1 Cor. xv. 3. I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures. 2 Cor. v. 14, 15. If one died for all, then were all dead. He died for all, that they which live, should live unto him who died for them. Heb. ii. 9. That he, by the grace of God, should taste death for every man. 1 Thess. v. 10. He died for us. Ver. 14. That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Rom. xiv. 15. Heb. ix. 15, 16. XXXII. Christ's blood: the efficacy thereof. Zech. ix. 11. As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. xiii. 1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. See Joel iii. 18. Matt. xxvi. 28. My blood, which is shed for the remission of sins. Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his blood. Rom. v. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom. iii. 25. Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. I Pet. i. 2. Elect, according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.-Ver. 19. Precious blood of Christ. * 1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth us from all sin. Ver. 9. v. 6. This is he that came by water and blood. Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, &c. v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us by thy blood. vii. 14. These have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. xii. 11. They overcame by the blood of the Lamb. Hence the title of Lamb given to Christ in Isa. liii. 7. John i. 29. 36. Rev. v. 6. 8. 12, 13.—vi. 1. 16.—vii. 9, 10. 17.-xiii. 8.-xiv. 4. 10.-xv. 3.— xvii. 14.-xix. 7. 9.-xxi. 9. 14. 22, 23. 27.-xxii. 1. 3. iii. 25. Jesus Christ, whom God bath set XXXIII. Christ a propitiation. Rom. Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemp-in his blood, for the remission of sins. forth to be a propitiation through faith tion through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. Col. i. 14. ii. 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ. ix. 12. By his own blood, he entered into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.-Ver. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ purge your consciences from dead works, to serve the living God. Ver. 22. Without shedding of blood is no remission. x. 19, 20. Having boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. Ver. 29. The blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified. Ch. xiii. 20. The blood of the everlasting covenant. xii. 24. Ye are come to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. 1 John ii. 2. He is the propitiation world. 1 John iv. 10. God sent his Son for our sins-for the sins of the whole to be the propitiation for our sins. XXXIV. Atonement. Rom. v. 12. We joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have receiv ed the atonement. XXXV. Christ styled a King having dominion. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Numb. xxiv. 17. For there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. Ps. ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill Zion. xlv. 6. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre that is right. lxxxix. 27. I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Song i. 4. The King has brought me into his chambers. Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Behold a King shall reign in righteousness: A man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place; as a shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Dan. vii. 14. There was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, his kingdom shall not be destroyed. Ver. 17. Zech. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just and having salvation. Isa. lxii. 11. Matt. xxi. 5. xiv. 9. The Lord shall be King over all the earth. Ps. lxxii. 8. Matt. ii. 2. Where is he that is born King of the Jews? John i. 49. Thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. xii. 13. Blessed is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord. xviii. 36. My kingdom is not of this world. Ver. 37. Matt. xxv. 34. Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you. 1 Cor. xv. 24. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father. Ver. 26, 27. Heb. ii. 9. Jesus crowned with glory, and honour, and all things put under him. Ver. 8. Rev. xi. 5. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ. XXXVI. Prince. Dan. ix. 25. From the going forth of the commandment, to Messiah the Prince. Isa. ix. 6. The Prince of peace. Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. Acts v. 31. A Prince and Saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins. XXXVII. Governor. Ps. xxii. 28. He is the governor among the nations. Isa. ix. 6. The government shall be upon his shoulders. liii, 12. He shall divide the spoil with the strong. Mic. v. 2. The Ruler in Israel. Matt. ii. 6. Isa. xl. 10. His arm shall rule for him. Ch. lxii. 11. lv. 4. I have given him for a leader and commander to the people. Ps. lxxii. 2. He shall judge the people with righteousness. cx. 6. He shall judge among the heathen. Joel iii. 12. Isa. ii. 4. He shall judge among the nations. Mic. iv. 3. Mal. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and fuller's soap. XXXVIII. Christ is styled David. Jer. XXX. 9. They shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Ezek. xxxiv. 23.— xxxvii. 24. Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king. Amos ix. 11. I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will close up the breaches thereof, and will raise up the ruins, and will build it as in the days of old. XXXIX. The offspring of David. Isa. of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall xi. 1. There shall come forth a rod out grow out of his roots.-Ver. 4. With Rom. xxii. 22. The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder. Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel judgment and justice in the earth. In shall dwell safely. and righteousness in the land. Ver. 17. xxxiii. 15. He shall execute judgment Zech. iii. 8. I will bring forth my ser vant, the Branch.-Ver. 9. I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day. vi. 12, 13. The man whose name is The Branch; he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord: he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne. Rev. v. 5. The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed. xxii. 16. The root and offspring of David, the bright and morning star. XL. The Son of David. Luke i. 32, 33. The Lord shall give unto him the throne of his father David. He shall rule over the house of Israel for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that hath the key of David, that openeth and no man shutteth, and that shutteth and no man openeth. Ch. i. 18. That hath the keys of hell and death. CHAPTER XI. BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER. FOR ADMISSION INTO THE JEWISH Christ is the Son of God. And they went CHURCH-See Circumcision appointed, both down into the water, and Philip Gen. 17th chap. from ver. 9 to 25. baptized him. I. BAPTISM before Christ's death. Luke iii. 16. John said, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. John i. 2. 6. 31. 33. Acts i. 5. Acts xix. 4. John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. John iv. 2. Jesus baptized not; but his disciples baptized. 1 Cor. x. 2. Our fathers were all baptized in the cloud, and in the sea. II. Baptism after Christ's resurrection. Matt. xxviii. 18-20. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, bap tizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end the world. Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved. John iii. 5. Jesus said, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Acts ii. 38. Peter said, Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins. Ver. 41. They that gladly received his word were baptized. viii. 12. When those who had been deceived by Simon Magus believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.-Ver. 13. Simon believed also, and was baptized. viii. 36-38. The eunuch said to Philip, Here is water, what hindereth me to be baptized? Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus x. 47, 48. Peter said, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. xvi. 15. Lydia, whose heart the Lord touched, and her household, were baptized.-Ver. 33. Also the jailer, and all his house. xix. 5. Some that had been baptized with John's baptism, were again baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. xxii. 16. Ananias said unto Saul, Why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Ch. ix. 18. And he arose and was baptized. Rom. vi. 3, 4. As many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised up from the dead, by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 1 Cor. i. 14. Paul baptized Crispus and Gaius.-Ver. 16. He baptized also the house of Stephanus. xii. 13. By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, bond or free. Gal. iii. 27, 28. As many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. Ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Col. ii. 12. Ye are buried with Christ in baptism; wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Tit. iii. 5. He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Heb. vi. 1, 2. Baptism is one of the principles of the doctrine of Christ along with the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. III. The institution of the Lord's Supper. Matt. xxvi. 26. As Jesus and his disciples were eating the passover, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Luke xxii. 19. My body given for you: this do in remembrance of me. when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them. Ver. 11. V. And with suitable preparation. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8. Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened; for even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. x. 3-5. Our fathers did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink of that spiritual Rock that followed the same spiritual drink: (for they drank them, and that Rock was Christ:) But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Ver. 6-10. These things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they lustedNeither be ye idolaters as some of them were-Neither let us commit fornication as some of them did-Neither let Ver. 27, 28. And he took the cup, and us tempt Christ as some of them temptgave thanks, and gave it to them, say-ed-Neither murmur as some of them ing, Drink ye all of it. For this is my murmured. blood of the New Testament, which is shed for the remission of sins. Ver. 16, 17. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the commuVer. 29. But I say unto you, I will nion of the blood of Christ? the bread not drink henceforth of this fruit of the which we break, is it not the cummuvine, until that day when I drink it newnion of the body of Christ? For we, bewith you in my Father's kingdom. Seeing many, are one bread, and one bothe parallel places, Mark xiv. 22 to 25. dy: for we are all partakers of that one Luke xxii. 14 to 21. bread. Ver. 20, 21. The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God; and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils; ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table of devils. See St. Paul's account of the Lord's Supper. 1 Cor. xi. 23-26. I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same.night in which he was betrayed, took bread; 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 Ver. 31,32. Whether ye eat or drink, of me. After the same manner also he or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glotook the cup, when he had supped, say-ry of God. Give none offence neither ing, This cup is the New Testament in to Jews nor to Gentiles, nor to the my blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink church of God. it, in remembrance of me. For as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. IV. The Lord's Supper to be received frequently. Acts ii. 42. The primitive Christians continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. xx. 7. On the first day of the week, xi. 27-29. Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. See abuses of this ordinance committed by the Corinthians, reproved and threatened in this Chap. from ver. 17 to 23, and from ver. 30 to 32. See Mal. i. 7. The wicked say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. that are required in acceptable prayer; which see at large in the chap. upon Prayer. The sins for which men ought to be excluded from this ordinance, are the same sins, persisted in, for which the sacred scriptures allow that they should be excluded from Christian society, and declare that such shall be excluded out of the kingdom of heaven; which see in the various characters of sinners, and threats against them. Also see, Persons that N. B. The preparation required to the cannot_enter into the kingdom of God; acceptable receiving the Lord's sup- and, Persons that shall be cast into the per, are those same qualifications | lake of fire. Portions of Scripture affording suitable matter of meditation, at, before, and after receiving the Sacrament. Ps. cxvi. 6. 12, 13, 14. Song ii. 3, 4.—v. 1. Isa. xxv. 6 to 10.-lv. 1. Rev. xxi. 6.—xxii. 17. John iv. 14.-vi. 35. 48. 51 to 63. CHAPTER XII. OF THE HOLY GHOST. I. THE Spirit's influences upon the material and animal world. Gen. i. 2. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens. xxxii. 8. There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding. xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me. xxxiv. 14. If he gather unto himself his Spirit and his breath, all flesh shall perish together. Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created. Isa. xxxiv. 16. His Spirit hath gathered them, (viz. the vultures to destroy.) II. The Spirit's influences upon the minds of mankind. Upon the prophets. Numb. xi. 25. The Spirit rested upon the seventy elders, and they prophesied. Ver. 26. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon Edad and Medad, and they prophesied. Ver. 29. Moses said, would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them. Numb. xxiv. 2. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Balaam, and he took up his parable and said, &c. 1 Sam. x. 10. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Saul, and he prophesied. Ch. xix. 23. xix. 20. The Spirit of the Lord was upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesied. 2 Sam. xxiii. 2. David said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was on my tongue. 2 Chron. xx. 14. Upon Jahaziel came the Spirit of the Lord, in the midst of the congregation. Neh. ix. 30. Thou testifiedst against them by thy Spirit, in the prophets. Isa. xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me. 1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned. Ezek. ii. 2. The Spirit entered into me, when he spake unto me. Ch. iii. 24. iii. 12. The Spirit took me up, and I heard a voice, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord." Ch. xi. 24. Ver. 14. The Spirit took me up, and the hand of the Lord was strong upon me. Ch. viii. 3.-xi. 1. xi. 5. The Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak, &c. Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Acts ii. 17, 18. Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, |