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the gospel to all nations e; forty days after his refurrection, he in our nature, and as our head f, triumphing over ene mies g, visibly went up into the highest heavens, there to receive gifts for men h, to raise up our affections thither i, and to prepare a place for us k, where himself is, and hall conti nue until his fecond coming at the end of the world .

Q.54. How is Chrift exalted in his fitting at the right hand of God?

A. 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 m, with all fulness of joy n, glory o, and power

e Mat. xxviii. 19. do ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: v. 20. Teaching them to obferve all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

f Heb. vi. 20. Whither the fore runner is for us entered, even Jefus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchifedec.

g Eph. iv. 8. Wherefore he faith, When he afcended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts

unto men.

b Acts i. 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 ftedfastly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; v. 11. Who alfo faid, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This fame Jefus, who is taken up from you into heaven, fhail fo come in like manner as ye bave seen him go into heaven, Eph. iv. 1o. He that defcended, is the fame alfo that afcended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. Pfal.lxviii. 18. Thou haft

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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.

Col. iii, 1. If ye then be rifen with 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 xiv. 3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be alfo.

/ Acts iii. 21. Whom the heaven muft receive, until the times of refti. tution of all things, which God hath fpoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, fince the world began.

54. m Phil, ii. 9. Wherefore God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.

n Acts ii. 28. Thou haft made known to me the ways of life; thou fhalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Compared with Pfal. xvi. 11.

Thou wilt fhew me the path of life in thy prefence is fulnefs of joy, at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

• John xvii. 5. And now, O Father,

over all things in heaven and earth p; and doth gather and defend his church, and fubdue their enemies; furnishing his minifters and people with gifts and graces q, and maketh interceffion for them r.

Q.55. How doth Christ make interceffion?

A. Chrift maketh interceflion, by his appearing in our nature continually before the Father in heaven, in the merit of his obedience and facrifice on earth t, declaring his will to have it applied to all believers ; answering all accufations against them w; and procuring for them quiet of confcience notwithstanding

ther, glorify thou me with thine own felf, with the glory which I had with thee before the world

was.

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

9 Eph. iv. 10. He that defcended, is the fame alfo that afcended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. v. 11. And he gave fome, apollies 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. Plal, cx. throughout, The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Kom. viii. 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. ix. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once in to the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. v. 24.

For Chrift is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

t Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightnefs of his glory, and the express image of his perfon, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our fins, fat down on the right hand of the Majefty on high.

v John iii, 16. For God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoever believ eth in him should not perifti, but have ever lafting life. John xvii. 9. 1 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 thefe alone, but for then alfo who shall believe on me through their word. v. 24. Father, I will that they alfo whom thou haft given me, be with me where l am; that they may behold my glory which thou haft given me : for thou lovedit me before the foundation of the world.

w Rom. viii. 33. Who fhall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? it is God that juftifieth: v. 34. Who is he that condemneth? it is Chrift that died, yea rather that is rifen

ftanding daily failings x, accefs with boldness to the throne of grace y, and acceptance of their perfons z and services a.

Q. 56. How is Chrifl to be exalted in his coming again to' judge the world?

A. Christ 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 c, and in the full manifestation of his own glory and of his Father's, with all his holy angels d, with a fhout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God e, to judge the world in righteousness f.

again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh interceffion for us.

x Rom. v. 1. Therefore being jus tified 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 the hope of the glory of God. 1 John ii. 1. My little children, thefe things write I unto you, that ye fin not. And if any man fin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jefus Chrift the righteous: v. 2. And he is the propitiation for our fins and not for ours only, but also for the fins of the whole world.

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y Heb. iv. 16.Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and and grace to help in time of need.

z Eph. i. 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

a 1 Pet, ii. 5. 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. b Acts iii. 14. But ye denied the holy One, and the juft, and defired a murderer to be granted unto

Q.57.

you. v. 15. And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

c Mat. xxiv. 30. And then fhall appear the fign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall allthe tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall fee the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

d Luke is. 26. For whofoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him fhall the Son of man be afhamed, when he fhall come in his own glory, and in his father's, and of the holy angels. Mat. xxv. 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.

e 1 Theff. iv. 16. For the Lord himself fhall defcend from heaven with a fhout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Chrift thall rife firft.

f Acts xvii. 31. Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given affurance unto all men, in that he hath raifed him from the dead,

Q. 57. What benefits bath Chrift procured by his mediation? A. Chrift by his mediation hath procured redemption g, with all other benefits of the covenant of grace h.

Q. 58. How do we come to be made partakers of the benefits which Chrift hath procured?

A. We are made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured, by the application of them unto us i, which is the work especially of God the Holy Ghost k.

Q.59. Who are made partakers of redemption through Chrift? 4. Redemption is certainly applied, and effectually communicated, to all those for whom Chrift hath purchased it /; who are in time by the Holy Ghost enabled to believe in Christ according to the gofpel m.

Q. 60. 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?

57.g Heb, ix. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

h Cor. i. 20. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 78. Johni. 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 on his name.

k Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he faved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; v. 6. Which he fhed on us abundantly, through Jefus Chrift our Saviour.

59. / Eph. i, 13. In whom ye alfo trufted after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your falvation; in whom alfu after that ye believed, ye were fealed with that holy Spirit of premife, v. 14. Which is

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the earsft of our inheritance, until
the redemption of the purchased
poffeffion, unto the praife of his
glory. John vi. 37. All that the
Father giveth me, fhall come to me;
and him that cometh unto me, I will
in no wife caft out.
V. 39. and this
is the Father's will who hath fent
me, that of all which he hath given
me, I should lofe nothing, but fhould
raise it up again at the last day. John
x. 15. As the Father knoweth me,
even fo know I the Father: and I
lay down my life for the fheep. v.
16. And other fheep I have, who
are not of this fold: them alfo I
muft bring, and they fhall hear my
voice; and there shall be one fold
and one fhepherd.

m Eph. ii. 2. For by grace are ye faved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. 2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the fame fpirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I fpoken: we also believe, and therefore speak.

4. They who, having never heard the gofpel n, know not Jefus Chrifto, and believe not in him, cannot be faved P be they never fo diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature q, or the laws of that religion which they pror; neither is there falvation in any other, but in Chrift alone,

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

• 2 Theff. i. 8. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gofpel of our Lord Jefus Chriít: v. 9. Who fhall be punished with everlasting destruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Eph. ii. 12. That at that time ye were without Chrift, being aliens from the commonwealth, of Ifrael, and strangers from the covepants 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. 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 on his

pame.

John viii. 24. I faid therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your Lins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your fins. Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth and is baptized, fhall be faved; but he that believeth not fhall be damned.

91 Cor. i. 20. Where is the wife? where is the fcribe? where is the difputer of this world? hath not cod made foolish the wifdom of this world? v. 21. For after that, in the wifdom of God, the world by wif. dom knew not God, it pleafed God

by the foolishness of preaching to fave them that believe. V. 22. For the Jews require a fign, and the Greeks feek after wifdom: v. 23. But we preach Chrift crucified, unto the Jews a ftumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; v. 244 But unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Chrift, the power of God, and the wifdom of God.

r John iv. 22. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship, for falvation is of the Jews: Rom. ix. 31. But Ifrael who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness v. 32. Wherefore? Because they fought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law: for they stumbled at that stumblingftone. Phil. iii. 4. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might truft in the flesh, 1 more: v. 5. Circumcised the eighth day, of the ftock of lfrael, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews as touching the law, a Pharifee; . 6. Concerning zeal, perfecuting the church; touching the righteoufnefs which is in the law, blameless. v. 7. But what things were gain to me, thofe I counted lofs for Chrift, v. 8. Yea, doubtlefs, and I count all thing but lofs for the excellency of the knowledge of Chrift Jefus my Lord; for whom I have fuffered the lofs of all things, and do count them but dung that I may win Chrift. v. 9. And be found in him, not having mine own righte

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