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furrection, he in our Nature and as our Head £, triumphing over Enemies, vifibly went up into the highest Heavens, there to receive Gifts for Men ", to raise up our Affections thither, and to prepare a Place for us, where himself is, and fhall continuetill his Second Coming at the End of the Word'. 54. Queft. How is Chrift exalted in his fitting at the Right Hand of God?

Anfw. Chrift is exalted in his fitting at the Right Hand of God, in that as God-man he is advanced to the highest Favour with God the Father ", with all Fulness of Joy ", Glory, and Power over all

f Heb. 6, 20. Whither the forerunner is for us entred, even Jefus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchifedec,

Eph. 4. 8. Wherefore he faith, when he afcended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts

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h Acts 1. 9. And when he had fpoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their fight. v. 10. And while they looked stedfaftly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; v. 11. Which alfo faid, Ye men of Galilee, why ftand ye gazing up into heaven? this fame Jefus which is taken up from you into heaven, fhall fo come, in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Eph 4.10.He that defcended, is the fame alfo that afcended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. Pfalm 68. 18. Thou haft afcended on high, thou haft led captivity captive: thou haft received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious alfo, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

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Chrift, feek thofe things which are above, where Chrift fitteth on the right hand of God. v. 2. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.

k John 14. 3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto my felf, that where I am, there ye may be also.

Acts 3.21. Whom the heavens must receive, until the times of reftitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, fince the world began.

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Phil. 2.9 Wherefore God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.

n Acts 2. 28. Thou haft made known to me the ways of life; thou fhalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Compared with Pfalm 16. 11. Thou wilt fhew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy, at thy right hand there are plea fures for evermore.

• John 17. 5. And now O Father, glorify thou me with thine own felf,

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Things in Heaven and Earth P; and doth gather and defend his Church, and fubdue their Enemies; furnifheth his Minifters and People with Gifts and Graces, and maketh Interceffion for them ".

55. Queft. How doth Chrift make Interceffion?

Anfw. Chrift maketh Interceffion, by his appearing in our Nature continually before the Father in Heaven, in the Merit of his Obedience and Sacrifice on Earth, declaring his Will to have it applied to all Believers; anfwering all Accufations against them; and procuring for them Quiet of

with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

P Eph. 1. 22. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church. 1 Pet. 3.22. Who is gone into heaven,and is on the right hand of God, angels, and authorities, and powers being made subject unto him.

4 Eph. 4. 10. Hethat defcended, is the fame alfo that afcended up far above all heavens,that he might fill all things. v.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 miniftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift. Pfalm 110. throughout. The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footitool.

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Rom. 8.34. Who is he that condemneth it is Chrift that died; yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh interceffion for us. 55. Heb. 9. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entred in once into the holy place, having obtained

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eternal redemption for us. v.24. For Chrift is not entred into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven it felf, now to appear in the prefence of God for us.

Heb. 1. 3. Who being the brightnefs of his glory, and the exprefs image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our fins, fate down on the right hand of the majesty on high.

John 3. 16. For God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoever belie veth in him, fhould not perish, but have everlasting life. John 17. 9. I pray for them I pray not for the world, but for them which thou haft given me, for they are thine. v. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them alfo which shall believe on me through their word. v. 24. Father, I will that they also whom thou haft given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou haft given me : for thou lovedft me before the foundation of the world.

w Rom. 8.33. Who shall lay any thing

Confeience notwithstanding daily Failings, Access with Boldness to the Throne of Grace, and Acceptance of their Perfons and Services 2.

56. Queft. How is Chrift to be exalted in his coming again to judge the World?

Anfw. Chrift is to be exalted in his coming again to judge the World, in that he who was unjustly judged and condemned by wicked Men b, fhall come again at the Laft Day in great Power, and in the full Manifestation of his own Glory and of his Father's; with all his holy Angels with a Shout, with the Voice of the Archangel, and with

thing to the charge of Gods ele&t? it is God that juftifieth: v. 34. Who is he that condemneth? it is Chrift that died, yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh inteceffion for us.

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made us accepted in the beloved. I Pet. 2. S. Ye alfo as lively ftones, are built up a fpiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up fpiritual facrifices, acceptable to God by Jefus Chrift.

56. Acts 3.14. But ye denied the holy One, and the juft, and defired a murderer to be granted unto you, v. 15. And killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead, whereof we are witneffes,

* Rom. 5. 1. Therefore being juftified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jefus Chrift. v. 2. By whom alfo we have accefs by faith into this grace wherein we ftand, and rejoice in hope of the • Mat. 24. 30. And then fall apglory of God. 1 John 2. 1. My pear the fign of the Son of man in little children, these things write I heaven: and then fhall all the tribes unto you, that ye fin not. And if of the earth mourn, and they fhall any man fin, we have an advocate fee the Son of man coming in the with the Father, Jefus Chrift the clouds of heaven, with power and righteous: 7. 2. And he is the pro- great glory. pitiation for our fins: and not for ours only, but also for the fins of the whole world.

·Y Heb. 14. 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.

Eph. 1. 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath

d Luke 9.26.For whofoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him thall the Son of man be afhamed when he thall come in his own glory, and in his Fathers, and of the holy angels. Mat. 25. 31. When the Son of man fhall come in his -glory, and all the holy angels with him,then fhall he fit upon the throne of his glory.

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57. Queft. What Benefits hath Chrift procured by his Mediation?

Anf. Chrift by his Mediation hath procured Redemption, with all other Benefits of the Covenant of Grace h.

58. Queft. How do we come to be made Partakers of the Benefits which Chrift hath procured?

Anfw. We are made Partakers of the Benefits which Chrift hath procured, by the Application of them unto us i; which is the Work especially of God the Holy Ghost *.

59. Queft. Who are made Partakers of Redemption through Chrift?

Anfw. Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated to all thofe for whom Chrift hath purchased it'; who are in Time by the Holy Ghoft

I Theff. 4. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a fhout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Chrift fhall rife firft.

f Acts 17.3 1. Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteoufnefs, by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given affurance unto all men, in that he hath raifed him from the dead.

57.8 Heb 9.12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entred in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

b 2 Cor. 1. 20. For all the promifes of God in him are, yea, and in him amen, unto the glory of God by us.

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58. John I. 11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. v. 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the fons of God, even to them that believe in his name.

k Titus 3. S. Not by works of righteoufnefs 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.

59. Eph.1. 13. In whom ye alfo trusted after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your falvation; in whom alfo after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, v. 14. Which is the earneft of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased

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Ghost enabled to believe in Chrift according to the Gospel m.

60. Queft. Can they who have never heard the Gospel, and fo know not Jefus Chrift nor believe in him, be faved by their living according to the Light of Nature?

Anfw. They who having never heard the Gospel ", know not Jefus Christ and believe not in him, cannot be faved P, be they never fo diligent to frame their Lives according to the Light of Nature, or

poffeffion, unto the praife of his glory. John 6. 37. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and him that cometh unto me, I will in no wife caft out. v. 39. And this is the Fathers will which hath fent me, that of all which he hath given me, I fhould lofe nothing, but fhould raise it up again at the laft day. John 10. 15. As the Father knoweth me, even fo know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. v. 16. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they fhall hear my voice; and there fhall be one fold and one shepherd.

m Eph. 2. 8. For by grace are ye faved through faith; and that not of your felves: it is the gift of God. 2 Cor. 4.13. We having the fame fpirit of faith according as it is writen, I believed, and therefore have I fpoken: we also believe, and therefore fpeak.

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60. Rom. 10. 14. How then fhall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how fhall they hear without a preacher?

• 2 Thess.1.8. In flaming fire,taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jefus Chrift: v. 9. Who

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fhall be punished with everlafting deftruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Eph. 2. 12. That at that time ye were without Chrift, being aliens from the common-wealth of Ifrael, and ftrangers from the covenants of promife, having no hope, and without God in the world. John I. 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not, V. II. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. v. 12. 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.

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P John 8.24. I faid therefore to you, that ye shall die in your fins: for if ye believe not that I am be, ye fhall die in your fins. Mark 16. 16. He that believeth and is baptized, fhall be faved; but he that believeth not fhall be damned.

9 1 Cor. I. 20. Where is the wife? where is the fcribe? where is the difputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? v. 21. For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wifdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to fave them that believe. V. 22. For

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