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bodies of the wicked fhall be raised up in dishonour by him as an offended judge x.

Q. 88. What shall immediately follow after the refurrecti on?

A. Immediately after the refurrection fhall follow the general and final judgment of angels and meny: the day and hour whereof no man knoweth, that all may watch and pray, and be ever ready for the coming of the Lord z.

Q. 89. What fhall be done to the wicked at the day of judgment?

A. At the day of judgment, the wicked fhall be fet on
Christ's

fed in power: v. 44. It is fown a na-
tural body, it is railed a spiritual bo-
dy. Phil. iii. 21. Who fhall change
our vile body, that it may be falhi-
oned like unto his glorious body,
according to the working whereby
he is able even to fubdue all things
unto himself.

* John v. 27. And hath given him authority to execute judgment alfo, because he is the Son of man. v. 28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves fhall hear his voice, v. 29. And fhall come forth, they that have done good, unto the refurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the refurrection of damnation. Mat. xxv. 33. And he shall fet the fheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

88.72 Pet. ii. 4. For if God fpared not the angels that finned, but caft them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be referved unto judgment. Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day. v. 7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and

the cities about them, in like nanner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flein, are fet forth for an example, tunering the vengeance of eternal fire. v. 14. And Enoch alto, the feventh from Adam, prophefied of these, faying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his faints, v. 16. To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard fpeeches, which ungodly finners have spoken against him. Mat. xxỶ. 46. And thefe fhall go away into everlafting punishment: but the righ

teous into life eternal.

Mat. 24. 36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. v. 42. Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. v. 44. Therefore be ye alfo ready: for in fuch an hour as you think not, the Son of man cometh. Luke xxi. 35. For as a fnare fhall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. v. 36. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted

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Chrift's left hand a, and upon clear evidence, and full conviction of their own confciences b, fhall have the fearful but just fentence of condemnation pronounced against them c; and thereupon fhall be caft out from the favourable prefence of God, and the glorious fellowship with Chrift, his faints, and all his holy angels, into hell, to be punished with unfpeakable torments both of body and foul, with the devil and his angels for ever d.

Q.90. What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?

A. At the day of judgment, the righteous, being caught up to Chrift in the clouds e, fhall be set on his right hand, and there openly acknowledged and acquitted f, thall join with him in the judging reprobate angels and men g: and fhall be receiv

worthy to efcape all these things that fhall come to pafs, and to itand before the Son of man.

89. Mat. xxv. 33. And he shall fet the fheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Rom. ii. 15. Which fhew the work of the law written in their hearts, their confcience alfo bearing witnefs, and their thoughts the mean while accufing or elfe excufing one another. v. 16. In the day when God fhall judge the fecrets of men by Jefus Chrift, according to my gofpel.

Mat. xxv. 41. Then fhall he fay alfo unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cured, into everlafting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. v. 42. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirty, and ye gave me no drink: v. 43. I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not fick, and in prison, and ye vifited me not.

Lyke xvi. 16. And befides all this, between us and you there is a

great gulf fixed: fo that they which would pafs from hence to you, can. not; neither can they pafs to us, that would come from thence. 2 Theff. i. 8. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jefus Chrift: v. 9. Who fhall be punifhed with everlasting deftruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.

90. 1 Theff. iv. 16. Then we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and fo fhall we ever be with the Lord.

ƒMat. xxv. 33. And he shall fet the theep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Mat. x. 32. Whofoever therefore fhall confefs me before men, him will I confefs also before my Father who is in heaven.

g1 Cor. vi. 2. Do ye not know that the faints fhall judge the world? And if the world fhall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the fmal

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received into heaven b, where they fhall be fully and for ever freed from all fin and mifery i; filled with inconceivable joysk; made perfectly holy and happy both in body and foul, in the company of innumerable faints and angels /, but especially in the immediate vifion and fruition of God the Father, of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and of the Holy Spirit to all eternity m. And this is the perfect and full communion, which the members of the invifible church fhall enjoy with Chrift in glory, at the refurrection and day of judgment.

Having feen what the Scriptures principally teach us to believe concerning God, it follows to confider what they require as the duty of man.

Q.91. What is the duty which God requireth of man? A. The duty which God requireth of man, is obedience

left matters? v. 3. Know ye not that ye fhall judge angels? how much more then the things that pertain to this life?

b Mat. xxv. 34. Then fhall the King fay unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. v. 46. And these shall go away into everlafting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Eph. v. 27. That he might prefent it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any fuch thing, but that it fhould be holy and without blemish. Rev. xiv. 13. And I heard a voice from heaven, faying unto me, Write, Bleffed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, faith the Spirit, that they may reft from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Pfal. xvi. 11. Thou wilt fhew me the path of life: in thy prefence

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is fulness of joy, at thy right hand there are pleasures for ever more.

Heb. xii. 22. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerufalem, and to an innumerable company of angels. v. 23. To the general affembly, and church of the first-born which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the fpirits of just men made perfect.

m 1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the fons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we fhall be: but we know that when he shall appear we fhall be like him; for we shall fee him as he is. 1 Cor. xiii. 13. For now we fee through a glass darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part, but then fhall I know even as I am known. 1 Theff. iv. 17. Then we who are alive and remain, fhall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and fo fhall we ever

be

to his revealed will n.

Q.92. What did God at first reveal unto man as the rule of his obedience?

A. The rule of obedience revealed to Adam in the eftate of innocence, and to all mankind in him, besides a special command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was the moral law o.

Q.93. What is the moral law?

A. The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding every one to perfonal perfect and perpetual conformity and obedience thereunto, in the frame and difpofition of the whole man, foul and bodyp,

be with the Lord. v. 18. Wherefore, comfort one another with these. words.

91. Rom. xii. 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye prefent your bodies a living facrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. v. 2. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. Micah vi. 8. He hath fhewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? 1 Sam. xv. 22. And Samuel faid, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and facrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? behold, to obey, is better than facrifice; and to hearken, than the fat of rams. 92.. Gen. i. 26. And God faid, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fifh of the fea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that

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creepeth upon the earth. v. 27. So God created man in his own image: in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them. Rom. ii. 14. For when the Gentiles who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, thefe having not the law, are a law unto themselves: v. 15. Who fhew the work of the law written in their hearts, their confcience alfo bearing witnefs, and their thoughts the mean while accufing, or else excufing one another. Rom. x. 5. For Mofes defcribeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man who doth thofe things fhall live by them. Gen. ii. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou fhalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eateft thereof, thou shalt furely die.

93. p Deut. v. 1. And Mofes called all Ifrael, and faid unto them, Hear, O Ifrael, the ftatutes and judgments which I fpeak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. v. 2. The Lord our God made a covevant with us in Horeb. v. 3. The.

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and in performance of all thofe duties of holiness and righteousness which he oweth to God and manq: promifing life upon the fulfilling, and threatning death upon the breach of it r.

Q.94. Is there any ufe of the moral law to man fince the fall?

A. Altho' no man, fince the fall, can attain to righteoufnefs and life by the moral lawf; yet there is great ufe thereof as well common to all men, as peculiar either to the unregenerate, or the regenerate t. Q.95.

Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. v. 31. But as for thee, ftand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the ftatutes, and the judgments which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I gave them to poffefs it. v. 33. You fhall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which ye fhall poffefs. Luke x. 26. He faid unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? v. 27. And he answering, faid, Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy ftrength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thy self. Gal. iii. 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. 1 Theff. v. 23. And the very God of peace fanctify you wholly and I pray God, your whole fpirit and foul and hody, be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

Luke i. 75. In holiness and righteoufnefs before him all the days of our life: Acts xxiv. 16. And herein do I exercise myself to have always a confcience void of offence both to ward God and toward men.

T Rom. x. 5. For Mofes defcribeth the righteoufnefs which is of the law, that the man which doth those things, fhall live by them. Gal. iii. 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. v. 12. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doth them shall live in them.

94./Rom. viii. 3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God fending his own Son, in the likeness of finful flesh, and for fin condemned fin in the flesh. Gal. ii. 16. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jefus Chrift, even we have believ ed in Jefus Chrift, that we might be juftified by the faith of Chrift, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law fhall no flesh be justified.

1 Tim. i. 8. But we know that the law is good, if a man use it law

fully.

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