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B04689	The foundation of Christian religion, gathered into six principles. And it is to be learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to heare sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?	1660 (1660)	Wing P1566B; ESTC R215935	19,838	53

Mat. 10. 30. Prov. 16. 13. Scriptures I see it by experience n Lev. 26. 26. Mat. 4. 4. Meat drink and cloathing being void of heat and life could not preserve the life of man unless there were a special providence of God to give vertue unto them Q. How is this one God distinguished A. Into the o John 5. 7. Mat. 3. 16 17. Father which begetteth the Son into the Son who is begotten of the Father into the p Joh. 15. 26. Holy Ghost who proceedeth from the Father and the Son The second Principle expounded Q. Let us now come to our selves first tell me what the natural estate of man is A. Every man by nature is q Eph. 2. 2. Tim. 5. 6. dead in sin as a loathsom carrion or as a dead corps lieth rotting and stinking in the grave having in him the seed of all sins Q. What is sin A. Any r 1 Joh. 3. Rom. 7. 4 7. Gal. 3. 10. breach of the law of God if it be no more but the least want of that which the Law requireth Q. How many sorts of sins are there A. Sin is s Col. 3. 9. Psal 51. 5. either the corruption of nature or any evil actions that proceed of it as fruits thereof Q. In whom is the corruption of nature A. In all men t Rom. 3. 10. none excepted Q. In what part of man is it A. In every u Gen. 6. 5. 1 Thes 5. 23. part both of body and soul like as a leprosie that runneth from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot Q. Shew me how every part of man is corrupted with sin A. First in the x 1 Cor. 2. 14. Rom. 8. 5. minde there is nothing but ignorance and blindness concerning heavenly matters Secondly the y Tit. 1. 15. Eph. 4. 18 19. Isa 57. 20. conscience is defiled being always either benummed with sin or else turmoiled with inward accusations and terrors Thirdly the z Phil. 2. 13. will of man onely willeth and lusteth after evil Fourthly the a Gal. 5. 24. affections of the heart as love joy hope desire c. are moved and stirred to that which is evil to embrace it and they are never stirred unto that which is good unless it be to eschew it Lastly the b Rom. 6. 19. members of the body are the instruments and tools of the minde for the execution of sin Q. What be those evil actions that are the fruits of this corruption A. Evil c Geu 6. 5. thoughts in the minde which come either by a mans own concerving or by suggection of the devil d Joh. 13. 2. Act. 5. 3. evil motions and lusts stirring in the heart and from these arise evil words and deeds when any occasion is given Q. How cometh it to pass that all men are thus defiled with sin A. By e Rom. 5. 12 18. 19. Gen. 3. 9. Adams infidelity and disobedience in eating the forbidden fruit even as we see great personages by treason do not onely hurt themselves but also stain their blood and disgrace their posterity Q. What hurt comes to a man by his sin A. f Gal. 3. 10. He is continually subject to the curse of God in his life time in the end of his life and after his life Q. What is the curse of God in this life A. In the g Deut. 28. 21 22 27 65 66 67. body diseases aches pains in the soul blindness hardness of heart horror of conscience in goods hinderances and losses in name ignominy and reproach Lastly in the whole man bondage under Satan the prince of darkness Q. What maner of bondage is this A. This h Heb. 2. 14. E. h. 1. 2. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Luk. 11. 14. bondage is when a man is the slave of the devil and hath him to reign in his heart as his god Q. How may a man know whether Satan be his god or not A. He may know it by this if he give obedience to him in his heart and express it in his conversation Q. And how shall a man perceive this obedience A. If he i Joh. 8. 44. Joh. 3. 8. take delight in the evil motions that Satan puts in his heart and doth fulfil the lusts of the devil Q. What is the curse due to man in the end of this life A. k Rom. 5. 12. Death whichis the separation of body and soul Q. What is the curse after this life A. l Gal. 3. 10. Eternal damnation in hell fire whereof every man is guilty and is in as great danger of it as the traitor apprehended is in danger of hanging draw●ng and quartering The third Principle expounded Q. If damnation be the reward of sin then is a man of all creatures most miserable A dog or a toad when they die all their misery is ended but when a man dieth there is the beginning of his woe A. It were so indeed if there were no means of deliverance but God hath shewed his mercy in giving a Savior to mankinde Q. How is this Savior called A. m Mat. 1. 21. Jesus Christ Q. What is Jesus Christ A. n Heb. 2. 16. Joh. 1. 14. The eternal Son of God made man in all things even o Heb. 5. 7. in his infirmities like other men save onely in sin Q. How was he made man void of sin A. He was p Mat. 1. 28. conceived in the womb of a Virgin and sanctified by the holy Ghost at his conception Q. Why must our Savior be both God and man A. He q 1 Tim. 2. 5 6. must be a man because man had sinned and therefore a man must die for sin to appease Gods wrath he must be God to sustain and uphold the manhood to overcome and vanquish death Q. What be the Offices of Christ to make him an all-sufficient Savior A. He r Psal 45. 7. Luk. 4. 18. Deut. 18. 15 18. Luk. 1. 33. Psal 110. is a Priest a Prophet a King Q. Why is he a Priest A. To work the means of salvation in the behalf of mankind Q. How doth he work the means of salvation A. s Mat. 10. 28 Heb. 7. 25 26. First by making satisfaction to his Father for the sin of man Secondly by making intercession Q. How doth he make satisfaction A. By two means and the first is by offering a sacrifice Q. What is the sacrifice A. t Isa 35. 10. Christ himself as he is a man consisting of body and soul Q. What is the u Apo. 8. 3. Heb. 13. 10. Altar A. Christ as he is God is the Altar on which he sacrificed himself Q. Who was the Priest A. None x Heb. 5. 5. 6 but Christ and that as he is both God and man Q. How oft did he sacrifice himself A. Never but y Heb. 9. 28. once Q. What death did he suffer when he sacrificed himself

none other God but one He is Creator of all things In the beginning God created the heaven Gen. 1. 1. and the earth Through faith we understand that the Heb. 11. 3. world was ordained by the Word of God so that the things which we see are not made of things which did appeare 4. He is Governour of all things The eyes of the Lord in every place behold Prov. 15. 3. the evil and the good Yea and all the haires of your heads are Mat. 10. 30. numbred 5. Distinguished into the Father the Son and holy Ghost And Jesus when he was baptized came Mat. 3. 16. straight out of the water and loe the heavens were opened unto him and John saw the Spirit of God descending like a Dove and lighting upon him And loe a voice came from heaven saying Ven. 17. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased For there are three that bare record in Joh. 5. 7. Heaven the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one The second Principle Q. What doest thou believe concerning man and concerning thine own self A. All men are wholly corrupted with sin through Adams fall and so are become slaves of Satan and guilty of eternal damnation 1. All men are corrupted with sin As it is written There is none righteous Rom. 3. 10. no not one 2. They are wholly corrupted Now the very God of peace sanctifie you 1 Thes 5. 23. throughout and I pray God that your whole spirit and soul and body may be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ This I say therefore and testifie in the Eph. 4. 17. Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds Having their cogitations darkned and being Verse 18. strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardness of their hearts When the Lord saw that the wickedness Gen. 6. 5. of man was great in the earth and all the imaginations of the thoughts of his heart were onely evil continually 3. Through Adams fall Wherefore as by one man sin entred into the world and death by sin and so death Rom. 5. 12. went over all men for so much as all men have sinned 4. And so are become slaves of Satan Wherein in times past ye walked according Eph. 2. 2. to the course of the world and after the Prince that ruleth in the air even the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience For as much then as the children were Heb. 2. 14. partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part with them that he might destroy through death him that had the power of death that is the devil In whom the God of this world hath 2 Chr. 4. 4. blinded the mindes that is of Infidels that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ which is the Image of God should not shine unto them 5. And guilty of eternal damnation For as many as are of the works of the Gal. 3. 10. Law are under the curse for it is written Cursed is every man that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the Law to do them Likewise then as by the offence of one the fault came on all men to condemnation so by the justifying of one the benefit abounded towards all men to the justification of life The third Principle Q. VVhat means is there for thee to escape this damnable estate A. Jesus Christ the eternal Son of God being made man by his death upon the Cross and by his righteousness hath perfectly alone by himself accomplished all things that are needful for the salvation of man-kind 1. Christ Jesus the eternal Son of God And the Word was made flesh and dwelt Joh. 1. 14. among us and we saw the glory thereof as the glory of the onely begotten Son of the Father full of grace and truth 2. Being made man For he in no sort took the Angels but Heb. 2. 16. he took the seed of Abraham 3. By his death upon the Cross But he was wounded for our transgressions Isa 53. 5. he was broken for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed 4. And by his righteousness For as by one mans disobedience many Rom. 5. 19. were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous For he hath made him to be sin for us 2 Cor. 5. 21. which knew no sin that we should be made the righteousness of God in him 5. Hath perfectly Wherefore he is able also perfectly to save them that come unto God by him Heb. 7. 25. seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them 6. Alone by himself Neither is there salvation in any other Act 4. 12. for among men there is given none other name under Heaven whereby we must be saved 7. Accomplished all things needful for the Salvation of mankind And he is the reconciliation for our 1 Joh. 2. 2. sins and not for ours onely but also for the sins of the whole World The fourth Principle Q. But how mayest thou be made partaker of Christ and his benefits A. A man of a contrite and humble spirit by Faith alone apprehending applying Christ with all his merits unto himself is justified before God and sanctified 1. A man of a contrite and humble spirit For thus saith he that is high and excellent Isa 57. 15. he that inhabiteth eternity whose name is the Holy One I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to give life to them that are of a contrite heart The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit Ps 51. 17. a contrite and a broken heart O God thou wilt not despise 2. By faith alone As soon as Jesus heard that word spoken Mar. 5. 36. he said unto the Ruler of the Synagogue Be not afraid onely believe So Moses made a Serpent of brass and Num. 21. 9. set it up for a sign and when a Serpent had bitten any man then he looked to the Serpent of brass and lived And as Moses lifted up the Serpent in Joh. 3. 14. the wilderness so must the Son of man be lifted up That who soever believeth in him should Vers 15. not perish but have eternal life 3. Apprehending and applying Christ with all his merits unto himself But as many as received him to them he Joh. ● 12. gave power to be the sons of God to them that believe in his name And Jesus said unto them I am the bread of life he that Joh. 6. 35. cometh to me shall not hunger and he that believeth in me shall never thirst 4. Is justified before God

17. ● Yea. Q. What is the least measure of true faith that any man can have A. When a man of an humble spirit by reason of the u Isa 42. 3. Mat. 17. 20. Luk. 17. 5. littleness of his faith doth not yet feel the assurance of the forgiveness of his sins and yet he is perswaded that they are pardonable and therefore desireth that they should be pardoned and with his heart prayeth to God to pardon them Q. How do you know that such a man hath faith A. These x Rom. 8. 23 26. Gal. 4. 6. Mat. 5. 6. Rom. 8. 9. desires and prayers are testimonies of the Spirit whose property it is to stir up a longing and a lusting after heavenly things with sighes and groans for Gods favor and mercy in Christ y Eph. 3. 7. Now where the Spirit of God is there is Christ dwelling and where Christ dwelleth there is true faith how weak soever it be Q. What is the greatest measure of faith A. When a man daily increasing in faith comes to be a Rom. 7. 38 39. Cant. 6. 7. fully perswaded of Gods love in Christ towards himself particularly and of the forgiveness of his own sins Q. When shall a Christians heart come to this full assurance A. Not b 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. Psal 23. 6. with 1 2 3 4. verses at the first but in some continuance of time when he hath been well practised in repentance and hath had divers experiences of Gods love to him in Christ then after them will appear in his heart the fulness of perswasion which is the ripeness c Ro. 4. 19 20 21. and strength of faith Q. What benefits doth a man receive by faith Christ A. Hereby d 8 Cor. 1. 30. Act. 15. 9. Rom. 4. 3. he is justified before God and sanctified Q. What is this to be justified before God A. e Rom. 8. 33. It comprehendeth two things the first to be cleared from the guiltiness and punishment of sin the second to be accepted as perfectly righteous before God Q. How is a man cleared from the guiltiness and punishment of his sins A. By Christs f Col. 1. 22. 1 Pet. 2. 24. 1 Joh. 17. 2. sufferings and death upon the Cross Q. How is he accepted for righteous before God A. By the g 2 Cor. 5. 21. righteousness of Christ imputed to him Q. What profit comes by being thus justified A. Hereby h and by no other means b Rom. 4. 17. Apo. 21. 17. in the world the believer shall be accepted before Gods Judgement-seat as worthy of eternal life by the merits of the same righteousness of Christ Q. Do not good works then make us worthy of eternal life A. No For God who is perfect righteousness it self will finde in the best works we do more matter of damnation then of salvation and therefore k Psal 143. Esa 64. 6. Job 9. 3. we must rather condemn our selves for our good works then look to be justified before God thereby Q. How may a man know that he is justified before God A. He need not ascend into Heaven to search the secret counsel of God l Rom. 8. 1. Joh. 3. 9. but rather descend into his own heart to search whether he be sanctified or not Q. VVhat is it to be sanctified A. It comprehendeth two things the first to be purged from the corruption of his own nature the second to be indued with inward righteousness Q. How is the corruption of sin purged A. By the m Rom. 6. 4. merits and power of Christs death which being by faith applyed is as a n 1 Pet. 4 1 2. corrasive to abate consume and weaken the power of sin Q. How is a man endued with inherent righteousness A. Through the m Rom. 6. 5 6. Phil. 3. 10. virtue of Christs resurrection which being applyed by faith is as a restorative to revive a man that is dead in sin ro newness of life Q. In what part of man is sanctification wrought A. In n 1 Thes 5. 23. every part of body and soul Q. In what time is it wrought A. It is o Rom. 8. 23. 2 Cor. 5. 2 3. begun in this life in which the faithful receive onely the first fruits of the Spirit and it is not finished before the end of this life Q. VVhat graces of the Spirit do usually shew themselves in the heart of a man sanctified A. The hatred p Psa 119. 113. and 40. 9. and 101. 3. Rom. 7. 22. of sin and the love of righteousness Q. VVhat proceeds of them A. Repentance which is q Psa 119. 2 57 113. a settled purpose in the heart with a careful endeavor to leave all his sins and to live a Christian life according to all Gods commandments Q. VVhat goeth with repentance A. r Gal. 5. 17. Eph. 6. 11 12. A continual fighting and strugling against the assaults of a mans own flesh against the motions of the de●il and the inticements of the world Q. What followeth after a man hath gotten the victory in any temptation or affliction A. Experience of t Rom. 5. 3 4. 2 Cor. 1. 5. Gods love in Christ and so increase of peace of conscience and joy in the holy Ghost Q. What followeth if in any temptation he be overcome and through infirmity fall A. After a while u 2 Cor. 7. 8 9. Mat. 26. 75. there will arise a godly sorrow which is when a man is grieved for no other cause in the world but for this onely that by his sin he hath displeased God who hath been unto him a most merciful and loving Father Q. What sign is there of this sorrow A. The true sign x 1 Pet. 2. 19. of it is this when a man can be grieved for the very disodebience to God in his will word or deed though he should never be punished and though there were neither Heaven nor Hell Q. What followeth after this sorrow A. Repentance y 2 Cor. 7. 11. renewed afresh Q. By what signs will this repentance appear A. By z 1 Cor. 7. 11. seven 1. A care to leave the sin into which he is faln 2. An utter condemning of himself for it with a craving of pardon 3. A great anger against himself for his carelesness 4. A fear lest he should fall into the same sin again 5. A desire ever after to please God 6. A zeal of the same 7. Revenge upon himself for his former offen●e The fifth Principle expounded Q. What outward means must we use to obtain faith and all the blessings of God which come by faith A. The preaching a Prov. 29. 18. Rom. 10. 14 Mat. 28. 19 20. 1 Tim. 3. 16. of Gods Word and the administration of the Sacraments and Prayer Q. Where is the Word of God to be found A. The whole Word of God needful to salvation is set down in the holy