The Grand Question Resolved, Commandments
The Ten Commandments.
I. I Am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the Land of Egypt, out of the Houſe of Bondage: Thou ſhalt have no other Gods before me.
II. Thou ſhalt not make unto thee any graven Image, or any likeneſs of any thing that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the Water under the Earth; thou ſhalt not bow down thy ſelf to them, nor ſerve them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, viſiting the iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me, and ſhewing Mercy unto thouſands of them that love me and keep my Commandments.
III. Thou ſhalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain; For the Lord will not hold him guiltleſs that taketh his Name in vain.
IV. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; ſix days ſhalt thou labour and do all thy Work; but the ſeventh Day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou ſhalt not do any Work; thou, nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, thy Man-ſervant, nor thy Maid-ſervant, nor thy Cattel, nor the Stranger that is within thy Gates. For in ſix days the Lord made Heaven and Earth, the Sea, and all that in them is; and reſted the ſeventh Day; wherefore the Lord bleſſed the Sabbath-Day, and hallowed it.
V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother, that thy Days may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
VI. Thou ſhalt not Kill.
VII. Thou ſhalt not commit Adultery.
VIII. Thou ſhalt not Steal.
IX. Thou ſhalt not bear falſe Witneſs againſt thy Neighbour.
X. Thou ſhalt not covet thy Neighbour's Houſe thou ſhalt not cover thy Neighbour's Wife, nor his Man-ſervant, nor his Maid-ſervant, nor his Ox, nor his Aſs, nor any thing that is thy Neighbour's.
Queſt. 3. Where is the Chriſtian Religion moſt fully opened, and entirely contained?
Anſw. In the Holy Scriptures, eſpecially of the New Teſtament: Where, by Chriſt, and his Apoſtles and Evangeliſts, inſpired by his Spirit, the Hiſtory of Chriſt and his Apoſtles is …ufficiently delivered, the Promiſes and Doctrine of Faith are perfected, the Covenant of Grace moſt clearly opened, and Church-Offices, Worſhip, and Diſcipline eſtabliſhed; in the underſtanding whereof, the ſtrongeſt Chriſtians may increaſe whilſt they live on Earth.
The explained Profeſſion of the Chriſtian Religion.
I. I Believe that there is one GOD, an infinite Spirit of Life, Underſtanding and Will; perfectly Powerful, Wiſe and Good; The Father, the Word,The Aſſent. and the Spirit, the Creator, Governour, and End of all things; our abſolute Owner, our moſt juſt Ruler▪ and our moſt gracious Benefactor, and moſt amiable Good.
II. I believe that Man being made in the Image of God, an imbodied Spirit of Life▪ Underſtanding and Will, with holy Vi…acity, wiſdom and Love, to know, and love, and ſerve his Creator, here and for ever, did by wilful finning fall from his God, his Holineſs, and Innocency, under the Wrath of God, the Condemnation of his law, and the Slavery of the Fleſh, the World, and the Devil. And that God ſo loved the World, that he gave his only Son to be their Redeemer, who being GOD▪ and one …ith the Father, took our Nature, and became MAN: being conceived by the Holy Ghoſt, born of the Virgin Mary, called Jeſus Chriſt, who was perfectly holy, ſinleſs, fulfilling all▪ Righteouſneſs▪ over came the Devil and the World, and gave himſelf a Sacrifice for our Sins, by ſuffering a curſed Death on the Croſs, to ranſom us, and reconcile us unto God▪ …nd was buried, and went among the Dead; the …hird Day he roſe again, having conquered Death. And he fully eſtabliſhed the Covenant of Grace, that …ll that truly repent and believe, ſhall-have the love of the Father, the Grace of the Son, and the Com…union of the Holy Spirit; and if they love God, and …bey him ſincerely to the Death, they ſhall be glori…ed with him in Heaven for ever: And the Unbelievers, Impenitent, and Ungodly ſhall go to ever…ſting Puniſhment. And having commanded his Apoſtles to Preach the Goſpel to all the World▪ and promiſed his Spirit, he aſcended into Heaven Where he is the Glorified, Head over all Things to the Church, and our prevailing Interceſſor with the Father: who will there receive the departed Souls of th… Juſtified: and at the end of this VVorld will come again and raiſe all the Dead, and will Judge all according to their VVorks, and juſtly execute his Judgment.
III. I believe that God, the Holy Spirit, was given … the Father and the Son, to the Prophets, Apoſtles, … Evangeliſts, to be their Infallible Guide in Preach… and Recording the Doctrine of Salvation; and the Witneſs of its certain Truth, by his manifold Divine Operations; and to quicken, illuminate, and ſanctifie all true Believers, that they may overcome the Fleſh, th… VVorld, and the Devil. And all that are thus ſanctified, are one holy Catholick Church of Chriſt, and m… live in holy C…mmunion, and have the pardon … their Sins, and ſhall have everlaſting Life.
Believing in God the Father Son and Holy Spirit, do preſently,The Conſent, or Covenant. abſolutely, and reſolved … give up my ſelf to him, my Creator and reconciled God and Father, my Saviour and Sanctifier: And repenting of my Sins▪ I renounce the Devil, the World, and the ſinful deſire… of the Fleſh: And denying my ſelf, and taking up m… Croſs, I conſent to follow Chriſt the Captain … my Salvation, in hope of his promiſed Grace and Glory.