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Q.39. Why was it requifite that the Mediator fhould be man? A. It was requifite that the Mediator fhould be man, that he might advance our nature h, perform obedience to the law i, fuffer and make interceffion for us in our nature k; have a fellow-feeling of our infirmities ; that we might receive the adoption of fons m, and have comfort and accefs with boldness unto the throne of grace n.

Q 40. Why was it requifite that the Mediator fhould bè God and man in one perfon?

A It was requifite that the Mediator, who was to reconcile God and man, fhould himself be both God and man, and this in one perfon; that the proper works of each nature might be accepted of God for us o, and relied on by us, as the works of

the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. v. 13. For if the blood of bulls, and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer, Iprinkling the unclean, fanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: v. 14. How much more fhall the blood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your confcience from dead works to ferve the living God? v. 15. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new teftament, that by means of death for the redemption of the tranfgreffions that were under the firft teftament, they who are called, might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

39. b Heb, ii. 16. For verily he took not upon him the nature of angels; but he took on him the feed of Abraham.

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

k Heb. ii. 14. Forafmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewife

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took part of the fame, that through death he might deftroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil. Heb. vii. 24. But this man becaufe he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable prieft-hood. v. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the uttermoft, that come unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make interceflion for them.

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

m Gal. iv. 5. To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of fons,

# Heb, iv, 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

40. Mat. i. 21. And fhe fhall bring forth a fon, and thou shalt call his name Jefus: for he fhall fave his people frem their fins. v. 23. Behold, a virgin fhall be with child, and fhall bring forth a fon, and they fhall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with us, Mat. ii. 17. And lo, a

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Q.41. Why was our Mediator called Jefus?

A. Our Mediator was called Jefus, because he faveth his people from their fins q.

Q.42. Why was our Mediator called Chrift?

A. Our Mediator was called Chrift, because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost above measurer; and so set apart, and fully furnished with all authority and ability to execute the offices of prophet t, prieft v, and king of his church,

voice from heaven, faying, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Heb. ix. 14. How much more shall the blood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without fpot to God, purge your confcience from dead works to ferve the living God.

p Pet. ii. 6. Wherefore alfo it is contained in the fcripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner ftone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him fhall not be confounded. 41. 9 Mat. i. 21. And the fhall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name Jefus: for he fhall fave his people from their fins.

42. r John iii. 34. For he whom God hath fent, fpeaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. Pfal. xlv. 7. Thou loveft righteousness, and hateft wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

f John vi. 27. Labour not for the meat which perifheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man thall give unto you; for him hath God the Fatherfealed. Mat. xxviii, 18. And Jefus came and spake unto them, faying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. v. 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: v. 20. Teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

t Acts iii. 21. Whom the heaven must receive, until the times of retitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, fince the world began, v. 22. For Moses truly faid unto the fathers, A prophet fhall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; him fhall ye hear in all things whatfoever he fhall fay unto you. Luke iv. 18. The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me, to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath fent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of fight to the blind, to fet at liberty them that are bruifed. v. 21. And he began to fay unto them, This day is the fcripture fulfilled in your ears.

v Heb. v. 5. So also Chrift glorified not himself, to be made an high prieft: but he that faid unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. v. 6. As he faith alfo in another place, Thou art a prieft for ever after the order of Melchife

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church w, in the estate both of his humiliation and exaltation. Q.43. How doth Chrift execute the office of a prophet?

A. Chrift executeth the office of a prophet, in his revealing to the church x in all ages, by his fpirit and word y, in divers ways of adminiftration z, the whole will of God a, in

Melchifedec. v. 7. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and fupplications, with ftrong cryings, and tears unto him that was able to fave him from death, and was heard in that he feared. Heb. iv, 14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is .paffed into the heavens, Jefus the Son of God, let us hold faft our pro. feffion. v. 15. For we have not an high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without fia,

Pfal. ii. 6. Yet have I fet my King upon my holy hill of Zion. Mat. xxi. 5. Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and fitting upon an afs, and a colt the fole of an afs. Ifa. ix. 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a fon is given, and the government fhall be upon his fhoulders and his name fhall be called, Wonderful, Counseller, the mighty God, the everlafting Father, The Prince of peace. v. 7. Of the increase of his government and peace there fhall be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with juftice, from henceforth even for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hofts will perform this. Phil. ii. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. v. g. Wherefore God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is abore every name:

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v. 10. That at the name of Jefus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; v. II. And that every tongue fhould confefs, that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

43. John i, 18. No man hath feen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bofom of the Father, he hath declared him.

yi Pet. i. 10. Of which falvation the prophets have enquired, and fearched diligently: who prophefied of the grace that should come unto you: v. 11. Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Chrift which was in them did fignify, when it teftified before hand the fufferings of Chrift, and the glory that should follow. V. 12. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minifter the things which are now reported unto you, by them that have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghoft fent down from heaven; which things the angels defire to look into.

z Heb. i. 1. God who at fundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time paft unto the Fathers, by the prophets, v. 2. Hath in thefe laft days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom alfo he made the worlds.

a juhn xv. 15. Henceforth I call you not fervants; for the fervant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for N

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in all things concerning their edification and falvation b. Q.44. How doth Chrift execute the office of a Prieft?

A. Chrift executeth the office of a prieft, in his once offering himself a facrifice without fpot to God c, to be a reconciliation for the fins of his people d; and making continual interceffion for them e.

Q. 45. How doth Chrift execute the office of a King? A. Chrift executeth the office of a King, in calling out of the world a people to himself f; and giving them offi

all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.

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d Heb. ii. 27. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren; that he might be a menciful and faithful high priest, in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the fins of the people.

b Acts xx. 32. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them e Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore he is who are fanctified. Eph. iv. II.able alfo to fave them to the utterAnd he gave fome, apoftles: and moft, that come unto God by him, fome, prophets: and fome, evange feeing he ever liveth to make interlifts and fome, paftors and teach- ceffion for them. ers; v. 12. For the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift: v. 13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, usto the meafure of the flature of the fulness of Chrift. John xx. 31. But thefe are written, that ye might believe that Jefus is the Chrift the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name.

44. c Heb. ix. 14. How much more shall the blood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without fpot to God, purge your confcience from dead works to ferve the living God? v. 28. So Chrift was once offered to bear the fins of many; and unto them that look for him fhall he appear the fecond time, without fin, unto falvation.

45. f Acts xv. 14. Simeon hath declared how God at the first did vifit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name: v. 15. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, v. 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 thereof, and I will fet it up. Ifa. lv. 4. Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and cominander to the people. v. 5. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knoweft not, and nations that knew not thee, shall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the holy One of Ifrael; for he hath glorified thee. Gen. xlix. 10. The fceptre fhall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto him fhall the gathering of the people be. Pfal. cx.

cers g, laws h, and cenfures, by which he vifibly governs them i; in bestowing faving grace upon his elect k, rewarding their obedience, and correcting them for their fins m, preferving and supporting them under all their temptations and fufferings n, reftraining and overcoming all their enemies o, and powerfully ordering all things for his own glory p, and their

3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power; in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning; thou haft the dew of thy youth.

g Eph. iv. 11. And he gave fome, apoftles: and fome, prophets: and fome, evangelifts and fome, paftors and teachers; v. 12. For the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the minftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift. 1 Cor. xii. 28. And God hath fet fome in the church, first apostles, fecondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, diverfities of tongues.

b Ifa. xxxiii. 22. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King, he will fave us.

i Math. xviii. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. v. 18. Verily I fay unto you, whatfoever ye thall bind on earth, fhall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye fhall loofe on earth, fhall be loofed in heaven. 1 Cor. v. 4. In the name of our Lord Jefus Chrift, when ye are gathered together, and my fpirit with the power of our Lord Jefus Chrift, v. 5. To deliver fuch an one unto Satan for the deftruction of the flesh, that the fpirit may be faved in the day of the Lord Jefus,

k acts v. 31. Him hath God ex

alted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Ifrael, and forgiveness of fins.

/Rev.xxii. 21. And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work fhall be. Rev. ii. 10. Fear none of thofe things which thou shalt fuffer: behold, the devil fhall caft fome of you into prifon, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

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m Rev. iii, 19. As many as I love I rebuke and chaften: be zealous therefore and repent.

n Ifa. Ixiii. 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.

• 1 Cor. xv. 25. For he must reign till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. Pfal. cx. throughout. V, Is The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footftool. v. 2. The Lord fhall fend the rod of thy strength out of Zion, rule thou in the midft of thine enemies, &c.

p Rom. xiv. 10. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou fet at nought thy brother? for we fhall all ftand before the judgmentfeat of Chrift, v. 11. For it is written, As I live, faith the Lord, every knee fhall bow to me, and every

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