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Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?

A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body P, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her', yet without sin".

Q. 23. What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?

4. Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation t.

was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.

. Rom. ix. 5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Luke i. 35. And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Col. ii. 9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Heb. vii. 24. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Ver. 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

22. p Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Ver. 16. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Heb. x. 5. Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me.

? Mat. xxvi. 38. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Luke i. 27. To a virgin espoused to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. Ver. 31. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. Ver. 35. And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Ver. 42. And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Gal. iv. 4. [See in the preceding question, letter ".]

Heb. iv. 15. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without

sin. Heb. vii. 26. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.

23. Acts iii. 21. Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Ver. 22. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. Heb. xii. 25. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. Compared with 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. Heb. v. 5. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee. Ver. 6. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec: Ver. 7. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, unto him that was able to save hin from death, and was heard in that he feared. Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Psal. ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. Isa. ix. 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Ver. 7. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. Mat. xxi. 5. Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. Psal. ii. 8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,

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A. Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God1; and in making continual intercession for us'.

Q. 26. How doth Christ execute the office of a king ?

4. Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies ".

-Q. 27. Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist 2

A. Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross ↳ ; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.Ver. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Ver, 10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Ver. 11. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

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24. Johni. 18. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath de clared him. 1 Pet. i. 10. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Ver.11. Searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Ver. 12. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us, they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. John xv. 15. Henceforth call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. John xx. 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his

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15:25, w Heb. xi. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eter nal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God? Ver. 28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation.

Heb. ii. 17. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to

God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

ry Heb. vii. 24. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Ver. 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

26. Acts xv. 14: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. Ver. 16. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, Ner. 16. After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down: and I will build again the ruins thered, and I will set it up.

Isa.xxxiii. 22. For the Lord is out judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Londis our king; he will save us.

b Isa. xxxii. 1. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. Ver. 2. And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in dry place; as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

1 Cor. xv. 25. For he must reign, tilbh hath put all enemies under his feet. Psal ex. throughout

27.4 Luke ii. 7. And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a ma ger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Gal, iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.

f Heb. xii. 2. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endered the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Ver. 3. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Isa. liii. 2. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form

Q. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation 2 C

A Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father", and in coming to judge the world at the last day.

Q. 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?

A. We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit 4.

Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?

A. The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling".

Q. 31. What is effectual calling?

A. Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convinc

nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Ver. 3. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Luke xxii. 44. And, being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Mat. xxvii. 46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabach, thani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Phil. ii. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient into death, even the death of the cross.**

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i1 Cor. xv. 3. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; Ver. 4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

*Aats ii. 24. Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Ver. 25. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Ver. 26. Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope: Ver. 27. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Ver. 31. He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption,

28.1 Cor. xv. 4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day ac cording to the scriptures.

Mark xvi. 19. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

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when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.

Acts i. 11. Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into hea ven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Acts xvii. 31. Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

29. John i. 11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Ver. 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Ver. 6. Which he shed on us abun dantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

30. Eph. 1. 13. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Ver. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. John vi. 37. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me: and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. Ver. 39. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath gi en me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. Eph. ii. 8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.

Eph. iii. 17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, &c. 1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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