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Iesus
Christ
1 Cor. 2.2 .
I determined not to know any thing among you , save Jesus Christ , and him Crucified . 1 Cor. 3.2 .
I have fed you with milk , and not with meat , for hitherto ye were not able to bear it , neither yet now are ye able .
J.
Astwood
Royal
Exchange
WHO
made
the
World
,
and
all
Creatures
in
it
?
Answ.
a
Which
were
the
most
excellent
of
all
the
Creatures
that
God
made
?
Wherein
did
the
excellency
of
Man
consist
?
r
Gen.
s
Ephes.
Was
eternal
happiness
due
unto
man
in
his
created
condition
,
for
that
righteousness
and
holiness
which
God
endowed
him
withall
?
t
Gen.
What
were
the
contents
of
that
Covenant
?
What
Law
was
that
u
Garden
Did
God
covenant
with
all
mankind
in
covenanting
with
Did
we
keep
this
Covenant
that
God
made
with
us
,
or
did
we
break
it
?
What
case
are
we
in
by
reason
of
this
breach
.
What
way
is
there
now
for
you
(
as
the
case
now
stands
)
to
be
delivered
from
all
this
,
and
to
be
brought
into
a
condition
of
Grace
and
life
?
Are
you
sure
that
if
you
believe
,
you
shall
be
saved
?
d
John
What
is
it
to
believe
But
have
you
any
ground
to
think
that
Christ
doth
belong
unto
you
?
But
are
you
sufficiently
prepared
,
and
duly
qualified
to
receive
Christ
?
Do
you
think
that
Christ
is
tendered
in
the
Gospel
to
Sinners
,
as
Sinners
?
What
grounds
I
pray
you
m
Heb.
n
Luke
o
Mar.
p
Zach.
q
John
What
other
grounds
have
you
It
's
possible
it
may
be
neither
so
,
nor
so
;
for
do
you
not
find
in
the
Gospel
,
that
Christ
is
tendered
to
sinners
so
and
so
qualified
,
disposed
,
and
fitted
to
receive
him
?
Must
you
not
be
humbled
for
your
sin
before
you
may
believe
?
But
is
not
thirsting
after
Christ
necessarily
pre-required
?
Must
not
a
sinner
thirst
before
he
come
What
reason
can
you
give
of
this
Exposition
,
that
it
was
not
a
thirsting
for
Christ
?
But
after
whatever
the
thirsting
be
,
is
it
not
a
condition
upon
which
Christ
is
tendered
?
But
however
may
not
thirsting
be
lookt
upon
as
a
necessary
disposition
,
without
which
a
sinner
ought
not
to
believe
,
or
to
lay
hold
upon
Christ
as
his
?
What
absurdities
would
follow
What
too
What
absurdity
else
would
follow
But
suppose
a
sinner
not
thirsting
ought
to
believe
,
yet
,
is
not
thirsting
such
a
disposition
without
which
he
cannot
believe
?
Have
you
any
examples
of
it
in
the
Gospel
?
c
Matthew
,
d
Zacheus
,
e
Paul
,
f
Lydia
,
Is
it
your
opinion
then
that
Christ
is
tendered
to
an
empty
soul
?
Do
you
think
that
any
sinner
(
suppose
a
notorious
whoremonger
,
drunkard
,
when
Christ
is
preached
to
him
,
ought
to
believe
,
and
to
lay
hold
upon
him
?
How
do
you
prove
that
Have
such
sinners
any
encouragements
from
the
Gospel
to
come
to
Christ
?
Can
you
give
me
an
account
what
those
many
and
sweet
encouragments
are
?
Zacheus
,
Paul
,
Magdalen
What
is
a
second
encouragement
What
arguments
are
they
What
is
a
third
encouragement
Is
there
no
other
encouragement
beside
these
?
Whereby
doth
the
willingness
of
Christ
to
save
sinners
so
exceedingly
appear
?
By
his
By
what
expressions
of
his
doth
his
willingness
to
save
sinners
appear
?
By
what
Affections
of
his
doth
Christ
declare
his
willingness
to
save
Sinners
?
By
what
Actions
of
Christ
is
his
willingness
to
save
Sinners
discovered
?
You
have
given
me
a
sufficient
account
of
the
free
tender
of
Jesus
Christ
in
the
Gospel
to
every
sort
of
Sinners
,
and
of
the
encouragement
they
have
to
come
unto
Christ
for
Salvation
—
I
would
now
know
of
you
,
that
since
we
are
by
nature
in
a
state
of
damnation
,
how
comes
it
to
pass
that
there
is
this
way
(
of
life
and
happiness
by
Christ
)
yet
left
us
?
Are
all
Sinners
ordained
to
life
in
and
by
Christ
?
May
not
this
discourage
you
as
to
believing
in
Christ
?
But
how
can
it
stand
with
God's
justice
to
save
you
by
Christ
,
since
the
wages
of
your
sin
is
death
?
Was
Jesus
Christ
then
a
man
,
that
he
was
capable
of
suffering
and
dying
?
Had
he
no
sins
of
his
own
,
that
he
could
be
accepted
to
suffer
for
the
sins
of
others
?
Could
the
sufferings
of
one
man
(
how
sinless
and
holy
soever
)
satisfie
God's
justice
for
the
sins
of
so
many
?
How
do
the
sufferings
of
Christ
become
yours
?
But
is
there
nothing
required
to
Salvation
,
but
that
sin
be
suffered
for
?
Can
you
believe
in
this
Christ
,
and
so
partake
of
the
benefits
that
come
by
him
,
upon
your
own
strength
?
Why
then
is
the
Gospel
Preached
,
and
why
are
sinners
by
it
called
upon
to
believe
?
What
place
hath
Faith
in
the
business
of
your
Salvation
,
and
in
what
sense
is
it
said
to
justifie
?
Do
you
think
you
do
well
to
lay
the
whole
work
of
your
Salvation
thus
upon
the
Free
Grace
of
God
in
Christ
?
What
if
a
wicked
man
give
over
his
sinful
courses
,
(
as
to
be
drunk
no
more
,
swear
no
more
,
will
not
this
save
him
What
is
your
reason
for
this
?
But
if
a
sinner
forsake
his
sins
,
and
withall
heartily
repent
him
of
them
,
is
it
not
enough
to
save
him
?
How
do
you
prove
that
Repentance
under
the
first
Covenant
,
and
consequently
that
the
Repentance
of
a
Man
out
of
Christ
,
goes
for
nothing
?
Suppose
then
that
men
cannot
come
up
as
high
as
to
believe
,
is
it
all
one
,
whether
they
be
Drunkards
or
Sober
,
Covetous
or
Liberal
,
But
what
if
a
man
do
not
only
leave
his
sins
,
but
doth
also
set
himself
to
perform
good
duties
,
shall
not
such
a
one
be
saved
without
believing
?
May
we
not
then
endeavour
after
Life
and
happiness
by
our
own
performances
?
Well
,
the
works
of
natural
men
being
excluded
from
being
causes
of
Salvation
,
what
say
you
to
the
Duties
and
good
Works
of
the
Saints
?
Do
you
exclude
them
also
?
Why
then
are
believers
so
often
pressed
unto
duties
?
Can
you
give
me
a
distinct
account
what
those
causes
are
?
Our
Neighbours
Why
are
the
Saints
to
perform
good
Duties
in
relation
to
God
?
Why
ought
the
Saints
to
perform
good
Duties
in
relation
to
their
Neighbours
?
Why
in
relation
to
our selves
If
Salvation
be
thus
built
upon
the
free
Grace
of
God
in
Christ
,
will
not
men
turn
licentious
,
and
wallow
in
sin
,
that
Grace
may
abound
?
But
what
if
men
pretend
to
believe
,
and
yet
walk
in
the
same
sinful
courses
that
other
wicked
men
do
,
what
is
to
be
thought
of
such
?
I
see
you
are
competently
acquainted
with
the
Mystery
of
Salvation
by
Free-grace
in
Christ
,
tell
me
now
what
is
the
duty
of
such
persons
who
are
brought
into
a
condition
of
Life
and
Happiness
by
it
?
Is
it
the
mind
of
God
that
the
Saints
should
do
any
duties
at
all
?
Doth
not
their
condition
of
Grace
in
Christ
set
them
above
and
beyond
duties
?
How
do
you
make
this
good
?
What
should
be
the
Saints
great
motive
to
set
them
upon
the
Duties
which
God
hath
commanded
them
?
What
rule
must
the
Saints
walk
by
in
their
obedience
?
How
do
you
prove
that
the
Moral
Law
of
God
ought
to
be
a
rule
of
life
to
believers
under
the
Gospel
?
What
ought
to
be
a
believers
utmost
end
in
all
his
duties
and
performances
?
You
said
before
(
as
I
remember
)
that
the
Gospel
is
Gods
ordinary
means
to
work
faith
,
and
to
bring
Christ
and
the
soul
together
;
but
when
men
are
once
in
Christ
,
are
they
not
above
the
use
of
this
,
and
of
all
other
Ordinances
?
What
Ordinance
is
a
believer
especially
to
wait
upon
God
in
,
for
his
building
up
and
confirmation
in
Faith
,
and
other
Graces
?