him.' 5. A fure title to the inheritance of the kingdom of heaven. Rom. viii. 17. And if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Chrift.'

XXXV. Queft. What is fanctification?

Anfw. Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man, after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto fin, and live unto righteoufnefs.

Q. 1. Wherein doth fanctification differ from juftification and adoption ?.

4. Sanctification doth differ from juftification and adoption, in that, 1. Juftification and adoption are acts of God without us: fanctification is a work of God within us. 2. Juftification and adoption do make only a rela tive change: fanctification doth make in us a real change. 3. Juftification and adoption are perfect at firft: fan&tifi cation is carried on by degrees unto perfection. 1

Q. 2. Whofe work is the work of fanctification?

A. 1. Though we be the fubjects of fanctification, yet we are not the authors and efficient causes of our fanctifi. cation: we can defile ourselves, but we cannot cleanse and renew ourselves. 2 Sanctification is the work of God which is wrought by his Spirit. 2 Theff. ii. 13. God hath from the beginning chofen you to falvation, through fanctification of the Spirit.'

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* Q. 3. Is there no defert of the grace of fanctification in any of the children of men before they are fanctified?".

A. No for all the children of men are by nature wholly polluted with fin, and it is wholly of God's free grace that any of them are fanctified.

Q.4% Wherein doth our fanctification confift?

A. Our fanctification doth confift in our renovation after the image of God, in knowledge, righteoufnefs, and holinefs. Col. 1o. Put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him. Eph. iv. 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteoufnefs and true holi

nefs.'

Q. 5. What is the fubject of our fanctification

A. The fubject of our fanctification is our whole man, understanding, will, confcience, memory, affections, which

all are renewed and changed in regard of their qualifications; and all the members of our body, which are chang ed in regard of their use, being made inftruments of righteoufnefs.

Q. 6. Wherein is our fanctification begun?

A. Our fanctification is begun in our regeneration and effectual calling; wherein our minds are firft enlightened. and our wills renewed, and the habits of all graces are infufed.

Q. 7. How is our fanctification carried on ?

A. Our fanctification is carried on by degrees, as God doth blefs his providences, especially his ordinances, through them to communicate farther measures of his spirit and grace.

Q. 8. Wherein is our fanctification perfected?

A. Our fanctification is perfected in our glorification, when we shall be made perfectly free from fin, and fully conformable unto the image of God.

Q. 9. What are the parts of fanctification?

A. There are two parts of fanctification : 1. Mortifi. cation, whereby we are enabled to die more and more unto fin. Rom. vi. 11. Reckon ye yourselves to be dead indeed unto fin.' 2. Vivification, whereby we are enabled to live unto righteoufnefs. Rom. vi. 13. Yield your felves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as inftruments of righteousness unto God.'

XXXVI. Quest. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption and sanctification ?

Anfw. The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from juftification, adoption, and fanctification, are affurance of God's love, peace of confcience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perfeverance therein to the end.

Q. 1. How many forts of benefits are there which do belong to thofe which are justified, adopted and fanctified?

A. There are three forts of benefits which do belong unto those which are juftified, adopted and fanctified"; namely, 1. Benefits in this life. 2. Benefits at death. 3. Benefits at the refurrection.

Q. 2. What are the benefits which belong to juftified, adopted and fanctified per fons in this life?

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A. The benefits which belong to juftified perfons in this life, are five: 1. Afsurance of God's love. 2. Peace of conscience. 3. Joy in the Holy Ghoft. 4. Increase of grace. 5. Perfeverance in grace to the end. Rom. v. 1, 'Being juftified by faith we have peace with God, through our Lord Jefus Chrift. By whom alfo we have accefs by faith into this grace wherein we ftand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And hope maketh not afhamed, because the love of God is fhed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghoft which is given unto us.' Philip. i. 6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jefus Chrift.'

Q. 3. What are the benefits that do accompany and flowTM from the fight and sense of juftification, adoption and fanctifica

tion?

A. The benefits which do accompany and flow from the fight and fenfe of juftification, adoption and fanctification, are affurance of God's love, peace of confcience, joy in the Holy Ghoft.

Q. 4. May not any unjustified and unfanctified persons attain any of thefe benefits?

A. Unjuftified perfons may fome of them have a prefumptuous confidence of God's love, but not real assurance; they may have a carnal fecurity, and falfe peace, but no true fpiritual peace; they may have a carnal joy, or ungrounded spiritual joy, but no found fpiritual and heavenly joy of the Holy Ghoft; thefe benefits are given only unto fuch as are truly justified, adopted and fanctified.

Q. 5. Whence is it that all that are justified, adopted, and fanctified, do not attain these benefits?

A. Because all have not a fight and sense of their justification, adoption and fanctification, but are under doubts and therefore fear that God doth hate them, and not love them; therefore they have troubles of confcience inftead of peace, and forrow in fpirit instead of the joys of the Holy Ghoft.

Q. 6. How may a child of God get a fure evidence of his juftification and adoption?

A. A child of God may get a fure evidence of his jufti fication and adoption by his fanctification.

Q. 7. What is a fure evidence of fanctification ?

A. A fure evidence of fanctification is increase of grace. Q. 8. What are the benefits which accompany and flow from the being of juftification, adoption and fanctification ?

A. The benefits which accompany and flow from the being of juftification, adoption and fanctification, are, increafe of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.

Q. 9. Do all truly juftified, adopted and fanctified perfons increafe in grace?

A. 1. All truly juftified, adopted and fanctified perfons do not at all times actually increase in grace, for fome of them may at fome times be under declining and decays of grace. 2. They are always of a growing difpofition, and defirous to grow in grace; and at fome time or other they do grow, when they do not perceive themselves to grow, but fear that they do decline.

Q. 10. Do all truly justified, adopted and fan&ified perfons perfevere in grace to the end?

A. All truly juftified, adopted and fanctified perfons do perfevere in grace to the end, and shall assuredly attain the heavenly inheritance.

Q. 11. How do you prove this ?

A. 1. From God's everlafting, unchangeable love, and his faithfulness in his promifes of perfeverance, as well as of heaven, which he hath made unto them. 2. From their union and relation to Chrift, and his undertaking for them. 3. From the conftant abode and indwelling of the Spirit of God in them. 4. From the nature of grace; which is an abiding feed, which can never be totally extirpated.

Q. 12. May not any believers, by falling into fin, fall from grace?

A. Some believers may, through the remainder of corruption in them, and the violence of Satan's tempting of them, fall into fin foully, and fo fall from fome degrees and measures of grace; but they will never fall totally nor finally from grace. And when we fee any to fall totally and finally from the profeffion which they formerly made, we may know that they were never in that fincer

ity which they profeffed themfelves to be. 1 John ii. 19. They went out from us, but they were not of us for if they had been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us but they went out, that they might be made `manifeft that they were not all of us.'

XXXVII. Quest. What benefits do believers receive from Chrift at their death?

Anfw. The fouls of believers are at their death made perfect in holinefs, and do immediately pafs into glory; and their bodies being ftill united to Chrift, do rest in their graves till the refurrection.

Q. 1. How manifold are the benefits of believers at their death?

A. The benefits of believers at their death are twofold, 1. In regard of their souls. 2. In regard of their bodies. Q. 2. What is the benefit of believers at their death, in regard of their fouls?

A. The fouls of believers at their death, 1. Are made perfect in holiness. Heb. xii. 23. And to the fpirits of juft men made perfect.' 2. They do immediately pafs into glory. Philip. i. 23. Having a defire to depart, and to be with Chrift.'

Q. 3. Wherein doth confift the perfect holiness which the fouls of believers fhall have at their death?

A. The perfect holiness of believers fouls at their death doth confift, 1. In their perfect freedom from the stain and pollution, from the being, or any inclination unto fin. Rev. xxi 27. There fhall in no wife enter into it any thing that defileth.' 2. In their perfect rectitude of foul, and full conformity unto the image of Chrift. Eph. iv. 13. 'Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the ftature of the fulness of Chrift.'.

Q.4. What is that glory which the fouls of believers at death do immediately pass into?

A. The fouls of believers at death do immediately pafs into, 1. A glorious place. 2. A glorious company. 3. A glorious state.

Q. 5. What is that glorious place which the fouls of believ ers at death do immediately pafs into?

A. The glorious place which believers fouls do imme.