holy covenant." 6. The worship of God is holy; The matter of it is holy, Mal. i. 11. "In every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering of righteousness." The manner of it is holy, John iv. 24. "God will be worshipped in Spirit and in truth." The time of it is holy, Ex. xx. 8. "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.". 7. The dwelling-place of God is holy, Isa. lvii. 15. "Thus saith the high and holy One, I dwell in the high and holy place." 8. The angels who attend upon God in heaven are holy, Matt. xxv. 31. "All the holy angels with him." 9. The people of God upon earth are holy, Deut. vii. 6. "Thou art a holy people unto the Lord." 10. God requires, works, loves, and delights in holiness, 1 Pet. i. 15. "Be ye holy." 1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the will of God, even your sanctification." 11. God hates sin and sinners infinitely, and without holiness will not admit any into his kingdom, Psa. v. 5. "Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.' Heb. xii. 14. "Follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.”

Q. 19. What is the justice of God?

A. The justice of God is his essential property, whereby he is infinitely righteous and equal, both in himself, and in all his dealing with his creatures. Q. 20. Wherein does the justice of God show itself?

A. 1. In the punishment which he inflicted upon Christ our surety, for our sins, Isa. liii. 5. "He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities." 2. In the vengeance he will execute upon unbelievers for their own sins, in the day of wrath. 2 Thess. i. 7-9. "The Lord will

be revealed in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that obey not the gospel, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction." 3. In the re

ward he will give to his people through the merits of Christ, Matt. v. 12. "Great is your reward in heaven." 2 Tim. iv. 8. " Henceforth is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. 4. In those temporal judgments he brings upon a people or person for their sins in this world, Dan. ix. 7. "O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as it is this day." Lam. iii. 39. "Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?"

Q. 21. What is the goodness of God?

A. The goodness of God is his essential pro perty, whereby he is altogether good in himself, and the author of all good, Psa. cxix. 68. "Thou art good, and dost good."

Q. 22. Wherein does the goodness of God appear?

A. God's goodness appears, 1. In the works which he has made, Gen. i. 31. "And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold it was very good." 2. In his bounty and provisions for all his creatures, Psa. cxlv. 9. "The Lord is good to all." v. 15. "The eyes of all wait upon thee." 3. In his patience and forbearance towards the wicked, and his enemies, Rom. ii. 4. "Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering?" 4. And chiefly God's goodness appears in his special love and mercy towards his own people; in choosing them, in redeeming them, in calling them, in pardoning them, in adopting them, in sanctifying them, in all the privileges he bestows upon them, and manifestations of his love to them here, and in his taking

them to, and giving them possession of his kingdom hereafter, Ex. xxxiv. 6, 7. "The Lord, merciful and gracious, abundant in goodness, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin," &c.

Q. 23. What is the truth of God?

A. The truth of God is his essential property, whereby he is sincere and faithful, free from all falsehood and simulation, Tit. i. 2. "In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, hath promised." Heb. vi. 18. "By two immutable things, in which it is impossible that God should lie."

Q. 24. Wherein does the truth of God appear A. God's truth appears, 1. In the soundness of the doctrine which he has revealed, wherein there is no flaw or corruption, 2 Tim. i. 13. "Hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me." 2. In the certainty of the history which he has recorded, wherein there is no lie or mistake, Luke i. 3, 4. "It seemed good to me to write to thee, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed." 3. In the accomplishment of the prophecies which he has foretold, wherein there is no failing or falling short, John i. 45. "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write." Matt. xxiv. 35. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away." 4. In the fulfilling the promises which he has made to his people, Heb. x. 23. "He is faithful that hath promised." 5. In executing the judgments which he has threatened against the wicked, Zec. i. 6. "But my words, did they not take hold on your fathers?" 6. But the great appearance of God's truth will be at the day of Christ's appear

ance to judgment, when rewards and punishments shall be dispensed according to what he had foretold us in the book of the Holy Scriptures.

Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?

A. There is but one only, the living and true God.

Q. 1. Why is God said to be one only?

A. In opposition to many gods, Deut. vi. 4. "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." 1 Cor. viii. 4-6. "We know that there is none other God but one; for though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or earth, as there be gods many and lords many, yet unto us there is but one God."

Q. 2. Why is God said to be the living God?

A. In opposition to dead idols, Psa. cxv. 4-6. "Their idols are gold and silver, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, and see not; ears have they, but they hear not," &c. 1 Thess. i. 9. "Ye turned from idols, to serve the living God."

Q. 3. Why is God said to be the true God? A. In opposition to all false gods, Jer. x. 10, 11, 15. "The Lord is the true God. The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens; they are vanity, and the work of errors."

Q. 4. How does it appear that God is one only?

A. Because God is infinite, and there cannot be more than one infinite being; for as much as one infinite being sets bounds and limits to all other beings, and nothing that is bounded and limited can be infinite.

Q. 5. How does it appear that God is living? A. 1. Because God gives life to, and preserves it in all his creatures, 1 Tim. vi. 13. "I give thee a charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things." Acts xvii. 28. "In him, we live, and move, and have our being." 2. Because God reigns for ever, Jer. x. 20. "The Lord is a living God, and an everlasting king."

Q. 6. How does it appear that God is true, that he has a true being, or that there is a God indeed?

A. By several arguments, sufficient to convince all the atheists in the world, if they would hearken to their own reason.

Q 7. What is the first argumenet to prove that there is a God?

A. The first argument to prove that there is a God, may be drawn from the being of all things. 1. The being of the heavens, the highest stories which are there erected, the glorious lights which are there placed, the glittering stars which there move. 2. The being of the earth, whose foundations are sure and unmoved by storms and tempests, though it hang like a ball in the midst of the air. 3. The being of the vast sea, where there is such abundance of waters, as some think higher than the earth, which are yet bounded and restrained from overflowing and drowning the land and its inhabitants, as once they did, when their limits were for a while removed. 4. The being of such various creatures above and below, especially of those which have motion and life in themselves. 5. And chiefly the being of man; the curious workmanship of his body in the womb, especially the being of man's soul, which is immaterial, invisible, rational, immortal, and which can