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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20191	A pastime for parents: or A recreation to passe away the time; contayning the most principall grounds of Christian religion. By Arthur Dent preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.	Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.	1606 (1606)	STC 6622; ESTC S116342	31,603	114

to say in the manner of vtterance and measure of reuelation for otherwise in substance Euangelicall couenant hath alwayes béene one and the same first made to Adam in Paradise afterward renued to Abraham his séed shadowed in the law spoken of by the prophets and preached vnto vs euer since Christ was actually exhibited to the world Father You seeme to say this that the couenant of Grace with the old people of the Iewes and vs differeth only in maner not in matter that is that Christ and all the promises of remission of sinnes and eternall life in him were dimly reuealed and darkely vttered vnto them in Types and shadowes but vnto vs the same are more fully clearely opened and reuealed Child I meane so indéed Father Expresse your meaning more at large in this point Child When a new impression of any booke commeth forth in a fayre letter good print distinctly versed well bound and guilt which béefore was ill printed in a darke letter ill bound couered wée say it is a new booke yet in substance it is the same with the former the difference is onely in the forme and outward qualitie Likewise when a Paynter draweth a darke draught of any kinde of Picture in obscure lineaments and colours and afterward flourisheth it ouer with more liuely fresh and orient colours héere is the same thing in substance but altered in qualitie And thus it fareth béetwixt the Couenant of Grace made with our forefathers and vs. For the oulde people which liued vnder the minoritie and wardshippe of the Church had a darke draught of Christ and all the promises made in him But wée haue them more clearely and liuely set out And as the Apostle sayth We are not as Moises which put a vaile vpon his face c. But wee all beehold as a mirrour the glory of the Lord with open face c. And againe in diuers manners God spake in the olde time to our forefathers by the Prophets but in these last dayes hée hath spoken vnto vs by his Sonne most cléerely and manifestly Father You told me euen now that no man is able to keepe the Law Now therefore tell me what daunger lyeth vppon it If a man breake the Law of God Child Eternall death and damnation for it is written The wages of sinne is death Father Is eternall death and damnation due to vs for euery little sin though it were but in thought onely Child Yea for the least sinne of thought If God should deale with vs according vnto Justice for it is written Whosoeuer keepeth the whole Law and yet faileth in one point is guiltie of all Father How then shall we escape this eternall death and damnation Child Onely by Christ For hée hath redéemed vs from the curse of the Law being made a curse for vs. For it is written Cursed is euery one that hangeth on a tree And againe Hee that knew no sinne was made sinne for vs that wee might bee made the righteousnesse of God in him Father How and by what meanes hath Christ redeemed vs from the curse of the Law and death eternall Child By the shedding of his blood vpon the Crosse for the Scripture sayth That hee hath made vp a generall peace betwixt his father and all the elect by the blood of his Crosse And againe Wee haue redemption throught his bloud that is the forgiuenesse of sinne And in another place Wee which vvere farre off are made neere by the bloold of Christ And the author to the Hebrews saith That neither by the blood of Goates and calues but by his owne blood entred he once into the holy place and obtained eternall redemption for vs. Father Haue we no further good by Christ but onely a freedome from death and a deliuerance from hell damnation Child Yes For through him we are reconciled to God the Father as the Scripture teacheth and through him we haue remission of sinnes eternall life and all good things for the Apostle sayth He is made of God for vs wisdome righteousnes sanctification and redemption Father Is there no other way nor meanes whereby we may obtaine remission of sin eternall life but onely by Christ Child No For the holy Ghost saith There is no saluation in any other for among men there is giuen no other name vnder heauen whereby we must be saued And againe To him doe all the Prophets witnesse that through his name onely all that beleeue shall receiue remission of sinne Father What say you then to Popes pardons Indulgences Masses Trentales Dirges and such like May not a man by them obtaine remission of sinnes and eternall life Child Nothing lesse For the Scripture knoweth no such meanes or wayes to eternall life but doth vitterly reiect them as most abhominable deuises of them Father But may not a man be saued by his good works Child No For the Apostle sayth By grace are yee saued through faith and that not of your selues nor of workes least any man should boast himselfe And sure it is that euen in our best actions there is some remedy of corruption as wée doe them for the which God in iustice may condemne both vs and our actions for the Scripture sayth That our very righteousnesse is as a defiled cloath or filthy cloute If then our best workes bée stained how can wée bée saued by works Father If wee cannot bee saued by works then wherefore should wee doe them as good play for naught as worke for naught Child Not so for although wée can not bée iustified in the sight of God by our good works yet they haue their necessary vse and serue to great purpose As first to glorifie God Secondly to publish our Faith to the world Thirdly to bring peace and comfort to our consciences in the discharge of our duties And lastly to winne others Father What doe you call a good worke Child No worke of man is sound and currant indéede except the same bée commaunded of God to bée done and that of our part it bée done in such sort and manner as hée requireth that is from a carefull heart and sanctified mind otherwise whatsoeuer wée do in the worship and seruice of God it is abhominable Father If a man cannot bee saued by his works but by Christ only then tel me whether al men shal be saued by Christ or no Child None shalbée saued by Christ but onely such as beléeue in Christ that is such as doe particularly apply Christ and all the promises made in him to themselues beeing fully perswaded in themselues that Christ with all his merits is theirs Father Are you fully perswaded that Christ with all his righteousnes is yours that you haue speciall interest in him and that he dyed for you particularly and by name Child I am fully so perswaded indéede without all doubting Father How know you certainly that you haue

preaching of the word and the inward worke of the spirit Father By what signes may a man knowe that hee is borne againe iustified and sanctified Child By the worke of grace in his heart By his loue to the word of God By his loue to the children of God By his hatred of sinne By his loue of righteousnesse By the change of his thoughts By the change of his actions By his mortification of the flesh By his sanctification of the spirit By his walking no more after the fleshe but after the spirit and such like Father Sith man in himselfe is so cursed and miserable as you haue declared shew mee what is his best course to take and first of all tell mee which is the first steppe to eternall life Child The first steppe to eternall life is for a man to know and féele his misery and then labour to gette out of it Father How doth a man come to know and feele his misery Child By the sound vnderstanding of the law contained in the ten commandements Father What is the Law Child The perfect rule of righteousnesse teaching vs what wée should doe and forbidding the contrarie Father By whom was the Law giuen Child By Moyses Father To whom was it giuen Child To the children of Israell Father When was it giuen Child In mount Sinai Father How was it giuen Child With great feare and terror Father To what end was it giuen Child To lette vs sée our sinnes that by the sight thereof wée might bée constrayned to flye vnto Christ Father Is any man able to keepe the Law Child No and therefore no man can bée iustified by the law Father Sith then the law doth condemne and not saue Sith it sheweth our diseases but can giue vs noe remedie wherefore then serueth it or what is the vse of it both in the regenerate and vnregenerate Child As concerning the vnregenerate First it discouereth their sinnes Secondly it stirreth vp the affections of sinne in them not of it selfe but through their default Thirdly it worketh in them a féeling of the wrath of God of death and damnatiō without offering any hope of pardon and therefore to them it is the minister of death Lastly it doth increase and augment sin in them accidentarily that is by reason of their great corruption which declineth from that which is commanded but inclineth to that which is forbidden Father Lay open this last point somewhat more fully Child Euen as a waterbrooke being stopt with a damme euerwart it doth surg and swell the more till it breake ouer the damme so sinne being restrayned by the Law doth increase and rage more in men not regenerate for their will béeing not reformed doth euer tend to that which is forbidden Therefore the Apostle sayth that without the Law sinne is dead that is though sinne bée in men before the publishing of the Law yet it is not knowne felt nor perceiued as the corrupt humours in mans bodies which lye close and are not felt till the purgation come but then they humble and stirre mightely to resist the medicine or as vnslaked lyme which sléepeth as it were quietly and stirreth not till the water bée throwne vpon it but then it smooketh burneth and is in an extreame heate Or as a Snake which lurketh close in her hole all winter as if shée were deade but when the hote Sunne shineth vpon her then shée reuiueth writheth and stingeth and sheweth her venemous nature And thus you see what is the workinge of the Law in vnregenerate men But in the regenerate that is such as are vnder grace it is otherwise For they doe consent vnto the Law and their nature doth not take occasion any more by the Law to bring foorth sinne Father What is then the speciall vse of the Law of the regenerate Child First it is a rule for them to direct their liues by Secondly it teacheth them not to trust in thēselues Thirdly it humbleth them continually in the sight of God Lastly it is their schoolemaster to Christ Father Whether are the regenerate vnder the law or no Child The children of God are vnder the obedience and institution of the law but not vnder the curse of it for they being in Christ are fréed from that Father Whether are the vnregenerate vnder the law or no Child All wicked and vngodly men are vnder the curse of the Law which is all one as to bée vnder the captiuitie of Sathan and sinne For their case is this they must perfectly kéepe the Law or else bée damned For they haue no right to Christ in whom onely the Law is satisfied Wée sée therefore what a pittiful case al men are in till they come to Christ and be found in him Father What difference is there betwixt the Law and the Gospell Child The Law condemneth but the gospell saueth the law casteth down but the Gospell raiseth vp Father What difference is there betwixt the couenant of the law and the couenant of the Gospell Child The Legall couenant doth really differ from the Euangelicall or new couenant of Grace For the old couenant of the Lawe was conditionall and did no otherwise giue life and saluation vnto men but if they did performe it and therefore it was nothing else but a repetition of that which GOD made to Adam to wit if hée did eate of the forbidden fruite hée should dye if not he should liue euen so if we kéepe the Lawe wée shall liue thereby If not wée shall dye But the couenant of the Gospell is frée that is it doth fréely giue life to those that beléeue though they faile in doing Father But what comfort then is there in the couenant of the Gospell more then in the couenant of the Law sith men of themselues are as vnable to beleeue the Gospell as to keepe the Law Child God hath promised to giue power to his elect to beléeue the promises of the Gospell But hée hath made no promise to giue power to performe the Law Father Are not the Law and the Gospell contrary Child They are not contrary in themselues for the same God is the author of them both the same Christ the substance of them both the same promises of eternall life the end of both but the contrarietie is in vs for to vs the Law saith Doe this and thou shalt liue But the Gospell sayth Beleeue and thou shalt be saued These then bée contrary to bée made righteous by our selues and to bée made righteous by another for these cannot stand together Father What say you to the Euangelicall couenant or new couenant of grace was it not of two sorts Child Yes The first was that which was made to the olde people the other was that which was made to the people of Christs newe kingdome Father What difference is here betwixt these two Child These two bée all one in substance but differ onely in the manner of dispensation that is