294 THE HISTORICAL CATECHISM. of God to the people, and spewed them that it required holiness in their thoughts as well as in their words and actions ; Mat. v.. and vi. and vii.-2. He reproved and condemned many for their sinful and foolish traditions, and taught them that God did not regard ceremonies so much as the great duties of love to God and love to men Mat. xxii. 36-40. and xxiii. 4, 16, 18, 23, 24, 25.-3. He preached the gospel of par- don of sin and eternal life in heaven to them that repent and believe in him ; Mat. iv. 17. John iii. 16, 17.-4. He threaten- ed the eternal punishment of hell to all wilful and obstinate sin- hers, particularly to hypocrites and unbelievers ; Mat. viii. 41, 42, and xxiii. 28, 29, 33. John iii. 18, 36. and viii. 24. -5. He some- times declared and maintained his own ,commission, that he was sent from God to be the Saviour of men ; John v. 19 -41.- 6. HO foretold the destruction of the Jews, and his own second coming in glory to raise the dead, and to judge the world Mat. xxiv. 15-21-35. xxv. 31-46. John v. 27, 28, 29. 22. Q. What were the chief miracles that he wrought to prove he was sent from God ? A. Such as these : -1. Ile fed many thousand persons twice with a very few loaves and fishes; Mat. xiv. andxv.-2. He gave sight to the blind, and hearing to the deaf, he made the dumbto speak, the lame to walk, and healed all manner of diseases by a word ; Mat. iv. 23. and xi. 5 -3. He commanded evil spirits to depart out of the'botlies of many whom they had possessed ; Mark i. 27. -4. He raised several persons from the dead, and one, namely Lazarus, out of the grave ; Mark ix. Luke vii. John xi. 23. Q. How did he train up his apostles for their public service ? A. These four ways : -1. He explained to them in private what he taught the people by parables and similitudes in public ; Mark iv. 34. -2. He told them more plainly that he was the Messiah, the Saviour of the world, and that he should die as a ransom for sinners, and rise again the third day ; Mat. xvi. 16-22. andxx. 28. -3. Heprayed with them often, and taught them topray, first without his name and then in his name ; Luke xi, 1, 2. John xvi. 23. -4. He promised them to send the Spirit of God after his departure to fit them for their public service ; Luke xxiv. 49. John xv. 26. and xvi. 7. 24. Q. What were the two ordinances which Christ appoint- ed in hischurch ? A. He appointed baptism and the Lord's- supper to continue to the end of theworld ; Mat. xxviii. 19, 20. 1 Cor. xi. 23-26. 25. Q. 'Thus we have heard how Jesus lived, let us hear now in what manner did he die ? A. He was meek and patient and resigned to the will of God in suffering anddying ; John xviii. L 1. Mat. _xxvi. 39. 26. Q. What were his sharpest sufferings ? A. The an- guish which he endured in his soul in the garden just before his
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