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Winter-evenings communication with young novices in religion. Or Questions and answers about certaine chiefe grounds of Christian religion wherein every answer, rightly understood, hath the force of an oracle of God. By Iohn Carter, preacher of Gods Word.
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Carter, John, 1554-1635.
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Winter-Evenings COMMVNICATION with Young Novices in RELIGION OR Questions and Answers about certaine chiefe Grounds of Christian RELIGION wherein every Answer rightly understood hath the force of an Oracle of GOD. By IOHN CARTER Preacher of Gods Word IOHN 5. 39. Search the Scriptures Printed by the Printers to the Vniversity of Cambridge And are to be sold at London by R. DANIEL at the Angel in Lumbard-Street 1628. Winter-Evenings COMMVNICATION with Young Novices in RELIGION Of the true Feare of God QVESTION OF what Religion are you Answer I feare the Lord the God of heaven who hath made the sea and the drie land Ionah 1. 9. Quest Many professe as much as you doe but who feare God in deed and in truth Ans He that walketh in his uprightnesse feareth the Lord Prov. 14. 2. Q. What is it to walk in uprightnesse A. To doe justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God Mich. 6. 8. Q. And who doe not feare the Lord but despise him A. He that is lewd in his waies despiseth him Prov. 14. 2. Q. Who is lewd in his waies A. Whosoever hateth to be reformed and casteth the words of God behinde him Psal 50. 17. Q. What reasons have you to moove you to the effectuall study and practise of the true feare of God A. God hath made all things for himselfe Prov 16. 4. Q. What other A. In his hand is my breath and all my waies Dan. 5. 23. Q. What other A. God is of purer eies then to behold iniquity Habac. 1. 13. Q. What other reasons have you A. God will bring every worke to judgement with every secret thing whether it be good or evill Eccles 12. 14. The Nature and Properties of GOD. Question OF what nature or substance is the Lord Ans He is a Spirit and must be worshiped in spirit and in truth Ioh. 4. 24. Q. What manner of spirit is God A. He is from everlasting to everlasting be filleth heaven and earth Psal 90. 2. Ier. 23. 24. Q. What properties or vertues in God are chiefly to be considered of us A. That power belongeth unto God and to thee O Lord mercy that thou rewardest every man according to his workes Psal 62. 11. 12. Exod. 34. 67. Q. God is indeed most mighty mercifull and just What use is to be made thereof A. Be not afraid of them that kill the body and after have no more that they can doe Luk. 12. 4. Q. Whom then shall we feare A. Feare him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell Luk. 12. 5. Q. What other use is to be made A. To trust in him at all times to poure out our hearts before him Psal 62. 8. Creation Question HOw did God make all things at the begining A. Exceeding good Gen. 1. 31. Q. Whereof were all things made A. The worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which doe appeare Heb. 11. 3. Q. How made he man A. In his owne Image Gen. 1. 26. Q. Wherein stood that Image A. In knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse Col. 1. 10. Ephes 4. 24. Q. Whereof was the body of man framed A. Of the dust of the ground Gen. 2. 7. Q. What instruction ariseth from thence A. Why is earth and ashes proud Ecclesiastic 10. 9. Gen. 18. 25. The Providence of GOD. Question VVHat have you learned concerning the divine Providence A. God worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will Ephes 1. 11. Q Worketh he so in the Church onely and not in the rest of the world A. The Lord looketh downe from heaven and beholdeth all the sonnes of men Psal 33. 13. Q. What manner of beholding is there spoken of A. He fashioneth their hearts every one and considereth all their workes Psal 33. 15. Q. God is in all mens bosomes and maketh their wretched inclinations and devises to serve his most holy ends But doth this providence reach no further then the children of God and the children of men A Yes one Sparrow whereof two are sold for a farthing shal not fall on the ground without your Father Mat. 10. 29. Q. And what saith the Lord yet further of those sparrows A. Not one of them is forgotten before God Luk. 12. 6. Q. What use is to be made hereof A. Even the very haires of your head are all numbred Feare not ye are of more value then many Sparrowes Luk. 12. 7. Q. Feare not any want of provision or protection But in a prosperous and wealthy estate what use is to be made of it A. Beware lest thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the Lord thy God saying My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth Deut. 8. 11. 14. 17. Q. What is then to be remembred of us A. Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth Vers 18. Q. But when we are under many and grievous temptations and are much exercised with losses and crosses what use are we then to make hereof A. I was dumb and opened not my mouth because thou didst it Psal 39. 10. Q. What further use A. Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their soules to him in well doing as unto a faithfull Creator 1. Pet. 4. 19. Of Sinne and the bitter fruits of it Question HAve our first parents Adam and Eve with their posterity continued in their innocencie A. No all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God Rom. 3. 23. Q. What is sinne A. The transgression of Gods Law 1. Ioh. 3. 4. Q. What was the first transgression A. The eating of the tree whereof God commanded them that they should not eate Gen. 3. 11. Q. How were they brought to that A. The Serpent beguiled Eve by his subtilty 2. Cor. 11. 3. Q. Who put that into the Serpent A. The old Serpent the Devill who was a murtherer from the beginning Revel 12. 9. Ioh. 8. 44. Q. Was not he also made after Gods image at the first A. Yes but he abode not in the truth Ioh. 8. 44. Q. VVhat effect followed that fearefull fall of our first parents Adam and Eve A. By sinne death entred into the world and passed upon all men Rom. 5. 12. Q. What death A. They are dead in trespasses and sins Ephes 2. 1 2 3. Q. This is called spirituall death depriving men of the favour image and life of God Did not corporall death also follow A. Yes Dust thou art saith the Lord and to dust shalt thou returne Gen. 3. 19. Q. Is there not yet another death A. Yes eternall death to be cast into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched Mark 9. 45. Q. Doth not a naturall man by living in sinne make his state yet more grievous and intolerable A. He treasureth up to himselfe wrath against the day of wrath Rom. 2. 5. Q.
And is there no way or meanes left to man whereby he may worke himselfe out of this wofull plight and recover his lost dignity A. No What can a man give in exchange of his soule Matth. 16. 26 Of the holy Gospel and of CHRIST IESVS Question SHall we then utterly despaire A. God forbid We have glad tidings from heaven of great joy to all people Luke 2. 10. Q. What tidings are those A. That unto us is borne a Saviour which is Christ the Lord Luk. 2. 11. Q. You have been taught that by the Gospel is meant glad tydings and here we have the summe of it But who is this great Saviour and how was he anointed to be the Christ or Messias which words as we know signifie Anointed A. God anointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost and with power Act. 10. 38. Q. Why was he called Iesus A. Because he saveth his people from their sinnes as spake the Angel Matth. 1. 21. Q. Of whom was he borne A. Of the Virgin Mary espoused to Ioseph the sonne of David Matth. 1. 18 20. Q. Why is David mentioned A. Because he was to be made of his seed according to the flesh Rom. 1. 3. Matth. 1. 1. Q. But how could a virgin conceive and beare a sonne A. The Holy Ghost came upon her and the power of the highest did overshadow her Luk. 1. 35. Q. What came of that A. Therefore also that holy thing which was borne of her was called the Sonne of God Luk. 1. 35. Q. What other name was to be given him A. They shall call his name Emmanuel Matth. 1. 23. Esa 7. 14. Q. What is that being interpreted A. God with us Matth. 1. 23. Q. What reason is there of that name A. He is God manifested in the flesh 1. Tim. 3. 16. Q. What other reason is there of that name A. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himselfe not imputing their sinnes unto them 2. Cor. 5. 19. Redemption Question HOw did God reconcile the world to himselfe by Christ A. He made him to be sinne for us who knew no sinne 2. Cor. 5. 21. Q. How did Christ become sinne for us A. He gave himselfe for us an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet smelling savour to God Eph. 5. 2 Q. When did he that A. When he bare our sinnes in his body on the tree 1. Pet. 2. 24. Q. Was the Sonne of God the Lord of glory hanged on the tree A. Yes he humbled himself and became obedient to the death even the death of the crosse Phil. 2. 8. Q. To what end did he undergoe all this hardship A. That we being delivered from sinne should live in righteousnesse 1. Pet. 2 24. Q. Why suffered he that kinde of death rather then any other A. To declare that he was made a curse for us Gal. 3. 13. Q. How doth that appeare A. It is written Cursed is every one that hangeth on tree Gal. 3. 13. Q. Why was he made a curse for us A. To redeeme us from the curse of the Law Gal. 3. 13. Q. What is that curse of the Law A. Cursed be he that continueth not in all the words of this Law to doe them Deut. 27. 26. Gal. 3. 10. Iustification Question VVHo are they then that stand justified or acquitted of all things from which they cannot be justified by the law of Moses A. By Iesus Christ every one that beleeveth is justified Act. 13. 39. Q. What is it to beleeve in Christ Iesus A. To beleeve and know with Peter that he is the Christ the Sonne of the living God Iohn 6. 69. Q. What more A. And that he hath loved me and given himselfe for me Gal. 2. 20. Q. Wherein appeareth the excellencie and necessity of this faith A. He that hath received his testimony hath put to his seale that God is true Iohn 3. 33. Q. And what the unbeleever A. He maketh God a lyar 1. Ioh. 5. 10. Q. Why so A. Because he beleeveth not the record that God witnesseth of his Sonne 1. Iohn 5. 11. Q. What is that record A. That God hath given unto us eternall life and this life is in his Sonne 1. Ioh. 5. 11. Q. Have workes of righteousnesse no place in our justification before God A. No for even Abraham our father beleeved God and it was imputed to him for righteousnesse Rom. 4. 3. Q. Why are workes excluded A. That no flesh should glory in Gods presence 1. Cor. 1. 29. Q. Vpon what condition shall our faith be imputed to us for righteousnesse as Abrahams was to him A. If we beleeve in him that raised up Iesus our Lord from the dead Rom. 4. 24. Q. Was Christ his raising from the dead a matter of so great moment A. Yes he was delivered for our offences and raised againe for our justification Rom. 4. 25. Q. Since he satisfied for our offences by his death why is justification ascribed to his resurrection A. God raised him from the dead and gave him glory that our faith and hope might be in God 1. Pet. 1. 21. Q. Can there be no faith nor hope in God without Christ his raising up from the dead A. No if Christ be not raised up our faith is vaine we are yet in our sinnes 1. Cor. 15. 17. Q. What obtaine we then at Gods hand by Christ his raising up from the dead A. The sure mercies of David Esa 55. 3. Act. 13. 34. Q. VVhat are those sure mercies of David A. God maketh an everlasting covenant with us Esa 55. 3. as he did with David Q. What commeth to us by vertue of this everlasting Covenant A. We receive a kingdome which cannot be shaken or mooved Heb. 12. 28. Q. As David by promise received from God an everlasting kingdome 2. Sam. 7. 13. c. which promise was made good in and by the resurrection of Christ so we But where is this promise of the kingdome since they who most beleeve in him that raised up Iesus our Lord from the dead seeme many times of all other most miserable and that even to their very dying day A. God according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us againe unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead 1. Pet. 1. 3. Q. What hope is that A. To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for us 1. Pet. 1. 4. Q. That is indeed reserved for us But how are we so fraile by nature and so beset on every side with many sore temptations reserved for it A. We are kept as in a fort by the power of God through faith unto salvation 1. Pet. 1. 5. Q. This salvation is to be revealed in the last time as it is there said But how shall we possesse our soules in the meane season A. By our patience Luk. 21. 19. Q. Is there so great need of patience A. Ye have need of patience that after ye have done the