A. The punishment which man by the fall is liable anto in the other world is the punishment of hell foreyer.

Q. 14. Wherein doth consist the punishment of hell? A. The punishment of hell doth consist. 1. In the punishment of loss. 2. In the punishment of sense. Q. 15. What will be the punishment of loss in hell? A. The punishment of loss in hell will be a banish-' ment from the comfortable presence of God, and an exclusion, or shutting out from heaven, where the saints will have a fulness, and eternity of joy and happiness, Mat. xxv. 41. Depart from me ye cursed, Luke xiii. 28. Ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out, Psalm xvi. 11. In thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Q. 16. What will be the punishment of sense in hell? A. The punishment of sense in hell, will be both upon the soul and on the body. 1. The souls of the wicked in hell will be filled with horror and anguish through the strokes of God's immediate vengeance, and the bitings of the never dying worm of conscience, Heb. x. S1. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, Mark ix. 44. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 2. The bodies of the wicked in hell will be most grievously tormented in every part and member and that both in extremity, and to eternity, Matt. xxv. 41. Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels, Matt. xiii. 41, 42. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all them that do iniquity, and shall cast them into a furnace of fire; and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

20. Q. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin snd misery?

A. God having out of his mere good pleasure from all eternity elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the

estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.

Q... Doth all mankind perish in the estate of sin and inisery into which they are fallen?

A. No: For some God doth bring out of this estate of sin and misery, into an estate of salvation, Phil. i. 10. Being in nothing terrified by your adversaries, which to them is an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

Q. 2. Whom doth God bring into an estate of salvation?

A. God doth bring all his elect people into an estate of salvation, unto which he hath chosen them, 2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation?

Q. 3. Who are the elect people of God?

A. The elect people of God are those whom from all eternity, out of his mere good pleasure he hath chosen unto everlasting life, Eph. i. 4, 5. According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world having predestinated us unto the adoption of children, according to the good pleasure of his will, Acts xiii. 48. As many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

Q. 4. By whom doth God bring his elect into an estate of salvation?

A. God doth bring his elect into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer, Acts iv. 12. Neither is there salvation any other way for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Q. 5. In what way doth God bring his elect into an estate of salvation?

A. God doth bring his elect into an estate of salvation in the way of his covenant.

Q. 6. By virtue of which covenant of God is it that his elect are saved?

A. 1. Not by virtue of the covenant of works, Gal. iii. 10. As many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse. Verse 21. If there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness

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should have been by the law. covenant of grace that the elect are saved. Q. 7. With whom was the covenant of grace made? A. As the covenant of works was made with the first Adam, and all his posterity: so the covenant of grace was made with Christ the second Adam, and in him with all the elect as his seed, which are the Israel of God, Gal. iii. 26. Now to Abraham and to his seed were the promises made, (that is, not the promise of making all nations blessed) he said not unto seeds as of many? but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ, Heb. viii. 10. This is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel.

Q. 8. Was it the same covenant which was made with Christ and his elect?

A. No: For there was a tovenant which God made with Christ as Mediator, and the representative of the elect, which was the foundation of all that grace, which was afterwards promised in that covenant of grace, which he made with themselves in and through Christ. Q. 9. What was the covenant which God made with Christ as the head and representative of the elect?

A. God did covenant and promise to Christ as the representative of the elect, that upon condition he would submit to the penalty which the sins of the elect did deserve, and undertake in all things the office of a Mediator, he should be successful, so as to justify and save them, Isa. Jiii. 10, 11. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see bis seed, and the pleasure of the Lord'shall prosper in his hand. And by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many. Q. 10. Was this a covenant of grace which God made with Christ, when it required perfect obedience? A. It was a covenant of grace, in reference to the elect, whom Christ did represent, since thereby the obedience was accepted of the hands of the representative, which the covenant of works required of themselves. 2 Tim. i. 9. Who hath saved us according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ before the world began.

Q11. What are the promises of the covenant of grace which God made with the elect through Christ?

A. The promises of the covenant of grace which God hath made with the elect through Christ, are either more general, or more particular. i. More general, God hath promised to the elect through Christ that he will be to them a God, and they shall be to him a people, Heb viii. 10. These two promises are so general and comprehensive, that they include all the rest. The promises that he will be to them a God, doth include his special favour and affection together. with all the expressions of it, in taking care of them, and making provisions of all temporal and spiritual good things for them here, and giving them eternal life and happiness in the other world. The promise that they shall be to him a people, doth include the giving them all those gifts and qualifiications, as are requisite to that estate and relation.

2. More particlarly, God in the covenant of grace. hath promised to the elect through Christ: 1. Illumi pation, that he will teach them the knowledge of himself, and that more fully and clearly than they had or could be taught one by another, Heb. 8. 11. They shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying know the Lord; for all shall know me from the least to the greatest. 2 Remission, that he would forgive their sins, verse 12. For I will be merciful unto their unrighteousness, and their sins. and their iniquities I will remember no more. Sanctification, verse 10. I will put my laws into their minds, and write them in their hearts. There are also other promises of sanctification which belong to this, covenant, Ezek. xxxvi. 25, 26, 27, &c. I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean. heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of Besh and I will put my spirit, within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes; and ye shall keep my judgments, and

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Q.12. Whatis the condition of the covenant ofgrace? A. The condition of the covenant of grace, whereby the elect have an actual interest in the things promis-, éd, is faith by which they have an interest in Christ,

Jöhn iii. 16. Whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life, Acts xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.

Q. 13. Why is the covenant with the elect called the covenant of grace ?

A. Because not only the things promised to the elect are grace, or the free gifts of God which they do not in the least deserve: but also because faith (the condition of this covenant whereby the promises are made their's) is God's gift and work wrought in them by the spirit, which in his covenant he promised unto them, Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, Col. ii. 12. Ye are risen through faith of the operation of God. Q. 14. Was the covenant which God made with the children of Israel of old a covenant of works or a covenant of grace?

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A. The covenant which God made of old with the children of Israel, was not a covenant of works, but the same covenant of grace, as to the substance of it, which is made known in the gospel. For, 1. It was impossible that any of the fallen children of Adam should be justified and saved by the covenant of works, Gal. îi. 716. By the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 9. The children of Israel had the same mediator of covenant, and Reedemer, which the people of God have now, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ who was typified by Moses, and by the sacrifices under the law. 3. They had the same promises of remission and of salvation, 4. They had the same condition of faith required to enable them to look to, and lay hold on Christ, held forth to them in types and figures.

Q. 15. Wherein doth the dispensation of the covenant of grace under the gospel, differ from the dispensation of it under the law?

A. The dispensation of the covenant of grace under the gospel, doth differ from the dispensation of it under the law. 1. In regard of the easiness of the covenant under the gospel: under the law it was burdensome, and ceremonial rites and ceremonies required, are called a yoke of bondage, Gal. v. 1. Which yoke is