made in Christ vnto iustification In them also and for them others are sanctified by partaking the graces of Christ vnto them 57 Howe are they a spirituall infection and abomination By a shewe of deuotion in their false worshippe idol seruice they make others like them in their wickednes They tollerate cherish wickednes to iustifie the same In them also and by them others be accursed by drawinge their corruptions 57 Looke question 46. For praying for others For Iustification For Sanctification 58 How are all Christians made prophetes vnder Christ They teach the lawes of Christ and talke and reason for the maintenauÌ„ce of them They exhorte moue and stirre vp to the keeping of his lawes They appoint counsel and tell one an other their dueties 58 How are they false and wretched deceauers They stand reason for their lawes and traditions They incourage streÌ„gthen one another with flatterings pleasinges They misleade by their counsell and example to their mischeeuous busines 58 Looke question 47. and 53. For teaching For exhorting For appointing duties by counsell and telling Hitherto of the communion of offices and graces in the Church Nowe followeth the right vsing of the Lordes Supper as a seale of this communion Howe men should enter and take on them Church callings and offices and execute the same Looke question 114. 59 How must we vse the Sacrament of the Lords supper as a seale of this communion There must be a due preparation to receaue the Lords supper And a due ministration thereof 59 How do they make their supper of communion a pledge seale of their wretched confusion They are most toward and fit to receaue their owne supper but not the Lordes They handle their supper in a vile abominable maner 59 The Lords supper is a Sacrament or marke of the apparent Church sealing vnto vs by the breaking and eating of breade and drinking the Cuppe in one holie communion and by the worde accordinglie preached that we are happilie redeemed by the breaking of the bodie and sheaddding of the bloud of Christ Iesus and we thereby growe into one bodie and church in one communion of graces whereof Christ is the heade to keepe and seeke agreement vnder one lawe and gouernement in all thankefulnes holy obedience A shorter definition Or brieflie It is a seale of our partaking and growing togither in one bodie whereof Christe is the heade in one christian communion 60 What preparation â—ust there be to receaue the Lords supper There must be a separation froÌ„ those which are none of the church or be vnmeete to receaue that the worthie may be onely receaued All open offences and faultings must be redressed All must proue and examine them selues that their conscience be cleare by faith and repentance before they receaue 60 How are they most toward and fyt to receaue their owne supper They partake open wickednes in one wicked fellowship Open offences sinns are amongst them incurable All do flatter them selues with a superstitious likeing off an outwarde shew of some holines 60 Preparation to receiue is a duetifulnes in vsing meanes that it maye be in right and due manner SeparatioÌ„ of the vnworthie is a withholding of them from that communion and fellowship in the supper beeing not prepared nor meete thereto Redressing open offences and faultings is a duetifulnes in vsing meanes that the parties which doo offende may be openly knowne to be amended or separation made Examining our CoÌ„science is a due applying of the worde of God vnto the same to know our good and euill life least the guiltines of our secret sinnes and priuate offences doo make vs vnworthie receyuers 61 How is the supper rightlie ministred The worde must be duelie preached And the signe or sacrament must be rightlie applied thereto 61 What is their vile and abominable handling thereof The law doth bynd the priest people to a popish reading or to a dead and fruitlesse teaching And the signe is made a superstitious trifling colouring of abominatioÌ„s 61 Ministration of the Supper is a due manner of vsing the same by applying it to a right communion By preaching the worde of communion wee vnderstande not the blinde reading or fruitlesse pratâ—inge thereof at randome but a teaching by lawefull messengers of the right vsing of the bodie and blood of Christ in one holie communion and that with power 62 How must the worde be dulie preached The death and tormentes of Christ by breaking his bodie and sheading his bloud for our sinnes must be shewed by the lawfull preacher Also he must shewe the spirituall vse of the bodie bloud of Christ Iesus by a spirituall feeding thereon and growinge into it by one holie communion Also our thankefulnes and further profiting in godlines vnto life euerlasting 62 What is their popish reading or dead and fruitlesse teaching By a shew of reading or telling of the body bloud of Christ which were geuen for them they mocke them with a shadow of his body or rather a counterfet They make them guiltie of the bodie and bloud of Christ Iesus They are imbouldned made carelesse in their wickednes 62 The death and tormentes of Christe were defined before The spirituall vse and feeding of the bodie blood of Christ is an applying of his whole worke of our redemption by that outwarde signe to feele effectuallie the remedie of our miseries by that partaking growing togither in one bodie of Christ and spirituall Communion Thankes giuing and profiting in godlines are afterwarde defined 63 How must the signe be applied thereto The preacher must take breade and blesse and geue thankes and theÌ„ must he breake it and pronounce it to be the body of Christ which was broken for theÌ„ that by fayth they might feede thereon spirituallie growe into one spiritual bodie of Christ and so he eating thereof him selfe must bidd them take and eate it among them feede on Christ in their consciences Likewise also must he take the cuppe and blesse and geue thankes and so pronounce it to be the bloud of Christ in the newe Testament which was shedd for remission of sinnes that by fayth we might drinke it spirituallie and so be nourished in one spirituall bodie of Christ all sinne being clensed away and then he drinking thereof himselfe must bydd them drinke there of likewise and diuide it amoÌ„g them and feede on Christe in their consciences Then muste they all geue thankes praying for their further profiting in godlines vowing their obedience 63 How is the signe made a superstitious triflinge and colouringe of abominations They take breade or a wafer cake and inchaunte it by reading a grace ouer it and a number of other prayers they reade it to be the bodye of Christ which is but an Idole in stead thereof and they feede on it by their superstition and growe into one wicked communion so
and destroyer thereof 23 The image of God in man was the greatest shew of his excellencie in man whereby he resembled his God most liuely in a wonderfull happines His restoring and sauing of man being fallen away was the work of his wonderful goodnes wherby he did remedie our miserable estate and brought vs againe vnto happines 24 What is his secret counsell Hee knoweth oure miseries and wantes He mindeth and counteth them He foreseeth purposeth what helpâ— we shall haue 24 Who is an Antichrist by his euill mind to the church of God The wilfull hyders of the woes of the church blind to see the grosse corruptions thereof They that forget ouerslip the same but watch to vphold their traditioÌ„s They which haue wicked deuises against it 24 His counsaile His knowledge His mindfulnes His foresight and purpose c. His readines 25 Howe is the Lorde readie to helpe vs He is full of mercie and compassion He loueth his people desireth their welfare He is zealous and iealous for them 25 Who be Antichristes by ther towardnes and fitnes to destroye They which are fierce and cruel in a false church gouernement They which loath the righteous and are at reste in their absence They which pursue put froÌ„ them the righteous as being their plague 25 His mercie and coÌ„passion is as it were a troubled disliking of our miseries as if they were his owne His loue was defined before Likewise his zeale and ielousie 26 Howe doeth hee shewe his helpe He hath giuen his promises to helpe He is faithefull of his promise in sending his Sonne into the worlde for our redemption He hath redeemed and saued vs by his sonne Christ Iesus 26 Who be Antichrists by the plague and destruction which they bring vnto soules They which haue professed and vowed it by their calling and state They which hold the same course of profession and begin the mischiefe They whiche make the destruction and hauocke 26 The promises are the Ioyfull shewe and teaching by message speache and writing of his purpose to remedie our miseries The sending of his Sonne into the worlde was the office and charge whiche hee gaue him to worke our saluation by taking our Manhoode vnto his Godhead 27 Howe did he sende his Sonne into the worlde He being God became also man and tooke our nature vppon him sinne onely excepted Hee was conceyued of the holye Ghoste Hee was borne of the Virgine Marie 27 How doo all Antichristes holde their course and profession to begin the mischeefe They take on them the name and callings of shepheards in the churh but haue no message They are bred from beneath in the bottomles pitte Reuel 9. They breake foorth as Locustes out of the smoke of the pit 27 The Manhoode of Christ was the making of him a reasonable liuing man so that in fashion nature qualitie he was like one of vs sinne onely excepted His conceauing by the holy Ghost in the wombe of the Virgine was the working of the holy ghost in the wombe of the Virgine without carnall copulation with manne wherby the seede of her bodie became a liuing man hauing both soule and bodie His conception was without sinne because the cursed seede was sanctified by the spirit so that it could no more sinne yet must it nedes abyde the curse and punishment of sinne For the bodie sinneth not but by the soule Nowe his soule was hoâ—ie and therefore also his bodie was holy though it was of the seede of the Virgin His birth was the bringing foorth of the liuing seede into the worlde being perfect man and yet without sinne 28 How hath Christ redeemed vs He suffered our miseries for vs. He ouercame and tooke away our miseries He restored happines vnto vs. 28 How do Antichristes destroy and vndoo the people They first will be sure of their outward welfare and maintenance by the people Then they vpholde or bring in one spiritual plague or other which peruerteth all They weare spend away the whole spiritual welfare of the church 28 The sufferinges of Christe is the seruice and yeelding vp of his bodie and soule to feele and indure in them both the extremitie of all miseries for our cause 29 How did he suffer our miseries Because he was man he did also abide the wrath and dreadfull curse of God which was due vnto man He suffered death and the tormentes of hell for vs. He suffered also in his meÌ„bers which are his people and church 29 How are they sure of their welfare first They get the fauour of some patrone or Byshop or worldly man They get the graunt of some benefice or stipend without planting the church They liue in iolietie hauing ease and fauour of men 29 His suffering of the wrath of God and the burthen of our sinnes was his forsaking for a time as vnworthie of the fauour and blessing of God being accursed and a castaway 30 Howe hath he ouercome our miseries and taken them away By his righteousnesse hee ouercame sinne the cause of our miserie tooke it away Also by his death and tormentes hee ouercame and tooke away the wrath of God and the debte of the Lawe Also by his rysing againe hee ouercame the miserie and curse it selfe 30 Howe doo they vpholde or bringe in one or other spiritual plague By some open wickednes or false doctrine they ouerthrow the grouÌ„ds of religion and the gouernment of the church They make theÌ„ selues and their followers guiltie of the breache of the whole lawe by peruerting the cheefe lawes and so procure the wrath of God against them The curse of God doth light vpon their labours so that their shame plague appeareth 30 His ouercomming was the worke of his patience whereby he gotte his whole purpose in discharging al things wherewith man might be charged and in taking away all thinges which hindred our happines His ouercomming of sinne was his taking away of the guiltines thereof His ouercomming of the wrath of God was the appeasing of his anger and satisfying of his Iustice by induring the curse thereof 31 Howe hath he restored happines He hath him selfe obteined the loue of God by his iustification He hath obteined his owne happines by ascending vp into heauen He hath also obteined the like for vs by his mediation 31 How doo they weare and spende awaye the whole spirituall welfare of their flockes The people are vnder them whom God hateth Also vnder them whome God curseth Also they are made like vnto them by obeying and following them 31 His restoring of happines was his work of redemptioÌ„ wherby the meanes is offered to all men for to be saued His Iustification was the perfect fulfilling of the will of GOD accepted of him by pronouncinge his innocencie The Happines which he got is the perfect sufficiencie or most blessed state which he hath in God
our selues and our seede to be of the church is a duetifulnes in seeking holines and happines by Christe in his Churche which onely wee haue by a couenaunt to be vnder his gouernement in the Church and by obeying thereto Our profession and submission to his Iawes gouernement is the keeping of our couenant by leading a godly and Christian life 39 How must Baptisme be vsed as a seale of this couenaunt They must be duelie presented and offered to God and the church which are to be Baptised They must be duelie receiued vnto grace and fellowship 39 How do they make Baptisme a pledge and seale of gracelesnes mischiefe They are brought to bee baptised vnto Antichrist and his popish parishes Then also in stead of due receauing there is a gracelesse forceing and rauening of them vnto damnation 39 Baptisme is a Sacrament or marke of the outwarde church sealing vnto vs by the wasshing of our bodies in water and the word accordingly preached our suffering with Christ to die vnto sinne by repentance and our rising with him to liue vnto righteousnes and also sealing our calling profession and happines gotten by our faith in the victorie of the same Iesus Christ. 40 How must they be presented and offered The children of the faithfull though they be infantes are to be offered to God and the church that they may be Baptised Also those infantes or children which are of the householde of the faithfull and vnder their full power Also all of discretion which are not baptised if they holde the Christian profession and shewe forth the same 40 How are they geuen vp vnto popish parishes The children of the wicked and vnfaithfull are offered by godfathers and godmothers and brought to their parishes The parentes and gouernours haue no authoritie to present them They hould not the christian profession nor shew forth the same 40 Presenting and offering of persons to be baptised is a duetifulnes in the parentes and gouernours which offer or in the parties which offer themselues whereby they seeke their saluation by ioyning with the church in one christian communion The due receyuing vnto grace and fellowship is a duetifulnes of the Church in partaking with those in one Christian communioÌ„ which are meere for the same 41 How must they be receaued vnto grace and felloshippe The worde must be duely preached in an holie assemblie The signe or Sacrament must be applied thereto 41 What is their gracelesse forceing and rauening of them A lawe doth binde the preist and people to a popish reading or to a dead frutelesse forme of wordes The signe is made a superstitious trifting colouring of abominations 41 By preaching the worde of Baptisme we vnderstande not the blinde reading or fruitles prating thereof at randome but a due teaching bylawful messengers of our redemption mortifying and raysing with Christ 42 How must the word be preached The preacher being called and meete thereto must shewe the redemption of christians by Christ and the promises receaued by faith as before Also they must shewe the right vse of that redemption in suffering with Christ to dye vnto sinne by repeÌ„tance Also the raising and quickning again vpon repentance 42 What is their dead reading or frutelesse forme of teaching A blind guide or priestlie Preacher by a shewe of reading or telling a redemption by Christ doth snare theÌ„ with the abominations of Antichrist They lead them to a desperate hardning by the wicked guiding of their parishes or charges They are vtterlye withdrawne from goodnes to sett them selues on mischeefe and wickednes 42 Our redemption is defined before Our sufferings and raysing do followe after to be handled 43 Howe must the signe be applied thereto The bodies of the parties baptised must be washed w t water or sprinckled or dipped in the name of the Father and of y e Sonne and of the holy Ghost vnto the forgeuenes of sinnes and dying thereto in one death and burial with Christ. The preacher must pronounce theÌ„ to be baptised into y e bodie and gouernement of Christ to be taught to professe his lawes that by his mediatioÌ„ victorie they might rise againe with him vnto holines happines for euer The church must geue thankes for the partie baptised and praye for his further instruction and traininge vnto â—aluation 43 How is the signe made a superstitious trifle They blasphemously abuse the name of god in baptising theÌ„ wherby they further come vnder the fierce wrath of god his bitter curse to be more desperatlie hardened in their sinnes Thei are pronounced to be baptised into their wicked fellowship and gouernment to be taught to professe with some lawes of Christ the lawes of antichrist especially to be set on mischiefe and left helplesse therein The parishe with a false worship and idoll seruice geue thankes and pray vnto God as to an idoll wherby there is a further increase of wickednes miserie to the partie baptised 43 Baptising in the name of God is a due applying of the signe of washing or sprinckling to the worde duelie preached by him which is knowne to be sent of God Baptising into the bodie and gouernement of Christ is when the parties Baptised are receyued vnto grace and fellowshippe by partaking with the church in one Christian communion Thankes giuing and Prayer doo followe after to be spoken of here they be mencioned by occasion Hitherto of the first gathering and planting of the Church 44 How must it be further builded accordinge vnto churche gouernement First by communion of the graces offices in the head of y e church which is Christ. Secondly by communion of the graces and offices in the bodie which is the church of Christ. Thirdly by vsing the Sacrament of the Lords supper as a seale of this communion Hitherto of supplanting of the true Church 44 How do they establish their false church gouernmeÌ„t in stead therof They are first vnder one chiefe Antichrist the Pope or vnder other Antichrists which reseÌ„ble him or sprang vp of him and receaue their image and markes They draw corruptions and partake wickednes one with an other in one common plague They make their supper of communion a pledge seale of their wretched confusion 44 The communion of graces is a mutuall vsing of friendshippe and callings to pleasure and be pleasured in all christian charitie Christ is the Sonne of God made by his Father the Heade and Lorde of the Church because he hath anoynted and filled him with his Spirit and hath giuen him an office and charge and the fulnes of all graces to worke our saluation Antichrist is the childe of the Deuill filled with the spirit of delusion and hypocrisie who hath an vsurped office ouer false christians named the church of God and by the strength of his Lawes gouernement and superstitious ceremonies doeth ouerthrowe their redemption by Christ. 45 Howe hath
Gouernement Possession Honour Holines In his vvisdom In vsing his authoritie In Iustice. In goodnes Wisdome of God is In knovving all things In vsing the same By counsail By the maner of working His knovvledge His counsail Deuising Aduising Deuising For Aduising look after in the wisedome of man Marking Remembrance Counting Foresight Purpose and Predestination Manner of vvorking By preparation Readines Order By indeuour In taking the worke in hande speede Forceablenes In stedfastnes therein preuayling FinishiÌ„g Iustice In esteeming right In doing right Appointing dueties Taking accouÌ„ts Esteming right Pleased with right Loue ioye Zeale and ielousie Displeased with contrarie as Hatred Anger and Wrath. Zeale Loue. Wrath and hatred Appointing dueties Giuing povver Directing the same By teaching By exaÌ„ple moderating Teaching Moderating Taking accouÌ„ts In knowing right and due By vvatching By examining In recompensing Watching Examining Recompensing his goodnes In maintayning things in their state In restoring them being fallen Preseruation In them selues by their natures and glorie By outwarde furniture Natures of things In the working and powers By life quickning Without life In the outwarde making Glorie and excellencie Outwarde furniture The Image of God in man Our redeÌ„ption by The causes preparation of helpe The couÌ„sel of God His readines thereon The shâ—we of his help In his promises In keeping the same Sending his Sonne Sauing vs by him were before defined but here we haue them applied vnto our redemption His mercie Promises The sending of his SoÌ„ne By his office message as before By generation which was Of the spirit begetting Of the seede of the Virgin made a quickning spirit yet a liuiÌ„g soule bodie The Manhoode The conception The birth His sufferings Of the cause of miserie The burden of our sinne The wrath of God Of the miserie it selfe His suffering of the wrath of God and burden of sinne His victorie Of the cause of miserie Sinne by his righteousnes Wrath of God his tormentes Of the miserie it selfe by rysing againe from death Ouercomming sinne Ouercomming of the wrath of God His restoring of good was By getting it himself as the Loue of God by his Iustification The happines it self by his ascension By getting it for vs. Iustification Happines Christ hath gotten The causes of happines for vs In God The meanes from God The happines it selfe The causes in God His Counsaile In electing In predestinating His readines thereon as before Election Predestination Meanes of happines from God Calling Obedience thereto Calling The newe Testament Our calling in plainer maner The church planted or gathered The church gouernement Our calling and leading to happines In the newe Testament more plainly By the first planting gathering of the church vnder one gouernement By a further building according to the gouernmeÌ„t In the olde Testament more darkelie The first planting gathering of the Church By the couenant On Gods behalfe On our behalfe By the Sacrament thereof The couenant on Gods behalfe His promise His Spirit His promise To the Church To the seede thereof The Spirit of God in vs. The couenaunt on our behalf In offering giuiÌ„g vp to be of the church Our selues Our children and seede In professing leading a Christian life Offering and giuing vp to be of the Church Professing and submitting to the Church gouernement The vse of Baptisme is By due presenting and offering of the parties to be baptised By due receyuing of them to grace and fellowshippe Presenting and offering By the gouernours By the parties them selues hauing discretion As parents and Rulers which offer their children or them of their housholde Due receyuing By due preaching of the worde By right applying of the signe thereto The word of Baptisme preached as Of our whole redemption and the promises to the Church Of taking vse therof By mortifying By raysing Baptising in the name of God Baptising into the bodie and gouernement of Christ. CoÌ„munion of graces In the Head highest as in Christe by His Priesthood His rule In the body which is the church Christ. Antichrist Priesthood of Christ. In making attonement By forgiuenes of sinnes By iustification In sanctifying vs. Priesthoode of Antichrist Mediation of Christ. Forgiuenes of sinnes Iustification Sanctification Prophecie of Christ. In teaching By him selfe By his messengers In directing By example By charging His message His appointing of dueties Prophesie of Antichrist Kingdome of Christ by Ouerseeing and trying out wickednes Recompence Rebuke Separation Kingdome of Antichrist Ouerseeing and trying out of wickednes by Christ Church rebuke Separation from the Church Offices of teaching and guiding Participate Seuerall Offices participat With manie as Synodes Prophecie With fewer as Eldershippe Synodes Prophecie Eldership Apostles Prophetes Euangelistâ—s Teaching and guiding many churches Chief laborers Apostles Prophetes Helpers vnto theÌ„ Euangelistes CoÌ„panions of their iourneys Pastor Teacher Single Elder Teaching and guiding in one church onlie Chiefe labourers Pastour Teacher Helpers vnto them as the Elders Releeuers Widowes Officers of outwarde prouision Releeuers Widowes The kinglie office of al Christians The Priesthoode of euerie Christian. Euerie Christian a Prophete Kinglie office of all Christians In watching and trying out wickednes In recompensing Rebuke Separation Priesthood of all christians In attonement and appeasing By prayer vnto forgiuenes By Iustification In Sanctification Prophesie of all by Teaching Doctrine and general trueth Exhortation Especiall directing By example By speciall telling couÌ„sell The Lordes Supper In due preparation to receyue it In the due ministration thereof Preparation Separation Redresse Examining coÌ„science Preparation to receyue Open. By separation By redres Secret By a cleare conscience Ministration of the supper By preaching the word By applying the signe Preaching the word of communion Feeding by faith of the bodie and bloud of Christ. Applying the signe The breade the bodie of Christ. The drinke the bloude of Christ. The olde Testament Ceremonies Remayning as the two Sacramentes Abolished Sacramentes Ceremonies abolished Mortifying By iudging and condemning our selues Afflicting killing the flesh By suffering By repenting Iudging our selues by Reckoning The multitude of sinnes The greatnes By applying desert Reckoning sinne Knowing the greeuousnes Applying deserte Suffering Inwarde Feare dread Greefe Outwarde Greefe Feare and dread Sufferings outwardlie Repentance Shame Anger and hatred Shame Anger Hatred Raysing and quikning By faith By working of faith Cleare coÌ„science Newnes of life Faith Cleare consciences Newnes of lyfe Happines Fellowship communion Resurrection Godlines In Religion and holines towards God In righteousnes with man Religion In generall dueties of holines In speciall dueties Esteeming God In his Maiestie In his authoritie In Iustice. In goodnes Esteeming in his Maiestie Reuerence Bashefulnes Reuerence of God Bashefulnes before God Esteeming God in his iustice Feare zeale Hatred of wickednes Feare of God Zeale to the glorie of God Hatred of vanitie and wickednes Our loue of God Ioye in God Hope and Trust in God The difference of Hope and
trust of their faithfulnes towards vs. For ministring looke num 155. Visiting is a duetie of goodnes in partaking vnto them the vse and comfort of our presence and companie 164 What duties are for our owne persones We must defend and maintayne our state and welfare We must vse it comfortablie and remedie our greefes We must vse it seemelie honorably as beseemeth Christians 164 How are they a curse and vngracious to them selues They faile and are wanting to them selues They are their owne greefe and increase their miserie They shamfullie abuse their welfare and make them selues vile 164 Defending and mayntayning our state welfare is a dutie of pleasuring helping our selues by all lawfull meanes 165 How must we defende our state and welfare By withstandinge the violence of the enemie when it is for Gods glorie By bouldnes in answeringe and pleading our cause By assailing the enemie with force when the cause requireth 165 How doo they faile and are wanting to them selues They miscarie or perishe throughe shrinkinge or through wilfull indaungering them selues They are fearfull or ouermatched in holding their cause betraie y e same By flight or other vnwarines they betraye their safetie or welfare 165 Withstāding is a strift against enimies whereby we defende our selues vpon trust of some ablenes in God to resist them Pleading our cause is a defending of our right making it known by proofe examination Assayling is a strift against enimies firste prouoking them to defende themselues 166 How must we vse our state comfortablie We must vse the blessinges of God both mutuall and seuerall as a remedie against dulnes and greefe Also against weaknes and wearines Also against hurt or vncomlines 166 How are they a greefe and miserie to them selues They cast them selues into further heauines and care They pine away or breake them selues with fasting and toiling They increase their disease beastlines 166 Vsing our state comfortablie is a bestowing or applying of the giftes and graces of God to haue the full ioye and glorie of the same Remedying of dulnes greefe weakenes wearines hurt and vncomelines is an vsing of such blessings and graces of God as may take them away 167 How must we vse our state seemelie and honorablie We must refraine from lawfull pleasures as there is neede and bridle our lustes We must be pure and chast We must be sober 167 How are they shamefull and vile They pamper cherish them selues They are vnchast and filthie They are giuen to wantonnes and pleasures 167 Vsing our state seemelie and honorablie is a bestowing and applying of the giftes and graces of God to haue our full reuerence and honour thereby Refraying and abstinence is a duetifulnes in disliking and refusing such pleasures as beeing lawefull in them selues yet by some occasion are vnmeete for vs. Moderation is a dutifulnes in góuerning pleasures that we exceede not measure and honestie 168 What chastitie and purenes must we vse We must vse mariage duelie We must haue no filthie thoughtes nor lustes Neither wordes nor behauiour nor outwarde helpes to further the same as euil companie excesse in eating drinking brauerie nicenes c. 168 How are they vnchast and filthie They abuse mariage They haue filthy thoughtes lustes Also wordes and behauiour outward helpes to further the same 168 Purenes and chastitie is a moderation of naturall lust that no filthines be in vs. 169 What is the right vse of mariage There must be a due traill and iudgment of eche ohers meetenes Also a due couenaunt made on all parties Also due ioyning in mariage 169 How doo they abuse mariage They are deceaued by some foolish fancie drawne together for some worldlie cause By shifting and wilines or some wicked bondage they make the matche sure They come together by some wrong and disorder 169 Mariage is a lawfull ioyning and fellowship of the husbande and wife as of two in one fleshe by partaking the vse of eche others loue bodie and giftes in one communion of dueties and especiallie in generation and bringing vp children Trying their meetnes is a takinge of accountes with our selues and others to haue warraunte of the same by a right iudgement of thē in those things which we haue knowne and seene by them The Definitions of Sexe age kindred persons looke for in our table of Nature 170 What triall of their meetenes must there be They must be twoo onely the man and woman which for age sexe and kinred are meete eche for other They must be meete for eche others liking in behauiour and personage They must be meete for eche others state and calling 170 How are they deceaued and drawne away by their fancie c They fall to all filthines as incest buggerie filthines with beasts vntimelie matching c. or else forbid mariage altogither to some persons They take them meet for their luste as for beautie riches or for some outward countenance or benefite They trouble and hinder their state and calling 171 What couenant must ther be There must be a betrothing of eche to other Also an espousing of the parties by witnesses Also an agreemente of parentes or friendes if the parties to be maried by vnder their ful power gouernmēt But if not the parentes or friendes be froward and none of the churche the mariage of the godlie is not in bonage to their agreement 171 How do they make the match by shifting wilines or some wicked bōdage They gett a promiss eche of other by forcing or by some craft flatterie Likewise in espousing there is some such craft wrong and disorder Also the parentes by craft feare or power doo bring them together or they are stolen or withdrawe them selues from the authoritie of their parentes in that mater 172 How must they be duelie ioined in mariage Their betrothing espousing must be further made known vnto witnesses Their friendes must be glad and reioyce together in some ioyefull and seemelie maner They must giue the vse of their bodie for generation of children eche to other and must not giue that vse of their bodies nor anie token therof to anie other while they liue together and lawfull diuorcement with deathe both not followe 172 How do they come together by some wrong and disorder They haue graunt of secret licenses to marie or their popish banes are asked in churches and without a ringe and babling praiers and the minister to marie them they can not be maried And so they make it a sacrament They haue their feastes daūcings vaine pleasures in heathenish wise By rape force fornication or adulterie or by vnlawfull diuorcementes c they defile mariage 173 What sobernes must we vse We must haue no wanton thoughtes nor delights neither words nor behauiour neither outward helpes to further the same Hitherto of free duties concerning persons 173