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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09418	The foundation of Christian religion gathered into sixe principles. And it is to bee learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receiue the Lords Supper with comfort.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1591 (1591)	STC 19710; ESTC S105978	14,111	53

THE Foundation of Christian Religion gathered into sixe Principles And it is to bee learned of ignorant people that they may be fit to hear Sermons with profit and to receiue the Lords Supper with comfort Psal. 1.19.30 The entraÌ„ce into thy words sheweth light and giueth vnderstanding to the simple Printed by Thomas Orwin for Iohn Porter 1591. To all ignorant people that desire to bee instructed POore people your manner is to sooth vp your selues as though ye wer in a most happy state but of the matter come to a iust trial it will fall out farr otherwise For yee lead your liues in great ignorance as may appeare by these your common opinions which follow 1 That faith is a mans good meaning his good seruing of God 2 That God is serued by the rehearsing of the ten commaundements the Lords praier and the Creede 3 That yee haue beleeued in Christ euer since you could remember 4 That it is pitie that he should liue which dooth any whit doubt of his saluation 5 That none can tell whether hee shall bee saued or not certainly but that all men must be of a good beliefe 6 That howsoeuer a man liue yet if hee call vpon God on his death bedde and say Lord haue mercy on me so goe away like a Lambe he is certainly saued 7 That if aniâ— be strangely visited hee is either taken with a Planet or bewitched 8 That a man may lawfully sweare when hee speakes nothing but the truth sweares by nothing but that which is good as by his faith or troth 9 That a Preacher is a good man no longer than he is in the pulpet They thinke all like themselues 10 That a man may repent when hee will because the Scripture saith At what time soeuer a sinner doth repent him of his sinne c. 11 That it is an easier thing to please God than to please our neighbour 12 That yee can keepe the Commandements as well as God will giue you leaue 13 That it is the safest to doo in Religion as most doo 14 That merry ballads bookes as Scoggin Beuis of Southampton c. are good to driue away time to remoue hart quames 15 That yee can serue God with all your hearts and that yee would be sorie else 16 That a man neede not heare so many SermoÌ„s except he could follow them better 17 That a man which coÌ„meth at no Sermons may as wel beleeue as he which heares all the sermons in the world 18 That yee know al the Preacher can tell you For he can say nothing but that euery man is a sinner that we must loue our neighbours as our selues that euery man must bee saued by Christ and all this ye can tell as well as he 19 That it was a good world when the old Religion was because all things were cheap 20 That drinking and bezeling in the alehouse or tauerne is good fellowship shews a good kinde nature 21 That a man may sweare by the Masse because it is nothing now and byr Ladie because she is gone out of the country 22 That euery man must be for himselfe and God for vs all 23 That a man may make of his owne whatsoeuer he can 24 That if a man remember to say his praiers in the morning thogh he neuer vnderstaÌ„d them he hath blessed himselfe for all the day following 25 That a man prayeth when hee saith the ten Commaundements 26 That a man eats his maker in the Sacra 27 That if a man be no adulterer no theef nor murderer and do no man harme he is a right honest man 28 That a man need not haue any knowledg of religioÌ„ because he is not book learnd 29 That one may haue a good meaning when he saith and dooth that which is euill These and such like sayings what argue they but your grosse ignorance Now where ignorance raigneth there raignes sinne where sinne raignes there the deuil rules and where he rules men are in a damnable case Ye will reply vnto me thus that yee are not so bad as I would make you if need be you can say the Creede the Lords prayer the 10. coÌ„mandements and therefore ye will be of Gods beleefe say all men what they will and you defie the deuill from your hearts I answere againe that it is not sufficient to say all these without booke vnlesse ye can vnderstand the meaning of the words and bee able to make a right vse of the CoÌ„mandements of the Creede of the Lords prayer by applying them inwardly to your hearts and consciences and outwardly to your liues conuersations This is the very point in which ye faile And for an helpe in this your ignorance to bring you to true knowledge vnfained faith and sound repentance here I haue set downe the principall points of Christian Religion in sixe plaine easie rules euen such as the simplest may easily learne and hereunto is adioyned an exposition of them word by word If ye do want other good directions then vse this my labour for your instruction In reading of it first learne the six principles when ye haue them without booke the meaning of them withall then learne the exposition also which being well conceaued in some measure felt in the heart ye shall be able to profite by Sermons whereas now ye cannot and the ordinarie parts of the Catechisme namely the ten Commandements the Creede the Lords praier and the institution of the two Sacraments shall more easily be vnderstoode Thine in Christ Iesus William Perkins â§ The foundation of Christian Religion gathered into sixe Principles Question WHat doest thou beleeue concerning God I. There is one God creator and gouernour of all things distinguished into the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost Q. What doest thou beleeue concerning man and concerning thine owne selfe II. All men are wholly corrupted with sinne through Adams fal so are become slaues of Sathan and guilty of eternall damnation Q. What meanes is there for thee to escape this damnable estate III. Iesus Christ the eternall sonne of God being made man by his death vpon the Crosse and by his righteousnes hath perfectly alone by himselfe accomplished all things that are needefull for the saluation of mankinde Q. But how mayest thou be made partaker of Christ his benefites IIII. A man of a contrite and humble spirit by faith alone apprehending and applying Christ with all his merits vnto himself is iustified before God and sanctified Q. What are the ordinary meanes for the obtaining of faith V. Faith commeth onelie by the preaching of the word and increaseth daylie by it as also by the administration of the Sacraments and praier Q. What is the estate of all men after death VI. All men shall rise againe with their own bodies to the last

Sacrament A. A signe to represent a seale to confirme an instrument to conuey Christ and all his benefites to them that doo beleeue in him Q. Why must a SacrameÌ„t represent the mercies of God before our eyes A. Because we are dull to conceiue and to remember them Q. Why doth the Sacrament seale vnto vs the mercies of God A. Because we are full of vnbeleefe and doubting of them Q. Why is the Sacrament the instument of the spirite to conuey the mercies of God into our hearts A. Because we are like Thomas we will not beleeue till wee feele them in some measure in our hearts Q. How many SacrameÌ„ts are there A. Two and no more Baptisme by which wee haue our admission into the true Church of God and the Lords supper by which wee are nourished and preserued in the Church after our admission Q. What is done in Baptisme A. Solemnly in the assembly of the church a couenant is made betweene the Lord and the party baptized Q. In y e making of this couenaÌ„t what doth God promise to y e party baptized A. Christ with all blessings that come by him Q. To what condition is the party baptized bound A. To receiue Christ and to repent of his sinne Q. What meaneth the sprinkling or dipping in water A. The couenant being solemnly made is therby sealed and confirmed Q. How commeth it to passe that many after their baptisme for a long time feele not the effect and fruit of it and some neuer A. The fault is not in GOD who keepes his couenants but the fault is in themselues in that they doo not keepe the condition of the couenant to receiue Christ by faith and to repent of all their sinnes Q. When shall a man then see the effect of his Baptisme A. At what time soeuer he doth receiue Christ by faith though it bee an hundred yeares after hee shall then feele the power of GOD to regenerate him to work al things in him which he offered in Baptisme Q. Howe if a man neuer keepe the condition to which he bound himselfe in Baptisme A. His damnation shal be the greater because hee breaketh his vowe made to God Q. What is done in the L. supper A. The former couenant made in Baptisme is renued in the Lords supper betweene the Lord himselfe the receiuer Q. What is the receiuer A. Euery one that hath been baptized and after his baptisme hath truly beleeued in Christ and repented of his sinne from his heart Q. What meaneth the bread wine the eating of the bread drinking of the wine A. These outward actions are a second seale set by the Lordes owne hand vnto his couenant And they doo giue euery receiuer to vnderstaÌ„d that as God doth blesse the bread wine to preserue strengthen the bodie of the receiuer so christ receiued by faith shall nourish him and preserue both bodie and soule vnto eternall life Q. What shall a true receiuer feele in himselfe after the receiuing of the Sacrament A. The increase of his faith in Christ the increase of sanctification a greater measure of dying to sinne a greater care to liue in newnes of life Q. What if a man after the receiuing of the Sacrament neuer finde any such thing in himselfe A. Hee may well suspect himselfe whether he did euer repent or not Q. What is another meanes of increasing faith A. Praier Q. What is praier A. A familiar speach with God in which either we craue things needful or giue thanks for things receiued Q. In asking things needfull what is required A. Two things an earnest desire and faith Q. What things must a Christian mans heart desire A. Sixe things especially Q. What are they A. 1. That he may glorifie God 2. That God may raigne in his heart not sinne 3. That he may do Gods will and not the lusts of his flesh 4. That he may rely himselfe on Gods prouidence for all the meanes of this temporall life 5. That he may be iustified and be at peace with God 6. That by the power of God hee may be strengthened against all teÌ„ptatioÌ„s Q What is faith A. A perswasion that these things which we truly desire God will grant them for Christs sake VI. Q. After that a man hath led a short life in this world what followeth theÌ„ A. Death which is the parting asunder of body and soule Q. Why doo wicked men and vnbeleeuers die A. That their bodies may goe to the earth and their soules may be cast into hell fier Q Why doo the godly die A. That their bodies may rest for a while in the earth their soules may enter into heauen immediatlie Q. What followeth after death A. The day of iudgement Q. What signe is there to knowe this day from other dayes A. Heauen and earth shall bee consumed with fier immediatlie before the comming of the Iudge Q. Who shall be the Iudge A. Iesus Christ the sonne of God Q. What shall bee the comming to iudgement A. He shall come in the clouds in great Maiestie and glorie with infinit companie of Angels Q How shall all men bee cited to iudgement A. At the sound of a trumpet the liuing shall be changed in the twinckling of an eye and the dead shal rise againe euerie one with his owne bodie and all shall be gathered together before Christ and after this the good shall bee seuered from the bad these standing on the left hand of Christ the other on the right Q. How will Christ trie and examine euery mans cause A. The bookes of all mens dooings shall bee laide open and euerie man shal be tried by the workes which he did in his life time because they arâ— open and manifest signes of faith oâ— vnbeliefe Q. What sentence will he giue A. He wil giue sentence of saluation to the elect and godly but he will pronounce sentence of damnation againsâ— vnbeleeuers and reprobates Q. What state shall the godly be in after the day of iudgement A. They shal continue for euer in the highest heauen in the presence of God hauing ful fellowship with Christ Iesus and raigning with him for euer Q. What state shall the wicked bee in after the day of Iudgement A. In eternall perdition and destruction in hell fire Q. What is that A. It stands in three things especially 1. a perpetuall seperation from Gods coÌ„fortable presence 2. fellowship with the diuel and his angels 3. an horrible pang and torment both of bodie and soule arising of the feeling of the whole wrath of God powred foorth on the wicked for euer worlde without end FINIS A direction for the ignorant a 1. Cor. 8.6 b Rom. 1.20 act 14.17 c Heb. 11.3 gen 1.1 d Math. 10.30 pro. 15.3 e Matth. 3.12 1. Iohn 5.7 f Rom. 3.10

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