Q.1. What is he called that is the Redeemer ef God's elect?

A. The Redeemer of God's elect is called the Lord Jefus Chrift.

Q. 2. Why is he called the Lord ?

A. Because of his univerfal fovereignty and dominion Acts x. 36. He is Lord of all.'

Q3. Why is he called Jefus ?

A. Because he is the Savior of his people. Matth. i. 21. Thou fhalt call his name Jefus ; for he fall fave his people from their fins."

Q4. Why is he called Chrift?

A. Because he is anointed by the Father unto his office with the Holy Ghoft, which was given to him without measure.' Acts x. 38. God anointed Jefus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghoft, and with power.' John 'God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.' Q.5. How doth the Lord Jefus Chrift redeem the elect of God?

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A. The Lord Jefus Chrift doth redeem the elect of God, 1. By purchase, paying the price of his blood for them. 1 Pet. i. 18, 19. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as filver and gold; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.' 1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom.' 2. By conqueft, refcuing them through his almighty power, out of the fnare of the devil, who before led them captive. Eph. iv. 3. He led captivity captive.' Col ii 15. And having fpoiled principalities and powers, he made a fhew of them openly, triumphing over them.'

Q. 6. Whofe Son is the Lord Jefus Chrift?

A. The Lord Jefus Chrift is the eternal Son of God. Q. 7. How doth the Lord Jefus Chrift differ from other fons of God?

A. Angels are called the fons of God, but they are fons of God by creation. Job. xxxviii. 7. All the fons of God fhouted for joy.' 2. Saints are called fons of God, by adoption and regeneration. Gal. iv. 5. That_we might receive the adoption of fons.' I John iv. 7. Every one that loveth is born of God.' 3. The Lord Jefus Chrift is the natural fon of God by eternal generation.

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Unto which of the angels faid he at any time,
Thou art my fon, this day have I begotten thee !"
Q. 8. What did Chrift, the eternal fon of God, become, that
he might redeem the elect?

A. Christ, that he might redeem the elect, being the eternal fon of God, became man. John i. 14. ' And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we be held his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father) full of grace and truth.' Gal. iv. 4. • When the fulness of time was come, God fent forth his fon made of a woman,' &c.

Q. 9. How was it necessary in order to the redemption of the elect, that Chrift should become man?

A. It was neceffary in order to the redemption of the elect, that Chrift should become man, 1. That he might be capable of fuffering death for them; which, as God, he was incapable of; without which fuffering of death, there could have been no remiffion or falvation. Heb. ix. 22. • Without fhedding of blood there is no remiffion.' z. That he might be their high priest to reconcile them unto God. Heb. ii. 16, 17. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels, but the feed of Abraham; wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high prieft in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the fins of the people.'

Q10. Was it necessary that the redeemer of the elect should be God as well as man?

A. Yes; because if he had not been God as well as man. 1. He could not have borne up under, nor have got loofe from the weight of wrath which was laid upon him for the fins of men. 2. His fufferings would have been but of finite extent, and fo could not have made fatisfaction to God's infinite juftice, which was offended by fin. Q. 11. How is Chrift God and man?

A. Chrift is God and man, by an hypostatical or perfonal union, both his natures, divine and human, remaining diftinct, without compofition or confufion, in one and the fame perfon.

Q. 12. Will this union of the divine and human nature in Chrift never be diffolved?

A. No; for he was, and continueth to be God and man in two distinct natures, and one perfon forever. Heb. vii. 24. Because he continueth forever, he hath an unchangeable priesthood.'

Q. 13. May the properties of the divine nature be afcribed to the human nature, or the properties of the human nature be afcribed to the divine nature of Chrift?

A. Though it be improper to afcribe the properties of the one nature to the other nature; yet by virtue of this near union of both natures in one perfon, there is a communication of the properties of each nature to the perfon of Christ.

XXII. Quest. How did Chrift, being the fon of God, be

come man?

Anf. Chrift being the fon of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body and a reasonable foul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without fin.

Q. 1. Was it a voluntary act in Chrift, the fon of God, to become man?

A. Yes; because he took on him the human nature, that he might be thereby fitted to be our redeemer. Heb.. x. 6, 7. In burnt offerings, and facrifices for fin, thou haft no pleasure. Then faid I, lo, I come.' Heb. ii. 16. 'He took on him the feed of Abraham.'

Q. 2. Was Chrift, the fon of God, a real man, like unto other men?

A. Chrift, the fon of God, was a real man, taking to himself the two effential parts of man. 1. He had a real body of flesh, and blood and bones; not a phantastical body, which is a body only in appearance. Luke xxiv. 39. • Behold my hands and my feet, handle me, and fee, for a fpirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye fee me have.' 2. He had a real rational foul, and his divine nature did not fupply the place of the foul. Ifaiah liii. 10. Thou shalt make his foul an offering for fin.' Matth. xxvi. 38. My foul is exceeding forrowful, even unto death.'

Q3. Was the birth of Chrift like unto the birth of other

men ?

A. No; for Chrift was born of a virgin, namely, the Virgin Mary. Ifaiah vil 14 Behold, a virgin fhall

concieve and bear a fon.' Matth. i. 24, 25. • And Jofeph took unto him Mary his wife; and knew her not till the had brought forth her first-born Son, and he called his name Jefus.'

Q. 4. How could Chrift be born of a virgin?

A. It was a miraculous conception, by the power of the Holy Ghoft, in the womb of the Virgin Mary. Luke i. 34, 35. • And Mary faid to the angel, How fhall this be, feeing I know not a man? And the angel faid unto her, The Holy Ghost fhall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest fhall overfhadow thee; therefore alfo, that holy thing which fhall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.'

Q. 5. Was Chrift born in fin, like unto other men ?

A. No; for however Chrift took upon him the nature of man, and many human infirmities, yet he was perfectly free from finful infirmities. Heb. iv. 15. • We have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without fin.'

XXIII. Queft. What offices doth Chrift execute as our Redeemer ?

Anfw. Chrift, as our Redeemer, executeth the office of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.

Q. 1. What is it to execute an office ?

A. To execute an office, is to do or perform what be. longeth to the office.

"Q. 2. How many offices doth Chrift execute as our Redeem

er ?

A. There are three offices Chrift doth execute as our Redeemer. 1. The office of a prophet. Acts iii. 22. Mofes truely faid unto the fathers, A prophet fhall the Lord your God raife up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatfoever he fhall fay unto you.' 2. The office of a prieft. Heb. v. 6. Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchifedec.' 3. The office of a king Pfal. ii. 6. Yet have I fet my king upon my holy hill of Sion.'

0.3. In what eftate doth Chrift execute thefe offices?

4. Chrift doth execute thefe offices in his eftate of

humiliation here on earth.

2. Chrift doth execute these

offices in his eftate of exaltation now in heaven. XXIV. Queft. How doth Chrift execute the office of a prophet?

Anfw. Chrift executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our falvation.

Q.1. What doth Chrift reveal to us as a prophet?

A. Chrift, as a prophet, doth reveal unto us the will of God for our falvation.

Q. 2. What is meant by the will of God which Chrift doth reveal?

A. By the will of God which Chrift doth reveal, is meant the whole counfel of God, or whatever God would have us to know, believe, and do, in order to falvation.

Q. 3. Whereby doth Chrift reveal unto us the will of God for our falvation?

A. Chrift doth reveal unto us the wil! of God for our falvation, 1. By his word. John xx. 31. These things are written, that ye might believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the Son of God; and that believing, ye might have life through his name.' 2. By his Spirit. John xiv. 26.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghoft, whom the Father will fend in my name, he fhall teach you all things.'

Q. 4. Which is the word of Chrift, whereby he doth reveal to us the will of God?

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A. The whole book of the fcriptures of the old, efpecially of the new teftament, is the word of Christ. iii. 16. Let the word of Chrift dwell in you richly.'

Q. 5. How are the whole fcriptures the word of Chrift, when but a small part of them were spoken by his own mouth ?

A. The whole fcriptures are the word of Christ, for as much as the prophets and apostles, and other pen-men of the fcriptures, wrote not their own word, but the word which they had from the Spirit of Christ. 1 Peter i. 10, II. Of which falvation the prophets have inquired, fearching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Chrift, which was in them, did fignify, when it teftified beforehand the fufferings of Chrift,' &c.

Q. 6. Is the word of Chrift, without his Spirit, fufficient to teach us the will of God for our falvation?