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PART I.
23
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«'«<«>.«• Wow,. *KDH„Wo.M.«a«.iU,.
I / 2. T?.r«"\**."^ n«ce««|ry knowledge consists
[ / 8. The partiouUr sources of religious kSowkSe
f £ S! J":;"*"^ »»«* perfection, of G^ .
f S^»*°<*'<«» of person, in the Godhead
6. Theor«rtionoffheworld ^.^"^"^y - -•
PA«Tir.
' or Mah-. o»«,«^ DioKirr. .„ p^^, ,^ „^^
, V , WMTCa«lM«Sfc ""-"-MB
1?; S! r***''"' !^^ "-^ •*^ °f "« -
The punishmenj to which mankind are^e" iS^
on account of dn ««« exposed
15. The indrfUty of dnner. i ^yi them«d\., "
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34
f^ %^^nal c^ why «,me obtdn ^dration 36
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CONTENTS.
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la The means which God used to bring men to"
Ifl -X^^w^lJ^ "« '^^ *«^ dispensation .
P^eJw^wrflJiVenialumo/Grac^, which was
TkI K^ S.y ***' Abrahamic covenant T
I.t.*!5*f dwcoveries of salvation that were
gnmted danng the Abrahamic dispensation
GcSr[;:^th:rp:rL3'"". °' '^^m^^ -^
8a Tbe deliverance of the IsraeUtes from EiryDt'
B ?[;« «^JiA"Mit o?the Jlfoiafc cowman/
JJepnncipal design of the law of Moses -
The transgressions of the Israelites in the WU-
ciemess . — _ .. '
8R The manifestation of God's displeasie on a^
f!?""*®'*"^'' transgressions
W. The Israelites put in possession of Canaan "
30. Their conduct after their settlement there
Tt«?"»»°e' >? which God restrained and pun-
Mhed their wickedness - V
32. The judges of Israel that succeeded Joshua'
as. The government of Judges changed by the «».
pointmentofa^ing _ . "J'ww^P"
31 Tlie number, order, and character of Uie kings
that reigned over God's ancient people. wiSi
the lengtb of tiieir reign - *^**^ ''*«»
'^nJ^'ll' in^ting events tiirtlb^w*^
among them after the commencement^ ^Sr
^— ^ngly gwemment . ^ ^iwr
5»e prophets who revealed ^ wtU of God to
J«n from the days of Saul, with the order of
Meir , succession , - ^^^ w
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38
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^T^i-JPfinajwrpredictA^scoiteiningt^^ "^1 «7.
.jj^^ "•»» •"« the manner of their accomplishment 66 "
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First Dispen^
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ring men ta,
sation . 38
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spensation 40
he people of
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Ouperwaion
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directed and
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Moses . 47
in the wil.
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sure on ac-
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Canaan 50
ent there 51
id and pun-
1 Joshua
by the i|K
lithe kings
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of God to
lie order of
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ipKtbnient 66
CONTENTS.
J8- The prophetic account of his forerunner
^9. The ministry of John the Baptist, whoTwap
sent to announce the approach of the Fourth
\Dispensation - . . - .
PART IV*
Or TBI Psasoir and MBoktioN or Jisus Cbbist.
le original and divine dignity of the Messiah,
lithe Son of God - - _
lie offices of Christ, and his relations to his
ptople - . . . . .
^1 8®°®'^ '»ew of what the Son of God has
ddne for the salvation o^ sinners
- u-l**"**®"^'^ account of the ooQoqptioi) aif^
buith. of Christ ; ,j,. . -■ ,••:■.. - .■ .. '; ^ ', „_ , •■ '. ,
44. Aciount of, Jesus frdm his Wrth tift Uie oopn-
™e»?cen»ent of his pibUc ministry
45. The manner in whic(i he was anointed and pre-
^r(^ for his public Jwork . - ■
46. His jbrinoipal «mpUyment during the time of
his nliQistry \. ■'.;. '> ,- '.^^'ij;'" -
tl' S® 5f/***e«'«>^ Jm« ■ arranged abet explained
40. His (^her discourse^ that are most ftilly re.
_^ corded ._* \^-^' ~^*■•^>^t^i.:4«:■^*^'4^ln^t^-
4». The miracles of Jesus by itrhroh hl^ iMtTaiOBY
was confirmed - . . ,
50, His sufl^ng during the time of his ministry"
51. The manner in which he fbfewamed his disel.
^ ^e« of his last sufferings and death
58. How J^ was betrayed '^S^^ Jpiitv tj^h'j
tr 2*^*' ^® ^" **ken «nd condemned #*.•>'
5*. The'prindpal circumstances of his deatb • -^^
55. A view of the obedience that he perfect- to
*i example to his people - . '"
56. The 'tMons for which Jesus sui&fed'^tb
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57.. E^CHiices tfaatjils obedience unio d^\^
sufficient for ^he purposes to which it wSf"
tended .j^ . _ _ ^
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61.
An account ot the Netu Covenant th.» t
How hi. bfldjrwM buried and watched " .
The resurreoUon of Jesus
His employment firom bis resurrection till his
M ^^*»«» from thw world . _"°° **"»"»
0«. IJe triumphant ascension of jTesus
6*. H« present employmen't in Heiven " . "
The positive institutions of the Old Te«t.ml„#
which pr^gur^i Christ .ij hJ 4S°'
with ijeir ekplan«ion in the^New tSL^?
Metaphorical r*pr.sentaUon. rf ChriS ^i
their meaning Wg^i^ ,^ J^ *-»nsi, with
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Dterest in
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oly Ghost a.
CONTENTS.
Page.
ra. IJe outward in«„.rf6ieh ". '. ■ J?'
the Gentiles _ """pei was sent to
PART VI.
''•s:5cisr^^^"r^'^°'»«-»-eeto^th. '
8a The ainfiU practices andlusts that flhrilH-. * '^
89. J^^^J-»*-nwhichg|^«,,,,^.^^^ leS
90. The dutie. which Chrl^'uLe.i;:^KL. ^''^
ers toward himself . ^"^ ^"^ *^«^-
W. Their duty toward the Holy GhoS . . ' S
»* Their secret ^d Danian.i J..*j ^ J^ T I®*
»a. i PC m anne r i n whUk «, -■>,„ „ m^, w ' '^
atb gofl.el chuwhT *™"^ iniroducea~-Y*~^
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The^ublio ordinance, that churche. .tatediy
Jheor^inaficM which tberoccasionaUy attend'lM
hedutiMofgovelminirter. ' T °Mm'
JeduUe.bfchri.dans tow^d^pepc^i^ ^
IJe duties of godly pare^
Thlt^'^^i^?^-^'' towardjlieir parent."
The duties of believing martew .
^e duue. of believing Mrvann
The duties of civO ruler. > ^
The dutie. of christians toward cinl ruler.
The duties of diri«tian. toward their fellow-
^'^S!!" " «^^^> eonddered as their
neighbours _ _
The duties of belieyeri to their enemies
The duty of believer, in reference to IUm
Jteacher. and other enemie. of godlinew
^'eti'eff S:" *" "' ^^"-"^ "^
the duty of bdiever. who are under affliction 210
^Ufti^^^'^'W^ '^'* *« V^ptikre «u"nt.
„Jieft for our imitation - . '
Example. «rf iniquity and its pudduntot 'tZ.
corded for our warning ^T, vT^^ g|6
■**aplw»ri6al jrepwpentaUon. of the chrirtian
«»ji?M why many continue ignorant un-
.the tneans of knowledge
Tg&.aft og e rtawh ieh^"'— ^ —
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196
197
199
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804
806
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Bhes ttaCedly
186
Bnally attend '1|38
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rpvp^inis-
Dward each
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lusbands .195
- 196
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ir parents 199
200
2or
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▼i) rulers . 203
^eir fellow- "
d as their '
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lemies 206
ice to iklse
dlinesf tft.
lecuted for
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» fiiU^n hj
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er affliction 210
'ealthy and
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ture saints
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s christian
' J*'- The mjnner in which the ignorant ought to
•leek knowledge . - ' - m
^ PART VII. ,
OPTH*PftOO«B88OjC0|p»,Al,rrTIN™.L«rDATS^ *
N, sf '*"»"■ ""««TATB OF IfAWaiWD.
122. The general oo^raptioifcof Christianity during
the middle ages - ' - -. ^ 224
123. The overthrow ^f idobtry, and the MiUennud
.^5. tlT"^ °' *^^''"* "°** ^" «"»«« - - 225
124. Metaphorical TepresentaUons of the vanity of
human life - . _ _ 228
125. The death of the righteous, and the succb^
,«- J**"***® °^ ****** ■o'jJ'r^ - . . ooA
126. The death of the wicked, and the succeediug
. stateof their souls ~ f - . . * 030
l?I* S^e^'I^^'^wrrectionofthedead" ' - 231
If A S*^""^P""'**»^'»»of»hei>fcked - 234
180. The eternal felicity of thj righteous . ^5
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dwil. 1"°^ f«»™« "Ideo*, bymanym.
««d»*. who hrf no oppo,t«yty fcr m«t»l
"T^; «.d m«.y of whom h») «, dininet
Set^-'H**' *""'"*" ««"ct«lto write,
rae J«mh B,hon nerw prodneed one pha,w
•opher, ud yet . reccftBion of nnfeuned Je«
""■"^ J". •'■• spooolBtione and beuted di^
ofhnman wiadom. Snrdy thi, i. tl»
VfT^M** *»^ "'Ood ie effectntfy
^^ ^. obtaMAkriteet eoarincinf ,q«rt««M»rf
JWWwtt^, ditcorenng the ieci«t8 <if the
eetivincinir iKa »«..^: .
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t^^^^ ^^^^ |he wiU of God, w/3o
^»^c^ to „c,t, eager en,ai*j,. ft, «.«» Z
wsewcbes of i«„ou, in,ui»e«, Ti„d «fe a™
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2«e ftfktwen may fcdiitote th« lai»oiir ofiioie
ym»n tlwr of ^jpwJwMioB, init Hm tkt hw
Bibl^ ; and if any shall rm satisfiediS* whrt
ir2L?r:J^*^''^* examinuv t^ fowida-
toon •• «l>ich thay ai» fwmidad^ 4^4 deaiini nf
2*^**f *^'^««<*e/»«^fw/&«i 1,1101-
«^«r«^Mr«»Mdr coimteHim fi^^ the i^ttof
we caa|)ter iniiii which *Nriiiia^aaiMtt^ ^hin
2rrSl!S2S?^ BIWi, it will be 9^
^ntat^mmmtft^tkd otbi»^MiaIlel paMiJL
•rid en* liudi diM»m«k^
a id ii# ^ in the h ea rt, w ill b» o|
*»*««tr Sirt*li|iW uiKHMtain^peopia,
-^- ""Tij ^*>v*^'*'^J('~^'E
tioM, or contnwiictory opimoM ©f meql Muf
f«»«ft ejctramtly <i|imiaMitif6 on wUgioiift siO).
jecte, j^ithout beUeWng any thing on the w^ho-
n^of |3o^ baoanw tlM^y to* hartily^ hk^t* aU
tMw pnnoiilM on tbe pvcariont irathoritjr «f
of At Loird he cultiTtlei, Mid eyeiy p^ of it
wiU be found npeeter than honey, a«d noie pif.
«aa« than muoh.fine goW..,v .^..^ ^. :,^, ^,,
f As « «»Mi*w»W« portion of the Siiptttie^
■Mto of hiatoiy, and as the hiHgHctU, doOrmk
m*§Mmeikali pmtU of it wnfi^mmikiglttii ^
•it fluii hae heen lbUo«eA^?^|«i CoUeeliwi
<»f Fm* Principles, as the most Hatmal an4 eaw
methods gr)iliad^B^ the uninftmned mM it a
««»««| afimintance «ia» leirealed trutV^^iii
i^wnag to the historical pMrts Of S9i^ur%ii||
^'nes Ibvnd neeeiGwy to^v^poiii
Mih.Mi^^ ^««iefenij*oWchap^j ^
^miiM not be conwdmsd any 4liw4^»tlg% -
-gf***' *«««« it not leqnire^ ^ntwunit m
Piitatjj^ att the pa«ttgB8 that hai^^^
^ "wfl to wad th)wa iritJi atteaticAi, 4wl tma-
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mthout winly .ttemptinj ^ «nd m ,„„», ,„
»• ^er word. (*.»«« .^^ „,^
rt. «**««, of wbirt ther di«W by rel^
ftl to younp people „ it n»ke. them r«d with
* t£l? r ""^ " ^'^ the«.„ „.^„
worthy of b«iij prewiPve^, ^d it «», numy
P^ tnrtta in th^ «i.dv4hM^^wo«»^
*_PBrmit ti*h«ielo>ecommeiid the *ulyrtw»
^1*2!? •1''^"!'^'^ ^ ^-hodi,, to
ta^«*dl-,nfom,ed miod. F«r««J the Scrip-
tnwe *mh moeh benefit, who do not d«, fi^
SfiT.? '*^';i^" "'*"•=«'" •*»'»» «*"e»oi,
"?* *''*"• ™» pleMme of g«n«nl w«dinir *
Wte . now sense, the »Jn» rad miUty of wfaidi
^»djnodern time,, «rf «,p, with «„«,«,,
Wt-rf^ttieir twhon, „d prinfU Iri,,^ The
mar be ohtAinoA i^ tr • r . , ^'
in.7 be .bt«ned in jffom,-. Introduction to «^
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1.
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IT
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£?nWc«/ Knowledge of ^ Ser^tur^ ^ j^
and eom^pntmimvB work, o£ pwnKar ««Ue««i
Mdutobty, which ongiit to lie tWongWy ifigert^
•^ ^Be«tow piopttrattontion a|m on tho th«o.
^grifiri wori^ of sodi flmiiMirt w«^^
#«yr, ^«^ Oi^y^ Mkmnb, mat,, Dod^
y^ Bmsfon, Booth, m^ FuU^, Bobimi.
bar. tfiat wdl^tten .Eiwi,.iart»«i/JEKi«a»y cf>«.
teas muoh important iii&ni»atio», which eauMt
he fonnd in tha Bible, and <rf which uq Christian
«M Jw dwtitate^ witfaont oxtmao loM. I|« «to
>«rtad «q»faMlF to penMe .Aimi^ JTii^My ^
«• OriilMfi Cg^nst^ Aiiri', jg,^,^ ^^
thaii hsiki eonld tan any eonc^ptiini of the li^
«teUedeIiglit which thflx an oakiaatodtoilA^
Aer wodd eagerlypp^^^^ ^ ih. ^St
^anjr taonfice in ikt^j^mm, instead of w»^
^ jowjr on gH«iy appairf, to diapky Oif
ahwaafiil aakednett of ^wj, negJocted mindi.
^ Iitt Me alao ttqnaat the leamai^ta mJmiet
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M where it is preached in scriptural purity with
P^oness of speech, and iaithful apCl tS
thp conscience. The wisdom J n^
."5"^"^ ♦•'WW what infoiuMtioii von nk.
f"~ *r book, «ul «™oa.. S^^
«"■> a iwttoAoa/ acquuatance with aU the fan.
"•^hto u, » dutinct and natami method, we
^^nwre their connexion Mdh^T
»• «&Tar what i. -»— : , . .
'•''f^*^ '*•* » wanting or redundant ;
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■ntl r™"".'""' ™' fimnw "took of knowled«
who love and seek the tmfh ^^ '"*/oinen
cning«y than by heariuo> finnfi>;. j • x. ^"*"
* ' " •"!>•"<>' PMto, gnere. the Holy
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lipirii;, wdA proYokes the Lord lo give, him, up to
dehinon. The sincere avd hmiible iBfairer^ who
dedves to kndw trtith iba ckitj» thtt be mty h^j
lieve the one iwd perfqrm the othir»>hM
to eiqpeot the ^^adiing and renewing of $th|
ril of God hefe» and the perfect light of •
glofy hewaftei. V. .v. rt 't4'c:^*7'':.J.':y' ~''-/'[
l»^ Ji*^ ^ att yoii^ ow^jiliinhes
mty W omroed fitKi eiKceai. *<lrim;f man
lack wiedom» let hii^ ask of €rod» and it shall be
given him." Bat a|k ^ fidib, by dmwiHg neHr
j|p J||eJ||ther of lighter ihroi%h fhe laediatioii
"^MtS^ 8o«» ^^tkiik in Ow Lord with all
tiby iieaity and lean sdl to th]^ ^frh nndentaad^
ing : itf all %" way! 8ldUovlrled||iii^ ra^^ he
sballdirect thy pMhs." B^ ""_
tills nittiner,y^ Wp obtain distinct vie^^v of the
Gpqpel; your loTO to the troth will be prb niii | rf ;
iuid yon wiU be pn|»Md fo^ pnteinf >00»
tSuth in Jesus 0uk%9k^ mmt an answeir to
m man that aslteth ar JJiiiOiii^ hopo
jpdttiBwHItmeciaiMiannmr. * - ^ '*^
^it it idmiOsdy tfaafe thll method of iff&ljl
'm^tvhmm^ i^niieft dOigMt aniHoatknii 1ii%
wMiovt thia^ reUgioqr knowlec^^ canAill^be oti
en
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hmf T«i«j^. and even piomtifely injnnooif^
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ito possessQi' is a blot in the creation, a slare ol
Ibe destroyer, and an enem)rto himaelf. It it
'&Im to Mjr, that you have not snflBdent leifure
for the ciUtiVation of yoor mind; for^ to what
•pA. ii your time len^ened out by the Al-
- w^hty, if not for^is service ? and in what can
it be more profitably employed? If mea daily
labour many hoars Tor their bodiet, that they,
may procure^ jhe things that are necessary for
t^ life, which, like a yapour, appeaieth for «
•little, apd then TUiisheth away; b<m much mora
^Mf^y ®»*l>t they to Udwnr for their immor-
-p^iouls, that they may obtain that know^edgv
^hich is indispensably necessary to its et^ni4
I^PPin«w? This is a treasure which 18 iuiiuito-'
If f«^|fhy of tke most diUgent search, andll^
|rho persevere i^seddng it ^lOl not Ubonr'^
^J^ P"« ^J»o sought wisdom, in prefetmce ik^
lang life and riches, conquest and honoui', said—
l^lf th<m criest after wisdom, and liffcest^up
Jiy foi<?e for understanding ; if thou w^kstt her
4i ^'Tt ond gear^ieatfor V wfir hid irea-
^:^»v; thmilaalt thou understand the fear of the .
Xord, iud find the knowledge of God; For thtf
Loid giteth wisdom ; out of his mouth com'eUi
understanding.** ^^ ^'^^: ^i^v^^w«*i*. ^ T
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FIRST PRliNCIPLES.
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1. Wherein. coBgisto that knowledge
||lueh is most important and neceaeary to
^It is mott^ecessar^ fiir us to know,
-'^-1, The certain existence^ the glorioiu perieo
iions, the wonderfol woi^ and the holy will <A
God.; fith one Hurions ohligfatiotiB to serye him.
I Chron. xxiriiL ^. John xvii. 8. Pud. c 3. c3a.^l
'^^'S. The mlDltitade of onr dnt against God, and
the extreme depravity «of onr own heart Mhre
him. Rom vii. 7 — 14. Jer. x?ii. 9. .^r^^ :
8. The vanity ^life, the terrors of death, alid
^e awful condemnation of the lastjaci^ment, to
Imich our dns have exrosM us. FsaL xxxix. 4
-^, li, Ecdes. xi. 9. Rom. ii. 5-^. ^f "
4. The wonderful person, the efiisctual mel^-
tiofi, the superlative exc^fllence, the nnseaithaUe
# riches, and the boundless love of Christ; with
-^-'iii9"^mjBx\i nnmw of communion w fth iifaB;
• and coniormity to him. John xiv. 4—9. ^ilip.
iii. a— U. Eph. iii. 8, % 18, 19.,,
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oi^ttowilk, so as to honour and please their
God and Saviour. C9L i $i lo lirft ?i a iT v
y. 18, WT^^ "^^ 8. 4. 1 John ^^M^
jelwaty of the nghteous, with the means^^
11
Ala
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WWladg© 1^ derived ?
ttAilKIStleS. in cnnnovi'/in »Uk ^t.\71 /^^'^^^ .
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3*^^ Wherein cotiMsto the peculiar weU
liid^ of divine inspifatipn, and therefote they are
true, suitable, and sufficient. 2 Pet. ;. I9|^l*
I Tim. iii. 14— 17.-^' -; ■;-■ ■< -^^ .- -rh'j^^ :^f.s:^ '■
2. They are the incormptable prindple iand
|i|hp{brt of that n^ nature which God impart*
t(> an liSi own children. Ltdce yiii. IWI^.
1 Pet. i. 28— 25.; ii. 2. James i. 18, 21: ^'it^^
3. They are more nsefol and satisfying to the
heart than any earthly wisdom, possessions or en-
loyments. Psal. six. 7—11.; ^ixp 49, 50. 7&
92, 93, 98, 103, 106, 111, 16^^^^ * ^ ^ ^^^
4. They are mighty and effeotnal, as the means^
of trae holine^ victory, and eternal life. Jer.'
xxiii. 28, 29. Eph. vi. 17. 2 Cor. x. 4, 5. Isa. Ir.'
lO— la John T.#l^ ~ ; **^W
.!#. What pemetions ate luwri^id UnOm
Si'tbe Scriptares? \ ' ' ilii^ ,1^
' « |. God exists of himsdf in die most independ*"^
«nt manner. Exod. iii. 14.
9* He is a spirit, invisible, nncorroptible, afkd
immo?t«L John iv. 24. Rom. i. 23. 1 Tim. vi. 16. •
' 3. Kiftdiiuation is eternal, without bfgimiingv
W lenillNP^ peraument, mthout progress or siic-
WPsaL xc. 2. 4. t Pet. iii. 8.
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,iii,'6. Jam. i..l7. .^!'->-^-*-\ijl-:i|
p^f^^^e is' inlmense, being present every wb«re. . *
r^'i'King^ viu. 27. Jen xxiu. 28, 24. ^ ^^ . ||
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0. He 18 dmniBcieiit, Imowing aU tliii%« j^t,
present, and futnre, in a minute and pei^sct maa*
ner. Psal. cxxziz. 1—12. jprov. xv. 8. Heb. !«.
18. |>a|. apwii. 13, H la Acta xr. 8, 18. ^^^
7, He if infinitely wis^ to (^ntrive wlbat he
pl^aleein Ui« iiM>$tiai||a|oaimi^.^^^ I^
PsaL cxlvii. 6. ' "^ ■ T'^
' , ^4 Hq is <|]mi|hty, and able to do whatever he
ideiiaes. Ji^v. i. 8. Isa. xxtu 4* • f (^
9.|ie,is inefl^bly happy in himselj and Uie
* Amntain qf #h|p||||ip8. %m, i^ J^i^ a|ti.
■II. , I ;,.;.-, .■:./; ;.;. ' ;/./ ^;, : ' ^ •-^■Cff':. ::*;?•
. l(k. He is ahnn4a9it in goodness, andiichly dia-
|!Q8dd to ivpitrt happiifesa. ' Ptal ddx, 08. Zech.
lljn lie ia most holy, and dppos|U|H|(|l:
^iHmpmitjr. Isa. vi. 3. Rev. it. 8.
' 1^. lie is most just, and inflfxPilyM...
^(pdte for himself, and re^i^ to ot^ ^:|f
his creatures, what is right and equal. Joh xxx0i
I^Dent xxxii 4. S-Chfen. xii&,'%^4ifi: ' ^"■,.-
^118. He is lo?e, being patient, IfliJiaffisrinfe
ttt^ slow to punish his enemies ; m^^nil a^
raHofcompaenon to the distressed; graisi^iisand
ready to foigiye the onwoitby. £x^ apoivv 41,
|; Psal ciii. 8—17 j cadr. 7^A 1 John ing—
m]^.iL4— 7.
^; 14. He is &ithfu]H.spea]dng iihak ii
^me, and punctually Inmllinr every ^n
he has said. KumbwxxHi. lH.D«tit.'tii.V|
Icndx* a^-4iS. %
^d« He is unsoarchnfcle and^ faBoaaabove^
rM-l
H
Ulan comprehension, Job.xi
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' |||ipw 4o (be Scrip^fls reveal a piu*
fi^ll^ of dkttii^t and eo^ persons^ in the
tM«^ «f the divine iMiMiie? ^ ; , v«
'J. They assert adost explicitly that llierd is
ealy ene trae Goc|* Peat. vi. 4. Isa. xUp^, |DMr
W; ^v. 6-~8. Maik aSi. 29--a2. -
2. They frequently announce a plurality of dis-
tincty intelligent and at^ve penKHis» or aubust-
eptSt in the Godhead. Gen^ i. 26, John i. !> 3.
1 John i. SI. Plulip. ii,$.JCf*^|^,|j|5.,|7^|j8^,i
8. They teach that these divine p«nona urt
preosijly three in number, admiltii^ of no dimi-
nution w» inorease. Psal. xxxiii ^ laa. Inii. d«
IfK Mit, w, 16, 17. John.iair. m ; ¥v. 26 ;. xvi.
13—15. Rom. Tiii. 9-^1)^ 1 Pet i. 2. 2 Thesi.
^. )ift^l6. Ei^. i. 17 1 ii* Id-T^; iiL 14—19.
Il9b.ii. 8,4 ; z. 29. Malt. zmvHC 19« 2 Cor.xiii
.14.,
, ^ j4* They affirm that theae three perions are all
S' In suhrtanoe and will, eperal^ and ffUoy^
n ^80; ziv. ^11 1 kvii. 21,22.. 1 Cor. it.
fi^if'- •v.k^^U.^ \iii'
^.-.,i .^lijo -'■<-<< t.lC'^
'(-•"Will
t The voild, and all things therein, wem..
out of nothing, in the space of six days, in iulmi-
lahie order, and of eaEoeUeal quafity ; by the wis-
^^U^ power, and joint agency of the Three Divine
Persons, and all tor the gloivand pleasure ofQod.
Kx. 11. Job xxxviiL a»ll. J^ xxxiii. 6b Col.
i. 16. Rev* iv. 11. >' '- ' '
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?• P»d God abandon the world to itself '
after it was created ; <w, does he eontinul
» ^Uj preserve, inqt^ possess, mdgovernitf
^ 1: God incessantly upholds the works of his
liands, as the unwearied preserver of man and all
SfX ?^*'>^. N«tem. ix; 6. Heb. I a. Job
% 2. ^ constaiiUy observes idl his creatures, and
tonutely inspects their particular cirenmstanoeB.
operation^ and thoughte. Job xxviu. 24.; xxxiv
21,«2. Pj.l"i.2; XI. 4; xxxiii. 13^16, 1^
, .J. TO possesses all things as his own, and he
Jbmi for ever inherit and rejoice in all his works*
ii He continually governs ^ ks creiitui^ iy
^cnlarlaws adapted to their several diiferent
natures; and directs, limits, and over-^les aU
taeir mamfold operations, in the most particular,
skilful, soypreign, irresistable, and righteous man-
S!?'^'®^*^- ^»*- V- 45; vi. 26-30 :x; 29^
f ;^^' i^-25, 34,85. Eph.iUl. Job i. 12,21*
Acts. m. 18. Psal. cvii. throughput; cxlv. 18^
3iO:cxlvi. 6 — 10. ..'.-■ :"vi^" '^'^"■--•" '■-■ -■
#8. What ord<^ of creatures do the Scri^
tares represent as the highest and most eaxd^
lent- and what are the principa l thi nga^
memployn/ieni, and rehHon to ourselves T
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. jHw iogitlfof God ive the highest owJerpC his
1. Itt their nature, they are immortal spirits,
that excel in knowledge and wisdom, power and
m^t, holiness and actiTitv,— Heb. i. 7. 2 Sam.
Mr. 17, 20.2 Pet ii. ll. Mat.xxv. 31. Lnke x*.
2. In nnmlwr, they are a ^bat lost 0ii^ dm-
not be ndconed for mnltitnle. Psal. Ixviii. 17.
Mat. xxvi. 53. Dan. vii: », 10. Heb. irii. 22.
8. Their employment is honourable and direr-
nfied, ferthey suAfonnd the throne oi 6od as his
ministers, hearken to his Tdce, fulfil his pleasuM^
Wbittte hfo.pmise, and reverently worship him
ii^^?*'*«**^**»Ws only Son. IKinwxxH.
m liy. ciii. 20; 21 ; dxlrffi. 2. Ra.^ 1«8
Heb. i. 6. Rer. t; 11, 12.
4^^^^rdationto cinrBelvesishighlyiinpMil
illilliillitfug,as theyall ndiniBler to the gddly^
irer, keep, and support them ; fhey
iMiitimpkte the «>spel plan of ialvtf^
of ute '
iH^^ the asfjemblies of die ehurch to ob«
llwirteie of dltine knowledge, and rejoice on
account of the oonyersion of sinners ; they con-
duct the Jottls of the just iito their glorious rest
Mter death ; and shall gather the bodies of the
nghtebhs and the wicked before the judgment<-
s^t of Jesus Ohrist at the Unt day. Heb. i. 14.
ill. 10. Lnke xr. t, 10 , »▼{. 22. Mat. xiii. 80, 89
^1
'}i%-
'L
,9. What iarevottled concerning the /li/
■^i'v-f.
■■♦^■■-i . t^,.-
.! -i-'
r ■'
■ ii'fjv.'j.i^t^^^s-^^^,;,'^;!-,^.
'■\
' ■■'-<tW
\.
SO
t' -..
\
I
of certain angels from the state in wliich
they wer^ created, their employment in re-
lation to mankind in genera),rand Christ-
ians in particular, and their Jinal pumshr
mentf
; .^1. Mwiy of the aqgek yduntarily left their or-
i«nal state of celestial felicity, by sinning a^nst
their Creator. Jude 6. 2 Pw. ii. 4. ° ^^
8. The|^ are Employed, under Satani the d^
t*yer, in deceiving sinners, working in them, lead-
ing them captive, blinding their m^ds, takbg
S,way the word when it is preaclied %6 them, and
nnngthemasinstraments in imposing upon each
other. Matt; xii. 24—26. John viii. 44. t^ ii*2.
IJim. ii. 26. 2 Cor. i^. * ^S$l^ xiii. 19^, 38,
-^^ They nnweariedly seek tbrteiiiedmi of
Debevers, by sifting them with th«r temptagons,
wamagagainet them^with enticing delnn^a»l
mtf. dart^ and exciting the wicked to t^mpt i^
i^penecute them. . Lnke xxii. 81. 1 Pet v. a Enk
,▼1. U, 12, 16. Rev. ii. 10. T
f 4. They shaU be published at last, by the de-
itmction of their works, or usurped empire of
darkness, by the complete triumph which the
jints shall obtain over them, and by the inflict
^on of extreme and everlasting torment. 1 Jpha
HI. 8. Bom. xvi. 20. Rev. xx. la Matt, xxf • 4L
. ">, -»
• f'fc'-^ "«;'^^ -iH,
i^l P-
'L/£-%lt\
■ ^^Jj^'--^
PART II.
OP MAN'8 OBIOIJIAL DIONITT, Blf FALL, AUD
10. W^ATJii reyealed concernitig
^ ^F^tioo^ and firat state of man I ^^ •^'' ' j ^
1. After God had finished aU hia other works
of creation, and as the result of his most stered
coonsels, he formed of the dost the body of one
man, and inspired him with himalivinft reasona-
ble, and immortal souL He dignified this man with
his own image, called him Adam, and gare him
donunion over aU his works pn earth. 6en. L
^J?; 11. 7. Psal. yiii. 8—8. EccL vii. 29,
^ J. He then caused Adam to sleep, tdok one of
bis nlw, and of it made awomim> ashis image,
gloi7,help.meet, and companion. Whenthewo-
man was presented to Adam,, he gmteiullj ap-
proved ^e gift of his Creator, and cleaved to his
\ wife as his own flesh. Gen. ii. 18—25. 1 Cor.
i>%f#^ ,bl«88ed Adam, an^ Ere his wi^
OMBMlirfeAthem to be fruitfal and multiply, and
subdue the earth, with all its inhabitants ; and
placed them in a delightful garden, with p«i
mission to eat of the fiuits of the earth, with the
excep<aon of onepartiGuhurtree; andhe command-
ed them to sh ew their grateful subject ion to him-
-8^-by^idiitaining from^tSe fruit^f Jl pV^lh '
^m&4
of death. Gen. i. 28, 29 ; ii. 8—17.
1
&-'
m:^
'I'
t
■<Et i.
ri
32
\ •
U. How did man fall from hig first state
of pority^^ionour, and biippuioJ^ ^ , v
^ ^k^ TI^^^ actuated 67 Sktao, yfbTo is calt
ed the old wfpent, a liar, and a muiderer W
the beginning, tempted the wonuib to question
^e reasonableness of the divi^fl law, 2nd the
i«rtainty of that pmiishment ^ieh had been ^
^reatmied as the aflfeet of^^^Miencei and
seduced her to eat the forbiSSTfruirS the
HaT^g sfained heiself, she wfcited Adam to fcl-
Jow her example, and thus they both f^ ftom \
fteir first state by rabeUino. n^d^ ♦k-i-TJ.ZZ: ^
.Gen.
. ». All mankind M^ their natiM'lWiMflii
^th them m th^ fktal iafl, andfe aH its monm-
^^BMju^ces. Rom. V. l^mpm^itr.
TOW, 4f--49i . .u- .4^,. >,,
j»! 1* WSei«tin ^ fhecerroptiobofkiiimiii
<»tai!e discover itiself soo^i after f#|ia
trance of sin ? -,■:-■'"::': /■ .^^^^^ : -^fl*.^
.h Out fiirst parents manifested the Mflpim
^tfieir nature V a sbvish felir of God, by bS
ly fleepg to hide ttiemselVes fiom hia^ and W
S^'^fS"^^ "^^ *"' «*-^
toj^e Ijrd vd^t genuine fkitS, he hated a^
himsdf, and Imughtfly attelnpted t6 j
.^iSr-tjiTj
83 r
cftttJict brfprt God. Gen.iT.3-4>. Heb.w.4.
^ At mankiad incransec^ thoae af UmoiIiIm^
iT**^ y****; PJ^"»o» of godlinew, ooirapted
themgelvei bv forming »n inconsistent cohneotiott
with the wicked, and Ihtu the whole human mc«.
became pecnliarlf and progreBsiVtslt j^uoA in-
junous. Gen. vi. ^ 6» 11, Ifl. 1 . -t- ;
4. The posterity of Noah abused the wonder-
ml delirewnce which thejr experienced, and com-
bined in attempting to fittstrate the desirns: of
.l^BeingjKMfiiWiai^
?|M7wneltaiii»iiddepraFed. Jobw4.;^xF,
14U16. Ps. li. 5. Johniii: 6. Gal. v. l9-4l^^^
8. All their inteHectnal powew, as the under-
J|?*T»«^»i?%WM>«t^t»«»«iy and con80ienef,.are
h^d^and penrerted, so aa to exdud^ the light,
and resist the in^ueace of divSna truth. 1 Cor.
"'i^j;**" ^ *^^ Epb-ir. 17-^19. ,0. ^
t ^ Jnev willand iiiactionfi iiie entirely aHen- ^
•ted from God; and aa il^jr hei^rt is enmity •
agwnaf ,him. it w JiOl of d^c^it and incffned to
ftnl, ai^e oyerflowing source of every atwmina* '
tion, Rom. viii, 7* Col. i. 21. Jen xvu, 9. Matt.
XT. 18, 19.
C'^' Their practiee is djyrderiytad rgl^ona.
ofim<
; iii.9.~18.
tY. Isa. UiL 6, Rom. j. 2U^
P
^cT-
■S'
■4
' it
,>v •-
•'''1^
'•A
j^.
U
.'.■■'/,^«I*"-
^_>«JV)^'«k«t piiiifcfiment .ire ma^k^
•_^ IJeyme the objects of the hiS «»!«
htod. eve^ fom, rf ZZ^Je, xv.?7T
They arts fteatientlv i«V«,i *;U*f .^?^'*^.
laeu
oftheir own heart, and^Swd to f^ the T
:rtoown ig^omes and terrors. Rom ^ li SS"
6. Those that die in sin sbaU be nlsed At tv.
31— 38, 41^ 46. 2 TTiess. i. 5—9.
^^^bd^ominion and panisb-
jii^;-'
JT^'^i^V^^'-art's
■i^'hi '
'},
'"^"t :ff'f "1
' ehildren
>m astrar
^ohn viij. y
. flBm,
lankiod
■'■■ J - 1.4
is celeto
ii. 12, ^ -
displeii.^
e
ihe de*
its an-
% 28.
at the
I with
Btetie^
;_^.. M • ' ,.
ment of Bin, or pi-Qcore justification in the
Sight of God, by their own dwog*? , . .
torn dn"" '"^^^^.^l m«y increased by cm?!
toTim S!" *!'^r«^t»»«' inclination no> ,t4gth
Sk T T ""^"l*^ **^ ^« "^'^w of God, ior
W % t "^-^ i^j"«^ **^** " spiritbaUy^cel-
«„S d!i?i? i:!l<>^Gpd demands perfect obedi-
^ce, and the best performances of Snners a>^
rS^^ ^J«. ">. l»i» «Kbt. no man can pleZ
.£H or obtoin jnet^fication by his own woS!
Jh« Sr/**^ '^'i justificatioi by the workTof
.the law, deceive themselves, frustrate the gnoe
^^^^ ?* mediation of Christ, %nd
^^^^«m. Iaa.l»v.,6.ft.c«hii.^
S*'^, '"•.1^20. J viii. 8.; \x. 31, 32. GajL it
^6, 21. ; m, 10, 11, 21, 22. %b^ 8, 9. „
■w?^>v*% PART la. • ;/ : #
1 1»
' >';llT
?1
:!-
Jj S liWJmt
ofismal came why
some of mankind obtain deliveranee from
E*
-Vi
1
3i
tbd oorriiptioQ nod wrotobedncM of tiiMr
natural state ?
fi-
•t^ipi^.i^^t^ ■
■ ^ll?*^ ***^ **y ^^'*«« of Ihdr own wo^
find poraihment ofsin, aw sared by th«^*3
^1^ 1^ free grace or wvereiga geod pleasitti
ewt^ detemiiiiate number ef mankind Qbra
^foittdafeicm of thft werid, elected tbem umfe
^"SLSi^ *»<* P^?ti«»*ed t)|iem to a^
!Sr^f*l?^ ^ "^"^ <*^ »om.yiii«l
' _' t. It was ifom onie iinm^te« ]ofe» tbil tl4
S^SL*iL!K fe*'" *^ i*to tbe iwSd
^r their •fnattaiJ it WM from tbe^^
tbat Jesoa yolttntanljr laid down hi$ life for m
■^f^^i?"** ^ might reconcile them to God^anft
^WMh them fr^ in his omTwo^
4^*^? ™\i«' 17. Hom. T. 6^10. 1 John i^
«5 ^e^ Joviag^iidaes% meiey, er g««ee^ of
^. 18 the sole basse why sinners tatHtmmr^
mth Christ, created anew to good worltidUled
4. It IS entirely by the rich mereyand free
I"!?'"
mt^t^-
.??•
-^oA
of tiMir
vn Mfomt
Mape t^
pleaafil
td b«bre
m in hit
"» M4
for tlie
1 blood,
m ir. 9,
. ' ■ . ^ iii-'
mtf- ot
igVHeiw
Dgetber "
> cifUled
icnoww
id free
1^ of Go|^ati,« Justifies the ungodly, de-
W them from condemnation, paidoiS JiZr
rem^^rH/^'^' tmnsgressions, and acce^
nl^'-^/^^"^ ^^"^Sh &ith in hig sin.
.Jtm.25; xhy.2^ Titu«iii.7. Eph.i.e,7.,^
,6. The love of God is the sole can w why Iw
.IS^if^lf'' ^-^ ^^ ^y Jesus c/ris^
1 fIT f 17 "^ ^" '^'^ *^^'W^"- J John ii^
»*Srn ^L?""* J^ Sf«ce Of God !h«t his people
Obtain freedom from the dominion of sin ^
gressiye sanctification, pewevefan^ An Ws 2^
h2.r"l*''t ^^^^7» «»<* final peSectnl^
]S^.ll— ^. Epb.v. 25—27. •
S tL!*i!l**'' ''**^°**"* merer and «ace <tf
•OW, that beherers owe the bBsdil joy&l horn
^i reteri.8,4. Rom.iri.22, 28; y.2a21
- ** J
1^^ men did Chd begin io rmai U
fra<*»»* «<Mgii of tai^g sinnen ?
Int ^^'^yj^ t*e &W of our first 'pat
2t^ *J^ wa« promised, as the viS^
«o«» Med of the woman. Gen.iii.15.
A 1^ i^onement of the Mesaah was earir
_t_ pPgQr ofl. by Ih.'ft _appQinti»iii»t «.f k> k^-« <■• * -
r>
4V
'''if
L^
■^■'
'*'
.*-,
as
4i I.
1/ •
J^ What were the ineam that the Lord
««ed, to restrain t^ pn^ess of hnmkh
corruption, and bring men to repentance,
extended from tli^ fell of Adam io thibm
ii^ of Abraham ? w ^r^
^1. He Wled A^ ^^ !|.
count of their conduct , conWnc^ tlSm <rf th^
r ™£P«>fit, by buii«}iing them from the mw-
• den of Ein,, to labour for W sXlTce^Tn
,a-cua«tance« of effliction, and with the 3^
.^^wniiig to the dost. Gen. iii, 9, 11, l^M
feSfh "%*^P*«J the woiBhJp and ohedJenoTrf
Sw '?*u*^**"°t«°*°*^^ thofroftihip of un.
<. ^- ^a<^gi»^tUtundiyintiiimtion8oiFA^^K^
^in^"* with ^ final gloiy of tl^%CS
Jitde H 15. G.n.r. 28-24. Hekxi^
l^ 4. He waned t^e wicked of the neoet^v of
'€^2^' g«»^^ of i&k »Pe?il.&
!^' ^ 2ft. Ge«. vi. le-^-M. ^
fl. He diipers^ mankind over die earth, to
.AM
.\
) f
I
tr*-
t f;V>
r t<
- », '»(S'^f^lS-"-1-^-r.
the Lord
•entance,
'^- ■■ ; i
r« Ml .^
1 of their
rerealitag
tenet jii
iietifi» of
» of «ii-
. ir. d-^
•i
fbtOOQS
li world.
k f-'-' ;'■
iMityof
cBf and
It M. fi^
>od»
Av4 an
I
rtb, to \;^>
k
39
pKttrent the progrits of idolatry, qvpreasion,
and other enoimities. Gen. xi.6 — ^9.
. f To oh«ain further information abont the wm^
J;; In #hidi God'l^stiained iniquity, revealed
fmviliit willf a&dadifiiiQed the cause of rolidmi
?1 /^^ng tlMit ear^ period, the who|e hook of
^ Job may be consulted, as it evidently de--
>k ^acribei the character and cott^t^n of the
-^^ godly then, and oontaim.no allutioiicto the
'^ftf *«fi«Hk<l^the su€ceedinr dJepansation.!
^ hii How wafl th« tecmdi Gf AbttOmA
.•*,'
.ii»
4»^|i^fW the porterity of Noah had beo^ig^
Bwneiii^w^ and vm they b<^ptn generally to cdi-
mpt theitiaalreaiwith idobtfyr when God wii
about t|» leftire the natioos to^falk in thefr ^
way^ he appeared to Abraham in Mesowitonfi*,
called him to leave hi« country and Idndiedi add
^ »^ a kukd whk^ he was to shew Uto. He
Weije**.44iahaiB, entered into a cor enant wlHi
h«% Mid pFomised to giro him cbildraa, aiid '
uajitiflj them, and after four hundred yeaib df
f m^io% to put them in possession Of that land ;
andintdue tiMsii to blest ail the nations in his
seejL Acts YH. «S57- Gei>. xii, l^,,^^,>fc CT. 6
k 2. God inatitmed circumcision, as a token of
itocoYenant with Abudiam an d his jeai a Jml_
^Wlhe righteousness of fiTth^ an embleOi of hcl||
^^notation of heart, and a mark of si^'ectiori i&
the dirine law. Gen, xirii. 9— 14. Rom. it. Hi
i
*-3
. -^
' ' ' ! •-'? '(^"f,^^ ^
40
^r^'^' ^^- x,x.k Rom. ii. 25^9. G^
?^ej«iah. Gen."^. i^iTfi^ .^^P^frit^ m the
'y* V-5. 18—24. r^- "** ^^^' Rom.
«n»nal birth wsnlSSm T ^''': "^^ -"^
Jjg- He confirmed his promisi wifi. k- ^
•■wnn oath, to nromnto^k i **** **" «noi*
that believe in ^J^^^lKil'^^^on of rfl
^tC>?in;SS^ '
o^ promise on S^J** kT*»' «»^ «»« W
«•*>. Gen.^,^h^»/»»^»if promise
J^n of the tribe of JuUtnT**^^^^^^ ^
before fhectvil aua S ^.?^«'r% '
liaHOQ&
r^ IBSf Irib^ shouW
.ttj^.- t->^?^4^ ""®nfe,*- •►
J^^
-29. Gal.
yeries of
Fts whilst '
%al«dth6
oi a sin-
b in the
£^<> Rom.
OP aav'
POIlQll df
of aU
^of
9lf, as
» heinB
Mes-
V. 6.
Id. be
beB%r
"^rri
"^^-^
' ■ -- .41 . ' •,
iJom^lately cease» Gen. xUx. 8—10. Mai. ii. 4
A ■ • . '. . ... ..
'■:■.,, '" . \ ».-•■- -i'*^ *>,
^WW^MB^Jf^ Mehg that .Oft
^1. Uunng tbe former pxn df it. tbev «b^
Jj^tfcj eai«h» Gdj fte^itentlT bon«B«r«i«itt
^tk »ittoM» and wyeWona of hia «aci«Hi* S
signj sustained them by his bott^yftHed^S
for their spintual ppofit^ «d delirei^ them ftZ
the power of their enemies Wheiem S
PJ^ed their tents, there t% hoi» J^^tiTf
•J^'W *>»« «»«*»tatioiia of hie wowhir^iS
A^k;^ for rest Ami, their Jabom^ S
aom. l--«; ii^KMt, l^^i. tteb.3d.8i.4^, ^
L ^iJ^^l^^ •ft«fWMd8 bfotiffht into £tf4tfir/
,by the influence of Joseph* a^ It^Z^M
SS? 'l^fcfae l^nd Jf Goriie*r& tt^
j^_e«j«hngljr, but, after the deS^jZ^
and thatkmg wLom he had sery^dTiSotti Jlffi
»o», «fl» wivied and opprened thekn i ifet ^
God iras with them to ibWl iris pnm^mA^ Z
^^^ *{!!««« theywiHSieSFtS
ttoHi tbmr anmber lacreaaed. PW. 07. 1<|J£
■ 4-9.<
.-•K-
\4.''
*j^-j^
^,». Hdw>ii8 the third QT Mmia iH^:
femdkm of grace introdawd^'^T^^
/ V
■■'^''I'lm^m
fI^*isS?tdtK»Kl?
'" ?-■
i.
' ' 4,2 ' , . . . • '
• l»i»,M tewkJorf to'^tiS^P'" "> tkri' irfffio. s
M«« to reveal hiTwUL to S. "^^ "^ <»ned
"pi*, to Wng them JJ^JP »^? "''™e^'»
«d coodnct them" Se W ^f^ .'»''*%*.
*«r «iS*t observe AelmSi f P"f "*' ^» '
jwnaatioii. As Mo^'^,"*""' that die-
s^Ninmt i Acta vii. apL-as.' *** "'• •°'' i'-
%n It to lender tlie Kif"1r*?* «»«oi»
iNce tfcev uwai q^ifaTit^^^^^ them to
necesaaiy qmuiti JT12^ **^ ^"**«» "whilst the '
'fJ^em, fexTV"^^ *^^ '^^ was withheld CJ ,
;WMle had said to^AbS^L^'J^f^^ ^
M^ He turned lu^etTf^'J^i*'*^ ^«^-
^^^^^^^^ !^' 8*nt sirarms of'
i^SR^SS
» , wfc. '* * ! iu^ 4«,
/v
'•vir- if<
r \ '48'.
^ flies to infest thea, destroyed their catUe with
. » gneroM murrtin, afflicted all the Egyptian*
Ji^ a boil which bmke forth into blain^Tso-
Tit Jlf T°i*^ "^^^ **^«°**«' «»d haU; coyer.
dlkLi r^u**^"f*"» ^nyeloped it with thick
darknew for three davs, and sW all their fiwt-
bop. Gen. XT. 13, 14. Exod. vii. 17. to x. ^
mdmre; xii. 29, 30. Psal. Ixxyiii. 4^{. ^l
Egyptians to dismiss 4;he Ismelites from thdr
&;^L%^t'"'«'»;\^W, whichT^^^^^
^n^i^u^^^"" °^^«°>J *«d thus they
Jjtoined both ifcerty and much substance, m
h.i«^ ^^T^"^^ i»ad departed, Pharaoli
^v S, if- *^ *^"^T » *»«* ^« I^i^ opened a
sea, by which they escaped, and when the Ekyv.
^mTs^^'' pass througl^ the sea,X
84. How were the Israelites directed in
the right way, wd sustained duriDg their
joarttey from Egypt to the land of promise ?
^^e Lorddirected them where to encamp,
^en to remove, and in what course to lomTS^
^"g««»8r beferthem iSa miSqiiSiw^^
«f«.74 k" J-"'"' •:*'«• **» » miraculous piUar of a
M
i' -"' ,
r-K
i, '
i
#
44
2. H« fed thdm from heaven with manna, which
he bestowed regularlj on everyday, except the
Sabbath, during forty yean. Exod. xyi» 4,5,
H 15, 86.\36. Deut. vMi, 2-4. .
8. He gave, them' drink, at one time 1^ sweet-
ening for them the waters of Marah, and after-
K^rds he repeatedly made water to flow out of a
rock and fdlow them. Exod. xv. 23^25# xvii.
1—6. Numb. xx. 7—11. Psa]. cv. 41.
r 4. He fliticasionally fed them with fleghi^ill^«ol-
Jeetiag a miraculoiis qnantity of quails an»«nct
theircamp. Exod. xn. 12, 18. Num. xi. 31, 82.
Ftel*hairiii.26^-*^. ; ; -
2& Hqw did Qod f^vdal 1|^l ]^p to his
ehoBen people, and enter into coTenunt with
thwn in the wUderneW) so as Uier«Vy to
^ ^ In the first ^ of the third month after ♦
niey liad been brought out of bondage, God com-
manded Moses to put them in remembrance of
their obligations to him, astheir deliverer^ to en-.
coQi^sge mem to keep his covenant; and ditect
them to make themselves ready against the third
day to leoeive it from himself.. ^Exodwxix. 1^-6.
;^il, 14, 15. . ■: ,-,vA.-.-;r^i#.
2. To impress 0ie hearts of the Israelites tbe
more deeply, and render the giving of tne law in •
^he highest degree solemn, God mani£isted him*
self to theiA on the thitrd day, fiom Mount Sinai^
-iiK thwk-and darir^i^^ittQpded^ fJHri^
smoke, thunder and lightnings, the loud voice of
the trumpet, and ajgr^^sar^uake : and dfosfs
-"^ , f
na» which
xcept the
cyi» 4t 5f
t
\if sweet- v^
nd aHor-
' out of a
-25.^ Km,
ir1by«ol- .
I aPQuad
ud}»a2.
r to
tut with
r^^y to
ith WetP
od com*
•raaceof
r^ to en-,
d direct
he third
1. 1^-6.
lites ibm}
B law in*
ed^him*
It Sim
1^
Bllr. I
roiiie<}|
tMoMi
fcV^iM* ,«»J.4A_j|i
««^
uf.r?
ai- .
45
Ik.
wia commanded to set bounds to the people, and
<aiaige them to abstain fiom breaking throotfh
to gaze, on pain of instaiit death. Exod. jax.
\.t4^18. 16— 25.
8, God Bpcke the ten Commandments, or sum-
mary of the coVenant, and, i« an immediate man-
ner addressed them to the people, in the h«unig
of all the Israelites. £jcod. xt. %17, 22. Dent.
IT. IJif lOm ~ ■ '. \ .-
-ii'^®P®®P^ were deeply a«Ee(^ with this
awfiildispby of the dirine Majesty,: authority,
Bud hohness. They engaged themselves to keep
and obey all God's covenant ; bat requested that,
on all succeeding occasions of rsirektioD, the di-
vine message might be delivered to them by Mo-
s«Sr as a mediator, that they m^t no mora be
«Epoeed to the terrors of the Almighty voice.
Exod. xix. 8. XX. 18^21. Deut. v. 2d~.S7.
^^5. Tlie Lord improved this request of the peo«
fiii and employid Moses to receive his message,
and declare it unto them m ios name, DeutTm
& He tiien gavo Mesea a^jiwdber of mdg»
ments, or social laws, and oodiiiaiided him to ky
thein before the people. Exod. xxi. JudJ. xxiii-
^7. Mosee told all the people the matifik-^-.^ii^.
Lord, wrote them in a book^ erected mM^l^lB'^
twelve pillars, and having bblaiaea the oeeSS
of all thel peo^ he mttfied the covenant betweS
God and them, by offering sacrifices to the
gnd rorinjOn ythebliM^ thgftlfer» '
KTpeopTe. "
-people. Exod. xxiv. 3--8. Hek ixi
"Sid
im^, _^^
m^itfiod called Moses up kcd thismoaiit
r'^ ■/!
.'^'\
-W'
"W
''^■~i^^^'!?^p^[
'.t-J,.
•t-'AU
4,6 ' ;
the space of forty days and forty nights and dur-
ing that time he shewed him a pattern of the
tabernacle, with all its furniture, and directed him
- how to make them, and consecrate priests to min-
ister unto the Lord. He then deUyered to him
a copy of the covenant of the testimony, writ-
ten by the finger of God on two tables of stone,
tobe deposited in the ark. Exod.^x3dy^ia-;.18>
XXV. to xxxi. throughout. . ^^ ,;, v
« 9. When Moses came down from the Mount, •
and discovered that the people, during bis abs^ce,
had oflFended the Lord, byspaking and worship^
ping a golden caU; he was so disconcerted with
.angler, that he brake the two tables which God
hadgivehhim. Exod.)Xxxii. 16h-119|.
• 10. After Moses had made intercession with
the Lord for the people, and turned away his
wrath frpm them, God commanded him to pr»-
. pare other two tables of stone, and take themiup
into the Mount, and after he had continued with
the L<lrd other f<nty days and forty nights, and
received various additional laws, God wrote upon
the tables the words of the ten commandments.
Bxod. xxxii. 9—14. xxxiv. 1— 2a_^ ^^
311. After the people had constructed thetab^
nacl^ according to the divine pattern, and rea;^
ed It up, the Lord honoured itArith his peculi#
presence, and from it he frequently spoke to
Moses, and delivered many additional laws, Exod*
3^ 1— as. XXV. 21, 22. Lev. i. 1. These laws arf
recorded in the whole book of Leviticus and maal
..^ItofLNumbew. ^^*
H
12. When the Israelites htid nearly com^.«,fc«u
• pilgrimage of forty years in the wUdernf^s, an^
>•' tT'^',
P.\}'''
1 *'l ■ 1
tr*^-
T
fteHoMte exhortations mTw^Jii^ T?' '^^
cond iriTint of fi,. 1." ;. '^™«?- This ge-
book Snf, "* " «0'>««ined in the whole
Iwok of Deuteronomy, u it, title intimate* "
86. WtM WM theprincipal design which
^^The law wa. given u. conduct dnne»4o Jew.'
vation"' t!!!""""*,.'^*" "^'keir need of aU-
,^ ilXap pli o d to feel tb'uuK J^^^. 'S ^
^^i^SJiSSP
▼ttHaaii iii lo on ^«'-**4. u.-19. Rom, -
i IV
48
I'-f*.
W'-:^
»';
S. By prefiguring Christ as the end of the law
for righteonsnets, and thereby directing the con-
fidence and afiiM^ons of periuiing sinners towards
jhin. The Mosaic o£GeiingB taught Uie guilty to
look for pardoning mercy on the ground of sac-
nfice ; and the repetiticm of these offerings year
hj year continually, proved their own insuffi-
aency, and directed the guilty, who presented
them, to look forward to a more precious sacrifice
of God's {HToyiding to put away sin. Rom. X, 4.
' f%'By whlit tritli^essidni MiStB't^'
TiieHtes offend the Lord, while tbey enjo^
•d ihe peculiar tokemiWhis preti^Acein the
^Iderness? . , . ,
1. Th«y misundersioodand foi|;at'tn0 wonder-
ful works of God, which they had witnessed, and
apted cpatraiy to the impressions and resotutioils
that had been produced by them. Psal. cyi.7
—13, 21. Ixxvia. 8—17, 84— 37> 42, $
2. The^ frequently tempted the Lord, by i(|^'
^19}!^ his kindness towards them, and murmu^
ifig against him and his seryants ; as if they.hfid
deceiyed and injured them in bringing them out
of ISgypt Exod. xiy. 10—12. xyi. 2, a xyii.
Xf-4. Numb, xiy, 1 — 4, 10. xyi. 41. xx. 1— ^
3. liM^ committed idQiatry, by making aM
vorsh^n^ a molten cal£ Exod. xxvii. 1--S
MM.
I
4. 1^ lust«d |»r the 18ei9h, and seeniMi to'
▼alue the plenty of jSgypt J^boye the heay^nly
•if4'^-^
f the law
the con-
1 towards,
gruilty to
1 of sao-
ngs year
insnffi-
^resented
I sacrifice
M». X. 4.
• in the
wohder-
sed; and
oIutloOQ
U cyi.
«fS
luriniii^
bey,^
lem out
3. xyii.
to'
sayfnly
49
proWsioi, with whfch God sustained them. Numb.
r^' ^^' ***^"- 1^—20, 28—26.
A«t J ^^•"'i^ andrebelled against Moses and
Aaron. Numb, xvi, ULB, 12-I4. Psal. cvi. 16.
..nl'K^f^'^u'**^ themselves with fornication
and W«thenish superstition. Numb. xxt. 1, a,
belief, which wj^ their most heinous and lata
s«a HovT did the Lord manifest big dis-
pleaanre, on account of these transgress ionf '
of |iia people in the desert I - f ^'^"^
fhiif^fiS rr?^7 *^*^4 "pbiBided, nnd
threatened to disinSerit and^ consume them!
f^^g^^^^"^ '-10- ; ^«m. 1-5. Numb, xi"
ftithfii^ to inflict punishment on the wicked!
|xod.xxxii. 20, 25-29. Numb. xxv. 4, 5.
.: &r ^ foffered manv of them to flee and fUl
f^tt^eirepemies. Numb. xir. 48-45. Deut.
, J*
12.
'^f
.V*
wKti?*!! r*^ "* ^ "TS*^' ***** **»« ge»W*tia»
which hud 9om 01* of Egypt sboQld not enter
into hw pronuMd rest, and fauaed tham to wan-
der forty years in the wUdemew, until their car*
2?JlS!1I'*1?\ Numb. ,iv. 82, 28, 28.^.,
'^ Howr wm tlte «uryiying IsraeliteB
pm In poasesaiftn «f tbe.Jraci proiBiifled to
their fathers ?
l^ M«6QB h«vin|jr wbdned Sihon, Jang of the
Awontes. and OgrMug of Bashan, who reigned
on the east of the river' Jordan, divided their
lands to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half
the _tnhe pf ^usseh ; and permitted them to
sett^ their fillies and flocks there, on condition
S? X^'^ ®* them in subduing the liMid of
Can«|Ai. Numb, xputii, 1— «9, JD^ut. iii. I— ^.
In answer to the disinterested prayer of
J, who, on account of ft particular Umnsgros-
im, was not permitted to pass over the Joidan
^^to Canaan, the Lord directed him to appoint
.Joshua to be his successor, by laying his tendf
on him, and riving him a chaiwe, before the high
pnesl^ and all the people. Numb. xx. 7— 12 .
lavii. 12^2a Dent iu. 21^-28. ' '*'
a. Aft« the death of Moses, the Loid con.
firmed his former appointment of Joshua, gav#
»lnma comm Mjion to d estroy the natio n*, of
luWMii, mA-wwmm^ him wth TaQmamMoT
lunstanoe and success. Josh. i. 1^9. ^^W
4. The Loird magnified Joshua before all the-
^. ^'Jm^r^J^^
I.
' f*' , '^H-'-f^ '-1^
^v
at enter
^ Wip«
leir cftr«;
raelit^
r of the
id their
«id half
hem to
mditJOA
tof tfa«
hMid of
■ayer of
m8gresr>^
Jordan
apiMimi
} haadl;
he high
rd oont
»» gw#
ions of
• - ■ ™— _
all th«2
■51 ■
peo^e, and enconiaged them to obey him, by
dividing the watew of Jordan, as he had foiiei
\y done the Red Sea, thafc they might pass sa^
l?r' '^^ ^l»e«r Pwwwed rest! Jo^.m.7
5. Joshtta after#ar4 im^ned the nations of
Canaan, and divided their lands to the remainine
tnbaj of Israel, according to the commandment
of theJUord; and, before his death, he assembled
the whole nation of Israel, put them in remem^
..bwnce of the works of God, by which he had
accomplished his promises to them and thei?
tattlers, directed them how to secure the continu-
HBoe^ofhw blessing, exhorted them to continue
obedient to the law of Moses, and warned them
• , ? ®SJ ^^nseguences of disobedience. Josh,
ia^4&^SI3.{ xxiii. xxiv.
80. How did the ileriielites conduct tbem-
mIvm after their aettlement in Canaaiil^
'Ikltl^r^T"^'*" thathad seen the works of
tibe Lord in the days of lifeses and Joshua, sted!
my served the Loid, by obeying bis command,
ments, extending their conquests, and executimr
judgment on the wicked inUitants of Canaan.
JndgeSfiuO, 7.; i. 1-.17.
_^2, After the Israelites had obtained abundance
l.i^.^'V-^ *•''; «commodation, they ael^
f t'^.^/ry,^,^ ^^ th» reinainiog idoktious in.
-habitanl^ CanaaniWditodBrtiw
— -* riu • ^ — 't: "-fJ^wtwjitt^e monu'-
wents ef theif gi|ieptitiQii, tberehr violating the :
4£JT^ ^•'^ I>ent.vii:i^.J^,
f
\ (
■ '4,' .'■'■ ■ si
Afc
%m
^'^r^: -K'-^S^^ .rSoia',;
m p.s
52
' «
' ^-i f
STA. °*'' ri ***^ ^^» »«»' l»i« ^o'i« r
Sn Ji ^ T°^^^ ?°°°^ **»« »»«athen. they
jollied themseUes to them In marriage, iJaraS
^eir ways, worshipped their idols, an! Vn^t^
foUyforsook their fiu^our. JadgU ii. iS!;
4. Succeeding genLtions, after having been
f-^^^^ parti.Uly«|r3^
Jfeedily relapsed into idolatry, and corruDted
tfcem elves inore than their lathers. J^est
presenting their offenngs, became sedncen of hia
^ tlaHow did God reatrain ftii# jNm^
the wickedness of the Israelites ; and f^
long coniinued the severai periods duriiiff
t^\ **'®JJ®'*® oppressed by thfir ent.
miw?
^'«(f^i^;^P^^i-
m
rJl ♦?* '^^Z*'''^*' ^^5f* '**' neglecting to extii^
»■ He wde^faeiirtqr
throoghont The de»Utin| w, ^;;;^1; S;
E
'ftb*^ii.if^jAii
;,« 'I
.- .'V^
■*
58 /^
other ^bes and the Benjamioites, happened soon
after their settlement in Canaan, before the death
of Phmehas the high priest, Jndget xx. 28.
, * «f repeatedly deUvered them into the
hands of their enemies, who spoiled and oppress^
edthem. Judges ii. I4, 15. ^^
^rcthm were oppress^ by Cushan^rishathaim^
tang of Mesopotamia, 8 yeare. Judges iii. flfe^
««j«4i By Jabin, king of Canaan, SO years.
Iges ir. 1—3. By the MidianiteS, 7 years.
...RWTi. 1— m By the Philistines and Am-
monites, 18 years. Judges x. 7—14. By thft
?!»S*«tp% 40 jiwra, Judges aii. 1. 4 Sam. ir.
vf2. Who succeeded Joshwi in delivering
and governing the Israelitet ? "
"'' .«i.*S,
The Lord weed up judges* to pfotdotdpiet*^^
and administer justice among his people^ and di*-
Jw them from their enemi^ Jttdgeiii.16^
. i Otbniel' pre^ 'agaiisi^^^S^
™A *.®*^^ ^li^tltw^aites rest 40 years. Judged
2. Ehud slew Eglon, and subdued the Moab^
3. Deborah, a Prophetess, judged Israel, called
«arak to subdue Jabm's army, and gave the land
n destFSfed iTe aRor of Baal, d^S'
tbe ^Udmnilee, and gave his oonntry qnietnest
# years. Judges vi. 1 1, to viii. 28.
".'V- .:.k
ai5a,».-i«w(..,.,.
^ .
'«.>!
<*!
64 '
, e- Tolajudgeaisnwl S3yem. jxdgesii «
, Judg^ xJ. xii. 1-7. -^1:?!"*^ -™f ' « '/««•
«M..«d rfwU.^^SiWte' ^r^ «
BiM of hi, hooM KT.ir ^"'jPMi'fced th«
I Sun. rii. ^ **• ••""»* obofltar y«in.
^..
1 -15 -^?i assistants, induced thl '
-feiS-
years.
Judged
^^.
■0,^
' ' *• * \ ' \''^ y^^'^^^^^^
55
Israelites to became wewy of the goyernment df
judges, and petition Samuel to sft a 5^ over
aam. riii* i — 5,/- ■•■ / .'■::'f;^P',4m-. ■^■^K',,^^■.^ ■,■%:, \. v*
2. As this demand' proceeded from much
Sd^hT "?^'?«~?^^*^' ^* displeasS SaS,
and^^apphed to the Lord for direction, ^i '
^^.S? «^^"»,«^' "^ectinff himself fbm
being their king, and commanded Samuel to rive
them warning of the manner of kings^^and ^he
disadvantages of a change of government^ vet
mana. 1 sam, vwi. 6— -SO^ i '^'* "' . . , •
th. T.^»*"?^ ''"''«** •rf'doniinioB over-
, .4. When SmIvw anoiBted, lie to» fitted (d '
""'*»*?.P«'I^« hy lot ; and after they had dS-
co«ra4 hw .operior talent, for the ofeo^thw' .
m^? h.m their king by genend dioicft^^i
^.a«nudaften«rfrt>diartedhfci™c^^ '
«rtheir^r bya miiachMwmed them of the *
fctjl conseqnence. of rebeffing aminst the L\rf T
and solemnly charted ftem «Ttheir Une to J
htL^ ^' °^ '"'^ ' ^- *i Pent. ^ ^
.'•\
«
, -n*
/^^'^^^ """^ of king, reigned v.«^
f G<Ml« BiicNit people, from tW^ time of
»?/
*;i
■ m^^T^s^^^^^^^m^m
i^^:
S^tnuel to the BabyloniBli captivity ; iti
what mkr did tb^y si^cceed one anotber ;
what charofiterhsi^veryom of tbem; Aow
kngf did every one of them reign ; and how
much kmgeryUpon the whoiey continued the
dominion of the righteous apd UGieful^ t^an
o| t^ wicked kings 1 \v.,'/:: -y
Tiis'iMafnher of if ears thai ih^ good otw^^ifj
' J Kings reign$d .•-^
IV Saal was a doabIii4^iid«d, un
e»tL Bid.
« ■ ■ J i
stable, and bloody nlan. Acts xiu» >"^ .
21. 1 Sam. XV. 18—28.; xni. li j
4V
2. David, a devout tod iaithfdl ^
man, according to God's heartC 1 - ^' '^
Kings ii.il. icv. 6. ^^^^ **^ f ,
V8. Solomon, a lover and zeakmt^ ~
tisadier of wisdom. 1 Kings xi. 42. ;
iii.6--2a; X. 1— 9. ,40
4. Rehoboam, a haughty and fool-
ish tyrant 1 Kings xiv*21.; xii;
6^14. .*.
6. Abijam imitated his ftther fai ^^^ t
part, but was more prosperous. I ^ #
Kings XV. 2, 8. 2 Chronicles xiii.
6. Asa,: a sincere and zealous re# ' ;_
former. 1 Kings xv. 9 — 15.
40
w
t7
8
•'*-**
^r^febe a bq ^ha^ {Hous like A8a >=^
i
n
2
1
1 Kings xxii. 41-hU. ' > j^ tjy*"
^ 8. Jehomm, A widced idolate#^^ **^^*^
$ Kings viii. 16—18. ly^vrtb i^i^^^; i^
,.■<»'■
':msmir'^
'^i^^ feis a m:. ^
dty; ill'
mother; '
\mt how
wad how
lued the
fill, than
kiod. Bad.
t-^-^
40
40 . ,.*.
40 ;ii
•4
k-**
41 «;.
"*^''F":sr;v7
i»i
,«fU>^'
4 I
d7!
/
Good.
^9. Ahwiah, another id^ater. 2
^ AtWiah,rwickedfe«nrfii^r^ •^•
8 Kings XI. 1^-^. *^^ ^^
« J^' o J®.''**^*'.*. «°8t«^fe»t before '"*
Gpd. -^2King8 xii* 1-^, 18. 2Chroii.
^11. AnaaEiah, toleiaWjr uprf^t. '"
-J2. Ajariah Uzziah, generaJly did
nght. ^2. Hmprs xr. 1-4, 13. 2
LJironideg xx?i. ^. qq
^13. Jothap, upright «nd useful.
2 Chronicles xxtii. jg
• Jt '^'S^^*® Wolaten 2King8 . ^
tp* 1—4. 2 Chronicles xx?iii. 1— i :^
15w Hezekiah, an eminent i«|bN ***
HWt. 2 Kings x?iii. 1—7. ^
^16. Manasseb, a cruel idolater.
2King8 XXI. 1— 16. 2 Chrpn. xixiii.
l**f-"17.
« i?* jA""?°' ;** obstinate idolatefi
2 Kin|s XXI. 18—22.
F\ o i?* '^**^"^' ? "*^ pioiis.refonnw.
^ # V ^ ^«? ?***• ^' ^ J xxiii.l86. ai .
' \« if- ^«^<»*»a^*mwertble idolater. .
^ Km« xxiii. 80— «8, ^ "
, pN^rngt xxiii, 9e» 87.
21. Jehoiachin, another idolater. "
Kin ^ xxJT. 6-:-.9. f_ _=^.^
Bad.
1
.«4
...
* *■
...
16.
.«*
i
a
2
W^^fe^^Oah, an idoi-
*!!»(, » Kingi xxiy. 17—19.
+
♦.f
.. i. -n
II
803 210^
ii^^miMiiiAiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir
MsmMit^
iJS&#SRS^|^pfei*fe-
'■■-^^
^^ <
* ''"i
1,^
,'»■
58
fit
;.Tj,.
*1. '
•4^
From this statement it appears, that Uie an^' ^
cient people of God were governed \xs^ twenty-
two kmgs ; nme of^them were approved as ujh
right and nseral, and thirteen were censured vi:
wicked and mischievous. The years that the
good kings reigned, heing added togethc^, amount
to three hundred and three ; the reign of the
evil king^ lasted two hundred and ten years and
a half,' including tfie six years of AtHaliah's
usnrnation, being ninety-two years and a half less
than^he period of the good kings, ft may also
be remarked, that Saul, Abijam, Jehoash, and
.Manasseh, though wicked, upon the whole, act-
ed properly during a considerable part of their <
' reign ; so that the duration of the good govern-
ment was much longer thaii that of the evil.
The kings of IsAmI that reigned over the ten
tribesmen ^Jl wicked idolaters, therefore they
are not reckqned here. . v
85. What ^e the most irUeresting parts
of the history of God^s people, after th^
efitablisbmeot of thdr kingly government ?
1. Saul, by his disobedience, provoked thi»
Lord to reject him and his house ; andj tbbugh
his reign was permitted to continue for some
years, Samuel was commanded by God to anoint
D>avid to be his successor; 1 Sanpu^ii. 8— >14*V
XV. xvi.
2. David, though oidy a young man when ht
"WKB anointed^ loon randerad |iiii^eircon^icaoiir~
above hie brethren, by 8layin|^ Goliath, a chain^
pion of the Philistines ; but| m ppoportion m lie
/
ji jI
the an-' ,
twenty-
SB up
iired aft
lat the
amount
of the
ars and
haliah's
lalf less
lay' also /
sh, and
>le> act-
>f their «
g^ovem-
le evif.'
;he ten
re they
f parts
»r the
ment?
Eed/ihe
though
ir some
» anoint
8—14.}
rhen hi
59
was esteemed anei tonoflred fey the Deonk of
S^ ^Tt ^'^r^-hated, an5 ^JS by
^ ; Jf ^ »fte' he and his follo^ hTbeetf
t?tJ^t^^rri^^^.®'^"^'**^«y>^tiredf^8;^^^
ed tr ^^fr^
^h«n •l^^'^i^^'^"^^ ^ their king, butlSl Ae
^ulV rJTtK '""'"^ "^ Ish-boshethf the si of
^^^A f :?T "^ ''^ '^^t'^een the house S
■ JJ'l'f ? *^.® ***»"«« of Saul during seven vL^'
untol Ish-boshefli was betmyed^^muIdereTb^
Jjs own servants ; after whidi I^irid i^^oiirt^
:^^?^««^onour of God,Ey%S^
ark ofGod, with mueh solemnitf, fioSite ^
SS' *?^ f /»«!^ty, to a tabe^^itt^e
Itj'^f t '^^?^^on in his own dl cJ
&L^ ^!r? "1,^ ^'^^"^"gr pWfor the God of
bnr^«.S%^1*PP''^^^ hisgmcious design,
Vto El^^ *te honour of building the temSe
tL?J«^"'*''^ '"'^°'' conclming Xm
ena-^^^^iJ^^^^^^^^ bSg";-« ^(
'*.,;
^. After David had obtained much sucdewl;
''»hn '(^ji
k cham#^
n as ^
r.'^s^j^fSr ;
. ^ idliM ^ ^^.
'«»»' -^
•p^K"- -S,*
'i-'''%%^X^'^i^^
:' 60
. . '\-'- '--■'-''■ ■■■■■■ 'H ■■'"■' "'■■'■ ' ' ■*" '
WW, hM offended the Lord, by teducing Balhw
^b% betraying Uriah her husband, and nnm- '
berihg the people of braeL He was afterwards
brought to repentance ; but the Lord corre<3t«d
him by the rebellion and death of his son Ab-
salom, l^ jnany other disorders in his family,
and a destructite phigue, which prevailed for .
tibree days, among his peojde. 2' Sam. xi. to xxiT.
1 6, Solomon reigned over all Israel i?i peace,
and^^was distinguished by wisdom, riches, and
hoBour^^He began to build the temple of God
in the fourth year of his reign, four hundred and
eighty years bdbre the Israelites came out of ^^.
Egypt; and finished it in se^en jeam, above »/
thousand years before the birth of the Messiah.
He executed other great works, nused his nation
to a high degree of outward influence and glory,
and exdted th^ admiration of surrounding king*
IS ; yet he offended the Lord by leaving his
i seal for the true religipn, loving many rtrange
^es, and ooantenancifig their superstitions;
id on account of these provocations, the Lord
.aised up adversaries to vex him duringithe last
years ofhis rei^n. 1 Kingp iii. to xi. 2 Chron. l.
%i», EodUitii.
7. Tlw reKgtous declension of Solomon was
ftrther punished, in the days of his son Reho-
boam, by the revolt of ten of the tribes, which
was excited by the harsh and unreasonable an-
swer that he returned to their petition for the re-
t^|y^Q£^^^^^yyri^,^n^.Jig.. Thus the people of GfiL
«ere divided into hostile kingdoms, that were
never reunited, md that often vexed each other
with dettractiv« wars. The reign of Rehoboam
ryS;
w^fi 'jf f '■■'_-K?"^jijr-
d Biim«<
terwurds
son Al^
family^
oled for
to xxir.
;i peaoe»
1C8) and
of God
ired mA
B out d,
above a
[VIeanah*
b nation
id glory,
ig king'
Ting hit
jfttrange
•stitiont ;
the Lord
the laat
Chnrn. u
mon was
>n Rebil
BE, wbidi
lable an-
or there*
ileofGod.
i
1
mm'^^^^
61
liat were
ich other
LebobMUL
was also rendered unhappy by Sffisbak, Jdng bf
Egypt, who took the cities of Jpdah, and plun-
dered tbfe temple of Jerusalem. 1 Kings xii. 1
—84.; xiv. 30. 2 Ghron. x. xii. 1—10.; jriii.
«— 17.
8. Jeroboam, the first king of thi tea titbes,
.0t kingdom of Israel, established a peculiar kind
of idoUtrous worship, as a national religion, on
the Wetence of accommodating his subjects, and
to keep them from visiting Jerusalem at the
stated festivals, or renewing their subjection to
the posterity of Pavid. 1 Kings xii. 26--8a#^ #
9. The idolatry that Jeroboam established was -
continued, and occasionally increased, during the
reign of 18 succeeding kings, of many diflferent
fiimilies, during which time the Lord viwted the
ten tribes with repeated judgments, and caUed
them to repent and turn from their idols ; but^ml
they proved incorrigible, he allowed Shalmane^;
king of Assyria, to carry them captive, and thus
put an end to the kingdom of Israel, after it had
es^isted in a state of separation from the kingdom
of Judah two hundred and fifty-eight years. 2
Kings xvii; "^^
10. Many of the kings of Judah were wicked
and superstitious; yet in that kingdom idolatry
was abolished, genuine religion was revived, and
remarkable dehverances from danger were ob*
tafned, during the reign of Asa, Jehoshaphat,
Hezekiah, and Josiah. 2 Chron. xiv. to xx.
xxi x. to xxxii. xxxiv. xxxv.
— H ly^Aftertii e d e a i h -iif-Jogigfa/TthyTaaptg"^
of Judah rapidly declined in piety and prosper^
ity ; and at length the temple and city of Jeru-
r^
■^4/
f
jj'"-''?
i^i
',<^,*
sSi-,
«;
8»lem wer« burnt, by the Chaldeant, their tW
sures and m«7of the iiOiabitants of jS^VwIJ;
captivity dunng seventy yew.. Jerusalem was
destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and an end nut ^
^•kingdom of Judah, about one hundreS 1„1
thirty.three years after the captivity of the
ten thbes, and five hundred and eiXty-eieht
7-B befo.. ^e ^ming of Messiah?7kX
TOv. zxv. 2 Chron. xxxvu 1—21. The BaKv
the^fobrth year of Jehoiakii,Wt eighTeTfeaw
before ^ desljxiction of 4eru«aeni? f%lZ.
-^iK. At the end of seventy years. God ex<»imfc.
fcT which the Jews were potmiS^o n-t«S^
their own lend, and MbnaattSSgL^!"™ ,*?
18. Sfcoy of tbe Jew. iSSKabiii tkei.
»nd„*,^re<«ion rfNehe^iT E^I^lT^
14^ agg« .. 12-_15. Nehem»hii.toti
l«i fi^ Wk r°' '^*'» J«« were bwugS
hit-
m^
a.
ipn-
/ ''r^^^^
of the f.nmi ompiro, tiU it ww* mbdued by
Al«xaBdw the Great During the dominion rf
frequently diati
afflicted by rel
them endured '
holy resoluti-^
they M under
which continue
wars, and occasioiudly
etration, which some of
ijitedfiMtness of fiuth and
^i. 85-— 88. At length
&mion of the Romans,
XT . ": — ^^^ Messiah appeared; but
M Nehemiah closed th6 Old Testament history,
above four hundred yedrs before the birth of
^^imst, the affairs of the Jews during that pe..
Jjod, must be learned from the books of th^
Maccabees, and the writing^^of Josephus.
ch^e^pl^ in reveali4h«« Will to hit
ancient people, after the cominenceaient of
their regal governm«nt j and in whiU order
ifHme did they suooeed one ^mf^r?
k2^ T^ T °*?S^ propMOiM^ enable
gem to decliire his will by the inspiration of tl
Holy .Ghost The <^ief of the prophets si
C«We^ one ano^er in th? jSSwing oi^,/
nearly («» caa be discowed. . ^ ^ ^ ^
if li ^^ prophesied during the gre»te?/part
of the hfe of Saul, and, as is genemUy sup^Jed,
wrote the book of Judges, Ruth» and jfiTlrst
24 chapters of the first book which bearsllis own
"*""" * -"- iii. a 4 > L S a m . i i i. SO r 3 I3E
a«
2. David was a prophlt as well m akimr, mid
WrtemanyofthePisalms. 2 Sam. a^iSiri^ 2.
'■tr
64
K
ptf'-**. ' »
n",;
3. Gad prophG8ilii in'the days of David, anc
wrote a histoj oflhis life. 1 Sam. xadi. 6.\
1 Chroii.xxi.18. xxix.29/ ^
nft^f^r^t^T.^P^"^ **» ^nt« the iM^ks
i'i!tSft ^CT "' *'^ ^"^' ^~^-
Q f '^^"^^^^n tl»e prophet lived with David and
Solotoon, aBd wrote tfieir history. 2 Sam. vii.
«q T^Tu ^ Chroni xxix. 29. 2 Chron. ix.
ili^' or Eth«,, pW>ph^si^ with ihstru.
Tnlf vTr* '^d^^iSetPosed several Psalms.
1 Qhron. «v. Ip5. 2 Chfcn. xxix.80. 1 Kings
1 6. Ahijah and Iddo weri contemribiiy with
8. Azariah and Hanani prpphflBieA to Aa«.
2 Chron. xv. 1-8. xvi. 7-lS!Ar**^ ^ ^
9. Jehu reprpved Baasha kii| of Israel, and
Jehoshapiat fing of Judah; ail the Kr^
afterward encouraged by Jahaziel and rep^^
by thf prophet EUezer. 1 KiliWs xvi. Ll7.
Chnmicles XIX. 1-3. xx. 14-l|, 37. *f ^'
Ahl' ^f^"^ prophesied befoi^ the death of
Ahab. 1 Kings xxii. 8—28.
-j^l. EUjah was an eminent prophet in^
day.ofA^andJehosha«hat. fiemeal^ ?*
div;nemes,,ge^t.Ah3:andthe^in^r^
«1, confirmed it with
ir
nnniY miiiicTeiB^ani wns
ipgdc
iB^an
Ui-
\
■r
f
65
tiwislatedalivetoheayen, I Kings x^.t92^K.ing8
ii. 11. ^
12. Elisba succeeded Elijah i» prDphesyiog to
Israel, and working miracles. He Jived till tb«
reign of Joash, the Mng of Israel, and Ama»ab,
kingof Judah. 2 Kings ii. 9, to xiii,
13. Jonah lived about the tim^ of AmassUli,
king of Judab. He prophesied to the city of
Nineveh, and wrote an inspired book* Jonah i. 1.
14. Amos nrophesied and wrote his book, in
the days of iMwah king of Judahl Amos i. 1.
15. Hosea prophesi^ and wrote in the days
of Uawah, Jotham, Ahw, and Hezekiah. Hofc
1. 1. *. ' i;; _-,
16. Isaiah flourished and wrote hi^ eyangeljcBl
prophecy in the same period with* Hosea. Isa. i. 1.
^J^: ^^^ ^^ coptemporwy w|tb Isaiah.
18. Nahum prophefied against Nineveh^ as is
supposed, about the time when Sennacherib in-
tended to destroy Jerusalem, in the leign of
Heaekiah. Nahum i. 1, 9 — 18. ^^ 4 i /^ ,T .
- 19. Joel wrote about the time of Manasseh.
20. Zephaniah w^t« iii'tbd iim
Zeph^i. 1, lSi-'»'>H -■--■ -^^^ 'l^^/- ^■.^^.'-Ayi
21. Jeremiah prophened from the days of
Josiah, till after Jerusalem was destroyed by
the Chaldeans. Jeremiah i. 1^-^
82. Habakkuk prophesied near the commeni^
ment of the Babylonish captivity ^ Hab. i. 1>-.IL
~~m DanieF floimshed m Babyl
the time of the captivity. Dan. i.
ion during all
• >
•1,
jE^ V.y w t ~-^ — ^^t^il^t.
V .^.
W
jliiifbUKi'!^tiltit^^>'iL'
'A«!WfeA«!t«i'»«»h^-— i-*.^*
i:i-
,#
66
..f?f-.
\r^
24. Obadiah wrote his prophecy after the de-
struction of Jerusalem. Obad. 10,11.
26. Bzekiel prophesied during part qf the
oj^yity. Ezelk. i. h '■ ^ ":' " '■ ■ V " [ "■: ■ f ;i:j
aS^ H^sgpi praphesied to the Je^s after their
return from c sp t i ii ty, wmA eBomiged them to
rebuild the temple. ^ Hag. i.
'27. Zecfaariah wrote his book about the same
time, with HaggaL — Zech. i. 1.
V 28. Makchi, the last of the Old T^HStament
propnels, composed his book some time after the
restoration of the temple, and when the zeal of
the Jews had considerably declined. Mai. iii.
7—16.
[The learner may derive much lyiitaii^ in
* understanding the prophetic liooks, by com-
•/y paring them with the Old Testament his-
tory of the periods in which they Mrere se-
▼erally written, and to which the passages
;^ just now quoted refer;]
d7. What were ttie principai things that
the prophets foretold concerning the ex-
i>ected Messiah and his kingdom; an<|
wherein were they accomplished f
The Old Testament prophets foretold,
1. That the Messiah should be a partakeir <# ^
the divine nature. Ps. xlv. 6. His apstles re- ~
presented him as God over all, blessed for ever. *
Ilom.i!k.6. V
-|t- ii it il l I
ne suouiuire
y> -* -•
&m
■^i>
A
7. He is superior to the angels, as thf wrih^
gotten of the Father. Heb.1.4— 6. \
e<
m
J^4-p^Up-.,<}r>-J^^-i '^j^,-"C,i /-^P^^^^^^ " wk<
67
t
<• *
A
3. Thatahis Divine Messiah should have a
human nature and birth, so as to be the broker
of his poplei^ Isa. «. 6. Ps. xxiL 22 wl ♦ I
part o/fles\and blood, in ^Sk^L„f^^^^
*»ke his brethren. Heb.ii. U— 17. "^ "*^®
Datrd^tu'li! We'r tSit^H^"* ^' ^'"Z
nf no«i/ Li- *^*"* ^^ **« was made
5. That he shonW be bom of a vinrin. "la.
Tnl: J*'*^'*^****"*^ **® *»«"» '« Bethlehem of
^;t«..ar«;«^"Lrjsre,fc
of je«d«.ce, to bo t.^ed « BeftlehJT K
of 7.^5^*' the benighted infabitanto of the J«,4
of Zebu^un and Na|.htali, ahoold be early feTom*
^f 'S^eif th^rnn-^MrtS: '.:::
9. That he dioald faUy dediw the meMi«(4':
£ ^ T»»t he ihooldperfMBtMtonisbing works
imi^kiiiimaMMiiiti»i^<ii'^y\mntt-»siw,tm <^.fa.jw>,
,iv
68
of tiiftrcy* fea. *xxy«'5; p. 4, 6. JesiM con-
firmed his testitoony bjr ttiaftT wondefM ftud
beneficial works. Lidce vii. 19—23. Matt. Tiu.
1 1. That he sfaonld cdrfially obejr afl the di*
vine law. Ps. xl. 6— &- His meat was to do
the willof the Father, and he persevered till it
Was finished. John iv. 84. ix. 4. xvii. 4.
12. That his report should not be gefierailjr
belwv^d by the Jews. Isa. liii. I. vi,9, 10. This
was mpurnftitty accomplished. Jttnn xii. 37—41.
18. That he should be despised apd rejected,
as destitute of beauty, and unable to bestow sal-
vation. Isa. liii. 2, 8. The Jews were offended
at him, aad treated him with contempt and in-
sult. M«k vi. 2, 8. Luke i v. 22;— 29. John yiii.
48--59.
\,-i
14. That htf should enter Jerusalem it Inumjph,
ti a king and Saviour, Vet in lowly ciiclimstan-
ees, fiding on an ass. Zech.ii.9. He did so,
being attended by a great multitude, who horn- *
ouMd him with joyful acclamations. Mat. xxi.
1—9. Luke xix#28— 40.
Id. That the Jews and Gentiles, ^th theif
nders, should combine to oppose his reign. Pb.
g. 1—8. To fulfil this, both Herod and Pontius
Pilate^ ifHi the Gentiles and the people of Is- ^
,^el, 'jfe^ilfathered together against him/ Aet»
.iir "1%^ he sfaotihl be sold for thirty piece»^^
<lrMhfiafe«ttfijl 4*ft pxtm^ aftetwatd gitftn to th»
— iWrk "StechTxhTWtBT" Witft thtirtmfftht^
* chief priests hired Judas to betmv^^**^ •**^**
'1
ner.
Lil -
ummm in utt-i^..^^;^^
r^^^r
-f *
' . * '<• ^-g ^AJ ^>^ ' f 'a-*"'w;S*(>t3r;
69
:*^-.
P8.
ntitiir
Act»
(!
t ■ ■
',■■ *
\s
Judas, whom he had honoured and trusted ag^
.2M6? ^ ^^t'^yed-Wm. John xiiiri^ .
!..^!f ■ J?!* ^® f^"^^^*^ ^® »°"**^>^ and his flo4^
-scattered from 4iim. Zech. ifiii. 7. When his
t?f^"T^ ?"''?r*'^^» ^^ '^^^ ^^S«P1«8 forsook
him^andfled. Matt. xxvi. 31, 56.
S?!! v ^*-^*^?»- 12. xxxT, II. Mwiy bare
fo^wjtoess against him. Markw.^SL^
SiW. lliat he should be sUent as a lamb before
his accusers. Isa. liii. 7. When be imvl
hemently accused before Pildke and H«rod. he
ijnswered nothing:. Matt, xxyii, 11-14. Luke
k.^'J'?"?' *'®.*^*^^^ weekly suflfer hii^sel
^buffeted and spit upon. Isa.i.6. H^
mocked and aM in Ad Aiost barbuntts
ner. Ma^. xxir67, 68. xxvii. 26— 30
_22. That his hi^as «id his feet should be ftk^.
«!?f«^ wK*"'- *^- ^'J?"^ "-^l his feet w^
nailed to the cross on w& he was alaj
wx. 15— l^xxr^5.
f 2a That he should be nuia]
ffessow. Isa. liii. 12. ^e was
W^iev«s. Mark xr. 27, ^»
84. That his enemies jho^^toKPSj
computed 1^ .John. xix. 23,^ 24*, ^ ^
t
'if#^,i
s%A\
-^
v^'j
JEpha
tiiuis- . 1
between Jto^
«v*j
: * : -F
■' .:>t-!5
-/
..^^.
'*^" ,.';^isi,l^.*^y,- ^j*
'^ i^^-^tamtMUiMMi.
%
■^'3
%\
That 4^1
H r
ffUllS ?lW*** ^nemiei should give JbM
gNMWB vin^gil tqt, drink. I* IxiB^Si^W
IS^ rr'"'-.^'- xxii. 12-17. Thi8 wi
^ itt the most sav^^ manner. Marfeiv.
^ ,- and mocked (.7^ '^Tv "^^o^e *•"> crucified
tificatinn K^ £,•*!, -It* r, o»nere obtam JUS-
m 12^ nl±i /^ ^\^' ^ '^^ ^ <rf^w
82. That y should
^hopt gflflinff-HQCT'
ms was raised on
.►m the gravis
lay. Act« ii. 25 Jf I
)l
i***-.
at.
suited, by
This was
IVIartoa^r.
to death,
'gressore,
crucified
titulte of
al them
ffe fcf.
re heal-
;
V
bearing
ainjus-
mption.
B grave
Ajrima-
e bodv ^
.XXVJjI.
■ '•-'■■■■ .■ i'
?
ty.or CPU***?
JbM
<■*" ■^*, J.'
':'i^-
^?^ '
%\ i^'^'y"
71
lii. 25 #
nnS; J?^ * ***^"^ ^^*^ <»» *^%1» w a tri-
umphant contmrn, wmk lecdTe gi& to^ be be-
rtovired on rebellious men. Psal. llr^ Ml a^
ascended far above all heavensrand !i^e aLt^
!-!.U ^ * ^'^®" ^'"^"ff them. Eph. iv. 7
OrS*Vi!i*'?* ^^*%W sit on theright'harid of
God, tiU he make his enemies his footstool, ft!
of r^ •** ?«^n.fo' ever on the right hand
t^\ «Pecting till his enemies be' made his
footstpol; and he must reign tiU he^*<k*b n,,* T»i
^^under his feet. U^^X^^T^l
in «; ^^1 ^.«J»o«ld pottfout the Holy Spirit,
menT!!^'^'^^'?^*^' ^^ thereby ^use
m^toc^l upon h& for salvation. Jod ii.^
8^;«c^ "* accomplished in the most con-
SFWousmanneron the (fay of Pentecost. Actsii.
•m^^t^ ?^**^"? ^^*^« ^^ «ho^^ coiiT
n ^l'^^™^^"*' »?d go forth from it Isa:
^^' ^ *!l#^^^l°"^** ^^ "^'^^^y »n^ effect- y
'h^oTm^'^^ of naen to himself /
' ex. ^f a. Itiharb^n found mi^htv in th<i/ ^'
tae Jewish Builders, he should bectfrne the L
IS.. >•'
1 »
'«Sft-<9»
^ t? ^Viv*^«
»*
,'i''
■^Tsa' ;»<°''''S5?PiSs
^;
'**i*'*i»«««»«i*««^^
I H-^".-'-
;''"i^'"T'"'^'*^*'^'.i^*- '
S iv. * fif' 17 ?u*^'' honour our Lord was ex-
of f »..'o «^^ , . ^ *• ^ "6 accomphahment
rfw'. <^ F»«'«>aUed hioi to be the Head
ij^XTA "^ P"',»» «"»«?• -Oe' him,
nmte men ,n knowlldge. peace, and holmefs.
;!^ f ^'"•. "« wconalee enemiee to God
^i2 it . t.^*^'- Rom. xi, 2^2. ^
^h^^^ *°^ all his saints together with
aig^S g" - ' ga
■#■
;/
'^t4*«HI«»B*.«.t4 i.wi,«,.
* 1 J* 'VJ
pie. Ps.
d was ex-
13. £ph.
sare the
tlishment
e. £ph.
the King/
Pt. iu
he Head
der him.
leiais, and
holiness,
to (God
is erosg,
them as
le truth.
pon his
Ifhte^us-
ity con-
near in
11—21.
8 of the
disper- •
Hx. 20,
expert-
er with
ig the
^
73
_^\Thathe shall feed 'his redeemed as their
bhepherd, and grant them complete and endless
feUcity. Ezek. xxxiv. 23—29. Jesus is the
good Shepherd of all his people, and t^ey derive
eteryal hfe from him. John x. 1 1—28. Rev. vii.
88. Whose hppearing did the prophets
announce, ae the Me88iah'8/o'-«ni?»»i6r, sent
to prepare his way ?
l.^The Lord promised to send his messenger, '
in the spirit and power of Elijah or Elias, the % '
pronhet, to go before him and prepare his way.
MaL m. 1 iv. 5. This was fulfilledby John the
Uaptist, whose conception and birth, were dfstin-
guished by the restoration of the spirit of pro-
phecy among the Jews. He was fillSd with the
HoJy Ghost from his mother's womb, that he
imght be the prophet of the Highest Tand he was
afterwards acknowledged as the promised Elias by
the Messiah himself. Luke i. 11— 17, 67-aa.
Mat. xi. 7—14. xvii. 10—18. ^
2. It was foretold, that, before the full revela^
tion of th^ divine glory, this messenger should .
preach m the wilderness, imd that his ministry/
Should r produce an extraoidinaiy commotion
23n? P P'pfessing people, by convincing,
alarming, reforming, and comforting them, so m ^
M!I&*°f'*P*[^*^®'"^"^^ **»« appearing of the
^^SSt *^.*^\ ^-^' Mai. iv. 6.*John^was ac-
i«^i
^^€^«^^,..
i
4a8Mi^ «md:^ent fort h iraprophet:
time before the ministry of the Mewiah
ipnc^d. H^ preached chiefly invthe wi^er-
*ic
■^4.' n
^^^
T4
' '"^Pi'' '^fT*
^
5X' ,Tl fe#f #! ^ i^"r"*^''"*'^y* "^joiced in hiJ
%:
39. How did John the Baptist /«^/ bis
Ministry 80 as to prepare the way of the
Messmh by announcing the approach of the
•^^^TJ ^'' ^^'•»*^*«'* dispensation of grace?
I.-J' ^^^^^^^'^ *J»e Jews to rapentipoe, or a re-
igious ohwge of yiews, dispositiollid notice
in prospect of the apprctechiTg kiSm ^h^
, Ten under the i^ign o/^the Mefsiah^ Matfiitt^
rem«^T^ ^«J5«>ple to repent, heship^
toffl. L^''r'''^^V««» «»d admonished them
S Ah^ ^^ ^'*«t'«ff in th^ir fle8l(# relaticS
%JIe exhorted theni that made profenion of
,,%f fonh^t he good frnita of new «,d hil/obedieC!
' iffiK ?!L?^«??^*'<^"»«> tad awfiil pun-
Z o1Wir'*1i V i"^™ "f'he remit
^h A *fr Tr *'"' "f *«" tw'"* baptiied
|1\!m^^* k. theMessiah'^t ,
w^.;J" **^ ^' •ttpeHoTtolKSel^ in bis
pertK>n«nd ministry, and taught thepipl^ to
I
:ed in his
Jb be ft%,
tiifii his
of iHe
1 of the
•W'
T ■N (T ■^ 1
Ot a re- 4-s,
)ractice,
of he»f
t.iii.a' >
sharply
a them
'elation >
iMftt*
Bion of
inging
iience^
il pun-
Nrt.iii.
ion of
remis-
f>ti«ed
»t. iij.
"W.
\
75
believe in him and seek his approbation. Matt,
iii. 11, 12, Luke iii. 15*^18. John i. 6—8, 15
--27, Acts xix. 4. , /
6. He expressly pointed ont Jesus of Nazar-
eth, and introduced him to the attention of ^e
Jews, as the Messiai^ promised to their iathck;
and he honoured Jesus with the highest oom»
mendation before the people, as the Lamb of God,
and the Saviour of .sinners, whom the Father had
acknowledged by a voice from heaven as his only
Son, and visibly anointed with the Holy Ghost.
Joh% i. ^9-^36. iii. 25-^86.
7.'°He enforced his ittinistry by living as a pat-
tern of tempeiunce, diligence, and holiness ; by,
Itedlastly maintaining hu testimony concerning
Jesus, recommending him to the Jews, and re*
*oioing in him, notwithstanding many tempta-
^ns ; and by patiently enduring a tedious im«
_ risonment on account of his iaithfulness, until
he finished his course, by suffering a violent, but
honourable death, for righteousness' sake. IVfat.
iii. 4. John iii» 35—80. Mark vi. 16—29.
PART IV.
i-^i-'-*Mk '-.*
^F THE FBR80N AND UBDJATIOK dP Jjikri
^ CHBXST. Mk: '
40; What account do the Seriptowit gh)#
^__-l .Jl... . —,—.-„, ^ — „ ;;=;: =5= . .^ . I- — P . ,. ^ S=^
n bis
h to
1 ,
iyS.;-"
;../^>:> , % ., ,
■.-■"/T;"'
■■.M.^:W:i^^^^^
1
76
,,*V^'fJf/"»T.^.'
1. Before the Meseiah was conceived in th.
S""" »!"»». he h-"! another S of . "„~!
**n<!t perwn before the foundMion of Ae
w«M e™. from everlaeti^. j„h„ i^ ^f f^
■~ ?^;^7*'--™-«9-' *"i.6. MicUrT.2. Ren
- fi. As his nature was oririnallr iJlvmo k^ •
13. ki,. 6. 1 John ,. 80. \:,:^'-,^i ^"- "•
toOM of jr.W ,„ ribed to him. KIJ
»Ued y,A„MA, the righteomnese and stieLh
of Israel, m the Hebrew of Jer «W % « ^
x^v. 23-25. Hei,re;™d«et4Sb
chajgeabl^ .m~nj and ommed^nT^SL"
Sot 5 Voi^rte^d teXlr^
ejepntially the «me with' the Fath^^Td 4 J
to h,m m nature operation, and dijniu . £
of fat's K°T "^ ''" f '"y' «»"» «" 4^^ im«f
™it^^:f!P!?***si8irar
th. fo^vea«, of-Jin,; ISd™ ern"^'
grace
>- ■ ^..'V^'Ty
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r.v^Trv
Miitt.xi.27. Lukexxlv.45. IJohn v. 20. Mark
li. 6^12. Col. iii, 13. John i. 14, 16. 2 Cor. xii.
9, Col. ii. », 10. , ■
' f. He has power and authority to n^% Uie*
^ead, and judge the world, John y. 21—23, 26.
-^29. Phil. iii. 20, 21. Rer. xx. 11^13. Ma^.
xxT, 31-*~41. Rom. ;riF. 10—12.
^ 8. He is the Author of eternal life, and the Ob«
ject of the heavenly and eternal felicity of hif
people, John v. 24—26. ; x. 28, ; x?ii. 22-^4
Phil. 1. 23. 1 The«. iF. 17. Rev. xxi. 22, 23.
9. He 18 the Object of the supreme confideu<9^
\y^*J2l* ^^ ^<>^« of li»8 people. Phil. iu. 7, 8,
20. ITW. i. 1. Heb. iii, 6, 14. 1 Peter i. 0.' i-
10. He is represented as the proper .object of
the religious^ worship and obedience of m^n, and
even of the angels. Matt, xxviij. 19, 1 Cor. xi.
23—26.; i.2. 2Cor.xii.8. Epb,vi.23. 2Thess.
11.18, 17, Rom.xiv,%la Heb,id. Rev.i.6^
'..-;■*-■ ' : ^/^ ■.■ i^i*:-.'-. ^;..^:- - ■ ■- ■ .^' : i' ''■■*. ^ -'''•■'
M^husimi ^ra<^ did the Son of God
appear; or, what are his qffkes^ and reto-
Horu td his people ? ^'I'-i'^-f^t^v' '^'^-'"^■^ ,-'^^^
1. He appeared as the Mediator and Surety of
the newcovenant^»etweenGod and men. 1 Tim.
.11.5. Heb. ix4la,:Mi. 22. •
2. He can^e^iiiiJi^Redeetrrer and Saviour ol
the lost. Isa. Ixvl6.' John iv. 42. Luke xix, 10,
3. He became the servant of his Father, apd
m Miai ^ ter of the iftfcnmci siom ~^~i^-i^
^om, XV. 8.
4. He eaipe ^m Qfld t^ d^lnre his i^l tq
n-
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covenant, tlie Amen, the feithful^nd true Sit
- 1^' ^f?V*»r^P^«'^« *>^ *»»« gospel piifeL^n'
' « J* ^^J^ ^? ^** Wi^ Priest, the Forenitf: '
oi.t'J?*V^ the iJbmpassionate Fiien4 andPhvgii
'S^Dl^^/T' *^-? l*T'" «'d Judge of Sf •
". W. Ref:xvii. 14. Matt. ii.6. l4.'^k^"^-
.^^42 Whathaa the Son of God done for
t^e salyauon oflort Binners ? '^ . ... ,
2. He was made under the law tk.* u- • i
-it. "aV."±te ^ffi -- -^
lt,i
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great Pro-
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true wit-
>rofe88ioD.
> Rev. iii.
.:•■'■■ ■ '■■ ■,;-' «
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jMt. 14.
i^Physii
se of sin.
and the
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shop <& •
B Kinr >£
of hiV
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9. He^toii^ified the It^w^ by yielding com-
plete and conslfwt obedience, even unto death;
i m the room and stead of his people, that, by his
obedieace, thejr might be made righteous. John
xv«. 4. Phil. ii.8. Isa.xlii. 21. Rom. v. 18, 19.
^ 4. He suffered t^ accursed death of the cross,
and offered himself a sacrifice, without spot, unto
God, as the substitute of the guilty, that he
might bear their sins, redeem, them from the
curse of the law, purge their consciences from
guilt, unite them together in peace, reconcile
^them unto God, and securfe for them the enjoy-
i naent of every new-covenant blessing. 1 Pet. ft.
a^; iii. 18. Gal. iii. 13, 14. Eph. ii. 18—16. Heb.
, IX. 13— 161; x^lO, 14-^19. ■ , : 4
Jjp* He arose from the dead to give assurance
df his people)!, justification, and entered his
Father's heavenly temple by his own precious
bloodi that he might there appear in the presence
of God to represent, them, and make continual
intercession for them, as their High Priest, pnd
prepare suitable mansions for theirJnal reception
and accommodation., Rdm.pf25. Heb. ix. 12,
24.; vii.24— 26. Jokn xiv.^,^ ; • s ,'
6* He ascended to sit at the ri^ht han^ of
God, that, as ii Prince, a Saviour, and the Head
over all things to (j^is body the€hurch, he might 1
^stow sMvation^fbn rebellious men, by giving
tbem apost^i and other ministers, 'to proclaim *
H £^ wwr of salvation, and by sending down tiw^^ - .. |
Holy Spirit to render the gqspelVectual. Acta' '^ Ji^
^. K ph. i ^fflui r 8 * ^g, Job a xvi. 7 ■ • ^ '"
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43. Can you give a mor6 particular ac^
count of the conception and birth of JegM
Christ? ,
iously conceived by the power of the Holy
S DaU? **T'''"^ of a virgin of the posterity-^
ot Uavid, who was named Mary. Matt i 18
Luke i. 27, 31, 34, 35. ^ Matt, 1. 18.
Mkwl^ "^""S^Viion of Jesus ti^as annouiiced t6
wZi.^r*u^i\^^'^^*"&«J Gabriel; and tO
Joseph, who had been espoused to he^ for the
ItT^ f P^^^tingr her chai^ter, by the angel
Matt i. I%r "^ '"'^"- ^^^ ^' ^-^•
3. By the superintending providence of God,
who overrules tie designs of princes for the «?^
Zf ^ hI^T °^*^" o^'* word"jowph and Ma^
SZasf R ^^ * ^''''' ""! ^^ A^gustus,^
Homan Emperor out of Nazareth in GiJilee,
ntfA^'f^' ""l^l^^^^^^^^^* the ancient dty of
David their father; and while they Were tS«
Jesus was born, but in circumstancT of gSrt
|u^ indigepte and humiliation. LulH.
-'•'Ife ■'.:•:•"■ ^^ . <■'''■ 'r'^ V''"'
r ^4i. matiB revealed concerniiig Jesug,
ftwn the time pf hi. birth, till ibe coo^
' BHUioement of fa||pub>ic ministry ? /^ '^f
efl mat inirfiil ntm^» 1,%. ^Jji^^^ y|- jyj^g|^_^
certain pious shepherds, #ho were m the
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\B mimcii«i
the Holy .^
posterity '^
latt.i. 18.
otinced t6
I; and to
it fot the
the angel
26— lo.
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Luke ii.
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81
by night, keeping watch over their flock. They
immediately went and saw the blessed babe,
made known the words of the angel, as the
ground of general interest, and glorified God for
aU the. things that they had heard an^ seen.
Luke II. 8 — ^20.
2. Jesus was afterwards visited by a company
of wise men from the East, who were directii
by a miraculous star to the house where he was.
On seeing the blessed babe, they fell down be-
fore him, worshipped him, and honoured him
with costly presents. Matt. ii. 1—12.
8. At th,e afire of eight days, he was circumci-
8«d, and named Jesus, a Sarionr, accoiding to
the premus direction of th^ an^el Lukeii.
»l.;i.81. Matt.L21,25. > f
4. At the wre of forty days, the period of h(a
mothers punfication, Jesus was bK>ught to Je-
rusalem, ^d presented unto the Lonl in the
temple. On that occasidn, hisjnother offered
i sacnfice corresponding with liar humUe gte«
tion; ^ Simeon and Anna, who had long
wait6d for the consobtion of Israel, were in that
instant, bixjught into the templ^ by the Holy
Uhost, and directed to recognise iFesus as the
expected Saviour, to glorify God for folfilUnff
liw ancient promises, and to make known the
wyful event to aU thein tiiat lookedior redemp.
^n^ ^^m, J^,jA,2,^^
5. Ai HeftMl Oitf Id^ of Jttdea goiurhf:* tU
diiW J«Blli to put him to deaii;' his pwenS
S*^. ^^^ ^y »n an«»l to carry him into
fcgypirtft continue tl^ until ^ duaUi gf^
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^at murderer. Being afterwards called back in-
formor *^:? ''^•f"!?' they returned to their
former residence-^m Nazareth. Matt. ii. 13-23
6 Jesus w^ early signalized by his wisdom
lem at the fe^t of the passover, when he wa»
Tl'VT''^^'^^^* ^^ t^"'*^d in th^ templ^
hstened to the doctoi^ of the law, 7nd Xd
k^r ^rlr'^'*'. ^ i^ ««*°°^«h a» that heaid
t% ^tt^.^!?'*'^ of his mother, he returned
to^Njzareth, sulgected himself to his parentT
S?il* *»?;^ea.ed in-wisdom «nd staturefS
m fev0ur w^ God and man. Luke ii. 40^1
7j ffe afterwards lived privately kth his mi
rents in Naz^eth, till the thirtieth year of EL
m^a^ *T '''^'^P^J ^^ sqpposed father, was a
carpenter, Jesus quietly foUo^ed the same u«e!
ii.''- t???-°* * , ""^ familiarly called the Car^
Cr *l ^1 early acquaintances. Luke iii. jjL^
Matt»xiJil56. Mark vi.3. -^^^
M4w was Jesus Cbriat anointed ^ni
pr^red for executing his puWic work ?
*o, '^ 7^ ^PtH '" •^**''^»"' by'his for^runr
Wr. ■Slarkj.9. Matt.iii.l3— 15.
the Holy Ghost, which descended from heave*
ma i^le 8toj»e like a dove, and remained on;
Ip. Matt. HI. 16. John i. 82-~84. •
HI ^t T *"P^«t^ »>7 the Father with th«
H^ly Ghost, wtoch was given to him withnn^
Uiwuiufe, w^the^pirit ^of Bn4«J«^ior3
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to their '
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nd asked
lat heaid
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parents,
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40—52.
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83
the fear, of the Lord."^ Acta x. 38. John iii»84»
J«a.xi. 1—3.; Ixi. 1—3. Luke iv. 16—21.
4. He was honourably acknoMedged and ap-
proved as God's beloved Son, by the audible tes-
J^^^JJ ..^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^««* heaven. M«tt.iii.
17. Mark 1. 11. 2 Pet.i. 17. . .
J ^. He was commissioned by thPFather to
declare his will, and furnished by him with a
message to be communicated to men, and with
authority to perform miraculous works sufficient
tacpnfirmtheihlfbofit. John vfi. 16. xii.49,
30. XIV. 10. V. 36. xvii. 7, 8. ^ !
. 6. He was -tried by the most formidable an4
diversified temptations, which he steadfastly en-^
. dured without sin; that, by his own experience
ofsuflFenng, he might be qualified to pity and
succour them that are tempted. Mark i. 12. 13,
Luke ,v. 1—13. Matt.iv. l-ll. Mfeb. ii. 17, 18.
IV. lo.
^ 46. How was Jesus chiefly employed
during the time of his nainistry'.? <
1. He wen^ about all the cities and village*
Plthelandoflsrael doing good, by teaching in
their synagogues, preaching- the gospel of the
kingdom to muHtitudes that followed him, heal-
ing eveiy kihd of sicknes^ and woricing many
othtfr miratles to recommehd and confirm his
^'TT. i^«^t^J-^-^att. iv. 23-^25. ix.
35. Mark i. 34-^39.. .
"-™^ HecidledBomeof his hearers from a state
of spiritual darkness ^4 (corruption, to b*. hit
genuine dmcipletahd »pb»tjet;''^h^ priyat^ly i^ .
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Ji.U4"j,,- «, *,
84
peaW And expounded his ptiblic disconraes to
^}ke^ when they were by themselves, instructed
them to preach his gospel to others, gave them
pawet to confirm their] docti»;i0 by working
imclesi and encouraged tbei^^ by the most
perfect and amiable example, to learn of him
and follow him. Matt. ^, 18—22. x* xi. 25—80.
xui. 10—18, 51. Maiic iv. 10, 11, 34. John xiit
12-^17. lPet.ii.21— 23.
47. By what parabks did Jesus teach
liu hearers and disciples, the more e£Pecta*
ally to excite their attention, assist their
understandings impress their hearts, and
lax his words in their memory ?
I. By the pambles of the things which defile
a man, the little child, the fleshly and the new
hirth, the wind that bloweth where it listet^
the blind leading the blind, the good and the
bad trees, he taught the natural depravity of the
human heart, and the necessity of a radical
change of disposition produced by th^ Holy
Spirit, Matt. XV. 10—20. xviii. I-^. John iit
t—S. Luke Ti. 39— 45.
3. By the parables of the barren fig-tree, the
great supper, the two sons, and the wicked hus-
bandmen, he pointed out the fatal consequence!
to which all those are exposed who reject th^
gospel ; and> warned his hearers to repent oftheif
siiHi, and spwdily comply with his Sivine'^^C
pge of salvation, lest God should be provoked
to take his word of grace firom them, and sudden*
■4
-*Tt ■
85
ly ipflict deserved punishment. Luke xlii. 1 — 9.
otir. 16— ;24. Matt.xxi.'SS— 44// -
8. By the parables of the lost sheep, the good
shepherd, the ten pi^es of silver, the prodigal
son, and the two debtbrs, he manifested the gra-
cious-design of his coming into the world, his
boundless condescension and compassion towards
lost and miserable sinne^, and his willingnets
and ability to save the most helpless and unwor- .
thy. Thus he encouraged the guilty, ^ho were«
ready to perish, to repent, and apply to\him for
pardoning grace,^nd to draw near to the\ Father
of mercies to obtain all the privileges of tiis dear/'
children. Matt, xviii. 10—14. John x. 1—161
Luke XV. 1 — 24. vii. 36—^0. *
4. By the parables of the treasure hid in the /
.field, the pearl of great price, the builder of a
tower, the king going to make war, and the good
salt, he taught his heariers the necessity of seek-
ing the knowledge and enjoyment of himself, in .
f>reference to every other object ; and of reso-
utely fo^aking all things for his sake, and
counting- them loss, that they might win him
and be rouxid m him. Matt< xiii.44. Luke xir.
85—85. • _
5. By the parables of a wedding, the Pharisee
and publican, the elder son, and the labourers,
he exposed the abominable nature of ambition
&nd self-righteous pride ; foretold their fatal con-
sequences, and encouraged his disciples to com- ^
bine sted&st obedience with jdeep humility, be-
A »» « f\^A « mJ mnr. T .. l .^ Ir .. rf 11 . . .. :!! n
■fero God and roon. Luke irv. 7— IL ky iii. 9
V.
■f^U. xy. 25^82. Matt.3(x. 1— .16. ,., '«
iIk % 4be parables of the importuniiti%e
*"
fh& ?
c
y
fcnd widow, he taught hia disciples the necessity
and utility of fervent, frequent, and pereeyeriiiff
prayer. Luke xi. 6-13. xviii. 1-^. ^
7. By the parables of seed cast into the ground,
> a grain of mustard-seed, leaven hid in meal, an
old garment, and old bottles, he explained the
almost imperceptible conimencement,^nd grad-
ual progress bf genuine godliness; and the pro-
priety of supporting and encouraging the weak,
by treating them with mildness, forbearance and
patience* Mark iv. 26—32. Matt xiii. 31—38.
8. By the parables^ of the dutiful and unmer-
ciful servrfnts, he taught^ Christians faithfully to
rebuke their brethren when they offend them,
and sincerely and repeatedly to foigive Uose
that profess to repent. Luke xvii. 1—10. Matt,
xvm. 15—35. .
_ 9. By the pantbles of the foolish worldling
the unjust steward, the rich man and l.ilaani8,^
and the merciful Samaritan, he taught hiiTttis-
CTples to avoid covetousness, to withdraw their
affections from earthly things, to hoiioar the
Ldrd and relieve the indigent with their tem-
poral substanccj and to lay up for therUselves an
enduring treasure in heaven, so as to have their
heart and conversation there alsd. Luke xii. 18
. •—84. ; xvi. ; X. 80^—37.
10. By the parables of the sower and sged,
the wheat and tar^ the net and £shea, the vine
^d branches, the wise and ibolish virgins, the
MB pottndj and the s everal tal e nts, th^ah a op =
*nd the goats, Jesite shewed that the gospel pro.,
diices variom different efftcH oa.theieTendekts-
.i'"
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) those
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1
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M that hear it ; that^ a certain propi^rtion of
hypocrites may. be expected to associate with
true disciples in the visible church till the end
of the world; that genuine believers abide in
Christ by faith, so as to receive grace out of his
fulness, and bear much good fruit unto God ;
that at the end of the world, Jesus Christ the
righteous Judge shall separate all hypocritical
and bairen professjirs from among his disciples,
expose their secret wickedness, and bani^ them
from his presence into endless torment; and that
alKhis renewed people shall then be gathered,
perfected, honoured before the universe, intro-
duced into X\i$ kirigdom of their Father, and
there be for ever blessed with the celestial prese^ice
.and joy of ^heir Lord. Matt, x^Sa— 9, 18—80.
87—48, 47—60, John xv. l-»mLuke xix. if
—27. Matt. XXV. ' ."■
11. % the parables of the fi|^-tree, the vigi-
lant householder, the faithful and' the. evil ser-
vants, Jesus taught his discipJeg^to avoid spirit-
aal security, sloth, self-indulgei^ce, and \8trife ;
wid constantly to watch and prepare for the end
of this life, and the second coming of the Lord
iirom heaven. Matt. xxiv. 82— 5L Luke xii.
88—48. . . . >^^ I .
48. What other discourseg of J^iis ure
most ftiHy recorded ?
V
l.''He preached concemi
rGiod,~ana tbe^only^
, fiO^lj warned singers of _^
exposed; Mod gmoff
himseif, ae tfcf Sbiiv
m^i fae'faith-^
r to irhich they
iiiiiii«l tbes to
\:
;«■
'h*
com unto him by fiuth, to obtain union and co«,-
m«n,an with him, the Holy Spirit, the light
of true, knowledg^e the liberty of the childfen
lifp M^ ^"^""Tu '^^."'•'•^^tion' and everlasting
lite. Mat. XI. John vi. 26—69. iv. 10-^2 vii
14--38. xii.23^50.; viii..iii. 13^21
}J: A **'i^^* ?'' ^''^'^'P^^" ^« «^^y the peculiar
laws of his kingdom, as the harrow but sSre way
to happiness, and cautioned them to take heed
ofthfe^rejudices, hypocrisy, pride, ambition, cov-
etousness, and extortion of ,|h« Pharisees, Scribes
Jawyers, and other worldly men. Mat. v. vi. vil:
xu. xxiii. Luke vi. 20—49. xii. 1—12
fvnlk^^"^"* ?"* ^'^ ^'^^^^^ ^P««t^««» and seven-
ty other disciples, to go two and two before his face*
to announce the approach of his kingdom ; and
gave them suitable authority and instnictions foV
^eir temporary mission. Mat. x. Luke x. 1 —
tAm^i^^/T**'^^,-®^®'*'"*^*^**" «^tl»e city and
temple of Jerusalem, and the slaughter ofdisnL
»;v^;:.^^*^*°*^f.*^*^ Wsdisciples, before his death,
^ revving his person and character to them '
w^th pecuhai. plainness, and giving them many
„ precious and seasonable promises. John xiv. xv^
,6. He confirmed the faith of his disciples, af-
and his side, and by expounding and applying
ht .^y^Tf °^ ^™ '^^^^^^ "t concern nf
49. What were those mirqcki xv]»^^
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le^ae performed to confirm 1||Plrord, and
of which a particular account is given ?
1. By his miraculous power, he fiirnished sea-
sonable provision for the bodies of many. John
ii. 1—11. Matt. xir. 15—21. xr. SI2~-d8. Luke
▼. 1—9. John xxi. 1—12.
2. He miraculously foretold and orer-ruled va-
rious natural events, and free actions of men.
Mat. xvii. 24—27. xxi. 17—20. Mark xi. 1— «,
xiv. 12—21.
8. He walked on the stormy waves, and <»lm*
ed the tempest with his word. Mat. viii. 23—
27, xir, 22—33.
^ 4. He over-awed and controlled his enemies.
John ii. 18—17. Matt. xxi. 12, la John xviii*
1—6.. ^
6. He expelled demons from the bodies of many,
and restored those/who had lon^ been oppressed
with them to health and a sound mind. Mat. viii.
28—34. ix. 82, 33. xii. 22. xv. 21—31. livu. 14 *
—18.
6. He instantaneously cured every kind
ly disease and defect. Matt. viii. 1—17.
8, 20-80. xii! 10L_lS. xi,. 1, 2. xx.
XXI. 14. Mark vi. 53— 56. viii. 22— 26/ Luke
xju. 11-^17. xiv. 1—6. xvii. 11— 19. xxii.50,
51. John V. 1—9. ix*l— 7.
7. He restored unto life several persons that
had been dead. Matt. ix. 18, 23.-:26. Luke viir.
11 — 17. Jo hn xi. "
,'ii
H
o. Me imparted the power of working miracles
to his apostles^ and to seventy other disciples.
Matt. at. l,a xiv. 28— 31. Luke x. 1, 9, 17-~20;
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.9. The divinity of his person and mission »..
miraculously attested by*^the voice "fGnd T.
Father, who honoured hfefrom Teaven bt the
%un.tion before ht IdpCb^hf oM TeZ'
Willi oim , by the bodies of many sainfa thut
;e:"drto':th'"" f ^?^« resurrjctrrn/ ;
Cure that «t ? 'a ^l ^^' 8:eneml convulsion If
nature that attended his suffering : bv the bnl J
angfels that ministered unto him bV b^«^f • ^
resurrection from the deaS%'r ;isle L^eS
oi ine HoJy Ghost with which the apostles were
baptized as with fire. Mat iii. 16,17 xvTl'
^ii^lS fV"?^*^" ^"- 27U0 Mitt.
f>> By what *i#m^, was Jesus tried,
and rendered'a man of sorrows, during the
period of hU ministry?
r.i;/*'"' '"i^^'f^ ^^'^ *^« meanness of his cir-
cumstances, kindred, and disciples. Mat yi
20. John iv. 6-8. Mark vi. S^g. John yii. 47^ ,^
ieafoi^y Ztr'"^"^ ^7 **^" fi^*'"^'^ Windness,
wbnT^' .obstinacy, and unbelief of the Jews
r„H T!^^ *"? '^.i«^*«'» bis person, miniZ*
ITToV^' ^' o4— 58. Jbhn i. 11. yii 3__ji
..>lt' ,^^''
91
nission was
of God the
en ; by the
I descended
erfiil trans-
> old Testa-
and talked
saints that
ion and ap-
nrulsion of
y the holy
lis glorious
ascension
Quncation
sties were
7. xvii. J 5,
■SO. Matt.
-7. Matt.
us tried,
tring the
»f his cir-
lat. yiii,
a vii. 47,*"
ii. 3—5,
87-^48.
3. His enemies frequently tempted him by ask-
ing msnanng questions, and demanding of him a
sign from heaven to prove his authority. Luke
X. 25. John viii. 3—7. Mat. xix. 3. xxii. 15—35.
XXI. 23. xii. 88. xvi. 1. John vi. 30, 31.
f. He was contradicted and reviled as a sinner,
an ignorant deceiver; a Samaritan, a demoniac
a mad man, a blasphemer, and one in compact
with Beelzebub. Heb. xii. 3. Luke xvi. 14. John
is m' f '-'o}^' ^^' ^^' """'' ^®' ^2, 53. X. 20,
oo. Mat. XI 1. 24.
5. The priests, Pharisees, and Herodians, often
consulted together how they might destroy him.
Mark in. 6. John vii. 1, 19, 30, 32. xi. 471-57.
b. His enemies frequently attacked him, and
violently attempted to put him to death. Luke ir.
28, 29. John v. 16, 18. viii. 59. x. 31, 39.,
51. How did Jesm Jbrewarn his disciples
of his last sufferings and death, and pre-
pare them for witnessing these distressine
events?
; 1. Jesus foretold that he should be betrayed
into the hands of his enemies by one of his twelve
apostles, thrice denied by another, and forsaken
by them all. John vi. 70, 71. xiii. 18, 21, 26, 38
XVI. 82. Luke xxii. 21, 34. Mat. xxvi. 21, 31, 34!
2. He forewarned them that he should be con-
demned by the priests and rulers, spitefully mock-
ed, barbarously scourged, and ignominiously cru-
n fiod. Mat. x v i, ILa H h 17^19. Mark x. 32-^^ —
34. Luke xviii. 31 — 34.
a. He informed them thirt his approaching
"5t*
/-<!
*•
§2
death was not to be the effect of vijiToidable ne-
cessity, but of his own boundless lore to his peo«
pie; and that, as no man could take away, his life
without his own consent, he intended to lay it
down of himself as a ransom for many. John x*
11, 15, 18. vi. 51. xv. 13. Mat xx. 2S.
4. To support their hearts in the near prospect
of his sufferings, he promised to rise from the dead
on the third day, and go before them into Gali-
lee; and that, after a short period of sorrow on
his account, they should see him alive again with
un8)>^kable and lasting joy. Mat. xyu. 23. xx.
19. xxvi. 32. John xvi. 16~»22.
6. He manifested his willingness to lay down
his life for bis disciples, when the horn' of his
suffering approached, by instituting a standing
memorial of his dying love, by resigning himself
to di^nk the most bitter cup in ^bmissioBitp his
Father's will, and by going inteVtionaf"*^*--
render himself into the hands of the 6tU{
came to ta&e him. Mat. xxvi. 26<~30. <
Mark xiv. 82— 42. ^^
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52. How was Jesus hg^rayed, and wbat
became (/«/tM^ the traitor?
1. Judas Iscariot never was a sincere disdple,
but a mercenary hypocrite, who had long fbllewsd
Jesus under the influence of a covetous and dfs-
honest inclination, with the vain hope of ther«.
by obtaining temporal wealth. Having at length
.Aeea^wca ri e d by dis^)poiBt« e»vi>rit«ted^iy^
reproof which he received finom Jesus for oeasor-
% the woman that anointed hi«i, and pa««rM-
^.^S-b.
a. f ir '»
^
99
ly wflaenced by Satan, he went to the chief
pfwts when they were conspiring amunst his Lord,
and covenanted with them, for thirty pieces of
t^af ' *?^*'*^.>r i» t^e absence ohhe n^ulti-
2v 1 -JJ^t'^'H-?- ^*'- «"i- 1-16- Mark
XIV. 1-41. Lnke xxii. 1~^.
2. That Judas might discover the most con-
^.T^ent opportunity for accomplishing his wick-
e^^romise, he resumed his attendance upon
^^^, and joined with him and the rest of his ap-
WwUes in eating the bassover. On that occasion
Jesus informed hu (Csciples that one of ffeem in-
tended to betray him ; he discovered the traitor to
h<abel6ved disciple by a private token, and said
to, Judas, « What thou dost, do quickly."— Be-
^ m qf»»te exasperated by,, thW things,*
Jhrc,ufh the fresh incitement 7f Satan, JuX
w^ijt imMiately put, that he might hHng offi-
c<wf to Uke Jesus, and while he Was absent, Jesus
i!^'lul2 }^t '^*^ memorial of his death, gave
ins laithfiil disciples anew commandment, with
majiy affectionate instructiops and consolations,
and offered up his intercessory prayer, to the Fa-
mf Mat. xxvi. 19— 29. John xUL 1,2, JO, 18
i*?«5. XIV. XV. xvi. xvii.
8. As Judas had discovered that iJesus intend-
9fM mm with his disciples to the garden of
l^ethsemine, he procured an armed bapdofoffi-^ ,
cflr^ conduced them to the entrance of the gar-
den, and there betraved Jesus into their hands,
hjr treacherously kissing him. John xviij. l3!
^^fNt^xxvi^4tfe^ 49. Marie xiy.4fc-.45r~ ,
*. 4. When Judas WW that Jesus was oondemiid,
fti repented of his tteachenr, carried bade tile
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wages of his iniquity to the chief priests, testified
that Jesus was innocent, confessed his own sin in
betraying him, and. being overwhelmed with the
anguish of despair and horror of conscience, he
went and hanged himself, when, falling headling,
.he buret asunder, so that all his bowels gushed
habation desolate, and went to his own place.
Matt* xxvii. 3—5. Acts i. 16V20, 25.
53. tiow was Jesus taken % his enemies
trU^ and condemned io death ? \
\r.WT? restrained his disciples W attempt-
ing^ to defend him with their swords, he Serciful,
ly healed a wound that one of them had >ade.
wid nieekly expostulated with his enemies re-
specting the unreasonableness of their violenS,
• Mj^.P^T*®^ '" '*y^"«^ hold of him, Jesw^x
yie ded himself to their power, that he might fiS^
filthe scriptures, by drinking the cup tlat his
Father had given him ; but in so doing, lie in-
formed them that he could easily have procured^
more than twelve legions of angels for his de-'
fence, and asked them to permit his disciples to*
depart in safety. All the disciples Immediately
fled every man to his own, aft/ left Jggus alone
honn J 1 ""^'r?^ ^\ ?°^"^«*^ The odire then'
bound Jesns hke a felon, and led him to the Jewc
«A council off priests, elders, and Sdribes. Luke
i; ■ iT?^' .'^**^" ''^"* ^— 14- Matt. xxvi. 50
-^7. Mark xiv. 46—53. ^ s
2.T | iecottnci i praeared^lsrwitnew es ta tea^
tify against Jesus ; but, as their reports were oon-
'>»<,iK.«i,'^v^
*^1
ttt6,testifi«f
s own sin in
ed with the
iscience, he
g headlongv
I'els gushed
ice, left his
own plaeew
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a enemicfli
■ i
■4\'^ ■-:■-;
i\attempt-
5 merciful-
had o^ade,
lemies ^-
r violenci^
im, Jesus
might ful-
> that his.
ig, iie in-
procured
)rhi8 de-
sciples to
mediately
^^us alone
lers then
the Jewtf
i>; Luke
xxyi.50;
Kj«/*^^ T^'IC*-r*r
rere coh'.
96
; \ , .-
trtdictoiy, the high-priest endeavoured to dra^
something from the mouth of Jesus himself, |J
the ground of his condemnation, by solemnly
questioning him respecting his person. Jesus
declared that he was the Son of God, and that he
should afterward sit on the right hand of power,
and come m the^louds of heayen.. The high-
pnest and all the council then pronounced Jesus
guilty of death, as a blasphemer of God. Jesu
suflFered the most ignominious treatment befor(
the Jewish council, in addition to their bias,
phemous, sentence. They spit in his face, blind-
folded and buffeted him, and said, "Prophesy
nnt« us, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee.''
These sufferings were aggravated by the incon-
wstent conduct of Peter, who denied him three
times with cursinp^ and swearing. John xviii. 15
--27. Luke xxii. 55— 7L Matt. xxvi. 59u-76.
Mark xir. 55— 7L
3. Ap the Jewish council had not authority to
inflict capital punishment, they bound Jesus and
brought him before Pontius Pilate, the Roman
governor, and there the priests accused him of
many things, but he answered nothing. When
PiJate questioned him, he declared that his king,
dpm was not of this world, and that he had come
to ^ar witness to the truth. As Pilate had found
no feult in him, and as he was unwilling either to
^ndemnthe innocent, or to displease the Jews
by setting Jesus at liberty, he sent him to be trie^
by Herod the tetrarch of Galilee, who happen
e^^to-hB-thwrTtt^ftrTOaffi""T^KOxvi^^t
*fe^?^ -Wark XV. 1—5. John^viii. 29— 38.Lnk»
bappei
M
»ni.l-r-f*
.f''~-w
^^Md
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:f^t^^^ii^lQ wf.
K \
96
the ™n «»ri«i,y of Herod 8v il"' «~"^
XTiii. 89, 40. xix. l? ^- •^^^'^
JeLl' '.K* ^**"*" soldiers were allowed to wock
*j7,k»« Before him. sduted ^4"?"^.^
xix. 2, 3. *^* ^^—19- J<?||ii
^presented ittm to^fce Jews "todl&opK^"^?!
cite their pitj, he said, « Behold themn& H»
,&■! oil. ' *-i *t^
97
erod, lie wal
censed, btity
lb, so he op-
not gratify
trkiog some
stions, HeN
ht, Qii^ed
Luke iflciiL
of his wife,
d conWnced
nocelQt, re.
e Jews iand
^cted Jestis
united cry-
ate weakly
7 releasing
ng him in-
xvii. ]5-->
-26. John
d to mock
they bar*
' put it on
I BDurple
re, bowed
the King
pon bim.
19. Joi^
rns, d^fii-
i)od»
repeatedly affirmed that Jesus was innocent, and
earnestljr 8ou|:ht to release him; but the Jews
again rejected him, and uiged that, as he had made
himself a King, Pilate could not let him' go, with-
out being unfaitWu%to Caesah Pilate, fearing
that the Jews would raise a tumult, and accuse
him to the Romap emperor, finally condemned
Jesus, and delivered him to be crucified. John
xuc. 4 — 16.
S4, What were the principal circum-
stances of the death of Jesus { ' .
1. The soldiers that led Jesus to the place of
execution, made him bear bis own cross ; and
when he was ready to faint under the load, they
^^ipdled Simon, a Cyrenian, to. bear it after
him. -As a great company followed Jesus, and
certain women deeply lamented his sufferings, he
caUed them to weep for themselves and their
children, and once more foretold the approaching
.punishment of the Jewish nation. John »r, 16.
17. Luke xxiii. 26—31. . ' >
2. When they were come to dolgotha, on
Mount Calvary, the soldiers took off tbe gar-
ments of Jesus, and afterwfirds divided them by
lot M^t. xxvii. 33, 35. Luke xxiii. 83. Jijhn
X1X.23, $4. ;n^
• 3. They nailed his naked body to the cross,
.Wd lifted him up on it, that his death might be
the most shameful, painful, lingering, and ac-
^Msed. Lu k e x xiii. 33. John iii. U. ^>»Lr'^ -*
ng to es-
n." H#
1)eat. xxi.1^, 23. Gal. iii. 13.
^|.j4. T9 aggravate the ignominy of his croefi^
98
5. In his thirst thev n^-Jiit^ »:
"i;.t8,L°^' *^'"- *'•**"'• «»"-Hi8. Job*
?^. Luke xxiii. -S! V ^' ^* ®^- '^^^^^'^ »»«•
\J.^'^?u^ ""^^'^ bones were broken, like th^
l^..of ^he two malefactow; bnt nne S 2!
^^' •*• '^ fcy m»,of ft. Jta^"^^^
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^,
one on his
Bifhe had
xxvii. 38.
» Wnegar,
)k. Mark
i> 48. John
^ the cro86,
■nultitude,
Bd at him,
£d him tp
in him a$
44. Mark
ti6ed, and
'^enly Fa-
0.
brings, be
1
in upon
hed, that
1 had re-
be hands
>hn xix.
like the
of the
Dhn xii«.
Mfmr
tlMNlgh
contmrjr to the will of ^e chief priests. Luke
xxiii. 88. John xix. 19->^22.
12. The manner in which Jesnis suffered, and ^
the extraordinary signs that attended his death,
made a deep and painful impression on the peo-
?le that assembled to behold what was done. *
'he centurion, in pai^icular, glorified God, and
acknowledged that Jesus was a righteous person,
aiid the Son of God. Luke xxiii. 47-^9. Mark
XV.89— 41. Matt. xxvii. 64— 56. j^.,
55. What particular porta of holy obedi- S^
"ince to the Father did Jesus exemplify, for
the iDstraotion and direction of his folloir-
era, both through iiis life and at Ilia di}ath?
. 1. Jesus abounded in true knowledge and wis-
dom, and frequently manifested both. Luke ii.
40, 46, 47, 52. John viii. 55. . ^
2. He trusted in his heavenly Father with mur y
shakMi confidence at all times, and even in ciN
oimstutces of the most extreme Suffering, when
he was stricken, smitten of Gcd|Jmd afflicted.
Heb. ii. la Matt, xxvii. 43. LSpudii. 46.
3* H9 loved the Father with^liupiem^ sflfoje^
tioU, a^d. resolutely dispkyed the most perfect
lave, when he was commanded by him to go and
#]iffi6r for the guilty. Jofanxiv.Sl.
':r4 He delighted in thei holy law of God, and
accounted it his meat, in the most discoungiag
&t.. He stediSistly resisted and overcame tenw-
■ ^"M-
P.'
■>»-«5vw'
H.I,. iv. 15. HeyTfiUl •"• ' ""• '*-<«•
.^.ttenfe^; ""> «!»«• of God, „i
♦be; temple. L^ke^'* fi E,^'"*^"". '»'' »
John H. Is., VI.: ;ii;'i; for"": ""- "-"•
entire rmgnation to hi. ^.o"!!!, ^^^^^^j^^. ™«8j
. «tire rMignation to hia
J«Ti. S9, 42.
J^^^^^tl^*?: «IW piety, for. » W.
•vv
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V--.''. '--^.w^ ^>.^,^»7.*.-^_j.^
4
icb i% the
i, 15 — 16.
Godt and
>e, sharply;
ef. John
made th
John V
?^
ath, read
rdinances
le and in
i4— .17.
8 Father,
B public
V. 16. ;
into his
singing.
set
vmmifo
>• Heb.
xviK 4,
vereign
le taoBt
xi. 26.$ ,^
iff his
before
•vV
re-
Y
101
oommtn<&ig her ^ the kindneesofhis belored
, disciple. Luke ii. 51. John six. 25—27.
' 14.' He was lowly in heart, and full of pon-
descensjon to erringf and despicable creatures.
Matt. xi. 29. J xii..lA~5a. Luke,^tiL27. John
xiii. a-rl5.. KiiLJir5-«. ^.
15. He manifested the most^sinterested and
wonderful generosity, by richly supplying the
need of undeserving creatures, and becoming
poor, that they might be made rich. Acts xx.
85. ^att. XT. 32. 2 Cor. viii. 9.
16. He loved all the children of God, and his
affection to thein wa^ peculiar, disinterested, sin-
cere, fervent, active, conspicuous, constant, and.
unalterable. John xiiLd4.; 5cr.^t-l6. Ben
1.5. "• .
17. He never flattered his fnends, nor jx>ail«
tenanced their feolts; but faithfully corrected
their mistakes, rebuked them for theip offenge%
and warned them of approaching temptation.
Matt. xvi. 29; 28. ; ». 22—27. Luke iv^ 5»m.
56. ; x. 40—43. ; xxu< 241-2/, 81-.^ •
18. He did not pl4se himself, by seeldng bis
own safety and ease; but, on the contrary, he
submitted' ta much undeserved reproach, for the
benefit of sinners; he kindly bore with the in^
firinities of the weak, and gently imparted in
struction to them as they were able to l^r '
-* Rom. XV. 1, 3. Matt. i«* 10-^17. -"Johtt "
12,25.; xviii.B,9. ' ^
' » ^^' ^^ encouraged those that Were sin^.,,^
— oy defending .their ofa araoter^ gratrtiHg tfaeir-W"
fftiests, and hig:iity commendin|^ what h» mm
pmise-Worthy in them. Matt/xiL 1^7, 80.;
i
■u
f _
#1
j^-:
■0^i-^^^Mmx-
«¥V
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lOfl
|v.l-^, 20, 28. ; xxvi. 6—13. Luke Vii.
SO. He tenderly sympathized with mourners,
wept with thfem wept, arid ministered to their re-
So "oi ^^"^^""^ I-uke vii. 12—14. John xU
oo — 38.
_21iiHe cautiously avoided giving occasion of
ofience, even to those who desired occasion. Matti
xvii. 27. John viii. 6— 8. ,,
. 22. He endured contradiction, reproach, con-
tempt, and torment, from sinners, with unruffled
meekness, forbearance, and forgivenesi. Heb.
"ofS * ^*- "•^- ^"^« «'^»»- S4. t
23. He abounded in compassion towards ir-
nomnt erring mortals, and wept over.his obstin-
ate enemies m the prospect of their approaching
deetrui^on. Matt. ix. 36. Luke xix. 41, 48. -
024. He Btedfastly witnessed a good confession
or tlie truth before his enemies, though ther
questioned him for the purpose of making his
answer the ground of his condemnation. 1 Tim.
^!fli Jf^** ^^' ®^' ®2- John xviii.85— 37. .
/*^«5. Though he appeared in the likeness <rf
jmfiil Jesh, and associated with sinners to do
them good, yet he lived and died without com- »
mitbng the least sin, or failing in the perfor-
mance of any part of that work which bis Fa-
ther had sent him to accomplish. 1 John iii. 5.
John viii. 46. Luke^ xxiii. 41, 47. 1 Pet ii. 21,
22. John XIX. 30. Heb. vii. 26. , : <!.
^. Whertfor^ did the iiibbMht J4;iuil_
#Wr to many thiogi, and die the painful,
^%»^i4Bi0iui death of the oroeaAu^. ^v,i
e ni.
mourners,
to their re-
John xi.
ccasion of
iop. Matti
Mch) con-
i unruffled
S8. Heb.
iwards igw
it obstin-
proacbing
41, 42. w
ionfessioii
iigh thej
Ucing his
r 1 Tim.
5— 37. .
teness ei
m to do
mt com* I
B perfor-
I his Fa*
bn iil. ^
!«•,,«■-
t
103
^ The Lord Jesus Christ suffered; and died tin
the cross,
^ 1. That the ei^mal counsel and purpose of
God might be accomplished. Acts ii. 23. ; ir.
27, 28. 1 Pet. i. 18—20. .
2. That the promises and predictions of the
Old Testament concerning him might be' fulfill-
ed. Acts xvii. 2, 3.; xxVi. 22, 23. Matt. xxvl.
54. Luke xxiv. 46. / -- ^m^
3. Because mankind, ii^i their fallen stMfwere
destitute of strength to obey the perfect law of
God, or to procure Justification in his sight, by
their own works. Kom. iii. 19, 20 — ^23. ; V. 6.
YiU, 3.
. 4. Because the sacrifices that were offered, ao-^
cording to the law of Moses, could not take away
sin, pui^e the conscience, perfect the worshippers
that presented them, nor give them boldness to
enter into the presence of God« Heb. tiL 18^
19.; ix.8, 9.; X. 1— 4,"U.
5. That he might rerify the typical instiltiiK
tions of the law, by making a perfect atonement
for sin, and thereby accomplish what they on<v
ly prefigured as the shadow of good things to
cooie.^ Heb. Tiii. d>-6.; ix. 10 — 14^23,26.; x.
5-*— 7, . 10— 14» ■ '1-: ■.|.,;^*ji.i!-r,-.''
6. That he might redeem sinners fkm ^
wrath of God, the curse of the law, and the de-
serred punishment of their iniquities. Isa. liii. 4
^6. 1 Pet. it. 24.; iii. 18. Gal. iii. 13. Matt xxrU
2 8. Rom, in. 24~-26. r
7. ThaFEe mighf atJolTsh tliiToId oofemuil^'
free his people from the dominion and bondagi-
of it, establish the new covenant as its Mediator.
,,li7,
' N
104
and secure fpr them the enjoj^ment of dl its
^ 8. That he might "riconcile rebellious men to
. 9. That he might deliver as from the corrnpt-
mg pleasures, and enslaving influence of this
present world. Gal. i. 4.; vf. 14.
dev,l, spoil hi^ kingdom, and rescue men from
H^1!J?***°- "®**- "• *-*• CoL ii. 15.
V *lJL3 • hel might redeem his people from
' .¥^ dominion of sin, and purify them to himiielf
mS^f^^"^ ^l'^^ Eph. v.^25-27 S!
. «*K
•1^^ J^ ^* "**«?! P~*^'® forhimself e glo-
i:^ ^ . he might wash his people, ^WJll
wppMim his own blood, and consecrate them
«|^^h. Rev. 16, 6. ; t. 9, la ■- nr^
-^ Tha^ by tasting death, he might oveN'
^^^^^V^' '" *^*. **'?®» '^«"^«' ■» Ws chosen
^^St*^??' "£? '^™'?f?°.<»f their last enemy.
SiL cV .' 'i*®* »»»• 14. 1 Cor. XV. 3. 1
^•f«» 61-^7. Rev. i. 17, 18. , * !.
1^ f«^t*' h« might bring many of the hmnaa
^^I^n 8^ 10. John ui^ 14, 1&» v.A*ii#,&*^#
,^^,
»it 1. t i •
•r.
/•r
'<C-
'- ,,
**,
:^(
It of ftH its
0U8 men to
L9, 21. Col
the coimpt-
nce of this
'ork of the
> men from
5.
eople from
to himsdf
7. Titnau.
>8e1f A glo4
tom.xi^.di
xii. sa,
raate them
It with him
ight orer*
his chosen
ast enemf.
r. XT. 9, 4,
he buiiittii^
and gU
m
105
67. From what evidence does it appear,
that Christ's obedience unto death was
stifficietU for the important purposes to
which it was intended ?
We are sure that Christ's obedience nnto death
was sufficient, because,
1. He did not honour himself, by undertaking
ws important work in a presumptuous manner,
nor run m vain without being sent; but he act-
ed by the authority of the Father, who ordained
him to his peculiar ministry, and gave him an
express commission. Heb. v. 1, 4—6, 10. Johih
vii. 88, 29. ; viii. 42. ; x. 18. ' l!
2. He finished the work that the Father h«#
p?iTen him to do, and endured his manifold suffer-
iiigs,in the most perfect manner. John xvii.4.r
xix. 80. Heb. t. 8, 9. ; ix. 14. *
. f-.Th® divine dignity of his peisonftafe an
infinite value to all that he did ai^d 9^mi* for
he had voluntarilv humbled himlSi^' * *
ence magnified the law, and yieldl
pleasure to God the Father. Phil, j&^
xlii. 1,21. Eph. V. 2. / r ^ ^?i;^,r«5i»
4. The Father honoured him with lik ^pi^
Hig testimony from the excellent ghwyi jbk
ni. 17. J ivii. 5. 2 Pet i. 17. '^^ ^^^
6. The God of peace justified him, by bring^
ing him again from the dead, through his owtt
M^gj^^Pd gie^ decl a yfld tha t his dirinjl
Xf
W
JMKice Wit sawied, that his anger was paci^
Md that, by the death of Jesus, the jus^fimtion
j|lftw«— -
U
3
106
u '^e gruilty might be obtained. 1 Tim. iiJ; 16.
Heb. xui. 20. Acts ii. 24. Rom. iv. 24, 25.
6. He was consecrated a Priest for ever, by
ftis 6wn blood, and the unalterable oath of hu
father, and admitted into the heavenly temple,
there to represent his people before God, and
make continual intercession for them. Heb. x.
21, 29. ; ,x. 12, 24.; vii. 20-.28. John xvi. 10i
\' f ® T'f^ exalted to universal dominion, and in-
vested with authority to bestow complete salva-
tion on guilty men. PhU. ii. 9—1 1. Acts v. 31.
John xvii. 2.
8. In his name, and through his mediation^
the gospel freely proclaims repentance, pardon,
and eternal salvation to perishing sinnere; and
declares that those who trust in him shall not be
?i , o « ^«!'e"»^-47. Act8xiii.88,39.; ir;
11, 12. Rom. IX. 83. ; x. 6— 13.
5d. What 18 revealed concerning that
peciiiiar covenant of which Christ was con-
ftituted' the Mediator, and which he e^tn^'
Wished by his death ? , , .,1
.u I' i* i* eMfntiaUj the same viith the corenaii,
that God anciently made with Abmham, as the
heir of the worid, and the father of many nations
and^with^ his seed. Gen. xii. 2, 3. ; xvii. 1--^
^^^^ '-fi' ^^^?~7S. Acts iii. 25, 26. Rom..
IV. ll-ia Gal. iii. 8, 15-18., iv. 22-^lJi?.
__^2. I t c pro prehends jJl^tb»^MeMimro of the —
Zr«fi**2J ^?t "'4* ^^ ^^^^ «« ^^ ^
ther of the Messiah, and with his seed. Is*. !<•»
^■va.?
^ii.^t
-^.
Tim.iif. 16.
24, 25.
for ever, by
oath of hur
enly temple,
re God, and
m. Heb. x.
Dhn xvi. 1^;
nion,andin-
plete 8alva«>
Acts T.Sli
inediatldn>
ice^ pardon,
inners ; and
shall not be
88,39.; it:
''■- • r sf,
ning that
was con-
I he e^tfi-
e corenant >
un, as the
ny nations,
cvii. 1— «8.
26. Rom.
as th« hf
. JJHU If.
lot
3. 2 Sam. xxiii. 1, 5. Ps. Ixxxix. 3, 4, 19—37.
Jer. xxxiii. 15—22. Luke i. 31 33.
- 3. It is a covenant made by God with all his
Siritual Israel, through the mediation of Christ,
eb. viii. 6, 8. ; X. 14, 16.; ix. 15.
^ 4. It was confirmed and dedicated by the aton-
ing: blood of Christ. • HeK ix. 15—23.; xii. 24.
Matt. xxvi. 28.
5. It is called the new and better covenant, in
distinction from the old, faulty, and vanishing
covenant, that God made with the Israelites at
Sinai. Jer. xxxi. 31, 32. Heb. viii. 6—8, 13. ^
▼11.18, 19,22.
, ^6. It is the ministhition of the spirit, of truth,
hbertv, righteousness, and life ; in opposition to
the old covenant, which was the ministration of
the letter written in stones, of obscure shadows,
of bondage, condemnation; and death. 2 Cor.
Ml. Isa. lix. 21. John i. 17. Heb. viii. 10—12.
Gal. iv. 1^7, 22—31. Rom. viii. 1—17.
7. It is a covenant of peace and friendship, as
Wl those with whom it is establishejj, are brought
iittb a state of peace and intimate friendship both
with God and with each other, and of safety from
all their enemies. Ezek. xxxiv. 24—31. ; xxxvii.
26, 27. Hosea ii. 18-53. >
''>S. It isa covenant of free and precious pi^
BMBes, comi))rehendingall the fulness and benefits
of Christ, in distinction from the Sinai covenant
of precepts. Jer. xxki. 32—34. Heb. viii. 6, 9
—12. Isa. xlii. 6, 7. xlix. 6—10. 2Cn r. L 20.^
». It it an everhstmg covenant, which can
Barer be broken nor abolished; being unalteRr
ably established and secured by the nnohangeablt
•A'\\
V
108
lore, fiuthAd word, maei oath, •ad ainiirht^
power of God. Heb. xiii. 20. i vi. iL-IS*!?
69. What became of the body of Jesua
after his death ? , -■
1. When the evening of the day on which
Jesus suffered was come, Joseph of "^Arimafthea,
*>ho was a nch man, an honourable counselloft
andteeecret disciple of Jesus, begged hHod?
fi^in Pilate, took it down from thf!^ wZ
pedit in finehnen clothes, laid it in his oi£
new sepulchre, which he had hewn out in ^
rock, and rolled a great stone to the door of it .
x^n.60^ \ Mark xr. 42-^. Luli
_^2. Nicodemus, another secret disciple of Jesni. /
Mary his mother, and other pious women, wQ
had folk>wed>im f«,m Galilie, brought b^
|o perfume his body and assisted Joseph in b^
guard Of soldiers from Pilate, and senheTto
watch the senulchre, till the thin! day, that ^e
disciples of Jesus might not steal his ^.dy ; a^
to prerent the possibijUty of impositioJ, ^
V
JSor
m.
id almightf
i3--18. Pe.
cxiiL5. Isa.
cxii. 39, 40.
r of Jesus
' on whidi
Arimadira,
ooansellor,
1 his bodjr
!ro88, wrap*
Q bis owti
out In the
door of it
"46. Luke
ie of Jesni^
smen, whci^
ght spices
3h in baiT*
47. Luke
proGuredli
k them to
» that the
tody ; and,
li<Hi, Hfrny
Tf
■•**"
the aonpr
148.
SSaled the^stone with which the sepulchre was
closed. Matt.xxyii.62— 66. «« wa«
,/60. What account do the Scriptures
give of the resurrecting of Jesus ?
acc^nf *^°*"" a particular and highly interesting
1. Ofthe^tt/Aor of Christ'B resurrection. It is
ijpresented as the work of aU the Three Divine
I'ersons. Jesus resumed his life by his own auick-
ening power. John v. 21. x. 18. Rom. xiv. 9.
/ "oo "• To"?> ^"^ **»« ^«tfa"- Acts ii: 24
«^y^piri$. 1 Pet.iii.l8. * . - . t^ i
2. Of the pnncipal eircunutance* of his re-
^Jfrection. He arose on the thiid day from his
^th, and early m the morning of the first day
df the week, when there was a great earthquake ;
rf t^ f "^f^?**?? ^ attended by a vision of
Jtogekv^ho intimidated the watchman, roHed the
2555^ the door of the sepulchre, and com-
forteS^the women that came to see it. Mark
-am. I---5. Matt, xxviii. 1— ^
•8. Of the infallible proofs of his resurrectiOii.
Withstanding the vigifance of the Roman
•gjuard, the sepulchre was found empty, and fha/
•otetl^s ddiberately laid aside; so thaT^^^
found^it necessary to hire the soWiers, idth 7
vt^^iiS ' ^^t"*^'-*^"!^**® disciples had stoteJ,
the body of Jesus. Luke xxivTa John xxH
^^M a tt.xxyiii>H.^ 5r-^h e aiigeh inf cr^
' a
'/Sil^S-^^l¥*i^^*^"««»' di^twl them
^m the rest of his disdples to go. ii^toJ^aWtea,
M
110
Y
and assured them that thef should there ses
hini, according to his former promise. Xuke
xxir.4— 10. Mark xvi. 6, 7. Matt, rxviii. 6, 7.
Jesus fiiequentlf appeared to his disciple» after
his resurrection, and was seen of above five
hundred of them at once. Mark xvi. 9, ]0,>13,
14. Luke xxiv. 15, 81, 30, 50. John xx, 11—19,
26. xxi. 1. 1 Cor. xv. 5—8. That the disciples
of Jesus might have full assurance of his resur-
Tectiod> he conversed with them familiarly and
deliberately, eat and drank with them, shewed
them th#»mark8 of the wounds in his hands and
his Ade, and called them to handle him, and feel
that what they saw Was not a spirit, bujt the real
body which had been crucified. Luke xxiv. 80
--48. John XX. 20, 24—30. xxi.^
4. Of (he important conseqtumfief of his resuN
rection. Christ's resuri^on demonstrated tha^
he is the Son of God, the tro^ Messiah, and the
justifying righteousness of believers. Rom. i. S,
4. John ii. 18, 22. Rom. iv. 24, 25. He was
raised that he might be rewarded by the Father
for his obedience unto death, by being glorious^
exalted as the head of the comer. Acts ii. 25—
.88. iv. 10, 11. PhiL iu 9—11. He was raised
tiiat he might continue to execute his mediato*
rial nndertidcing, by administering the new cove-
Jian^ gathering sinners into his church, and pro-
moting the interest of all his people in the hei^-
T«ily world. Matt. Jttviii. 18—20. Acts v. 80^
,81. Rom. viii. 84, 85. His resurrection furnish-
ed men with A sure ibuiidation for ChrittJun
eg mm with A sure jbuiidation for Chriitiitn
^&nh,*iiIiB,miHt Joy; I Fet:i.^r2r. JoBil?«.
SO— 22. XX, 20. By virtue of the retuneclieii
t4'f..w
■UlA
'l^'M' >, i|
i^l^^j^diJ^ij^Si
-!■(!■!' UW^r-T'^ ^^" ^"^ *'T^
\ '
V
there set '^^
ise. Xuke
xviii. 6, 7.
:iple» after
above five
9, 10,1 12,
X. 11—19,
e disciples
his resur- .
iliarly and
b, shewed
hands and
a, and feel
It the real
e xxir. 36
hisreMir*
;rated that
i,|tnd the
B.ovBtm i. 3,
He waiB
le Father
ts ii. 25<'«^
as ndB0d
mediato-
lew coTe-
, and pve-
the beg-
ets V. 30,
1 furaish-
Chriatiitn
IH
of Jetns, as the head of his body the Church, all
his people or members are spiritually quickened*
and raised up with him to a life of faith and new
.obedience. Eph. i. 19, 20, 23. ii. 5, 6. Col. ii.
12, 13. Rom. vi. 4, 11. Jesus was raised as the
first-born from the dead, and the ^rst-fruits of
lihem that slept, to giye his peopte assurance
that, at his second coming, their bodies shall idl
be raised from the dead, and presented together
'With him in glory. Col. i. 18. 1 Cor. xv. 20-.*-
^23, 45—49. 1 Thes. iv. 14.
t . ■ " . * .
' 61. How long did Jesus continue on
4»rtb after his resurrection ; and in what
^^sjie chiefly employed for the benefit of
bis people?
^:r'- \ :. :. •- ' ■ , ' ' - • •
; Jesus continued forty days on earth i^ir his
^fesurrection ; and during that tim^ ^ '
4- 1. He frequently appeared to his discip!^
•and gave them assurance of his resurrection Sk
Hamj infallible proo^, thiit thef mi^ht be \m
.vit^nesses unto the people. Mark xvi. 15. Acts
>3Qii.3l.L3,8.
n;^^ He, expounded the scriptures to theia and
.jjbaughi tbera many things ooncemipg his media*
tion and the kingdom of God, whidi they were
not prepared t^ ^ar before he suffers^ : Aets i.
(8. l-uke xxiv. 25-^7, 46, 471 ''\ .' jl^
jj;.,i3,; He gave his apostles a Solemn commianbn
nfe» jgreyph bis gospel^o Je^^ and Gentil "
Ihroughput tbe whc^ World, to conlijSriffiiw
van<Hs0D.
ii *^
■.4j3w-a»L.. k'.-'^jfe
<$"'«44
W'^-''^
lis
li
teed them as his flock. Acts i. 2. Mwk xr?
ISrM"" "^^"' '^''' -^"^^^ ^-21, 28:
♦».^ li"® ''"P*'^®^^**® "<»^7 Ghost to them, and
■ Si 'PT.'^ '^*''- ""demanding, tha^ tW
^^^^t W the scriptures. John xx. 22. lZ
5. He directed them to tarrv at Jerusalem
"e s Ghosrhtr'^"' co.„,srob
xne Holy Crhost, which he prom sed to send untn
_e8. What account i. given of th, oKot.
■by m»v .mmortol Mintaf whom %"© ^^
liTered <rom the captiritviof J«Hi .« m.
action 5.1xviii.'l7ri?.VMt^^^^^^^^^^^^^
a. Repassed into ih^^veas, fcnd ent^Mil
Ij^^nne^ hi. peop^ H.^.'^^
*r.M*;^ae^ I«ckto hi. Godaad^ iii^
4tr 47^
Its, and to
Markxvi;
KX.21, 23.
them, and
that they
22. Luke
rerusalem,
lication of
send unto
9n. Luke
i -is.;*
>o oaceHf
go when
vet, near
his di»>
R, till ji
y-Luke
B:«fl8,ana
had de-
is reenirti
iL Acts
:,-.■.. , , t,- iy-
■■■- ■ . ' — rf;.
«iiteMd
God, a6
Mt, and ,,
nn
=f|i
fitt_m whom he had been sent into the worR
John ativ. 4-~«, sa xvi. 5j 28. xvii. IL xx. 17v^
5. He ascended to sit in the throne of Goi
and on the rig^ ha^d of his Father. Ren iii*;
2L Mark xti. 19. Heb. i.8, ia.-Tiii. L x. 12.
63. To what peculiar authority and dO'
minim was Jesus exalted, when he ascend-
ed to heaven?^
1. Jesus was exalted bjrjtbevFather to dt on
the thjone of David, as the KingofZion, and
the Head of hiV Church; that he might goyem
«U his people by his hiws, his justice, and his
"^T®'*. J?^:."- ^-^^ ^*- ^» 7. Jer. xxiii. 5, 6.^
^«^«>;3^8«. Eph.T.28,24. Rev.ii.iii. -
2. He Iras advanced to dominion over the
We earth, as the King of Kings, and Loid of
yds ; that he might, gradually gather i» maUi>
_d\eout pf all the nations into his Church, and
gptd all his irreconcikble enemies under his feet
P8.i^.8— 12. ex. viii.4-«. Hebai-e—O. Matt.
«vw, 18. John iii.86. xiii. 8. xvii. 2. Rev.^xix.
MrS^ Dan- vii. 13, 14. 1 Crfr. xv.is. J .
, ia^He was ipvested with authority over the
angels }of heaven, and all the inhabitants of the
mvjwble world, whetheir good or evil 1 Pet iii.
22. Col. 4 10. Eph.i.aa-i2. PhiLii,»^l,
jtleD.1.6 — 8. ♦ ' ; .>
,.4. He was appointed to assemble and
the uftivew^ at the kst day. Acts xvii.i
4g, John v.2%27. Rom.xiv .lO, IL
Fatheij
64. How 18 Jesus eaj^ojfed in ^t; p^
-r::^
^^^»^^l< » ^
W^^^--
4.
i '■>
^-"SJr
y«|
lU
. !• Jwu« now miiiisteralii the^wsence of God
tot aU hi8 people, as their High-Priest, by repre-
senting their persons, giving them access to W
ter mto the holiest by feith in his blood, and ren-
dering their servi^^es acceptable unto the Father.
o « ^^' ^ 1^—22. B«7. viii. 3, 4.
2. He makes effectual intercession for his dis'
ciples, as their Advocate with the Father. Ronu'
^"o « ^ '^**^" "• ^' ^^^' ^"* 25. John xir. 18;
3. He sends down the Holy Ghost to abide
iwth his disciples^ as their Comforter, and assist
theip in calling worldly men to the knowledge of
salvation. John xv.26. jtyi.J— 11. Acts ii. 33.
4. He manifests himself in a spirituid manner
to those that, keep his commandments, and
■IJrengthens them byjm grace. John xiv. 2J.
28. aiatt, xxviii. 20. JJTor. xii. 9. PhU. iv. IS.
. r;. "® superintends all his Churches, by up-'
holding their pastors, inspecting theirlrorksi 5-;
buJcing their faults, commending their obedSencei''
and Encouraging them to persevere in his seN'
jpe, Md overcome all their, spiritual enemies.
Kev.ulO — 20. ii.iii. , .; .r^ ^ , i.
' '6. He successively unfolds to his redeemed
ones the secret counsels of God, leads them fofti
yrmm the endless discoveiydf divine wifldomi
and accepts their gratefW praises. Rev. v.i ^"'^
▼iju9, 10, 17.. gs^ ■
'*^fe naakes war against his n..^.,.;.
rttlis their designs, subdues their powS^aM
piinishes them for their iniquities. ' Key. vi. 12
;^17. XYii'14 » x ix . U^^l. ^ -.^-■rf
Z?l?*" now ewpldyed tn preparing maisioM'^'
■■^^w^oiile in fail Father's heavehly tempH^
?'&' - *
^
glo
xi.
of.l
'Hel
S
wor
mad
ferii
Bitl
a
#po
nize
for i
Wftf
.. ..,.,r.
ic
tiees
jngt
^m*
,»■.,., ; ,-;:
I'nce of Gkid
t, by repre^
«e8s to en-
>d, and ren-
;he Father,
for his dis-^
;her. Rom',
hn xiv» 10i
it to abide
and assist
owledgeof
4ct8 ii. 33.
M manner
lents, and
in xiv. 8J,
il.iv.ia
i8t by up-
KEorks^ re>*-
>bedlitoC4^, '
a his seN
eneniies*
■ '_, <---f ' '^
redeen^
them foi^
wer, and
ey.yi.19^
^»-
115
t-
t-^i" It* ^^•i" /^' ^"**^'^ receiving them Jo
3* i.JflWM^rir/ifi.'l?. Roir.vvi': io
»°17. Rev*xxii. 12;
_ , , ,^
' - -mr* '** ^'o th« prtncipal parts of the
Id Testament history, which ^re implied
Cbridt and bis people, by alUgoriccd in-
terpreiation, io the New Testament? -
1. Adam was the son, the
ima^e, and the
glojr of God. LuKejii.88r^enrr.27. 1 Cor.
a^.7. Jesus is the Son of God, the brightness
^.his gloy and the express wwge of hispewpn.
Heb.i.$,a u. .,^.: .v.^,^.i,v,,,,i,;,;-., ,:: ;
2. Ada* was made s little lower than the
angels, and honoured #ith dominion over the
works of God. Gen.i.28. Ps.viii. Jesus was
n»de a httle lower than the vigels, for the sof-
ftnng of death, and afterwards honoured by thft
Either with universal dominion. Heb. ii. 6— ft,
A Adam obtained his wife at the expence q(
e portion of his own body, and afterwai^s recog-
maed her as one with himself, qen. ii. 21<^S%,
^fiSlis purchased the Church by giving himself
for it, and it is mystically joined unto him as
^^!S*1?4 ^'^ ****"««• ^ph. V. 25-32. 4i^
- f ©cTpknted a delightful garden-in Eden,
ach was watered by a river, beautifie^^ with
trees, and enriched with all kinds of fruit, hi#^
mg the tree of life; and there he placed man iii
Jus,-Stata— of. ijmn<.^»nna — ri« » > .JL- ^ - J,a - . ft e H-iT.
Jue s tsts of ianownoe^--e«b tti ja^Xfl,, t f^
^ figure of the hearenly Pteadise, with the
n^^d tr^ oCm jft.wl^h|ti„»^ ^j^^^^
nstisioikl'^
' templi^^
-Or. * '
V
♦ \
\
\
1^:'-
.^^•
\'
}^
.A.,,
*A
P'
! i
\ ,■'■
i
J
3 J -t i.J''*-'t«Hl»
!f3l,*^'
lie ;
blmsed shall for erer enjoy commumon with Q9A
fuid the Lamb. Luke xxiii. 48. 2 Cor. x|i.^S» 4.
l^lev. ii. 7. xxii. 1— 6. "^ *
. 6. When Qod had finished his work of crea-
tido, he rested and was refreshed; and he sanc-
tified the day on which he rested, that it q^^t
H » blessing to man. Exod. xxxiTIT. Gen. ii.
^M^ When Jesus had finished his work of re-
demption, he entered into his rest; and gpaiHy
men are i^rited to enter and enjoy lus r^^ by
iiitb. Heb.iT.4, 10, U. V
^4^ The creation of all things at the beginning,
wltioh God approved as yery good, was a figure
ol the new creation, of wbioh the resurrection of
Christ was the beginning; which is {^ually
H^anced l^ the regeneration* illumination, «nd
•aiictification of his people; and which shall be
completed br the renovation of all things at Uie
hm^Mji and the odum^Acen^ent of the evefl^t-
B^abbath. Gm. i. Cot. i. 18. Rev. iii 14.
Wfh,^ 10. 8 Cor.iT.flLT. 17. S ]^iu. 10.<-?ll|»
B«v.xxi.l--7. 1I
#^f^Adam was constituted the pubhc head m*
4ip|tentotive of his natural ofibprinpr; and, hy
ik disobedience to God, he involved them in
gailt, depravity, and4eath. Jesus is in like man-
ner jd>e Representative of his spiritual seed ; by
Ht^rdirnnii/lhoy nrfl accepted as righteous, and
tH him ihey- derive sahotification and eternal
I Gen. ii. 17. Ron. f . JMM^* 4 Q^? m
«. Abel presented an offwinfwfiiiB was wsfx H "
id and approved by God, as Mculiariy pleasing
Hi his siglbt. Gen. ir. 4. 10. Hob. xi, 4,. ^|p|
hi^
Ufe
■•f3K!(l»S!K!S«=JO# AM««»tfmu*^ •
f5JRt*<'7ni-
T^l
jVT'^t;""-''*"
nion with Qiid
Cor. xii. J» 4*
work of crea-
and he s»nc-
that it mgkt
driT^ Gen. ij.
bis work of r§i-
it ; and gin%
oy his r^by
the beginning,
I, was a figure
resurrection of
b is ^Rsdnslly
iminatioai fnd
Rrhidh shall be
L things at the
»f the everlpMt-
I. Rer. iii> 14*
!it.iu.l(Wlf
ablic head aiid
pring ; and, hf
olm t^em w.
is in likeinwa-
ritual seed ; br
I righteous, ana
on and eternal
m
iliarly pleasing
offered himself for a sweet-smelling savour to QoA
and his blood is of more beneficial efficacy than
that of Abel. Epb. y. 2. Heb. »i. 24^
9. Noah and his fiunily were enved from de»
stmction by the water of the flood, which raised
the ark on its sur£ice. Gen. lii. 11^.428. TiMw
who are effectnaUy baptized into Christ are sav-
ed by virtue of his resurrection. 1 Cor. wk 18k
1 Pbt. iii. 20, 21. Rom. vi. 8, 4* A.
10. God established an everiasti^g coviQant '
with Abtaham and bis seed ; and promised, with
an oath, that in his seed all the nations of the evth
should be blessed. Gen. xvii. 1—7. xnl 15—
10^ Jesus appeared as the seed of Abrafaaan attd
sofld his precious blood to rMtffy the new coven-
ant, that the blessing promised td Abraham might
come on the Gentiles thro^h bioi. GaL BilSM
ir. Metdhizeded:, whose deseent'MMi death ara *
act rsfcorded, was the king of righteonsnese and
gaoe, 4md the priest of the most high G«d.
Re refreshed Abraham, the heir of pn^se, wi<h
bread and wine, and blessed him. Gen. mv. 18, .
19. Jesus, the Son of God, who waa without
beffinninff, and whose geneimtion is incomprehoi- N.
tible, is die King of righteousness, the Prince of ^
l^ace, and a Priest consecrated for evennoM.
He blesses the heira of promise effieadondy with
ill spiritual blessings, and rofreshes them witb
the true bread and win^ even his own flesh aii
Mood. H a b. vii. 1—^ Id— fll, 264 l^or.-^ =
18^25. it, 16, 17.
12. Abraham had two wives, Saiah, and HmM
•r. Sarah was a free woman and a figure ofHp
'%^^
^,^iSS.i^.!l
tj^n0^. ■-^r^'^T'T''"'"
m
\
m
lis
torenaot of pr|mi8e that God made with Abm-
ham. Hagar m» a bond-maid, and a fiinireof
the covemint of bondage which was mXSlth
the lerajhtes from SiS. JshmaeV ^irff
^e bond-woman, was bora after the flesh, us a
&*t^ .*i*."T®~"* ^*»*y ««J of Abiihami
t^t trusted H, the woAs of the law for thd/fw-
tofication. The free woman o«itinued W t^^
^n, but at last she bare Isaac, in a supenLrt!
TtT^?:^^^^-^'^'^''^ ofGod,andhe^
!.f!!?* **f)K»P»"t"**«««d of Abmham, who
^^^^^L^ Jrtneof the new S^e^?
of promise, fehmaelc^wecuted Isaac; andTS
.'JwS"^'' !?' »f -^t^teous JeT^ho tjj
^of Christ Yet Ishmael was cast out of Ab^
~h«m8hou8e,anddisinherited; and the unbd^t!
tt^n of the free-woman, was made the h«vS
gr^* and beheirei. in Jesus, who are bom 5
go* lie all free, whether thej be Jews or Gen*
^i!!l ,T "'^'^"r to the promise. Geii4
ir. 22—81. iii. 25—29/ ^ ^"*
g l^onGod tried Abiaham, bycom,Mttii|:
-JS^K I'S^*.'''"^ ^^^^ • bumt-offeriig, he did n<S
withhold his son, even his onfy ^* from h^.
WmK? "** ^" ^l*^' '^**«° Son, but W
himibrth as a senran^ and delivered km mnZ
f jftft th as the s ubstim t nof sit — ^^ '^
«w through hTnirTftiS *fe •^
w* 9, lOt^m-^^mmm^^
■^
«6.-» .'<»fJ,Ct
i with iUim.
t a figiBVdf
B nuidii with
iho woh of
) fleab, iir^
>f Abinhati^
or their jiM4
a sapemat*
andhe WW
tthaiB, who
w coireiiaiii
tc>; aa^ in
wha trem
I the'<fitd*
01lt4>f AIn
beunbelifr*
lepriv^of
Ij- Isaacs
the heir ol
urebomof
8 or Gen*
ise. GmH
IT. L 6«l4
ledidQgi
rom hi^'
rorid, thiit^
hot sent
im »p Uk
tl9
'*^ti
s^* Jbcob, i» a prophetic dream, saw a ladder
which reached from the earth to heayea, and
the angels of God ascending and descending oh
It ; and the Lord stood abore, and established the
covenant of Abraham with him. Gen. xxviii.
12'>-.17. Jesus is the medium of interconrae be*
^wen earth and hearen : and through hiih the
"-'nge of the new covenant are secured ta all
who are the spiritual seed of Abmham
m^ i John L 51.6a]. iii J3, 14, 2d^29bf
W. Pharaoh gave Joseph authority over allih^
land of Egypt, that he- might sustab its inhabi-
tants with bread, and directed the iamiriiing mul^
tttude to apply to him for relief.. Geo* xli.'88
-*"44, 65. God sealed his Son, and gave him
fwWer over all flesh, that he Baight give dyiiw
nnners the true bread which endureth to everlak^.
^ life ; and those who are ready to perish are
directed to apply to him by believing^ Jol»l ^
87,'85. -^ . . ■ .,, . ,^ ^«|,
1 la When Israel was a child, God recognis«|
bim as his son, and called him out of Bgytfi
Eacod. iv. 22, %d, Hcs. xi. 1. When Jesus, the
only begotten Son of God, was a child, he was
removed into Egypt, and wfterwards called upout
«f«t by faia hMtvenly Father. Mat. ii. ia^l5^,
mf . The Lord went before the Umsmmt
Pilto of cloud and fire, to give them light* and
^ *««*» in their journey to Canaan. ExodI
^aii. aQ H-a 2. Je s u s iatha light of the^worf^.
*»d he C^befere hispeotri^to lead th«ii iii4h*
'WKf to.Uj^ John viii. laP"--?^ ^wr i'^^,^ ,<;%^^'
^ 18. When the Ishielites came oiiV of iBgjr^||f
\ 5 -
' ^"^ • "wL"^"
Ife 'y^. '**'^** **»« ^«* Sea, and ^bw w«fe
.. ^ «U baptised into Moees in the sea, and in th^dond
that covered them. Exod. »▼. ISu-^ i Cor
£ '» ?• The discinlee of Jemw are baptized into'
iJ?' ''^iSa.MMSauied the Ismelitee in the
iJJderneM, By ^png them bread from heavett.
IJemannawteafignreofChmt, theliWn^bredL
which the Father gives to perishing ^ew^
the prodamation of the gospel, and ai which hi
peojile eat, symbrficaHy, by observing the Loid's
WfiMrned fijit^ so as thereby to become paff«k.
&^ 16, 17. a. 28, 24. John vi. 91-^8$, 46^.
^^. The Israelites were refreshed with ^n^
Ittought out of the smitten lodcin Horek whidi
JM a^fignre of the Mood and Spirit of Christ,
^ij to p«,ple drink by feiil,,'^a„d by whiS
|IJ^^twapeace,jQy,andeverlastiDgJife. Exdd.
^1. Tteaj^ th« oM co-
J^Mt th^ God made with the IsiaeUtes, are oo«.
trested with the gracions and encouraging consttl.
•tions of the heavenly :^on, and the new tiifir
towt^atGod hM made with aU the chuiS^;
Heb. xu. 18-..24. r7w"
edw|the quit ahlfseveq,|y. Dwtf. xxipi, A Acts
■^:
feu..
■ ^ LLJL
■'If^
'i^T
id tfanfty were
1 in thaqkud
-as. iCor,
wptized into
host. Jolm
lites in tlw
om heavoi.
tirngbuMd,
sinnem Inr
>f which hte
r th« Loid's
J«8ligWttil
^aallCor.
with ^nittr
>reb, whioh
of Christ,
t hy wbidx
ife. Exoid.
hidlcl CO"
«> are con-
ig consul-
Dew cg#9-
cbnreh'of
Ul
m
:£3 s"
^5i8. Numb. XT* a8>~9d. zyi. l.-.d6. Thff
;§wipei of salmt^on waa spoken by Jesus* the Xoid
JkNoo^beftf en { and all that despise and reject hij9l
'Aili'ha moeh'.inora dreadfally punished. Habj
&«, a.x.ii8~*31. xii. 25^-29. ■, *!^v , j^.
23. The old covenant was ratified by the
csftion of Moses, with the blood of <»lfes and g^ila.
jQihui. 19. Beut« T* 2»~^1*^^ Exod. xr. J^
,lli> lexUr. S---8. The new covenant vras xatifiad
liy tba mediation of Jesus Christ, wiUi h^.ipia
^pteeious blood. Heb. yiii. 6. ix. 15 — ^3di.;..|' .
V i}tfti.iMo&ea&sted forty days and forty nighta j^a
/tike mount, when he received the old coven«9|Jb
-iBflila ordinances of service, that he iQiglitA
lihMl^emf to tiha Israelites. Dent, ix^^^ll.
ilimsdhrted^ forty di^si and forty nighta in the
wilderness, when he was anointed with the Hoily
.I2h«8t t^pahlisb the promises and iw|||i|a^|fi w
.tib#jiew-.«iii^nant...'l4id£e. iv. lf^M:\.\^:L.:,it
,m96. The law of Moaes was written with tha
rifillper of God, in. tables of stone. Exod. xxxi.
Jlfi^xxxiv* It 4tSB. The law of Christ is wii^
.ienhy the Spirit of the living God, in tha fleshly
tables of his people's heart. 8 Cor. iii. 8, 7r~U.
-4ȣi4MbTha OMintenance of Moses waa transforin-
^iMlil^b^oldiBg the glory of God in Mount Sinai*
•lillbat, when he came dqwn with the tables of
lihtoiliaoant in oia hand, his &ce dione, aD^ as
}4lM<l8Taelites were afraid to come n%h him, he -
«|»Qtai vail upon his face, and gave them in com-
mandment aU that the Lord i^d sj^en to him;
" 'l^as were concealed under the Mos^
mkf a veil|,ip«l^)it the Israelitifr^
m
''»•• e€:w<%^^^
K .
i .
-\
-.1 ■
\
: (
V,
lt3
It*!**
from the Uindneas of their heart, were incftpeble
of di8cemiBg,th«rn»rittial meaning, soas tobelnM
the glory of the Lord by them. Exod. xradwi
ltd— 85. Jesns abolished the figaiitive initf ta-
ticms of Moses and rerealed thcor tnw mwipii^
^H^ great plainness of speech : he taJees awayiths
▼eil of niriiQral blindness fiom the hearts <d.lA
people, and enables them, with open &ce, to be*
hold his glory, by the Holy Sinrit, so as to b«
thereby transformed into his image. 2 Cor. iik
■12—18. ' ._.m ,V..^„ ^^^y_j|^
,97l Moses, was an intercediagf as e dlrti tr, litad,
wben the Isradites had exposi^ themaelircs t/b
tiie wrath of God by thenr disobedience,' W |»i|lft
«d for them in the most disinterested uAm tut^
fal manner. Exod. xxadi. 0^14, 3Ow40.^i^xiii.
19^17. Jesus made intercession oq tbet^crois
;l«|r-the vilest tram^jressois ; aodw^en any/of vhls
pedpi^sin, he is their Advocate with tfae;'lMlher.
Luke xltiii. 84. 1 John ii. 1. j ^^%di
«^^S6. Moscli^lilled up a «eipent of brai^imaB^
iM>le, in the wilderness, that those who ladlbwo
Itttten l^ the fiery serpents, when they> kfdced
vpoii it, might lire. Numb. iad.6-^i Jesw
^MS lifted np upon the cross^ that guilty sinters,
by beUemg in him, might not perish^ bni^aw
'••tdttal'lifo. John iii. 14,^ IS^ >. ■■^i:i::m^. ,^j mfm
: II9. God^ honoured Moses,' as<% js/mpku^^ffif
^iMHiting him the most intimate reveh^oa of hu
will, and comiaending him as ibithful in all }m
hmtei NumKxiie-A^ Jells was a>PMph«t
-Jate-iililo MoiivU) and iie' wivcounted' wuiihy -wf ~
Wif^tkHry, as the onfy bsgotten Son who jam
<^e bsoom of the Father, and Who faiihftilly^l*;^
1/
i I
^1
tobeb<M
i zxjdirfe
• instita-
away the
ts of kik
se» tob«»
as to U
GoR^Jib
''.X-
ulmes t6
ny/o€^MB
badibasD
but j^ave
ondfiis
ii«Ufait
J-
i, .
; ■■V
^V- ' '^T ■ 7TT «i-*W.,^' :'■ V
dasei his will as the builder of his own honsei
BMb xviii. 16'«4»> Acts iii. 22. John k^m
»ikiiu.'X-^. A^'^'l. ■- -. ^-i-*^
80. Joshni^ sahdned tiie «iemies of the Isnyll*
ites^ and nnde them to put their feet upon th#
Micks of the kings that hsd warred against tbeofe.
imh. Xi 19 — 2S. Jesns spoiled fwindpalities
and powers upon his cross; and he wiU shortly
toiise Satan nnder the feet of his people, vm
snake them nM>re.than conquerors. Goi. ii* 16.
i^.xvi.20. viii.87.
.! 31. Jodiuagare the Israelites rest in the enrth-
|y iaheritance of Canaan. Joshua, ». 28. aod.
^Ijii tiiii Jesns gives immediate re^ to. ^e sonk
^ IhcB that bcdieve in him and foUow him» liod
<h»will«t hwfe give them eTerlasting rest in the
«icorraptible i^ nniading inheritaqce of hearea.
itfat. 3^ 28, 29. Heb. ir. 1^11. 1 Pet 1^ 8^^^
,i<jiM.;The prophet Jonah was three da]f!i and
. Ihi«e nights in the belly of a fish^ JoniJiii 17.
afesMB was buried,' daring a similar period, iii;the
. ftarth.'Mat.>ziil 88-^-40* .m^m^iw^mU-m ^^
tr^aa^ David, who was didsen laid tix^t^ ii«ili
."•Ivw station, that, as the sh^herd of God's Is-
,f«ski he might feed them with skill and integrity,
» %Bi a figuro of his Son Jesus Christ, who was ex-
alted by the Father to feed his spiritual Israel, as
'^heir g6bd Shepherd and 'dctorions Prince.
^Ixaviii. 70^72. Ezek. xzxiy. 28, 24. Mm
^ 11— 16,27,. 28ifl;^-?##'f#*fa«^iH«?!5 m&Jm"-
;t^i^SDhe ark of God »ai rM Povtd iHUt ww^
iBity'rfi'OB aA^'Obeeura tt»ttifctw%--!tfr*
I td^emade that David had jpitdM)d
2 8aiii.vLn-^17« Tins
fwagwififttnt
•Imt It on Mount Zion.
^v.
m-
124
tiMWiphantproceMioii was a fi^re of th^^uio.
noo8a«cen.ion of Gbrirt, from hi. state of hu^-
liahoimpon earth to the ^eavenly Zion. PaaL
Ipvjiu 16—19, 25. Eph. 1^7—11 v. v*^ X
. -^^uSS. Solomon, the son of Darid, was^pohtted
<rf^i p^.^i^ 9j»<Js»je unto Jeans the tione
«* hw Father David, and exalted him to rekm
oter bis^peopJe foref«r; aiidbe lathe buUdwTflf
jhe sjMntual temple of God, which iihJaChawk
^f.81^-^]Vfott,^vi.l8. , .t^
-S6. Solomon was distmguiahed from allth#«tbir
^g« «f Israel, byaoperior^ wisdom, richea, iwd
^noun 1 Kmga Hi. 12, la He waaa^lm^
:»*eiare unsearchable, and to whonTSe higliest
hononris given V men, and eF«a hy g5 the
^^%^"'^'^^^' '"• »• Joh/T.22,M!
fi.! ?r"^?.* '^fi^ *■• extensive and pete*,
t^and his subjects were numberless, secui^and.
«f p«tce ; he shall reign over aU nations for ev^ /
"S-ii^^?** ?^P^t P***'*- counUese miUi«3 /
^^be bless^ m him, and his subjects shift/
caU him blessed. Ps. Ixxir. 7^W, Ui «tiSS
»i.^n xiv. 27. Rev. xi. 15^17^ ^^^f
fe 88. Solomon made affinity with BiaiidS^
ttftoghter, and exalted her to. enjoy bis w^Z
and «ign with him a. hia queen.^ 1 Ki^'^
<e«Ka wiia mm as iua qaee
- -Sop^ -QlSolomoa.th »iM^ J UHWit
-W^rtis bis espoused bHde; and iniuetiS^
she shall be mamed unto him, to enjo/^ig gW
I
'•>'■ r
t,v,^J.
^I^^'j|-'" *-"■'• *W*,'C^"'''' ^■"'
1
e*;
*i'^**.-^j
thd gld*
of buflij.
fipomted
tJne t«»-
le tiirone
to reign
oUdiBraf
Chnffcb.
icB, raid
bid lil^
; wbosD
bigbest
Todtbe
Prince
>r ever,
liUioQg
8 shoU/
«» iii.
s time
» glop
125
ttoni pretenci^ and rei§^ inth him m fail Qmmu
jPk zhr* 3—- 15. Rev. xix. 7 — 16. xx. 4—^.
< 39. The king of Babylon destroyed Jero^alem
with its tempH and carried the Jews into cap^
livitft where they were tmprsssed by their ene-
mies, until God raised up Cyras, th« victoiioni
king of Persia, who pnhished Babylon, and pro-
claimed liberty to God's ci^ves, who were warn-
wA by the voice of prophecy to come ont of Bap
%lon. 2 Chron. zzxvi. 5— S8. Isa. xlv. 1—18.
ilviii. 2D. Jer. li. 6—58. The saints of Jesns
have been craelly persecuted and oppressed by
the mystical Babylon, the mother <tf harlots ; but
ice hnve asnnance that the King of kii^ will
Au^roy the antichristian BabHon, and bis pe(^
«te prasen^ warned by propoecy to emaoe out of
iwr^i^avoidhwsins. KeT.xvii.xvitLxiT.8— IS.
> 40r Joshua the hig^iiest of the Jews, and
Zfloubbabel thdr governor, feithftdly resUn^the
temple and won^p of God in Jerasalem, not-
(^ withrtanding moch oppositim ; and God faonouir-
^ them with special encouragem«at, asustance,
iceilHnettdi^ion, and the hig^ privilege, of stand-
teg in^caa n#ii«nt, by the Lord of the whole
«irth. Enn rJL Hsggai i. 12—14. ii. 4, 5, 28.
SEecb. iii. iV. The witnesses of Jesos fidthfaUy
testified /against the corruptions of antichrist, and
stedfastly followed the Lamb under the most
erael Mrsecution ; and he honoured them with
«onsoUtion, support, deliverance, and the high
re of standing ^th himself on Mount Zimi.
rr. XI. 0i-^I2i 3at.TIi*-i5r
~frp
66. What wer« the principal potUhe iM^
"^^^y»•
f,'t
m
<-xl
, t», 1 ' •* ,
■/■'4j
f> '•■ *
1«0
^?*f^ of If religious kind, by nrhidl
Chntt and his salvation #ere darkly. m-e^
Jlgw-ed to the Old Testament Cburclj, and
which are clearly explaitted and apjimm
the "New Testament i^ : ' *^.*> -;_ / :,...■ j..Vi^r'
^ 1« Uroumcision was instituted io the d*yt<y^
Abraham, as the ihitiating token of God's loM ^
wmj, ft 8^ of the righteousness of faith, and mi '
tJor^5*'?^'* ordmance of.the same slinifics*
tion afcd design with Christian baptism. G«L
SS. The passorer, and the feast of ttalearened
bread connected with it. were institutS!#I^tS;
ni6nal of the deUrerance of the Isn3»-^
A-grypt, and a figure of our redemption by cS
our passpver, which is sacrificed It m^uAm
redempuoa is commemorated by the feast of the.
I4»rd8 supper, which belieyew are command.
to h« Tk ^^P**"'® f"^ **"»?'« we'e reared ton .
' ' aJ^"" i*^'"^"?*^ P^*^ of the God of JbraeL
l^nf ^ ift™»«»ed «Pon earth, when ^
gr'rJi^''*^ «^ Joh«ikii.wSr-
-^ 1 Cor. lii. 16. VK 19, 2 Cor. n. 16. ihr.1
I
r WKMi^
\
"^
f^i
clj^ and
> daytW i>
» and Ml^ ^/
by Jettu
lignifica*
u GcNi^
learenedH
H'lnffh
r Clwisii
und tbii
It of tlMt^<>
numdeftj
cb tferi
len hit;!
k.
i«7
most hol^ place was^ tAM a Agnie of beaTen i^
sel^ theirue tabeniacle^rhicb the Lord pitched
^B his 67er].a8ting habitation. Heb. Tiii. 1, 2. ix.
11,12,23,24. ^ ! V
i 4. The holy phu^ wM d!tid4id from the ixidst
holy by a Vail. Exod. xxvi. ai—Sa This ivas
a figure of the flesh of Jesus Christ, which was
rent upon the cross, that a new and Kring way
of access unto God and hearen, might be opened
linr guilty men>^Mark xr. 87, 88. Heb. x. 10, 20.
5. The ark stood in the most hdy place, tW
tables of" the covenant were kept in i^ «nd it
was cohered by the mercf-seat; where God wai
mopitious to his people. Exod^ xxr. 1<V— .19/
2l> 22s? This was a figure of Jesus, who had the
divine law in his hearty and who iif the propitia^_
tioit ]^y which sinners hate access unto God.
ilh^xl.6«-a Rom.iii.2l---25. 1 John ii.2.
sM^, Two chembims of gold were made on th#
ends of the m«!cy<^eat, with their fiices lookinv'
towards it. Exod. xxt. 18-^0. These repr^^
soDted the atigel^ who minister around the tiironl^
of 6od| and w}io earnestly pry into the mysteiy^^'
of the Church's risdem^tion by Christ. 1 Pefet
i. J2.. Epb. iii. 8—10. They also prefigured tb#^
ftttiire^gl<Nry of all the redeemed in being admit<^' .
ted into the heavenly temple to surniund ther,
Ithrone, aiid take part with the holy angeis iig
the enjoyment and service of God and^ the Laml^
fiur ever. Rev. iv; 6 — 11. i y. 8~^14
ft God granted his peop le access to^ hiinsdl
iii^hirimuM|fi|[i»il heiai^etted to the
whi<jh they piaysuS towiirds it, 1 Kings vi«l. S«fc
^^ 42, 44* 2 Chnmk vii. 12-^16^ 1^ f atfa«f^
'^' A
r
188
}.
iw^^'r" V? ^ 8ont were chosen and oM
»en and caUed to offer np spiritual aacrifioM «a
pnwfuntoGo^L 1 P^fi^Xr^.^^ "*
m. 18—16.^ Aotojt.88..Hel>.^S6, 88. xM
8Coii».ai ,.8i,8a.Rer.i.6,6. ^
.hJ^j^L* r*"™*!"^. bloomed, .nd jMM
2^1 "d it w- o«rfbH, p«;««l SIb.
^J^JTT'''^ /^ ^ ^ranoementTS
an abiding evidence of his exclusive right to. tl^
■.--iimaft f '-■" .-■ ' :;: ■■ ■ ' ■»»-«.uiw(liiwB»*^ *--»,,
rough Jetmt
« preientad
r. 6, 13,44
»mmI caU0d
sts. £xod*
Ul«d of ik$
his peoples
iacrific«i «|
8» anointttt
Ihal thm
the priest^
rhobai ttt
nthperibct
Mt. Mali
28. z..^
lu«6tktif
(tisDi ;i niil
garmeiita,
I with t|i«^
id yielded
edin tKe
k<6
lent,
ht t<^ tilw
KMthood. Nkimb« xrii. l«»«ia^After Jetot
i entered the heaTctnljr tabernacle to minitter
at a Priest, the gospel, which was sent ont of
^n as the rod of his sti^gth, bndded and
nmight forth fruit, hj the conrend^ of aoany
sinaefs ; as^a token against' hismurmnrinff Mie*
ttiies, and an itt>iding endenoe that his muuttrf'
as a Priest, within the true holy place, is ex<^u-
stT^If acceptable nnt» the Father. P^ ex. 1-^
Isa. ii. 8: Aeto ii. 1--4, 88—41. CoL L 6^ 6.
11. The priests offered a lamb ereiy mcHrning
and evening, as a continual bnmtHnffering for
IsiaeL Exod xxix. 38 — 42. This was a %ttW
•f JeiuB the Lamb^of God, offered for the !«<•
demption of sinneii* JdhaiJ^M^l
i^Wk ^ ■■* '7 '"■ : ^."^ ■'■;y w^- '
>^ 19» The high-priest offered a sb^blfei^ i#
iMlne an stonement for all Ismel, once everr'
year. Lev, xvi. 9» 29-'34. Jesus was onee ilL
ftfv«d to pot away sin 1^ thr sacrifice of hnns^
^id.*s his offering utas of infinite ndne and efllh
ft it did not need to be repeated. HekJH^
88. "S..9k^i4» ;*-f>;.v ■ aC>;^«',^^, :■..;#■;, if
The Mies ^ ttibse beasts whoae Ho«i
^ brought into the sanctuary by the t^inr
priest for sin, were bunt without tl»e cam|A
liev. x«i..93f. J«B^8 also, that he might saneri^
<lie peepIJBt with his own blood, suffi^kid withpai
the gate of Jerasalem. Hek xin. 1 1, 12. If
ImU. The h^h-priest took the Mood of atonal
llient wj^i iri the vail, and, sprinkled it o pon^tto
B it, wmk ^^eSan^'fAm^TBMif^tm^^
mn, %4,'Uk Hans folfilled this when he entlil^
id into the true My |^ace by luf <i<wii ft9ia0
w
f?
<!•»#
IPW"""" -
^»f^»i/p^-^ ^if^^-^'0j^% 1
^hx»*» which i» therefore called the/iloriiJ J
♦ho ^^'l^rP'^^it offered iwtet incensed
thei^«t holy Diace, on the day of atoneJS
^"^^^4 /esu. offer, t^l:^"^
^hirimercesaion in hearen. H^k^riu^%Z
^/** An «mer of maMa w4 pttt la a JlA^
pot, ««d laid up before tire Lorf in the^lS
' fc^^ to be ^.^serred foTZZ^^
•toons. Exod.xn.82— 84. ThiewMf/KS
of Jesus the true bread, which rLXra
heavenly temple, to be t^ ever eniw^ b^li!
17. Ihft Israehtes were sprinkled wi'/k m.«^
111 minister unto the Lord. Exod. «5K^S^ '
l&i.jr.T,u«8-^9. Je.u.ha.of«n3^ii^
««^* >•»»«. Heb.x. 19,^80. ^1^^, , . ,,,;^
1 V
ji'/i'^'j ' ■', >* '.•«'C^»'
l«tj«>ii
f.»»5g:,
ify'^fajTrf
?^. '*-^
R-^^" -??■ -^ '--'V'l'
/
veet inceibib
itt a grneH
) the mo«|
ins in th»
Wion ibr
'/®i Nntnb*
^ of be^
m sanoiii.
HebdNi
ia
esaae^
wathtbdf
ppn>ach<N|
t^ntiilr
oittheii
> eleMites
rohit*i»n
mi
.i; 19. The priesto were partpkera of tlia altiir» ii
thay eat of the sacrifices ; thejr also eat of Aa
shew-bread, which was set upon the pjiure jkd^a
before the Lord continually^ on every tSabWh«
JBxod. xxvii. 1—8. xxv. 23—30. Ler. H. 14*4
18, 25, 26, 29. vii. 1^^. xxir. 5— 9« Chri^tiant
hare an altar and table, of which they paitak*
outwardly, and periodically, by eating tha l4|td'#
nipper ; and <tf which they constantly pamke
ill a spiritual manner, by receiving Christ a«
tbair sacrifice, and liting on him by fiuth artheii
heavenly bread. Heb. xiiL 10. 1 6>r. je. 16^18^
John vi. 55—58. mv-^ri;mPi-:3 ijm^h^4^^^^>0$i»
20. A golden candlestick ww pkelid 6f#
against the table, to give light to the priests
that ministered in the holy place. Exdd. xxv^
31--40. xxvi,d5. This prefigured the mannei
in which Je||tt8 Christ enlightens his Ghmsh b^
his word, £is ministeiSB, and hisr Holy. Spirit*
Johni.4r^*9l Tiii.,12. 2 Peter v||9* Blar.uie,
21. The priests diily offered inCeisa, dik tl^
goldeB altar, before the veil. Exod,xxx. 1— 8|
34r-r^. The saints of Jeeua mimstor in tb«
house of God, as a holy'prie^ood, byofferii^
pp: the spiritual incense of prayer and praisi^
which is' rendered acceptable before God by the
ministryf of Christ their High-Priest IPetii.
At 5. Heb. xiii. 15, iv, 14, 16. Rev. viii. 8. 4* ml
22. Aaron and his sons were appointed ftd
toa. t h e peo pl fl , i n the jiamr 4it^ t h ft T ^ rdi
I^IB*f arj, 22—27. Lev. ix. 22, 28p The Fatb#«
sent his Son Jesus to bless his people in an %l*
feetttfl manner. hii^0ji^,ymmiif^^
* i.
¥' ^
182
J^ the Lord on tfie morrow after the Sdb.
ZI^K^J^ ^' "» the morroir after tiJe
^ J^^J^^ '^ the Holy Ghoefpon
«• "Pojllipiilfcled them to preach hie mtMl
to the Jew^ and made it the Aectwd mSS
gAen^m three thousand coavertte^Sterf
^mjhe taifites wen appointed to keep^i-
pp^«f tabemadee annwiy, for seyen SST"
ffir«fT^*r*? "^^ ^^y «*theied in^ ,
^»
« all men,
tiifiniy and
' ihm' •■!*"■ r>in
d to Jniag
rv«8t unto
>the sheaf
' the Sab-
» eat ainr
sontedtfate
14. Jesiu
after the
them that
Oh >-..-
tg of the
'ly coBve-
he hnrin
mrrectKitt
oat apon
• 1
of
IB
in
the
Y of Jhi_^
od tfef
d tOt Mt
le
^#
483
•aer in which he made them to direil in teiits
when he brought them out of the hind of Egypt,
and a lolemn expression of their gnrtitnde for all
"li®".®!*'- Lev. xJciii. a%-43. Dent. xri. 18
\mm*^mi» generai rejoicing pr^figiired the
spintnaljoy and harmofty which shall pferail ki
the last days, when the Jews and Gentiles are
federally converted and united in church fellow-
Mip t and which shall continue for ever in the
heavenly temple, before the throne of God aiHl
ihtLamb* «ecb.^v; 16— 21. »^ ^ii^ 4. g^
"If. /"'^-'i ?M.-r\, ^ ... . ,. ,,
%H2e, The Israelites were commanded to halldir
every fiftieth year for a sacred jubilee, to be pr<l»
claimed throi^h all the land by the sound ofthe
troml[>et, as a year of liberty, rest, and joy; and
•very dmu was then allowed to return, from a
Milt of indigence and servitude, to hb peiMs-
won. Lev. xxv, 8—13. This jubilee was a
figure ofthe acceptable time of salvation, duriiig
which spiritual liberty, rest, and happineM, life
;|P«5«Mn«d to the sUves of sin and Satan by tile
'Jiyfiil sovnd ofthe gospel ; and they are invitit
to inherit all things forever in a state of renewed
ifwfoctioa. Ptelxxxix^lfW^. Im. xlix» 8— la
LiJoiv.l7-^3L «Cor.vi.l,8. Ret.xxi.5-^.
->i^7' God appointed cities of refuge^ that thiii
Moweife exiosedto the wmth ofthe aveHgM*
3of bloody miprht flee to them, and be protected
by abiding in them till the death j>£4fae hi^.
3Mt> ^^--^ ** — - — - - o-
^est.^
'M»re
•uposed sinaers, as a refuge from divi^
wrath ;<aBd those that flee to him by faith, and
HH»id9 In him, obtain strong consohflion Md «vei>>
',l»a'
/•p*
,-1^ I
S'-i
■V'tf:
r|l(»i-»— «»r-
^ .
I'f^
IM
-.—„ tiaMioii, bediiiflie bis Plnostiiobd com
thnies for erer. H^..vi^ia-^80. vii. 28*-.86i.>«
^ S8. The Israelites wen «U commanded to «|n
Minble pJBriodically to wonbip the Lord, «tid i«c
joice before him, in a place chosen by himseii
which wias Mount Zion in Jemsalem^ where ^h«
tord dwelt among his people. Dent. xii. &^14t
P^ oviii. 16-— 19. cxxii l^--u^ tetiidi. IS^Ml^
AU ibe saints of God, both^ einh and in b^
Ten, are bronght into a stite of piesent spirittet
union and fellowship in Christ ^Jeslls ; and thiif
shall at lastj>e gathered into one^orious assent
Wyin tho heavenly Jerosalein, where God and
^e Lamb shall eternally «lweU among them.
Eph.1.9, 10. ii. 4-6. ir. 8—16. Heb.xii.aiM*.
mtaphorkailit compared in Scriptaw^ Ih
wder Uk: Mfmr men bU'^ excellency ^4
•aitablenwi} and induce^ tbem ta mkmi
i*^*^*'**^® *»«P above aH?^#*m^
^^. Cbnet istepMMhted as a refiner's fire, tbe
wn of nghteonyess, the b%ht morning ster,
the I'gbt of the world; leame hel ug!
speakably glonooe in himse^ and he is tbe
:»oi«M of spiritual light, purity, and felidty to
his peojrfe. MaL iii. 2, B,%.i Ren ^S^
' John vui. 12. ■-■■i ^# :■ . • ,, , ,
--- ^ H e is ciU e d the mm Ol J Oi^i^i^ jj^l^^
«f rigbtwoaness, a green fiftree, the aople Wm^
* ^ « C;^JM^ the Mm^nii, the pZIt JZ
^.
I"* »■
K>bd CCH»*
led to «|i
I, slid fOb
r himsd^^
rhere the
. id^m
epitittak
and the^
18 ametif-
God and
if ^thMf.
WMk
iii,jui¥*U9iBk.^^
* ^^^^^^W'^'^^-
■ ifi'ft*??'^'^^?*''
^^,
Dtof it*
/'
^ «'
18$
sown, ukd the iree of li&i; becaiwe he is the
source of his people's sj^ritnal Ufe, nourishment,
growth, and fraitfiilness. Rev. xxii. 16. Jer.
xxxiii.15. HoB.xiv;8. Sbi^iLS. John;i^ff^
t»vl, 5. EaelcxxziT. 29. &y.zxii. 2. i ; ^^
i!!8. He is like the rose of Sharon, the lily o^
tile TalleTs, a bondle of myrrh, a dnster , of cun-
phire, and an ointment poored fwth ; and, in the
. estimation of the saints, he is heaatifol and fiur,
lowly imd accessible, fragrant and refreshing, as
the olgect of their supreme desire i|ai d^f |it
Song ii. 11.13,14, a T^ '^
tn^. He is a hiding-place from the wind, a co-
vert from the tempest, the shadow^ a great
rock in a wetoy lana ; as rivers of wat^n a dry
place, the dew unto Israel, showers* of rain upon
the mown grass, and 4iviDg water. He sh^ters
liis people from temptation and deserved pmiidi-
ment, refreshes their hearts with i the influences
of his Spirit^ and gives them lasting fdlidty.
iteiuxxxif^S. Hios.zit.6*^Ps.l»ii. 6. JohnNtr.
'\^'\4» ' H,Hj«iV *^-'.v- .■?■.%-;£■■»;&■*
5. He is ••toae of stumbling and aroek of
offence, on which those that reject die gospel
All to their own destruction; yet, to his ^ own
people, he is a pecions living stone, the sure
nmndadon of tneir confidence, and the chief
corner stone 1^ which they are all united in one
spiritual temple. Matt xxi. 42, 44. 1 Pet» ii.
Jfa^ El>h.ii.20,21. < . ; > ^ .,;
l_j6LHe> is the dcior of the s h eep,: AgLJii^j,
.^HmHi, and the life ; being the only true way by
iilich sinners have access to the gospel-chuich,
4p?
*-' "IsAfKt.
py- yfif^ '.
"oe,
« ^
^
^ J
T1
Jf ^
i' mm" '- ''m mtf
W
life "
y
lie
^ P"w«»ce of God, the bMrenly fflorf^.^«A
eteroal lift. J«h« ^ 7, 9. ^^. g^ ^ *^^^*^
7, He^is coiopar^d to the hen and the ^f
to^she^ ^^18 unwearied uttention and care toSS
^8. He is represented as a roe. or a yonnir harfc^
SS^kmh^^^^ ^^^' ? as a fatted calf anS
a^n Iamb, because he was sacrificed for them!
and as the Iioq of the tribe of Judah, be^u^^
is their powerful defender, and the'te^^^
pwl of^great pnce, as his worth is ooni^ale*
•fiom worldly men; but believere know^^^
la precious, and forsake all terrestrid thing* tj
•eenre the eigojrment of Jii«u Matt, xiii" 4kfc2
r *?^^« " ^« Alphftimd 6tneiHL^ki«iL^
the last, the author knd finisheTTour «S?tit^
gw. TO, la. Heh. xii.iS, wii^a^. . .,:^ . ^
,^^^.|)H* * ?^.
fhtm^'h im
PART V.
*v, ,^ 1
i^ I 4ND THR MANNE. ,N WHICH THW^*
I
V
' ",, I ' - 1
•ft III what does the talvatiou of Chm
mnghftrt^
rdeni 0*
)r fheni t
Tor of nil
d^ and d
oncefUecl*
timt h«
tiingt to
''•■#^
4rati<H|^
IT 61^
- 'Rv'-
V
«»*«s*4 ■
eoaeitt ; or> what are the principid ben^Ut
that resnit to sitmera from his mediation?^ -
•i . . ■ ■ . *
b< pThe gx«at salvatioii, which m«y be obtained
bjsiaiiors tbrdngh the fflediatioD of Jesus Christy
indudes,
r I* Jttstificatioiit in which Christians obtain the
gmof^ ^Digireness of ieJl their sin^ acc^tance
IS lightsons .be£9ie God, throogh the rig^hteoiuK
AOIMI ;of Oirist» and swaritjr against the iutoie
an^tation of sin unto their $aal condemnation*
Acts xiiL 88, 39. Heb. viii. 12. 1 John i. 7, 9.
£ph. j. 7. Rom. iii. 34. ; r. 9, l%i it, 6-^. ;
Tui. 1» S8, 84.
,^ 2. Peace with God, and sincere reconc|liaM<Hi
4o him and all his people. Rchb. t. 1, 10. Cd,
XM21. Eph. ii. 18-17. X,:..i4:.:J..',^.,,.
8. Access into the pres^Mw of God* with holy
bolfdness and confidence. £|^ U. Ji8,i iii#, 12*
Rom. y. 2. Heb. x, 19, 2a * n ,^»
0i4* A-dooiission into the household of God, as
4Sir diildren, by regeneration and adoption*
John i 12. *a 2 Cor.k 17,1^ .Q4iU.26.t i|v
AlJohniii. 1. r ., , 4l=.$ii « 4^
1^ Freedom from the dominion of the kw oJT.
BlMes, and the slaverfr of sin. Gral. iii. 28 — 25. ;
▼. 18, 18. Rom. viii. 2. ; m, 14* ; vii. 4—6, John
Tiii. 82^. t 1^^
I. The internal and aUdii^ presence of the
rit of Christ, as the Spirit of adoptbn, suppli-
cation, and consolation. John ?ii.87'«-89«i adr.
■. /,
«^17i«7.^Gll.Iy:^TRnSr^^9rl4^r6,m^
2^.; V. 2—5, 11.; XT. la PhiL iy. 7.
iil« JSheintual iliumination jm
of
\
,^
■■■.■!*.■
f
n '
1S8
"rtk. Eph:,-. 10 ?ii ,? "; ^^o", wd on
20- Hen iii 191 r„r:- tr^^- '^«'- ««S^
. i4. fhedivme andiencfl «nj .^^^~^M.
■erratioii from ^^^j
5#"
ce for tho
I^«b. viii,
m'th the
«Qd on
31. IfiUt.
al tup.! .
inswef
m
WWi
^-
iti^gth tc^ MMist temptation, «nd penioteK Itt
the way pf CbHst to the end. Ps. xcii. 1^-^15.
Isii. xl. 29*J»ai^ Pet i. 5. John x. 27—^. :
xru. 11, 15i 21, 23. 1 Cor.ih 13. Rom. xvi, ^.j
^ 17. ]befirerance from the slarish fear of deatli
together with the priviliege of dying in peac^xN
frttiAf from iahour, and departing to be with
Ghnstj BQ that d^thitsfelf becomes gain to the
Igiristian. Heb. ii. 14, 15. P«: xxiii. 4.; xxtviu
87. Pror. xir. 32. Rev. xiv. 13. PhiL i. 21, 2&
2. Cor. V. 1 — 8.
»'ia Complete j^ficifeoitibm'^e^^g^ of •
*m» ««d perfect renovation in holinew. Jadid24.
Eph. t. 25, 27. Heb. xii. 23. - VM t ,p;T' .
. 19. The dignity of being made pnests^niito
God, to abide for ever in his temple, and offer
9pintv»\ sacrifices to him ; and kings, to leign
wjjh Christ, and to judge the world, and even the
•Jjgek. 1 Pfet. ii. 6, 9. Rev. i. 6. i iiL 12, 21. ;
▼ll. 9—15. ; T. 10. 1 Cor. vi. 2, B,
^flft A glorious resunreution at the last day,by^
the mighty power, and according to the likeness'
of JesttsXhrist. John vi. 39, 40. Rom. viii. 18
-^l€oiK^v; 49^*^7;^ PWL iii. 20, 21. 1 John
^^1. The high honour of being acknowledged,
•OTJToved, and exalted by Jesus himself, from his
throne of judgment, and before the whole uni-
Terse, t|s his fitithfal servants and beloved bw*
R«Mii> ^g^ Matt, a t x^v , 21r 31— 4Qt-
2. Deliverance from the endless pangs of
i^nd death, and the positive enidyment of
mm. Rer. ii. 10, 11. John iii. 16, 16,
i». Tfce ffforwi8 pMMae* and fiv«rlA.HtM; —
8^4?^;*^ ^^V ?*-|,^««.iv^ 17. Renjurii
USinfkiS^' «*«»«^ heavenly, and ,
^w»ng mhentance; compiehendinr S* tK«
e«ae to ChrisTS^^'^^ *« SiwW g
4. On the ewiiest importwaty wiS
_»>><^M».-mf<s^mmiiS^--
John jdi.
Ker.xxii
■•iwKnif"
1 1
I^wt pewnades Binnm to accent «f k-
tJedoor,*ndknoct^L^!S*^"J tortand irt
tiieai; hel5ndlye,*^SZ*JS,^,«^'"^
>ng the vanity of thdT^^ . ®°* rwpect-
to fiMTOttr, with hig'wZa^S^''^ tbe.^Itjr in-
*> •nconwe them th.^ .1 ^^ '''^^' »»<
'••■**3
obtain a DerinM/ii^.<_^ ..^ ^ . ™™"»«
H^^^^E..
M
-(..f 7.«v;$i ivSit^-
,.-^r-.-.|.- ■<■■
■■.-^' V
» . M
/■■■ ■
W.'_
U8
' J. Sinnefs obtain a personal interdst in Phnut
and bis salvation, iv>t by their own works of
ri^hteoasness, but pnly by foith, or believinr in
him. Markxvi. 16. John iii. 16— 18, 86.T vi
29,40^47.; xL25— 27.; xu. 86, 44, 46. Actaxvi,
80, 81. Rom. i. 16, 17., iii. 21-^.; iv. 8-6,
23,24.; V. 1,2.; iz.d0-..83.; x.4— 11. Gal.ii»-
p, 20. ; iii. 6—14, 22, 26. Eph. ii. 8, 9. ^ ,
,.„ 2. The same important truth is also set beforg^
ts, though in different words, by all those pass^^
ages in which faith is figuratively represented by
Woking unto Je8U8,Bcoming unto him, receiving
him, eating his flesh, drinking his bloo^ abiding
m him, walking in him, knd being rooted and
{Muk up in him. Heb. xii. 2. Matt. xi. 28. John
Wl2.; vi.86.>7,45,51-^; xv^^^6, Qf^U,
71. Wbmt account do the Soriptar«i%^
of the nature of Chrittkn fmtk, or» m wMl
does it consist ? f *,v>i.
Christian fiuth denotes mlightmed uueni to
what is asserted in the gospel, because it is the
testimony of God, who cannot lie; and cordial
cortfidence m Jesus Christ, and in the Fathsiy
through him, for all that salvation which is i«-
▼eafed in the gospel, because it is graciously ex-
mbited to gwlty men as the free gift of God.
Johit-vi*^ 46. 1 Thess. i. 6. ; ii. 13. Heb. iif.
14.; X. 19u~ag.
^af pnuMit mth i&€liide% not od^
to the general truth of (acts and doctrines
ed in Scripture, but also confidence in the
■••MBAidl-oi— <»«•.
''S^^-'^'^^-'-'t-miSl^ir-
148
\
*hing.tocome,i«eTid4!bS^
«r The natuiB of ftith V^!r ,..5^ «
*h wg8 hoped for th« ^J^^^T «*P«ct*tion of
«;***«H.r m the common^^" **"* *^»'**«d
<»f jfood things tnimf^Sii!* •" • conCi
ed much can^^^^f^^Ph, express-
to come. Hob. 2^^fit"** ''^^^^
^ confidence S?L^~^^ '. ^ ^' 26. JVfoiJ
^e lawelites had co^SL 2?-*"'*'-27.
..^
.^§
*»•» yot 87,
Rer. ifwi. 17^ j<^ ^1^
f!<'
;«-81. Joshua i. fll 9u«i5. TkT-!!!! *^
Jjou. i-^tatiotXiSdri'I; """'">; *^
*«e exhibition and 25S i*® •*°".®'*' '«^ *h«
^d laraiio"! That &^ J^** ^'^ P**"***
^•Jmndation, ie^^'iSf^tTK^^rS^^lr?^
»• I John iK16-_lp ' **• * *^ >•
ip^the
M^i^r ' ®- ^ ''*»^» ^- 14* 15. Mai
l^l^K^W«!» ii tha
»«*-"! ■■ni but Uii
..■f ■
V
^^'^'^^^^^f^Wf^WPiPrv-,.
j^^-^fftSij" vt'^^^i ^^'^'Wi
1
itei. Hebi
ame ■, confi- ^
r eacain|liii>
ndatioQ «f
ion to its
itaina gm*
with the
of pardon ,
pgndwith
;lio whole
the heart,
oceedos-
tmlhelief
^pom-
odncean
includes
leaceand
ction of
Die pre»« .
rratftbli
ttMtthi]
IMBMly
'it
:ij^t4ip^,tf^*i>'ft**-''''^*.<a^- '-^"
■/
145
/
TOfetedto iinneie hv^iT-!!^ ™ ■wwrtioa are
. f - John n. Wta:J ^"^'•«'^
them, because they sta^e^ J?.?^ ''^^ »«»«'
•*wh ther oup-h* ♦!r*P *? '"*«« pvomieea
♦? «» l*ditr of /o°m„ W "^"""ff »• M«llt
God had .poken to tW kT?" ""'en^nff which
"ere deatitote of oZisj! ^'''»?"' •»o»im« they
1!?wer,thep.i^,^l^™«'" ^e lore mj
•"■• «MaS*"l>^«''|i'^God. Heb.
«"!«. from S&hfc ^".rP''- "'•'«'' "-
fit., ,„d toth.,1^ "•"'"'' ""' '^•-
t!^fMhe«,kSuher^!!!i'"^^^ •
.%h- i. 3, 4T : **^ ^ ^*t. Qal. iii. 18, ll
m.-^'
^^'
ij
^~»r»^ I ijii I wjiimB
'-t:
m'
of belierew deep in Cfat&t ; and their Mfe ww2^
18 h,d ,n him, ehaU he ii«iiiift»t«iThir riSS'
Mh^^!^ ^U' P^^^ ""^<»° between Chrift^
Jot xr.llT"'^ *'^**** "^^ ""^ ^ ^'^^^^^^
J, a To the union of bread and the iodv fki^l^
•, lotheconjugal^iifeli^^lyiyi^^^^
, d. ^^he union ofthe head and the meaitiw ^
tw T i ® ^^® ^"^*»° of\Ghr4« and Mafiiii
then^^hn v,.67.; xir. 20.j xrii. fiO-^™
tingwah genuine believers from the world|
holy dham
■rrjr^nr"-*-
/v
1
#
Ei»v
Mness to Im*,
Dei«h itnil
dead hodint^
ir Hie, ivfai^^,
bis gMM
he88.iy. H^ .
ween Chritk
itenpo^ it
I Itnuioliet;
M( 1 Cor.
'■•■/■ ' "■ ,r. * ;
imemfNiiir '
id Iii^te
>worW^|
04/ om/^
ailiatioii,
"%.
jt
vw i^mu*, the aiiicera deain of delireniiM:
UH^ ; ■ ?^: I-Jpf JM. & 2 Con vii. 9^
-Jlf"*?. P«^"»<»« peue <rf mind pusinir >n
d„ .»T* J*"*" *■•« hemt fiom tba love of
w oetroBly FMher, and to ell the duMien of ■
i^-i ]^ *^"'** ***** «^«» °«w^
Wt^, And abiding cAo«^«, - . - -
■%
'ff"^'— ■XflfU-^
■'rt ,£•« V> ''%,.
'■r
.#
;n?'>vei9£i^Mti«,.-
^''«
w»^ being ddjreMd frrfm "spiiitiui biindiMM,
w Knowledge of the Arine gloiy, a*, it shwe*
m^the i^rson and njediatitfn of Clik %S
»ein^ freed^from thedominiob. and love of sin
Md inclined to the love of spirit J, holy, »nd
^ dnjne Objects. Rom, vi. 6.i VtaT^i^"!
.fiodtiieingr deliyered ffoin thrldngdom ofS
^its manifold pHvileg^ Act« xwd.^a'^i^
.^eliej^rs aie distgg^iishid by a change ^tf
. g^e. ^^%tmnBd W the service of dn to
^of t6i8 change, of which all tW belief
|»rt»k«re, we are informed, that, ""^«i?-
. -«. They are converted from sin, and assimilat^
S2*^-- tif^^Jj"*' *«P«»»twn of littie childrfflS
f ^fi^^r^ f^fenenrted or b^otten of Gml^
jndof *h« Spint of (f^Ml. John lii. ^6,4i^
k-W-
*^^THryiM« ««iclwneaii5d1iS^ii^fh>m th»
iiirii iiiHiilriioiijiT iffiflff
1 I i
'^Bite<«ft*t
•^"itfaarnin"""" -
itual : blifldoMMk
TfW it 8h«i0
irist. Eplt,i|^
of digpoaituai^
od love of sin,
bnal, boljr, «nd
.5, e.; Tiii.j
t 9taU Umsti
^ova of JS^Bii«
for SIB} fwd
rist to pwrfaloft
f ft changft-lrf
Ticeofsin to
^y the f rMt-
At belie v«. «« ^
md assimiltl^
(tie children.
tten of Giii
of thewof^
^6< iP#l.
up irom the
^■■m
■^.■m.
ft^tJ^'° "?" '^ '^ 'W'k. and of
S-*. , x„. 7_li. 2 c«. i,rira. r°»'"'.
„ 7«. Who ^. the Holy Gho*t ? " '
*?«« worlcs Af AMM.*i.». J * i>or. It.. 10, li •,
^g»l> Gof . iii .
;#ii
^ M-
i '
*v i.
. '/^Jf
Son. iffat «iir?9 2 o2 ??.^f?»?' *^ the
* The H<,y Gh«. U. *,i.„p^«, fl^
^ .* -HiiSC.
SJiJC
)
■ 'IS
\.
"^:
, 1 • '^"*
160
!»*«*.*.i;-ri.fe.„
I. , A
. jnj PWrtaes, are ascribed to him. H^sSaS
«i t^ 'r*'*?''**»^SontodweUwith £^2!
*"*.^ <fi«fort them, teach them, and bea^^t
lam chooses pepel Jreachen^ sends Ihem
. jbith, and directs their labSn«. Acts x\l ^^,
\ ^'evp/l J7 iJ;- \ "• "® *« v«ed and
!..''''• 7***^ ^*»™ *^« Principalworks oti
miracuhusmd aOrmrdmaru kind, whi„k,
are ascnbed to the Holy Spirit in ih^ee^
Bomy of redemption ? ^
:^if J?* ^?^^ ®P*"* 9°«>ifi«> those who wem
^ed to make the td^ade and ifa foSiiZSl
^h extraordinanr ddM, snfficient for thSr^SS
J^|Bfe fimwhed ^e elde«, jnd^ ^^ kj
HPIiiael, TOth wisdom, conwge, strength aS«^
J^^lJIg^^e, q^^tionsX th^fflg:
111. la xy. 14. 1 Sm. X. 6. xi.T • ^ir
^ He inspired the ancient propheta tb pnb^'^
atasSfeatSbWrt:**!*,,.^
- ^ t^i>ltji^i^ '"^^•jhif^M.-t
),
eh oUltii^
i>n8» acts,
> snataf ins
Bingsent
bearwit-
las povpir,"'
» xri, 8^-
Js thei^
ii. ^^
and hs^..
red anf
:. oiie
o wet©
mitiii^t,
kings
l». «ttd:!
r-*-> .^i*iijrt
■wi'Vi'
tin
&ring himaelf for a ttmST^ miracles, and o^
Kfe. Lake 1u.'aw 1."^. *'iS? ^ «° «n<l»e8S
J^ 1. Luke ^21^''^'' ;• 3 ^- !«• *i* 2
l«l%ea£.diSmSSiS^"!.'^**» the know*
M. iii. 8, 5. Acts x 19 ^ * .^2'- "' ^^«^
#\He inmarted great variflf»«f*^ » .*
•PW«ft Acts xVSSTin **"**. .***'^«' *h«
•Si. \\ **^^'-* Cor. ldi.4— 11,2^
thJkT « r '^' '''*^ ^«rf"» which
' - •, .-..■.. ..'■' ^
1. Christians are convinced m»o»^..« j
-r-WMMpt 3tWr^~^'iyfe^--j^-^ --r-
f{*
:tu*
'.
DIM
rs^
•• Christians are all baDti»Nf in#* nu • . f
wuted unto him. brthSf '^^Chns^ ni
%ni.*i,|^#J^ '^^•^P^*^ icon IS. la
i
^^
- " "• ' ■ ^' * ' . 1 -npii i ipiWil
fMLjiiJ^jjivi .-.tjji--
im.
Jr.i'S
,!?• I^e ^<J ^lightens beliew.^^ ,.«.«,„^
Stt*? f ?^n« «»««^ Eph. i i7, 18. iii ie-*-
. 4.TIW Spirit bdpe the infinnitieft of Cfcri*-
^ in pmyer, byewblinatthe^to addmaOidr
i*t^ with UDdentftading and hoty ferren*
3', mui. leFeience «nd confidence. Zecb. xiu la
only yiy. 15^ 86, 27.
&Tbol$
mortify till
obdoficy, \
eban^ th
adoniftlimn
▼iii.9f#4$.
if-
eniibles beUeveis to deny mi
"^^ lii8t% remores thdr natoidf
divine law in their hearty
. the image of Christ, and
^elrnitsof righteonsneM. tUm*
la <H V. 5, 16, 17, 82, 2a ^V
_6. The Stotfit comliitta ChiisUanB in aU llreii^
ftnh^iQiH jby bearing witness that ihey am tho
mmm of God, shedding abroad the lore of God
ra their hearts, sealing them Onto the day <tf ro-
«J»JPti^,; giTing Jfcwn the de%htfia Iwetaste
^ &L^l*"*J^ ^***y' "^ fiS»» them with
MJor of hope* John xi% 16. Rom^ ^m* 1&
17. T. 2-6. %h. i. 13, 14. 2.Cor. i. 4, 28. Bo^ .
XT. 18. »
, 79. By wh^ ou^oard means d$m %»
Holy Spirit work, in prodaoiog fiuth and
|to|:r«cioiia effects?
-The Htifi^pmimi^ifmeSaaaj in thftlniirti
of men, iffi^HW^^^^^iitl^ dbidi^ia
I
^»«^^«i in the sdmteres,^ pnUished by ^
ire^hing of the go^, and praotieaUy appUed
J the yanons ordinances of Christien #fn8hm.
nstian ttttBhip.
■S.;^&.:
'sU/-'
m-y--^
it r
^ »• By means of tfie word, wnners are cftllei fn-
L*J*ft!!2; **/Si^**^*^°V 2 The*, ii. 14. 1 Cor.
u 18—24. 1 Thess. i. 5, 6.
2. Gospel feith is produced bj the word. Rom.
1.16, 17. X. 14— 17. . .;.4*y-,^>
.8. It is by the word that Christians ate spiriftt-
_ 4. The children of God are nourished and made
? fT„!.° ^^^^, ?«^ of *»»e wo*^ ' 1 Pet.
iL z. £;ph. 17. 11 — 15. V,
I i* Bxt*lo^word, men are detail from thepol-
tation of sin, and sanctified to the service of dod.
^S^^^*^^^^"^ xF.a. xWi. r7.Eph. r.
^^6. The word produces the good fruit of rieht-
* JonwieM m them that beUeve. Mat. xiii. 28,
vrOJ. I. Oy D.
ZJ^ ®^*5«Y®^» Christians resist andoveicome
eieir spintn^ enemies. Eph. vi. 17. 2 Goiv x.
; ^ 8. The godly are comforted in aH thw alic-
,,v ttons by the word. ftaLcxix. 49,60.111. Horn.
,*^1^ «fa« word, the simple are enlightened,
^e wwe unto salvation, and completely quali-
nea tor teaching others. Pftal xii 7 A ^•i-
-W^i
* '«1l
J i.
-ii
SO^Who wf^ the fl/w«s» that, Christ
mafikmd, and with what peeuHar quaUfi^^
<wfw were they fornigfaed?
N
• - ■ -*• - (Hr ili i imj
4; a»»* «ii fe>^M * MMttiii^^ m*^^
:i
im
«!■
-4^. Jfesiu appointed twelve I4)08tle9 to attend
on his private inetructionSf and afterward tent
them forth to preach. The names of these apos-
tles were» Simon called Peter, and ^ndrew his
brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John
his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas,
and Matthew the publican, Jiimes the ton of Al-
phens, and Jade his brother, jcalled Thaddens
■ Lebbens, Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Isca-
, not MatV ^' I— ^ Luke vi. 13— IG. ^ ^ :
2. Judas lost his o£Bce by betraying Jesus, ajod
Matthias was choasn by lot to be his swxeflBor.
Actsi. 16 — 26, -';:.,.:• 'y ■■■::&■- ::: .' .■ "=- ;;•' a. v??-y
si Last of all, Saul, commonly named Pai^
was called from persecutiqg the church of Christ*
and ordained to be the gr^ apostle of tdie Gen-
tiles. Acts xzii. d-^l. xxti:9 — 18.
AH the apostles were furnished with the fol«
lowing peculiar qualifications :
1. They were chosen and called,' instructed and
.ordained to their office^ by Christ and his Father,
m^ immediate and extraordinary manner, with-
out the intervention of man. M»rk iii. 13, 14.
John XV. 18. Acts i. 2, 24. Gal. i. 1, 11—17.
' ^ a, Jesus was a^n of them all after his resurrec-
tion, and they /were his witnesses to the people
of what they Jmd seen and heard. - 1 John i. 1, 2.
Luke xxiv. ^3--43, 48. Acts i« 21, SESL I Cpr*
'riX. 1. XV. 4-T-8. ■ ■
r d. Tbeir con^mission, as ambassadors for Christ
was not limited to any particular country or*
y. 18—20, Rom i. I, 6. A<5ts i, 8. Mark xvi. 14,
me-
■Ti^^M'"^ r ■" -■j^'--' •'Ar'§Ws^^'ayi^'^''«H*^3*''"
-. 'Wf^
IftT
''V
ul* T?^ "^^ baptized, a*, with fiw, by the
«oly oiiost, who brooght the words of Chmt to
their r^membrMice, led them into all truth, en*
abled them to publish the gospel in many stmnira
languages, and indued them with variety of othV
miraculous gifts. John xir. 26. xvi. 18—15.
Acts v5,aii. 1—18,43. ICor.xiv. 18. Rom,
XV. 18, 19. -. ' -v;.,-^-ti. ..a;v.- :-,
.^' T^^l ^^ *^« power of imparting spiritual
gifts to others, by laying their hands on^them,
and of inflicting miraculous punishment on the,
disobedient. ^ Acts viii. 14—18. «x. 6. v. 8-^
10. xiii. 6—1 1. 2 Cor. X. 6. ' , /
and infiilhble manner, as the foundation of ftith
and the rule of obedience; and their writmgs are
-Entitled to the most implicit subjection, m the
word of the Lord. 1 -rfbes. ii. 10. iv. 1, 2, i
1 Cor.xiv.87. t:ph.a.20. ^
^' la what place, ^nd to whom, Sd the
apostleg begin to preaeb the gospel, after
they were endued with the Holy Ghost;
and what success attended the commeoce^
ment of their ministry?
.1. According to the previous (Appointment of
Jesus, and about ten days after his ascension in-
to heaven, the apostles began to preach in his
nametotheJews,inthecityvdfJerosaIem. LiOce
-™^^4g».A€^a^y 6 . ,86 . ill. 1, 1 1— a e . V. ^ . ^
2L 42. T-- *
2. By the blessing of God, which attended the
ministry of the apostles, they succeeded ircott-
.■*»^*«««fcM«i«i$ite«s»iN#^^
t^
V&M
rvning grMt mnltitades of the Jews to the faitli
o^Chmti and uniting them in charch fellowship
according to his institution i; and these early con-
▼erts manifested their sincerity, by observing all
the ordinatices and commandments of Jesus with
much Christian joy and love, zeal and stedfast-
ness. Acts ii. 37—47. iv.4, 82. ▼. 11—14. ru.
7.TiiL5-.12. ix.91-.^8.
\^r^
h
82. How was the gospel sent to tfae Gem'
tUeSf and with what saooess was it preach-
ed among them doring the apostolic age ?
I« When Jesus appeared to his apostles after
his resurrection, he gay<d them a commission to
preach his gospel to all the nations of the woiid*^
Mark xTi. 15. Matt. xxTiii. 19.
2. Aft)6r many of the Jews had been called in-
to the church of Christ, Peter was het^^red
with a special commission to open tb(i
&ith unto the Gentiles, by preaching^t
2 at Cesarea, to Cornelius and his fiien^i
all converted to the Lord Jesus, a^
with water and with the Holy Ghost.
1—18.
8. The anostle Paul was afterwaid sent fori^..
to ]>reach tne gospel to the Gentiles more ex-
tensively ; and he, with the assistance of many
itther labourers, published the message of salva-
iBlon in many nationa of Asia and Europe, called
great mnltitades or the heathen to the faith
-of Christ gatbeiwd" them iif^r~ drardie^ imd
^taught them to observe all the ordinances of the
t^Lord ; and such was. their success, that, within
Ir^
thefaitli
ellowship
iarlpr oon-
^nriDg all
B8U8 with
stedfast-
— 14. ▼!«.
be Goh
preach-
B age ?
ies idler
iflfljon to
ailed in-
iwftiitired
•i
Bt fort»"iC<^
Qoreex*
>f many
f salva-
i> called
le faith
I of the
within
■^*i
^;'^!^*>' 'V,)44'3i«*'^«' » '"'^i?'^*'
■7' ■ 'ifi»t^
' 4fyrmn after the death of jr,e8ii8» hie g^otpel wae
geoet^y propagated oVer a great pioportioa of
the then known world, and nncerely obeyed by
BHUtitndes of all ranks. Acts xliL 17—21.
mu 15—20., xiiii xt. throughout; Rom. x,
^•f- X4MI4. XYU 26, 2a Col i. 6, 0, 28.
iiS. What kinds o/subif^ll^^ffice'bear-'
er9 were given by Cbrij^»pioU^ the
ei^tension and proBperity^^l^pgdom ?
4. During the apostolic lig^PKt raised up
many prophets, who were inspired by the Hdy
Ghost to foretel future events, and inteipret spin-
toal mysteries for the edification of belieyers.
*ft «• ^^' ^ ^'' »"• ^- »«• 2. xiv. 1^, 22
^1. Eom. adi 6. ^cts xl 27, 28. xiii. 1. xr.
82. xari. 0— .11. i
2. Etrangeli8ts|pe«d ordained, withithe kyii»
on of hands, to fMach thei gospel, to plant «
collect churchef^#*ettii(l» 1 order by instri£
1^ and ordaining suitable jpersons to minister in
them, and afterward to supeiintend them for the
purpose of p^moting gospel truth and purity,
general union and co-operation in the service '
^™*- , %b' »▼• 11—16. 1 Tim. iy. 14. iii. lo,
V^rf}: ? Tim. ir. 2,5. ii. 2, H 15. Titus i.
*— la II. 1—9, 15. As this office is of the high-
est importance to the kingdom of Christ, thelff
eidiar duties of it are very particularly enj^lSd
i« the ^stles addressed te^Kmothy andTitaB.
.Mo^^e both Eyangeliflte. ^^
,8. Suitable overseers, denominated paftors,
teachers, bishops, and elders, were ordained, in
$ .
"'TiflW^'W^ leiftV* ■
->f»/'+;Vi"jfa
'i ..•
160 >
«ve*y particular cbaipob, to tuperintend its spirit-
ual concerns, to rule over its members, and edify
them by administering all tlie ordinapces of the
f Ti. ^J^\'^' **• ^^*» «^^- 28. Titus i. 5-
». 1 lim. lu. 1 — 7,
> Deacons were ordained to attend to the
temporal business <Jf every particular church, and
?'"fi^^iuM.**'? 'f'^Viy °*^**'« P«*»'- Acts vi.
1—6. Philip.i. 1. 1 Tim. iii. 8-ll3. < •
84. Who were the priodpal enemies, per^
secutors, and corrupters of the gospel daring
the apostolic age ?
l.The unbelieving Jews, with their priests
aud rulers, opposed the gospel, by contradiction
and persecution. Acts iv. 1.—7. v. 17. 18. 40.
!i <i^l*-^i- 64-69. viii. 1-4. icii. lie. xiii.
2^—80. xxiu. 12—15. xxiv. 1—9, 27.
2. The idolatrous Gentiles opposed the gospel
with proud contempt, tumultuous violence, and
?^S;* oi ^**.''- V«®-2^- ^^* ®"-^»' Acts xvii.
16--.21, 32. xix. 28—84. xvi. 19—24. 2 Tim.
17. 14 — 17.
8. 'Hie gospel was opjposed by felse teachers
and seducers, wh(^j)erverted and dishonoured it.
Acts xiii. 6, 8. XV. 1. Gal. i. 0—9. v. 7—10.
Philip iii. 2. 1% 19. 2 Cor. xi. 8, 4, 12—16.
Titus 1. 10-16. I Cor. xv. 12. 2 Tim. ii. iTTia
r Jdhor II. 18—26. Jude 4—16. Rev. ii. 14. 16.
2tti 7^*
f ^ - • ■ ■ - • '^ -'
5. By fvbBt evitUnce did the apostles
p
s
ije,'
d
f f
.^OM^jd^ m i^it^x -f^^*
tmAjLt^ iiiMi^ni
■'ffr.
:''^-
its spirit^
and edify
oes of the
bus i. 5—
ad to the
lurch, and
Acts vi.
ties, per'
I during
ir priests
tradiction
, 18, 40.
—6. xui.
40. xKii.
e gospel
ince, fwd
lets xvii.
2 Tim.
tcacheni
rared it^
.7—10.
. 17, 18,
.14.13,
{
■"T':
H^jfe '^
161
r
eonfirin thefr doctrioe aOd put to silenc«
gaiosayers? '^
1. The apostles gave their own feithful testi-
mony concerning what they had seen and heard,
aa credible witnesses of the divine glory and re-
surrection of Jesus Phrist. 2 Pet. i. 16—18.
1 Johni. 1— .S. Acts ii. 32. iii. 15. v. 32. x. 89
-M2. xiii. 31.
2. They reasoned out of the Old Testament,
proving by the scriptures 1;hat Jesus was the true
Messiah who had long been promised to the fii-
thers. Acts xvii. 2, 3. xviii. 24, 28. ii. 15—81.
111. 20—26. viii. 2j5— 35. kiii. 161-23, 82—87. '
3. Their preaching-was confirmed with many
miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost. Heb. it.
4i Acts ii. 4—8, 83, 48. iii. 1-16. v. 12—20. vi.
8.-V111. 6, 7. ix. 32—42. xii. 3—17. xiv. 8—11.
f?*iy~^^* ^'^' 8— 12.xxviii.8— 10. Rom. XT.
•^4. They appealed to the supernatural influence
of the gospel m convincing, enlightening, and
converting sinners, as the manifestation of the
wisdom and power of its divine Author. 1 Cor. i.
^^I"^®;.,"- ^"~^- ^*-2- 2 Cor. iii. 1—8. xiii. 8
-.6. 1 Thes. i. 5, 6. ii. 18, 14. 1 Pet. ii. 12—15.
6. They applied the apostolic rod, which was
committed to them, by inflicting the most alarm-
ing censures, for the punishment of those who
opposed and dishonoured the gospel, that othen
might fear. 2 Cor. x. 6, 8. xiii. 10. 1 Cor. iv.
^1. T. 8 — iL4;Tim.i. 80. Ac t s Y ^.lB smmi
,6— 12. V. 1— ir.
m
'^4
tpostlev
xmv
f f
>-»
,-^ti$(t^!%u ^':i:54«.
V*. ■-
.^ •/.
k A
,< ■i^
^^
162
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>: I
39
ne!td^/^** authority, and in wliat man.
ner^nd degree, were the disciplei of Jean-
^ fi^^ from the law of Mom f
t««J^'**'!-^''**^^*»*^^'« only » weak and
temporary dispensation, added to the Ab!Ih.^'
, covenant until the coming of tL Meti^ Thf
f^LTZT: P,7^«*«^-» been^'Sctdt
31. 82. Ps c. 4. Heb. ^i. 11-^;"^ Vll?*
2^ Jesus fulfilled, unveiled, and ;bXhtrtt
n^tTT'J «"d««t»Wiahedthe„e;l,rt!
nwit by his obedience unto death. Matt v I?
M^ If Christians free from the Law^
IrS, 8& GW, Hi. 13, 14, • **-^- ""•
«t«-». 10- C* «. ll^^tH 5."""-
tb. i.w mTJT I^. '^"" *'' •'""'i"- rf
iH ' ^ a S:' . 'ttt:^z'i!::!$^ ^
I * ^« M* ,«« ••,_. . J« _
4. Believers are set free from the exciting S
■-^
I .
x
a
V
a
*
n
G
W"
It inao«(
^ Jeans
e»k and
nhamic
iafa, the
cted tot
cceeded
• xxzi.
5—13.
led the
i^ core-
▼. 17,
>. Heb. ^-
le Ho-
>aw of
i only
totke
—as.
8t are
lemn'i
. viu.
y for
ome,
n of
6«L
.
" i-
163
irritoting influence of the law, by which it re-
yimsin, and works wrath, when it is applied to the
jamal heart Rom. iv. \^. vii. 5-.14. yi. f4—
PART VI. ^
OF TH« XAW OP CHBTST, AND ITS 0B^fl4,TI0I?
ON HIS OiaCIPLES.
87. Mai those who, % grace, have ob^
tained justification, and dillverance from
the law of Moses, continue in the practice
of sin; or, are they bound to obey the law
of Christ? . >
It is necessary that belierers abstain from sin,
and obey the law of Christ, because,
■ 1. They were chosen and predestiiutted bdbre
the foundation of the world, that they might be
J *J ««'^« the Lord. , Eph..i. 4, 5. 1 Pef ii. 9^
2. They were redeemed by Christ, thirt^they
might be purified from iniouity, tq.liye tihto him,
and perform good works, £ph. y. 25—^7. 2 C*r.
V. 14, 15. Titus ii. 14. - , ^ J^
8. They are called unto holiness, and created
»-new to keep God's commandments. 1 TIIM4
IV. 7. Esek. zxxvi. 26. 27. Rph. ii, IQJgkJU.
t
n
anil
^The iSa^ which. thsy are justified nat-
urally produces parity and love. Acts xv. S^
OaL V* ft. 1 Tim. L A
^
-i.
)
i.. i% ,%.
i..
•hi
..'M^
1*^r
-■■w»«iw«<»iiiiifit(iVtfiii8M>t'. i^Mnamii^K
^■^
^^i) i^ri
^^^—u i^Tji -ya
■•0'^
m
and the law of bondage, that they might serve
Hs ' ^^' ^"-^-e- Gal. T.
Aalfh o ? ^ ''^'? righteousness, through the'
death and resurrection of Christ. Gal. vi. 14.
i' uT^' ?T' ""'• ^—^^' 1 Pet. ii. 24.
hJi'J " 5^ o»>edience to the law of Christ, that
th1^t'?r'^''''>r'*Vt7<>f their faith, and make
their <»U,ng^and election sure. James ii.. 18-
** ri Vk •" u • ^- "'• ^1<>- 2 Pet i. 5-10.
«.m Jrif"" !T°fe ^*^**^' ^« *»«»^ and it «^'
r4r;j!'5L%'^4^'^'?^^"p"^^^-^^^^
.«?;P"' * 'l***^^' ^*»^» Husband, and LonJ,,
and^the^ ought to resemble him, aiid be subject
ly tliem, and lead them m the patbi of riirhteous.
nes^ lCor.iii.l6,17.yi.ir20.Ror;iLV
" ***" ''0''' y^ i '*■•''
♦i.ii* I**^ ^el^^^ip Which thej have with God
^hW . iS^.^^'Jf'^'^^^^ Christ, isinsep.
amblv connected with holine8«w)f practice. Hek
«« Tk V ?^ ***^ obedience, that beUevere ad-
orn the doctrine of their Saviour, so as to glorify '
their heavenly Jlftther, and promote the cSlmZ^
"^. 9iy"ggg.^ Titn i i i. ifl T P hilip. Lcrr g
TMatt. V. ICTPit iii. 1. r". ^ y
la They shaU at last bejudged by the !«; of:.,,
' ^^ _ I- _.:':. _■- ■ . . - ;.■-
'1 v-)'"*
•'■^v
-*'«
, ^*^Y"' ' \ ^' "
..^
< >
•44}
4'
"t*
w 'h
m&
Chh8t,.pd wwarded according to their works.
Jamef U. 12. Matt vii. 21—27. GaL vi. 7—10.
2 Cor. V. 9, 10. Rev. xxji. 10—15.
14. They are the heiro of promise, and holi-
ness is necessary to fit them for the participation
ot their heavenly inheritance. 2 Cor. vii. 1.
1 John iii. 2, 8. Heb. xii. ^8.
'/
88. ABthe precepis and motives of Chria-
tian obedience are Hi ways closely connected
in scripture, and as they cannot be seffdr-,
ately stated without great disadvantage, what
are ^thos^ sinful practices and htsts wbicfc
Christians are commanded to forsake and
avoid, and by whal motives are they urged
80 to do ?
1. Atheistical thoughts, foigetfulness of God,
and all unworthy apprehensions of him, obght
to be avoided with abhorrence, as extremely fool-
ish, criftiinal, and dangerous. Ps. xiv. 1. 1. 21,'
22. Jer. ii. 32. Acts xvii. 29. Ezek. viii. 12.* -
^t. ^'iR""™"** °^ ^^* *^^ alienation from him,
should be banished from the miaa of eveiy Chris-
tian, because they are^8haD$i^ in themselves,
they dispose men to the most abominable prac-
tices, and provoke the divine vengeffibce. 1 Co&
XV. H Eph. iv. 17—19. 2 TheS* i.
-~— V
''^ It woul d be^ P''«#fathle for &
^^'"WpHSSTOli "bjT tQipl
'mmttmltim
-va^fciar
!bri«tiaos. ta tuuoaiiM
.M^.,
^ . „ — plrtlcahnroflliiir
•nawer, on days of fasting and humiliation, for tho pur-
p<iS|iAr discovering their nns.
■■#
_--V --t'—
\tm"^iakJi}A.,
f ."*
mmmmm ''^''>mmm
l%\.
tr
»-
lee
fr
i^o, or tJjS9k„^^.Jf ^
'M
>t
iwwii^.
-toe demy I
>^l>«o«nlt "hands. >ll!j. SN*^<i»
if. i^ hearts of n.«n'^?"f^«g»i««
. iwihen, to final Lnw..^"'*'**'^Chri8t,
[»g «nW of their SL ° J'«ifirm«irt|, hv con-
.- J«nf them outTtheh^^^P'""*''^'* ^n-
*jO. James i. 13-^17 ■^p°''".n»outh. i Cor
U. xilnifc^^V take xix. 20.i£r!f,'"-.4
J *,"
v»
™ *• -^^ Isa. vfi^ f 9 oA * 1 ^®?J; «wu. 9_i4
^«^f^*^«- W. xii ft ^h' ^^J4. Gal. *'
r^
it
.¥
/
ut
*A"
•^
-^ ceed fr«m ^«-i ♦' — 7^ avoided ; for the/ pro-
7. Weough.1 to tokehMd of trnsX .'„ ™.
•«l.t by tbe work, oHhXyT.^till .'"
the end of tbe law fc- tj-K. * T^' ?« ^hrut m
W.X, 81, 32. ..2-4. p£.ii. 41i.'^j^.s
Sr.*jWmtt of ^'JL^^^^ P'^^'i* *»■• •
fctal Tc • ?'T™*"'"'''»*e*P«e them t<i«i
Mn ttTno't :« fc/™ "oT**^
wgat ot It pou/ contempt q^ theJnfinite wisHrmT ^
and love of Qbd, iu>d ai«tt^iS2E^ wisdom
' It recomii«IS5?^ *^^'^®«<'^P« the
r.^HeBTS:^
^Iracting cai^about eempoml thin^ otfghfto b^ ^,
- 1.
^^t'.
*5,
Vxi
riSi
; V i)
r*--
fi"i;C!i':
^
168
"^ ra/rri^. '•"« »' the believe, • I.
.^»t te»po«l pr„-vS^„ '?-;^„, Ve„-.j ci^
?»de; ,SSr„r''"f !l' ^Val» heed of ft,W-
^^ tot""*'" '«e?L"!rr
12 Rif - :*^*'-»-3.£zek.
'^^■*^«?SbSSl^^
^ng, disoni
» -N
/^
V. It.
jt*>.i^^ "^ri '
■* O'-^-rjp:' ^
'«^«'-; because
nparison twth
»e worid is in,
« esrposes
»^erwheIn,jW
nent. Hark
"». vi. 9 J I
essaiy to be-
^^ care fo^
"^'leyheed.
of Minting.
' becomiog-
•'>8 proceed
88 of their
►^ates dis-
ne correc-
under it,
nt- Heb.
'3. Ezek.
*w'8b rear
'nd those
md serr-
'shed by
«opJe of
: wicked
or thmr
om thtt
♦ ■».j
.;,.-•:
Vl*.
169
tons ; for, as there ean be no spiritual coiQmim^
ion between the righteous and the wicked," the
outward promiscuous feUowship of such opposite
^fwi^l 'f ?»Pr«fi*»W«» absurd, inconsistent
with the holy institutions of Christ, injurious to
ft,«'*^]y*^''i hardening to the disobedient.
2, 6, II. 2 Thes. iii. 6, 14.
14. We ought to take heed of observing di.
Tine, ordinances in an irrerereii^, indecent, dis-
orderly manner. Such conduct is uncomely, and
shameful, oflFensive to God, and dishondunng to
Ciinst, It exposes Christians to temporal iudiri
ment, and hinders the ignorant from embracinif
SelJs^ 1 Cor. xi. 3-22, 27-84. My.al
^iX" 15. Christians are commanded to abstain froin
eating blood, and things strangled, because the
blood IS the hfe i the use of it was never permit-
ted to man under any dispensation ; the Israel-
ites wer^ taught to reftain from it, as a token of
respectkfor the means of atonement for sin ; and
toe same degree of abstinence from blood that
the law enjoined, is still required as necessary
under the gospel. Gen. ix. 4. Lev. xvii. 10—14,
Acts XV. 20, 28, 29.
16. We^ ought to avoi^ all ostentation and
bypocnsy ^n the service of God ; for he sees in
secret, he demands the heart, he will not rewaid
those performaaees which proceed from iorruirt
g^^f5_«PJ^hypocrites shall be Ai^u^^A ^
Bignajiy proiliKed. -gf^j^^j^ 16. xxiii. 14,
!&» 28^8. xxii. 11—13. , '
^ %^« ®^''*MI'^*'® of spiritual sloth and
I^*(^y,
t^k
'if
-*' fi.
il
'^l
#
170 ^
Went". «po8ed ISbSHK^ '^ ">«' fonwr
ererhutiog darknSi'Kj V""l* «^t np in
■ 'r "•«■ the h^"^^^^}^ more .evS^
m ent from it to cdnS • ^ ^^"^^ enconnure-
dnctis completely c^^^^^^^ forsuchTn.
f ^ mim-ster of sin."**^'?. f *^"«*» «« i? he were
<^ those who abuse thT^f f^^^^ng" pi^tensi JL
grace, .^ ^ain a„d de W 'T ,^^^^^^tion W
% ai* the slaves of ZLl— ^^^ »» ^ei^
*a be Ticcordinl to S^^^^ *"** ^^«» eiS
ly. We oQfi-hf- fM^ 1,1.
*"».«!«' truth! OTrtedlfof ^^^l? '"O'**
'f
ena of apostate, C
they cannot be ren.
"^ no pleas^Ai*^
I
m^^rr^ ine Jattd
ih«tth^rbeg,Wn^7
^P tbeV AM' A..^ m
"% ^^ the most ^kwft,! Y^mJ^lfl *"! .^^'^
gpi i* ^ ^P'*^****' the Almighty.
'^
,*»*•:(*;
•vipf "
be cut down
^ their fonner
«• s^t up in
[moresev«i«.
to the supe-
067 enjoyed.
t-46. Luke
the grace of
enconrafi^e-
►rsuch con-
Bsign of tlie
1 if he were
alvatioh W
ith is dead,
I their end
*oin. vi. 1,
amea ii. 14 ,^
™gr moved
h strange
«edsironi
"8 for edi-
P^GAKi.
■■ '■Jap
oa iMt%^^
5»e latte*
n'nninjgr;
171
J Tim. f. 19, 20. 2 Pet. ii. 20—22. Heb. vi. 4—
B X.25— 31, 88, 89. •
21. We are warned to take heed of quenching,
grieving, vexing, resisting, or blaspheming the
*^oly Spirit ; because be dwells in belieVers, and
seals thena unto the day of redemption ; but he
fights against those that vex him, and they who
blaspheme him shall never obtiaHi forgiveliess.
1 IJess. V. 19. Eph. iv. 30. Isa. Ixiii. 10. Acts
vu.%1. Matt. xii. 31, 32.
221' We should carefiiUy avoid every thing
calculated to mislead the judgment, defile the
a>nscience, fend grieve the heart of those that are
-^ ^ in faith, because they are our brethren in,
J^t ; be died forthem; and if we wound their
^*^°^fr"*'®» ^® ®^*^^ thereby sin against Christ.'
RonS!%iv. 13j«-23. Gal. ii. 11—14. 1 Cor. viii.
7—^a|^3, 32. Matt.xviii. 6—14.
2^ClB8tian8 ought to put away a selfish dis-
po«t»on; f<flg|revailing self-love characterizes
the worst of Hnkind^ and nothing caq be more
contrary to the mind of Christ. 2 Tim. iii. 2.
Philip, ii. 4, 21. 1 Cor. x. 24.
24.^ Christians should take heed of despising
the poor, and showing,criminal partiality to those
who are rich ; for God is r\Q respecter of persona.
He has manifested the greatest condescension to
'^^poor, and those that despise them reproadi
their Maker. James ii. 1—9. Rom. xu. 1%
Prov.xvii.5.
V-:»*C4J<<
ii5*^W»ooghtt»av<Hd>ygfa opfntWKyfi
Bxposed
mighty, ;^
«wn knowledge'l^d wisdom ; for, as the wisdom
J^"* "*^l»8hne88 with God, self-conceit arises
mum igirorence ; it shuts out the light of triSI
-(U.-WVV-.,
b-luh}>£--.-i4~l-^l<fH«/* i .
172
in^'r"'^ P.«>mote8 spiritual pride R^
sumptuous f^^^er'l'^TtL^T''' "''' T"
giver, and the searcher of h^r^?^ l"^'?"* ^*'^-
save and to destroy H« K^'' ''*'** " *"« to
cease from iudirin/h,- » commanded as to
who judge^^nnder'^jl'' *^^^^^"^« '^ose^
judging"lnd condemrng ?f;Sw%^"'^ ^^
of us shall civfi on - * - •''^* -Ev-ery one
Christ, ZritJ^ S"?.V'''''r'"°J"^
James ir. 11. 13 »„„••, ■™'"'- ™- 1— «.
14. 1 Cor. i;.JCl^""'-"- >-3- »"• a, 4, 1^
».l''.«S.rrf h„K,"r/"''5 ""» *» «-
Bnj doctrine, of thTlt" t'ST,"^ *t •""""-
7~n. Mark , sls^: *""• ^-S- l-»ke xi,.
28. Christians shonld* iiv«M ; i-
things uncertain LdSnimL^.T'^'' *^°^*
we unprofitable and ST^^uK^"** they
tion, gender strife, lea^mentTn *''"^'' ^'*«^
g3,a4. " '^^ ^ Tim. 1.4^7.^ Tim, iiae; }^
-Kr^:i^^ep^
&"' 'iii^'vv,i
w ■ ■* ♦•
X
178
pride. Roin.
•
Jng: andcen?
rah» and pr^ '
apreme W-
10 is abJe to
landed us to
srefore those
re guiltj of
EVeiy one
elf to JesuB
in without
ley shall at
• vii. 1__^
3, 4, 10^
nd the car-
ity among
tio^ is cal-
;he humb-
who exalt
t« James
Luke xir.
ng', roup-
ter about
use they
r edifica-
and in.
J- «. 14,
'V16.I7.
log, strife, and divisions, because these things
Eroceed from carnality of heart. Jesus died for
18 people, that he might unite them in^ love,
and he stands prepared ttf condemn those that
promote strife. 1 Cor. i. 10—13. iii. 3, 4. 2 Cor.
XU.20. James iii. 14—16. v. 9.
80. We ought to avoid all hatred and malice,
groundless and excessive anger, contemptuous
and insulting words; for these things are mur-
der in the sight of God : they exclude men from
the kingdom of heaven, and expose them to
hell-fire. Eph.iv.81. Col. iii. 8. 1 John iii. 15.
Gal. V. 20, 21. Matt. v. 21, 22.
81. We should take heed of cursing, or im-
precating evil on any creature ; for cursing pro-
ceeds from the bitterness of those who are desti-
tute of renewing grace; and it is highly incon-
siistent that the same mouth which blesses God,
should curse men, who^are made after his like-
ness. Rona. iii. 13, 14.'xii. 14. James iii. 5—12.
92. Believers ought to abstain from avenging
themselves by rendering evil for evil, because
vengeance belongs to God as his peculiar pre-
rogative, which it is criminal presumption for
men to usurp ; and those who refuse to shew
mercy to their fellow-creatures, shall have judg-
inent without mercy from him. 1 Pet iii. 9.
1 Thess. V. 15. Rom. xii. 17—19. Matt. vi. 16.
xviii. 23—35. James ii. 13.
] 38. Christians are not permitt^jOo propagate
tl^e gospel with <»mal weapOEfttil^B^ persecute
tlTOsi wno aiffer from" them |K»uiK%li^on ;^
they that attempt to promote tbrcanse of truth
Sl??'^^*^^®)®"*^®* ^"'^^ % i?eniBr# ©f Christ,
"•m
0'
the pro-
U envy.
^f*i-
J-
^^4
^4
£-
hAv*^ I
■.•kTff^^vvst^.
, I ■ ■ *
,:vt:'!f:
m
'■ 1-. »
fte .wort .hall pe^Ji,*,?T*"» «" that ^
tfcomy , fc, ,4 p3 ™» »« mveste* with au-
, from the met dapKTC""'!' ^"""'^ P^ce'Si
Wealy „a.eu..f "™ ,H?"? ^'Position j* the
. «»<! >hey that reiSTJhe i„« ""''?'«"» »f God. *
»-^2.Jude 8,9. H<rxHr2 ''"'"• ®^««-<J-
-^tne^;S5^"'-=-i-
snare to eheir breC LJi ^ *f^ » ^"rden and"
?fld worse member «^ ^.®""*"«'' to the trutR
2 The88.lH. 10^12 il^i "°^' *x«V. 30—^^
of thefr <iue5UVSn^^t^'^<i^ngothe«
theft extortfon, or rS"^ *?^«» ^7 deceit '
* ^ord w the areUr I??. **"• J«^-«"it8. The
fangdomofheafenrandS; "^.' ^'"herit "hii ^
■fAln 4: /. . »?^ w put awAv i«;
^ ^ y^rynind; for God has
.♦i,
..*■♦
C{
>.-,
,.*■%
-'. -^ . .(, , -:•;':•::.::■•■■ m ■':v i,^"-:: '•::■,.' '-V^v-
declared tliat his children will not lie: ^ttow
who speak lies are of their father the deriL •
They are exposed to tempoi^l detection and pnn-
jshment; and they shall he shut out from the-
heavenly Jerusalem at last, fS he tormented iii *
the lake of fire. Isa. Ixiii. 8. John viii. 44. Acts
_jJ». We should avoid slandering, evil-speaking,
• . Wtiw^ng, tale-bearing, and intertneddling with
other toen's matters, because these things proceed
Jfom foolishness ; they unfit men for profiting
By the word, dishonour the profession of the
-gosjtel, kindle strife, procure deserved suffering
from men, and provoke the displeasure of Go<£
.^'^I'^'i?'^^^' 17-^22, Titus iii. 2. 1 Tim.
V. 13* 1 P»t.ii. 1, 2. iv* 15. Ps. 1. 16-20. ' ^ ,
^, 89;» Christians ought to avoid all foolish, cop- ;.
i- !^' ^w."u WI^'''*"^ ^^""S- The relirion of*,
f time yho'brit^ not their tongue id a vmu de-
4^ Jutton. The speech of men. discovers and cor- '
P^jgroOftds jirith the state of their heart. W» must
■- 3|j^ accounlofaU our words, and be judged
• r?9m!^''^^J^^^'^^ day- Eph.v.4. iv.29. -
^ Jalne^i.19,26. Pro v. x. 19, 20. Matt. i^. 8*4- » -
^7* ' ' .. . , ■•; . <;.-':■■'
40. BelieVeru are called- toavpid ridtinjiltid: \i
drrinkenness, chambering and wantonness, ^o^ii- ■>
catfon^and all upcleaimeas,. lascivious thoughts '
and affections, with the criminal neglect or die- •
w^utien *f marriage. Marriage is honourable in
all>^bnt|he undue neglect, or^ dissolution of it,
i^fe-tojdl pto ii^ to i t upu rit y: HIeteriifeirrtafrrV
vii^-f, 5j 10, 12. Matt. V. 31, ^Txix. 8— W.
. ^fSwUy lusts war against the souli of mtii, j^
I,
.>^
;i t
<.->
•fc.
iSi.,;
.;j*%'.
^ '
176 ' ^
. exposes them to thX^^f^gjf *»«--, and
of judgment is at hand itH ' ^® **»« <Jay
crucify the lusts of the flllh ,r™ ^''^fi^^We to
tormented in hell. RoS^'xiite ^^^'
^7—30. Jesus suffered f).f . , ^^- ^att. r.
he will raise us to^L^^ l^\Z T !^! ^''^' «»d
foi* we are bound to preservln. k ^^^ ' ^^^-^e-
tification and honour JL .?!''"'' .^^^^»n sane
a^d the temple of CntrrT*'"" ^'^ Christ,
l--4.^ 1 Thess. ir. 3!^ i R,?*^?«5- ^ J^^- ir
41. We ^ueht tnTiiJt'. ^^' ^^—20.
;fanities, and^o^^upd^"^!^^^^ ?« ^teful
because the fnendS n^„f .r^** ^^ the world,
^th God. It7r3 **^. ^^^ ^orld is enmitv
heart f«>m- him! "tCHfT*^ '^'«"'»*" ^it
. vers prevailing corZion •nllV""'*^''' ^«<^o-
Pjres men for iiituw'^ Xw^' S^r^ ^"^^ Pre-
cal ed out of the world shmZ* u^^ ^^o ar^
to It, and seek the ^omW /^"" conformity
and gxHKi works, for^ere"!**^]"^***^ ^^^hnei
^.Kom.,ii.^l^;S;^ai. 12^.10
-F^n'T^dTain'^r^^^^^ ^beware of self^^-
their religious attSeL T^'" '^^^ ^'^er-^te •
jnjui^ themsekes. Cde' nl?" ""^ ^««tljr
'^-^^peof!:^Tz:!mT,.^:
L..^.,^.J:.,:-....?.
• t
^ ^ beasts.
l-ewdness
learen, and
Gal. r, 19,
As the day
rofitable to
f>e for ever
t- Matt, y,
flesh, and
aj; there-
es in sanc-
of Christ,
iPet.ir.
-20.
' wasteful
*e world,
s enmity
>nate the
es disco-
and pre-
who ar^
nfonnity
hoh'neis
price in
« ir. 4.
• iih 16
Pet. iii.
self^e.
'er-rate •
greatly
egafe-
n Mie.
bapp^.
177
ness, naturally disposes men to spiritual sloth
and wickedness, and these end in awful alarm
^i.^46 ^^^^''''^*^' Luke xvii. 26-33.
> 89. In what manner ought believers ta
avoid being, tempted to sin ?
^4 \^®^ "® ^""®^ *° ^« ^«*nWe and self-dif-
fident, because those who confide in .themselves
are pecuharly hable to fall. 1 Cor. x. II 12
Rom. XI. 20. Prov.xxviii.l4. Mark xi v. 27-131,'
2. They are called to be strong in the Lord,
by trustm^ m his promis^ntercession, grace
mour of God, which denotes the knowledge and
ymtual expenence of divine truth, feiUi and' .
hope in It, practical conformity to it, and gmci- "
ousdexterityinusingit Eph.vi.ll~l7. ifhess. .f
V. 8. Rom. xiii. 12^. <#
4. They ought to abound in prayer to God for >
"PTrTT' "^^Z' T'if "'^' *"^ deliverance.
Lukexi.4.; xxii.40,46. Eph.vi.l8. 2Cor.xii.
7; o. James i. 2---6. - ^
5. They are caUed to watch and be sober, so '•
as to stand constaintly prepared to observe and "^
withBtajid temptation. Mark xiv. 34. 37 88
I T hcBB . V . 0. 1 Pet . V. 8. • *
6. ThiBv ought to flee from temptationAt '
laying a l^w upon their senses, and avoiding .
r
'.•-{«-.
.i^-i'..„< iitfjji^j* ..i^'J'^^;,t,
mfi
'T^W5--,
178
every incitement to evil. * 1 Tim. vi. 9—11.
2 Tim. ii. 22. Gen. xxxix. 7—12. Job xxxi. 1.
7. They should embrace with readiness any way
to eicape, which God is pleased to make for them,
when they are involved by temptations. 1 Cor.
x.Jfea 1 Sam. XXV. 18— 35. ; xxix.6— 11. John
xviij. 8, 9.
8. They ought stedfkstly to resist their spirit-
ual adversaries, by lighting and overcoming with
the sword of the Spirit, ucdording to the example
of their glorious Leader. 1 Pet. v. 9; 1 Tim. vi.
12. Matt. iv. 4, 7, 10.
■ ' , /- / .-,
90. What duties are required^/rom be-
lievers toward Jesus Christ himself; and by
what motives are they e^crM^ to perforin
them?
Iv^^evers ought daily to contemplate the
character,-^nd grow in the experimental know-
ledge of Christ, because %fr48 their Saviour *and
Head. The knowle<%e^of him is peculiarly e;x-
cellent, as it changes the soul into its image, an<f
SJT.?° ^'?"^ ^^fe- ^'^^' »»• 1% 2 Pet. iii. 18.
PW. 111. 8, 10. Eph. iv. 13. 2 Cor. iii. 18. John
2.«They are called to abide ip Christ, by fidth,
that they may bear fruit unto God, and obtain
the answer of all theh* prayers. 1 John v. 13, 14 ■
Col. ii. 6, 7. John. xv. 4—7.
^; ^®y ^y^^^ •"*^« * PuWic, social, stedfest
profession of faith ip CHrBt ; f or h o will coufeHs
and save mm thW con^s him/ and Aeny them
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He'a^S «<'"'-«.'0- .««"-. 32, 33.
wi* hi./ Hei°ii!'r,JLriiri r if T'""
6nd even life itS S* f • • f ^.^* relatives,
to hi J^^^/r °"^^ ^^^***« themselves %hollv un
to him, and live to h s elorv. beoi^ Sn i^V?
redeem them to himself S 1. ® ^'^^ ***
wi*?: ^5^/.^°"^^ earnestly desire to be preseni
o l ueetoftlW
_ 10. Theyongbt continually to look iW —it
for h« gjonou, appearing,:' J,^"^^i^^ 2
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180 —
^miy come again, and honour those that are
fimnd ready to receire him. Phil. iii. 20. 1 Thess.
L 10. Luke xii. 35—40.
91. What are the principal duties of
ChrifllMns/toward God the Patk4r, t?ith tlie
eorreipondijQg motives to obedienc^ ? ^,
1. Christianft are 'bound to advance in tfait
scriptural knowledge of God, which is the prin-
ciple of spiritual renovation, holy ol^dience, and
peacq. Eph. i. 17. Col. i. 9, 10. ; iii. 10. 2 Pet.
1.2.
2. They ought to believe in his glorious per-
fections, and ^ust in him for pardon and salva-
tion through Christy because without faith, it is
impossible to please God ; and he delivered his
Son for our offences, and raised him to glory,
that our faith might terminate on himself by the
mediation of Jesus. Heb. ti.JB. Rom. iv. 24, 25.
1 Pet. i. 21.
3. They are called to repent, with deep humi-
liation and sorrow, for all their transgressions
agunst God ; because he resists t^e proud, but
draws^ near to the humble ; he enriches them
with his grace, and exalts them to inherit iaiva-
ti<m. . Acts XX. 21. 2 Cor. vii.9 — 11. James iv.
6ir-10.
4. They ought to fbar God with holy yeoera-
tioQ, and droad of offending him, because he is
aUe to destroy both soul and body in hell ; he
itdaamed U>em from iniquity with the precious
'^1%
blood of Christ ; he will judge men impartially
■according to their works ; aitd the fear of the
^?w
•»,
their enmity Xinst wf ' "-"""S'-althouffh-
criminal, Be hK^^ "^ groundless aSd
to beseech, them to h. if^ !, ','"' ''ndeecended
30. 21. 2 C„r!".1^21 -^ '" ^'^ ^^- '•!
cilS F^hT&fei- ««!. -« 'heir «eon. "
offer ever eniTJ^Ti,- ''^'"' ■» ">« ""e hope
V. 2, 111 S 5 r "^ '^'^' P»«'»°- «om-
h.r;..T^i^e:r:4'rnGiirt* «"'"««
a They are caUed to present t hlml* i
God as a living- sarrifinn ? themgej^gg to
count of his n^dee£7n^:r^\^n^„tr •^■
grace, and the eternal life wWch^ hn ^ q«»ckeniag
fiom. xii. 1.; vi. 13 22 has promised.
ne« ^d'Cf'' J:ir H^-«« of God in hoH-
Father^ h^' 8 ^w^^-' ^r" ^^^'' ^^^^^"Ij
mercy, even to ^tbn!f 1° *'*'^"^«'' ^^'^ ^ch ii
fr«?ttiltoi;:ejiett^^^ ^^. ^r^
care to please him i^vL ttinl f '"I'' *?"''
^ God 18 the Timt»^f ? S?g ' for the^ gloiy ■
-►wuaia-rae ultimate enJ of hia u,v»..i,o ifr!!7
''^./•J^V'^A . ^ ....-j">r£.4irl*i
182
92. What are the duties of believers to-
ward the Holy Spirit, and the proper motives,
tp the performance of them ?
f
.1. Believers are called to pray that the Spirit
may be sent to abide with them, and woTk gra-
ciously in them ; because their heavenly Father
is willing to give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him. Luke xi. 9—13. Eph. iii. 14—19.
2. They ought to recei(ve the promise of the
JSpirit by faith, to rely on his assistance, and to
be filled with his influences ; because, they are
pfon^bised, in the most liberal manner, through
the death of Christ. Gal. iii. 13, 14. Eph. v. 18.
John iv. 10, 14 ; vii. 37-r39. - ^
3. They ought to honour thgjjoly Ghost, by
carefully avoiding the pollution of iiuquity ; be-
cause he seals them to the day of redemption ;
he dwells in them, as his temple; and those who
grie^ him are liable to destruction. Eph. iv. 30.
1 Cor. iii. 10, 17. ^
4. They are directed to w^ in the Spirit, by
mortifying the lusts of the flesh, minding the
things of the Spirit, cherishing his holy influx*
ences, and bearing the fruits of righteousness ;
because he bears witness to the adoption of those *
who are led by him ; he jnakes them partakers
-^of inward peace, and prepares them for inheriting
eternal life. Gal. v. 16, 17, 22 — ^25. Rom. idii.
4—6,13—16.
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ievers to-
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them that
14—19.
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ice, and to
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r, through
Eph.v.fS.
Ghost, by
■quity; be-
idemption ;
those who
Sph.iv.30.
I Spirit, by
inding the
holy influ.-«
teousness ;
>n of those
partakers
inheriting
Rom. \dii.
r the ad-
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ion and
its meaning, to proJ.i?*'??'"';' «>»ten,pl.ting
knowledge r and K I **" ."i'^^^ «f «•■«'
heart, to^s .Crtht Zfr ^£k^'"* " •" *^»"
their p«ctice. 'l S^^ ,f '°i^T'„'""' *««»
IS, 16, 24, 97-105 ' ^«^'r 2..a. J-radx.
e4S7ndXtetej rP»«?% t.
W^en^/LS^ t?-«r,^.o ?-?7 to *e|
Wandini «,fei Jji Sk''.!^?' »P'°«?«1 «ndeJ-
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cem.ng |he gift, ^ee. ^nH^^i ^^^ ""^"«^> *hem con. ^
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5. They should afflict themselres with secret
festing, on occasions of peculiar importance and
necessity. Matt. ix. 15. ; vi. 16 — 18. Barnes iv.
8—10. .
6. They ought to honour the Lord in secret
for his benefits, by abounding in grateful thanks-
giving and praise. Phil. iv. 6. Col. ii. 7. ; iv. 2.
James v. 13.
94. With what description of persons
ought believers to join themselves in church-
fellowship, for the purpose of social religion?
^disciples of Christ ought not to 6e un-
}ked together with unbelievers, or those
, the power of godliness ; for such char-
expressly shut out from the kingdom
2 Cor. vi.Nl4--17. 2 Tim. iii. 1-^.
19—21. Eph. \8~-7. 1 Cor. vi. 9, 10.;
V. 6—13. ' , '■ ^ '' \
The character of those wKo were gathered into
church-fellowship, by the minletry of the apostles,
is very particularly described, ds^ a standing rule
for every succeeding age ; and b) it believers are
ditectedto join themselves, . '
1. With such persons as appear to have a
good work begun in them, by being called out of
darkness' 16 be saints, born again of the worti,.
quickened from dead works, and created in Christ
JesuS; by renewing grace. Phil. i. 6, 7. 1 Cor.
1. 2, 9. ; v1. 1 1, a Thess. ii. 13, 14. 1 Pet. ii. 9.
10. ; i. 15, 23. 1 Thess. i. 5. Col, ii. 1.1. Kph. ii.
2. With those whb are^built up as a spiritual
-v .\
m."^ ',-s^ F* ""^^v '
with secret
rtance and
Barnes ir.
I in secret
ful thanks-
. 7. ; iv. 2.
^ persons
1 church-
religion?
to Be un-
}, or those
luch char-
kingdom
iii. 1^ — 6.
H. 9, 10.;
lered into
I apostles,
ding rule
ie^rers are
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in Christ
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'et. ii. 9,
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duI?v?Z T' '^"^ ^" * «***« *»f immediate ex.
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ms authority as a Head. 1 Pet. ii. 4L7, eMf'
worf^ lI; ^ ^.'® ?'^*' "« distiiiguished from the
1. a. 2 Thess. i. 3, 4. 1 Pet i 7 ft 00
rt. With those who bring forth the fti»f« «f
6 Phil ;rio iT . "'* ^^^ apostles. Col. i.
o. i-nii. 11. 12. Rom. vi. 17 mi tu • «
10. ; ii. 14. * /— 19. 1 Thess. 1. 6—
(95. In what ma,ncr are suitable person. '
a»i>m4n»^^/ 4^^ ^'^ '^°^° "Pt o men to caU
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96. What are the pt^ic ordinances by
which the churches of Christ o^ghi siaiel
ly to honour the Lord, and promote their
own edification ?
_ 1. Believers ought to sanctify the firet day of
^e week, by resting f«,m their^ secular em^^o;.
meat, assembhng together in the nam e of ChSt
• As the general prostitution of bapUsm to the «hil
leniently established injip,u>ard., wlSLT^ous^
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t respect of
and treated
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I^rJ-s day, to «cUe S.— T""^" '* *" *«
»». Exod.«. St «v i^ *° «>|««y it.
to the reSt rffh ' f ?'? ■*«»'" » ^tendance
assembled, «, an ii^n - P*""*'' *''«» they are
?viii. 19. Acts i. iT i;"y''""^^'".?8; iMatt.
fMion with him, bv tl..T ^°° '"'' ^'^•
Luke «ii. ,9, 20^'/^ tiitr /c'T-
lo- 17. XI. 20--.34 ♦ **• ^' * Gor. \x.
^^^^AJi l'B^ Z:: ^ ^^ ^ supper with
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nicate a portion of their substanw for pious and
Se^eJoleM purposes, according as God has pros-
pered them. ICor. xvi. 1, 2. Heb. xiu. 16.
97; What are those occasional ordiuanceB
to which Churches are called to attend in
particular circumstances?
I. They ought to chuse and appoint proper
personUo bear office among them. Acts 1.1 i>,
. ^^iT Churches iught occasionaUy ^ nuite in
fasting, especially when «»»o»*t«'^^ ?^ *^ti 9 3
are to be oJdained among them. Acts xm. 2, 3.
'^a.^ey are called to inffict pubUc censur^,
by admonishing «nd 'ep'ovW thos|g|o ^^^^^
sLedlopenly, or refused to ^J*^^^
offences; and by ^^<^^^f^^}'^^i^^%^^^
persist in impenitence. 1 Jim. v.20. 2 Thess.
14, 15. Matt. xvm. 17, Id. I Cor. v. 1—7,
persis
• •• /»
Ulf D.
*\ (iJhurches ought to forgive and comfort pen
itent^flfenders, bf aflfectionately restoring them
to foil commaniou in all the ordinances of the
eospel. 2 Cor. 11. 6—8. Gal. vi. 1. ....
^ 6. Sister churches ought to maintam mtim^e
feUowship with each other, by mwiP of ^u
PasC kssengers, and Letters; for the pu^^
oose of promoting mutual acquaintance, htrmo-
rindigencei openly exhibiting their .pintwl
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union before the world, and more extensirely dif-
fusing the knowledge of Christ for the conversion
of them that sit in darkness. Acts xv. 2—32.
XVI. 4. 1 Thes. iii. 1.^-8. Col. iv. 7—10, 16.
1 Cor.xvi. 3. 2 Cor. viii. 1—6, 14— 24;ix. 2—
5, 12—14. xi. 8, 9. John xvii. 21, 23. 3 John 5
— 11. ^
ff^^S. What are the principal duties of Gos-
J^ MuMfer*, and the moHves from which
-they should perform them ?
1. They ought carefully to study and hold&st
the faithful word of the Lord, which is able to
make them perfect, that their profiting may ap-
pear to all by their fibih'fy to state, defend, and
apply the truth, so as to saye themselves and
their Wers. 1 Tim. if. 15, 16. 2 Tim. iii. 14
—17. Titus i. 9.
2. They ought to preach ttfe word publicly,
and from house to house, with plainness, dili-
gence, l^thfulness, and affection ; under an ap^
prehension of the presence and second appearing
ofXJhrist, and with the hope of gaining many to
be their crown of rejoicing at his coming. 2 Cor.
in. 12, 13. Acts XX. 20, 21. 2 Tim.iv. 1—4. ii.
14, 15, 24, 25. 1 Thes. ii. 3—12, 19, 20. '
a They are called to watch for souls, by observ-
ing the danger to which they are exposed, and
by giving suitable warning to every one ; that
they may present everv man perfect in Christ,
_ ^Ij^^^ account to him wi th joy. 2 T'OTt ir.^
^ Eases, fii. 17— M. Acts xx, 31. CoVIb^.
Heb. xiii. 17.
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4 They are solemnly chBfged to feed the flock
of Christ, by dispensing all his ordinances to theni
willinfflv, impartially, and seasonably; be<»u8e
Te pS'ased them to himself with his own blood,
and because negligent ministers are exposed to
Ldden and ignominious torment ; but those who
are faithful shall be advanced to the highest dig-
nity and felicity. 1 Pet. v. ^^ Tim- v. 19-22.
Acts .XX. 28. Luke xii. 42—46.
6. They ought to be holy find irreproachable,
as ensamples to the flock; that they may obtam
an unfading crown of glory from the Chief Shep-
herd at his appearing. Titus i. 6-8. ii. 7,8.
1 Tim.iii.2-7. iv. 12. 1 Thes.ii. 10. 2 Thes.
iii. 7—9. Acts XX. 33—36. 2 Cor. yi. 3—10.
1 Pet. T. 3, 4. ,
6 They should abound in secret prayer, ana
thanksgiving for their flock, according to |he pw^
ticular circumstances of every one : for God has
respect to theprayers of his servants, «»d ^e is ab^^
to So abundantly above all that they ask or think.
Col. iv. 12. 1 Thes. i. 2. iii. 9-13 Philip, i. 3,
, 4, 9^11. Eph. i. 16, 17. 111. 14— 21.
7 They ought to Select such men m appear to
possess superior piety and talents, and pn/atdy
Ulct them concerning all the counsel of God ;
that they may b« properly q««»l»fi«^;.^y «**""/^^
trine, both to exhort and tjejch others. 2 Tim.
ii. 2. Acts XX. 17, 18, 20, 27. xvm, 24—26.
99. What ard the duties qfChristifmt to
- — ■ ' — r-^ — *■! ill » ■■ii«M n nn r > f*.*<»«**<»-
^ospa liTiiiisters, "with the
motivea to the performance of them ?
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88 to them
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jwn blood,
ixposed to
those who
ighest dig-
V. 19—22.
proachafole,
may obtain
:hiefShep-
B. ii. 7, 8.
10. 2 Thes.
vi. 3—10.
prayer, and
y to |he par-
forGod has
ndheis able
ask or think.
Philip, i. ^
L.
as appear to
,nd pnvatdy
insel of God;
>y sound doc-
ers. 2 Tim.
24—26.
'hristifm
lem?
9 to
Hi)s
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1. Believers ought to acknowledge tho8« who
are-over them in the Lord, aM esteem them very
highly m love for their work'^ sake. 1 Cor. iv.
1. 1 Thes. V. 12, 13.
2. They are commanded to remember their
word, and obey them in the Loi^ with hnmhle
submission; that their account may be given
with joy to themselves, and profit to their hear^
«"• I Pet. V. 5. Heb. xiii. 7, 17. 1 John ii. 28.
3. They ought to honour them, by contribut-
ing hberally for their temporal maintenance, be-
cause the hbourer is worthy of his hire. It is
the express appointment of God, that he who is
taught should communicate to him that teacheth^
and he will not be mocked. As men treat the
servants of Christ now, they shall at last be treat-
ed by Christ. 1 Tim. v. 17, 18. 1 Cor. ix. 6—
14. Gal. vi. 6— 9.
4. They should stir them up to fulfil their
mimstry, and encourage them therein with friend-
ly assistance. Col. iv. 17. Acts xviii. 26. Rom.
xvu2— 4. Philip, iv. 8.
5. They ought frequently to pray that their
ministers may be preserved, strengthened, and •
rendered successful, and that many additional lab-
ourers may be sent forth by the Lord into bi»
harvest; because the harvest is plenteous, but
the labourers are few, and their work is both
necesMry and difficult Matt ix. 37, 88. Heb* '
«u.i«. 2 Thes. iiu 1, 2.
^00» What are t h< principal d atjeii of h».
lieveii to «icA oO^r, tu brOhren in Cbpie^**
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192
and fellow oh arch members; and by what
pecidiar motives are they excited to perform
them ?
1. Believera ought to love each other with pure,
fervent, and constant affection, according as Christ
has loved them. He has earnestly urged this by
his new commandment, as the distinguishing
badge of his disciples the most acceptable token
of their gratitude for his kindness towards them-
selves, and the only sure characteristic of his
friends. Without love, all other religious at-
tainments are unavailing. It is the most ex-
cellent of all the Christian graces^ and the bond
of perfection. It covers a multitude of sins, as-
similates men to God himself, and endures for
ever as the glory of heaven. 1 Pet. i. 23.
Heb. xiii. 1. John xiii. 34, 35. xv. 12—17. 1 Cor.
xiii. Col. iii. 14. 1 Pet. iv. 8. 1 John iii. 11—15.
iv. 7— 11,20.
2. Believers ought to esteem, honour, and pre-
fer one another, for Christ came not to be mini-
9tered unto, but to minister to his disciples, and
he commanded them to follow his low^ exam-
ple. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace
to the humble. Rom. xii. 10. Eph. v. 21. Phil,
ii. 3, 5. Matt. XX. 25—28. John xiii. 1^17,
I Pet. v. 5.
8. Believers are frequently called to salute each
other with purity and affection, as a token of
their Christian regard. Philip, iv. 21. 1 Pet* r«
44. Rom. xvk 8 — 16. —
\\
4. They should endearoar to maintain constaat
^r*itmmm«ktbi,
''**^«**,«aw«ii»a«,teB«tetawv;..
(^.-.:..,TyfrvT5!a
nd by what
1 to pilrform
[lerwitbpnre,
iing as Christ
urged this by
iistinguisbing,
tptable token
owards them-
sristic of his
religious at-
he most ex-
ind the bond
B of sins, as-
I endures for
Pet. i. 22.
—17. 1 Cor.
1 iii. 11 — 13>»
our, and pre-
; to be mini-
lisciples, and
lowly exam-
giveth grace
. T. 21. Phil,
xiii. 1—17.
9 salute each
I a token of
n, 1 Pet. ▼%
taincomtnt
> 1§S
the fame blo^TfteJ^^Yer', '^P'^'i^itb
children of one FrtLV^JT?"*' "' °"« ^'i,
members of^one My anH''^'' "^ ™« hope,'
i::i^ icor.iri5:te,i^-TUr
exercise of seif-denialfcrh!' ^ ""* unwearied
fen>; thae they m«tete:i'?''.'?'•r"'''■
«n<^ his apostles wt„ „i j"""*^ '"«'' Christ
"d that tCrhSrts m PlT*^ "<" themselves,
»mti»rinthewlt;:f^'o^"*«"r'"?°'2'
E^. .V 1, 2, 1 Corri,. i'g% H»»-^^- 1^.
Wingone anoth r ^il"* ^a^^rK?* \''-
*ho are slothfnl, lest anv ^f ,k J"''.'"? 'hose
ents , for a eospeS '7,° pJacekndtal-
•ry memberis necesCA in i^^ "r**^"* ^^-
member can be usef^^il ! r^uP^*^* » ^"* '^o
formance of iis p^p^ ^S '^^^^ regular per-
o^hment on tW'f Zlrer: "^RoT 7 i^
8:
Any
^^^^^^"■^^^j^:^^^.
194
i
K
^-
foTffWe repeated trespaMes, ^^ J^"'^ ^^!^^f
Job of refentance; because aU the dwciples of
Jeaot neid, and obtain, fo':^^? f »«^ Jj^fe:
lAikexvii.3, 4. Matt, xvm. Id,:l6,^21^
^''§.' Christians ought to abound fe:P»y«f *f
each other ; for the fervent prayer of the right-
eons avaUeth much. Jam. t. 16. 1 John ▼. 16.
m They should comfort and support fijeWe-
minded brethren, who are indapger of famtiug u»j
der their buidens, or of yielding to the power ^
tempftion; for this is to fWEl the law of Qins^
1 The.. V. 14. Gal. vi. % Heb. xu. 12-^17.
11 They are called to sympathwe tenderly
with each other, by weeping with them that weepr
and rejoicing with them that rejoice^; because
they are nearly connected as members of the same
body, and liable to th^ same changes, im
STs. Heb. xiU. 8. Rom. xu. 13. 1 Cor. xu. 24
12. They should use hospitaUty one to wj-
oth^; for thereby some have ente|g»med angels
unawares. 1 Pet iv. 9^«^ *"':.;. A« t«m
18. They ought cheerfully to reUeve th« tem-
.nobl necessities of their poor brethren, by giving
Siemfood, raiment, money, accommodation, or at-
tendance, as their circumstances require ; for the
mere prJfesMon of feith or love cannot profit
without that aotualUbenaity which is the scgp-
tural evidence of genuine love to Chnst. We
acknowledgwi poor disciples as Ins b^thren. wb^,
ron f os ent^im on t h ee erth; an d^aji^ jaslj^
ETwill graciously honour and reward thow^
now^^ministerunto them. Jam.u. 1»— 16* i John
M
Uacipl^ of
fh>m him*
p»y«f*ibr
the right-
ohn V. 16.
lort feeble-i
-aintiogiiB*
e ppwt^r of
v of ChriiU
2—17.
te tenderly
i tbwt weepr
!e4 b^cavse
of the same
es. I Pet,
Cor. xii. 24
one to'im*
ined angels
re the tern-
It by giving
lation, orat-
lie ; for the
nnot profit
8 the scrip-
Christ, m
sthren* who.
ateliMt4»r>
195
death for^^v,'*'''"/^ '^I^'^^^y «"«■«'» «^en unto
rS 1 -f^*^® '*^^ «^ their brethren; becausS
Godlajd^downh^^ ' John^^H^!
101. What are the peculiar duties of A^
/»«;% >itt«Aa«fl&, and the motives to obedL-
encer ^*^
the'inW?.;'""?J°^*'.^'"»''°"«'"«<' bearwith '
cuS« .S ' "i^'- '^^*' ""■ '•" ker with pe-
™nd«ri„r5^ ^ '"."• '" *''« '"'Orion of erery
Wwero?fi.T' ^?'"! «W»*«»d ha, not
r?L.tris-2L*'" *'" ^ ' «"• ^^
yS »^ .r'*'S^f«""« *e i, the weiAef
ni^mot« f^^^j^.?« ^^reful to please .her, and
I>rQiyote her daily comfort; becanse he dJr^
;g^r attention ibm^henj cS^^^S^^
-f
'T^J
5, He is bound to deave unto his wife it^t^
^cf to erery^ther associate, as his mm^
'-cx^-^ '-
■if^^ I \ut£^ d s , rW>r'»T
"t»S S-vtH ^ fi,^...
vk^y «/!.„
r
■##'
4at
i'l
4^^K."
'
'''^h
t-^^^
.■
a ^R'v
i
n
K.
i»*»
V
■(-■■■'
1
s'
196
v »
tiBiato cpmpiunion, till death- leparate them ;. be-
caiM'e they are no more twain, but one flesh join*
«d together by Gfod himself. Matt. xix. 4-^.
Mai. ii. 14— 16.
6. H# ought toj6in with her in i|>reparing for
their heavenly rest ; because the time is short,
the fashion of this world passeth away^and the
children of the resurrection shall neither nurry,
nor be gi^en in marriage. 1 Cor. vii. 29-~8l.
Lttlce XX. 35, 86. '
lOS. What are the peculiar duties ofbeikv-
in§ wives, and the a^respontfing motives to
obedience?
1. The belieTing wife should please her hut-
band with unwearied care, render unto him dOe
benevolence, and cleave'^ him with peculiar af-
fection as long at he lives ; because her body is
his, and she is bound to him by the law of God.
1 Cor. Tii. 8, 4, 10, 84. Tit. ii. 4. Rom. rii. 2, 3.
S. She ought to honout^er husband with rer-
irence, obiedienc^'and cheerful subjection to his
just authority; because the woman was create^
ibr the man, as hifthelp and glory. The husband
is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head
of the church ; therefore af the church is subject
to Christ, the wife ought to besubiecttoherown,
l»usband.« Obedient wives have the satisfaction
of resembling Sarah, as her spiritual daughters i
pad of promoting the best interest of their hw-
bands. Col. iii. 18. 1 Cor. xi. 3, 7—9. Gen. ii.
16, S1-*JI8. Eph. v. 98—24, 8a 1 Pet iif^ 1»
-*»< ^- • :■■ - ■ ■ ■ - ■ " -■^- - A '^fT-
."4
\ ,
^k t.'?,.-,CV|,i/^^ .i^.j ^:;^.-' -.,'-.-,
■■t^k
e them ;• be-
ne flesUjoiB* ^,
. xix. 4U-^.
ireparing: for - ,
me IB short,
^a/^ and' the
ither vsaxt
VII.
es ofbelifih
motives to
fie her hut-
ito him due
peculiar af-
hef hoUy is
law of God.
>m* Tii. 2, 3.
ad with rer*
ctiiMi to his
was create^
[lie bu8ban4
t is the head
:h is subject
;t to her own,
satisfaction
daughters i
: their hus-
-9. Gen. ii.
Pet liii'i.
{
H>7
Bnd^A '^^^ *** '^"^ herself witl, hoi, irwcea
•nd good, works, such as the fear of thj L^
«rastm God, Christian lovfl-ghastitvlhlmoi:!^'
W e^bri^, meeknes^ IJSpT^^^^^
r_!ifu , '"*'«»' pice mnhe sifht nfr^i
•nd they b«ome w«i.en p«fe«A,, Si^'l'
wndenng them truly .uiTMe Md*pS.w^h^
10-31. I T^m H. tfo Tr" • ^'- ""•
^^t^lii^LTert^s^rroSf'^^''
•on. only. WbJS^Z^°flJS:
4,1—16, "• ^ **> '*«• Ti^ J. ^
,<'"'*^«(g»# J»»artt toward tl irir^--^
aren. wuh the »««<.«, u, obediencS ^
-,^;
*
t^** t
'^C^^ '^^■^ "F TigyT J^«^^«*«3^^iw«?^'^:>'^JS-'^5C^^S^^«f?^l
•wwMf|ppj||W*i«f^
19B
f.i'«i'tj-.
^Rfi
1, Godly |>uent8 should early bring their cb^
dren to Christ* in the way which he has a^
pointed ; because the promise of the unalterable
corenant, is to believers and to their offsprinff ^^
Jesus delights to receive and bless the Uttle chU^ !
dren of his'^fiisciples) he honours . them as holVi^
and acknowledges them as the subjects of Ibifi
kingdom. Gal. iii. 16—18. Isa. xliv.0. Acts i|,'
89;xvi..l4, 16i Mark x. 13—16. 1 Cor. ?u.'
14. Bpb. vi. 1— 3. r^:
2. They ought affectionately to cherish tiie%^
children during their infancy, and make suitable
provision for their temporal support and comfoif/
through ]ife. This is the dictate pf i*ature,iM;
well as of the divine law. Isa. xlix. 15. LamAil.^
8, IThes. ii. 7. 1 Tim. y. 8. 2 Cor. xii. 14. ;
a They ought diligently to instruct their <?h^-
dronoutofthe scriptures, by training them to
please the Lord, and perform the duti^ pf th^rr
station ; for parents are appointed by God tb be^
the instructors of their offspring; a good educai^'
tion is the greatest benefit that they can confel'^
on them ; and they have abundant reason (» ijx-; J
pect the divine blessing to accompany it Peiit^
vi. 6, 7. Psal. Ixxviii. 8— 8. Pro v. xxii. 6.
:^ They ought early to establish their authority
over their children, and faithfully to use it for
their benefit, by restraining them from evil, and -
commandiag them to keep the way of the L6rh'% 1^
parental indulgence naturally corrupts children, '
and im>vokes the displeasmm i»f God { hvA the
Lord honours parents who use their authority %v
h iff i, by bleasing their offspring. 1 Tim. 141,4^'
•w;
g their cb^-
he iias apr^
U9altera\$9
e little chu*^ .
ita as bolyi
jects of ))ifi^
r. 8. Acts ii,(
1 C<Mv''i^
lierish thelil
tke suitable
md comfpit:
F iiature^^:
15. Laia,4^
Kii. 14» ^f
t their c;h^-
ig theint jo
ies of th^i
God ib heir
;ooA educa^^
can confef^
ason iio'^Xf^
r it. Detit.
di. 6. j^
if authori^;^
i use it w '
n evil, and^,
for the pB^rfSL^T ""* «»<*»««. not
to the divine i^ IJff *?* • " obedience
fiwdriZ^ !Jrf il"!"** ^Pointed meutt
them the honow Sdi„ J^'^f"''' "* render.
W. 17. .JIffl.Tjullft'!- »"• !«• "Hi a* x^
k~«»ethe yoZ XX "2- "T?**"?*'
Jw. ^8S. ^ '^ * * *^ *"• '% Job i S.
^ What „« the dati«:f dWa>«, to
4=f'
* '?
.5 "
:m^m^^
r
200
1. Children ought to honour their parenta with
wncereesteeji; and respectful department to-
S ^TlJ""' ^^ *^^ cpnnectedV special pro-
wise with the performance of this duty. Eph,
1,.; ; w ^. ^*'*'"*'^ attentively receive, and remem-
ber their instructions ; for wisdom is the most
becoming and useful ornament of youth. Prov.
^1 ^^»- 1-5. IV. 1~13, 20-22.
«««A. ?^i?^.'*"'** ""^^ *" ***« rewonable com-
1^ ♦' n ^5^" e^°*'. ' ^°' ^*^"*^*« "»»»* '^nd plea-
sing to God. Eph. vi. 1. Col. iii. 20. ^
thi ®^ ??^^\*° '"'^'°^* with reverence ta
S^J°*T*i?" ? ^««»°8« it w a necessary tokw
10. 3lf^.''"V "'*^- ^- 7~ll.*^I>rp^. ^y. 5,
wi'J''T*^*'"^^8^***"^^^ '^^"^te thpir parents
bynounshing them in their ofd age; for this U
jood and acceptable before God. Gk xlv C
13. xlvn. 11, i2. Ruth. iv. 16. 1 Tim. r. 4.
105. What are the duti^BS of fte^e^
masters to their servants, and by what mo^
'*^ " - '^®y "**S**' *° perform them ? "^^
i. tJhri^iah masters should prefer, and endet^
IZ Pffu"'* "^^y^V* «^'^*"ts ; for such ser^
IS^i„r?.*2'''* of spiritual delight, as the e«^
cellent of the earth; they are most faithful to
their employers, and the Lord makes their work
to prober m th eir hand, by beatowiag a
vwsu vvmsg^
^...
' ■*.* ' i..
—--'*^.'^*uj«;.smv«-*
f !
/
EjS^lSP^'
r parents with
portment to-
a special pro-
duty, Eph,
i. 19.
}, and remem-
18 the most
outh. Proy.
I*
ipnable com"
g*ht and plea^
0.
reverence to
lessary token
actical utili-
ProF. ^7. 5*.
thpir parents
; for this is
en. xIf. 9^.
n. T. 4.
■rrf,' \i-'-0 ■ '
f believing
what 1710^
hem?
i£
-f'. -•
and endeii»<
>r such ser^
as the ex<
faithful tO;
their worl(,
g^ablessiiiy-
r«y rf th'eUri ■"V«»Jf them to keep th.
'» heaven, who will hew ,h? "'*',''"* « Wwtor
J#S in hi, wX r„l • ^'f'SPP'*" «'■•
HjS. Jer.ixii. lK« T •^'- ^ew- »»■«.
3 '^T ought to tL'.?*? '• ^- M«I. iii. &
V i«l<lii5^ Md respect th^'- 'J"*" •"'•»«« with
«« there is no^2t^*^"" " ■'^«'' ""ter.
«rt they J^d j^T "■ ""'' ^y *''.t «<«ftw
■ ' "?"*° '» perforin them ? ^'
«»»pel m.,- noTbe ren,^>"«^ '*'Pect that the
I^^S^^edh^^
7— ». 1 Tim. Ti I^ ™ fn ^^® *^*'*
*4
:^;
A^i'.
\j
^2
^«. They ought to obefjr theiir m'wter in all
things, with unaffected oheiarfulnd^ good tfitl>
unwearied care to |>Iea8e them; and ^ngltoes* «f
heart, as unto Christ ; because he is fiieir Mat^
ter, and; he will reward them acceding to the^
Wdrk, without resppct of persons. Ejoh. Ti^A^
Titus ii. 9. CoL iii. 22--25. ^\ >7^
8. They should avoid purloining, and ^th^
IV promote the interest of their employeKtQ\
thtrf may adorn the doctrine of, Christ. Titui fc
10. Oeu. xxir. l(K~6l.; xxxi. 6, ai6— 49. i^Xj
4. They ought to submit with meekness ant
fear to the reproofe of th^r master, without an-
iwenng again, and patiently to endure ^#f,
if Ml when they suffer wrongkUy ; becai^ this
IS acceptable with God, and Christ suffered t^
for his disciples, leaving them an example.
Tkfias 11.9, 1 Pet ii. 18^.24. T
197. Wbut tm the peeotiar diHaev i^
cMl rulers and magiitratesf ^
!*m-
T ^1* They ought to be able men, that fear GM.
tote truth, hate covetousness, and abound in wi§^
dom. Exod. xriii. 21. 2 Sam. xxiii.8. Deut^iy
18. Pror. xxix. 2. ; s^
* i. They should impartially administer jnstiM^
by defending the innocent, delivering the to*
pwiied, an<f punishing the guilty; idjEhlmt
vnjestifigittdgtnflii^ tetpeeting persons, m-$ "
fifti. ,Deut*<if£ 18--«0. liv. arix»'iiiaspK
aaorii. l -^^fto^. «xix. 4» 19. }^ ^mm Ah^
* They oi^t t« pwiiiite f«e l^lhgddi t>|
fe.-
7
£>fi>iJlS.
^W^'f^^H^^
^fsp
203
McrwHjwg on the Peculiar S^T '^/.'^^'^^ontor
«w«r of Zion I but ^B^Jr ^""^ «>^ «h#
tiw authority of Chi^t. y?"^.*^«°«'«^'^ea to
frtf of co„4nce to i ^^"TT^ P^^^ ^^
m the friends of Lth ^ «»^J^tt ; pn,u^
f»on private pr^eZ^iTli^^^^^ «W
l™. 10, 11. Acta r^|_2; "/ ^^ ^<>-w*
^ What duties nr« .f '
^eis, b^M?^hfl?JL^ '*®°*^ •nd fe» civil
th6m that da e^STl K? ir^"*^'^**' «PoJ
* They should obe>^«i -.i
•B^tion^ for the ^0^?^!"^'* <»iiscientious
7«r
i^-a^ ^. ■ ^.jf '''•7 dioal j alioiii^ j", ii''J *• ;■ I itx*^
■.'■. "^^If^?:!''
tM |M I^.< ff« ^<|il H i»i|
204
and honesty mayprerail tinder their government*
I Tim. ii. 1, 2. Ezra vi. 10. ; vii. 27, 28.
5. They ought to maintain their civil and re-
ligious rights, in opposition to the unjust en-
croachment of tyrannical rulers ; because God is
the sole I^ord of conscience ; we ought to obey
him rather than men ; and rulers are exalted by
hifi for the benefit of mankind, not for their des-
truction. Heb. xi. 23—27. 1 Kings xii. 1--4,
15, 16, 24. Dan. iii. JS^18. ; vi. &— 10. Act9
iv. 18. 19. ; V. 27—29, 40— 42. ; xvi. 85—37. :
xxii. 24—29. ; xxv. 9—1 1.
109. What are the daties of believers to
their feUow-creatures in general, considered
as n^hbours, and from what motives are
they called to perform them ?
1. Every believer oi^ht to love his neighbours
as he loves himself, for this is to fulfil the royidl
law. Rom. xiii. 8— 10. James ii. 8.
2. He should do unto his neigldbours as he
wotdd that they should do unto h;m ;' for this is
the sum of the law and the prophets ; and with
the same measure that we mete, it shsdl be metim
sured to us again. Matt. vii. 12. Luke vi. 311
87, 88.'-..^-:^-"-'^^-^-*'^-^-'--'" • ''^'^
, 8. Believers ought to attend to their secular
Bi^sinew* with quietness and diligence; that thej
m4y walk honestly toward them who are without|
-^^ tl^r own bread, and have lack of nothiok
^xu^
*i?siS"iiJ<S?'iiVf-'
iii^l2^=4^Pil
/They lh<y^ ^mIo^^ m^^
X
. ■^^■^ ^ *
'?*
n XK^-^ 1
•'•-**''-i-^-*«-«.**««««w^,a,^
'*«^«iMte*«;«ct^'.
!• -— . Jl-r,-.^'-^^^,^^
7-:p
tr
^*th all men, th^t fh^
J *• '«r «Iioold eiBhi.Il ^ **»"'• T. 47.
«»'■». good to ..U mr^*''t'5''!PP°'«''»'»yfor
^m >n their «.treS^ /LJ^."""?^ men,/ .„'
^^^PjVing for them*, wlrT""""^ "««
"»en thejr were fooli.h !^^?^ «•'«» them
Q
--t^^ikl
.,r
■'iffv>-^^\*.l'i0
806
fM^ the Mik of the earth, Mid the light of the
world. In |)roportion as belierers adorn the doe-
trine WChnstNoefdre men, they enjoy the spedid
piresence of the ^od of peace, and indace others
to glorify him. F^il. ii. 15; ir. 8, 9. 1 Pet* ii.'
12. Matt T. 13-^1(
- fUlO. What duties^ required from Im-
lieveps to their enemies, and b^ what motives
are they urged tp the perforinancci of them ?
1.' Believers should meekly gire place to the
wrath of their enemies, imd wait with patience
<l^ H>« Lord; neca^. he is th« Saviour and
avenger of ^e medLhewill bring forth their
judgment as the light, and exalt them to inherit
the earth, Kom. xii. 19* Prov. xx. 22. 2 Sam.
xvi.5~12. Ps. zxxvii. L^l. Matt, v.^^df^
4|L lPet.ui.9— la v j vi
should sincerely forgive the tree-
Meir enemies, beoinse they need and
_^ jiveness of their own treraasses whidbi
tillfbafe eomfnitted against God. ^ Matt.n. 1$,
14, 25.* Mark xi. 25, 26. . , . ;
; S. Theyare commanded to l|i^4hdr enemies
to pray foir them, and do them^K^ ; that they
majr he perfect, like their heavealy Father, who
' to the evil and onthankfol. Matt. v. 44,
l<uke vi, 27--d0, 85. Rom. xu. 14,20^
What duties are required of betie-
and other enemies of true godhnsss f >^i~^^
i
^«^^|^;£^'<f^^&^^^
f (^...fflL. vKi^Hxi.
■ *•**««»■■ -wa^wii^afe*^,!
™w*¥
JheW ICot«i.2t!3?xJ5:y ^•:;« offended
\«- ITwy onclit to ahoLtSr } ™- '• '» ^O-
» 7.. Thft y Bh««ii 1 . _. 7*» "«iU» Miea h w i.tt[
.i^>i4.^!'i-'v.4!f#sX,&;i«
.**»
■-i-
■ ■ k ■•.-
213
1^—19.
8. They should endeayour to prbfit hy tWr
•miction, as the appointed meatis of progressive
knowledge and holiness. Ps. cxix. 67, 71. UelK
xu. 10— 14.
U5. What are the duties oftboae beU«^ *
▼era who are distiDg^uisbed by temporal
proqierityandweaUhf - f
_K^*y ongbt to repress the de^re of richea^
■■« bi lalHAiil witb a moderate share of tempoi4
althiMj. lTSm^^&^\SLlhm^jxx.Bi^t
pim* Inej should gMida% —fc— i-^ j<i^
I^ord as the giver of wealth, and take b«dl«t
foigetting him, or boasting of their own wisdoM^
power, or success. Deut viiL 10-.!$, Jen iit
Sd, 24. James iy. 13 — 16. - z \:.t -rj
3. They should humbly remen»ber the tanity
and uncertainty of riches, so as to abstain ^om
trosting in them, or setting their affections «4
them. 1 Tim. vi, 17/ P8.1xii. 10; xxxix.4^7;
li^T "* "' ^* ^' '^^ *• i^» *^* J
4. They ought to lay up for Ibemselyea tre«i
•ares^in heaven, by liberally distributing tfcS
wealOi for the hoqour of the Lord, and the bene«
it of the poor. Matt, vfc 19-^21. Luke xviii,
m-^.; xvi. ft^ts. 1 Xim. vi. 18, 19. Job xxxi* 4l
■*,3^.> M-'^^-'J .tlA'h'Uf^^maih'*:')'^^:,
1>-
^jfV ,,
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tioD and imitation ? "wruo.
•ho Jews rB^reZj^'Z"''' ''.f 'S*"" »'%l'«l% .
28. 2 Cor. j"l8-flft*"*- ^ *-^5 "•>-
importunity of snppliortioi we» „»f^ ?■*?»
p»T»i« vof AbnU..^, S' M«« JS^i" i"*
fcaon, Jeho8b«pbat^ Itotel E^ ^!?* .*^
,'•13.24-^. Exod «.H Ir^^* «"'• »
J Kiag. Tiii. 12-58^ rL* *«»• "'• 18-aK
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214
PmI. Ps. It. 17. CEJx. 69, 62, 97, 164. cisvi. It
17. Dan. vi. 10. 1 Th^ss. iii. 9, 10. j^
7. Fervent love to the Lord abounded in
David, Paul, and John. Ps. cxvi. 1, 12,10.
8 C5or. T. 13—16. Acts xxi. 13. 1 John ir. Id-
le.
8| Implicit and prompt obedience to the di-
vine will was yielded, in cases of peculiar diffii
cnltjr, by Noah, Abraham, and the Jews that
had 'taken .strange wives. Gen. vi. 13—22. xii.
1 — 5. xxii. 1—1^. Ezra ir. 1,2. x. 1—17.
9. StedfastnjM^ resisting temptation, follow- '
ing the iord,^^d pressing toward perfectioOi^ .
was exemplified b^ Job, Caleb, Joshua, Josiahj
the church of the Thessalonians, and Paul.' Job
i. ii. xxxi. Numb. xiv. 6—9, 24. Joshua xxir.
16. 2 Kings xxii. xxiii. 1—26. 1 Thess. i. 6-i-
m Phil. iii. 12-^-17.
10. Zeal for the honour of God, and sinceri
indignation against ein, were exempted bj
MoseS, Phinehas, the congregation of Israel,
David, Nehemiah, and Paul. ^|yj[|^i- 1^
—29. Numb. li^. 6—13. Josh.j^WjK ^'
cxix. 136. 168. Ixix. 9. Neh. v. ^ggg^^Gti^.
ii.ll— 21.
.11. Stedfastuess in professing the true r^
ligion, and chee^lness m suffering persecutibn^ ''
vwere exemplified by the Jewish captives, the be-
"^^ ' 'ng Hebrews, and the apostles. Dan. iii. vi.
86—38. X. 82— 34. Acts T. 29— 41.
« Gon#ffc^lO. yr^^^^ ^i-' '"''-S: v - ^^^^^ -^^^^'^^'^
li. ijifittt al co ntentment %nd hoi
oF"miiid; wife diiBfaSyiBid By
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21^
_ ="*«•«• Pi in 6-8. Phii. ,-,„,:
diiMjen to serve ,h;i^^'y"'»"' « t~..h;
""nat, Jacob, MowZ !J^w^ ^. ""y AlxaliamV
SiA*^ & fet Gen ^„
•domed U.e'Xii';^™^ and *»».>»«..
•; ,: •^l^**' *««««• » P~m.rt.ny the '
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benefit of others, without being* huifd#ii«oiii«'!i&
Uiem, characterised AbrehuQ»^l^eheiniab, voA
PftuL Gen. xiv.21— 2». Neh. t. 14^19^ 1 Gar.
ix. 14-<19. 2 Con xiL 13, 14* 1 Hess. ii^%
,7,9. ■■ .-,..- .. : .■■.■:.,. ;.^..*;p^nii-,.a^t
» 21. Fervent lore to the sainfo was exetnpKft^
hy David, Paul, and the church of Thessalonicli
Ps* xvi. 8. cxix. 63. \\ Thess. ii. 8,j p, ir. 9, ICiL
"2 Thess. i. 3.,. - , - ^■•\ -i f ■ ■.-■-_-■• >*^
22. Generous hmpitility to streng^ra was used
by Abraham, Lot, %dia, the Philippian jailor,
and Gains. Gen. xviii. I — 6. xiz* I— -3^ AfiH
xvi. 15, 33, 34. 3 John ^-J^-^--^^:'v^^x%m^^
23. Liberalitv in honouring the L<Hfd, v^St^
lieving the needy, with their temporal substdice,
was exemplified by David and his people, tli%
lathers that returned firmn the captivity, th%
woman that wiointed Christ, Zaccheusi the poi^
widow ; with the Churches of Jerusalem, Mioe-
donia, Achaia, and Philippi. I Chron. xxix^ 2*^
9. Ezra ii.6d, 69. Markiriv.d— 9. Lukexix.a
xxii 1---3. Aett ii. 44, 45. iv. 32—37. ^A6
XV. 26, 27. 2 Cor.ix. 1, 2. PhiLiv. 10, IJ^li.
24. A brotherly disposition to refifesh p^M^
cuted believers, and sufier for them, was mani-
fested by Onesiphorus, Priscilla, and Aatt^
2 Tim. i. 16->18. Rom. xvi. 3, 4.-^ .a»«ji
"' lie What are some of the most aiPw
czampleB of "^iniquity, Jhliowed unth divme
vengeance^ that the Scrioturei exhibti ISl^
9m wm^
w
k
\
t« 1(W'|«tir itien fbm reje«ting^ the gospel by |
14^10^ I Cor.
1 'Piett. m'«i
i '■ ' ^■-
)f ThesMdotiici^
irig^ra Win used
imppian JAihir,
iz. 1-^ Am
i Loivl« gylW-
pond snlbetaice,
lis people, itt6
captivity;,' ^Mft
sheas, the pobr
tisalera, Maoe-
hron. zxix. S*^
9. Liikexix.9*
It. 10, 15— li.
< T^firesh pe^vc^
lem, was manl-
i, and Aattite
d wi^ difrine
m exhiliH m
''*-**«*^^**« '■^»te*«*a^i«;»&*
^-^l^trW^*?^
j "tht gospel bjr B4 i«»i^^<^ ^ ,^^^
mt pwmisi^^S^^?^^" ^^'^ of the di^
»•* "any of the Cori^^'^ '"*'"«''» I«»*
,'*?. I«er.x 1 A 1 o "*?*"• Numh. ^x. fU^ ..
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Jii^
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a Chron. xxxri. 17—21. *^
6. The parental negligence, indulgence and
uafiiithfulness of EH, provoked the Lord to aitK
ecnte signal vengeance on him and his famUyi
1 Sam ii.22— 86. iii. iv. ^^
7. The filid contempt and rebellion of
ti iMid Absalom, were succeeded by the most'
* calamities, ^n.ix.22, 25. 2 Sam.xv.xvi
'- e. For i^od^ing aid contemning the se#valiti
of God, Ishmael was cast out of Abraham's honse,
fortj^two young people were tdm by bea^ mnd
Aeinbabitants or Jerusalem trere delivered ktf
the hand of the Chald^Mf. Gen. xn. v^V^^
t Kings ii.23, 24. 2 Chron. xzxvi. 1&— 17.
• ' 9. Treachery and murder procured tlie punish-
ment of Simeon and Levi, AWmelech, Dai^
Joab, Jezebel, Ababj aiid Judas Iscariot. G^.
xxxiv. xlix. 5—7. Judges ix. 2 Sam. xi. iiS.
i Kings B. 5, 88^-98^ m^ xxii. Mi^»cvi.8
>v,.,;-i- '>!■■ ' ii^ii'f^:npt «n^ ■..tii^tH '■i:^■WW■
lO* Pride tmd eraelty Were punished hi BmI*
laoli, Adoaibeiek, NebuchadneMar, Haman and
Herod. Exod. i. v. xiv. Judg. i. 6, 7* Dam -If.
^her iii. vii. Acts xii. 1—3, 21-2a ^^*^
^ 11. For the sin 6f lewdness, the Lord awfully
punishi^ the inhabitants of Sodomy Zimri SAid
the Israelites, the Benjaminites, David, and Ack-
Bon. Jude vii. Numb, xxv* Judg. xix. xx. 2 8am»
si. 8— 4. xii. i— 12. xfii. ■ ^^^
'#^ Its Covetousness and theft procured the 4*-
■I wictioa rf Achaa a nd.
>".. , > , , ^'-,
iirlrs*
Ifr laying and deceit w^ jMHurii^ fft "Qi-I
, 4.
«lU-»4«i»<fc.c«.»„
■'■<im<i^.*^^^,.
-'• ■ '"^ ' •'Ap.^sfl "r»^j^
210
••frii d^ to hen JlL""*""* **• wbellioS
.»«|- "• •. o. Gen. HI. lft_84. .^ •^
rfwlf-den,,! and dilig«,c? . , , ^^
^.Tl>« J««<*ice of ChrirtiaritT i^iiii^' " ="
. S. It tenmblea a i^.l i!^ l ""•*'• '
[?witfwSidSeeiieBS«? 7Tf^ ^^^'^ thi^^
J.
"«CtS
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t-
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220
!•**•« 'i;
. 4. Xfatjr aie repreaented as craci^Bg tlnaif
fleshy cutting off their right hand, pltwking on!
th«ur right eve, and mordfyihg their merabara.
■ Thej resolutely oppose the lusts of their hearty
deny their own will, and seek the destructioii 'OJF
sip. GaLr.24. Marie ix. 43-~48. Col. iii. &
6. liiey are like aheep collected from waa#
iidiaring, that know and follow their shepherd*
1 Pet. ii. 26. John x.2— 5, 27, " S^ ^^-
7. They are cornered to <tre^itiid biilif&«^'
r that bear much good fruit, to the honour of the
husbandman, by whom they are dresaed. laa.
W, 8i ftfett. iU. 8* la John xV. 1-^ yp- 1^*^^
8. Hiby resemble salt witl;^ which food is fHsm
served and seasoned. The gracious savour, of
their holy principles and example powerfolly i«h
sista the progress of human corruption, andlii^
aona the reat of mankind. Mark ix. 50. IMfttt^
V.13.
A. They iil« IHspreaented at wefff that is vet
on a hill, and na the light of the world. Bei
hevfiriare conspicuoua and useful, as they ex<-
hibit and recommend the light of divine troth.
Matt. V* 14—16. Phil. ii. 16, 16.
10. They are like the temple of Jemsalen^
being bnilded together for a habitation of Obd;
devoted to his service, and carefully pmervwi
from every' defilement Eph. ii. 20->-22. 1 Cor*
iHrl«,17, SCor.vi. 16, 17.
11. lliey are compared to servants who vek
Ijppotnted to trade for their master during the
-fane irfbia absence, ami t o watch for hit
l»techon with theni. " Mlatt. %%r* lAr-"^^
six. ]1S— 26. xii. d6--40.
','-!;*. /-^ '
-; "" ' ^-
Ml
^eet the bndegroom, and eD?oy hisTTseSl
im Why do many, who enjoy the i^fa
ward means ofrehgioue knowledge, ^
^ttaegrose^ ignorant of the, doctrines and
linties of Christianity i^ 4i^»fe
^ Many oonfanue in igmMrance from criminal
^ S^« »»«?««« they do not exert their mi^X
^pursuit and application of useful WwlSfiS^
...li . ¥^* **^'*»® 8^Pel »8faut out fiom
ST^sJ^f' ^^'*^'j' '^'^^' attachTenT^S
^ili ^: possessions, and pleiteures of this
^l«d._Matt.Ti.21_28. 3riii.&. xj^h.s: ^
^* Many resist the light of the eosDel *#
^^^^^oivre^^c^ an! self-concer'ftot
A !!!!f -^^1 «f ^raal vtmfm natural '
A, and incapable of recei^imi. th- li^k/^Jf
▼ine fmthi
14.: . ,, . _^_ ^ .
^Knners ijatumll^ hate divine ^tftpIS
s ^z^i ')t''^ ^ ^f '** *^^ few«rs
S!: ^5S ***®*'' ^"^ J««t»* John iii. i^S
I^v.k22, 29. X1M2. 2 Tim.ir.8, T^ ^ "
.fli.-^*' g*^^ Q/^fa " ^rt^ Minda the minds J^
•«^ m th^ir hearts, lest the wsnel shonUi ««5
A.'-
fttj
* i-
/?
gospel should ipork
'S»Jt^^ri«P|
■!».r^-
7
SMi'
tfle^tttally in tiiemi 2 Cof. rr. 8, 4. Mark it.
1*.
J^/f, Artfnl deceivers firequently jjerjett the f^
wA, and draw many after them into pernieion*
errors. 8 Tim. iu. 8, 18. Titna i. 10, 11. 2 Pet
ii^l-^
8. God sometimes punishes men for their dis-
affection' to his truth, hy giving them np to ju-
dical blindness and strong delusion. John xii^'
37—40. Rom.M.7— iq. 2Cor.iii.l4, 16. 2 Thes,
ii.lO— 12. • ' ■ '.■-
.. ♦ ■'> ■ '■ t' ■■
120. To what danger are ignorant per'»
sons exposed ?, '' T
1. Ignorance exposes ^men to overwhelinin|;
temptation and spintnal despondency. Ps.lxxiiii
2^8, 21, 22. Mark xii. 18, 24. 1 Thess. iv. 18.
2P6t.iii.5-^' , «
2. Igncffanto persons hre exposed to the duH
ger of rejecting Christ as a stone of stumbliilg
aad of trusting in their own righteousaess^iii
pieference to the righteousness of God; loang
the benefit of all their religions service^ and
mis-spending the only possible opportunity gnmtf
ed tkeni for obtaining salvation. Rom* ix* 9lr*»
88,,S, 1--8. Luke Ac. 42, 44. .. ^ . ^^
« 8. The ignorant are liable to persecute Jebas
Christ and his disciples, imagining that there^
by they do an acceptable service to God. Acts
iii. 14, 16, 17. xiii.27. 1 Cor.ii.7,^. Johnj^vi.
ft. 8. lTim. i.18. Acts xxvi. »r-l L
4, IgaoTMioe ren^coi men unthanHul to Gia^
lot his benefits, and provokes him to withdiattr
■\
.Vj^-;%a:'i;*SuM«fee< ;Ai«
»»!»».**»«.,
8«8
«^^n "^ "• *' ^ * Th«.. i. 8,9. I*;
481. How ought the ignorant to ««k
l"o«»ledge, K> „ thereby to become wiw
unto salvation ? ' g
1. lley onght to become fools in their oin
«*i««t.on. by humbly «knowledgin, th^ T
tteir own nnderetanding; and rabmittin,, with
ftjdoeUrty of chUdrej, to the dictrt* o^S
^¥i ?*;r ** P«>»-iii.S-7. . ,n
-1!. »n»y should settheirheurt on nsefid Hl«-
Wge.ndtr«ewi^m,i„p„fe^^™«5^Jfj^ '
S?.„' ' "!«*"'»«'• Mriptn^ <mdw«td»
eSiWrJT'? •".*"«««« "heis dirine traSlI
exhibited. ProT, li. 1_6. viji 3a_os r„fc. ?
4. lley dionld beliere in Jemw Chri.t lu thS
m of the. world, impUdtly foljow him" ^
/%
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1^ t\
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224
e. Thejr ihoalcT Msodate with thote wti^Ui
wise, ask information of them, and leant ittnS^
their oonvenation. Acts xvii. 4, 17.. I9t ^
zxTiii.2S,2& Prov.i.5. xiii.20. £ccL^vii.& '^
ii^7«^ Thej should devoutly mutate on the ^id
of the Lord, day and nigh^ and sincer^ obejr
all that they understand of his will, as the Ap-
pointed means of obtaining a great increase c^f'
Ihowledge. John Tii 17. EccL ii. 26. Fli ci^
97^104. , . -u ^ .. •>,.^-i?
PART VII.
i;
y-^m
.r^MS
«\
^i'm*5
.iU')^-
OP THB PBOOttSSS OP OHRISTIANITIT IM TbM
I.A8TDAY8, AND THB PINAI. nATM tV UAV-
■*:»■■>
^ 122. W^ATf waniiogB, 414 the s|i«^iMi
give of the coming of fake teackerSf jmd
^geifurai corrupiim <f ChrUHanUy Mbif
the middle i^ea ? -,1 ^'^
1. They gave waVn% titat MTie't^W
would arise within the visible church of Chi^i^
and artfully draw many disciples after tfiem iota
the most dangerous heresies. Acts xx. 29, 30.
HJohn ii. 18, m iS Pet.ii. 1.^. |
. viQtl^ay piecUcted that thegreat AntfolMt*^
vfi<«igp Jin^M^ciilM in his charch ; asiifpif|
■llllMj
S*»t<«»l*t«*iitfci4*«,'»,„
I t
S;25
M&4 iiirl— & l^^^ma^i^i^Tbe^
AftT-xiu. 11—14. xvu. 1~^, 12, 13 i/i li
fl.e prophece. of Soriptu« h,y. ^Med
^JOTwg the State of Mligion „„„og „„.
.;"i.»i ;?f=!^,ii
nikinBvpmn m p^M^^^tupoi
A
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226
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S Thes. ii. 8. Dan. ii. 34, 85, 44. yii.- 26. R«f.
xri. xvii. 14, 16* xviii. xix. 15^21. Pi|al.ii.;^
ex. 5, 6. Ezek. xxxviii. 18-^3. xxxix. l«<::-$0.
- fi. Pa^ii idolgtrj?, and ^wry other ip||le«^of
religious delusion, shall be exposed and aitraahed*
Isa. ii. 10—20. xxv. 7. xxxi. 7. Jer. x.ll^, £«ch.
xiii. 2—4. Hos. ii. 17. Zeph. ii. 11. " • .
« ,9* Satan, the prince of this world, shall be cast
down fironi his lonj; usurped dominion, avid hk
strained nrom deceiyiug' the nations^ that biis pem
nicious induence m&7 be succeeded by the wiA
lennial reign of Christ and t%|ouls of his saints*
Gen. iii. 15.1 John xii. dL m^t^, iii. 8. Matt,
xii. 29. Rev. XX. 1—4. u"
4. The posterity of Israel shall be deliit:ei9l
from their protracted calamities, cQuvert^ irott
their infidelity, brought into a new covenant with
God) eminently sanctified by his Holy Spirit; fiet
united as brethren in his service, and rendered »
special blessing to the Gentile nations. Jer. xxxi;
xxxi. xxxii. 26 — 44. xxxiii. Ezek. xxxvi. xxxviti
xxxix. 21^-^9. Rom. xi 11—33* % i<©» #^$i
5. The gospel of salvation shall be published
over all the worl^ and the knowledge of it shall
become.ge^eral in all nations. Dan. xii. 4. ReT»
xiv. 6. tsa. xlix. 6. Iii. 10, 15. xl. 5. xi* 0. - u >
6. The dominion of Jesus shall be extended
biwt all nations, mankind shall generally sul^eet
themselves to his authority, as their supreme
Lord, and abound in the spiritual, worship of the
ouly true God. Psal. ii. 8. xxii. 27--^Ju Ixxii.
8-^1 1, 17. fai,4iiLJU^Utav. 4,^.^1 "^ ^
ii 2, 3. Mri. i. 11. Zeeb^sifr 9^ 16| SO^ilLJ^
~^-ei»!/i<
ivfi^^mh
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V * * '
7. Tbe millennial reign of Cbn«t 8hail contihut
*'^W g^n«»tion»; and, during that p^Zf
iVE^S* J * scnptnresihall be mora earofol.
Iyitadfed,and more perfectly nnderstood, than
•t^any former period. Sophistical and acnW
«g. The^nrcbes of Christ shall be nnited >^
mk and oWer, worship and holy .affection %k-
tomjn .^ ghall be giatly ^lu^^tr^J^
MdjBxerciseJomimon oyer the w«rib of G^S
hMds, accprding to his original ap|K>int^t.
•^apliedforthe benefit of mankhid'-Ev^
J^i.T"'!^*^ ^ ??«"»»« cultivated wd
^^^^ Pej^e^ion. Religion shaU tb«p have
pwew Md operations, ppssesttdns, and pl^nres.
•M be dedi^ted to thVWnr if the^gbS
ff thltSir°*''^A^**^ prwericeand lore of
t^ the if^nence of his grace, and the hop^of '
l^^J§orhn heaven, fhe absurd mythc^
^^MVfcbe pbi!«iW despotic tymnny, and dJ
W^COTsigned to oWmon ; and the prevalenc*
Ste?^ J««oMemperance and jSstic^'SSi
;!^ir"^j/°g^^^ earth,^^
wisdi
•^ and goodness, hohness and justice, powei^
"f
f
ll
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J!.
I
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♦ ?
288
•wHaithftdness. shall all ge illugtriomly diapUyl
• ad by the Mctensire and protmeted domtnion of
^w^Christ. R^.kx.4,6; xi. 15. Dan. vii.
13, 14. Psal. Ixirii. <cvi. Isa. xi. 8—9. ii. 4, 5.
liT. 4-T-14. Jx. Ixii. Ixy. 17—25. Ixvi. 10—14*
8. After themillennium, Satan, shall be loosed
out of his prison, to deceive the nations; general
M)08tacy, infidelity, a&d persecution, shall suc-
♦beed; wicked scoffers shall combine together to
subvert the gospel, an^ exterminate the saints ;
and then the day of the Lord wUl ^me as a thief
X •ret. ui. »-->10, ., ;;_;y.v<.'>:4i?i^.-;,< ^:^^^.^^-.^^
m III wfaat fnanner fio the icripkr^
•fit forth the vanity and uncertainty of hu*
man life, in order to wean our hearts fhjiii
the world and excite us to redeem the time?
1. Mankina are likened to grass, and the flower
r of the field, Which flourish in beauty for a Iittle4
iL •?? "* suddenly cut down and withered. FtaL
^"; 15, la. Isa. xl. 6-8.^b xiv. 1, 2. 1 *!;
2. The appointed time of man upon earth is
wmpared to the limited day of a hireling. Job
111. 1, S^xiv. 6, 6.
8. The measure of our days is a hand-breadth,
andourageisasnothingbeforeGod. Psalxxxix.
..#r^. cii. 28— 27. . ■•,.,,. ...j^^
^ lt5 P*® ^* ®^ '°*° hasten rapidly to an «SJ
4M» the swift motion of a post, a ship, an eagle,
a weaver s shuttle, and the wind. Job ix. %26.
compared M.^ dcHi^d, a vapour,
, . 1
.sMIi!;.
51 jj -^
299
:iw. ^fe«,iL5k ™i^^*«w- . Job TO ft
*? I. Death to the riirhteon. ;«
W. J3. '"'• ^' 2- Job »r. 18. flmv
•"dhei-iTloSlSltj^'^^^'^tohir,
«v. 7, 8. John xri. ll.iJba.V^-S'?- "• ««»•
oti^hnBt and big uiinf. r^ , J**^ ^'^o Presenoi
I
m
o
.•«t-
;<
J
1.
14 1
,''
I-
t
tbeir present state of rest and ezptetation oniler
tbe altar of God* and exalted to reign with Chmt
on the ear^h daring the millenitiQio. M Satan
and his angels have hitherto exercised a great,
thongh itivisiUe influenice over mankind, hj pro-,
'*« moting delusion, superstition, vickedness, ap4
miserjr ; so the souls of the saints shall reign in-
Tj^ibly, in conjunction with Christ, b^ promolang
truth, piety, ngbteousness, and haf^mdss among
. the nations; apd they sh^allberpwiufiedwi^ dig-
nity aiid dominion in proportion to their religious
* attaiiitti^nts, and their snfferingd fo)r the s^ce of
Christ, while in the body. Rer. xix. 6— 1«. ii.
26,87. iii.^1. XX.* 1—6. t.8— 10. xL 17. 18.
2 Tim. ii. 12. Luke xix. 12—19. t>an. Vii. 18,
14,27.« .;-,.:..:.,.;.; :.,.:„■;.,.: .;■.::,,,
* 11^6. What k revealed concernlDg the
death. of the wicked^ and the state ^ lA^r
40ti/i after death? . , , i .
V^^l/ Death heroes the wicked of their only poiw
^on of good things, degrades them from all their
:»onours, puts An end to their carnal joy, destroys
their hope, overwhelnie them with terron, and
dhases them out df the world. Luke xii. 16.^
2L Pi. xxxTii. 2, 10,20.8^,86,88. xKx, 6—
20. Ixxiii. 17—20. Job viii. 11—19. xxi. 11—
g6.X3t.5— 29. xviii.5— 18. :,
'""• A Bm>»1bUaoeountofth« MUlgnnial Reifft i^Chiiit:
"WKd'hti 'ftdNinniyi^ibnqdi in a D it a ouH w "frBBr^^RgyF^
II. Ik 4 6. lately pubUabed in a ^lAumo of lhrmon$ h^f
mniMm iftht CongregotUmal CTiiifil ifScttland.
•ft*.',
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tiiiAaJi
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priTM them of31Sj '"""*"""«' ""I <•*■
W the ™?~i ?' *"'"■ opportunity for faeu3
^ &to& «r»ti»r of their ^
thOr •« .hot op in . .^Vii,"*"""' »•'«'»•
A«. i. 85. tZ "„" ^2^! "''P'*" •»""»«•,
-^7''"' " K'^^'od concerning the
t^er^ shaU be a r^^nZ.- ? ,*'*^**^ ««<* that
' t'**^*'- ^e^. XX. 12. 1.^ A^. *„i_ TT
**ST^ ^' J8— 27. 1 Cor. xv. 12-Isa ' ^*
^ 2- The dead 8haU be mised br Vh?7" - '
3' The bodies of the salnfa. -f *i. - I
t'on, shall be rendered ?n!Sl IS*" resunW
celestial, aD^eh?^ 8^, "?^*^°P^^^^ ^™ortal,
ofts, after tC'm^^Tf rt ^T'*'^^' «»^ r^ori-
Luke XX. 86. 86 Trnf^"ii* «^*°"*»^ Kdy.
in. 22. "^ ^- ' Cor. xr. 4a.-49,5a Phil^
50-52. I Thes |>. iI^Tt;^^'^"- ^ Cor.xn
1^'
^Simmmim
BPnpniipPMiiippppinMR
202
'lis* What account do .the Sor^itures
|li^ 6f tbe ka^ judgment f *^- ' -"^^ - ; •
i^l; The precise day in which tibe world sludl be
jn^^C^d is unaltenibl;|r fixed by God) lH|t initeiih
tionally concealed by him froilp; the researches qf-
4U \ith (matures. Acto xvy^, 91. .Mact. xm^ S6
(:|^,,GQd the Father has oraaified his %oii Jesus
Christ ^o be the Judge of the living and th^ d^fi.
Acts X. 42. xvii. 31. Jo*in r. 22, 28, 27.
<s 9. 'At the day of judgmdnl, Jesus shall appear
«the second time, ialbis own andliia Father's glo-
ry, attended by all his holy angels, and arnq^ed .
with flaming nre: eyieiy eye, both of his saints
a^d his eneraieSf shall behold him coming iii (he
clouds of heaven, and sitting etn a great white
tbrone. Heb. ix. 28. Luke ix. 26. 2 The^. i. 7,9.
Ilatt. xxvi. 64. xxv. dl. Rev. i. 7. xx.. U. , '^
f, T i , 4. All mankind ihall be judged by Jesus Christ";
he will employ his angels to gather them before
his glorious tribunal : the right^us shall be placed
en his right hand, and the wicked on his leA;.
jlom. xiv. 10—12. 2 Cor. v. 10. Slatt. xiij^M
|0, 41, 49. xxv. 92, 33. ^^S
;: , 5. llk^ judge will reckon with the several dif-
ferent classes of mankind, according to their var-
ious advantages and opportunities for serving
him ; the heatfaeU shall be judged bv the law of
IKiture ; those who wei'e under the Law of Moe.i
es shall be judged by Uiat law ; and those who
t yi ecaeat to t he gospel, s hall be i^eed by the
12—16. Joh
wmcti It the jperfectlaw ofl
19. Luke xii. 47, 48. Rom. li.
xii. 48. Jameff ii. 12. *♦ ' -
h\ - ' : -.^If
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•w good or eril ^.if . * "'"'^ whether th^
•Jhe,, with hie hi/h .m.mS- If ""* J"""""
i*ratt. xxy. aijCfcft'**''? the Wut^
V^n« the «»J^f " 'rj*"' "»?•■>«• of .Ath
jhem to sheme anA ^ ^ "'ence, txBoia
r^ «««. 12. la ,if ^- ^V12*r«^ 41
»• PtoT. i. S4~aa "" *"'• 2*4-
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ttie liimediati ah^ bompiete enjcTitienl of thiailr
celestial* reward. 2 Thes. i. 5, 7. Ltike xii. 9fi
;.44. '■ '■ - ■". ■ "^^:
*12. Jesus Christ will jadge Satan and his an<>"
gellB at the^last day, and banish them firom his pre^' '
sence into ererfasting torment. 2 Pet. ii. ^'
Jade 6. Matt. viii. 29. xxv. 41. >
Id. At the day of judgment, the visible hea;**^
▼eiilb and the earth shall be dissolved by fire, com^'
pleteiy changed, and gloriously renewisd, as th4 '
eternal habitation of riguteousnessa. ^eb. i. 10
-^12. Isa. li. 6. Ixv. 17.1xvi.22.2Pet. iii. 10—
la Rpv. XX. 11. xxi. i~,5. r ;^
' 14. At the end of the world, Jesus Christ will
deliver up his mediatorial kingdom aqd commit^;
; sion HMhe Father, who appointed him ; and th^
will afterward reign iif conjunction together w
ev«r, in a new incomprehensible manner, thai
God may be all in all. 1 Cor. xv. 24 — ^28. ReW ^
xxi. 22, 23. xxii. 8. ^
|!l29. In what roai^Der shall i\ie wicked hel
punished by Christ "at his seoaod earning ?,,
1'. The wicked shall be ignomii^iously banisH^
ed from the celestial presence and felicity of the
glorious Redeemer and all his saints. Matt vii.
2a. Luke xiii. 27, 2a Rev. xxii. 16. >
J}» Thej shall be bound, cast into outer darjk-
nm, and shut up in the horrible society of the'
deyil and his angels, ^att. x^\l 18. ; xxv. SO,
m
I. They shall be tormented with unquench-
ttle fire ftnd brimstone $ and their^misery shall
23^
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wliT?KS^ by a guilty upbmiding conscience,
iriiicii sbaU gnaw them.as the worm that AWh
a Mark ix, 4d— 48. "'
iinh 1^ a^eMing wiath of Almighty God
•ball abide^on them, without the least forW
♦t - ?'®^ ®^'^ ^*^® *^« «»08t exquisite sensd of
shall cause them to weep, and waiL and SSfk
their teeth. Matt, Viii. fi ?¥«r^i -^5?
*i^lTiej,n^i8hment of the widced shaU bd
^mt^^iV'"''' '"'*'^^"* '^"y remission ofiJjw
^^fMeotur be 4idv«iiced at the cominir of
1. The righteous shiOl then attain the elen^
rf
' . • '' ^ . " ,' " ' • ' - "'" '
^Ijffit^"*?'^ ? proportion to tjieir momwtA
s^enngs in the service of Christ. MattTl^H
.iSl^t n ?' *l* *!Sf^' *«"°*»7» •'^d there th^
shall dwell m the New Jerusalem, ap the^^Z
• ^r^i'l'^' ?n;J partake pf.the ri^eV and Iw^^of
<r J?* i?~"^^ » **"• i» 2, 14.
w ^«y f^aJl abid^ in the heavpnly templii:
b^ore the throne of Oo^andthe LamJj^S
they shaU constantly^e in circumstoncea S
umntemipted feUcity/ far beyond the T^h S
' hjfiJ?^ ^^" *** ^' ^r with Jesus Christ ii^
his Fjither 8 hoosi^ to behold his glory, wX S
ttsii^bb joy. 1 lliess. ir. 17. JohnX. 3 s
_j^They shall be adraiced to an nnfeiing M^^
«S tC^ inhentance, as th« children of (Sb^^^
S th« r"*"**!? °^ *" '*• ^^ ci^tion,^.
83.R:v^'/^T ^?:^M|i:Matt.W
irlorV Sfll'^^^'^ Wpine^tf of .very heir of
^rjiif J^ 'k?^ ^y •^'^ inter^urse of
SenT^l^i:^^^ Christian
shall £»^«S3^ -^T^'*^ ^^^'^'^ ^y death.
2Sbrhdd?i^?/?r^.i^*«^^ »»»"*«"
•iiiita of er«7 a^ and nation shall bt imdwr the
'•itw.'^M('ir!S}*WWt''s?s>««>WiW-
^^"Z*"*^^^
—%^^^
*\-
li>Jdt|ig^ inflnence of love . *).ii„^i. u -^i-jiu^^m
ftin;f.,'^r.taf.?:'j!' •''"«<> inherit rfl
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JKilA^D n<w»r, mj aear Readei^ penait me to asH
; in the words of onrLord to his disciples, **Jffa^
igtfu understood all &iese things, f Hare yea
Iepeatedly_peni8ed the whole of these Filrst Prin-
~ Kof|#|{igion, with that serious attention
.^.^ ^^T'bbvionB importance deserves, which
y authmSty of God demands, and which your
m best interest requires? Have you formed
.„ your mind a distinct apprehension of all the
.particidars that have been set before .you, with
their mutual con4.ection' together, as a religioun
v^em, and their relation to yourself? Are you
toepaie^ shiBW thai you have understood them,
fy^ving an intelligible account of what you have
read, to any one that may i^k it i^f you? CI?
have you hurried over the whole in a careless
trifling manner, like^the foolish scomer, who Ab*
. ipises the most necessary instruction ?
Permit me also to ask, whether you have /wrff-
ciously and deliheraHely examined all the $crip'
ture references that have been produced in sup*
port of these principled ? Have you received
thiitti with ail ivadiness of mind, and (searched
What condusipn ' have you dra^?
judgment be sUll undetermined, o
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^T^^^V^^ bbth thepnnciples and the
P^Vl^f scnptare fi^m which tWj have been
deauced, and to pei^Vere in seiu^hine as L h15
omne troth? If yon complain of the ifhnnr
mil dieieby shew that you haye no sincem love
mo^ Zf f ^"^L^f' y^^ ^ destituS^M
V^ taste for nsefnl knowledge, anU tiuM^
?e8t»«e yoM own immortal soul! If yrfnS
m suchcriminal'indolence, those ande^^tS
^ who tm7dl«i over distant counties S
Zin'^Sir/^**^^^' «»»*»» rise u^'^^Sl
yon m the judgrment, and condemn yon. ^ ^
wnyon escape the most aggravated liirfifaSS
W yoo bestow less miWa ^^ «-«.t.i««rr?^.'^
imth,^ many o/ the votaries ot worldly MP
•ure bestow *r acquiring certain of their^
. g»^ thougji rain accomplishments? T '^
^ If yon admit the troth of th#minciples th^
hnje been stated, Pfl«it«»g^SSr ^
^e made in «^^/ ind]|pS'^/S
*oi» of them to your own Seter an/tS^
::^-?^Have A seriously !!s5fJtb^^^^
!«£I %*** prejudices, wcr^ Justs, ^imlar
aire 70U ttdertained whether you be a ffeSk
di«ipl«of Jwus, a child of his heavLly^S
^ Wrfl thatispromisedin tS^
nw»? Or, are you stiU ^m&nii W^l^
^«2^ reposed to pj«liifon wit^ ^^ ^
that hethm wickedness? Have yew b^r^
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ines of woridly ^M^-
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Goosider your ways, to repent of your sins, ftad
to ftee from the wrath, to come, by trostiiig in
Christ as your only refuge ? Can you say, wit§
• truth, that you have forsaken all those tlupgs in
which you formerly delighted, for the sake oi
Christ; and that you have made him the object ,■
-^«f your humble confidence, your ardent^afiecDOiii
and sincere obedience ? What are the «a^^
mentUand scri|>tural evidences, on the gioui)4
of which you think that yc^ have obtainedLI^ mi^ N
0K>n«l interest inJiim and alt his^iecionsbene^ll
Cf^ j[ou be so foolial^ as to conclude that jaq^
state is safe without anj evidence, and thus ooii*
tinne to tffttter yourself till ffm.M undeceini'^
by sudden destructiqn ? vj ? ^^
^ As it would be, vain for you to attempt to 4^
swer these questions unto ai^y fdiow^c^^j^^
let me entreat you to retire into your dos^!^ :^
liberately ponder them in yonrignind, attend |$f
the decision of your conscience^ and, as the I^oiidi,
wba will judge you according to his word at ih^
0Bt day, sees ^n secret, and knows the thoughts
^ your h^^ fidl down on your ^nec^MfMdl^
IbotstooL and solemn^ answer them m^^^mm
j^seenctt and in the prospect of soon giving ao-
Wnt of yourself before his throne Wjudgment.
S^knowledge is highly necessary and profitah^
thefe%e prove yourself impartial^ that yo#
Mai^know your state, and be piepared to ajf^y
ine tenors or the coniK>lations of tne woi^ aecoiv*
ding to your character. Bo not stifle the voice
of yoni * " ' "
iNit Ihf^ light which you shaUnotbeai^ l^w-
sist in the day of the Lord, but, as your state
'swwfliiwie'w**'''-
V 'V
',5, 4.-f : ■■;^,f,^^^i^w:^u%^-K^'-',
Ml
ittrt lie discotered at Iitst, endearoor to disoovar
k noir, while conriction it capable of promotiit^
Bpentonce unto Hfe; and persist in searching
roar heart and ways, till you know with certain-
•f whether yon be of Godi or of the wicked one.
^yonpeweivethat you have hitherto lire^
Hhont Christ, and the power of godliness, be
^wded to^ra;^ seriousfy on the utupeakabh
rjwwjr to whwh $ou are exposed, andtthe Indis-
iwrtisible necessity of fleeing fifom it without ck^
' IS?'^'** M ofgreater value than the whcd^
»yTf*"®*P^^*o«ndles8 misery. Allth6
tbreatenings of the word belong to you as your
t>ortion ; you have no interest^ in its promis^lt
purguilt^has beengreatly aggravated by yourneS!
>ect of Chnst ; and if you die in this impenitent
«^ y«ir future punis|»ment wiU be more intoH
«»ble than that of the old inhabitants of Sodoi^-
»M Gomorrah. Your life is a Vapour ready t*!
vanish aww, death is at hand, and you are daiW
^*®!?!!^ "*'^'^ ^ ***« dread tribunal of Chriett
ijo ^viU condemn the disobedient, and lattgh at*
their calamity. What can the possessions and
pleasures of the world do for you in sucti ciicnm-
stMices^of danger? or, how can you mtionally
©nicy them, while you tread on the veige of eter^
Ml detraction ? Surely tiie thoughtlMs secofi-
jrofimpemteiit sinners is a token of their aiH
PWjranng perdition, and aU their carnal ioy »
JMdftess I Awake, therefore, to ajust impremioii
of your impend ing danger, and make ha ste to^iiti:
^gpi that bebng to your peace be fw ever hid
XR»B your eyes. '' /- ;_,;;-:•:.?.■ •ii.-^r -;.
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If you be still under the guilt of sin, you hav^e
much reason for alarm and deep Compunctron ;
but jdvL have no reason to despond, as if deliVer*.
•nee were impossible : for « the Son of man came
to saye that which was lost. God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son> that
whosoever beheveth m him should not perisbt
but have everlasting life. Christ once " sobered
for sin, the just for the unjust," that he might
reconcile rebellious men to God. He now reigns
in gloryjj as a great High-Priest, able to save to
WB uttermost all them that come unto God hy
him ; md^ through big mediatidn, the pardon df
mt the high privilege of adoption into the &m-
ilf^God, and all the blessings of the everla8t-»
ing covenant, arff presently bi^ught near to you;
and you have immediate access to enjoy them m
the gift of God, without money and without
price. Thus it appears that, notwithstanding
your aggravated guilt, you cannot perish, except
you obstinately reject the counselof God against
yourself, turn away from Jesus, refuse his great
^Ivation, and judge yourself unworthy of ever.
Btinglife^
If yon sincerely desire the salvation of your
■oul, take heed of seeking it by the work6 of the
kw, or of blindlv attempting the practice of Chrisf
^ duties, under the lofluenoe of self-righteous .
ffindples. No man can be justified, either in
irtiole or in part, by his own works; aiid those
wko trust in their good works for acceptance be-»
yiiJMitlMWby reject Christ as ^ " " "
fiftfcrtiile lliifiace of God^ and
up under the corse. As there is only one Safd
%
>^'^
of Bin, yon hare
243
oar, there n otily one way of obtaining a person-
al interert, u him, and that is, by iaith J«i;ilil .
Jeving. All those religious duties that are pm
formed by awakened ^nhew, before they beluni
m Lhnst, are destitute of spiritual value, and ofil
fensive to God; for without faith it is impossibtt
to please him. . , . ,f,,,^,,^
^ Turn orour attention, therefore, withoot^fe
to thejpecuhar nature, the necessity, and thecerl
tain efficacy of gospel ^th. , "This is the work
of God, that you beUeve in whom he hath sentfJ
If you fjrsake all that you have^ to win
Lhnst, and ^fdially believe in him, you wiU
there^ obtain an unalterable interest in his irloi
nou^iierson, his saving offices, his endearin/w*
hiti<m^ his precjoBS benefiH, and his inexhiusli
riile^fulness. He mft^ njade of God unta yoii
wisdom and nghteousness, sanctifioatfon and i^
i^j»f Gtod, the olgeot of his paternal caie, and
•»;J»eir of t^^venly kingdom. Makeit ymir
fi«tcare^tafi&sh-ke precious faith with the
foMer disciples of Jesus, that you may be detiv.
er^irom the slavish dread of final miiry, tmtM*
fied for hotiounng your Redeemer on t^ 4^
cheered wiih the hopeofimmortolgfeiy, and!w2
pared for enjoymgit.; .- , ^
Take Iwed of resting in an outwaidattendaaii
^oidmances^ofgwce, on the pretence of*
•WW ^mtamoffaim, and waiting It the «ool'g
nml depmvit|r of tii«i human hevt, #Mi tk» mh
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I
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eestltf of dtiliiA raflueace toMiaiile men to i
to Christ by iiith s yet they nwer st«t^ tttlp
'things in« BMUnner calcali^ to deter sinSn
' Irom belienng, nor did tlwy teach them to Mst
in ontward means and proparatory endeavonn;
%nt tb^ oomnumded their hearers of et«ry d**
Hcription instantly to repent and believe the gMp
^^i Those who delay the daty of beUenof !&'
Christ on the gronnd of thNcdrnHritnal depravity^
or because fiiith is the gift of God, ara gi^ky of
deceiving themselves, perverting thedoebines <tf
, scripture, and inc%}ly attempti|ig to justl^ thea
'Unbelief by throwii^idl the blame of their <mik
obstinacy on the lather of lights. How can
von ever be s^ved by fiiith, if you continuij iado^
4ently to lie at the pool of the go^el, withoni
Erectly jnd^lrequmtly attempting to behevo it
%ith^^eait?^ r
^ Wi^ vainly perplex yourself nor place a
IHttMiHng-block in your way to the Saviouiv hy
¥i#|ing ftith as some digkuk emtfiiuM wfaicb
met be performed by the naner, for the purpose
{^procuring a li^ht to Christ and his salvation.
If j^u account faith a meritorious ccmdition re-
2urred of yon as the gromid of your access to
*hrist, you will thereby comnletely pervert iibe
goBpe)^^and render the duty^ or beiis^g impmo* .
vcslOe. X^lhrist and all his saving benefits are
exhibited in the gospel as the £ree gift of £rod to
the lost and unworthy ; and fidtbis appointed to
btitbe exclusive means of an. uitwwpt ia hjai^
of Odd IT
wMMWfihtiman merit, might be ^e more dins-
irieuefy di^layed. Therefom ^oee who cgttvevt
latoitaiiiittllttiiM^^
i«ttiiliiiii
m:^^t^.
ti
^^*^ **^ ***• gospel mto a difficult wotk of
^teouness^ \XaMy attempt thereby to defeat
liieirreatAjeigrnofGodmsaTingsmnere. Faith
»4ist&ngOiriied m the Bcriptiues from erery woi^
o^f^iiteonsness ; and the geniiiiie beliefer, in-
■e»d of pretending to perform any oonditioa ai
•!^«^ k represented as freely receiving
Unwt wt^ all hi8 salvation, on the sole groiind
of the divme exhibition of them to the chief of
nnnerss he%ke8 the Lord at his word, in cont-
de&ca that he will do as he has said. Havior
aching of his own to present onto God, he hai£
blp aco^ts th«. un^xjakable gift of his gi«oe,
«ithoiir.presaming to offer any thing. ■■.
©o not UB^ that you can sinctrelv denre
LJ>t«Nve m Chnst, without being in some dtf^
^^^^^^T^ *® **• ^<** °»V indeed desire to
es^ioture punishment, you may also desire to
papfermaome i|5uiginary work which you coadd-
er necessa^ for that purpose ; and thus eamestlf'
?*"? *P.<»^, "^'^•«pn without success: Yet
m^aU tfiis firmtless stnving there i^iio direct «i*
Javonrnor desire to beUeve, but to do some-
thing else. You cannot desire to believe what
you consider iiilse, nor to trust the promise of
tern whomjou account a deceiver. That inabil-
1^ which hindMt sinners from believing the gofr-
pel, It aUsgetfaer voluntary, and therefofe iur
owisistent with the sincere desire of gwmine
tK^hi TheycMinotcometoChrist,beoau8«th#F
Tiarksest rather than hght. Thate
. 4i^M^^^
droe t^believe in Jesus, have already b«en
wtlUi|g.to to do by tin power of hit grace,
as
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ttad thus rendered ahle to beli<»ire onto salyatiQai
Look to the Lord for inchnatioii and ability to
beMeye the gospd, on the ground of his owngm-
QiOUB word, and come directly to Christ for Mfe,
in deptndence on the divine strength. EnoQglk
is said in the scriptures, of human depravi^, to
humble awakened sinners; but enough is ali© ,
iaid to encourage them to receivethe Lord Jesu^
^d draw near unto the Father through bim«
I *He who exalted his Son to reign over the Geri-
*^e8, said^ «In him shall the Gentiles trust."
iBeibre Jesus ascend^ to his gloiy, hepromi8ed[ '
^send down his Holy Spirit to conviiice the
%orld, and render his gospel eflFectuad. If youde^
«re to embrace the gos|>el, you hare abundiiit
jiwson to expect the dinnei assistanqa; thexefi^m
mMe ydu attiempt to believe in Jesns^ imitate
W; afflicted parent, who, instead ^f yielding to
.jl0spond«Qcy, cried out with tears, "LonLIfae-
%?«i help thoXi my unbelief." ;,;
vBdimreof misapplying the doctrine oi4hk^
influence, by neglecting to believe in Christ till
you feel the distinct opemtion of his Spirit en-
.^Ung you so to do ; or of neglecting to comi»Iy
%ith the gospel call, on pretence of idlowing God
|d Accomplish his own work by implanting t^
1^ of feith. God bestows the gift of faith
by inip#iMi|^bIy enabling men to connder and
embrace his word as rational creatores. There-
lore do not look for any sudden sehSble impulse
of divine grace, as seamen wait for the flowiui^df
M 1 L ' ot diyuie grace, as s
it I #',^ IwpuAe MJBii t)My
I VI boor. neither siinnnB
i" ■■«,
- c— -^.-j iiffeih|»t to leave their haiw
bowi WMther suppose it necessary that you ifaonid
*l*f''l'll#.Mill^^ between the
MMWiM*
tiHian l ypti oiig o||h« S^irii, una the-natima
9xetqm. of your 9wn inteUectual and active oaw-
^^ Tfo^ entir^ in the effectual aid Of ^ine
gwce, ascnbe all your ^ration to almiifhty gmA'
and yet applv your niiiud to the duty of preJeS
hehsfingmd obeying: the gospel, ^s if you wm
tJ)le to do so of yourself V*
J>0 not 4? your ^ttentiohin the opeiitioM^of
?S"-JI&**"f *" yoflr attenjpts to beUjjye in
Jk SMlS^ii^T ^'^*®'°*^ W lioairenly abjectp
*^TH^*1^ H y*^" '^J'^^* gospel. Re-
mejihe^that fiuth cSmeth by hearing mot by
l*8t^ metaphysical speculation. PhUosopbi
2* thepnesjjfth^ hunian mind are variable, but
4b« obwct of ^th 18 always the same. « The woid
ottheXord. en4ureth for ever;" and that &ith
/wjMO^it pwduoes, is essentially the same in aU
who arewMtaters of it Werfi a traveller tp stand
weculatiiig about the eye, an4 the belt me^
of uwnp. It. mstead of going forward in the way
Jhich^ pomt^ ou* to him, h0 could not roach
Sf.^'^fu^'J*''^®^' pt it is equally unpii^t-
J*le ibr those wh9 seei salvaSn, to pJXc
thems^vea about the , opemtion, of theifm^
>jhen they are directed, ** behold the Laijib^af M
^attoOcethaway a»e dn pfthe wS"' F^
«ifl proper objebt 6( £uth in view, und thereW
be no doubt<^ jm having in thf proper mZ
ner. Calefu^3r direct your attention, tE#i^
to the ^ts and do^tn^iei, t^^ invii^Sw
yyiietofthe ff^l tk dimn pniZ SL
aStL^ the^erosy, a^ hi. gipnmmnmB^
tfte Navenly temple, his bouiMUess coi^piwion
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^eildiipii^ futhfuhiess. llie contempla^it |p
whftt the gospel reveftlB, is nataraUy oucijated lilf
produce t&t fidth wfaick it requires. i.^
Take heed also of confouiMliDg the revealed
will of God with bis seeret purposes, by entiHig-
libg yourself with any doubtful inquiry whetii«|,
you have been electra and predeetinfl^ed. to elw&l
nal life. The particular decrees of God ane not .
i'the immediate object of your iftith ; they cupot
- be discovei^ tiU they be accomplished ; nor caii^
you do any thing more preposterous, th^ fg0%^:
sumptuously to pry inlM> the secret counsels^ofi
• the Almighty, instead of complying with what
▼he has expressly irequiredw You are not pres«Dt*>
ly calledf to determine what. God has purposed,
concerning you, but to hear what he has revet^i,
ed in his word, to believe in the sincerity of bit
gracious declarations, and trust in him »>r th|i|^
salvation which he has graciously exhibited, ^i
Consider the Lord, therefore, as pr§9m^a$^
dremng you, as much as any others, by the vw^
/ious declarations, invitati<msj and promises of the
gospel ; and sincerely reply to what he says,
by turning his word into the prayer of &ith«
You have no occasion for saying* "Who s^l^
asCen^into heaven, to bring Christ down Ironi
abover* The word is nigh, 19 your mouth a^d
in your heart, and the liord is nigh to observe
how you receive it. If you had been a hearer 1^
CMi^ in^ the tijne of hw psf son al m^rtry w hen
~luMliH( ~>^^me unto ihe aStye tfait IBibour, lyad
imMKfj ladeui and I will give you rest," would
y<iiii|||jnixijeplied> ** BehM jimamv^^l^m
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^i bis UBsearchable lii^esy' u^
haess. Tho contemplalioi^ l|f
ereals, is nutiiially cuciilat^^ lili
1 which it requires. ' Vji^;
of confounaiDg th« re¥eal«|^
his seeret purposes, by eiit«ii(^>
1 any doubtful inquiry wbetiiiii
e«cted and predestinated to elei^:
rticular decrees of God are n«ilj,
ject of your faith; they cm^miiII
they be acconi[dish6d ; norctfl^
p more preposterous, th^ «^^r
}ry into the secret counseul^,
istead of complying with whit
requiredb Yon are ndt preseatn^
mine what. God has pttrpoee4{j
rat to hear what he has reieai^
i believe in the sincerity of hift
ons, and trust in him lor thiilr
le has graciously exhibitod*
(Ord, therefore, as praMfi% <Mf-
much as any othera, b^ the ^mowh
invitations^ and promises of the
ierely tqitfy to what he say#,
vord into the prayer of Mtkf^^t
»sioQ for saying, ** Who shtfi
m, to bring Christ down kom
ord is nigh, i^ your month atA
d the I^ is n ig h to ^kmfl»
It. If you had beeii a hmfrtd
te of his personal mlAMtry what
onto me all ye that labour, j^
ind I will i^ve you rest," wo«Ul
ted, ** Behold I come unto thec|
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^thou hast the word*W4t«ni^ mr Of
ttfepwiitont malefector said. "Lord, reA
^ when thoicomertinto thy kingdom.^S^
^t^t ?i^? «»«<«"^«i»entWth!^
2S^^ **^? T ^ **»*» heavenly paradi
**£^rtf *V^nff3omof God, 4a mig
^*^^'^?"'» •"** *^« o**'^ addresses 1
thf^S* Uf w]^ *^'**"®' wyingr, "Ifany n
iw* till r.^ «?to me, and drink. ^W\
WWJ Mil, let him ttke the water of life ftec
S^*^^»»*t>^I win in nowise^
^e T^o^ S? «^*«tion is'sincere, and^ t^
j„™*?7""<^^ yon* afta^tioi
jert of &rtlii toMMsh fo, tBe bmt
nWHI the
Of itiiatZ: V^* »o M«th for the frmf
l^^^S^^^"^'^^?"^ y*»"' «piritu*ljoi
wTiviw. rbereftw* hold fiist the be^oing o
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y<Hir confidence, by; frequently renewing 7?raii|^
plicatian to Christ p that your fidth may |fifrt|
exceedingly, and that you may attttin the fuU 4m-
snmnce of hope, as th»; result of your experi-
ence* . . ■ ... ti f ^^i-.f^'^tSi'f^^t;,
- While yon seek salvation in this mannei^'^b|r;
bdieving^ make it your daily care to shew the .
sincerity of your &b, by devoting yourself ttfc
the honour and service of Jesus, under the oomik
stmining influence of his love. JOyemember thai
yott are no longeryour own, bat the I<ord's, who
redeemed you to himself with, his precious blood.
Dedicate yourself theiiefore, wholly to him^ tak*
his yoke upon you, and stecUsstly fdQow him#
that you may find rest to your souL Bewair of
taming the grace of God into lieentionsness, b^
continuing in sin thi^gmce may abound. - Jesii
came to save hie people £rom Uie dominion, as <-
imll as the puni^l^ment of sin. He purifies them
by his word and Spirit ; and his grace teach«
them to deny all um^odlinesa and woridly lusts,
, and to live soberiy, nghteously, and inonely, loofc
iag A>r his glorious appearing. - '>; *^i
. i^Make the law of Christ your daily and cafe*
&1 study, in connexion witii ttie scriptural mA|^
tivesof new obedience. Take heed of makiiiP
any of his commandments void, through l^e
picgudices and trajlitions of men, or of acting as
if Jie had given you a discretionary power to lay
any of them toide as obsolete, unseasonable^ <x
uaim portant. As Jesus is the only tawgivw
"^^aoferZifli^^ffiawriteTOiOT^^^ wbp!
JMta who hear bia sayings and do them ; but those
who break the least of his. commandments, wad
•MiiMiaMMliMMM
f' ^Y\ '"'*'■ .TP^ KSFPtJ^
"JSB^»wWJKiwi«'s^»'«^B|^|ip!?*W^ ' '
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teftch in«n w, shaH be called the least in his kiiiii^
Loid,»haU entej- into the kingdom of hearenT^
^We»ed are they that rfo his commandmiii^
^t they may have %ht to the tree of m
and^may enter i|i through the gates into the city?
ed to ^tbos^ who have believed in him. iSJ
ji?n^K* ^^'^ *-P*^i5^ *»^ *•«'"» inflnenced^y
to t£r?if ' "'"^'r. ^i *^hristian%bedience, ani
fo,^ r.St^ «cl«s,vtfy belong. Strive, tber«. ;
^topntaway a spmt of bpndag^, and Ukii
of true hohness, that your obedience marbe hL
fr*!!.^- . 1f*l^ communications from bito, br
attending to all the oi^nances of his appointment
n^^^^JT^'i^^^ UBtoslTbSTvt
fo^an^' ?rf ** ^u*^™* » «»d attempt the W. '
I&'tol^i*^*^^ laws^Gbrisirarenot ■
^rthi. K*** 1?* °»«nbe« of particular
I«k r"^*' "*•"'»» issatations, -and DN>m6ian»
"»'"»»»«J "«««»!•»• The ..pwtX^tSS
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;!itere addreesed to beli«?era who w«w joiiji^ i#-
felher iiHshorch fellowship, and the exhortsili^
Which tibev contain are adaipted to such penote
alone ; neither can th|iy be obeyed by canmmtm,
nor by any, excl|pt tnos^ that are separated from
the world, and united in the troth, as the mem-
bers el one body. Eeep this in view when you -
lead those episUes : it will enable you to under^.
^nd their meaning and application, and ren^
them pe^oliaily profitable. Make it your care^
' therefore, to distingui^ the flock of Christ fron^
. Ihe world, resolutdy cleave to his genuine di«^
-oples, ilk preference to the rest df mankiBd, de^
%ht in them as the excellent of the eurth, loff
them fervently as yjour brethren and fellow mem*
hers in him, walk stedfastly with them, in all hii
ordinances, diligently prom'ote their edification,/
affectionately provoke them to love and to good
woikti^mfort them under all their tribulationsr
cheerfully bear their burdens, and so fulfil the
law of Christ.'
Finally, if you -do indeed conseotto embracflt
the gospel, and follow Jesus, as your leader, let
me persuade you to lay aside ever^ incumbrance,
and press foDrard toward perfection; that you
may adorn t^e doctrine of Christ, and recommend
it*to others around you. Have compassion on
thonghtk^ unners that are in the braad way to
destruction, hold forth the woid of life to tlMm,
prudently excite them to make inquiry respeot-
"ing it, patiently instft^lfiose that are ignowiit,
ai^ tenderly encourage them that halt between
two opinions to walk in the narrow w*y «f life.
\mtmMmsimiminimmmtiiftm
tm
weie
lieexl
to Sttidi ^
ibycanuaioi^
) separated from
ti, as the mem-
view when yon -
3 you to wmet^.
[on, and render
:e it your care,
kofdhristfronl
tis gennine die-
6f manldttd, de-
the enrtb» Itrre
indfelbwmem*
them, in all his
;heir edification, r
>ve and to g^ood
tieir tribnlationsf
nd so fulfil the
Bent<to embrace
yonr leader, Idt
9ry inoumhranee,
ction; that yon
I and recommend
I compasuon on
the broad way to
of life to them,
inqniry respeot-
hat are igncmnt,
latlidi between
Mtow way of Ule.
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Cpotinue in the christian mce, endure hardnees
'without Minting, and rejoice in hope of the glo-
mm appearing of Jesus to receiye you unto him-
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