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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72530	A plaine and profitable catechisme with certaine prayers adioyned, meete for parents and housholders to teach their children and seruants.	Leech, James, fl. 1605.; More, John, d. 1592.	1605 (1605)	STC 15363.3; ESTC S123497	32,265	88

thy whole church and euery part ●nd member thereof glorifie thy name ●duance thy kingdome confound the ●ower of Sathan Antichrist sinne and ●arkenes blesse this thy church and countrie where we liue giue thy gos●ell a free passage amongst vs remooue all the hindrances thereof ●aise vp daily by thy almightie power and goodnes all those means instruments that may further it aright blesse ●we beseech thee prosper and preserue the excellent estate of our soueraigne Lord the Kings Maiestie our gratious Queene the Prince their eldest sonne and all their royall posteritie multiply thy blessings vpon them preserue them from all dangers make them earnest louers fauorers and furtherers of thy truth and gospell and tender nursing fathers and nursing Mothers vnto thy Church people all the daies of their life Good Lord blesse the honorable councellors magistrates and nobility of this land and all that be in authoritie vnder the Kings highnes that they ma●● carefully faithfully in all their cour● sails consultations and gouerment labour for and procure the promoting 〈◊〉 thy glorie the aduancement of th● gospell the maintenance of true religion vertue and godlines the suppressio● of sinne and wickednes the peace and prosperitie of the church and commo●wealth that we may liue vnder his highnes and them a peaceable and quiet life in all godlynes and honestie Lord furnish thy Church continually with godly faithfull learned and worthy pastors and teachers of thy holy word blesse their ministerie to thy people and defend it against all the malice of the wicked Lord blesse all the christian families in the land and encrease the number of them dayly open the eies of the ignorant mollifie the hearts of the obstinat conuert them that run astray comfort the feeble hearted raise vp such as bee falne if they belong vnto thee adde vnto thy church dayly such as shal be saued be mercifull to all thy seruants ●hat be in any manner of affliction cō●ort them and releeue them help them ●nd succour them according to their se●erall necessities giue them a holy vse of al their afflictions and a gratious deliuerance in due time finally good Lord send thy blessings vpon all our land with fruitfull seasons and plentifull encrease of al thy good creatures which in thy gracious prouidence thou hast ordeyned for our vses and necessities that we may chearfully sing vnto thee from day to day the praises of thy mercies through Iesus Christ An Euening prayer O almightie and eternall Lord God father of our Lord Iesus Christ wee thy poore vnworthie seruants beeing come together to offer vp vnto thee our euening sacrifice of praier thanksgiuing according to our bounde duty doe first of all acknowledge against our selues that we are al of vs most vile wretched sinners not worthie the least of al thy mercies being guiltie of the fall of our forefather Adam of our owne originall corruption and of innumerable most heynous transgressions of all thy ho●● lawes and commandements both 〈◊〉 our sinfull thoughts words and deed and so much the more guiltie because we haue not regarded the good meane which thou hast mercifully ordeyne● for vs to haue wrought in our heart true knowledge and vnderstanding o● thy will and commandements repentance of our sinnes and amendment of our life we confesse therefore that we haue infinitely prouoked thy wrath iudgement against vs and iustly deserued all curses plagues and miseries to be poured vpon vs in this life and to be cast for euer hereafter into the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone but good Lord wee appeale vnto the vnsearchable riches of thy mercies in Christ Iesus beseeching thee to wash away all our sins guiltines in his most precious blood to burie them all in his most glorious death that they may be remooued for euer out of thy sight and be vnto vs as though they had never bene lett thy blessed spirit of Adoption good lord seale vnto our hearts ●he full assurance of this thy euerlasting ●oue and mercy and lord work in vs ●ayly more and more a godly sorrow ●or all our sinnes with hearty and vnfei●ed repentance and so worke in our ●earts by thy holy spirit that all the ●ower of sinne may dayly die in vs more and more and all good graces of ●hy spirit may dayly grow and encrease ●n vs that our hearts may be strengthned with an vnfeined faith and we may be purged from euill consciences and made fruitfull in all duties of christian loue so as in the whole course of our life hereafter we may walke before thee in all simplicity and godly purenes and serue thee vnfeinedly in all the duties of true holines and righteousnes all the daies of our life And now lord we further commend our selues and euery member of this familie into thy mercifull protection this night beeseeching thee to preserue and keepe vs from all dangers and perills to which we are subiect in soule or bodie or any thing that belongeth vnto vs to giue vs quiet and comfortable rest with the continuance of our health peace and saftie to the glorie of th● name that we may be more fitt for th● duties of our calling when thou sha●● raise vs againe and so to guide vs and sanctifie vs throughout that whethe● we sleepe or wake liue or die we ma● be thine After this the thanksgiuing to this marke * and then adde this following Finally we giue thee humble thank● that it hath pleased thee to preserue 〈◊〉 this day and for all those blessings tho● hast vouchsafed vnto vs our health peace and saftie the comfortable vse 〈◊〉 all thy good creatures with thy ble●sing vpon our labours and last of a● for this libertie we haue to come befor● thee beeseeching thee to accept of thi● our euening sacrifice gratiously t● heare vs and grant vnto vs c. as before A praier before the reading of scriptures Almightie Lord God our most mercifull and heauenly father in Iesus Chri●● we beseech thee vouchsafe by thy holy spirit to prepare our hearts that with ●ll reuerence and diligence we may at●end to this thy holy word and soe to open our vnderstanding and to sanctifie our affections as thou mayst therby disperse in vs more and more all the ●mists and darknesses of Sathan and of sinne and make vs apt to euerie good worke and wise vnto saluation through ●esus Christ our Lord only Sauiour Amen A prayer before Catechising O lord our god and our most mercifull father in Iesus Christ which hast commanded vs to lay vp thy words in our hearts and to speake of them when we rise vp when we lie downe when we goe forth when we come home to ●each them and rehearse them continually to our children And seeing our lord Iesus Christ hath commanded vs to search the scriptures that we might know thee the onely true god and him whom thou hast sent and soe attaine to eternall life wee beseech thee

be gratious vnto vs thy poore seruants being come together in the obedience of theis thy holy commandements to seeke thee by such meanes as thou ha●● mercifully ordeined for vs. Lord we confesse our hearts are full of hardne● our vnderstanding is full of darknes 〈◊〉 our eares are dull of hearing we bese●●● thee vouchsafe by the grace of thy hol● spirit to open and circumcise our eares to lighten our dark vnderstanding an● to mollifie our hard hearts that we ma● heare with reuerence vnderstand wit● iudgment marke with diligence an● receiue with meeknes all the instuctions which we shall heare at this tim● out of thy holy word and that they ma● be written in the fleshy tables of o●● hearts by the finger of thy owne spir●● to breed and encrease in vs all spiritua● knowledge and heauenly wisedom● faith hope loue hatred of sinne practi●● of righteousnes and all holy duties 〈◊〉 christianitie and of our seuerall calling so serue thee with all simplicitie an● godly purenes all the daies of our li●● through Iesus Christ our only lord Sauiour and redeemer Amen A praier After Catechising O lord our god most gracious and mercifull father we most humbly thanke thy heauenly maiestie that thou hast vouchsafed vs this great mercy to be partakers of theis heauenly doctrins and instructions of thy holy word which thou hast so mercifully and gratiously ordeyned for vs. we besech thee good lord that thou wilt also vouchsafe vs that grace of thy holy spirit that we may faythfully remember and diligently meditate vpon those things that now or heretofore we haue heard out of thy holy word that we may lay them vp in our hearts and make a good and profitable vse of them to the encreasing of our knowledg our faith our obedience our hope and loue and all spirituall graces and gifts meete for our places and callings to the glory of thy most holy name the peace and comfort of our cōsciences the saluation of our soules and bodies the good good example of those with whome we liue through thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and our most blessed sauiour and only redemer Amen A morning prayer for seruants by themselues O almightie Lord God our most gracious and louing Father in Iesus Christ we doe vnfeinedly confesse before thy maiestie that we are all of vs most vile wretched sinners cōceiued borne in sinne altogether corrupted defiled in our owne nature guiltie of innumerable heinous transgressions of all thy holy lawes and commandements vnapt to all goodnes proane to all sinne and wickednes vnworthy of any of thy blessings euen the least of all thy mercies and worthie of all thy fearefull curses conteined in thy law in all miseries of this life and of eternall death and damnation in the life to come but most mercifull father wee beseech thee looke vpon vs in Iesus Christ pardon and forgiue vs all our sinnes for his sake worke in vs more and more the sight and feeling of all our sinnes with a true loathing and hatred of them a godly sorrow for them and an holy repentance giue vs faith in thy precious promises that wee may trust perfectly vpon that saluation that is brought vnto vs by Christ Iesus with the full assurance of our eternall election vnto immortall life Increase in vs care conscience to vse all good meanes that thou hast ordained for our instruction and write in our hearts all the good lessons that we heare out of thy holy word that we may daily grow and increase in all grace and godlines Receiue vs this day into thy holy protection keepe vs from all dangers and euills of bodie and soule worke in vs all dutifull reuerence to our superiors all diligence and faithfullnes in our labours Keepe vs from slothfulnes negligence and idlenes and all manner of vniust dealing in our seruice Blesse and prosper vs in all our labours wherin we are to be imployed that we may bee profitable to our gouernours to whome we owe our seruice carry the testimonie of good consciences in our soules to thy glorie and our euerlasting peace and comfort through Iesus Christ our only sauiour and redeemer in whose name we pray further as he hath taught vs. Our father c. A prayer for Scholers O almightie lord God most mercifull of our Lord Iesus Christ the fountaine of all wisedome grace and goodnes we beseech thee to looke mercifully vpon vs to forgiue vs al our sinnes to worke in vs dayly more and more the hatred of all sinne and wickednes the loue of al goodnes yea we beseech thee to teach vs to knowe and remember thee our creator our redemer our sanctifier and preseruer in these daies of our childhood and youth worke in vs a true loue vnto thy holy word and delight in thy commandements giue vs grace to seeke for and to attaine vnto that true wisedome taught in thy holy word wherby we may vnderstand the feare of thy holy name attaine the knowledge of thee and all godlines that wee may know also iustice and iudgment and equitie euery good path that this heauenly wisedome may be our watch-man and this knowledge our garder and keeper to preserue vs from the crooked waies of wicked men and all the baites and allurments of sinne to the end that we may walke in the waies of good men and in the paths of the righteous And good Lord worke in euerie one of vs al loue reuerence and obedience vnto our teachers and gouerners all diligence and good conscience to bestowe this precious time profitably Lord we beseech thee vouchsafe dayly more more to quicken out witts to open our vnderstanding to strengthen our memories to confirme our iudgments Send downe thy blessings vpon all the instructions that are deliuered vnto vs vpon all the labours of our teachers all our owne studies endeuoures that we may dayly grow and encrease in all good learning and knowledge wisdome vertue and godlines that we may be answerable to the good expectation of our parents and freinds to their great and effectuall comfort and worthy and wise seruants vnto thy maiestie in the places thou hast hereafter appointed for vs in the church or cōmon wealth grant good Lord these graces whatsoeuer else thou knowest vs to stand in neede of for our lord Iesus Christ his sake Amen FINIS

the naturall ●an An. He whose heart and conscience 〈◊〉 not renewed 1. Iohn 3.10 Rom. 12.2 purged and sanctified ●y the spirit of grace through faith ●●pentance in Iesus Christ Act. 15.9 ● Cor. 1.2 Rom. 8.9 Q. Is there any man that doth not ●●nne in his actions An. The Regenerated man doth not ●ommit sinne 1. Ioh. 3.3.6.9 because he is led by the ●●irit of God Rom. 8.11 Eph. 4.20 ●1 22 23 24. Gala. 2.20 Q. Is there no sinne in the actions ●f a regenerated man An. Yes Ies 64.6 1. Cor. 13.9.12 for all our righteousnes is ●s a stained clout and there is no perfection in this life Q. Why say you then that the ●●generate man doth not commit sinn● An. He is not said to commit sinn● because it is not he that sinneth Rom. 7.15.17.20 b● sinne that dwelleth in him Q. What is the punishment of sin●● An. The curse of God Deut. 27 2● Gal. 3.10 Q. What meane you by that Deu. 28.15 c. Mat. 25.41 Rom. 6.23 Ies 66.24 Mark 9.43.44 An. It is an eternall separation fro● the fauour of God and all his merci● which hath adioyned vnto it all mis●ries and calamities of this life death 〈◊〉 the end and eternall torments both 〈◊〉 soule and bodie in hell euer after Ma● 5.29 Math. 22.13 Reuel 20 1● 14. Q. Is there nothing which a ma● may doe to serue as a sufficient reco●pence to God for one sinne An. No although I should giue (a) Luke 17.10 all my goods to the poore or suffe● my bodie to be b whipped all my li● long Col. 2.23 or suffer any other punishme●● which might be deuised yet it were no● sufficient for one of my least sinnes Q. Why so An. For sinne is infinite because it offendeth the infinite maiestie therefore deserueth an infinite punishment Psal 51.4 Q. Yea but God (a) 1. Cor. 1.3 Psalm 18.45 86.15 is mercifull will he therefore punish sinne so sharpely An. Our God indeed is mercifull but he is also b Psalm 7.9 Psalm 11.5 Rom. 3.4 Ioh. 3.33 iust and true therefore of his iustice and truth he must needs punish mans sinne with that punishment which he hath appointed Q. Seing then this punishment must needs be suffered are we in our selues able to suffer and ouercome it An. None is able to suffer a Psal 130.3 Math. 19.25 and ouercome this great punishment of sinne being onely man Q. What learne you out of this An. That my state is most miserable in respect of the greatnes of my sinne and the horrible punishment due vnto the same Rom. 7.24 Q. What profit is it to you to knowe this your miserable estate An. First I am taught thereby to knowe mine owne vnworthines and that I should not seeke to bee saued by mine own works or merits (a) Deut. 7.7 Deut. 9.6 Dan. 9.18 Secondly to bewaile this my miserable estate with a godly sorrow (b) Rom. 7.24 1. Cor. 7.9.10 Thirdly to detest and abhorre sinne because it bringeth nothing with it but the curse of God (c) Rom. 6.21.23 Fourthly to call heartely vpon God and sue for his grace that I may find and apprehend the riches of his mercie for my redemption (d) Ephes 1.17 3.16.17 4.1.2 Q. Is there any meanes whereby we may be deliuered from this miserable estate A. Yes there is a meanes which is taught vnto vs in the 3. of Iohn For God so loued the world Iohn 3.16 that he gaue his onely begotten sonne that whosoeuer beleeued in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life Q. What learne you out of this A. That whereas the paines which our sinnes deserue must needes be suffered by man because God of his iustice must needes punish sinne in man which was committed by man therefore our Sauiour Christ beeing euerlasting god became also (a) Gal. 4.4 Heb. 2.9.10.14.15.16.17 Heb 4.15 1 Tim. 2.5 Rom. 8.3.4 man hath fully b Gal. 3.13 Rom. 4.25 Ioh. 1.29 2. Cor. 5.21 Esay 53.6 Rom. 8.3 1. Iohn 3.16.18.36 suffered whatsoeuer was due for mans sinne in his owne person Q. Are all people discharged seeing the punishment is paid A. None are discharged sauing those that tooke (a) Col. 2.2 1 Iohn 3.2 Eph. 3.12 Rom. 8.38.39 Eph. 1.18 Ephes 2.8 Acts. 15.11 hold vpon Christ and his merits by a true faith Q. What call you this true faith A. It is a speciall worke of Gods spirit in our hearts whereby we beleeue to be saued by the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ Q. What doe you see by this true faith A. My sinnes both to be forgiuen me and yet fully punished Q. How can that be A. For in Iesus Christ to 2 Cor. 5.21 Rom. 3.25 satisfie Gods iustice they be b 1. Ioh. 2.1.12 Gala. 3 13. Rom. 4.25 fully punished and yet to me they be c 1. Cor. 5.9 forgiuen because in me they be not punished but in Christ for me to set forth Gods mercie and therefore they shall neuer be laid to my charge in this manner therefore I see the Lord my God to be both mercifull and iust Q. Yea but although the punishment of thy sinnes be fully discharged in Christ yet seeing there can no vnrighteousnesse dwell with God how canst thou stand before the iudgement seat of God as iust and righteous seeing thou hast no righteousnes but that which is stained with many sinnes A. I stand as iust and righteous before the throne of God not cloathed with my owne righteousnes but with the (a) 1. Cor. 1.30 2. Cor. 5.21 Rom. 3.28 righteousnesse of Iesus Christ which righteousnes beeing taken hold vpon b Ephes 3.17 Rom. 3.28 Ioh. 3.18 by a true faith is made mine thus am I iust and righteous in the sight of God not in respect of my own workes which I wrought in my owne person but by taking hold vpō Christs works to be mine by faith Q. Doth not this doctrine make men carelesse so runne into all sinne and wickednes A. No for this true faith as soone as it is wrought in vs (a) Ioh. 3.3.5 Eph. 4.20 Colos 3.9 Rom. 6.6 12.1.2 through the holy Ghost doth frame our hearts anew and causeth vs to (b) Rom. 7.23 detest hate loath and abhorre sinne in all men but especially in our selues and maketh vs to haue our c Rom. 5.12.11 whole delight ioy and comfort in those things which be agreeable to Gods will and causeth vs also to d Rom. 6.11.1.13 Mat. 7.17 Ioh. 15.5 expresse the same in our godly liuing and conuersation or els it is no true faith but a e Iam. 2.17 Iam. 2.17.20 Ioh. 15.6 Psal 92.12.13 Ioh 15.5 Math. 7.17.18 c. Gala. 5.6 dead faith Q. What difference is betweene a dead faith and a true faith A. A dead faith is like a barren and withered tree that bringeth forth no fruit a true