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A04033 A light vnto the vnlearned: or, The principles of the doctrine of Christ Set downe most briefely, for the use of yong and ignorant persons. To be learned and remembred, at all times: but specially, when they would come to the holy communion. Divided into eight sections. Inman, Francis, d. 1638. 1622 (1622) STC 14090; ESTC S119395 7,212 17

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A LIGHT VNTO THE VNLEARNED OR THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST Set downe most briefely for the use of yong and ignorant Persons To be learned and remembred at all times but specially when they would come to the holy Communion Divided into eight Sections LONDON Printed by Iohn Legatt for George Lathum and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the Brasen Serpent 1622. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER I Propound Christian Reader in this most briefe Treatise the principall Grounds of our Religion in the most compendious manner The cause of my brevitie is this There be many poore servants and laborers many that are of trades and manuall Sciences many aged Persons of weake and decaied memories Of these some never learned so much as to reade some very little and the most of them haue or will have small leisure to learne long discourses the world or other vanities taking up their thoughts and cares Yet all these haue immortall soules to remaine after a few daies in eternall ioyes or in endlesse paines Of these care must be had and the rather because many of them haue little care of themselues To these the longest tractates being displeasing I direct the shortest For better a little well learned then a great deale not learned at all In which I comprehend much matter in few words and draw together into the narrowest space those things which I iudged most needfull for them to know unto salvation I haue confirmed the same in the margent with proofes of Scripture selected out of many which might be produced and for their greater ease and benefit I haue expressed the words themselues and where neede is as the streightnesse of roome would permit explaned them that they may see herein not man teaching them but God Jf they would take a little paines to learne these few points without booke they might haue matter of good meditation when they are about their workes and travailing in worldly affaires and so their earthly dealings should be more blessed Also they may receiue greater profite by the Scriptures they reade and Sermons they heare when they know to what head or ground of Doctrine to referre that which is delivered And may by this meanes come better prepared to the Lords Table Wherefore I earnestly exhort them as from my heart desiring their salvation to reteine the grounds of heavenly Doctrine in perfect memorie to labour to haue their hearts affected therewith and to manifest there knowledge by an holy conversation That living vertuously they may die comfortably and after this short and uncertaine life is ended come to blessed immortalitie Fran Inman THE PRINCIPLES of the DOCTRINE of CHRIST set downe most briefely Sect. 1. GOD is a 1 Ioh. 4.24 God is a Spirit Spiritual * This word essence signifieth a being God is the first and chiefest being He saith Exod. 3.14 I am implying his selfe-being And he giueth beeing to all other things Essence 2 Psal 90. verse 2. From everlasting to everlasting thou art God Ier. 23.24 I fill heauen and earth infinite and 3 Gen. 17.1 I am the Almightie God Almightie 4 Psal 147.5 His understanding is infinite most Wise and 5 Isa 6.3 Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts most Holy 6 2. Cor. 1.3 The Father of mercies most Mercifull and 7 Psal 11.7 The just Lord loveth justice most Iust The Godhead is distinguished into 1 1. Ioh. 5.7 There are three that beare record in heauen the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one three divine Persons the Father who is of himselfe the Sonne who is of the Father the holy Ghost who is of them both All these three are one and the same God Sect. 2. This God the Father the Son the holy Ghost 2 Nehem. 9.6 Thou hast made heauen the heauen of heauens with all their hoste the earth and all things that are therein the seas and all that is therein and thou preservest them all created all things things invisible as Angels and visible as Men and other creatures And he gouerneth them all Sect. 3. God created our first parents in 3 Gen. 1.27 God created man in his owne image Man resembled his Creator in excellent gifts in soule in body in both blessed estate Hee adorned their soules with wise-dome and righteousnesse their bodies with beautie and glorie and both with immortalitie and dominion over other creatures But by the 4 Gen. 3.4 5. The serpent said unto the woman yee shall not surely die Yee shall be as Gods inticement of the Divell they 1 Gen. 3. ● When the woman saw that the tree was to bee desired to make one wise to wit in her seduced iudgement shee tooke of the fruite thereof and did eate and gaue also unto her husband fell willingly from God and 2 Rom. 5.19 By the disobedience of one man many were made sinners This man was Adam our first parent his fosleritie who are many which issue by generation from him are made sinners by imputation of his sinne wee their posterity fel with them Hereby our whole nature is corrupted and inclined to all evil Whereupon wee are 3 Deut. 27.26 and Gal. 3.10 Cursed is every one that continueth not in al things which are written in the booke of the law to doe them The curse of God containeth all troubles of this life and torment of the text subject to eternall miserie beginning in this life in manifold calamities and continuing after this life in unquenchable fire Sect. 4. 4 Gal 4.4 5. God sent forth his Sonne made under the law to redeeme them that were under the law To redeeme us out of this miserie and to bring us againe to felicitie God hath given to us a Sauiour His Sonne Iesus Christ Christ consisteth of 5 Ioh. 1.14 The word was made flesh That is the Sonne of God was made man and so is both the Sonne of God and the Sonne of man two natures a divine nature wherby he is perfect God and an humane nature whereby he is perfect man That being God he might be able to beare the punishment due to us and might make the obedience of his manhood of infinite value And being man sinne might be punished in that nature which sinned and in the same the righteousnesse of the law might be fulfilled He hath three offices Hee is a 1 Heb. 5.5 God glorified Christ to bee made an high Priest Priest a 2 Luk. 7.16 A great Prophet is risen up among us Prophet and a 3 Luk. 1.33 He shall reigne for ever over the house of Iacob That is over the whole Church of God which was first confined within Iacobs familie and now into it all beleevers are adopted King He is a Priest to make satisfaction intercession for us Hee maketh satisfaction by 4 1. Pet. 2.24 His owne selfe bare our