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book_n	fear_v	lord_n	remembrance_n	1,962	5	9.9520	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09597	The Christians A.B.C., or, A Christian alphabet contayning grounds of knowledge vnto saluation first propounded in alphabeticall forme, each proposition being seconded with some solid reasons : secondly repeated by way of question and answer, with the proofe of euery particular point of doctrine, acquainting the reader with the most select texts of scripture, whereupon our Christian faith is grounded / by I.P. B. of D.	Phillips, John, d. 1640.	1629 (1629)	STC 19877.5; ESTC S3143	76,873	278

the Disciples hearts and exhorting them to continue in the faith and 1 Cor. 14.3 Hee that prophecieth that is preacheth and expoundeth the word speaketh vnto me● ●o edification and exhortation and comfort Q. Proue that reading is a meanes to increase and confirme faith and all other graces A. Therefore it is that in 1 Tim. 4.13 Paul exhorteth Timothie to giue attendance to reading as well as to exhortation and to doctrine and 2 Tim. 3.15 commendeth him that hee had knowne the holy Scriptures of a childe which are able to make him wise vnto saluation and Rom. 15.4 he saith that whatsoeuer things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope Q. Proue that meditation is a meanes to increase and confirme in vs the sauing graces of God A. It is euident in the example of Dauid Psal. 119.97 O how loue I thy law It is my meditation all the day And to shew what increase and confirmation of heauenly grace he receiued by this his religious exercise of meditation he addeth immediately verse 98. That it made him wiser then his enemies verse 99. That hee had more vnderstanding then all his teachers And verse 100. That hee did vnderstand more then the ancients Q. Proue that conference is a meanes to increase and confirme grace A. Thus the godly meeting together strengthened one another Mal. 3.16 where it is said that Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord harkened and heard it and a Book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and that thought vpon his Name To this end are those frequent exhortations in Scripture as in 1 Thes. 5.11 Comfort your selues together and edifie one another euen as also you doe And Heb. 3.13 Exhort one another daily while it is called To day lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulnesse of sinne Q. Proue that practise is a meanes to increase and confirme grace A. Therefore it is that Dauid saith Psal. 119.100 I vnderstand more then the ancients because I kept thy precepts hereupon our Sauiour affirmeth Ioh. 7.17 That if any man will doe his will hee shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God or no. Now we know that to be able to discerne of doctrine is a note of great increase and strength of grace Nay our Sauiour placeth the happinesse of knowledge in practise see Ioh. 13.17 If ye know these things happy are ye if ye doe them Q. Proue that praier is a meanes to increase faith and all other graces A. Prayer is the Conduit pipe to conuey Gods graces vnto us therefore Luk. 17.5 The Apostles said vnto the Lord Increase our faith and Dauid prayeth Psal. 119.18 Open thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law And Paul Col. 1.9 Ceased not to pray to God for them that they might be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will in all wisedome and spirituall vnderstanding and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might c. Q. Proue that the Sacr●ment are meanes to increase and confirme grace A. It is manifest in that they are called signes to signifie and seales to confirme as circumcision is called Rom. 4.11 the signe of circumcision and the seale of the righteousnesse of faith And 1 Pet. 3.21 Baptisme is called the figure that now saueth vs because it signifieth and sealeth or confirmeth our saluation by Christ. Q. Proue that God require●h of euery Christian a daily encrease of grace A. It is written 2 Pet. 3.18 Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ. And Heb. 5.12 They are reproued that when as concerning the time they ought to be teachers yet they had neede againe to bee taught the first principles of the word of God And Chap. 6.1 they are exhorted to goe on vnto perfection Q. Proue that God hath appointed these meanes to that end and first the preaching of the word A. It is euident that the ministery of the word was therefore ordained Ephes. 4.12 For the perfecting of the Saints for the worke of the ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ Till wee all come into the vnity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christ That wee henceforth bee no more children wauering and carried about with euery wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lie in wait to deceiue But following the truth in loue in all things grow vp into him which is the head euen Christ. Q. Proue that God hath appointed reading to that end and first publique reading A. God so commanded Deut. 31 11. When all Isra●l come to appeare before the Lord thy God in the place which hee shall choose thou shalt read this Law before all Israel in their hearing And verse 12. Gather the people together men women and children and the stranger that is within thy gates that they may heare and that they may learne and feare the Lord your God and obserue to doe all the words of this Law Q. Proue that God appointed reading priuately in the family A. It is written Deut. 6.6.7 These words which I command thee this day shall bee in thine heart and thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children and shalt talke of them when thou tarriest in thy house and as thou walkest by the way and when thou liest downe and when thou risest vp Q. Proue that God appointed reading solitarily euery one by himselfe first in the old Testament A. It is manifest Deut. 17.19 in that euen the King himselfe is commanded to read in the Law of God all the dayes of his life that hee may learne to feare the Lord his God and to keepe all the words of this Law And to Ioshuah the like charge is giuen Iosh. 1.8 This booke of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day night that thou mayst obserue to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt haue good successe Q. Proue that God appointed reading solitarily euery one by himselfe in the new Testament A. It is the expresse c●mmandement of Christ Iohn 5.39 Se●rch the Scriptures for in them yee thinke to haue eternall life and they are they which testifie of me And Col. 3.16 Let the word of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome teaching and admonishing one another c. And Acts 17.11 The Bereans are commended in that they receiued the word with all readinesse of minde and searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so And of the booke of the Reuelation which is the hardest to be vnderstood