word, are to preach found doctrine m, diligently, , in feafon, and out of feafon o; plainly P, not in the enticing words of man's wifdom, but in demonftration of the spirit, and of power q, faithfully r, making known the whole counfel of God f; wifely t, applying themfelves to the neceffities and capacities of the hearers v zealously w, with fervent love to God and the fouls of his 159. m Tit. 2.1. But fpeak thou the things whichbecome founddoctrine, v.8. Sound fpeech thatcannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part, may be afhamed, having no evil thing to fay of you. n Acts 18.25. This man wasinftructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the fpirit, he Ipake and taught diligently the things of the Lord.+ 92 Tim. 4. 2. Preach the word, be inftant in feafon, out of feafon; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-fuffering and doctrine. peoevery man in all wifdom; that we may prefent every man perfect in Chrift Jefus.2 Tim.2.15.Study to fhew thyself approved unto God,a workman that needeth not to be alhamed, rightly dividing theword of truth. VI Cor.3.3.I have fed you with milk,& not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye ableHeb.5.12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,ye have need that one teach you again which be the firft principles of the oracles of God and are become fuch as have need p1 Cor. 14. 19 Yet in the church of milk, and not of ftrong meat: I had rather speak five words with 7. 13. For every one that ufeth my understanding,thatbymyvoice milk, is unikilful in the word of I might teach others alfo, than ten righteoufnefs; for he is a babe. v. thousand words in an unknown 14. But ftrong meat belongeth to tongue. themthat are of full age,even thole q1 Cor.2.4. And my fpeech,& who by reafon of ufe have their my preachingwasnotwithenticing fenfes exerciled to difcern both words of mans wifdom,but in de- good and evil. Luke12.42. Andthe monstration of the Spirit; and of Lord faid, Who then isthatfaithful *power: and wife fteward, whom his lord 1 r Jer.23, 28. The prophet that fhall make ruler overhis houfhold, hath a dream, let him tell a dream; to give them their portion of meat and he that hath my word, let him in due fealon? Speak my word faithfully: what is w Acts 18.25.This man was inthe chaff to the wheat? faith the ftructed in the way of the Lord; Lord. 1 Cor. 4.1. Let a man fo account ofus, as of the minifters of Chrift, and ftewards of the myfteries of God, v. 2. Moreover it is required in ftewards, that a man be found faithful. f Acts 20, 27. For I have not fhunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God, t Col. 128. Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching and being fervent in the spirit, he fpake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, x 2Cor, 5.13, For whether webe befides our felves it is to God: or whether we be fober,it is for your caufe. v.14. For the love of Chrift constraineth us, becaufe we thus judge that if one died for all, then were all dead. Phil. 1. 15. Some indeed preach Chrift even of envy and people y; fincerity z, aiming at his glory verfion b, edification c, and falvation d. Q. 160. What is required of thofe that hear the word preached? A. It is required of those that hear the word preached, and ftrife: and fome alfo of good will. v. 16. The one preach Chrift of contention,notfincerely, fuppofing to add affliction tomy bonds: 7. 17.But the other of love, knowing that I am fet for the defence of the gospel. y Col. 4. 12.Epaphras,whoisone of you,a fervant of Chrift, faluteth you,always labouringferventlyfor you in prayers, that ye may ftand perfect, andcompleatin all thewill of God. 2 Cor. 12, 15. And I will very gladlyfpend and be spent for you,though the more abundantly I love you, the lefs I be loved. z 2 Cor. 2 17, For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of fincerity, but as of God,in the fight of God, fpeak we in Chrift. 2 Cor.4.2. But haverenounced the hiddenthingsofdifhonefty,not walkingincraftinefs,not handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourfelves to every mans confcience in the fight of God. a1 Theff. 2. 4. But as we were allowed of God to be put in truft with the gospel, even fo we fpeak not aspleafing men,butGod, which trieth our hearts. v. 5. For neither at any time ufed we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetoufnefs; God is witnefs v, 6. Nor of men fought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdenfom, as the apoftlesof Chrift. John 7. 18. He that speaketh of himself feeketh his own glory, but hethat feeketh his glory thatfent him,the fame is true, and no unrighteoufnefs is in him. b. Cor. 9. 19. For though I be that free from all men, yet I have made myself fervant unto all, that I mightgain themore.v. 10 Andunto the Jews, I became asa Jew, that Imight gain the Jews:tothem that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; v. 21. To them that are without law, as without law (being not without lawto God, but under the law to Chrift) that I might gain them that are without law. v. 22. To the weak. became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means fave fome. c 2 Cor. 12, 19. Again, think you that we excufe ourselves untoyou, we fpeak before Godin Chriff:but we do all things, dearly beloved? for your edifying.Eph. 4. 12.For the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift. d 1 Tim. 4. 16. Take heed unto thyfelf, and unto thy doctrine continue in them. For in doing this thou shalt both fave thy felf and themthathearthee. Acts26.16. But rife, and fand upon thy feet;. for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minifter, and a witnefs both of these things which thou haft feen, and of thofe things in the which I will appearunto thee. v.17. Delivering thee from the people, andfromthe Gentiles, unto whom now I fend thee, v. 18. To open their eyes, and to turn them fromdarkness to light, and from the power ofSatan unto God, that they may receive forgivenefs of fins and inheritance among them which are fanctified by faith that is in me. 160.cProv. that they attend upon it with diligence e, preparation f, and prayer g; examine what they hear by the fcriptures h; receive the truth with faith i, lovek, meeknefs 1, and readiness of mind m, as the word of God n; meditate o, and confer of it P; hide it in their hearts 9, and bring forth the fruit of it in ther lives r. 160. e Prov. 8.34. Bleffed is the man, that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the pofts of my doors. I. f1. Pet. 2.1. Wherefore laying alide all malice and all guile, and hypocrifies, and envies, and all evil fpeakings, v. 2. As new born babes defire the fincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. Luke 8. 18. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whofoever hath, to him fhall be given; and whofo ever hath not, from him fhall be taken even that which he feemeth to have. g Pfal.119. 18. Open thou mine eyes,that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Eph. 6. 18. Praying always with allprayer and fupplication in the fpirit, & watch ing thereunto with all perfeverance &fupplication for all faints; v. 19. And for me, that utterance maybe given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel. h Acts 17. 11. These were more noble than thofe in Theffalonica, in that they received the word with all readinets of mind, and fearched the scriptures daily whether thofe things were fo. i Heb. 4. 2. For unto us was the gofpel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. k 2 Theff.2.10. And with alldeeivableness of unrighteousness, in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be faved. 1 James 1. 21. Wherefore lay a part all filthiness, and fuperfluity Q. 161, of naughtiness, and receive with meeknefstheingrafted word, which is able to fave your fouls. m Acts 17. 11.Thefe were more noble thanthofe in Theffalonica,in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and fearched the fcriptures daily, whether thofe things were fo. ni Theff 2.13.For this caufe al fo thank we God without ceafing, because when ye received theword of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh al fo in you that believe. Luke 9, 44. Let these fayings fink down into your ears: for the Son of man fhall be delivered into the hands of men. * Heb. 2, 1, Therefore we ought to give the more earneft heed to the things we have heard, left at any time we fhould let them flip. p Luke 24. 14. And they talked together of all these things which had happened, Deut. 6. 6. And thefe words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. v.7. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and falt talk of them when thou fittest in thy houfe,and when thou walkeft by the way, and when thou lielf down, and when thou rileft up. q Prov,2,1, My fon, if thouwilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee. Pfalm 19, 11. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not fin against thee, r Luke 8, 15, But that on the good ground,are they, which in an honeft & good heart,having heard the Q. 161. How do the facraments become effectual means of Salvation? A. The facraments become effectual means of falvation, not by any power in themselves, or any vertue derived from the piety or intention of him by whom they are adminiftred; but only by the working of the holy Ghoft, and the bleffing of Chrift by whom they are inftituted f Q. 162. What is a facrament? A. A facrament is an holy ordinance inftituted by Chrift in his, church t, to fignify, feal, and exhibite v unto thofe the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. Jam. 1.25. But whofo looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the word,this man fhall be blefled in his deed. 161, fi Pet. 3. 21. The like fi gurewhereunto,even baptifm,doth alfo now fave us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good confcience toward God)bythe refurrectionof JefusChrift. Acts 8. 13. ThenSimon himself believed alfo: And when he was baptized,he continued with Philip, and wondred, beholding the miracles and figns which were done. Compared with v. 23. For I perceive (faid Peter toSimon) that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity. 1 Cor. 3.6. I have planted, Appollos watered: but God gave the increase. 7. 7. So then, neither is he that planteth any thing,neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increafe. 1 Cor. 12. 13. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews orGentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 162. tGen 17.7. And I will eftablish my covenant between me and thee, and thy feed after thee, in their generations, for an everlafting covenant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee. ร that v. 10. This is my covenant,which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy feed after thee; every man-child among you shall be cir cumcifed. Exod.chap. 12. contain ing the inftitution of the paffover; Mat. 28. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,and of the holy Ghoft. * Mat. 26. 26, And as they were eating, Jefus took bread, and bleffed it, and brake it,and gave it to the dif ciples, and faid, take, eat; this it my body. v. 27. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, faying, drink ye all of it; v. 28. For this is my blood of the new teftament, which is fhed for many, for the remiffion of fins. v Rom. 4. 1. And he received the fign of circumcifion; a feal of the righteoufness of thefaith which he had yet being uncircumcifed : that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be notcircumcifed: thatrighteoufnefs might be imputed unto them alfo. I Cor. 11.24. And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and faid, take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. V. 25. After the fame manner also he took the cup, when he had fupped, faying, This cup is the new teftament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. w Rom. that are within the covenant of grace w, the benefits of his mediation ; to ftrengthen and increafe their faith, and all other graces y; to oblige them to obedience z; to testify and cherish their love and communion one with another a, and to distinguish them from those that are without b. Q. 163. What are the parts of a facrament? A. The parts of a facrament are two; the one, an outward and fenfible fign ufed according toChrift's own appointment; the other, an inward and fpiritual grace thereby fignified c. w Rom. 15. 8. Now I fay, that Jefus Chrift was a minifter of the circumcifion, for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers. Exod.12.48.Andwhen a ftranger fhall fojourn with thee, and will keep the pallover to the Lord,let all his males be circumcifed, and then let him come near and keep it; and he fhall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncir cumcifed perfon fhall eat thereof. x Acts 2, 38. Then Peter faid unto them, repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jefus Chrift, for the remiffion of fins,and ye fhall receive the gift ofthe holy Ghoft. Cor. 10.16. The cup of bleffing which we blefs, is it not the communion of the blood of Chrift? the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? y Rom, 4. 11. See in v. above. Gal. 3. 27. For as many of you as have beenbaptized into Chrift,have put on Christ. z Rom. 6. 3. Know ye not, that fo many of us as werebaptized in to Jefus Chrift, were baptized into his death? v. 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Chrift was raifed up from the dead by the glory ofthe Father, even fo we alfo fhould walk in newness of life. 1 Cor 10.21. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakersofthe Lord's table,and the table of devils, Q: 164. a Eph. 4. 2. With all lowliness and meeknefs,withlong-suffering, forbearing one another in love; v. 3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.v.4.There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling v..One Lord,one faith,one baptifm. 1 Cor. 12.13. For by oneSpirit are we alt baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. b Eph.2.11. Wherefore remember that ye being in times paffed Gentiles in the ffefh, who are calleduncircumcifion by that which is called the circumcifion in the fleth made by hands; v. 12. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Ifracl,andftrangersfrom the covenants of promife, having no hope, and without God in the world. Gen. 34. 14. And they faid untothem,we cannot do this thing, to give our fifter to one that is uncircumcifed'; for that were a reproach to ns. 163, c Mat. 3. 11. Findeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but he that cometh after me, is mightier than I, whofefhoes I am not worthy to bear: hefhallbaptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire, i Pet. 3.21. The like figure whereunto, even baptifm,doth alfo now fave us (not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the an |