An EXPOSITION of the Aſſembly's SHORTER CATECHISM
EXPOSITION
OF THE
ASSEMBLY'S SHORTER CATECHISM.
OfChrist's Offices.
HAT offices doth Chriſt execute as our :
Queſt. 23 .W Redeemer ?
A.Christ, as our Redeemer, doth execute the office ofa prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.
Q.1 . What are the ſtates andconditions of ourRedeemer ?
A. Chriſt's ſtates are twofold ; namely, his ſtate ofhumiliation, and his ſtate of exaltation; Phil. ii. 8, 9. And being found in faſhion as a man, he humbled himself, andbecame obedient unto death, even the death ofthe croſs : Wherefore
God alſo hath highly exaltedhim, and given him a name above every name.
Q.2. Howmany offices belong to Chriſt in theſe ſtates ?
A. Chrift hath a threefold office ; namely, ofaprophet, of a prieft, and ofaking.
Q. 3. Why doth Chriſt take alltheſe three offices ?
A. Becauſe theyare all neceſſary for our ſalvation, andwe have the benefit of them all ; 1 Cor. i. 30. Who ofGod is made untous wisdom, and righteouſneſs, and ſanctification, and redemption.
Q.4. Can no man take Chriſt in one office, andnot in another?
A. No ; whoever will have the benefitofany one, muſt receivehim inall ; Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince, and a Saviour, for to give repentanceunto Ifrael, and forgiveneſs of fins .
Q.5. What reſpect have the offices of Chriſt tothe promiſes?
A. Thepromiſes flow out ofthem as out oftheir fountain ;
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