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gestions; such as pride, malice, envy, revenge, murder, lying, and, above all, witchcraft and idolatry.

PROOFS SUBJOINED.-John, viii. 41, 44. Ye do the deeds of your father. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth; because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 1 John, iii. 8. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. John, viii. 44. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Acts, xiii. 9, 10. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, and said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 1 Tim. iii. 6. Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. James, iii. 14, 15. But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 1 John, v. 19, 21. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

7. Q. What is the next enemy which, at your baptism, you promised to renounce?

A. This wicked world, with all the pomps and vanity of it.

8. Q. How is it that you call the world, (the work of God's hands) a wicked world?

A. Not because it is in itself so, but only to shew how far, and in what respect, I am to renounce it. Namely, in all such cases in which it would draw me into any wickedness, for the sake of any thing which I desire or enjoy in it. Gal. i. 4. Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world. 1 John, ii. 15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world: if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

PROOF SUBJOINED.-James, iv. 4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God.

9. Q. What do you mean by the pomps and vanity of this wicked world?

A. They do most properly denote the vain state, shew, and magnificence of such as are great and rich in it; but do withal comprehend the riches themselves which are made use of to minister to these vanities; together with the covetousness, injustice, oppression, and whatsoever other sins of the like kind men commit for the support of their vanity, and to obtain such things as minister only to the pomp and pride of life.

PROOFS SUBJOINED.-Acts, xxv. 23. Compare 1 Maccab. ix. 37. And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus's commandment, Paul was brought forth. Maccab. After this, came word to Jonathan, and Simon his brother,

that the children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride from Nadabatha, with a great train, as being the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan. 1 John, ii. 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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10. Q. What is the third gion engages you to renounce? A. The sinful lusts of the flesh.

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11. Q. What do you understand by the sinful lusts of the flesh?

A. All those sensual desires and inclinations whereby we are disposed to those sins which are in a peculiar manner called in Holy Scripture, the works of the flesh; such as uncleanness, drunkenness, &c. See Gal. v. 19. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Rom. viii. 13. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Coloss. iii. 5. Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 1 John, ii. 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

12. Q. What was the second thing which your Godfathers and Godmothers promised for you at your baptism?

A. That I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith.

13. Q. Where are those articles to be met with? A. They are only to be found in and believed upon the authority of God's word: yet have been collected into that short summary of our faith which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed. See Part II. 14. Q. What was the third thing which your Godfathers and Godmothers promised in your name at your baptism?

A. That I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

15. Q. Has there been any such summary collection made of God's commandments, as you say there has been of the principal articles of your Christian faith?

A. Yes, there hath, and that by God himself, in those ten commandments which he delivered to the Jews heretofore; Exod. xx. and which continue no less to oblige us now. Matt. v. 17, &c. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: 1 am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily, I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. See Part III.

PROOFS SUBJOINED.-Matt. xix. 17, 18, 19. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, honour thy father and thy mother; and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Luke, xviii. 18, 20. And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, why callest thou me good? None is good, save one,

that is God.

Thou knowest the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honour thy father and thy mother. Rom. xiii. 8, &c. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

16. Q. Bost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and do as they have promised for thee? A. Pes, verily, and by God's help so I will,

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17. Q. Upon what grounds do you think yourself obliged to make good what your Godfathers and Godmothers promised for you at your baptisni?

A. Upon many accounts; but chiefly, because what was then transacted, was not only done in my name, but for my benefit and advantage: and I must resolve to fulfil what they promised for me, or I shall not receive the blessings, which, in consideration thereof, God was pleased to make over to me. Besides, that they promised nothing on my behalf, but what it would otherwise have been my duty, as well as interest, to have fulfilled.

18. Q. By what means do you hope you shall be able to fulfil what they promised for you?

A. By the grace of God, which I am assured shall not be wanting to me, if I do but heartily pray to God for it, and take care to use it as I ought to do. Luke, xi. 13. If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall

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