at this Resurrection â—ee God 34. T. You say out of that of St Paul d Ro. 6. 23 that the wages of sin is death and in your answer to our one twentieth question that we all finned in Adam How can we then be freed from the death of sin L. Why that I told you in our answer to yâ—ar two and twentieth question that it is by Jesus Christ 35. T. How prove you that L. Why those places before cited c Ro. 5. 18 1 Cor. 15. 22. prove it 36. T. All finned in Adam and if all be made alive in Christ then are none subject to death L. True it is all finned in Adam but they all that are made alive in Christ are only Beleevers all that are made alive are made alive in him but they all are onely such as beleeve in him Explic. Salvation in Christ is offered to all d Mat. 11. 28. though none lay hold of it but the chosen when though he was a sufficient satisfaction for all yet was he efficiently satisfactory onely for them e Jo. 18. 9. Where though but the chosen are saved yet in that Salvation though perhaps but of a few in comparison of the damned doth mercy yet prevaile against justice and more it is that one is saved by his merit then that thousands dye by their owne merits And that in as much as possible it is that all without him may be damned and though but one saved that impossible is that salvation of that one but by him 37. T. You said in answer to our eight and twentieth question that the Articles of our faith are called the Creed What mean you by that word Creed L. The sum of our Faith Explic. Creed is an Appellative from a Latin word that signifies to beleeve whence we take the thus naming of the summe or symbol of our Faith Creed Which in sum is distributed unto these three parts as some divide First of God the father and our Creation secondly of God the Sonne and our Redempâ—ion Thirdly of God the holy Ghost and our sanctification Other some make foure parts of it by dividig this â—hird into two parts making that of God the holy Ghost one and Gods holy Catholicke Church with the Articles that follow the other Both making up but the same in sum and that as we have said the sum of our Faith 38. T. In your definition of Faith you said in answer to our foure and thirâ—ieth question that it is a certaine and sole dependance on Jesus Christ How prove you that L. By that of St Paul f Eph. 3. 12. Explic. Faith is diversly taken as for Constancy and Fidelity in keeping promises g Ro. 3. 3. for the Doctrine of the Gospell h Ga. 1. 22. the profession of any kind of Religion i Ro. 1. 8. and the like And is a perswasion or assent to any purpose And in Scripture is four-fold 1. Historicall as is the Faith of Devils they beleeve there is a God k Ja. 2. 19 and tremble too at the presence and and power of God beleeve there is a word of God c. but they beleeeve not he is their God or that Word good for them c. which like faith wicked men may have and have no more faith nor hopes then the Devils 2. Temporary Faith a degree yet beyond that of Devils and those wicked men to assent to Gods truth for a time but in time againe to fall away typified by that Parable of the seed that fell in stony ground l Mat. 13. 20. 3. Faith of Miracles which is a perswasion that God will doe miracles in the now worke of our salvation which is a perswasion of ill men and a perverse generation are they that after so glorious a light of the Gospell will besides the promises of the Gospell now seeke unto God for a Miracle m Mat. 12. 38 39. 4. Justifying Faith which is as you have said a certaine and sole dependance upon Jesus Christ an assent to God and his Word that he is our God and his Word good for us that in Jesus Christ we have peace with God will without any miracle by the sole guidance of his Word not only beleeve nor only beleeve for a time but will in this holy perswasion live and dye 39. T. What faith is there meant L. Justifying faith 40. T How prove you our salvation by Jesus Christ L. Because as we answered to your five and thirâ—ieth question he bare oâ—r sins 41. T. How prove you that he bare our sins L. Out of that of St Paul n Heb. 9 28. 42. T. Why could no other doe iâ— I. No no man else bâ—t the man Christ Jesus 43. T. How prove you that I. By those two places of Poul o 1 Tim. 2. 5. Rom. 5. 6. both which places shew him alone our Redeemeâ— that he bare our sins freeing us from the guilt of them which none others strength could doe 44. T. You said in answer to our six and thirtieth question that sin is a transgression of the Law how prove you that L. By that of St John p 1. Jo. 3. 4 45. T. What is that transgression of the Law L. A breach of Gods Commandments 46. T. Where in consists that breath L. In committing what they forbid and in omitting what they require 47. T. You said the Commandements are ten in two Tables How prove you that L. They are ten as we read in the Law Deut. 10. 4. and in two Tables in the verse next before or both together in Deut. 4. 13 that one verse or place q. 48. T. Where are they written or repeated at large L. In the twentieth Chapter of Exodus where it is said And God spake c. from the first verse of that Chapter downe to the eighteenth verse 49. T. What meane you by those two first verses And God spake all these c. Are they part of the Commandements L. No but they are the Prâ—face to them 50. T. What learne you from that Preface L. That God is the Author of them and so they are Gods Commandements 51. T. But God there speakes to the Jewes and of their freedome from Egypts bondage what is all that to us L. Yes it is spoken as to us too that freedome from Egypts bondage by Moses being a Type of our freedome from sinne by Jesus Christ 52. T. Why but will Christ have us keepe the Commandements L. Yes all that will testifie theâ—r love to Christ must keepe the Commandements r Jo. 14. 15. all that will seeme truly to know God must by keeping the Commandements shew that knowledge s 1 Jo. 2 3. 53. T. Why you said before that we are saved by Christ and that he baâ—e our sins and before that that faith was a sole dependance upon him as if that and no more were requisite to salvation and yet here againe you say we
perfection of the Scriptures that though Nature may informe against evill yet for perfection in goodnesse the knowledge of the Scriptures is necessary Nature being the more imperfect Rule this of the Scriptures that infallible 22. T. You said in your answer to our fourteenth question that God is a Spirit What proofe have you for that L. That of Christ himselfe n Jo. 4. 24. Explic. There are other Spirits as the Angels they are said to be spirits o Ps 104. 4 Heb. 1. 7. and there are spirits of Devils p Eph. 2. 2. Re. 16. 14. and the like but they all with all things else but God are Creatures that of some other have their being q Pro. 16. 4. God is the Creator that hath his being of himselfe r Ex. 3. 14. They all were made in time and finite substances God is infinite s Job 11. 7 8 9. and Eternalâ— t Deu. 33. 27. Psal 90 2. They are changeable as the Angels at first u Jude 6. the Devil ever since w 2 Cor. 11. 14. But God is unchangeable x Mal. 3. 6 Jam. 1. 17 They are some good y Heb. 12. 23. some evill z Lu 7. 21 some lying a 2 Chro. 18. 20 21. seducing b 1 Tim. 4. 1. spirits God is alwayes and altogether good c Ps 52. 1. true righteous d Ps 19. 9. And the like other Attributes hath God as properly essentiall to him as that he is holy e Ex. 15. 11. just f 2 Chro. 11. 6. mercifull g Ex. 34. 6 and the like other excellencies of good that no other hath but by donation from him h Ja. 1. 17. 23. T. You find in your answer to our fifteenth question that God made all things How prove you that L. Proofes there are sufficient for that in the whole i Gen 1 first Chapter of Genesis 24. T. How prove you that he made all good L. Why the same proofe may serve for that took. Gen. 1. 31 25. T. Can you thence as you answer to our eighteenth question prove that he made us all at first good when as the Prophet David saith we are all evill l Psal 14. 1. 3. L. Yes that I can 26. T. Tell me how L. Why that last cited place m Ge. 1. 31 saith God saw all that he had made and that all was good 27. T. But what is that all to us now L. We were then good in Adam that was then made as afterwards I answered to your one and twentieth question in him we became evill n Rom. 5 18. 28. T. But is there no evill in us but that L. Yes that is as the fountain-head of evill called by some Originall sin and as still whatever ill thoughts ill words and ill actions are as the streames that flow from that fountaine and called actuall sins And thence is it as we answered to your nineteenth question that I said that in â—hat our first Parent Adams fall we are all evill and for that subject to death o Rom. 6. 23. 29. T. How prove you that we are so evill L. God that tels nothing but truth tels us so p Ge. 6. 5. 30. T. How prove you that for that evill we are subject to death L. So saith St Paul r Ro. 6. 23. Explic. Where by Death is meant not onely as the consequent of sinne the dissolution of soul and body here but as also the consummation of it the damnation of both hereafter Which however some in mercy by grace and Repentance may avoid that fatall destruction yet might be the just stipend of all the wicked off-spring of Adam though living thousands of yeares after him God no otherwise dealing with them then as we use to doe with Vipers kill them not only for the breed sake coming of a pestiferous generation though otherwise having as yet done no evill yet for the ill they when occasion serves will surely doe That issuing from that unsavory fountaine cannot but be insipid waters so as though damned we have no just cause to complaine of God receiving thereby but the stipend of our sin 31. T. You said in your answer to our twentieth question that the last day the generall Resurection of all mankind they by grace renewed shall be blessed in heaven they that continue in sin shall be accursed in hell What proofes have you for that L. First that they by grace renewed shal be blessed that of Christ s Mat. 25. 34. and that they that continue in sin shall be accursed that also of him t Mat. 25. 41. Explic. Where by Heaven is meant the joyfull vision and enjoyment of God and the company of the blessed Saints Angels professors of the Gospell of Christ And by Fire is meant not only Hell torments and the unwelcome company of the Devill and his brood Infidels and ill Livers that regarded not the Gospell of Christ but as it were trod underfoot the son of God but also as torments yet more fatall and insufferable the for ever losse of Heaven and the blessed vision of God and his chosen No hell to an ingenuous minde being more horrid then the losse of Heaven 32. T. Well then you say there shall be a Resurrection what meane you by the Resurrection L. After our departure hence and a dissolution of both soule and body the soule to the place appointed of God for it and the body to the dust that the body shall againe rise at the last day and be united every body to his owne soule to enjoy the good or the evill appointed for them 33. T. How then say some as the Saduces that u Luk. 20. 27. 1 Cor. 15. 12. there shall be no Resurrection L. They are much mistaken it is an Article in my Creed to beleeve the Resurrection of the dead St Paul in that place w 1 Cor. 15. 13. c. presently hath infallible Arguments for it Explic. Resurrection is from a Latin word that signifies to stand up or arise again used diversly in the Scriptures as sometimes for the immortall life x Ph. 3. 11 deliverance from danger y 2 Cor. 1. 10. A new birth in Christ z Col. 3. 1. which is a resurrection from sin to holinesse and called a Rev. 20. 6. the first Resurrection on which the second death that is damnation hath no power and the like Bâ—t hereby is meant that deliverance up of the dead b Rev. 20. 13 which is a Resurrection 〈◊〉 the dead bodies of all that dyed to be judged every man according to his works at that great and generall day the day of judgement a Resurrection of the flesh according to that faithfull knowledge of Job c Job 19. 26. 27. that though dying or by death made Wormes meat yet againe in his Flesh with the very same eyes he then had he should againe meaning
V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy dayes may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt not kill VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steale IX Thou shalt not bear false witnesse against thy Neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his Oxe nor his Asse nor any thing that is thy Neighbours The Lords Prayer in a Preface six Petitions a Confirmation and a Conclusion The Preface The Petitions OVr Father which art in Heaven 1. Hal lowed be thy Name 2. Thy Kingdome come 3. Thy will be done in Earth as it is in heaven 4. Give us this day our dayly Bread 5. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our Debtors 6. And lead us noâ— into Temptation but deliver us from evill For thine is the Kingdome and the Power The Confirmation and the glory for ever The Conclusion Amen â—race before meat BLessed God the Father of all blessings and God of all comfort and consolation blesse us and the Creaturs whatever now provided for us so fill both our bodies and soules with good that both may abound in all goodnesse to thy only glory and both their good through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy Spirit be all honour and glory for ever Amen Grace after meat Give us O Lord we beseech thee all thankfull hearts for all thy good graces and benefits what ever now and at all times bestowed on us that by us and all the faithful for that all thy good thou maist receive all praise and glory now and for ever Amen A short Catechisme 1. Question WHat ought to be our chiefest care Answer To glorifie God a 1 Cor. 10. 31. II. Q That we may have that Care and shew forth that glory what ought we especially to have A Zeale b Numb 25. 11. III. Q Is Zeale enough to shew it A No we must have also knowledge c Rom. 10. 2. IV. Q That we may have both that zeal and knowledge what ought we especially to understand and consider A The works of God and the Word of God V. Q What are the works of God A The world and all things therein contained VI. Q Dothâ—bat glorifie God A Yes d Psal 19. 1 2. VII Q Why would he have his works to glorifie him A That we might be without ex cuse e Rom. 1. 19 20. VIII Q What is the Word of God A The holy Scriptures of the old and new Testament commonly called the Bible IX Q Why ought we to understand and consider that Word A That we might have a certaine rule to go by X. Q Have we a certaine rule in that Word A Yes f Is 8. 20. XI Q What especially teacheth that Word A The Knowledge of God and our selves g 2 Tim. 3. 16 17. XII Q What ought we to know of God A Two things especially XIII Q What be they A First what he is secondly what he hath done XIV Q First what is God A He is a Spirit h Jo. 4. 24. XV. Q Secondly what hath God done A He hath made all things i Gen. 1. â— XVI Q What ought we to know of our selves A Three things especially XVII Q What be they A First â—â— what we were Secondly what we are Thirdly what we shall be XVIII Q First then what weâ—e we A At our first Creation when God made man and all things he and they all Gen. 1. 31 were good k XIX Q Secondly what are we A Since that our first Parent Adams Gen. 6. 5. Ro. 6. 23. fall evill 1 And unlesse by Grace renewed subject to death m XX. Q Thirdly what shall we be A At the last day the generall Resurrection of all Mankind they by grace Mat. 25. 34. renewed shall be blessed in Heaven'n they that continue in sin shall be accursed in Mat. 25. 41. Hell o XXI Q Well but what was Adams sin to us Rom. 5. 18. 1 Cor. 15. 22. A We sinned in him p XXII Q How then can we be redeemed from that his guilt A By Jesus Christ XXIII What or who is Jesus Christ A The Sonne of God and Saviour of man XXIV Q Why must we be redeemed by Jesus Christ A Because the sin of man was against God God that is also man as Jesus Christ was and is must make the satisfaction XXV Q Are there more Gods then one A No there is but one God but there are three Persons in the Godhead XXVI Q What are those three Persons A The first the Father the second the Son and the third the holy Ghost XXVII Q How doe you know this A My Creed tels me so XXVIII Q What is the Creed A The Articles of our Faith XXIX Q Why doe some call it the Apostles Creed A Because some say the Apostles composâ—d it XXX Q What doe you think who composed it A It is uncertaine XXXI Q Why then is it râ—ceived A Because whoever composed it makes no great matter but being of old received and certainely containing the sum or grounds of Christian Religion comprised in the Gospell of Christ it is therefore received XXXII Q How many be those Articles of it A According to the number of the twelve Apostles twelve XXXIII Q What be those Articles A I beleeve in God c. XXXIV Q What is Faith A A certaine confidence in and dependance on Jesus Christ q Eph 3. 12. XXXV Q Why need we that confidence and dependance on Jesus Christ A Because we are sinners and none but he bare those sins i Heb. 9. 28. XXXVI Q What is sin A A transgression of the Law s 1 Jo. 3. 4. XXXVII Q What is that Law A The Commandements of God XXXVIII Q How many Commandments are there A Ten in two Tables t Deut. 4. 13. XXXIX Q Which be the Commandments A I am the Lord thy God c. XL. Q What learne you by these Commanmandements A My duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour XLI Q What is your duty towards God A To love him above all things u Mat. 22. 37. XLII Q What is your duty towards your Neighbour A To love him as my selfe w Mat. 22. 39. XLII Q Well but can you exactly keepe them in every point A No but I dayly breake some one or other of them in thought word and deed x Psal 14. 1. 3. And breaking but one I am guilty of all y Ja. 2. 10. XLIV Q How then to any purpose can you keepe any of them A I must labour what I may to keepe them XLV Q Why must you labour to keepe them A Because they are the rule prescribed of God XLVI Q Well but being as you say not able to keepe them as you ought how