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A. The punishments of fin in this world, are either inward; as blindness of mind, a reprobate fenfe, ftrong delufions", hardness of heart", horror of confcience', and vile affections: Or outward, as the curfe of God upon the creatures for our fakes'; and all other evils that befal us in our bodies, names, eftates, relations, and employments; together with death itself".

Q. 29. What are the punishments of fin in thé

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e Eph. 4. 18. Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindnefs of their heart.

f Rom. 1. 28. Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do thofe things which are not convenient.

g 2 Theff. 2. II. And for this caufe God fhall fend them ftrong delufion, that they fhould believe a lie.

h Rom. 2.5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treafureft up unto thyfelf wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

ilfa. 33. 14. The finners in Zion are afraid, fearfulness hath furprifed the hypocrites, Who among us fhall dwell with

the devouring fire? Who a mongst us fhall dwell with everlasting burnings? Gen. 4. 13, 14. Mat. 27. 4. Heb. 10.

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k Rom. 1. 26. For this caufe God gave them up unto vile affections.

1 Gen. 3. 17. Because thou haft hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and haft eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, faying, Thou fhalt not eat of it: curfed is the ground for thy fake; in forrow fhalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

m Deut. 28. 14. to the end. If thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, all thefe curfes fhall come upon thee: Curfed fhalt thou be in the city, &c.

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4. The punishments of fin in the world to come, are, everlasting separation from the comfortable prefence of God, and most grievous torments in foul and body, without intermiflion, in hell fire for ever".

Q. 30. Doth God leave all mankind to perish in the eftate of fin and misery?

A. God doth not leave all men to perish in the estate of fin and mifery", into which they fell by the breach of the first covenant, commonly called the covenant of works: but of his mere love and mercy delivereth his elect out of it, and bringeth them into an eftate of falvation by the second covenant, commonly called the covenant of grace'.

ó 2 Theff. 1. 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting deftruction, from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Mark 9 43, 44 To-go into hell, where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Luke 16. 24, 25, 26.Send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in wa ter, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. Between us and you there is a great gulph fixed: fo that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they país to us, that would come from thence. Mat. 25. 41, 46. Rev. 14. 11. John 3.36

p 1 Theff. 5.9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath; but to obtain falvation by our Lord Jefus Christ.

q Gal. 3. 10. For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curfe; for it is written, Curfed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them, &c

r Tit. 34, 5, 6, 7. But after that the kindnefs and love of God our Saviour towards man appeared, not by works of righteoufnefs which we have done, but according to his mercy he faved us, by the wafhing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy

Q. 31. With whom was the covenant of grace made?

A. The covenant of grace was made with Christ as the second Adam, and in him with all the elect as his feed'.

Q. 32. How is the grace of God manifefted in the fecond covenant?

A. The grace of God is manifested in the fecond covenant, in that he freely provideth and offereth to finners a mediator', and life and falvation by him'; and requiring faith as the condi

Ghoft? which he fhed on us abundantly, through Jefus Chrift our Saviour: That being juftified by his grace, we fhould be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Tit. I. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promifed before the world began. Gal. 3. 21. Rom. 3. 20,

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f Gal. 3. 16. Now to A hraham and his feed were the promifes made. He faith not And to feeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy feed, which is Chrift. Ifa. 59. 21. As for me, this is my covenant with them, faith the Lord, My Spi. rit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, fhall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy feed, nor out of the mouth of thy feed's feed, faith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. Zac. 6. 13.

Luke 22. 29. 9 Sam. 23. 5.
Rom. 5. 15, to the end.

t Gen. 3. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed: it fhall bruise thy head, and thou fhalt bruife his heel. Ifa. 42 6. I the Lord have called thee in righteoufnefs and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. John 6. 27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that nieat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man fhall give unto you: for him hath God the Father fealed. 1 Tim. 2. 5.

v 1 John 1. 11, 12. And this is the record, That God hath given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Sen, hath life..

tion to intereft them in him", promiseth and giveth his Holy Spirit to all his elect, to work in them that faith", with all other faving graces"; and to enable them unto all holy obedience, as the evidence of the truth of their faith", and thankfulǝ nefs to God, and as the way which he hath appointed them to falvation".

Q. 33. Was the covenant of grace always adminiftered after one and the fame manner?

A. The covenant of grace was not always ad, miniftered after the fame manner, but the admis

w John 3. 16. For God fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whofoever believeth in him, fhould not perish, but have everlasting life. John 1. 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to be come the fons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Chap. 3. verfé 36.

x Prov. 1. 23. Behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Ifa. 59. 21. Zac. 12. 10.

y 2 Cor. 4. 13. We having the fame Spirit of faith, according as it is written, I be lieved, and therefore have I fpoken: we also believe, and therefore speak,

z Gal. 5. 22, 23. But the fruit of the Spirit, is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentle

nefs, goodnefs, faith, meeknefs, temperance: against such there is no law.

a Ezek. 36. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and caufe you to walk in my ftatutes, and ye fhall keep my judgments and do them.

b James 2. 18. Yea, a man may fay, Thou haft faith, and I have works: fhew me thy faith without thy works, and I will fhew thee my faith by my works. Verse 22. Seeft thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

c 2 Cor. 5. 14, 15. For the love of Christ constraineth us

d Eph. 2. 10. For we are his workmanship, created in Chrift Jefus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Tit. 2. 14. and 3.&

nistrations of it under the Old Teftament were different from those under the New.

Q. 34. How was the covenant of grace adminiflered under the Old Teftament?

A. The covenant of grace was administered under the Old Teftament, by promises, prophecies, facrifices", circumcifion', the paffover*, and other types and ordinances; which did all forefignify Chrift then to come, and were for that time fufficient to build up the elect in faith in the promised Meffiah', by whom they then had full remiffion of fin and eternal falvation".

Q. 35. How is the covenant of grace adminiftered under the New Teftament?

A. Under the New Teftament, when Chrift the substance was exhibited, the fame covenant of grace was, and still is to be, administered in the preaching of the word", and the administration

e 2 Cor. 3. 6, 9. Who alfo hath made us able minifters of the New Teftament, not of the letter, but of the fpirit: and Heb. 1. 1, 2. chap. 8. 7, 8, &c. f Rom. 15. 8. Now I fay, that Jefus Chrift was a minifter of the circumcifion for the truth of God, to confirm the promifes made unto the fathers. Acts 3. 20.

g Acts 3. 20, 24.

h Heb. 1o. I.

i Rom. 4. II.

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1(Heb. 8. 9. and ro chépters) Heb. 11. 13. Thefe all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having feen them afar off, and were perfuaded of them, and embraced them, and confeffed that they were ftrangers and pilgrims on the earth.

m Gal. 3. 7, 8, 9, 14.

n Mark 16. 15. And he faid unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gofpel to every creature.

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