of Catholikes and Catholike Church Although many sound and learned diuines haue of late yeeres fully laid open all points of Popery and throughly confuted the same yet the vulgar sort eyther for want of money to buy their bookes or leysure to reade them being for the most part verie large or else for want of knowledge to iudge of them being learnedly written know not so much as what Popery is but thinke yea and sometimes speake it that the Papists differ not much from vs and that wee might bee easily reconciled For the good therefore of the simple and vnlearned I haue briefly plainely and familiarly set downe such speciall points as they doe hold contrary to the very grounds of Religion that so such as yet stand may be confirmed the weake ones kept from embracing Popery and such as are of late falne from vs may if Gods will bee such bee reclaimed By Papists I vnderstand such as cleaue to the Pope in religion and are obedient vnto him And I thinke they will not be offended with the name no more then wee are with the name of Protestants And in setting downe their opinions I deale not with them as they deale with vs namely charging vs with such things as wee teach not but rather vtterly disclaime As for example There was not long since in a certaine Citie of this kingdome apprehended a Iesuite and among other things found about him hee had a certaine paper wherein were 44 positions set downe as doctrines maintained by Protestants and of these 44. almost 20 of them were grosse lies As for example First that wee hold and teach that children are saued onely by the faith of their parents without baptisme Secondly that one must not baptize but at a Sermon Thirdly that God doth not onely permit but doth cause sinne Fourthly that there is no Cup of consecration Fiftly that one may preach without being sent with such like things which are most notorious lies for Protestants teach no such things but rather the contrary If any haue broached such doctrine if they bee knowne they are punished by our Church And this hath bin their practice from time to time in charging vs with such points of doctrine as were neuer allow'd of but condemned by vs. In setting downe therefore of their opinions I alleadge eyther their very words or the summe therof and quote the places where the same are to bee found And I doe not set downe the words of some priuate man or of such as are of no account in the Church of Rome but of their Councell of Trent the Rhemists Bellarmine and such as whose words and writings are approued and allowed of by the Church of Rome And then at the end of euery particular point of Popery I quote also diuers of our owne late Writers where the points are handled more at large so that if any be disposed to see what they hold and how they are confuted hee may turne to the Authors and finde the same And because the Papists stand so much vpon antiquitie I haue also set downe the time when the most substantiall points of Popery came first into the Church See Doctor Abbot in defence of the reformed Catholike page 109. to 121. There is one thing which it may be some will not like of and that is the vsing of some homely comparisons and pleasant conceites but I would haue such to know that a Pill is a very bitter thing and therefore men many times before they come to swallow it will roll it in hony or some other sweet thing that it may goe down the more pleasantly and therefore I haue done the like with this my Pill that so it may be taken with the more delight And heerein I haue done but as Elias did with Baals Priests 1. Kings 18.27 and no more then Esay did with idolaters in his time Esay 44.16 My request then to you is that you will accept these foure small mites and employ them for your owne direction and the good of your families Teach your little ones the first and then as they growe in yeeres let them learne the rest And heerein you are to haue a respect to the nature and condition of your children If they be but of weake capacitie and haue but weake memories you are to require the lesse of them If that you would allow them some small time in euery weeke to learne the same and euery Lords day after the publike exercises in the Church you would spend but one hour or halfe in examining them you shall finde that in a few yeeres they would euen learn them all And further this you shal finde that by teaching your families you shall much profit your selues so that when you shall heare the Catechisme expounded in the Church as Ministers are now cōmanded to do it you shall by this meanes vnderstand the better what is taught and profit a great deale the more by it You shall doe well also to reade ouer oftentimes the Texts of Scriptures as they are set downe in order and so you shall see how euery point of doctrine deliuerd by the Minister in Catechizing is confirmed And concerning the Catechisme for Catholikes you shall doe well also sometimes to reade it or cause your children to doe it that so you may see what Poperie is and accordingly take heede of it These things if you be carefull to performe I doubt not but in a short time you shall finde great good to come heereof to your children much comfort to your selues and God hereby shall be glorified to whose most blessed and holy direction I commend you now and for euer Yours to his vttermost I. M. A CATECHISME for little Children Q. WHo made you A. God Q. What is God A. God is a Spirit Q. How many persons be there A. Three persons but one God Q. Whereof did God make man A. Of the dust of the ground Q. Whereunto did God make man like A. To himselfe Q. Wherein was that A. In righteousnes and holines principally Q. Wherefore did God make you A. To serue him Q. How will God be serued A. As he himselfe hath commanded in his Word Q. How is that A. In spirit and truth Q. Are we such now as God did make vs A. No we are all sinners Q. What is sinne A. The transgression of the Law Q. By whome came sinne into the world A. By man euen Adam Q. What is the reward of sinne A. Eternall death and damnation Q. How shall wee escape this death and damnation A. Onely by Iesus Christ Q. What is Iesus Christ A. The onely begotten Sonne of God Q. Is he God or man A. Both God and man Q. What did he to redeeme thee A. Hée suffered the torments of death for me Q. Christ was God how could he then die A. Christ was also man and so he suffered and died Q. Did Christ suffer in bodie or in soule A. Both in body and in soule Q. Did Christ
a Col. 3.10 knowledge in b Ephes â— 24 righteousnes and true holines Q. Did God onely make man and all other creatures A. No hée doth also by his prouidence rule gouerne man and all other things Pro. 16.33 Mat. 10.29 30. Q. What was mans estate by creation A. A most happy estate frée from all misery 30. Q. VVhat is our estate now by nature A. A most miserable estate Eph. 2.3 for we are all by nature the children of wrath Q. How came this to passe A. By the fall of Adam and Eue. Q. How did they fall A. By the a Gen. 3.1.2 inticement of the diuell and their owne willing b Gen. 2.17 3.6 disobedience in transgressing Gods Commandement Q. What if they thus offended what is that to vs A. Yes very much for wée all did fall in Adam Rom 5.12 Heb. 7.9.10 and are partakers of his fault Q. VVhat else hath followed hereof A. We also by imputation are become guilty before God Rom. 5.18 Q. Is this all A. No the corruption of nature is also by generation Gen 5.3 from Adam conueied to vs. Q. VVhat is meant by the corruption of natue A. Originall sinne Q. VVhat is originiall sinne A. A want of originall righteousnes Q. VVhat else A. It is corruption ingendred in our first conception Psal 51.5 Rom. 7.23 whereby euery faculty and power of soule body is prone and disposed to euill Q. VVhy is it called originall A. Because it was from the beginning assoone as Adam fell Gen. 3.7.10 Q. VVherefore else A. Because it is the beginning of all actuall sinne Mat. 15.19 Q. VVhat is actuall sinne A. Euery inward and outward action contrary to the Law of God yea the leauing vndone of such good things as the Law requireth Q. VVhat is the reward punishment of sinne A. All kind of a Gen. 3.16 17. miseries and b Rom. 6.23 death in this world and c Reuel 21.8 eternall condemnation in the world to come Q. Are all without exception subiect heereunto A. Yes generally all Rom. 3.9.23.5.12 44. Q. Can we of our selues escape this death and condemnation A a Psal 4â— 7 8. No but onely by b Acts. 4.12 Iesus Christ Q. What is Iesus Christ A. The second Person in the Trinity the onely Sonne of God Q. Where is this contained A. In the second Article And in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord. Q. Why is he called Iesus A. Because he is A Sauiour Mat. 1.21 which doth saue vs from all our sinnes Q. VVhat signifieth Christ A. Anointed Q. VVhy is he so called A. Because God anointed him with the holy Ghost Acts. 10.38 and with power Q. Whereunto was hee thus anointed A. To bée a a Acts. 3.22 Prophet b Heb. 5.5 6. Priest and c Luk. 1.33 Heb. 1.8 9. King for vs. Q. VVhy is hee called the onely Sonne of God A. Because hée alone by nature is the Sonne of God and very true God Q. Why must our Sauiour be God A. Because none other was able to abide and ouercome the wrath of God and the punishment due vnto sinne Deut. 4.24 Q. VVhy is he called our Lord Acts 20.28 A. Because hée hath redeemed vs with his bloud 1. Pet. 1.18 19 and purchased vs to bée a peculiar people to himselfe Titus 2.14 Q. VVas not Christ very true man also A. Yes a Ioh. 1.14 but yet without all b Heb. 4.15 spot of sinne Q. In what Article is this contained A. In the hird Article Which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary Q. VVhat is the meaning heereof A. That the Sonne of God by the working of the a Luk. 1 3â— holy Ghost took the very nature of man of the flesh bloud of the b Gal 4.4 Virgin Mary and was in all c Heb. 2.17 things like vnto man d Heb. 4.15 excepting sin 57. Q. VVhy must Christ bee very true man A. That he might die and satisfie the iustice of God for our sinnes Heb. 2.17 Q. VVhat kinde of death did hee die A. An accursed kinde of death Deu. 21. â—â— euen the death of the Crosse Q. VVherefore died he this kinde of death A. Toredéeme vs from the curse of the Law Galat 3.13 Q. In what Article is this expressed A. In the fourth Article Suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into Hel. Q. VVhat was Pontius Pilate A. A Iudge and the gouernour of Iudea Luke 3.1 Q. VVhy was Christ arraigned before a Iudge and condemned by him A. That we might not be arraigned and condemned in the day of iudgement Esay 53.8 9 10 11 12 but might receiue the sentence of absolution and be saued Q. VVhat is then the summe of the fourth Article A. That Christ in his humane nature did suffer for vs Esay 53.4 5 6 most grieuous torments both of body and soule Luke 22.44 Mat. 27.46 Q. Did Christ onely suffer and die for vs A. No hée rose againe likewise from the dead Rom. 14.9 Q. In what Article is this contained A. In the fift Article The third day he rose againe from the dead Q. VVhat is the meaning of it A. That Christ by his diuine power rose againe in the very same body wherein he died Iohn 2.19.10 18 Q. VVherefore did Christ rise againe A. That he might ouercome death and make vs partakers of that righteousnes Rom. 4.25 which by his death he had purchased for vs. Q. How long did Christ continue on earth after his resurrection A. The space of fortie daies Acts. 1.3 Q. VVhat did he then afterwards A. He ascended into heauen Acts 1.9 Q. In what Article is this contained A. In the sixt Article He ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almightie Q. What is meant by his ascending into heauen A. That Christ in his humane nature by the power of his God-head went vp into heauen Q. VVherefore did he ascend into heauen A. To a Ioh. 14.2 prepare a place for vs b Heb. 9.24 to appeare before God and to make c Rom. 8.34 intercession for vs. Q. What is meant by Christs sitting at the right hand of God A. That Christ hath a Mat. 28.18 all power and authority giuen vnto him and that hée doth b Eph. 1.20.21 22 Phi. 2.9 10 11 rule gouerne all things in heauen and earth 74 Q. VVhen shall Christ come againe from heauen A. In the end of the world Acts 1.11 Q. What shall he then doe A. Hée shall iudge both the quick and the dead 2. Tim. 4.1 Q. Shal all generally come to iudgement A. Yes the faithful shal come into the a Mat. 25.34 Ioh. 5.24 iudgement of absolution and the wicked into the iudgement of b
Rhem. Iohn 3. Sect. 2. They haue also added many idle ceremonies to Baptisme as Creame Tapers Salt c. with an opinion of saluation and worship annexed vnto them yea in times past they baptized bells but now they beginne to bee ashamed of it and say that they were but onely hallowed and consecrated to holy vses Bellarm. lib. 4. de Pont. Rom. cap. 12. Synopsis Papismi Controuersie 12. Question 5. Concerning the Lords Supper they haue likewise most grosty abused it in many things First they take away the Cup from the Lasty whereas the Church of Rome for aboue a thousand yéeres after Christ vsed both signes in the Communion The Communion vnder one kinde was decréed defined and determined as a publike Law in the Councell of Constance about the yéere 1114. Perk. 2. vol. 554 2. b. Secondly they reserue the bread in boxes pixes and other vessels of the Church for daies wéekes and moneths They shew it to the people the Priest lifting it ouer his head and going with it in procession All this is contrary to the Sacrament for it is no Sacrament vnlesse there bee a giuing receiuing eating and drinking Master Attersoll on the Sacraments 386.387 The reseruation of the Sacrament was not allowed of but rather found fault withall by the Fathers Perk. 2. vol. 557. Thirdly they adore fall downe and honour the Sacrament with diuine worship calling it their Lord and God A thing neuer heard of among the heathen Idolaters namely to worship a piece of bread or rather a thinne wafer The adoration in the Sacrament belongeth vnto Christ sitting in heauen and is an inward worship of the heart or lifting vp of the minde being stirred vp with the outward signes Pope Honorius the Third in the yéere 1220 was the first that euer instituted the adoration of the Sacrament And after him Vrban the fourth ordained a feast in honour of the body of Christ Perk. 2 Vol. 564. Attersoll on the Sacraments 388.389 Fourthly they turne the Sacrament into a sacrifice for the quick and the dead abolishing the fruit and remembrance of the death of Christ disannulling his Priest-hood giuing him to his Father wheras the Father hath giuen him to vs c. ibid. page 390. Fiftly they maintaine Transubstantiation These are their very words If any man shall say that there remaineth the substance of Bread and Wine in the Sacrament after the words of consecration or shall denie that the whole substance of Bread Wine is changed conuerted into the body and bloud of Christ the formes shews only of Bread Wine remaining which singular and miraculous conuersion the Church calleth Transubstantiation let him be accursed Con. Trid. Sess 13. can 2. This their doctrine of Transubstantiation is a very fable to mock fooles withall and it ouerturneth both the nature and vse of the Sacrament Attersoll on the Sacraments page 45. 46. and page 365. to 369. If there were a miraculous conuersion as they say there is of the Bread and Wine it would appeare to the outward senses For all true miracles are wrought openly clearely and euidently to mens senses Iohn 6.26 But the Bread and Wine by the iudgement of all the senses remaineth and appeareth to bée the same in substance which it was before of the same quality quantity colour taste handling smelling vertue and nourishment there is not any one sense or all the senses together that can iudge otherwise of it then it did before If a man should bee called in when the Bread and Wine is set on the Table and bidden to consider well what hee there séeth smelleth and tasteth and then is willed to goe forth and to come in againe after the Consecration is ended by the Priest and to doe the like and then is asked what he thinketh of it he no doubt will answere vnlesse feare of persecution make him to conceale the truth I see feele smell and taste the same water-cake and wine that I did before I can perceiue no naturall and substantiall change therein And therefore it followeth that there is no miracle wrought and consequently no Transubstantiation at all The difference that is is in the end and vse onely Before consecration it was common bread wine ordained for the nourishing of our bodies After consecration it becommeth holy Bread Wine sanctified by the Lord not so much to féede the body as the soule C. Did not the ancient Fathers hold this doctrine of Transubstantiation M. They knew nothing héereof for at least 800. yéeres after Christ Afterwards begun the disputations of Transubstantiation but not approued as an Article of faith The Church for a whole thousand yéeres taught no other then spirituall receiuing of Christ In the yéere 1215. Transubstantiation was decreed and determined in the Councell of Lateran vnder Pope Innocent the Third and made a maine matter of faith Perk. 2. vol. 558.559 C. What say you then of their Transubstantiated or consecrated host as i◠is called or the bread in the boxe carried in procession and worshipped M. Surely it is nothing else but a wheaten or breaden god or rather an Idoll nothing inferiour to Aarons Calfe or Ieroboams Calues or the Nehustan and piece of brasse that Ezechias brake in pieces nay as vile and detestable as any Idoll among the Heathen And for a conclusion of their doctrine of Transubstantiation I will héere set downe a wittie conceit which one shewed me not long since I haue kept the matter but changed the méeter to make it sound somewhat the swéeter The Priests do make Christs body bloud Heereof none must once doubt They eat they drinke they box him vp They beare him all about DIALOGVE 7. C. I am satisfied touching the first poynt namely that the Papists are not of sound faith but how doe you proue that they are not of good life seeing they doe so many good workes M. I proue it thus Where the doctrine is corrupt the life cannot be good but their doctrine as you haue heard is most corrupt therefore their life cannot bee good A true faith is the ground of a good life and without which it is impossible to please God Heb. 11.6 Yea whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne Rom. 14.23 A true faith they haue not and therefore their workes cannot bee good and such as may please God That they haue not a true and sound faith hath bin shewed in many particulars and it further appeareth also in this that they doe euen wilfully reied she meanes wherby it is wrought namely the preaching hearing and reading the Word of God They haue not neither will they haue the Scriptures to be soundly preached read and heard in their owne tongue That they cannot abide to haue them in their owne language appeareth by this one example One Pauier a Towne-clarke of London in the time of King Henry the Eightth hearing that the Scriptures should bee put into English hee spake to this effect and confirmed it with an
A. Because he doth sanctifie and make vs holy 1. Cor. 6.11 Q. Who are they which are sanctified by the holy Ghost A. The holy Catholike Church Ephe. 5.26 27 Q. What is the Catholik Church A. The company of Gods elect and chosen 1. Pet. 2.9 Q. What are the benefits bestowed on the Church A. The Communion of Saints The forgiuenes of sinnes The resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Q. What is meant by the communion of Saints A. The fellowship which we haue with Christ by faith 1. Ioh. 1.3 6 7 and amongst our selues by loue Q. What is meant by the forgiuenes of sinnes A. That god for Christs sake doth freely forgiue vs all our sinnes Rom. 3.24 Ephes 1.7 Q. What is meant by the resurrection of the body A. That the bodies of the faithfull shall bée raised vp from the dead 1. Thes 4.16 Phil. 3.21 Iohn 6.39 40 by Christ their Sauiour and ioyned to their soules Q. What is meant by the life euerlasting A. That the faithfull both in body and soule shall liue for euer with Christ in heauen Mat. 25.46 Ioh. 17.24 Q. What is required of vs that we may be partakers of Christ his benefits A. A true and liuely faith in Christ Ioh. 1.12.3.26 Acts 16.31 Q. What is this faith A. A true perswasion of the heart grounded vpon the frée promises of God Rom. 10.10 Rom. 4.3 21 Q. In whom are the promises made to vs A. In a 2. Cor. 1.20 Christ Iesus as our b Heb. 7.7 22 surety Q. Who doth worke this faith in vs A. The holy Ghost 1. Cor. 12.3 Q. By what meanes doth hee work it in vs A. By the hearing of the Word of God Rom. 10.17 Q. Are we then saued by this our faith A. Yes by faith onely Rom. â— 28 Ephes 2.8 Q. Wherefore then do the Sacraments serue A. For the strengthening of our faith Rom 4.11 Q. How many Sacraments bee there A. Two Baptisme and the Lords Supper Q. What is a Sacrament A. An outward signe and seale of an inward grace Gen. 17.11 Q. What is the outward signe in Baptisme A. Water Mat. 3.11 Q. What is the inward grace A. The bloud and Spirit of Christ Mat. 3.11 Q. What is signnified by the washing with water A. The washing away of our sins by the bloud of Christ Acts. 22 16 1 Iohn 1.7 Q. What else A. Our new birth by the holy Ghost Titus 3.5 Q. What are the outward signes in the Lords Supper A. Bread and Wine Mat. 26.26 27. Q. What are the inward graces A. The body and bloud of Christ 1 Cor. 10.16 11 24 2â— Q. What is signified by the giuing and receiuing of Bread Wine A. The giuing and receiuing of the body and bloud of Christ Q. How doe wee receiue the body and bloud of Christ A. By a true and liuely faith Iohn 6.35 63. Q. If it be done by faith wherfore doe we receiue the Sacrament A. For a remembrance of Christs death and for the strengthening of our faith 1 Cor. 12.24 25 26 Q. What things are required to the worthie receiuing of the Sacrament A. A true faith in Christ repentance and loue Q. What are we to doe in the receiuing thereof A. Wee are then to meditate on the death of Christ Q. What are we to doe after our receiuing of it A. We are then to giue thankes to God for our redemption by the death of Christ Q. Is it enough in words to bee thankfull onely at that time A. No we must also shew our thankfulnes to God Luk. 1.74 75. by good workes all the dayes of our life Q. What are the good workes which we must doe A. Such as God hath commanded Leuit. 18 5. Q. How many Commandements be there A. Ten. Deut. 10.4 Q. Into how many Table are they diuided A. Into two Deut. 9.10 Q. What doth the first Table concerne A. Our duty towards God Q. What doth the second Table concerne A. Our duty towards our neighbour Q. Which is the first commandement A. Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me Q. What is the meaning of it A. That God onely is to be worshipped with the inward and spirituall worship of the heart Mat. 4.10 Ioh. 4.24 Q. What is the second Commandement A. Then shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image c. Q. What is the meaning heereof A. That God is not to be worshipped after any other manner Mat. 15.9 then as he himselfe hath commanded Q. Which is the third Commandement A Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine c. Q. What is forbidden heerein A. That we doe not any way dishonour the name of God Q. What is commanded heerein A. That we in all things giue God his due glory 1 Cor. 10 31. Q. Which is the fourth Commandement A. Remember that thou kéepe holy the Sabbath day c. Q. What is required of vs heerein A. That euery one be carefull to spend the Lords day aright Q. Wherein is that day to bee spent A. In the exercises of religion and in doing the workes of mercy Q. Which is the sift Commandement A. â—â—nour thy Father Mother c. Q. What is the meaning of it A. That children and other inferiours must loue feare and obey their parents and superiours Q. What else is required of them A. That they doe also relieue and maintaine them if need require Q. What is the sixt Commandement A. Thou shalt not kill Q. What is forbidden heerein A. That we doe not hurt either our owne life or the life of our neighbour Q. What is commanded heerein A. That we be carefull to preserue both our owne life and the life of our neighbour Q. Which is the seuenth Commandement A. Thou shalt not commit adultery Q. What is required heerein A. That fornication and all other vncleannes is to be auoided Q. What else A. That we be carefull to preserue chastity both in our selues and others Q. Which is the eightth Commandement A. Thou shalt not steale Q. What is forbidden heerein A. That we doe not riotously waste our owne goods nor get goods vniustly from others Q. What is commanded heerein A. That we get goods by iust and lawfull meanes and that wée doe good therewith to others Q. Which is the ninth Commandement A. Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour Q. What is forbidden heerein A. That we doe not any way hurt eyther our owne or the good name of our neighbour Q. What is commanded heerein A. To bée carefull to preserue the good name of our selues and others Q. Which is the tenth Commandement A. Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house c. Q. What is forbidden heerein A. That we doe not so much as desire that which is anothers Q. What is commanded
Mat. 25.41 condemnation 77. Q. How is all that which Christ hath done made profitable to vs Iohn 5.29 A. By the inward and secret working of the holy Ghost 1 Cor. 12.13 Q. In what Article is this expressed A. In the eightth Article I beléeue in the holy Ghost Q. VVhat is the holy Ghost A. The third person in the Trinity very a Acts 5 4â— 3 4 true God equall with the Father and the Sonne and b Ioh. 14 26 15.26 procéeding from them both Q. What is the office of the holy Ghost A. To a Iohn 14.26.16.3 teach b Ioh. 3.5 1. Cor. 6.11 regenerate and sanctifie vs and to c 1 Ioh. 4.13 vnite vs with Christ 88. Q. Who are they which by the holy Ghost are sanctified gathered vnto Christ and made one with him A. The holy Catholike Church Q. What is the Catholike Church A. A a 1 Pet. 2.9 peculiar company of people b 1 The. 5.8 chosen of God to life euerlasting and c Eph. 5.30 Colos 1 made one with Christ Q. Why is the Church called holy A. Because by Christ it is made holy Ephes 5.26 27 Q. What signifieth Catholike A. Vniuersall Q. Why is it so called A. Because at all times in all places and of all sorts of people God hath some that are his Q. What are the speciall workes of the Church A. A sincere profession of the true a Acts 2.42 doctrine of the Word of God obedience to the doctrine and the right vse of the b Mat. 28.19 20 Sacraments Q. What do you then meane when you say The Catholike Church A. I beléeue there is a Catholike Church that is there are some that are chosen of God to life euerlasting and made one with Christ and that I am one of the number of them Q. What are the benefits belonging to the Church A. Foure especially Q. What is the first A. The Communion of Saints 1 Ioh. 1.3 â— Q. Who are those Saints A. All the faithfull as well in earth as in heauen Psal 16.3 Rom. 1.7 Q. What is meant by Communion A. A knitting together in one a societie and fellowship that one hath with another 1. Ioh. 1.7 Q. What is meant then by the Communion of Saints A. The spirituall fellowship which the faithfull haue with Christ 1. Ioh. 1.3 and all his benefits by faith Q. What else A. The society which the faithfull haue among themselues by loue which makes all their gifts touching the vse common to euery one Acts 4.32 Q. What is the second benefit A. The forgiuenes of sinnes Q. What do you meane when you say these words A. I beléeue that a Heb 8.12 God for b Ephes 1.7 Christs sake doth fréely forgiue the sinnes of the faithfull yea and my sinnes also Q. VVhat is the third and fourth benefit A. The resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Q. What doe you professe to beleeue heerein A. That the bodies of the faithfull shal be raised vp by Christ in the last day and ioyned to their soules 1. Thess 4.14 16 17 Phil. 3.21 Mat. 25.46 and that both in body and soule they shall liue for euer with Christ in heauen 98. Q. What is required of vs that we may indeede be partakers of Christ and his benefits A. A true and liuely faith in Christ Ioh. 3.36 Acts 16.31 Q. What is this faith A. A speciall a Phil. 1.29 gift of God whereby we doe b Gal. 3.14 apprehend and apply Christ with all his benefits to our c Ioh. 20.28 Gal. 2.20 selues particularly Q. Who doth work this faith in vs A. The holy Ghost 1 Cor. 12 3.9 Q. By what means workes he it A. By the hearing of the Word of God preached Rom. 10.17 Q. Are we then saued by this our faith A. Yes by faith onely Rom. 3.28 Q. Why are we said to be saued by faith onely A. Because by faith onely we lay hold on Christ and apply Christ withall his merits to our selues and because nothing in vs can doe this but onely our faith The second part of the Catechisme Quest. 104. IF we be saued by faith onely then wherefore do the Sacraments serue A. They were ordained by Christ for the strengthening of our faith Q. What is a Sacrament A. An outward and visible signe and seale of an inward and spirituall grace Gen. 17.11 Rom. 4.11 Q. How many Sacraments bee there A. Two 1. Cor. 10.1 2 3 Baptisme and the Lords Supper Q. What is Baptisme A. A signe and seale of our receiuing into the Church and grafting into the body of Christ Gal. 3.27 Q. What is the outward signe in Baptisme A. Water Ioh. 1.38 Q. What is the inward grace A. The bloud and Spirit of Christ Marke 1.8 Q. What is signified by the sprinkling or washing with Water A. The a Reuel 1.5 washing away of our sins by the bloud of Christ and our newe b Titus 3.5 birth by the holy Ghost Q. Are Infants to be baptized A. Yes because the conenant and promise of God Gen. 17.7 Acts. 2.39 is made to the faithfull and to their séed also Q. Are such Infants as die without Baptisme damned A. God forbid It is not the want but the contempt of the Sacrament that bringeth death Q. VVhat is required of vs after Baptisme A. Truly to a Mark 16.16 beléeue in Christ to b Rom 6.4 by to sin and to rise vp to newnes of life Q. VVhat is the Lords Supper A. It is a signe and seale of the spirituall nourishing of our soules to eternall life 1 Cor. 10.16 Ioh. 6.54 by the body and bloud of Christ Q. What are the outward signes A. Bread and Wine 1. Cor. 11.23 Q. What are the things signified thereby A. The body and bloud of Christ 1 Cor. 11.24 25 Q. Are the Bread and Wine turned into the body and bloud of Christ A. No they remaine still Bread and Wine 1. Cor. 11.26 27 28 for take away the outward signe and then it is no Sacrament Q. Why so A. Because in euery Sacrament there must bée both an outward signe and an inward grace Q. Doth the Bread and Wine then in the Sacrament differ nothing from common Bread and Wine A. Yes not in nature and substance 1 Sam. 21.4 1 Cor. 10.16 but in the end and vse thereof Q. How is the Bread and Wine receiued A. After an outward and bodilie manner by the hand and mouth Q. How is the bodie and bloud of Christ reâ—eiued A. After an inward and spirituall manner by a true and liuely faith Joh. 6.35 â—â— Q. If it bee done by faith then wherefore doe wee receiue the Sacrament A. For a continuall thankfull remembrance of Christs death 1. Cor. 11.24 25 26 and the benefits me receiue thereby and for the
strengthening of our faith Q. VVhat is to be done before the receiuing of the Sacrament A. Euery one is to trie and examine himselfe 1 〈…〉 Q. VVherefore are we to doe this A. Because he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily is guilty of the body and bloud of Christ 1. Cor. 11.27 29.30 and doth eat and drinke iudgement to himselfe Q. VVherein are wee to examine our selues A. In foure things especially Q. VVhat is the first A. Whether wée haue any knowledge of the grounds of Religion Hos 4.6 6.6 and namely of the Sacrament Q. VVhat is the second A. Whether we haue a true sauing faith or no. 1. Cor. 13.5 Heb. 11.6 Q. VVhat is the third thing A. Whether we be truly repentant for our sinnes Esay 1.13 14 16 Tit 1.15 Q. VVhat is the fourth thing A. Whether we be in charitie with all men Mat. 5.23.24 Mar. 11.25 Q. VVhat is to be done in the receiuing of the Sacrament A. We are then to meditate and thinke vpon such things as are signisted by the outward signes and actions in the Sacrament Q. VVhat is signified by the breaking of the Bread and the powring out of the Wine A. The crucifying of Christs body and the shedding of his bloud Esay 53.5 1. Cor. 11.24 Mat. 26.28 the sufferings of Christ and the benefits procured thereby Q. What is signified by the giuing of the Bread and VVine by the Minister A. That God doth giue to the faithfull the body and bloud of Christ that is the merit of his death Iohn 6.32 51 and the benefits of his passion Q. What is signified by our taking eating and drinking of the Bread and Wine A. A spirituall receiuing Iohn 6 3â— eating and drinking of the body and bloud of Christ Q. VVhat is it to eate the flesh of Christ and to drink his bloud A. It is truly to beléue in Christ to haue a Communion and fellowship with the true flesh and bloud of Christ and to be partakers of the benefits of his death and passion Iohn 6.56 Q. VVhat is to bee done immediately after the receiuing of the Sacrament A. Euery one is then to giue hearty thanks to God for his Redemption by the death of Christ 1. Cor. 11.26 Q. VVhat is Recemption A. A deliuerance of vs from sinne and the punishment thereof Rom. 5.15 16 7 and a restoring to a happie life Q. VVhat are the parts of this Redemption A. a 2. Cor. 5.18 19 Rom. 5.10 Reconciliation and b 1. Cor. 1.30.6.11 Sanctification Q. What is Reconciliation A. That wherby the wrath of God is taken from vs and we restored to his fauour Q. VVherein doth it consist A. In the forgiuenesse of sinnes and imputation of righteousnesse Rom. 4.7 8 Q. VVhat is remission of sinnes A. The abolishing and taking away of all our sinnes Col. 2.13 14 1. Ioh. 1.7.9 by Christs death Q. VVhat is the imputation of Righteousnesse A. The reckoning of Christs righteousnes vnto vs Rom. 4.9 5.18 19 the taking it for ours Q. VVhat is Sanctification A. A freedome within vs Rom. 6.6.14 8.2 from thé bondage of sinne and Satan and a restoring of vs to a godly life Acts 26.18 Q. From whence doth this our Redemption Iustification and Sanctification proceed A. Not from our selues or anie workes of ours Eph. 1.7 2. 8 9 10 but from the grace of God The third part of the Catechisme Quest 144. DOth not this doctrine of saluation by grace through faith make men to liue carelesly in their sins and to neglect good works A. No Tit. 2.11 〈◊〉 Ephes 2.10 Tims 3.8 it rather teached them to turne from sinne and to be carefull to bring foorth the fruits of a true faith Q. Cannot faith be without good workes A. No for if it be Gal. 5.6 Lam. 2.17.26 it is a dead faith Q. VVhat then doth a true faith worke in vs A. Repentance or newnes of life Q. VVhat is repentance A. It is a turning from sin to God Ioel. 2.11 13. Q. Can we doe this of our selues A. No Iere. 31.19 Lam. 5.21 It is the work of God Q. By what meanes doth GOD worke it A. By the preaching of the Gospell Luk. 24.47 Acts 2.38 39 Q. Is it not done also by the preaching of the Lawe A. The Law is an occasion thereof but no cause of it Q. From whence doth it proceed A. From a godly sorrow in the hart 2. Cor. 7.10 Q. VVherein doth it consist A. In mortifying the flesh and old man Eph. 4.22 23 24 and in quickning the Spirit and new man Q. VVhat is meant by the flesh and old man A. Our corrupted nature through the deceitfull lusts of the flesh Q. What is it then to mortifie the flesh and old man A. To be truely and heartily sorie for that wee hane offended God by our sinnes and daily more and more to hate and anoide sinne Rom. 8 13 Q. VVhat is meant by the Spirit and new man A. A renewing in the spirit of our minde the Image of God which after God is created in righteousnes and true holinesse Eph. 4.33.24 Q. What is then the quickning of the new man A. A true ioy in God through Christ Rom. 5.1 chap. 14.17 and an earnest and ready desire to order our life according to Gods will Q. VVhat doth repentance bring forth A. Fruits worthy amendment of life that is Luke 3.8 Acts 26.20 good workes Q. VVhat are these good workes A. Such as God hath commanded Deut. 8.12 32 Ephes 2.10 159. Q. How many Commandements be there A. Ten. Deut 10.4 Q VVhat are the ten Commandements A. They are a summe of the Law of God commanding good things â—â—d forbidding euil Q. Into how many Tables are they diuided A. Into two Deut. 9.10 Q. How many be there of the first Table A. Foure and six of the second Q. VVhat doe they teach vs A. The first Table teacheth vs our duty towards God and the second our duty towards our neighbour Q. Why are the duties towards God set downe before the duties towards our neighbour A. Because the loue of God is the ground of the loue of our neighbour 1. Ioh. 5.1 2 Q. VVhat followeth heereof A. That none can rightly loue his neighbour except he first loue God Q. VVhy are the duties towards our neighbour ioyned to our duties towards God A. Because the loue of our neighbor is the proofe of our loue towards God 1. Ioh. 4.20 21 Q. VVhat followeth heereof A. That hée which loueth not his â—eighbour doth not loue God Q. What are these words I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt c. A. They are a preface to the Commandements Q. What containe they in them A. Thrée seuerall reasons of obedience to the Commandements Q. VVhat is
continue dead in the graue A. No hée rose againe from the dead Q. Wherefore did Christ die A. For my sinnes Q. Wherefore did he rise againe A. To make me righteous Q. What else doe you beleeue A. That whatsoeuer Christ hath done for mans saluation he hath done it also for me Q. Shall all be saued by Christ A. No but onely such as haue a true faith in Christ Q. What is faith A. A true perswasion of the heart Q. Vpon what is faith grounded A. Vpon the free promises of God in Iesus Christ Q. Who doth work this faith in vs A. The holy Ghost Q. Whereby doth he work it A. By the hearing of his Word Q. What is the summe of your faith A. The Apostles Creed Q. Rehearse the Articles of the Creed A. I beléeue in God the Father almighty maker of heauen and earth c. Q. Do you thinke to be saued by this your faith A. Yes onely by faith Q. Wherefore then doe the Sacraments serue A. To strengthen my faith Q. How many Sacraments bee there A. Two Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Q. What is a Sacrament A. An outward signe and seale of an inward grace Q. What is signified by Baptisme A. That we are washed from all our sinnes by the bloud of Christ Q. What else A. Our new birth by the holy Ghost Q. What is signified by the Supper of the Lord A. Our spirituall nourishment to eternall life by the body and bloud of Christ Q. What is required to the worthie receiuing of the Sacrament A. Faith and repentance Q. What is repentance A. A turning from sinne to God Q. What doth repentance bring forth A. Good workes Q. What are these good works A. Such as God hath commanded Q. How many Commandements be there A. Ten. Q. Which be they A. God spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God c. Q. Into how many Tables are they diuided A. Into two Q. How many bee there of the first Table A. Foure Q. What doe they teach vs A. Our dutie towards God Q. How many bee there of the second Table A. Sir Q. What doe they teach vs A. Our duty towards our neighbour Q. Can we of our selues do good workes A. No but only by Gods grace Q. How shall wee obtaine the grace of God hereunto A. By harty prayer Q. How must we pray A. As Christ hath taught vs. Q. How many parts bee there of the Lords prayer A. Thrée A preface si◠petitions and the conclusion Q. Which is the preface A. Our Father which art in heauen Q. What doth it teach vs A. To pray to God onely in the name of Iesus Christ Q. What doe wee ask of God in the three first petitions A. Such things as concerne Gods glory Q. What doe we ask in the three last petitions A. Such things as are necessarie for the body and soule Q. What is the conclusion A. A reason why we doe ask these things of God Q. What signifieth the word Amen A. So be it FINIS MILKE FOR the Younger OR A Catechisme for the younger sort Q. WHerin consisteth our true wisedome and happinesse A. In the true knowledge of God and of our selues Q. What is God A. God is a a Iohn 4.24 Spirit hee is b Gen. 17.1 Almighty the c Acts 17.24 Maker and d Iohn 5.17 Gouernor of all things Q. What else are wee to know concerning God A. That there is but a Esa 45.21 one God onely Q. What more A. That there are thrée persons and these thrée are but one God Q. Which be these three persons A. The Father Mat. 28.19 the Sonne and the holy Ghost Q. What are we to know concerning our selues A. How wée were created and what we are now by nature Q. What else A. How wée are redéemed and what thankes we owe to God for it Q. Who made man and woman A. God Q. Whereof did God make man A. Of the dust of the ground Gen 12.7 Q. Whereunto did God make man like A. To his owne image and likenesse Gen. 1.26.27 Q. Wherein standeth this image of God A. In righteousnes and true holines principally Eph. 4.24 Q. Wherfore did God thus make man A. To worship and serue him Esa 43.7 Q. How will God be serued A. As he himselfe hath commanded in his Word Deut. 4.32 Q. What was man then by creation A. Perfectly holy and perfectly happy Q. What are we now by nature A. The children of wrath Ephes 2.3 subiect to the wrath of God Q. What is the cause that we are so A. Sinne. Rom. 3.23 Q. What is sinne A. The transgression of the Law of God 1 Iohn 3.4 Q. By whom came sinne into the world A. By man euen Adam Rom. 5.12 Q. What is the reward of sinne A. Death and eternall damnation Rom. 6.23 Q. By whom are wee deliuered from death and damnation A. Onely by Iesus Christ Acts 4.12 Q. What is Iesus Christ Rom. 7.24 25 A. The onely begotten Sonne of God Ioh. 3.16 Q. Is he God or man A. He is both a 1 Iohn 1.14 God and b 1 Iohn 5.20 Ioh. 19.30 34. man Q. What did hee to redeeme vs A. He suffered died and shed his bloud for vs. Q. Did Christ suffer in his Godhead A. No but in his Man-hood and that both in c Mat 27.3 35. body and d Lu. 22.44 soule Q. Were not Christs sufferings the sufferings of the person God and man A. e Act 20 28 1. Cor. 2.8 Yes but the nature wherein he suffered was not the diuine but the humane nature Q. Did Christ continue dead in the graue A. No 1. Cor. 15.4 hée rose againe the third day from the dead Q. Wherefore did Christ die A. For our sinnes 1. Cor. 15.3 Q. Wherefore did he rise againe A. For our iustification Rom. 4.25 Q. Whither went Christ after his resurrection A. He ascended into heauen Acts 1.9 Q. Wherefore did he ascend into heauen A. To prepare a place for vs. Ioh. Q. What doth Christ now in heauen A. He sitteth at the right hand of God Mar. 16.19 the Father almightie Q. Hath God a right hand indeede A. God is a Spirit Luk. 24.39 and therefore hath neither right hand nor left Q. What is meant then by Christs sitting at the right hand of God A. That Christ hath all power giuen vnto him in heauen and in earth Mat. 28.18 Q. When shall Christ come againe A. In the end of the world Acts 1.11 Q. What shall he then doe A. He shall iudge both the quick and the dead Iude 15 Q. How doth that which Christ hath done profit vs A. By the inward and secret working of the holy Ghost 1. Cor. 12.13 Q. Who is the holy Ghost A. The third person in Trinity Q. Why is he called holy