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A64969	The principles of the doctrine of Christ, or, A catechism in which is contained the sum of the Christian religion, or what is necessary to be believed and done in order to salvation, the answers being but seventeen in number, and in very plain words easie to be understood : unto which is added A catechism for conscience, wherein the consciences of the ignorant, the grosly profane, the young, the meerely mortal, and the hypocrites are examined in order to their instruction and awakening, and the consciences of the sincere Christians are tried in order to their peace and comfort / by Nathanael Vincent.	Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697.; Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697. A catechism for conscience.	1691 (1691)	Wing V418; ESTC R25704	37,318	113

me nor what I say or do Q. 5. Brutish Heart when wilt thou be wise He that planted the Ear shall he not hear and He that formed the Eye shall not He see But while thus ignorant and regardless of God in what condition dost thou think thou art A. I cannot certainly say but I hope and believe well And truely I see no hurt or danger near me Q. 6. How see no danger Dost thou not know thou art a Sinner A. I know not very well what sin is but I am no more a sinner nor worse than others of my Neighbours Q. 7. Art thou willing to understand thy sin and how exceeding miserable thy sin makes thee A. I am at peace pray do not you disquiet me I have heard of some that have run stark mad and have made away themselves when they have heard preaching of sin and damnation Q. 8. Why hast thou not considered that passage of the Prophet Isa 57. 21. There is no peace saith my God to the wicked Is it wisdom in thee to say peace and safety when God speaks quite the contrary and says Wo to the wicked it shall be ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be given him Isa 3. 11. A. He that made me I hope will save me Q. 9. Dost thou think he will save thee in thy ignorance and wickedness whilst thou dost not desire to be delivered from either How plainly does the Prophet speak Isa 27. 11. It is a people of no understanding therefore He that made them will not save them and he that formed them will shew them no favour A. I am not Book-learned and I hope my ignorance will excuse me Q. 10. Art thou not willingly ignorant And will not the condemnation of them be sore who love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil Joh. 3. 19. Are not they threatned with distress and anguish and destruction as a Whirlwind And told that God will laugh at them in their calamity who hate knowledge and do not chuse the fear of the Lord Prov. 1. 29. A. Pray trouble not your self about me every one shall answer for himself and as the saying is Every Tub shall stand upon its own bottom Q. 11. If a Man were blind and ready to fall into a deep Ditch full of Water should he be angry at one that has Eyes and would stop him and prevent his drowning And dost thou well to be displeased with me who seeing thee in Hells Road and not perceiving thy self whither thou art going endeavour to stop thee and hinder thy falling into that place of Torment A. I do not love to hear of Hell Fire Q. 12. What will it be then to feel it and to be for ever tortur'd in the Flames that are unquenchable A. I find some fears raised in me and begin to doubt all is not well with me Q. 13. Dost thou believe the Bible to be the Word of God and certainly true A. Yes what Christian Man denies that Q. 14. Why then art thou so unacquainted with the Holy Scriptures which when searched and rightly believed make the Believers wise unto Salvation A. I have had other things to do a Trade to mind a Family to provide for and the time I have to spare I spend in merry Company in Sports and Pleasures Q. 15. But is it not unreasonable and Heathen-like only to take thought what thou shalt eat and drink and wherewithal thou shalt be clothed and never to inquire what thou must do to be saved A. I begin to blame my self for my past negligence and carelesness about my Souls health and that I am still so ignorant who have lived so long where there has been so much good preaching Q. 16. How dost thou spend thy time and days A. I mind the World and the profits and pleasures of it all the day long When first I wake in the morning the World presently comes into my thoughts and I continue thinking of it and contriving how to get more of it and how to keep what I have gotten Thus my mind is imployed till I go to Bed at night The World is that which is suitable to me the thing which I most desire and delight in Q. 17. How Earthly minded art thou Does not the Apostle affirm that they are Enemies to the Cross of Christ and that their end will be destruction who mind earthly things Phil. 3 18 19. But tell me Dost thou never pray in secret or in thy Family A. I have long thought that to say Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us when we are sick or come to die had been sufficient Q. 18. Dost thou think that cries forced meerly by fear of calamity will be regarded Does not the Lord speak plainly concerning such who are burthened only with affliction but not with sin who are in fear of death but not desirous to be turned unto God They shall call upon me but I will not answer they shall seek me early but they shall not find me Prov. 1. 28. A. Still my fears increase upon me Q. 19. How is the Lords day spent A. I sit up late on the Saturday night lye long a-bed on the Sunday morning Many times I go not to Church at all if I do go I come away as I went not at all wiser or better And I have wisht Sundays were over that I might return to my worldly business again I have heard of a Book called the Book of Sports I thought it was a very good time when they were allowed of and that those Sports would make Sundays pleasant days indeed Q. 20. What a contempt of God and of his Service and Grace do these words of thine discover and what a wretched carelesness of thy own precious Soul How unfit art thou to keep an Eternal Sabbath in Heaven who now does grudge unto God one day in seven A. I see it had been better to have lived otherwise than I have done Q. 21. As thou hast omitted thy duty so hast thou not allowed thy self in committing iniquity A. Alas with shame I must confess that my Ignorance has not been alone but I have fallen into Drunkenness and Whoredom sometimes I have been guilty of Swearing and Lying to serve a turn and for my own advantage And so I could but do it cleverly I have not stuck at doing unjustly in wronging of my Neighbour Q. 22. How shall the pardon of such sins as these be obtained A. I hope by now saying my Prayers and going constantly to Church and leaving my sins to make amends to God Almighty for them Q. 23. Hast thou never heard of Jesus Christ A. Yes Jesus Christ is our only Saviour Q. 24. Why then dost thou speak of thy praying and duties and performances as if by these thou couldst save thy self A. Certainly sin is to be forsaken and duties are to be done Q. 25. But how shall good duties which when best done have much of

will hear his voice harden not your hearts Heb. 3. 7 8. If thou wert in pain wouldst not thou be for present ease If thou wert in great danger wouldst not thou be for present security If sick of a death threatning malady wouldst thou not desire to be presently healed Why oh why shouldst thou not be willing to part with sin immediately which is the worst disease and which if not presently cured perhaps may never be cured but issue in eternal death A. Methinks I see that evil in sin I never saw and the bewitching pleasure of it is not so taking a thing as it was formerly Q. 18. Art thou willing to be directed to a Saviour who can deliver thee from Sin and Wrath A. I may die while I am young and when I come to die I shall prize a Saviour certainly I ought now to value him I am willing to be directed to him Q. 19. That thou may'st come to Christ wilt thou flee youthful lusts and pray that thy heart may be cleansed from them and that thou mayest possess thy vessel in sanctification and honour counting it an honour to thy body to have the members of it Instruments of Righteousness unto Holiness A. I perceive my Lusts are hurtful and 't is a foolish thing to serve them to my own ruine Q. 20. When Sinners thy companions entice thee wilt thou refuse to consent and rather reprove them though they call thee fool and fanatick than have any longer fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness A. 'T is better to leave them and be laught at than in hell to weep and despair with them to Eternity Q. 21. Thy wanton and defiling and ensnaring books such as Plays and Romances wilt thou cast away and give thy self to search the Scripture Catechisms and other good books which may help thee in the understanding and practice of the Word of God A. I hope I shall become a student in the Holy Bible labour to be well grounded in the doctrine of the Catechism and add practice to knowledge Q. 22. Art thou sensible that the pleasures of sin are but for a season And are the vanities of the world fallen in thy esteem A. I hope I shall be no longer a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God nor prefer sports and pastimes before Prayer his word and service Q. 23. Dost thou perceive that thy happiness lies in God in being favoured by him in being like unto him in holiness and in enjoying him both here and for ever A. My naughty heart is unsuited to God and looks upon happiness in him with a strange eye but I desire my heart may be circumcised to love him and that I may chuse God himself above all Q. 24. Dost thou consent to receive Christ who is made known and offered to thee in the Gospel to justifie thee by his blood to sanctifie thee by his Spirit and to rule thee by his word and commandments A. I desire my heart may be opened to receive the Lord Jesus Q. 25. Dost thou rely on Christ alone to make thy peace with God as believing this truth there is but One God and One Mediator between God and Men the Man Christ Jesus A. I am perswaded that Christ alone is the Saviour of his Church and People and that there is not Salvation in any other Q. 26. Dost thou see thy inability to come to Christ except the Father who hath sent him draw thee A. The Lord make me willing in the day of his power and draw me to his Son Turn m● to himself that I may never return to my youthful vanity and folly or any wickedness more The meerly Moral Mans Conscience is thus to be Examined Q. 1. What are thy Apprehensions of thy Spiritual state A. I thank God I am not as other Men are Extortioners Vnjust Adulterers None can say black is my Eye I have the the good word and report of my Neighbours I do as I would be done unto I wrong I defraud no Man Q. 2. How dost thou perform thy duty towards God A. I pray and hear Sermons and come to the Communion Table and pay to the Church as well as to the Poor and therefore question not but all is and will be well with me Q. 3. Dost thou not believe that thou art descended from old Adam A. I have heard something of Adam I think he was the first Man but I do not well understand the meaning and intent of your question Q. 4. Dost thou not know that Adam was created innocent and upright but quickly fell from his integrity by believing Satan and eating the forbidden Fruit A. That was done several thousand years ago and I am not to concern my self about it Q. 5. Thinkest thou not that thou didst sin in Adam A. I cannot conceive how I should sin in Him so long a time before I was born Q. 6. Does not the Apostle expresly say that by one Mans disobedience many were made sinners This he speaks of Adam and does he not affirm that death passed upon all men because in Him all sinned Rom. 5. 12 19. A. I do not understand how this can be Q. 7. Dost thou not perceive in thy self the effects of Adam's sin And that thou hast derived from Him a corrupt and depraved Heart and Nature A. I thank God my heart is very true and good I believe that few if any have a better Q. 8. How long has thy Heart been thus true and good A. Ever since I can remember Q. 9. What thinkest thou of that black character which the Heart-searching God gives of the heart of man that it is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it Jer. 17. 9. A. I never perceived any such wickedness in mine Q. 10. Is it not because thy Heart deceives thee and hides its wickedness from thy Eyes But for thy conviction let me ask thee What kind of thoughts does thy heart entertain A. Thoughts are free and I let them take their course it would be an endless piece of business to observe my thoughts Q. 11. Does not the Scripture say that sinful thoughts as well as ways must be forsaken if we will obtain mercy Isa 55. 7. And does not the Apostle give advice to a man to pray that the thought of his heart may be forgiven Acts 8. 22. Do not these places plainly signifie that thoughts may be sins and need pardon A. I never understood so much before Q. 12. When thou are praying or hearing where are thy thoughts A. I am very reverent and devout in my gestures and behaviour but as for my thoughts I can give no account for I very little if at all mind them Q. 13. Does not God himself say that they worship him in vain who draw nigh to him with their Bodies and honour him with their Lips but their Hearts are removed far from him A. My heart I must confess does rove and wander while I am in