* By virtue of this, we partake in all the good and evil of the people of God througliout the world.
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il 16, 19-22; 1 Cor. x. 17; John xvii. 11, 21, 22; John x. 16; Heb. il 11.— n Cor. i. 10, 11; Rom. xii. 5; 1 Cor. xii. 27, 28; Eph. iv. 11-13; Phn. ii. 2; Col. iii. 15; 1 Pet. hi. 8.
CHAP. XXVI. —Of Particular Churches.
Q. 1. What wre particular churches?
A. Pecuhar * assemhhes^ ^ of professors in one place, ''under officers of Christ's institution, "enjoying the ordiaances of God, "^and lead- ing lives beseemmg their holy calling. — * Acts xi. 26; 1 Cor. iv. 17, xi. 22; 2 Cor. i. 1.— "Acts xx. 17, 28, xiv. 23; 2 Cor. viii. 23; Heb. xiii. 17.— "1 Cor. iii. 5; Rev. ii. 1-3.— '2 Thess. iii. 5, 6, 11; Gal. vi. 16; Phil. in. 17; 1 Thess. ii. 12.
Q. 2. What are the ordinary officers of such churches?
A. First, * pastors or doctors,^ to teach and exhort; secondly, * elders, to assist in rule and government ; thirdly, " deacons, to provide for the poor.— ''Rom. xii. 7, 8; Eph. iv. 11; 1 Cor. xii. 28.— "Rom. xu. 8; 1 Tim. v. 17.— "Acts vi. 2, 3.
Q. 3. What is required of these officers, especially the chief est, or ministers ?
A. * That they be faithful in the ministry committed unto them ; "sedulous in dispensing the Word; "watching for the good of the souls committed to them; ''going before them in an example of all godliness and holiness of life. — *1 Cor. iv. 2; Acts xx. 18-20. — "2 Tim. ii. 15, iv. 1-5.— "Tit. i. 13; 1 Tim. iv. 15, 16.— 'Tit. ii 7;
1 Tim. iv. 12; Matt. v. 16; Acts xxiv. 16.
Q. 4. What is required in the people uiito them?
A. Obedience " to their message and ministry ; " honour and love to their persons; "maintenance to them and their families. — *2 Cor. V. 20; Rom. vi. 17; Heb. xiii. 17; 2 Thess. iii. 14; Rom. xvi. 19;
2 Cor. X. 4-6.— "1 Cor. iv. 1; Gal. iv. 14; 1 Tim. v. 17, 18.— "Luke X. 7; James v. 4; 1 Tim. v. 17, 18; 1 Cor. ix. 9-13.
CHAP. XXVn. — Of the Last Privu^ege of Believers, — being the Door OF Entrance into Glory.
Q. 1. What is the resurrection of the flesh?
A. An act of the* mighty power of God's Holy Spirit, applying
■ Every corruption doth not presently uncliurch a people. ' Uiilioliness of fellow-worshippers defileth not God's ordinances. ^ Ministers are the bishops of tlie Lord; lord-bishops came from Rome. * The resurrection of the flesh hereafter is a powerful motive to live after the Spirit here.
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unto us the virtue of Christ's resurrection, whereby, at the last day he will raise our whole bodies from the dust, to be united again untc our souls in everlasting happiness. — Job xix. 25-27; Ps. xvi. 9-11 Isa. xxvi. 19; Ezek. xxxvii. 2,3; Dan. xii. 2; 1 Cor. xv. 16, &c. Rev. XX. 12, 13.
Q. 2. What is the end of this whole dispensation?
A. The glory of God ui our eternal salvation.
To Him he all glory and honour for evermore ! Amen.
Imprhnatur.
John Downame.
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