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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B11281	A catechisme or briefe instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian religion With a short treatise premised concerning the profity and necessitie of catechizing.	Olevian, Caspar, 1536-1587.; E. B., fl. 1617.; Ursinus, Zacharias, 1534-1583.	1617 (1617)	STC 1024; ESTC S115851	22,891	64

and called ones of his purpose through a grace that was giuen vs through Christ before the world was that wee may bee made perfect in all good workes to doe his will working in vs that which is pleasant in his ●ight through Iesus Christ to whom be praise for euer and euer Amen A CATECHISME or briefe instruction by way of Question and Answer in the principles and grounds of the true Christian Religion Question WHat is thine onely comfort in life and death Answer Mine onely comfort in life death is this that both in soule and body whether I liue or die I am not mine owne but Iesus Christs my most faithfull Lord and Sauiour a Rom. 14. 8. 9 who hath both liued and died and risen againe for my iustification b Rom. 4. 25. and maketh me partaker of his spirit c Matth. 3. 11. whereby I may liue the life of God and godlinesse d 2. Pet 1. 3. by which also hée ascertaineth mée of a raising vp to eternall glory e Eph 4. 30. Q. How many things are necessary to be knowne of thee that thou maist enioy this comfort and consequently maist both liue and die blessedly A. Thrée things first what is the greatnesse of my sinne and miserie f Mat. 9. 12. 13 secondly by what meanes I may haue deliuerance from that sinne and miserie g Iohn 8. 21. thirdly what the thankfulnesse is which I owe vnto God for the same h Rom. 12. 1. The first part of the Catechisme which is of mans sinne and miserie Q. How doest thou know thy miserie A. By the Law of God i 〈◊〉 3. 20. Q. What doth the Law of God require of vs A. This is briefly taught by our Lord in the 22. of Matthew Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart with all thy soule and with all thy minde and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe k Matth. 22. 37. 38. 39. Q. Art thou able perfectly to keepe this A. Nothing lesse for by nature I am prone to the hatred of God and of my neighbour l Tit. 3. 3. Q. What Did God create man thus peruerse and corrupt in the beginning A. Not so yea contrariwise God made man good and after his owne image that is endued him with knowledge and true holinesse m Gen. 1. 27. Q. How then came this corruption into mans nature A. This corruption of our nature came by the fall and disobedience of our first Parents Adam and Eue in Paradise n Gen. 3. 7. Q. What is our corruption such that wee are altogether vnmeet to doe what is good and onely prone to that which is euill A. Yea certainly except we be new borne by the Holy Ghost o 1. Cor. 2. 14. Q. Doth not God then iniurie vnto man in requiring of him in the Law what he is not able to performe A. No truly for God created man able to performe it but man through abuse of his frée will and the Deuils instigation did depriue himselfe and all his progenie of these diuine gifts p Gen. 3. 6. 7. Q. Is it so then that God will leaue vnpunished this disobedience and sinne in man A. Nothing so but contrariwise God is most angry both for the sinne wherein we were conceiued and borne and also for these which wée actually commit q Iob 15. 16. Q. But is not God also mercifull A. God indéed is mercifull yet is he also iust r Exod. 34 7. wherefore his iustice requireth that as his infinite Maiestie is offended by sinne so the punishment of it be according The second part of the Catechisme which is of mans freedome and deliuerance Q. Sithence then through the iust iudgement of God wee are liable vnder temporall and eternall punishment is there any meanes whereby wee may bee deliuered from it and get reconcilement with God A. God will haue his iustice satisfied ſ Gen. 2. 17. and therefore it must néeds be that either by our selues or by some other this satisfaction be made Q. Are wee able to satisfie Gods iustice by our selues A. In no respect t Esa 59. 16. yea rather wée increase the debt day by day Q. Can any of the creatures in heauen or in earth which is only a creature make satisfaction for vs A. Not any at all u Heb. 12. 29. for first God will not punish mans offence in any other creature secondly not any thing being but a creature is able to sustaine Gods wrath against sinne and frée other from the same Q. What kinde of Mediator and Redeemer is then to be sought for vs A. Such a one who is indéed very man x Gen. 3. 15. but perfectly iust y Exod 12. 5. and withall more mighty then all creatures that is also very God z Esay 9. 7. Q. Why is it necessary that this Mediator must be very man and that also perfectly iust A. Because Gods iustice doth require that as in mans nature the sinne was committed so in the same the punishment should be suffered a 1. Cor. 15. 21 now hée who is himselfe a sinner cannot vndergoe the same for other Q. Why is it necessary that he be also very God A. Because hée might thereby sustaine in his flesh the burden of Gods wrath and also recouer vnto vs the righteousnesse and life which wée had lost b 1. Pet. 3. 18. Q. But who is that Mediator who is both very God and very man and withall perfectly iust A. That onely is Iesus Christ c 1. Tim. 2. 5. who is made vnto vs of God wisdome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption d 1. Cor. 1. 30. Q. How doest thou know this A. I know this by the Gospell e Col. 3. 16. which God did first preach in Paradise f Gen. 3. 15. and afterward by the Patriarkes g Gen 18. 18. and Prophets h Esay 53. Iohn 6. 35. and last of all by his only begotten Sonne Q. Is it so then that saluation by Christ is granted vnto all that haue perished in Adam A. Not so but vnto those only who are ingraffed into Christ by true faith and doe beléeue in him Iohn 3. 16. and 18. Q. What is this true faith A. True faith is a perswasion in my heart i Iob 19. 25. grounded on the word of God k Eph. 2. 2. wrought by the holy Ghost l Gal. 5. 22. through the preaching of that word m Rom. 10. 14 whereby I beléeue that Iesus Christ is not only a Sauiour for other but euen my Sauiour also n Gal. 2. 20. and thereupon doe put all my trust in him Q. What is that which euery one must necessarily beleeue that would bee accounted to haue true faith in him A. True faith although it be a firme assenting to all things reuealed in Gods word o Act. 26. 27. yet properly it