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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12162	A compendious form and summe of Christian doctrine, called The testimonie of a true faith meete for well disposed families, for the more knowledge [in] God, and better nourishing vp, and confirming of all such, as loue saluation in Iesus Christ. Gathered, corrected, and newly augmented, by Christopher Shutte, Maister of Arte, seene and allowed.	Shutte, Christopher, d. 1626.	1579 (1579)	STC 22468; ESTC S100084	27,860	76

prayer are also helpes to me for by them the Lorde helpeth mine infirmitie by outwarde signes representing to me spirituall graces 63. Question Doe the Sacramentes serue thee to anie other purpose Answeare They serue not onely to teache me heauenlie thinges but also to kindle a desire of Gods promises in my heart to stirre me vp to thankesgeuing for my redemption to knitte me in loue with the Godlie and as markes of religion to testifie howe I differ from the heathen and wicked Wherefore such as refuse to vse the same do not onlie denie God but are also arrogant and proude And therfore not to be accompted Christians because they refuse in vsing of the Sacramentes to make open profession thereof 64. Question What is a Sacrament Answeare It is an holy signe instituted of God to confirme my faith and to seale in my heart the promises of Gods mercie towards me for the forgiuenesse of my sinnes and saluation in Christ 65. Question Whether doe the Sacraments geue grace to the receiuer or no Answeare They neither of themselues nor in themselues include or geue grace for that is the gift of the holie Ghost but they be holy signes whereby as by an instrument God doth worke and seale grace in my heart by faith receiued and yet they bee not bare or naked signes but grace is truely present to my faith when I receiue the same aright 66. Question Who ought to minister the Sacramentes Answeare None but suche as be ministers too preach the woorde for these two offices in the scriptures concurre and goe together and therefore to none but to such as may lawfully minister the woorde apperteineth the ministring of the Sacramentes And hereby women are forbidden to minister baptisme 67 Question How manie Sacramentes be there Answeare Two the one is Baptisme wherewith I am receiued into Christs church The other is the Supper of the Lorde wherewith I am nourished in the same 68. Question What is Baptisme Answeare It is a Sacrament wherein as water washeth away the filthinesse of my body so the blood of Christ sprinkled vpon my soule by the hand of faith washeth away my sinnes and the punishment thereof whereby I am incorporate into his body and made partaker of his benefites to dye vnto sinne and to liue vnto righteousnesse and this is the right vse of baptisme that we be sure that our conscience be cleane and that we shewe it to others by our good woorkes in mortifying our affections in doing the will of God. 69. Question Why are children to be baptized Answeare Because by nature they be the children of wrath by Adams sinne to whom also the promise of Gods free mercy and fauour reacheth So that being inhetours of Gods free graces they must be baptized and whan they come to age be instructed what the meaning of baptisme is 70. Question What is the Lordes Supper Answeare It is a Sacrament of redemption dy the death of Christ wherein by the misticall receiuing of breade and wine thorow a true faith I am made pertaker of all the benefits of Christes passion for as bread broken doth feede and nourish my body and wine refresh my hart so the body of Christ was torne vpō the crosse and his blood shed to washe away my sinnes and to feede and refresh my soule to life euerlasting 71. Question Whether is the bread chaunged into the natural body of Christ or no Answeare The Sacramentes of bread and wyne remaine still in their former nature and substance neuerthelesse there is a greate chaunge for those thinges which before were but as common meates are nowe made the Sacramentes or holy signes of Christes bodye and blood b but so that we must seeke Christes body in heauen and not in the Sacrament 72. Question How doest thou eate Christes body or drinke his blood Answeare Spiritually by grace whilest I beleeue that he dyed for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification for it is faith that maketh me pertaker of his benefits and goodnes which are sealed to me by his Sacraments And therefore by faith I am made one with him for by his spirit he dwelleth in me and is ioyned with me as the heade with the members So then by this coniunction I may be pertaker of his graces 73. Question Do all men which receiue this Sacrament receiue the spirituall grace alyke Answeare As in baptisme none but the faithfull receiue remission of their sinnes so in the Lords supper none but such are pertakers of the grace and benefittes of Christes death The wicked in deede receyue the outward elementes of breade and wine but because they lacke true faith they are not partakers of the spirituall grace 74. Question Whither must thou once a yeare as some doo of custome or often come to the Lordes supper Answeare Although the benefit rest not in the often but in the worthy receiuing thereof yet must I so often as I can conueniently do the same euer more and more to be thankefull for my redemption wrought by Christ 75. Question How must thou frame thy selfe to receiue this Sacrament worthily Answeare First I must consider the greeuousnesse of my sinnes from my hart vnfaynedly hate and detest the same and euer after geue my selfe to godlynesse and vertue Secondly I must try and examen my selfe whether I haue a true faith in the promises of Christ Thirdly I I must reconcile my selfe to all men and continue in Christian loue 76. Question What thing is required that thou mayest doo these thinges the better Answeare It is very expedient that as in the primitiue Church the woord of God was preached before the administratiō of the Sacramentes which thing is the life of the Sacrament and also an examination taken of the communicantes before the Lords supper was eaten So is it I say necessarie that the woorde bee preached and the people instructed in this mistery that they may shewe foorth the Lordes death vntill his comming againe 77. Question Nowe remaineth the other helpe geuen thee of God that is to say prayer Tell me what it is Answeare Prayer is the lifting vp of my hart to God and asking in Christes name of thinges needefull to mee and the whole Church with thankesgeuing for his benefites and goodnesse 77. Question To whome must thou pray Answeare To a God alone first because I b beleeue in him alone Secondly he alone knoweth my harte thirdly he will not geue his glory to any other and therefore I am forbidden to pray to Saintes 79. Question How canst thou which art a sinner pray to God that hateth sinne Answeare I pray not in trust of mine owne righteousnesse but in the name of Christ who is the way for me to come to the father who continueth my Mediatour at the righte hande of the Father loueth mee