where they behold the face of God in light and glory (n), waiting for the full redemption of their bodies (o), which even in death continue united to Christ (p), and rest in their graves as in their beds (q), till at the last day they be again united to their souls (r). Whereas the souls of the wicked are, at their death, cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, and their bodies kept in their graves, as in their prisons, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day (s).

Q. 87. What are we to believe concerning the resurrection?

A. We are to believe, that, at the last day, there shall be a general resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust (t), when they that are then found alive shall in a moment be changed; and the self-same bodies of the dead which were laid in the grave, being then again united to their souls for ever, shall be raised up by the power

have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens...

(n) 1 John 3. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know, that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. í Cor. 13. 12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

(o) Romans 8. 23, And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our bodies. Psalms 16. 19. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

(p) 1 Thess. 4. 14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

(Isa. 57. 2. He shall enter

into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

(r) Job 19. 26. And though, after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.

(s) Luke 16. 23, 24. And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. Jude 6. 7. 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. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

(t) Acts 24, 15. There shall

of Christ (v). The bodies of the just, by the Spirit of Christ, and by virtue of his resurrection as their head, shall be raised in power, spiritual, incorruptible, and made like to his glorious body (w): and the bodies of the wicked shall be raised up in dishonour by him, as an of fended judge (x).

Q. 88. What shall immediately follow after the resurrection?

A. Immediately after the resurrection shall follow the general and final judgment of angels and men (y); 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).

be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

(v) 1 Cor. 15. 51-53. Behold, I shew you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1 Thess. 4. 16, 17. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 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 so shall we ever be with the Lord. John 5. 28, 29. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth, they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

(w) Phil. 3. 21. Who shall change our vile body, that it may

be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

(x) John 5. 27. And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Mat. 25. 33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

(y) 2 Pet. 2. 4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved 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. Mat. 25. 46. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

(z) Mat. 24. 36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Luke 21. 35, 36. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall

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

A. At the day of judgment, the wicked shall be set on Christ's left hand (a), and upon clear evidence, and full conviction of their own consciences (b), shall have the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them (c), and thereupon shall be cast out from the favourable presence of God, and the glorious fellowship with Christ, his saints, and all his holy angels, into hell, to be punished with unspeakable torments, both of body and soul, 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 Christ in the clouds (e), shall be set on his right hand, and there openly acknowledged and acquitted (ƒ); shall join with him in the judging of reprobate angels and men (g); and shall be received into heaven (h), where they shall be fully and for ever freed from all sin

come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

(a) Matthew 25. 33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

(b) Rom. 2. 12, 16. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

(c) Mat. 25. 41. Then shall he say also unto them on the left 'hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.

(d) Luke 16. 26. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulph fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 2 Thess. 1. 8, 9. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not

God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.

(e) 1 Thess. 4. 17. 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 so shall we ever be with the Lord.

(f) Matthew 25. 33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Mat. 10. 32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

(g) 1 Cor. 6. 2. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

(h) Mat. 25. 34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of

and misery (i); filled with inconceivable joys (k), made perfectly holy and happy both in body and soul, in the company of innumerable saints and holy angels (1), but especially in the immediate vision and fruition of God the Father, of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, to all eternity (m). And this is the perfect and full com munion, which the members of the invisible church shall enjoy with Christ in glory, at the resurrection and day of judgment.

my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

(i) Eph. 5. 27. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish.

(k) Psal. 16. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

(1) Heb. 12. 22, 23. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and

church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.

(m) 1 John 3. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know, that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 Cor. 13. 12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Thess. 4. 17. 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 so shall we ever be with the Lord.

HAVING SEEN WHAT THE SCRIPTURES PRINCIPALLY TEACH US TO BELIEVE CONCERNING GOD, IT FOLLOWS TO CONSIDER 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 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 es

(n) 1 Samuel 15. 22. And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the

voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice; and to hearken, than the fat of rams.

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tate of innocence, and to all mankind in him, beside 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 personal, perfect, and perpetual conformity and obedience thereunto, in the frame and disposition of the whole man, soul and body (p), and in performance of all those duties of holiness and righteousness which he oweth to God and man (q): promising life upon the fulfilling, and threatening death upon the breach of it (r).

Q. 94. Is there any use of the moral law to man since the fall?

Ã. Although no man, since the fall, can attain to righteousness and life by the moral law (s); yet there is great use thereof, as well common to all men, as peculiar either to the unregenerate, or the regenerate (†).

Q. 95. Of what use is the moral law to all men?
A. The moral law is of use to all men, to inform them

(o) Romans 10. 5. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doth those things, shall live by them. Gen. 2. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.

(p) Luke 10. 26, 27. He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 1 Thess. 5 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the com, Luke 1.75. of our Lord Jesus Christ. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Acts 24. 16.

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And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

(r) Romans 10. 5. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doth those things, shall live by them. Gal. 3. 10. For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

(s) Rom. 8. 3. For, what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. Gal. 2. 16. For by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

(t) 1 Tim. 1. 8. But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.