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22. 21.

Acts 4.

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Ch. 5. 27, 28, 29.

Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due, cuftom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.

Then faith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæfar the things which are Cæfar's; and unto God, the things that are God's.

Q. Are we obliged to obey magistrates in fuch things as we are perfuaded in our minds are contrary to the commands of Chrift?

A. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jefus. But Peter and John anfwered and faid unto them, Whether it be right in the fight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but fpeak the things which we have seen and heard.

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And when they had brought them, they fet them before the council, and the high priest asked them, faying, Did not we ftraitly command ye, that ye fhould not teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerufalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apoftles answered and faid, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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Q. What ought to be magiftrates behaviour in fuch cafes, according to the counsel of wife Gamaliel ?

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A. Then stood there up one in the council, Acts 5. a Pharifee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the 34, 35 law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; and faid unto them, Ye men of Ifrael, take heed to yourselves, what ye intend to do, as touching thefe men. And now I fay unto you, Refrain from 5.38.39 these men, and let them alone; for if this counfel, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it: left haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Q. What command giveth Chrift to his people under the gospel, in relation to this matter? How doth be hold forth their duty under the parable of the tares?

27,28,

A. So the fervants of the houfholder Mat. 13. came, and faid unto him, Sir, didft not thou 29. fow good feed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? He faid unto them, An -enemy hath done this. The fervants faid unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them np? But he faid, Nay; left while ye gather up the tares, ye root up alfo' the wheat with them.

Q. Doth he explain thefe tares of the wicked, whom the goldly must not take upon them to cut off, left through mistake they hurt the good, but leave it to God, to do it by his angels?

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Mat.13. 38 to 41.

A. The field is the world; the good feed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that fowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world, and the.. reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, fo fhall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man fhall fend forth his angels, and they fhall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity.

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John 5. 28, 29.

CHAP. XIV.

Concerning the Resurrection.

Queft.-What faith the fcripture of the refurrection of the dead?

A. And have hope towards God, which they themselves alfo allow, that there shall be a refurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Q. To what different end fhall the good be raised from the bad; and how are they thereunto reserved?

A. Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves fhall hear his voice, and shall come forth: they that have done good, unto the refurrection

refurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the refurrection of condemnation.

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But the heavens and the earth, which are 2 Pet. now, by the fame word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men.

Q. What must be answered to fuch as afk, How the dead are raised, and with what body?

15. 36,

A. Thou fool, that which thou foweft is 1 Cor. And that to 44. not quickened except it die. which thou foweft, thou foweft not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of fome other grain; but God giveth it a body as it hath pleafed him, and to every feed his own body. All flesh is not the fame flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celeftial bodies, and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the fun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the ftars; for one. star differeth from another ftar in glory. So alfo is the refurrection of the dead. It is fown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; it is fown in difhonour, it is raised in glory; it is fown in weakness, it is raised in power;

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it is fown a natural body, it is raised a fpiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

Q. The apofile feems to be very pofitive, that it is not that natural body, which we now bave, that fhall rife; but a fpiritual body.

A. Now this I fay, brethren, that flesh 15.50, and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I fhew you a mystery; we shall not all fleep, but we fhall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the laft trump: for the trumpet fhall found, and the dead fhall be raised incorruptible, and we fhall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorrup tion, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal thall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pafs the faying that is written, Death is fwallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy fting? O grave! where is thy victory?

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