newing of their covenant with Godz, and love to all the faints a. Q175. What is the duty of Chriftians, after they have received the facrament of the Lord's Supper? A. The duty of Chriftians, after they have received the facrament of the Lord's Supper, is seriously to confider how they have behaved themselves therein, and with what fuccefs b; if they find quickening and comfort, to blefs God for itc, beg the continuance of itd, watch against relapfes e, ful z Jer. 1. 5. They shall afk the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, faying, Come and let us join ourfelves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. Pfal.1.5.Gather my faints together untome: thofe that have made a covenant with me by facrifice. a Acts ii. 42. And they continued ftedfaftly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 175. b Pfal. xxviii. 7. The Lord is my ftrength and my fhield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my long will I praife him. Pfal. lxxxv. 8. I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people and to his faints: but let them not turn again to folly, 1 Cor. xi. 17. Now in this that I declare unto you, I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse. v. 30. For this caufe many are weak and fickly among you, and many fleep. v. 31. For if we would judge ourselves, we fhould not be judged. 2 Chron. xxx. 21, 22, 23, 25, 26. v. 21. And the children of Ifrael that were prefent at Jerufalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread feven days with great gladness: and fil the Levites, and the priests praised the Lord day by day, finging with loud inftruments unto the Lord, &c. Acts ii. 42. And they continued ftedfaftly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. v. 46. And they continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from houfe to houfe, did eat their meat with gladnefs and fingleness of heart, V. 47. praifing God and having fa your with all the people,— d Pfal. xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. Cant. iii. 4. It was but a little that I paffed from them, but I found him whom my foul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mothers house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 1 Chron. xxix. 18. O Lord God of Abraham, Ifaac, and of Ifrael our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee. e 1 Cor. x. 3. And did all eat the fame spiritual meat; v. 4. And did all drink the fame fpiritual drink; (for they drank of that fpiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Chrift.) v. 5. But with many fil their vows, and encourage themselves to a frequent at tendance on that ordinanceg: but, if they find no prefent benefit, more exactly to review their preparation to, and car riage at the facrament ; in both which if they can approve themselves to God and their own confciences, they are to wait for the fruit of it in due timei: but, if they see they have many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. v. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he ftandeth, take heed left he fall. ƒ Pfal. 1. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most High. g I Cor. xi. 25. After the fame manner alfo he took the cup, when he had fupped, faying, This cup is the new testament in my blood this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me: v. 26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do fhew the Lords death till he come. A&s ii. 42. And they continued ftedfaftly in the apoftles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. v. 46. And they continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and fingle nefs of heart. * Cant. v. i. I am come into my garden, my fifter, my fpoufe; I have gathered my myrrh with my fpice, I have eaten my honey comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. v. 2. I fleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, faying, Open to me, my fifter, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. v. 3. I have put off my coat, how fhall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how thall I defile them? v. 4. My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. v. 5. I rofe up to open to my beloved, and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with fweet fmelling myrrh upon the handles of the lock. v.6. I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my foul failed when he fpake: I fought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. i Pfal. cxxiii, 1. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. *v. 2. Behold, asthe eyes of fervants look unto the hand of their matters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her miftres fo our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us. Pfal. xlii. 5. Why art thou caft down, O my foul? and why art thou difquieted in me? hope thou in God, for I fhall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. v. 8. Yet the Lord will command his lov ing-kindnefs in the day-time, and in the night his fong shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Pfal. xliii. 3. O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me, let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. v. 4. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praife thee, O God, have failed in either, they are to be humbled k, and to attend upon it afterward with more care and diligence /. Q. 176. Wherein do the facraments of baptifm and the Lord's Supper agree?!-- A. The facraments of baptifm and the Lord's Supper agree, in that the author of both is God m; the fpiritual part of both is Chrift and his benefits n; both are feals of the fame God, my God. v. 5. Why art thou caft down, O my foul? and why art thou difquieted within me? hope in God, for I fhall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance and my God. k2 Chron. xxx. 18. For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manaffeh, Iffachar and Zebulun, had not cleanfed themfelves, yet did they eat the paffover, otherwife than it was written: but Hezekiah prayed for them, faying, The good Lord pardon every one v. 19. that prepareth his heart to feek God, the Lord God of his fathers, tho' he be not cleansed according to the purification of the fanctuary. Ifa. i, 16. Wath ye, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; ceafe to do evil. v. 18. Come now, and let us reason together, faith the Lord: though your fins be as fcarlet, they fhall be white as fnow; tho' they be red like crimson, they fhall be as wool. 1 2 Cor. vii, 11. For behold, this felf-fame thing that ye forrowed after a godly fort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement defire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! in all things ye have approved yourfelves to be clear in this matter. 1 Chron. xv. 12. And cove David faid unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: fanctify yourselves both ye and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Ifrael, unto the place that I have prepared for it. v. 13. For because you did it not at the firft, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we fought him not after the due order. v. 14. So the priests and Levites fanctified themfelves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Ifrael. 176. m Mat. xxviii. 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. 1 Cor. xi. 23. For I have received of the Lord, that which I alfo delivered unto you, That the Lord Jefus, the fame night in which he was betrayed, took bread. » Rom, vi. 3. Know ye not, that fo many of us as were baptized into Jefus Chrift, were baptized into his death? v. 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptifm into death: that like as Chrift was raised up from the dead by the glory of his Father, even fo we also fhould walk in newnefs of life. 1 Cor. x. 16. The cup of bleffing which we blefs, is it not the communion of the blood of Chrift? the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Chrift? • Rom covenanto, are to be dispensed by minifters of the gofpel and by none otherp, and to be continued in the church of Christ until his fecond coming q. Q.177. Wherein do the facraments of baptifm and the Lord's Supper differ? A. The facraments of baptifm and the Lord's Supper dif fer, in that baptifm is to be adminiftred but once, with water, to be a fign and feal of our regeneration and ingrafting into Christ, and that even to infants; whereas the Lord's Sup . Rom. iv. 11. And he received the fign of circumcifion, a feal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had yet being uncircumcifed: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcifed; that righteoufnefs might be imputed unto them alfo. Compared with Col. ii. 12. Buried with him in baptifm, wherein alfo ye are rifen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raifed him from the dead. Mat. xxvi. 27. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, faying, Drink ye all of it: v. 28. For this is my blood of the new teftament which is fhed for many for the remiffion of fins. P John i. 33. And I knew him not: but he that fent me to baptize with water, the fame faid unto me, Upon whom thou fhalt fee the Spirit defcending and remaining on him, the fame is he who baptizeth with the Holy Ghoft. Mat. xxviii. 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. 1 Cor. xi. 23. For I have received of the Lord, that which alfo I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jefus, the fame night in which he was betrayed, took bread. 1 Cor. iv. 1. Let a man 9 per fo account of us, as of the ministers of Chrift, and ftewards of the mysteries of God, Heb. v. 4. And no man tak. eth this honour unto himself, but hẹ that is called of God, as was Aaron. Mat. xx. iii. 19. Go ye therefore and teachail nitions, bapti in them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghotov. 20. Teaching them to obferve all things whattoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. 1 Cor. xi. 26. For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do thew the Lords death till he come.. r 177. Mat. iii, 11. I indeed baptize you with water, unto repentance; but he that cometh after me, is mightier than I, whofe fhoes I am not worthy to hear: he fhall baptize you with the Holy Ghoft, and with fire. Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteoufnefs, which we have done, but according to his mercy he faved us by the wathing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Gal. iii. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Chrift, have put on Christ. / Gen. xvii. 6. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy feed after thee, in their ge nerations, for an everlasting cove nant; per is to be adminiftred often, in the elements of bread and wine, to represent and exhibit Chrift as fpiritual nourishment to the foult, and to confirm our continuance and growth in himv, and that only to fuch as are of years and ability to examine themselves w. Q. 178. What is prayer? A. Prayer is an offering up of our defires unto God x, in the name of Chrifty, by the help of his Spirit z; with confeffion of our fins a, and thankful acknowledgment of his nant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee. v. 9. And God faid unto Abraham, Thou fhalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy feed after thee, in their generations. Acts ii. 38. Then Peter faid unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jefus Christ, for the remiffion of fins, and ye fhall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. v. 39. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God fhall call. 1 Cor. vii. 14. For the unbelieving husband is fanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is fanctified by the husband: elfe were your children unclean: but now are they holy. I Cor. xi. 23. For I have received of the Lord, that which alfo I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jefus, the fame night in which he was betrayed, took bread: v. 24. And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. v. 25. After the fame manner alfo he took the cup, when he had fupped, faying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. v. 26. For as often as ye eat mer this bread, and drink this cup, ye do fhew the Lords death till he come. v1 Cor. x. 16. The cup of bleffing which we blefs, is it not the communion of the blood of Chrift? the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? w1 Cor. xi. 28. But let a man examine himself and fo let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. v. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not difcerning the Lords body. 178.x Pfal. lxii. 8. Trust in him at all times; ye people pour out your hearts before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.` John xvi. 23. And in that day ye fhall ask me nothing: verily, verily, I fay unto you, Whatsoever ye fhall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. z Rom. viii. 26. Likewife the Spirit alfo helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we fhould pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itfelf maketh interceffion for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. a Pfal. xxxii. 5. I acknowledged my fin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid: I faid, I will con fefs |