THE CHILD'S CATECHISM. 249 A. Because it was God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who ap- pointed this salvation, and he is our Father also if we are true Christians, " Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who bath blessed us with all spiritual blessings. John xx. 17. I go to my Fathe; and your Father, to my God and your God. 2 Jobs 9. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ bath both the Father and the Son." 57. Q. Why must we be baptized in the name of the Son of God ? A. Because this salvation was preached by the Son of God as our great Prophet, he procured it for us as our High- priest, and he bestows it on us as our Lord and King. r Acts iii. 22. A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you like unto me. Luke iv. 18. The Lord bath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. Heb. ii. 1.7. That he might be a merciful and a faithful High-priest to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Acts v. 31. God bath exalted. himto be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." 58. Whymust it be done also in the name of the holy Spirit ? A. Because the wondrous works of the holy Spirit bare witness to this salvation heretofore, and it is this holy Spirit enables us to obey the gospelnow,, and to hope and wait for this salvation. " Heb. ii. 4. God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders.and gifts of the holy Spirit. 1 Pet. i. 22. Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit. Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait far the hope of righteousnesssby faith." 59. Q. What Both this baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and holy Spiritoblige you to do ? A. If I am baptized I am given up to the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit, that I may live as a new creature and a Christian; and baring been. once washed I most not defile myself again with sin. " Rom. vi. 2, 3. How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein ? We were baptized into Jesus Christ, Verse 4. We should walk in newness of life. 2 Cor. v. 17. If any man be in Christ be is a new crea- ture. 2Pet. ii, 20, 22. Those who profess Christianity and return again to sin are compared to the sow that was washed and returns to her wallowing in the mire." 60 Q. What is the Lord's - supper? A,. It is the eating of bread and drinking of wine in rememberance of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. " 1 Cor. xi. 24, 25, 26. This do in remembrance of me As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the Lord's death till he come." . f 61. Q. What doth the bread signify? A. The bread when it is broken signifies the body Christ,, which was wounded or broken on the cross for us. 'r 1 Cor. xì. 23, 24. He took the. bread, and when he had given thanks he brake it, and said, take eat, this is my body which is broken for you" 62. Q. What loth the wine signify ? A. The wine poured out into the cup signifies the bloodof Christ, which was poured out in hisdeath to take away our sins. " Mat. xxvi. '27, 38. And he took the cup, that is, of wine, or the fruit of the vine, as verse 29, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the NewTestament, which is shed far many for the remission of sins 63. Q. Whymust the breadbe eaten, and thewine be drank? A. To signify our partaking of the blessings which Christ 'lath obtained for us by his death ? " r 1 Cor, x. 16, 17. The cup of blessing whichwebless, is it not the com- munion of the blood ofChrist? The bread which we break, is it not the commu- nion of the body of Christ? We are all partakers of that sae bread. And pro_ bahly it is with reference to.this sacrament which Christdesigned to ordain in his church, that he represents our believing io him thus, in John vi. 54, 53 Whom eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, bath eternal life - -for my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed."
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