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Christ's most glorious body. Phil. iii. 21. Who shall change our vile bodies that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself, Cor. xv. 42, 43, 44, 53, 54. So also in the resurrection from the dead, it is sown in corruption, it is raised in corruption: It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. Q. 5. What benefits shall believers have after their resurrecion, at the day of judgment?

A. At the day of judgment: 1. Believers shall be gathered together from all the corners of the earth by the angels, Mat. xxiv. 31. And he shall send his an gels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together the elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 2. Believers shall be all caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord Jesus, who will come down with a shout from heaven, Thess. iv. 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. 3. Believers shall be placed on the right hand of Jesus Christ, Mat. xxv. 43. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand. 4. Believers shall be openly acknowledged by Christ to be his, and acquitted from false aspersions which have been cast upon them, and from the real guilt of all sins which have been committed by them, because of their interest in Christ and his righteousness, Mat. x. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father which is in heaven. Rom. viii. 33, 34. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth: Who is he that con

demneth? It is Christ that died. 5. Believers shall be entertained and invited by Christ, to take possession of the glorious inheritance prepared for them, Mat XXV. 34. Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you, from the foundation of the world. 6. Believers shali sit with Christ as assessors in judgment of the wicked angels and wicked men, 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3. Do we not know that the saints shall judge the world?

Know ye not that we shall judge angels.

Q. 6. What benefits shall believers receive after the day of judgment in heaven?

A. Believers in heaven, shall be made perfectly blessed in their full enjoyment of God to all eternity.

Q. 7. Wherein doth consist the perfect blessednenss of believers in heaven?

A. The perfect blessedness of believers in heaven will consist: 1. In their perfect immunity, or freedom from all evil, and that both of sin and misery, Eph. v. 27. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but it should be holy, and without blemish. Rev. xxi. 4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. 2. In their full enjoyment of God the chiefest good.

Q. 8. What doth the full enjoyment of God in heaven imply?

A. The full enjoyment of God, which believers shall have in heaven, doth imply, 1. That they shall have the glorious presence of God with them, Rev. xxi. 3. Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. 2. That they shall have the immediate and beatifical vision of his face, Rev. xxii. 4. And they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their forehead. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face. 1 John. ii. 3. We shall see him as he is. 3. That God's love unto them and perfect love in their heart towards him, which doth necessarily result, or arise from the vision of God in heaven. 4. They shall have fulness and exceeding joy, Psalm

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xvi. 11. In thy presence there is fulness of joy, Jude Now to him that is able to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Q. 9. What is it that will sweeten the happiness of heaven, in the full enjoyment of God there?

A. That which will sweeten the happiness of believers, in their full enjoyment of God in heaven, will be the eternity thereof; that it will be without any interruption, and without any end, 1 Thess. iv. 17. And so shall we be ever with the Lord.

Q. 10. Wherein will differ the condition of unbelievers, and all the wicked world, from that of believers at the last day?

A. The condition of unbelievers, and all the wicked world, will be miserable beyond expression at the last day of judgment; for,

1. The bodies shall rise and come forth like prisoners out of their graves: and whatsoever strength and immortality shall be put upon them, will be only to make them capable of eternal torments and misery. 2. They shall with horror and dreadful screechings, see Christ come in flaming fire, to take vengeance upon them, Rev. i. 7. Behold he cometh in the clouds, and every eye shall see him; and they also which pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him, 1 Thess. i. 7,8. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengance on them who know not God and obey not the gospel. 3. They shall stand before the throne and judgment-seat of Christ, where the books will be opened where all their sins are recorded, according to which they will be judged and sentenced to everlasting punishment, Rom. xx. 11, 12. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away, and there was no place found for them. And I saw the dead, small and great stand before God; and the books were opened, and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works: Mat. xxv. 41. Then shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his an

gels. 4. They shall then be driven away, from the presence of the Lord into hell, where they shall be punished with extremity of anguish, in torment in soul and body, without any alleviation or intermission unto all eternity, Mat. xxv. 46. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, Rom. ii. 8, 9. Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish (shall be) upon every soul of man that doth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile, Rev, xvi. 11. And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever. And they have no rest day nor night.

39. Q. What is the duty which God requireth of man?

A. The duty which God requireth of man, is obedience to his revealed will.

Q. 1. Upon what account is obedience unto God the duty of man?

Á. Obedience unto God is the duty of man, because God is his Creator, and benefactor and supreme sovereign Lord and King.

Q. 2. Is there any other lord over the conscience who can require obedience of man for their own sake chiefly, besides God?

A. God is the only Lord of the conscience and though we are to obey magistrates, and parents, and masters, yet we are chiefly to do this, because God requireth us so to do, and if they command us to do any thing which God doth forbid, we are to refuse obedience, being to obey God rather than any man in the world, Acts iv. 19. Whether it be right in the sight of God, to hearken unto you, rather than unto God, judge ye.

A. 3. What rule hath God given us, according to which our whole obedience must be guided?

A. The only rule which God hath given us, according to which our whole obedience unto him must be guided, is his revealed will?.

Q. 4. Hath God any other will than that which he hath revealed?

A. God hath a secret will of his counsel, concerning

all things which come to pass, and this cannot be known as to most things before hand, and therefore is no rule for obedience.

Q. 5. What is the difference between God's secret will and God's revealed will?

A. God's secret will is concerning all things that are done, and shall be done, and shall extend even unto sinful actions, which he doth will to permit and determine and direct beyond man's will and intention to his own glory: But God's revealed will is concerning those things which may, and ought to be done and doth extend only to those things which are duty, and which in themselves do tend unto God's glory, and this revealed will is the rule of man's obedience.

Q. 6. Where is the revealed will of God to be found? A. The revealed will of God is to be found in the scripture, where the whole duty of man to God is. made known, Micah vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and love mercy, aud to walk humbly with thy God.

40. Q. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?

A. The rule which God at first revealed unto man : for his obedience, was the moral law.

Q. 1. Are there any other laws which God hath given nnto men ?

A. The Lord gave other positive laws to the people. of the jews, which they were bound to yield obedience unto, such as the ceremonial law: but those laws were not intended a standing rule of obedience for all nations in all ages, and therefore were for a time abrogated and disannuled, and the not yielding obedience to them by us at this time, is no sin.

Q. 2. Doth the moral law continue to be a rule of obedience in the days of the gospel?

A. As the moral law was at first revealed, that it might be a rule of man's obedience: so it doth continue to be, unto all men in every nation unto the end of the world.

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