. ver. 13. With such a one, eat not; put away therefore from yourselves that wicked person.  
Quest. Touching Baptism, this is the end of this Chapter, to destroy and overthrow the Ordinance and Institution of waterbaptism, agreeing in this with such as of late have appeared to that and other such good ends; for its a body of heresy we have to do with; no wonder therefore, if he takes every brother by the hand; But how is this done? first, by bringing before us such Scriptures as tell us, That John indeed baptised with water, but he that came after him with the holy Ghost; do those prove that waterbaptism ceased with John? or that Christ did that which John could not do, namely, wash us with his blood and Spirit? doth not the Scripture therefore call Baptism the washing of the new birth and the forgiveness of sins?  
Answ. Tit. 3.5. According to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of the new birth, and renewing of the holy Ghost.  
Acts 2.2.16 Arise and be baptised and wash away thy sins.  
Quest. No wonder indeed then, that John could not baptise as did Jesus, whose shoe latchet he was not worthy to unloose: since it is not the outward baptism of water, but the blood of Christ that cleanseth us from all sin: since it is true also we are baptised into Christ's death; and it is not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God that saves us: these all proving baptism indeed to be a Sacrament and no more effectual than the Spirit makes it effectual, which it hath made instrumental: we confess it is not otherwise the thing signified, but must affirm it to be the sign: what testimony therefore have you for the use of that sign, namely, the use of water, in Scripture?  
Answ. Mat. 18.19. Go and teach all Nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghost.  
Mark 16.16. He that shall believe and be baptised, shall be saved.  
Acts 2.38.4.1. Then Peter said, Amend your lives, and be baptised every one of you, in the name of jesus Christ; then they that gladly received his word were baptised; the same day were added to the Church 3000. souls.  
Mat. 3.11. I baptise you with water to amendment of life.  
joh. 1.31, 33. Therefore am I come baptising with water: he that sent me to baptise with water.  
Quest. This indeed is our sufficient warrant from the significancy of the word baptising, and also from the express addition of water, wherewith john was sent expressly to baptise: only the efficacy of that ordinance was then, and is now acknowledged to be the work of Christ by his Spirit; but if they should thus say, This was indeed the baptism of john, but the Apostles did not baptise, or if they did not so, what testimony therefore have you, that the Apostles did baptise, and with the element of water, according to the first institution of baptism? and first, give the example of Paul, who though he make it a great work, to which as an Apostle he was chief called to preach the Gospel: and that he might clear himself of vain glory, he rejoiceth he baptizeth not many; yet he acknowledgeth that he baptised some.  
1 Cor. 13. to the 17. Were ye baptised into the name of Paul? I thank God I baptised none of you but Crispus and Gaius, lest any should say, I had baptised into mine own name; I baptised also the house of Stephanus; furthermore, I know not whither I baptised any other; for Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the Gospel.  
Mat 8.36. to the end. And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water, and the Eunuch said See here is water, what doth let me to be baptised? and they went down into the water, both Philip and the Eunuch, and he baptised him; and assoon as they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip.  
Quest. There needs indeed no more au hority: yet to put it out of all controversy, have ye no precedent of some baptised with the element of water, even after they had been baptised with the holy Ghost?  
Answ. Acts 10.44. to the end. While Peter yet spoke these words, the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word; so they of the Circumcision, which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles, also was poured out the gift of the holy Ghost: for they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God; then answered Peter, Can any man forbidden water, that these should not be baptised which have received the holy Ghost, as well as we? so he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord.  
Quest. One word more and then we shall leave it to whomsoever reads to judge, whither we or our Master of Arts will more need to fly from plain Scripture to consequence or comment: have ye therefore no example that the Lord Jesus Christ himself who did himself baptise with the holy Ghost yet for the honour of his own Institution, and to confirm us in the truth, that he might fulfil all obedience, submitted to this Ordinance of Baptism administered in the Element of water?  
Answ. Mark 1.9.10. And it came to pass in those days that jesus came from Nazareth, a City of Galilee, and was baptised of john in jordan: and assoon as he was come out of the water, john saw the heavens cleaving in twain, and the holy Ghost descending on him like a Dove.  
Mrt. 3.13. to the end. Then came Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto john to be baptised of him; but john earnestly put him back, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee, and comest thou to me? Then answering jesus said, Let it be now; for thus it becomes us to fulfil all righteousness: so he suffered him: and jesus when he was baptised, came strait out of the water: and lo the heavens were opened unto him, and john saw the the Spirit of God descending like a Dove, and lighting on him, and lo a voice came from heaven, saying, This is my well-beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.   

CHAP. XXIV.  
QVest. Well were it for the Heresy of former ages, and of this, if the last thing in the Catechism were true: fitly brought (if believed) to lull asleep the present torments of a checking Conscience, which will work in the heart of such as maliciously sin against the truth: but alas they cannot but know the greater is their present sentence, and receipt of judgement, and fiery indignation which shall devour such adversaries.  
Heb. 10.26, 27. They have a lie in their right hand. It is most fitly added therefore as a close hereto: The thing is this then in one word dreadful enough, whereas we read of (a liar ought to have a good memory, see the last Question of the third Chapter) death opposed to everlasting life, the second death, destruction, perdition, Hell-fire, etc. Is it (as I know Biddle could wish) such a death as immediately maketh the Creature cease to be, and die as doth a beast: and so that the height of their misery were that they should not be happy? to say, they should die, and that's all; or else more truly according to Scripture, doth this death, second death, destruction, damnation hell fire etc. consist in eternity of torments, and everlasting death, so that damnation is a life though miserable, in opposition to which, salvation is only called eternal life:— Two or three Scriptures and so end.  
Answ. Isa. ult. ult. And they shall go forth, and look on the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me; for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.  
Mark 9.42. to the 48. And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him, that a Millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea; Wherefore if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, then having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched, where the worm dyeth not, and the fire never goeth out; likewise if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off; it is better for thee to go halt into life, then having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched, where the worm dyeth not, and the fire goeth not out; and if thy eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out; it is better for thee to go into the kingdom of God with one eye, then having two eyes to be cast into hell fire, where the worm dyeth not, and the fire never goeth out.  
Mat. 25.41 & 46 verses. Then shall he say to them on the left hand, depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire which is prepared for the Devil and his Angels; and these shall go into everlasting pain; and the righteous into life eternal.   
FINIS.