42. Queft. Why was our Mediator called Chrift? Anfw. Our Mediator was called Chrift, because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost above Meafure; and fo fet apart, and fully furnished with all Authority and Ability, to execute the Offices of Prophet, Prieft, and King of his Church ", in the Estate both of his Humiliation and Exaltation.

43. Quest. 42. John 3. 34. Fothe whom God me to preach the gofpel to the poor, hath fent fpeaketh the words of he hath fent me to heal the brokenGod: for God giveth not the Spirit hearted, to preach deliverance to by meafure unto him. Pfalm 45. 7, the captives, and recovering of fight Thou loveft righteoufnefs, and ha- to the blind, to fet at liberty them teft wickedness: therefore God, thy that are bruifed. 7. 21. And he beGod hath anointed thee with the oil gan to fay unto them, This day is of gladnefs above thy fellows. the fcripture fulfilled in your cars.

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John 6. 27. Labour not for the meat which perifheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlafting life, which the Son of man fhall give unto you: for him hath God the Father fealed. Mat. 28. 18, And Jefus came and fpake 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.

*Acts 3. 21. Whom the heaven muft receive, until the times of reftitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, fince the world be gan. v. 22. For Mofes 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 4. 18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed

Heb.5.5.So alfo Chrift glorified not himself, to be made an high prieft; but he that faid unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I be gotten thee. v. 6. As he faith alfo in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchifedec. v. 7. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and fupplications, with ftrong crying and tears, unto him that was able to fave him from death, and was heard, in that he feared. Heb. 4. 14. Seeing then that we have great high priest, that is paffed into the heavens, Jefus the Son of God, let us hold faft our profeffion. v.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 fin.

w Psalm 2.6. Yet have I fet my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Mat. 21. 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. 9. 6. For unto us a child is born,

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43. Queft. How doth Chrift execute the Office of a Prophet?

Anfw. Chrift executeth the Office of a Prophet, in his revealing to the Church in all Ages, by his Spirit and Word, in divers Ways of Adminiftration, the whole Will of God, in all Things concerning their Edification and Salvation '.

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 gofpel unto you, with the holy Ghoft fent down from heaven;which things the angels defire to look into.

44. Quest. unto us a fon is given, and the go- teftified before hand the fufferings vernment shall be upon his fhoulder; of Chrift, and the glory that should and his name fhall be called, Won- follow. v. 12. Unto whom it was derful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlafting Father, The Prince of peace. v. 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 juftice, from henceforth even for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hofts will perform this. Phil. 2. 8. And being found in fafhion as a man, he humbled himfelf, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs. v. 9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: v. 10. That at the name of Jefus every knee should bow, ofthings in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; v. 11. And that every tongue fhould confefs, that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

43. John 1. 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. y 1 Pet. 1. 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 oftime the Spirit of Chrift which was in them did fignifie, when it

z Heb. 1. 1. God who at fundry times,and in diverfe manners,fpake in time paft unto the fathers by the prophets, v. 2. Hath in these last days fpoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.

a John 15. 15. Henceforth I call you not fervants; for the fervant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.

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Acts 20.32. And now brethren, 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 which are fanctified. Eph. 4. 11. And he gave fome, apoftles: and fome, prophets and fome, evangelists: and fome, paftors and teachers ; v.12.For the perfecting of the faints, for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift:

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44. Queft. How doth Chrift execute the Office of a Prieft ?

Anfw. Chrift executeth the Office of a Prieft, in his once offering himself a Sacrifice without Spot to God, to be a Reconciliation for the Sins of his People ; and in making continual Interceffion for theme.

45. Queft. How deth Chrift execute the Office of a King?

Anfw. Chrift executeth the Office of a King, in calling out of the World a People to himself; and giving

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44. Heb.9.14.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 shall he appear the fecond time, without fin, unto falvation.

d Heb. 2. 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 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,

feeing he ever liveth to make interceffion for them.

45. f Acts 15. 14. Simeon hath declared how God at the first did vifit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name: vis. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, . 16. After this I will return,

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again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down and I will build again the ruines thereof, and I will fet it up. Ifa. 55. 4. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. v. 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. The fceptre fhall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto him fhall the gathering of the people (e. Pfalm 110. 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.

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giving them Officers 8, Laws h, and Cenfures, by which he vifibly governs them; in bestowing saving Grace upon his Elect, rewarding their Obedience, and correcting them for their Sins m, , preferving and fupporting them under all their Temptations and Sufferings, reftraining and overcoming all their Enemies, and powerfully ordering all Things for his own Glory P, and their Good ; and also in

taking Vengeance on the reft who know not God, and obey not the Gospel.

46. Quest. What was the Estate of Chrift's Humiliation?

Anft: The Eftate of Chrift's Humiliation was that low Condition, wherein he for our Sakes emptying himself of his Glory, took upon him the Form of a Servant in his Conception and Birth, Life, Death, and after his Death until his Refurrection

47. Queft. How did Chrift humble himself in his Conception and Birth?

Anfw. Chrift humbled himself 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 Son of Man, made of a Woman of low Eftate, and to be born of her, with divers Circumstances of more than ordinary Abasement.

all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpofe.

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took upon him the form of a fér vant, and was made in the likeness of men: v. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himr2 Thef. 1. 8. In flaming fire, felf, and became obedient unto taking vengeance on them that death, even the death of the cross." know not God, and that obey not Luke 1. 31. And behold thou shalt the gospel of our Lord Jefus Chrift: conceive in thy womb, and bring 7.9.Who fhall be punifhed with ever- forth a fon, and fhalt call his name lafting deftruction from the pre- Jefus, 2 Cor. 8. 9. For ye know the fence of the Lord, and from the glo- grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that ry of his power. Pfal. 2. 8. Ask of though he was rich,, yet for your me, and I fhall give thee the heathen fakes he became poor, that ye for thine inheritance, and the utter- through his poverty might be rich. moft parts of the earth for thy pof- Acts 2.24. Whom God hath raised feffion. v. 9. Thou shalt break them up, having loofed the pains of with a rod of iron, thou shalt dafh death: because it was not poffible them in pieces like a potters veffel. that he fhould be holden of it. 46. Phil. 2. 6. Who being in the form of God, thought it no robbery to be equal with God: v. 7. But made himself of no reputation, and

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