28. Queft. What are the Punishments of Sinin this World? Anfw. The Punishments of Sin in this World, are either Inward, as Blindness of Mind, a reprobate Sense f, strong Delufions, Hardness of Heart", Horrour of Conscience i, and vile Affections: Or Outward, as the Curfe of God upon the Creatures for our Sakes'; and all other Evils that befal us in our Bodies, Names,Eftates,Relations,and Employments; together with Death it felf". 29. Quest.

everlafting burnings? Gen. 4. 13. And Cain faid unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Mat. 27.4. Saying, I have finned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they faid, What is that to us? fee thou to that.

Mat. 25.41. Then fhall he fay alfo who amongst us hall dwell with unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye curfed, into everlafting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. v. 46. And these fhall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Jude 7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after ftrange flesh, are set forth for an example, fuffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

28. Eph. 4. 18. Having the understanding darkned, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, becaufe of the blindness of their heart. f Rom. 1. 28. Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do thofe things which are not convenient.

8 2 Thef. 2. 11. And for this cause God fhall fend them ftrong delufion, that they should believe a lie. h Rom. 2. 5. But after thy hardnefs and impenitent heart, treafureft up unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

i Ifa. 33. 14. The finners in Zion are afraid, fearfulness hath furprifed the hypocrites: who among us fhall dwell with the devouring fire?

k Rom. 1. 26. For this cause God. gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature.

Gen. 3. 17. And unto Adam he faid, Because thou haft hearkned unto the voice of thy wife, and haft eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: curfed is the ground for thy fake; in forrow fhalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

m Deut. 28. 15, to the end. But if it fhall come to pafs, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to obferve to do all his commandments and his ftatutes which I command thee this day;that all these curfes fhall come upon thee, and overtake thee. v. 16. Curfed shalt thou be in the city, and curfed shalt thou be in the field. v. 17. Curfed fhall be thy basket and thy ftore.

18. Curfed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, &c. "Rom. 6. 21. What fruit had ye N 3 then

29. Queft. What are the Punishments of Sin in the World to come?

Anfw. The Punishments of Sin in the World to come are, everlafting Separation from the comfortable Prefence of God, and moft grievous Torments in Soul and Body without Intermiffion, in Hell Fire for ever °.

30. Queft. Doth God leave all Mankind to perish in the Eftate of Sin and Mifery?

Anfw. God doth not leave all Men to perish in the Estate of Sin and Misery P, into which they fell by the Breach of the First Covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Works : But of his mere Love and Mercy delivereth his Ele& out of it, and bringeth them into an Eftate of Salvation by the Second Covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Gracer.

then in thofe things, whereof ye are now afhamed for the end of thofe things is death. v. 23. For the wages of fin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

29.2 Thef. 1. 9. Who fhall be punifhed with everlafting deftruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Mark 9. 44, 45, 48. -- To go into hell, Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, Luke 16. 24. And he cried and faid, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for Lam tormented in this flame.

30. P 1 Thess. 5.9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath; but to obtain falvation by our Lord Jefus Chrift,

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Gal. 3.10. For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curfe: for it is written, Curfed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. v. 12. And the law is not of faith: but,The man that doth them fhall live in them.

Tit. 3.4. But after that the kindnefs and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, v. s. Not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his mercy he faved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Ghoft; v. 6. Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jefus Chrift our Saviour: v. 7. That being juftified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Gal. 3.21. Is the law then against the promises of God? God

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31. Queft. With whom was the Covenant of Grace made?

Anfw. The Covenant of Grace was made with Chrift as the Second Adam, and in him with all the Elect as his Seed .

32. Queft. How is the Grace of God manifefted in the Second Covenant ?

Anfw. The Grace of God is manifested in the Second Covenant, in that he freely provideth and offereth to Sinners a Mediator', and Life and Salvation by him; and requiring Faith as the Con'dition to intereft them in him ", promifeth and gi

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vant juftify many: for he fhall bear their iniquities.

32. Gen. 3. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed: it shall bruife thy head, and thou shalt bruife his heel. Ifai. 42.

forbid for if there had been a law given, which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. Rom. 3.20. Therefore by the deeds of the law, there fhall no fleth be justified in his fight: for by the law is the knowledge of fin. v. 21. But now the righteouf- 6. I the Lord, have called thee in nefs of God without the law is manifefted, being witneffed by the law and the prophets; v. 22. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jefus Chrift unto all, and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference.

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31. Gal. 3.16.Now to Abraham and his feed were the promises made. He faith not, And to feeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy feed, which is Chrift. [Rom. 5. IS. to the end Ifai. 53. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruife him, he hath put him to grief; when thou fhalt make his foul an offering for fin, he shall see his feed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleafute of the Lord fhall profper in his hand. v.11.He fhall fee of the travel of his foul, and fhall be fatisfied: by his knowledge fhall my righteous fer

righteoufnefs, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. John 6. 27. Labour not for the meat which perifheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man fhall give unto you: For him hath God the Father fealed.

VI John S. II. And this is the record, that God hath given unto us eternal life: and this life is in his Son. v. 12. He that hath the Son, hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not life..

w John 3. 16. For God fo loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoever believeth in him, fhould not perish, bur have everlasting life. John r. 12, N

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veth his Holy Spirit to all his Elect, to work in them that Faith, with all other faving Graces 2; and to enable them unto all holy Obedience, as the Evidence of the Truth of their Faith and Thankfulness to God, and as the Way which he hath appointed them to Salvation d.

33. Queft. Was the Covenant of Grace always adminiftred after one and the fame Manner?

Anfw. The Covenant of Grace was not always adminiftred after the fame Manner, but the Adminiftrations of it under the Old Teftament were different from those under the New .

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the fons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

* Prov. 1. 23. Behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

2 Cor.4.13. We having the fame fpirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I fpoken: we alfo believe, and therefore fpeak.

2 Gal. 5. 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longfuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, v. 23. Meeknefs, Temperance against fuch there is no law.

a Ezek. 36. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my ftatutes, and ye fhall keep my judgments, and do them.

James 2. 18. Yea, a man may fay, Thou haft faith, and I have works: fhew me thy faith without thy works, and I will fhew thee my faith by my works. v. 22. Seeft thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfe&t?

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Chrift conftraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then all were dead: v. 15. And that he died for all, that they which live, fhould not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

d Eph. 2.10. For we are his workmanfhip, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk

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33. 2 Cor. 3. 6. Who alfo hath made us able minifters of the new teftament, not of the letter, but of the fpirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. v. 7. But if the miniftration of death written and engraven in ftones, was glorious, fo that the children of Ifrael could not stedfaftly behold the face of Mofes, for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away; v. 8. How fhall not the miniftration of the fpirit be rather glorious? v.9. For if the miniftration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the miniftration of righteousness exceed in glory. f

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34. Queft. How was the Covenant of Grace adminiftred under the Old Testament?

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Anfw. The Covenant of Grace was adminiftred under the Old Teftament, by Promises, Prophecies, Sacrifices h, Circumcifion i, the Paflover *, and other Types and Ordinances; which did all forefignify Chrift then to come, and were for that Time fufficient to build up the Elect in Faith in the promised Meffiah ', by whom they then had full Remiffion of Sin and eternal Salvation ".

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35. Queft. How is the Covenant of Grace adminiftred under the New Testament ?

Anfw. Under the New Testament, when Christ the Substance was exhibited, the fame Covenant of Grace

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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.

Acts 3.20. And he fhall fend Jefus Chrift, which before was preached unto you: v. 24. Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of thefe days.

h Heb. 10. 1. For the law having a fhadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with thofe facrifices which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect.

the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Chrift our paffover is facrificed for us.

[ Heb. 8. 9, and 10 chapters.] Heb. 11. 13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having feen them afar off, and were perfwaded of them, and embraced them, and confeffed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Gal. 3. 7. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the fame are the children of Abraham. v. 8. And the fcripture foreseeing that God would juftify the heathen' through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, faying, In i Rom. 4. II. And he received thee fhall all nations be bleffed. the fign of circumcifion, a feal of v. 9. So then they which be of faith, the righteousness of the faith, which are bleffed with faithful Abraham. he had yet being uncircumcifed: that. v. 14. That the bleffing of Abrahe might be the father of all them ham might come on the Gentiles that believe,though they be not cir- through Jefus Chrift; that we might cumcifed; that righteoufnefs might receive the promise of the Spirit be imputed unto them alfo. through faith.

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