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A11949	A catechisme briefly opening the misterie of our redemption by Christ hauing the proues of euery point so annexed, and ioined vnder euery answer, that the ruder sort of people may be much furthered thereby, if they would vse a little diligence and endeuor to commit it to memory, or be much conuersant in reading thereof, or if they cannot read in hearing it read by others, vnto knowledge, and godlinesse.	Settle, Thomas.	1587 (1587)	STC 22267; ESTC S114769	38,264	95

most holy man so long as he liueth therfore men must continue repentance so long as they liue It is written in Genesis the 8. For the imagination of mans hart is euill euen from his youth Gen. 8 21. And in Iames the 3. Iames. 3 2. In many things wee sinne all And in the 5. to the Galathians The flesh lusteth against the spirit Galat. 5 17. the spirit against the flesh and these are contrarye one to the other so that ye cannot do the same things ye would Wée are commaunded to pray continually by Christ Matth. 6. Forgiue vs our trespasses as wee forgiue them that trespasse c. Qu. Do you hold it for a certaine truth that men are iustified onely by Christ and that the works of sanctification and newnesse of life begun in vs doo merit nothing concerning the worke of our saluation An. I hold it for an vndoubted truth that the whole worke of our saluation is wrought in the person of Christ without vs and without all respect of our works either before or after repētance whatsoeuer the Papists prate But yet there are many places of Scripture which doo séeme to giue something to works to the obteining of saluation As the 15. Psalme Psal 15. ℣ se 1 2 3. Lord who shall rest vpon thy holy mountaine He that walketh vprightly and worketh righteousnesse and speaketh the truth in his hart Againe the 24. Psalme Who shall ascend into the mountaine of the Lord and who shall stand in his holy place Psal 24. ℣ se 3 4. Euen hee that hath innocent handes and a pure hart c. Againe Esay the 33. Who among vs shal dwell with the deuouring fier Esay 33. ℣ se 14 15. who amōg vs shal dwell with the euerlasting burnings he that walketh in iustice speaketh righteous things refusing gaine of oppressiō c. Psalm 50 23 Againe Psalme 50. And to him that disposeth his way aright will I shew the saluation of God Math. 7. ℣ se 21 22. Again Math. 7. Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doth the will of my father which is in heauen Againe Iohn 5. Iohn 5. ℣ se 28 29. For the howre shal come in the which al that are in the graues shal heare his voice they shall come forth they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life but they that haue done euil vnto the resurrectiō of condemnation Mat. 25. ℣ se 34 35. Againe Math. 25. Come ye blessed of my father inherite ye the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world for I was an hungred and ye gaue me meat I thirsted ye gaue me drinke I was a stranger and ye lodged me I was naked ye clothed me I was sicke ye visited me I was in prison ye came vnto me And there be many such like I answer vnto these places al such like in the scripture which answer if it be marked of the simple may be a keie vnto them to open much of the Scripture and may inable them to stop the Papists mouths that these places doo not set downe expresse the causes of saluation and of eternall life but describe point out who they be that shal be saued by the effects that follow faith repentance The Apostle termeth good works the fruits not the causes of righteousnes in the 1. to the Philippiās Philip. 1 11. wher be praieth that they may be filled with the fruits of righteousnes The end of good workes the glory of God which are by Iesus Christ to the glory of God But whē the Scripture setteth downe the causes of saluation why men are saued obteine eternall life it giueth all to Christ Iesus As by these places following and many such like none to the contrary appeareth Acts 4. Acts. 4. ℣ se 11 12. This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is the head of the corner neither is the saluation in any other for among men there is giuē none other name vnder heauen wherby we must be saued Hebr. the 7. Hebr. 7 25. But this man meaning Christ because he endureth euer hath an euerlasting priesthood Wherefore he is able perfectly to saue them that come vnto God by him seeing he euer liueth to make intercession for vs. Hebrews the 10. Hebr. 10 14. For with one offring hath he cōsecrated for euer thē that are sanctified Hebrews the 9. Hebr. 9.28 So Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of many and vnto them that looke for him shall he appeare the second time without sinne vnto saluation Romans 3 Rom. 3. To him that worketh the wages is not imputed of fauour but of debt but to him that worketh not but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly his faith is counted for righteousnes Ephes 2. ℣ se 8 9. Ephesians the 2. For by grace are ye saued through faith that not of your selues it is the gift of God not of works that mē may boast Philippiās 3. Paul saith Philipp 3. Touching the righteousnesse that is in the lawes I was vnrebukeable ℣ se 6 But the things that were vantage vnto me ℣ se 7 ℣ se 8 the same I counted losse for Christs sake ℣ se 9 yea doubtles I think all things but losse ℣ se 10 for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lord for whom I haue counted all things losse and do iudge them to be but dunge that I might win Christ and might be found in him that is not hauing mine owne righteousnes which is by the law but that which is through the faith of Christ euē the righteousnes which is of God through faith c. And the Scriptures are almost infinit that make to this purpose Qu. What meaneth this phrase of speach so much vsed in Scripture we are iustified by faith An. It meaneth nothing else but that God accompteth and acknowledgeth vs for righteous and holy in Christ in whome as the Apostle saith in the first of the second Epistle to the Corinthians all the promises of God are yea and Amen whom we lay hold on by faith and applie vnto our soules against all terrors of sinne death and damnation Roman 5. and so haue peace with God ℣ se 1 2. who hath said from heauen that in him he is well pleased Matth. 3.17 Qu. Now seing there is such aboundance of saluation in Christ why do not all lay hold of it An. No man saith Christ commeth vnto mee except my father draw him Iohn 6 44. Iohn 6 37. And againe he saith in the tenth of Iohn But yee beleeue not Iohn 10 26 for yee are not of my sheepe Qu. Now seing none can be saued but those that haue repētance towards God and faith towards our Lord Iesus Christ tell me

iudges in the land through out all the strong Cities of Iuda 2. Chron. 19 verse 5 6 7. citie by citie And said to the Iudges take héed what ye doe For ye execute not the iudgements of man but of the Lord he wil be with you in the cause and iudgement Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lord be vpon you take héed and doe it for there is no iniquitie with the Lord neither respecte of persons nor receiuing of reward Heare this I pray you ye heads of the house of Iacob princes of the house of Israell Mich. 3. verse 10 11. they abhor iudgement and peruert al equitie they build vp Zion with bloud and Ierusalem with iniquitie the heads therof iudge for rewards c therfore shal Zion for your sakes be plowed as a field To make good for the euill of their hands the prince asked Mich. 7. vers 3 4. the iudge iudgeth for a reward Therefore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his hart and so they wrap it vp the best of them is like a brier the most righteous is sharper then a thorne hedge Thou shalt take no gift Exod. 23 8. for the gift blindeth the wise and peruerteth the words of the righteous Wrest not thou the lawe Deut. 16 19. neither respect any person neither take reward for the reward blindeth the eies of the wise peruerteth the words of the iust Their rulers loue to say with shame bring yée Osea 4 18. Woe vnto them whiche iustifieth the wicked for a reward Esay 5 23. and taketh away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him Read the 82. Psalme 11. That magistrates must punish the wicked or else they shall prouoke Gods wrath against themselues and be a cause to increase sinne A Wise king scattereth the wicked Prou. 20 26 causeth the whéele to turne ouer them For Princes are not to be feared for good workes Rom 13. ℣ se 3 4. but for euill wilt thou bée without feare of the power doo well so shalt thou haue praise of the same for he is the minister of God for thy welth but if thou do euill feare for he beareth not the sword for nought for he is the mininister of God to take vengeance on him that dooth euill Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed spéedily Eccles 8 10. therefore the hart of the children of men is fully set in them to do euill Neither will I be with you any more except ye destroy the excōmunicate from among you Iosu● 7 12. Examples I put on iustice Iob 29. verse 14 15. and it couered me my iudgement was as a robe a crowne I was the eies of the blind and I was the féet to the lame I was a father vnto the poore and when I knew not the cause I sought it out diligently I brake also the iawes of the vnrighteous and plucked the pray out of his téeth Betimes will I destroy al the wicked of the land Psal 101 ● that I may cut of al the workers of iniquitie from the citie of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord 1. Kings 20. ℣ se 42. because thou Ahab hast let go out of thine hands a man that is Benhadad king of Aram whom I appointed to die thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his people A worthie example to be noted of all magistrates that they may not spare foolishly pittie Idolaters and vile sinners whom God in his law commaundeth to be slaine 12. That princes magistrates and men in authoritie ought to be religious mainteiners and nursers of religion and take especiall delight in those that feare God BE wise now therefore yée kings Psal 10. ℣ se 11 12. be learned ye iudges of the earth serue the Lord in feare and reioyce in trembling Kisse the sonne least he be angrie ye perish in the way when his wrath shall suddenly burne And when he that is the king shal sit vpon the throne of his kingdome Deut. 17. ℣ se 18 19. then shall he write him this law repeated in a booke by the priests of the Leuits and it shal be with him and he shall read therin all the daies of his life that he may learne to feare the Lord his God and to kéepe all the wordes of this law these ordinances for to do them That his hart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren and that he turne not from the commaundement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong his daies in his kingdome he his sonnes in the midst of Israell Let not this booke the Lords words to Iosua in his person to all magistrates of this law depart out of thy mouth but meditate therin day and night Iosua 1 8. that thou maist obserue do according to all that is written therein For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous then shalt thou haue good successe Thou that is the Church shall sucke the milke of the Gentiles Esay 60 16. shalt sucke the brests of Kings thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy sauiour Kings shal be Esay 49 ℣ se 23 24. thy that is the churches nursing fathers and quéenes thy nurses they shall worship thée with their faces towards the earth and licke vp the dust of thy féet and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. In the Reuelation it is written Reue. 21 24 That the kings of the earth shall bring their glorie honour vnto the new Ierusalē Example of Dauid O my soule Psalm 16.2 thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my Lord my well doing extendeth not to thée but to the Saints that are in the earth to the excellent all my delight is in them I am a cōpanion of al them that feare thée and kéepe thy precepts Psal 119 63 Mine eies shal be vnto the faithfull of the land that they may dwell with me Psal 101 6. he that walketh in a perfect way he shal serue me When I remembred these things I powred out my very hart Psal 42 4. because I had gone with the multitude led them into the house of God 13. That all subiects are to obey their princes and those that are appointed vnder them that is inferior magistrats in all things not contrarie to the commandements of God to pay them tributes LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers Rom. 13. ℣ se 1 2 3. for there is no power but of God whosoeuer therfore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receiue to themselues iudgement For princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euill wilt thou then be without feare of the power do well so shalt thou haue praise of the same c. wherefore ye must be subiect not because of