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A76705	A twofold catechism: the one simply called A Scripture-catechism; the other, A brief Scripture-catechism for children. Wherein the chiefest points of the Christian religion, being question-wise proposed, resolve themselves by pertinent answers taken word for word out of the Scripture, without either consequences or comments. Composed for their sakes that would fain be meer Christians, and not of this or that sect, inasmuch as all the sects of Christians, by what names soever distinguished, have either more or less departed from the simplicity and truth of the Scripture. By John Biddle, Master of Arts of the University of Oxford.	Biddle, John, 1615-1662.	1654 (1654)	Wing B2882; Thomason E1473_2; ESTC R209511	54,377	175

32. Qu. You have already shewed that Christ was like unto Moses in seeing God and hearing from him the things which he spake But Moses exceeded all other Prophets likewise in that he onely was a law-giver Was Christ therefore like unto Moses in giving a law also and is there any mention of his law A. Bear ye one anothers burthens and so fulfil the law of Christ Gal. 6. 2. Where is boasting then It is excluded By what law Of works Nay but by the law of faith Rom. 3. 27. The law of liberty Iam. 2. 12. The perfect law of liberty Iam. 1. 25. Qu. Doth not Christ then partly perfect partly correct the law of Moses What is the determination of Christ himself concerning this matter A. Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time Thou shalt not kill and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgement But I say unto you That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement and whosoever shall say unto his brother Raka shall be in danger of the councel but whosoever shall say Thou fool shall be in danger of hell-fire Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time Thou shalt not commit adultery But I say unto you That whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart It hath been said Whosoever shall put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorcement But I say unto you That whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery Again ye have heard that it hath been said to them of old time Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths But I say unto you Swear not at all neither by heaven for it is Gods throne Nor by the earth for it is his footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black But let your communication be Yea yea nay nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil Ye have heard that it hath been said An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth But I say unto you That ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also And if a man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat let him have thy cloke also And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him twain Give to him that asketh thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away Ye have heard that it hath been said Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hath thine enemy But I say unto you Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust Matth. 5. 21 22 27 28 c. Qu. You have made it plainly to appear that the law of faith or the new covenant whereof Christ was the Mediator is better then the law of works or the old covenant whereof Moses was the Mediator in respect of precepts is it also better in respect of promises A. He hath obtained a more excellent ministry by how much he is the Mediator of a better covenant which was established upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. The law made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope did Heb. 7. 19. Qu. Were those better promises of God touching eternal life and immortality hidden in the dark and not brought to light under the law A. Christ Jesus hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel 2 Tim. 1. 10. Qu. Though the promises of the Gospel be better then those of the law yet are they not as well as those of the law proposed under conditions of faith and perseverance therein of holiness and obedience of repentance of suffering for Christ and his truth c How speaketh the Scripture hereupon A. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life For God so loved the World that he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life He that believeth on him is not condemned but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the onely-begotten Son of God He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him Joh. 3. 14 15 16 18 36. Then said Jesus to the Jews that believed on him If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples indeed Joh. 8. 31. We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast to the end Heb. 2. 14. But Christ as a Son over his own house whose house we are If we hold fast the confidence and the rejoyoing of the hope firm unto the end Heb. 3. 6. If a man purge himself from these he shall be a vessel unto honour 2 Tim. 2. 21. If ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the Spirit mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Rom. 8. 13. Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out Act. 3. 19. Remember from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first works or else I will come unto thee quickly and will remove thy candlestick out of his place except thou repent Rev. 2. 5. Repent or else I will come unto thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth Rev. 2. 16. If ye know these things happie are ye if ye do them Joh. 13. 17. Whosoever cometh to me and heareth my sayings and doth them I will shew you to whom he is like He is like a man which built a house and digged deep and laid the foundation on a rock But he that heareth and doth not is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth Luk. 6. 47 48 49. If we suffer we shall also raign with him if we deny him he will also deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. If children then heirs heirs of God and joynt-heirs of Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together Rom. 8. 17. CHAP. IX Of Remission of sins by Christ. Qu. WHo shall have remission of sins by Christ What saith the Apostle Peter A. To him give all the prophets

draw back unto perdition but of them that believe to the saving of the soul Heb. 10. 24 25 26 28 29 35 38 39. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God Heb. 12. 15. Cursed children Which have forsaken the right way and are gone astray following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor who loved the wages of unrighteousness When they speak great swelling words of vanity they allure through the lusts of the flesh through much wantonness those that were clean escaped from them who live in error For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them then the beginning For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness then after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb The dog is turned to his vomit again and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire 2 Pet. 2. 14 15 18 20 21 22. Ye therefore beloved seeing ye know these things before beware lest ye also being led away with the er or of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness 2 Pet. 3. 17. For this cause when I could no longer forbear I sent to know your faith lest by some means the tempter had tempted you and our labour be in vain 1 Thess 3. 5. Because of unbelief they were broken off and thou standest by faith Be not highminded but fear For if God spared not the natural branches take heed lest he also spare not thee Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God on them which fell severity but towards thee goodness if thou continue in goodness otherwise thou also shalt be cut off Rom. 11. 20 21 22. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat now walkest thou not charitably Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died Rom. 14. 25. Through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish for whom Christ died 1 Cor. 8. 11. I keep under my body and bring it into subjection lest when I have preached to others I my self should be a cast-away 1 Cor. 9. 27. If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered Joh. 15. 6. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away Joh. 15. 2. CHAP. XVII Of the duty of Subjects and Magistrates Wives and Husbands Children and Parents Servants and Masters Qu. WHat is the duty of all them that are under authority A. Let every foul be subject to the higher powers Rom. 13. 1. Q. Why must every soul be subject to them A. For there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God Rom. 13. 1. Q. What doth he that resisteth the power and what shall they receive to themselves A. Whosoever resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation Rom. 13. 2. Qu. Why shall they that resist receive damnation A. For rulers are not a terrour to good works but to evil Rom. 13. 3. Qu. How shall a man behave himself that he need not fear the power and whence cometh it so to pass A. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same For he is the minister of God to thee for good but if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil Rom. 13. 3 4. Q. Is not the fear of wrath or punishment the onely motive to subjection A. Ye must needs be subject not onely for wrath but also for conscience sake Rom. 13. 5. Qu. Must we not also pay to the higher powers tribute and custom A. Render to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom Rom. 13. 7. Q. Why should we pay tribute to them A. For this cause pay you tribute also for they are Gods ministers attending continually upon this very thing Rom. 13. 6. Qu. Though what you have cited out of the apostle Paul doth intimate the duty of the Magistrate yet have you not some passage of Scripture that doth expresly set it down A. He that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God 2 Sam. 23. 3. Q. What benefit shall accrue to him that ruleth so A. He shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth even a morning without clouds as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain 2 Sam. 23. 4. Q. What is the duty of wives and husbands according to the doctrine of the two great apostles Paul and Peter Rehearse their words A. Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church and he is the Saviour of the body Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ so let wives be to their own husbands in every thing Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it That he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word That he might present it to himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies he that loveth his wife loveth himself For no man ever yet hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it even as the Lord doth the church For we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh This is a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ and the church Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself and the wife see that she reverence her husband Eph. 5. 22 23 c. Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands love your wives and be not bitter against them Col. 3. 18 19. Likewise ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands that if any obey not the word they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing gold or of putting on of apparel But let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price For after this maner in the old time the

not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel 1 Cor. 9. 11 13 14. Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour especially they who labour in the word and doctrine For the Scripture saith Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn and The labourer is worthy of his reward 1 Tim. 5. 17 18. Qu. What saith the apostle Paul to Titus concerning the persons that are to be ordained Elders Bishops or Overseers of the Church A. For this cause left I thee in Crete that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting and ordain elders in every city as I had appointed thee If any be blameless the husband of one wife having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God not self-willed not soon angry not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre But a lover of hospitality a lover of good men sober just holy temperate Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince gainsayers Tit. 1. 5 6 7 8 9. Qu. What saith he to Timothy concerning the same subject A. This is a true saying If any man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work A bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach Not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre but patient not a brawler not covetous One that ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity For if a man know not how to rule his own house how shall he take care of the church of God Not a novice lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil 1 Tim. 3. 1 2 c. Q. How ought those to be qualified that are to be ordained Deacons for the keeping and distributing the common stock of the Church A. Likewise must the deacons be grave not double-tongued not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience And let these also first be proved then let them use the office of a deacon being found blameless Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife ruling their children and their own houses well 1 Tim. 3. 8 9 10 12. Q. How ought their wives to be qualified A. Even so must their wives be grave not slanderers sober faithful in all things 1 Tim. 3. 11. Qu. What direction doth the Apostle give touching the casting of unworthy members out of the Church A. Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw your selves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which ye received of us 1 Thess 5. 6. But now have I written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such a one no not to eat For what have I to do to judge them also that are without do not ye judge them that are within But them that are without God judgeth Therefore put away from among your selves that wicked person 1 Cor. 5. 11 12 13. CHAP. XXII Of Baptism Qu. WHat is the judgement of John the Baptist of Christ Jesus and of the Apostle Peter touching the doctrine of Baptisms How speak they A. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier then I whose shooes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire Mat. 3. 11. Wait for the promise of the Father which ye have heard of me For John verily baptized with water but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost not many dayes hence Acts 1. 4 5. As I began to speak the holy Ghost fell on them as on us at the beginning Then remembred I the word of the Lord how that he said John indeed baptized with water but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost Acts 11. 15 16. Qu. Though the passages which you have alledged plainly intimate that the baptism of the Spirit was the baptism of Christ as that of water was Johns baptism yet did not the Apostles of Christ baptize with water what saith Paul of this also A. I baptized the house of Stephanas 1 Cor. 1. 16. Qu. But divers think the Apostles were sent to baptize as well as to preach What therefore saith the same Apostle concerning this also A. Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the Gospel 1 Cor. 1. 17. Qu. Howbeit when Paul himself and the believing Romans were baptized into what doth he say they were baptized and to what end A. So many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father so we also should walk in newness of life Rom. 6. 3 4. Qu. Forasmuch as so great stress is put by some upon water-baptism what baptism is it even in the judgement of the Apostle Peter whereby we are saved the said baptism of water whereby the filth of the body is washed off or the baptism of the heart whereby it is cleansed from an evil conscience A. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God 1 Pet. 3. 21. CHAP. XXIII Of the Lords Supper Qu. WHen was the Lords supper instituted and to what end A. The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betraid took bread And when he had given thanks he brake it and said Take eat this is my body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me After the same maner also he took the cup when he had supped saying This cup is the new testament in my blood this do ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me For as oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye shew forth the Lords death till he come 1 Cor. 11. 23 24 25 26. Q. What hurt happeneth to him that receiveth the Lords supper unworthily A. Whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning