Matthew 28

The wings of the cherubins (representing the angels,) were made of fine gold, to denote both their sanctity and splendor. The angels are compared to lightning (Matthew 28:3), because of those sparkling beams of majesty which as lightning shoot from them. And when saints and ange…

The name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. He is a Lord in respect of his sovereignty; he is Lord over angels and men (Matthew 28:18). All power is given to him.

Shall we not give credit to the God of heaven? How would the angel confirm the women in the resurrection of Christ (Matthew 28:7)? Lo (says he,) I have told you; I speak in the word of an angel.

How could these divine titles be given to Christ? Omnipotence (Hebrews 1:3), ubiquity (Matthew 28:20), a power of sealing pardons (Matthew 9:6), coequality with God the Father, both in power and dignity (John 5:21, 23) — how, I say, could these titles of honor be ascribed to Chr…

But I will conclude with the Apostle, Hebrews 6:9. I am persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation. Matthew 28:19. Go you therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them —. W…

You sendest forth your Spirit; they are created. Matthew 28:19. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Qu. 12. What is principally to be attended to by us in the manner of the celebration of the worship of God, and observation of the institutions and ordinances of the Gospel? Answ. That we observe and do all whatever the Lord Christ has commanded us to observe, in the way that he…

And (2.) some temporary appointments relating to gifts in the Church, bestowed only for a season in the first plantation of the Gospel, are ceased. But (3.) no institution or command of Christ, given to the whole Church, relating to the evangelical administration of the New Cove…

And the comeliness and beauty of Gospel worship, consisteth in its relation to God by Jesus Christ, as the merciful high-Priest over his house, with the glorious administration of the spirit therein. The order also of it lies in the due and regular observation of all that Christ…

And (3) By their celebration is he glorified in the world: And therefore, (4) As he has made blessed promises to his people, to grant them his presence and to bless them in their use: So (5) Being the tokens of the marriage relation that is between him and them, with respect to…

Quest. 17. Which are the principal institutions of the Gospel to be observed in the worship of God? Answ. (1.) The calling, gathering and setling of Churches with their Officers, as the seat and subject of all other solemn instituted worship. (2.) Prayer with thanksgiving. (3.)…

Qu. 18. Whereas sundry of these things are founded in the light and law of nature, as requisite to all solemn worship, and are moreover commanded in the moral law, and explications of it in the Old Testament; how do you look upon them as evangelical institutions to be observed p…

Quest. 20. By what means do persons so called become a Church of Christ? Answ. They are constituted a Church, and interested in the rights, power, and priviledges of a Gospel-Church, by the will, promise, authority, and law of Jesus Christ, upon their own voluntary consent and e…

(2) John 20:21, 22, 23; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 21:14; Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5, 7. (3) Matthew 28:18, 19, 20; 2 Corinthians 11:28; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 1:2; Colossians 4:17. (4) 1 Corinthians 12:28, 29, 30.

First, that all Church power is originally vested in Jesus Christ the sole head, and Monarch thereof. God the Father has committed it to him, and intrusted him with it for the accomplishment of his work of mediation (Matthew 28:18). Secondly, that he does communicate of this aut…

Quest. 24. Wherein consists the general duty of the whole Church, and every member thereof in their proper station and condition? Answ. In performing, doing, and keeping inviolate all the commands and institutions of Jesus Christ, walking unblameably and fruitfully in the World,…

Answ. Professing believers, if not baptized in their infancy, and their infant seed. Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38, 39; Acts 16:33; 1 Corinthians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 7:14; Colossians 2:12, 13; with Genesis 17:10, 11, 12. Quest. 39. Where, and to whom, is the ordinance of the Lord's S…

By virtue hereof, are they made rulers over the house of God (Matthew 24:45), stewards in his house (1 Corinthians 4:1), overseers of the Church (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2), guides to the Church (Hebrews 13:7, 17). Not that they have a supreme or autocratical power committed to th…

Qu. 5. Is there any farther alteration to be expected in, or of those institutions and ordinances of worship, which are revealed and appointed in the Gospel? Answ. No! The last complete revelation of the will of God being made by the Son, who is Lord of all, his commands and ins…

Qu. 8. How many we sanctify the name of God in the use of Gospel institutions? Answ. 1. By a holy reverence of his sovereign authority appointing of them. 2. A holy regard to his special presence in them. 3. Faith in his promises annexed to them. 4. Delight in his will, wisdom,…

Qu. 9. How do we in our observation, profess our subjection to the Lord Jesus Christ and his Gospel? Answ. In that being all of them 1. Appointed by him as the head law-giver, King of his Church. And 2. Made by him the ensigns and tokens of his Kingdom, and subjects, in their du…

How many sacraments are there? In the New Testament only two: Baptism and the Lord's Supper (Matthew 28:19 & 26:26, &c.). What is the outward sign or part in Baptism?

Q. What is the main scope of the second commandment? A. The second commandment enjoins all that worship of God which is by divine institution and ordinance (Matthew 28:20; Deuteronomy 12:32). Q. What are some of the particulars?

You also as lively stones (that have received life from Jesus the living stone) are built up a spiritual house, and holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God, through Jesus Christ (1 Peter 2:5). To this spiritual house, or Church of the New Testament, ga…

The Reasons are these. First, if Jesus the Christ be not our Prophet to teach us, he will not be our King to protect us (Matthew 28:10): "Teach them," says Christ, "to observe all things that I command you: and lo, I am always with you to the end of the world." Secondly, if Chri…

But yet this I confess to you, that I am less than the least of all the Messengers of Christ; for I am not worthy to be called a Messenger, or Minister; for I persecuted the Church of God, that professed the faith of Jesus the Christ; that held forth all his royal offices, King,…

And as for that other Text of the holy Scripture that does universally oppose it the heavenly Father gave me thus to interpret it: (1 John 2:22) Who is a liar, namely born of the evil one, who is a liar, and the father of lies, and abode not in the truth (John 8:14). But he that…

There was nothing left to them but to do and observe what he had appointed. And it is true, when God first reveals the way of his worship immediately from himself, as he did first by Moses, and last of all by his Son Jesus Christ, the people have nothing to do therewith, but onl…

The partition wall is broken down, and the gates of the new Jerusalem are set open to all comers upon the Gospel invitation. This is frequently taken notice of in the Scripture; see Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; John 11:51, 52; John 12:32; Acts 11:18; Acts 17:30; Galatians 5:6; Eph…

It was the time when our Lord Jesus Christ appeared in the flesh, and offered himself to God. But why he should express that time by the end of the world, in the words that our Savior designates the end of the world absolutely by (Matthew 28:20), is not so plain. For there was a…

(1.) Of the way of coming. It is not by legal institutions, it is not by our own inventions, it is only by his appointment (Matthew 28:20). To come to God any other way, gives us no interest in the care or saving power of Christ (John 15:7, 8).

Hence (3.) There is a reaching after these things: a pressing on towards them: a person does not only use means, but in them he seeks after these things. If the question be as to them of old (John 1:28), whom seek you? the answer will be as before; more of God, and more of Chris…

For, if they incur such loss by becoming adult, it may seem it were good for Members' Children to die in their Infancy, and never live to be adult; since in their Infancy they had Church-relation, and Covenant-state, which now they have lost, though without their desert. The adu…

Doctor Ames gives it as the Doctrine of the Protestants, The Infants of the faithful, unless they were to be accounted Members of the Church, they cu[illegible] not to be bapti[illegible]ed. Vrsin and Pareus say. Omnes iique soli &c. All and only th[illegible]e are to be baptize…

But how came this earthquake? Answer: saint Matthew says, there was a great earthquake (Matthew 28:2). For the Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, etc.

It is the duty of every believer, of every disciple of Christ, to join himself, for the due and orderly observation and performance of the commands of Christ, to the glory of God, and their own edification (Matthew 28:18, 19, 20). This in general is granted by all sorts and part…

This knowledge therefore belonging to profession is itself to be professed. There is required to it a professed subjection of soul and conscience to the authority of Christ in the Church (Matthew 28:18, 19, 20; 2 Corinthians 8:5). This in general is performed by all that are bap…

But while this institution of Christ continues irrevocable, and is not abrogated by a greater power than what it was enacted by, whatever defect there may be as to faith and obedience in men, rendering them useless and ineffectual to themselves; however they may be corrupted by…

There is enough to make the man of God perfect, that is, to furnish him with all kind of knowledge for the discharge of his office; there needs no more; there is enough to make us wise to preach, and you wise to practise; and 'tis certain enough, that you need not spend your tim…

All the Apostles in regard of power and authority were equal, for the apostolic commission both for right and execution was given equally to them all, as the very words import. Matthew 28:19: Go, teach all nations, baptizing them, and so on. And the promise, I will give to you t…

I know that Christ, as he is the eternal Son of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, does with the Father and the holy Ghost reign and rule over all the Kingdoms of the sons of men. He that is Mediator, being God, has, as God, all power in heaven and earth, (and…

For the name Jesus was given Him in the very beginning of his humiliation (Matthew 1:21, 25 and 2:1 and Luke 2:21), but when God did raise Him from the dead, then did he set Him at his own right hand, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name…

For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given. And the first use he makes of his power, after the confirmation of it to us, upon his Resurrection, is for the Church (Matthew 28:18): All power is given to me in heaven and in earth; all authoritative power over Angels, and the a…

3. Ruling Elders are expressly distinguished from those that labor in the word and doctrine (1 Timothy 5:17), and from these that teach or exhort (Romans 12:7, 8). 4. If ruling Elders shall teach publicly in the congregation ex officio, and with cure of souls (as they speak) why…

So the Comedian: "Where is the villain who destroyed me?" The same figure of speech is by no means unusual in the New Testament: "Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them" (Matthew 28:19); and the opposite form, "O namely [illegible] Homer — "He has a way beside the road, a…

— to be the sole norm and rule of faith, obedience, and all worship; and thus He willed that His word be no less unique in the churches than He Himself is. Whatever is done in them beyond His prescription is done without His authority (Matthew 28:18-20). X. Sixthly, to these ass…

In his lowest condition, when he was in the cold grave among the dead, heaven was his magazine of help and comforts. (Matthew 28:2) An angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and rolled away the stone. Heaven came to his bedside, when he was sleeping in the clods.

Answer: All these prove this place will prove only, we are to pray for magistrates under whom we have peace, and the Gospel, not for believers, and so not for all Adam's sons; as the next words, page 59, prove. Object 13. Here is a ground to preach the Gospel to all men, to ever…

As when God individually blessed Adam and Eve at the first creation, yet he in them blessed all that were forever to come of them — so Christ in blessing them blessed us and all that shall believe through their word to the end of the world. And that they were thus then to be con…

2. That the Son of God is the right heir of the world, (Hebrews 1:2) Whom he has appointed heir of all things. To whom the nations are given, (Psalm 2:8) Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession, (M…