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A01377 The Christians profession, or A treatise of the grounds and principles of diuinity by way of question and answer. In which all the chiefe grounds of religion are so plainely proued and explained by the Word of God, as that the meanest capacitie may by reading vnderstand the same. I. G., fl. 1630. 1630 (1630) STC 11498; ESTC S120492 43,346 118

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regard of that publike Catechising inioyned by authority that by reading in priuate they may bee the better able to vnderstand the Minister in publike and so shall the Minister profit the people with lesse labour in teaching in regard of often repeating of the same grounds and indeed to speake truly it is the duty of euery Maister or Gouernour of a Family to teach and instruct their owne Family in the grounds of Religion in their owne priuate Houses and not leaue all for the Minister to doe in publike and because all are not able in regard of knowledge to instruct their Families of themselues it is necessary that they get such Catechismes as are printed in which the grounds of Religion are most plainely preoued and set forth And among many other Chatechismes as I conceiue you shall find this to bee one by which you may benefit both your selues and your family especially if you in reading marke and obserue what dependencie one thing hath vpon another But it may be some will obiect and say that this Chatechisine is too large concerning too many things for one thing is necessary to be knowne which is God in Christ and therefore what neede people trouble their heads to know so many things To which I answer That I freely confesse that according to the words of Christ Iohn 17.3 This is life eternall to know thee to bee the very God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ the which are the maine things contained in this Chatechisme for to know God aright is to know him in his nature in his Attributes in the Trinity of persons and in his workes And to know Christ aright is to know him in his Person in his Natures and in his Offices And whosoeuer doth not in some measure thus know God and Christ knowes neither God nor Christ but meerely a fantacy of their owne braines Neither could I well tell how to contract those grounds into a shorter volume for sure I am that the gleanings which are left behind are more then the whole Croppe heere gathered together Againe I did so neere as possibly I could make Christ the maine subiect of this Treatise and that those that reade with vnderstanding may plainely see by the drift and scope of the same for all those things which go before the couenant of grace concerning the fall of man his miserie by reason of sinne and the puninshment thereof serues to make man see how miser able he is without Christ. And all those things concerning the law are to serue vnto Christ as the ministery of Iohn Baptist going before to make way for Christ Mat. 3.3 and all the rest following are either concerning the person of Christ the two natures of Christ the offices of Christ or the Kingdome of Christ so that Christ and his Kingdome are the mayne things contained in this Cathechisme Wherefore I desire not to write much in commendation of the same but rather desire that the worke may prayse it selfe wishing that the reader may finde as much benefit in reading as I found in writing howsoeuer I desire that it may bee accepted as a testimony of my loue vnto the truth and the Church and people in which I liue for whose sakes I haue improued that small talent which the Lord hath lent me desiring that it may be to Gods glory and his Churches good which that it may so bee I commend and commit both you and it vnto the blessing of almighty God and rest yours in the Lord I G. ¶ A Table containing the chiefe heads and Principall matters in this Treatise COncerning the Scriptures and the Attributes of them pag. 1. Concerning God pag. 5. Concerning the Attributes of God ibid. Concerning the Trinity of Persons pag. 6. Concerning the Workes of God pag. 9. Concerning the Decree of God in generall ibid. Concerning Predestination in speciall pag 10. Concerning Election with the cause and end thereof ibid. Concerning Reprobation and the end thereof ibid. Concerning the Execution of Gods Decree pag 12. Concerning the Creation in generall ibid. Concerning the Creation of Man in speciall pag. 14 Concerning the parts of Man ibid. Concerning the Dignities of man in his Creation pag. 15. Concerning the Creation of the Angels in generall pag. 16. Concerning the Nature of the Angels pag. 17. Concerning their knowledge ibid. Concerning their Power and Office ibid. Concerning Gods Prouidence how farre it doth extend pag. 19. Concerning the Prouidence of God in the fall of Men and Angels pag. 21. Concerning the Fall of Man pag. 22. Concerning Originall Sinne. ibid. Concerning the guilt and punishment of Sin p. 23. Concerning the Extent thereof vnto vs the posteritie of Adam with the cause pag. 24. Concerning Mans vnability to helpe himselfe out of that Condition pag. 26. Concerning the Restoring of Man and the meanes thereof ibid. Concerning the outward meanes in which God doth reueale the three-fold estate of Man pag. 28. Concerning the Law and couenant of Workes ibid. Concerning the vse of the Law to the Reprobate pag. 30. Concerning the vse of the Law to the Elect. ibid. Concerning the vse of it before calling pag. 31. Concerning the vse thereof to them after calling pag. 34. Concerning the giuing of the Law to Adam in Innocencie with the cause pag. 36. Concerning the giuing of the Law to the Israelites in Mount Sinai ibid. Concerning the Establishing of the Law by Christ. pag. 39. Concerning the manner of the Preaching of the Law pag. 40. Also what Rules are to be obserued for the vnderstanding of the Law pag. 42. Concer the summe of the First and Second Table of the Law pag. 43. Concer the Gospell or Couenant of grace ibid. Concer Christ the substance of the same p. 46. Concer the Person of Christ. ibid. Concer the Office of Christ. pag. 48. Concer the Mediator ship of Christ and the parts thereof ibid. Concer the Priesthood of Christ and the parts thereof pag. 49. Concer our Redemption and the parts therof p. 51. Concer Iustification the first part of Redemption ibid. Concer the parts of Iustification pag. 52. Concer Sanctification the second part of Redemption pag. 54. Concer the parts of Sanctification pag. 55. Concerning the Intercession of Christ. pag. 57. Concerning the Kingdome of Christ ibid. Concer the greatnesse of Christs Kingdome with the Nature of it pag. 59. Concer Faith with the Definition of it ibid. Concer the Spirit with it's diuers workes p. 62. Concer the outward things in the Kingdome of Christ. pag. 63. Concerning the Ministerie of the Word ibid. Concerning the Sacraments in generall ibid. Concerning Baptisme pag. 65. Concer the Lords Supper pag. 67. Concer the censures of the Church pag. 69. Concerning Prayer pag. 73. Concer the Lords Prayer ibid. Concer Fasting with the kinds thereof pag. 84. Concerning the Author of a Fast pag. 85. Concer the causes of a Fast pag. 86. Concer the parts of a Fast ibid. Concer the ends of
to passe An. Sometimes by meanes and sometimes without meanes (u) Act. 27.30 By meanes the Lord saued Paul and the rest that were in the ship (x) Isa 37.21 And recouered Hezekiah of his sickenesse by meanes applying the plaisters of dryed figs to the sore (y) Dent. 8.4 Without meanes when he caused the Children of Israel to passe through the Wildernesse and their garments nor their shooes waxed old Qu. Of what thing chiefely is this prouidence An. Of men and Angels Qu. What of them especially is to bee considered Concerning the prouidence of God in the fall of man and Angels An. The fall of both and restoring of some men Qu. What doe you consider of the fall of man An. Two things 1. The causes of the fall 2. The fall it selfe Qu. What are the causes of the fall An. They are either Without man Or in man Qu. What are the causes without man An. Two 1. Principall as the diuell 2. Instrumentall as the Serpent Qu. What are the causes in man An. Two 1. The outward sences 2. The inward affection Qu. What was the fall it selfe An. Concerning the fall of man A voluntary transgression of that law which God gaue man from whence came originall and actuall sinne Qu. What is originall sinne An. A priuation of originall purity Concerning the originall sinne and a corrupting of the powers and faculties of nature Qu. How is originall sinne called in the Scriptures A. (z) Rom. 6.6 The old man concupiscence sinne that dwelleth in vs the body of sinne (a) Rom. 7.20.23 The law of the members When doth this originall sinne begin An. In the very conception (b) Psal 51.5 Behold I was conceiued in sinne Qu. What is actuall sinne An. It is the breaking of the law of God either in thought word or deed (c) 1 Iohn 3.4 Sinne is the transgression of the law Qu. Are all sinnes equall and alike An. All sinnes are damnable euen the least e uill thought and yet are pardonable except the sinne against the Holy Ghost (d) Mat. 12.31 Wherefore I say vn-you euery sinne and blasphemie shall bee forgiuen vnto men but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen vnto men Qu. What followed sinne An. Two things 1. Guilt 2. Punishment Qu. What is guilt An. It is the desert of sinne whereby the Creature becometh subiect to the wrath and punishment of God Qu. What doth this guiltinesse worke in the person guilty An. It doth worke accusations and vnquietnesse in the mind (e) Rom. 2.15 Their conscience also bearing witnesse and their thoughts accusing one another Qu. What is the punishment of sin An. It is all euill both in this life and in the life to come Qu. What are the euils in this life An. Two-fold first vpon the soule ignorance darkenesse of mind hardnesse of heart pronenesse to sinne (f) Eph. 4.18.19 Hauing their cogitation darkened and being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardnesse of their harts hauing giuen themselues vnto wantonnesse to worke all vncleannesse euen with greedinesse Secondly vpon the body all calamity and misery both in goods and name as it is largely set forth in the 28. Deuteronomie The Lord shall send vpon thee cursing troble and shame in all that thou settest thine hand to doe vntill thou bee destroyed Qu. What is the euill in the life to come An. Euerlasting destruction of body and soule in hell (g) Rom. 6.23 For the wages of sinne is death Qu. Did this sinne guilt and punishment rest in Adam and extend it selfe no farther An. It did not rest in him but spred it selfe vnto all his posterity (h) Rom. 5.12.19 Wherfore as by one man Adam sinne entred into the World Concerning the extent thereof vnto all the posterity of Adam with guilt and death by sinne and so death went ouer all men forasmuch as all men haue sinned and by one man disobediēce many were made sinners Qu. Why should the posterity of Adam bee guilty of the sin they neuer cōmitted An. Because all man-kinde was in Adam's loynes when he sinned (i) Heb. 7.8 As in Abraham Leuie is said to haue payed tithes to Melchesedec so that it was committed in their natures though not in their persons and therefore they sinne Qu. What followes vpon this An. That by propagation from the last Parents all are partakers of the transgression of their first Parents and of the guilt and punishment both temporall and eternall and so are all borne Children of wrath and fire-brands of hell Qu. Is not God vniust in so seuere punishment of that one sinne of Adam that all his posterity perish as hath beene shewed An. No because such is the infinite pure righteous nature of God that hee must needs curse and abhorre the creature that is defiled with sinne all sinne is committed against an infinite God and therefore in instice deserueth an infinite punishment (k) Habak 1.13 He is of purer eyes then to behold iniquitia Qu. Can man no wayes by no mèanes helpe himselfe out of this miserable condition An. Concerning 〈…〉 No but still runne themselues deeper into condemnation Qu. Hath God then appointed that all men should euerlastingly perish in this miserable condition An. No God hath appointed to glorifie the attribute of his mercy in the saluation of some as well as to glorifie the attribute of iustice in the condemnation of others Qu. What is the restoring of man An. Concerning th● 〈◊〉 of man and the 〈…〉 It is a deliuering of all the Elect from the Estate of sinne and misery and a restoring them to a farre better Estate then euer they had in Adam (l) ●om 5 1● For if through the offence of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gift by grace which is by one Man Iesus Christ hath abounded vnto many Qu. What is the way which God hath appoynted for his Elect to attayne to this new estate and condition An. Onely Iesus Christ apprehended by Faith (m) Joh. 14.6 Iesus said I am the way the truth and the life Qu. How doth that appeare An. Because the Scriptures sheweth that the Fathers before the Law and vnder the Law and vnder the Gospell were by this way onely iustified and saued (n) Gen. 15.6 And Abraham beleeued the Lord and hee accounted that to him for righteousnesse (o) Heb. 13.8 Iesus Christ yesterday and to day the same also for euer Qu. Haue not the Angels some part in this restoration by Iesus Christ An. No. Qu. Why did it not belong vnto them also An. First because the promise of restoring was made onely vnto man and not vnto them (p) Gen. 3.15 The seed of the woman shall break the head of the serpent Secondly because this restoration was wrought in the nature of man and not in the nature of