1. Introduction

Question 1: What is thy only comfort in Life and Death?

Answer: That both in Soul and⁷⁴⁵ Body, whether I live or dye,⁷⁴⁶ I am not mine own, but⁷⁴⁷ belong wholly unto my most faithful Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: who by his most precious Blood⁷⁴⁸ fully satisfying for all my Sins, hath⁷⁴⁹ delivered me from all the power of the Devil, and so⁷⁵⁰ preserveth me, that without the will of my Heavenly Father not so much as an Hair may⁷⁵¹ fall from my Head; yea all things⁷⁵² must serve for my safety: wherefore by his Spirit also he⁷⁵³ assureth me of everlasting Life, and⁷⁵⁴ maketh me ready and prepared, that henceforth I may live to him.

1. 745. 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:10
2. 746. Romans 14:8
3. 747. 1 Corinthians 3:23
4. 748. 1 Peter 1:18–19; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2
5. 749. 1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14–15
6. 750. John 6:39
7. 751. Matthew 10:30; Luke 21:18
8. 752. Romans 8:28
9. 753. 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 1:13–14
10. 754. Romans 8:24–25

Question 2: How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou injoying this comfort mayst live and dye happily?

Answer: ⁷⁵⁵ Three. The first, what is the⁷⁵⁶ greatness of my sin and misery. The second, how I am⁷⁵⁷ delivered from all Sin and Misery. The third, what thanks I⁷⁵⁸ owe unto God for this delivery.

1. 755. Luke 24:47; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Romans 8:15; Titus 3:3–8
2. 756. John 4:41; Romans 3
3. 757. John 17:3
4. 758. Ephesians 5:10; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 3:10–12; Romans 6:11–13; Matthew 5:16; Titus 2:11–12

Question 3: Whence knowest thou thy misery?

Answer: Out of the Law of⁷⁵⁹ God.

1. 759. Romans 3:20; Romans 7:5,13; Romans 5:20

Question 4: What doth the Law of God require of us?

Answer: That which Christ doth summarily teach us, Matthew 22:37–40. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Mind, and with all thy⁷⁶⁰ Strength. This is the first and the great Commandment; and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self. On these two Commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.

1. 760. Luke 10:27

Question 5: Art thou able to keep all these things perfectly?

Answer: No⁷⁶¹ truly: for by nature I am prone to the hatred of God, and of my⁷⁶² Neighbours.

1. 761. Romans 3:10,23; 1 John 1:8
2. 762. Romans 8:7; Ephesians 2:3; Titus 3:3

Question 6: Did God then make man so wicked and perverse?

Answer: Not⁷⁶³ so, but rather he made him good, and to his own⁷⁶⁴ Image; that is, indued with true Righteousness and Holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, and heartily love him, and live with him blessed for ever, and that to laud and magnify⁷⁶⁵ him.

1. 763. Genesis 1:31
2. 764. Genesis 1:26–27
3. 765. 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:24

Question 7: Whence then ariseth the wickedness of Mans nature?

Answer: From the fall and disobedience of our first Parents Adam and⁷⁶⁶ Eve: hence is our nature so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in⁷⁶⁷ Sin.

1. 766. Romans 5:12; Romans 5:18–19
2. 767. Psalm 51:5; Genesis 5:3

Question 8: Are we so corrupt that we are not at all apt to do well, and are prone to all vice?

Answer: Indeed we are, except we are regenerated by the Holy⁷⁶⁸ Ghost.

1. 768. John 3:5; Genesis 6:5; Job 14:4; Job 15:16; Isaiah 53:6

Question 9: Doth not God then Injury to Man who in the Law requireth that of him which he is not able to perform?

Answer: No; For God had made Man such a one as⁷⁶⁹ he might perform it: but Man by the impulsion of the⁷⁷⁰ Devil, and his own stubbornness bereaved himself and all his posterity of those Divine Graces.

1. 769. John 3:5; Ephesians 4:24
2. 770. Luke 10:30

Question 10: Doth God leave this stubbornness and falling away of Man unpunished?

Answer: No: but is angry in most dreadful⁷⁷¹ manner, as well for the sins wherein we are born, as also for those which our selves commit, and in most just Judgment punisheth them with present and everlasting Punishments, as himself pronounceth: Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this Law to do⁷⁷² them.

1. 771. Romans 5:12
2. 772. Deuteronomy 27:26; Galatians 3:10

Question 11: Is not God therefore merciful?

Answer: Yea, Verily he is⁷⁷³ merciful; but so, that he is also⁷⁷⁴ just: wherefore his Justice requireth that the same which is committed against the divine Majesty of God, should also be recompenced with extream, that is, everlasting Punishment both in Body and Soul.

1. 773. Exodus 34:6; Psalm 5:4–6
2. 774. Exodus 20:5; 2 Corinthians 6:14

Question 12: Seeing then by the just Judgment of God we are subject both to temporal and eternal Punishments, is there yet any way or means remaining whereby we may be delivered from these Punishments, and be reconciled to God?

Answer: God will have his⁷⁷⁵ Justice satisfied: wherefore it is necessary⁷⁷⁶ that we satisfy either by our selves, or by another.

1. 775. Exodus 20:5–7; Exodus 23:7
2. 776. Romans 8:3

Question 13: Are we able to satisfy by our selves?

Answer: Not a whit. Nay rather we do every day⁷⁷⁷ increase our debt.

1. 777. Job 9:2–3; Job 15:15; Matthew 6:12

Question 14: Is there any creature in Heaven or in Earth, which is only a creature, able to satisfy for us?

Answer: None. For first God will⁷⁷⁸ not punish that Sin in any other creature which man hath committed: and further, neither can that which is nothing but a creature sustain the wrath of God against sin,⁷⁷⁹ and deliver others from it.

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2. 779. Psalm 130:3; Job 4:18; Job 25:5

Question 15: What manner of Mediatour then, and Deliverer must we seek for?

Answer: Such a one verily as is very Man, and perfectly just, and yet in Power above all creatures, that is, one who also is very⁷⁸⁰ God.

1. 780. 1 Corinthians 15:25; Jeremiah 23:6; Isaiah 53:11; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Hebrews 7:16; Isaiah 7:14; Romans 8:3

Question 16: Wherefore is it necessary that he be very Man, and that perfectly just too?

Answer: Because that the Justice of God requireth that the same humane nature which hath sinned, do it self likewise make recompence for sin: but⁷⁸¹ he that is himself a⁷⁸² sinner, cannot make recompence for others.

1. 781. Romans 5:12,17
2. 782. 1 Peter 3:18; Hebrews 7:26

Question 17: Why must he also be very God?

Answer: That he might by the Power of his⁷⁸³ Godhead sustain in his flesh the burthen of God’s wrath,⁷⁸⁴ and might recover and restore unto us that Righteousness and Life which we lost.

1. 783. Isaiah 55:3,8; Acts 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18
2. 784. 1 John 1:2; 1 John 4:9–10; Acts 20:28; John 3:16

Question 18: And who is that Mediatour which is together both very God, and a very perfectly just Man?

Answer: Even our Lord Jesus⁷⁸⁵ Christ, who is made to us of God’s Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification⁷⁸⁶ & Redemption.

1. 785. Matthew 1:23; 1 Timothy 3:16; John 14:16; 1 Timothy 2:5; Luke 2:11
2. 786. 1 Corinthians 1:30

Question 19: Whence knowest thou this?

Answer: Out of the Gospel which God first made known⁷⁸⁷ in Paradise, and⁷⁸⁸ afterwards did spread it a broad by the Patriarchs and⁷⁸⁹ Prophets: shadowed it by Sacrifices and other Ceremonies of the Law; and⁷⁹⁰ lastly accomplished it by his only begotten Son Christ our Lord.

1. 787. Genesis 3:15
2. 788. Genesis 22:18; Genesis 49:10–11; Romans 1:2; Hebrews 1:1; Acts 3:22; Acts 10:43
3. 789. John 5:46; Hebrews 10:7
4. 790. Romans 10:4; Galatians 4:4; Galatians 3:24; Hebrews 13:8

Question 20: Is then Salvation restored by Christ to all men who perished in Adam?

Answer: Not to all: but to those only who by a true Faith are ingrafted into him,⁷⁹¹ and receive his benefits.

1. 791. John 1:12; John 3:36; Isaiah 53:11; Psalm 2:12; Romans 11:20; Hebrews 4:2; Hebrews 10:39

Question 21: What is Faith?

Answer: It is not only a knowledg, whereby I surely assent to all things which God⁷⁹² hath revealed unto us in his Word, but also an⁷⁹³ hassured trust kindled in⁷⁹⁴ my heart by the Holy Ghost, through the Gospel, whereby I make my repose in God, being assuredly resolved that Remission of Sins, everlasting⁷⁹⁵ Righteousness, and life is given not to others only, but to me also, and that freely through the Mercy of God, for⁷⁹⁶ for the Merits of Christ alone.

1. 792. Hebrews 11:13; James 2:19; Galatians 2:20
2. 793. Romans 4:16; Romans 5:1; Romans 10:10
3. 794. Romans 1:16; Romans 10:17; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Mark 16:16; Acts 16:14
4. 795. Matthew 16:17; John 3:5; Galatians 5:22; Philemon 1:19
5. 796. Romans 3:24–25; Acts 10:45;

Question 22: What are those things which are necessary for a Christian man to believe?

Answer: All things which are promised us in the Gospel: the sum whereof is briefly comprised in the Articles of the Catholick and undoubted Faith of all true Christians, commonly called the Creed. I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord, which was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead & buried, he descended into Hell; the third day he arose again from the dead, and ascended into Heaven, fro whence he shall come to judge both the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholick Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the Body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Question 23: Into how many parts is this Creed divided?

Answer: Into three: the first of the eternal Father, and our Creation: the second of the Son and our Redemption: the third of the Holy Ghost, and our Sanctification.

Question 24: Seing there is but one only substance of God, why namest thou those three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost?

Answer: ⁷⁹⁷ Because God⁷⁹⁸ hath so manifested himself in his Word, that these three distinct Persons are that one true everlasting God.

1. 797. Deuteronomy 6:4; Ephesians 4:6; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 45:5; 1 Corinthians 8:4;
2. 798. Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Psalm 110:1; Matthew 3:16–17; Matthew 28:19; John 14:26; John 15:26; Titus 3:5–6; Ephesians 2:18; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Galatians 4:6; 1 John 5:7

Question 25: What believest thou when thou sayest, I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth?

Answer: I believe the everlasting Father of our Lord Iesus Christ,⁷⁹⁹ who made of nothing Heaven and Earth, with all that are in them; who likewise upholdeth⁸⁰⁰ and governeth the same by his eternal Counsel and⁸⁰¹ Providence. This God I believe to be my God and Father for Christ sake; and therefore so trust in him, and rely on him, that I make no doubt but he will provide all⁸⁰² things necessary both for my soul and body; and further, whatsoever evils he sendeth on me in this troublesome life, he⁸⁰³ will turn them to my safety; seing both he is able to do it, as being⁸⁰⁴ God Almighty, and willing to do it, as⁸⁰⁵ being a bountiful Father.

1. 799. Genesis 1:1–2; Psalm 33:6; Job 33:4; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15,&c; Isaiah 45:7
2. 800. Psalm 104:3; Psalm 115:3; Matthew 10:29; Hebrews 1:3; Romans 11:36
3. 801. John 1:12; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5–6; Ephesians 1:5
4. 802. Psalm 55:23; Matthew 6:26; Luke 12:22
5. 803. Romans 8:28
6. 804. Isaiah 46:4; Romans 10:12; Romans 8:38
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Question 26: What is the Providence of God?

Answer: The almighty Power of God, every where⁸⁰⁶ present, whereby he doth as it were by his hand uphold⁸⁰⁷ and govern Heaven and Earth, with all the Creatures therein, so that those things which grow in the Earth, as likewise rain and drowth, fruitfulness and barenness, meat⁸⁰⁸ and⁸⁰⁹ and drink, health and⁸¹⁰ sickness, riches and poverty; in a word, all things come not rashly and by chance, but by his fatherly Counsel and will.

1. 806. Acts 17:25; Psalm 94:9; Isaiah 29:15; Ezekiel 8:12
2. 807. Hebrews 1:2–3
3. 808. Jeremiah 5:24; Acts 14:17
4. 809. John 9:3
5. 810. Proverbs 22:2

Question 27: What doth this knowledg of the Creation and Providence of God profit us?

Answer: That in⁸¹¹ adversity we may be patient,⁸¹² and thankful in prosperity,⁸¹³ and have hereafter our chiefest hope reposed in God our most faithful Father; being sure that there is nothing which⁸¹⁴ may withdraw us from his love; forasmuch as all creatures are so in his Power, that without his Will they are⁸¹⁵ not able not only to do any thing, but not so much as once to move.

1. 811. Romans 5:3; Job 1:21
2. 812. Deuteronomy 8:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:18
3. 813. Romans 5:4–5
4. 814. Romans 8:38; Romans 8:19;
5. 815. Job 1:12; Job 2:6; Proverbs 21:1; Acts 17:27,&c

Question 28: Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Saviour?

Answer: Because he saveth us from our⁸¹⁶ sins; neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other,⁸¹⁷ nor can elsewhere be found.

1. 816. Matthew 1:21
2. 817. Hebrews 7:25; Acts 4:12

Question 29: Do they then believe in the only Saviour Jesus, who seek for happiness and safety of the Saints, or of themselves, or else where?

Answer: No: for although in word they boast themselves of him as their only Saviour, yet indeed they deny the only⁸¹⁸ Saviour Jesus: for it must needs be that either Jesus is not a perfect Saviour, or that those who imbrace him as their Saviour with a true faith, possess all things in him⁸¹⁹ which are required unto Salvation.

1. 818. 1 Corinthians 1:13,30,&c
2. 819. Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 9:6; Colossians 1:19–20; Colossians 2:10; Isaiah 43:11,25; John 1:16

Question 30: Why is he called Christ, that is, anointed?

Answer: Because he was ordained of the Father, and anointed of the holy Ghost⁸²⁰ the chief Prophet⁸²¹ and Teacher, who⁸²² hath opened unto us the secret Counsel, & all the will of his Father concerning our Redemption, and the high Preist, who with that one only Sacrifice of his Body⁸²³ hath redeemed us, and doth⁸²⁴ continually make Intercession to his Father for us; and a King, who ruleth us by his Word and Spirit, and defendeth⁸²⁵ and maintaineth that Salvation which he hath purchased for us.

1. 820. Psalm 45:7; Hebrews 1:9; Deuteronomy 18:15; Acts 3:22
2. 821. John 1:18; John 15:15; Matthew 11:27
3. 822. Hebrews 7:21; Hebrews 10:12
4. 823. Romans 3:24; Romans 5:9–10
5. 824. Psalm 2:6; Luke 1:33
6. 825. Matthew 28:18

Question 31: But why art thou called a Christian?

Answer: Because through Faith I am a member of⁸²⁶ Jesus Christ,⁸²⁷ and partaker of his anointing, that both I⁸²⁸ may confess his name, and present my self unto him⁸²⁹ a lively Sacrifice of thankfulness, and also may in this life fight against Sin and Satan with free and good conscience, and⁸³⁰ afterwards enjoy an everlasting Kingdom with Christ.

1. 826. Acts 11:26; 1 Corinthians 6:15
2. 827. 1 John 2:27; Isaiah 59:2; 1 John 2:28
3. 828. Matthew 10:33
4. 829. Romans 12:1; Revelation 5:8; 1 Peter 2:5; 2 Timothy 2:12; Romans 6:12–13; Revelation 1:6
5. 830. 1 Timothy 1:18–19

Question 32: For what cause is Christ called the only begotten Son of God, when we also are the Sons of God?

Answer: Because Christ alone is the eternal and natural Son of the⁸³¹ eternal Father, and⁸³² we are but Sons adopted of the Father by Grace for his sake.

1. 831. Hebrews 1:2–3; John 3:16
2. 832. Romans 8:3; Ephesians 1:6; John 1:12; 1 John 1:3

Question 33: Wherefore callest thou him our Lord?

Answer: Because he redeeming and ransoming both our Body and Soul from Sin, not with Gold nor Silver, but with his precious Blood, and delivering us from all the Power of the Devil, hath set⁸³³ us free to serve him.

1. 833. 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Timothy 2:5–6; Romans 14:9

Question 34: What believest thou when thou sayest, He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary?

Answer: That the Son of God, who⁸³⁴ is and continueth true and⁸³⁵ everlasting⁸³⁶ God, took the⁸³⁷ very Nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the Virgin Mary, through the working of the⁸³⁸ Holy-Ghost, that withal he might be the true Seed of⁸³⁹ David, like unto his Brethren in all things⁸⁴⁰ Sin excepted.⁸⁴¹

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2. 835. Romans 9:5; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6; 1 John 5:20; John 20:28
3. 836. John 1:14; Galatians 4:4
4. 837. Romans 1:3
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6. 839. Philippians 2:7; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:26
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Question 35: What profit takest thou by Christ’s holy Conception and Nativity?

Answer: That he is our⁸⁴² Mediator, and doth cover with his Innocency and perfect Holiness my Sins, in which I was conceived, that they may not come in the Sight of⁸⁴³ God.

1. 842. Hebrews 2:16–17
2. 843. Psalm 32:1; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 8:3–4; Galatians 4:4–5

Question 36: What believest thou when thou sayest he suffered.

Answer: That he all the time of his life which he lead in the Earth, but especially at the end⁸⁴⁴ thereof, sustained the wrath of God, both in body and soul, against the sin of mankind, that he might by his passion, as the⁸⁴⁵ only propitiatory sacrifice, deliver our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and purchase us the favour of God, righteousness, and everlasting life.

1. 844. 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 53:12
2. 845. 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10

Question 37: For what cause should he suffer under Pilate, as being his Judg?

Answer: That he being innocent⁸⁴⁶ and condemned before a civil Judg⁸⁴⁷ might deliver us from the severe Judgment of God which remained for all men.

1. 846. Luke 23:14; John 19:4
2. 847. Psalm 69:4; Isaiah 53:4–5; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13

Question 38: But is there any more in it, that he was fastened to the Cross, than if he had suffered any other kind of death?

Answer: There is more: for by this I am assured that he took upon himself the curse which did ly on me; for the death of the Cross⁸⁴⁸ was accursed of God.

1. 848. Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13

Question 39: Why was it necessary for Christ to humble himself unto death?

Answer: Because the Justice and Truth of God could by⁸⁴⁹ no other means be satisfied for our sins, but by the very death of the⁸⁵⁰ Son of God.

1. 849. Genesis 2:17
2. 850. Hebrews 2:9,14–15; Philippians 2:8

Question 40: To what end was he buried also?

Answer: That thereby he might manifest that he⁸⁵¹ was dead indeed.

1. 851. Acts 13:29; Matthew 27:60; Luke 23:53; John 19:38

Question 41: But since that Christ died for us, why must we also die?

Answer: Our death is not a satisfaction for our Sins, but the abolishing of Sin, and our passage⁸⁵² into everlasting Life.

1. 852. John 5:24; 1 Philippians 23; Romans 7:24

Question 42: What other commodity receive we by the Death of Christ?

Answer: That by the virtue of his Death our old man is crucified, slain, and⁸⁵³ buried together with him, (figured out in holy Baptism) that henceforth evil lusts and desires may⁸⁵⁴ not reign in us, but we⁸⁵⁵ may offer our selves unto him a Sacrifice of thanksgiving.

1. 853. Romans 6:6
2. 854. Romans 6:12
3. 855. Romans 12:1

Question 43: Why is there added, he descended into Hell?

Answer: That in my greatest pains and most grevious temptations I may support my self with this comfort, that my Lord Jesus Christ⁸⁵⁶ hath delivered me (by the unspeakable distresses, torments and terrors of his Soul, into which he was plunged both before, and then especially when he hanged on the Cross) from the straits and torments of Hell.

1. 856. Isaiah 53:10; Matthew 27:46

Question 44: What doth the Resurrection of Christ profit us?

Answer: First, by his Resurrection he vanquished death, that he⁸⁵⁷ might make us partakers of that Righteousness which he had gotten us by his death. Again, we are now⁸⁵⁸ also stirred up by his Power to a new Life. Lastly, the Resurrection of our head, Christ, is a⁸⁵⁹ Pledg unto us of our glorious Resurrection.

1. 857. 1 Corinthians 15:6; 1 Corinthians 5:4–6; Romans 4:25; 1 Peter 1:3,&c and 21
2. 858. Romans 6:4; Colossians 3:1,&c; Ephesians 2:5
3. 859. 1 Corinthians 15:12,&c; Romans 8:11

Question 45: How understand you that he ascended into Heaven?

Answer: That Christ, his Disciples looking on, was⁸⁶⁰ taken up from the Earth into Heaven, and yet⁸⁶¹ still is there for our sakes, and will be until he come again to judge the quick and⁸⁶² the dead.

1. 860. Acts 1:9; Mark 16:19; Luke 24:51
2. 861. Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:11; Romans 8:34; Ephesians 4:10; Colossians 3:1
3. 862. Acts 1:11; Matthew 24:30

Question 46: Is not Christ with us then until the end of the World, as he hath promised?

Answer: ⁸⁶³ Christ is true God, and true Man, and so according to his Manhood is not now on Earth, but according to his Godhead, his Majesty, his Grace, and⁸⁶⁴ Spirit is at no time from us.

1. 863. Matthew 28:20; Matthew 26:11; John 16:18; John 17:11; Acts 3:21
2. 864. John 14:17,&c; John 16:13; Ephesians 4:8

Question 47: Are not by this means the two natures in Christ pulled assunder, if his Humanity be not wheresoever his Divinity is?

Answer: No; for seeing his Divinity is incomprehensible, and⁸⁶⁵ every where present, it followeth necessarily that the same is without the bounds of his humane Nature which he took unto him, and yet is nevertheless in it,⁸⁶⁶ and abideth personally united to it.

1. 865. Acts 7:48,44; Acts 17:27; Jeremiah 23:23–24
2. 866. Colossians 2:9; Matthew 28:6

Question 48: What Fruit doth the Ascension of Christ into Heaven bring unto us?

Answer: First that⁸⁶⁷ he maketh Intercession to his Father in Heaven for us; next that we have our Flesh in Heaven, that we may be confirmed thereby, as by a sure Pledge, that it shall come to passe that he who is our Head⁸⁶⁸ will lift us up, his Members, unto him: thirdly, that⁸⁶⁹ he sendeth us his Spirit instead of a Pledge between him and us, by whose forcible working we seek after not earthly but heavenly things, where he himself⁸⁷⁰ is sitting at the Right-Hand of God.

1. 867. 1 John 2:1–2; Romans 8:34
2. 868. John 14:2; John 20:17; Ephesians 2:6
3. 869. John 14:16; John 16:7; 2 Corinthians 5:5;
4. 870. Colossians 3:1; Philippians 3:20,&c

Question 49: Why is it further said, he sitteth at the Right-Hand of God?

Answer: Because Christ therefore is ascended into Heaven, to⁸⁷¹ shew there that he is the Head of his Church, by whom the Father⁸⁷² governeth all things.

1. 871. Ephesians 1:20; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18
2. 872. Matthew 28:18; John 5:22

Question 50: What profit is this Glory of our Head Christ unto us?

Answer: First, that through his Holy Spirit⁸⁷³ he poureth upon us his Members heavenly Graces, then that he shieldeth and⁸⁷⁴ defendeth us by his Power against all our Enemies.

1. 873. Ephesians 4:16
2. 874. Psalm 2:9; Psalm 110:2; John 10:28; Ephesians 4:8

Question 51: What Comfort hast thou by the coming of Christ again to judge the quick and the dead?

Answer: That in all my Miseries and Persecutions, I look with my⁸⁷⁵ Head lifted up, for the very same who before yielded himself unto the Judgment of God for⁸⁷⁶ me, and took away all Malediction from me, to come Judge from Heaven to throw all his and my Enemies into everlasting Pains; but to⁸⁷⁷ translate me with all his chosen unto himself, into Celestiall Joys, and everlasting Glory.

1. 875. Luke 21:28; Romans 8:23; Philippians 3:20; Titus 2:13
2. 876. 2 Thessalonians 1:6–7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Matthew 25:41
3. 877. Matthew 25:34