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tion, the whole will of God, in all things concerning their edification and falvation".

Q. 44. How doth Chrift execute the office of a priest?

A. Chrift executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering himself a facrifice without spot to God, to be a reconciliation for the fins of his people"; and in making continual interceffion

for them.

Q. 45. How doth Chrift execute the office of a king?

felves, but unto us they did minifter the things which are now reported unto you, by them that have preached the gofpel unto you, with the Holy Ghoft fent down from heaven.

z Heb. I. I, 2. God who at fundry times, and in divers manners, fpake in time paft unto the fathers, by the prophets, hath in thefe last days fpoken unto us by his Son.

a John 15. 15. But I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.

b Eph. 4. 11, 12, 13. And he gave fome, apoftles; and fome, prophets; and fome, evangelifts; and fome, paftors and teachers; for the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift:

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the ftature of the fulness of Chri. John 20. 31.

c Heb. 9. 14 28 How much more fhall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without fpot to God, purge your confcience-So Chrift was once offered to bear the fins of many.

d Heb. 2. 17. That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest, in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the fins of the people.

e Heb. 7. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the uttermoft, that come unto God by him, fecing he ever liveth to make interceffion for them.

A. Chrift executeth the office of a king, in calling out of the world a people to himself; and giving them officers, laws", and cenfures, by which he visibly governs them'; in bestowing faving grace upon his elect", rewarding their obedience', and correcting them for their fins", preferving and supporting them under all their temptations and sufferings", reftraining and overcoming all their enemies", and powerfully ordering all things for his own glory", and their

f Ifa. 55. 4, 5.-Behold thou fhalt call a nation that thou knoweft not, and nations that knew not thee, fhall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Ifrael; for he hath glorified thee. Gen. 49. 10.

g 1 Cor. 12. 28. And God hath fet fome in the church, first apoftles, fecondarily pro-. phets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diverfities of tongues. Eph.

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k Acts 5. 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Ifael, and forgiveness of fins. 'fa 68. 18.

1 Rev. 22. 12. And behold I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work fhall be, Mat. 25. 34, 35, 36.. Rom. 2. 7.

m Rev. 3. 19

As many as I love I rebuke and chaften.. Heb. 12. 6, 7.

n Ifa. 63. 9. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his prefence faved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them, and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old

o 1 Cor. 15. 25. For he muft reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet. Pfa.. 110. throughout.

p Rom. 14. II. As I live

good; and alfo in taking vengeance on the rest, who know not God, and obey not the gospel".

Q. 46. What was the eftate of Christ's humiliation ?

A. The eftate of Chrift's humiliation was that low condition, wherein he, for our fakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form of a fervant, in his conception and birth, life, death, and after his death until his refurrection'.

Q. 47. How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth?

A. Chrift humbled himfelf in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God in the bofom of the Father, he was pleafed in the fulness of time to become the fon of man, made of a woman of low eftate, and to

faith the Lord, every knee fhall bow to me, and every tongue fhall confefs to God. Phil. 2. II. And that every tongue fhould confefs, that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

q Rom. 8. 28. And we know that all things work to. gether for good, to them that Jove God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

r 2 Theff. 1. 8. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our

Lord Jefus Chrift. Pla. 2. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou fhalt dafh them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

f Phil. 2. 6, 7, 8. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a fervant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs.

be born of her, with divers circumstances of more than ordinary abasement'.

Q. 48. How did Chrift humble himself in his life?

A. Chrift humbled himself in his life, by fubjecting himself to the law, which he perfectly fulfilled", and by conflicting with the indignities of the world, temptations of Satan", and infirmities in his flesh; whether common to the nature of man, or particularly accompanying that his low condition".

Q. 49. How did Chrift humble himself in his

death?

A. Chrift humbled himfelf in his death, in that having been betrayed by Judas“, forsaken

2 Cor. 8. 9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that though he was rich, yet for your fakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. Luke 1. 31. Acts 2. 24.

t John 1. 14. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us-v. 18. The only begotten Son, which is in the bofom of the Father Luke 2 7. And the brought forth her first born fon, and wrapped him in fwaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger

come to destroy, but to fulfil, Rom. 5. 19.

x Pfal. 22. 6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Ifa. 53. 2, 3. Heb. 12. 2. 3.

y Mat. 4. 1 to 12. Then was Jefus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil, &c. Luke 4. v. I to 14.

z Heb. 2. 17, 18. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his v Gal. 4. 4. God fent forth brethren-For in that he himhis Son, made of a woman, felf hath fuffered, being temptmade under the law. ed, he is able to fuccour them w Mat. 5. 17. Think not that are tempted. Heb. 4. 15. that I am come to deftroy the Ifa. 52. 14. law or the prophets; I am not

by his difciples, fcorned and rejected by the world, condemned by Pilate, and tormented by his perfecutors'; having alfo conflicted with the terrors of death and the powers of darkness, felt and born the weight of God's wrath, he laid down his life an offering for fin', enduring the painful, fhameful, and curfed death of the crofs.

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Q. 50. Wherein confifted Chriff's humiliation after his death?

A. Chrift's humiliation after his death, confifted in his being buried", and continuing in the ftate of the dead, and under the power of death till the third day', which hath been otherwife expreffed in these words, He defcended into bell.

a Mat. 27. 4.

b Mat. 26. 56. Then all the difciples forfook him, and fled.

c Ifa. 53. I. 3. He is defpifed and rejected of men, a man of forrows and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was defpifed, and we efteemed him not.

d Mat. 27. 26. And when he had fcourged Jefus, he delivered him to be crucified. John 19. 34. Luke 22. 63, 64.

e Luke 22. 44. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his fweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Mat. 27. 46. And about the ninth hour, Jefus cried with a loud voice-Eli, Eli, lama fabachthani,-MyGod, my God, why haft thou forfaken me? Rom. 8. 32. Luke 22. 23.

f Ifa. 53. 10. Thou shalt make his foul an offering for fin.

g Phil. 2. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himfelf, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs Heb. 12. 2. Gal. 3. 13.

h 1 Cor. 15. 3, 4.

i Mat. 12. 40. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; fo fhall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart

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