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A05494 A catechisme of Christian religion taught in the schooles and churches of the Low-countries, and dominions of the countie Palatine: with the arguments, and vse of the seueral doctrins of the same catechisme By Ieremias Bastingius. And now authorized by the Kinges Maiestie, for the vse of Scotland. Wherunto is adioyned certaine praiers, both publike and priuate, for sundry purposes.; Heidelberger Katechismus. English. Bastingius, Jeremais, 1551-1595. aut 1591 (1591) STC 1562; ESTC S114402 51,290 136

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also purchase for vs the fauor of God righteousnes and euerlasting life The Vse BY this historie of the grieuous and bitter suffering of Christ we are put in mind how hainous a matter sinne is for the which God would receiue no ransom but the death of his only begotten Sonne Secondly howe exceeding the loue of Christ toward vs is who did not sticke to suffer so fearfull torments for vs that he might reconcile vs vnto God and might purchase vnto vs life and saluation which by sin we had lost Thirdly to consider what duty wee owe againe namely to prepare our selues according to the counsel of Peter both to suffer patiently because vve are thereunto called 1 pet 2 21 24 and Christ suffered for vs leaving vs an Example that vve should follovve his steps And also to resist sinne because he bare them in his bodie vpon the crosse that we being dead vnto sinne might liue vnto righteousnes Question 38 What reason was there why he suffered vnder Iudge Pilate Answere That he an Innocent being a Luc. 23.14 Ioh 19.4 condemned before a ciuill Iudge might b psal 69 4 Isai 53 4 5.2 Cor. 5 21 Gal. 3.13 set vs free from the straight iudgment of God which was to fall vppon vs. Question 29 Is it any more that he was fastened to the crosse than if he had bene put to any other kinde of death Answere Yea truelie it is more For by this I am sure that hee hath taken vppon him the curse which did hang ouer me for the death of the crosse was c Deut. 21.23 Gal. 3.13 cursed by God OF CHRISTS SVFFERING THE ARGVMENT That Christ died and was buried why and what fruit there is of it where of the death of the faithfull and afterward the meaning of the words He descended c. Question Lords day 16 40 Why was it necessarie that Christ should humble himselfe euen to the death Answere Because the iustice and trueth of God could by no d Genes 2.71 other meanes bee satisfied for our sins than by the death of the e He. 2.9.14.15 Phil. 2.8 Sonne of God Question 41 Wherefore was he also buried Answere That hee might thereby make it knowne that he was truelie f Acts. 13.29 Mat. 27.60 Luk. 23 53 Ioh. 19.38 dead The vse SO often as we heare the buriall of Christ spoken off we are thereby put in mind of the sanctifying of our graues that they are now no more pittes Esa 57.6 wherein the cast bodies of men dye and consume to nothing but chests and chambers wherein men are laid vp and safelie kept against the resurrection that shall surelie come Question 42 But seeing Christ died for vs why must we also die Answere Our death is not a satisfaction for our sinnes but an vtter destroying of sinne and a passage into g Ioh. 5 24 Phil. 1 23. Rom 7.24 euerlasting life The vse VVHerefore hauing bene taught that it is the common condition of all men to die wee are all and every one of vs put in mind so to order our life that whensoeuer God goeth about to call vs out of this valley of miseries hee may finde vs ready that is neither too much intangled with the cares of this life nor discouraged with the feare of death both because we knowe this to be the very way of the whole Earth Rom. 4.8 and also because whether we liue or whether we dy we are our Lord Iesus Christs who is vnto vs as the Apostle saith both in life and death aduantage Question 43 What profit receiue we further by the sacrifice and death of Christ Answere That by the power of his death our olde man is crucified together with him and is also dead and h Ro. 6.6 7. c. buried that the euill concupiscences and desires of the flesh may not hereafter i Rom. 6.12 raigne in vs but that we may k Rom. 12. ● offer our selues vnto him a Sacrifice of thanksgiuing Question 44 Why is this added He descended into hell Answere That in my greatest sorrowes and most grieuous temptations I may vphold my self with this comfort that my lord Iesus Christ by the vnspeakable anguish torments and terrours of his soule whereinto he was plunged both before and especially as hee was hanging vppon the Crosse hath l Isai 53.10 Mat. 27.46 deliuered me from the anguish and torments of hell The vse VVHerefore wee receiue no small fruit and comfort even of this part of Christs humbling whereby we may sustaine our selues in extreme sorrows and in most grieuous tentations for if our conscience do trouble vs with the multitude of our sinnes for the which we tremble at Gods iudgment who threatneth vnto sin everlasting condemnation this shield of fayth is ready at hand That Christ did most bitterlie indure in his soule the anguishe of conscience for our sinnes together with the sence and feeling of Gods iudgment and wrath when hee complained and said Mark 14.34 My soul is heauie even to the death If Satan also set vpon vs and set before our eies that gulfe then which non can be more fearful as if God had forsaken and cast vs away and would not vouchsafe to heare vs as if hee had conspired our destruction lette vs then call to minde that the Sonne of God was therefore heard and deliuered when he groned and cried out My God my God vvhy hast thou forsaken me Mat. 27 46. Heb. 5.7 that we might not for euer be forsaken Last of all seeing wee haue such a Mediatour who did wrestle with the power of the diuel with the horror of death and with the paines of Hell whoe woulde not here bee confirmed against any anguish and sorrowe Heb. 4.15 being perswaded of the good will of so mightie a Prince and highe Priest towards him who both in all things was tempted alike yet without sinne and in whome strait after his resurrection that triumphant song which the Prophet made of him was fulfilled O death Hosea 13.14 I vvill be thy death O graue I vvill be thy destruction whereunto the Apostle alludeth as being in vs likwise to be fulfilled in the blessed resurrection Death is svvallovved vpp in victory 1. Cor 15.54 54. O Death vvhere is thy victorie O graue vvhere is thy sting wherevpon sayth Hillarie The Crosse death and hell are our life OF CHRISTES RISING againe from the deade THE ARGVMENT Christs rising againe and the fruite thereof 2 His ascending into Heauen and how far he is present at this day in his Church also of the vnseperable coniunction of the two natures in Christ Last of all of the fruit of Christes ascention Question Lords day 17 45 What doth Christes rising again profite vs Answere First by his rising againe he hath ouercome death that he might m 1. Cor. 15.16 54 55. Rom. 4 25.1 pet 13. c. 21. make vs partakers of that
c 1. Cor. 3.13 30. c. Gal. 5.4 Iesus For it must needs be that either Iesus is not a perfect Sauiour or els whosoeuer by true faith imbrace him as a Sauiour they also are possessed of all things in him which are d Heb. 12.2 Esa 9.6 Col. 19.20 2 10 Esai 43.11 25. Ioh 1.16 required vnto saluation OF GOD THE SONNE THE ARGVMENT Of the name Christ and of his three offices and why wee are called Christians Question Lords day 12 31 Wherefore is hee called Christ that is annointed Answere Because hee is ordained of the father anointed with the holy Ghost to be the e psal 45.8 Heb 1.9 Deut. 18 15 Act. 3.22 cheif Prophet and f Ioh. 1 18 15 15. teacher to reueil g Mat. 11.27 Psal 110.4 Heb. 7 21 10.12 vnto vs the secret counsel all the will of the Father concerning our redemption and to be our high only Priest to redeeme vs by the only sacrifice of his owne body h Rom. 8.34 59.10 daily to make intercession vnto the Father for vs and to be the euerlasting i Psal 2.6 Luc. 1.33 king to gouerne vs by his word and with his Spirite to preserue and k Mat. 28.18 Iohn 10.28 maintaine that saluation which he hath purchased for vs. Question 32 Why art thou called a Christian Answere Because by faith I am a mēber of Iesus l Act. 11 26. 1. Cor. 6.15 Christ partaker of his m 1. Iohn 2 26 Esa 59.21 Ioel. 2.28 annointing so that I both n Mat. 10.33 confesse his name and present my selfe vnto him a liuely o Ro. 12 1 Reu. 4 8 10. 1. pet 2 9 2. Tim. 2.12 Ro. 6 12 13. Reue. 1 6. offering of thankesgiuing in this life with a free good conscience fight against sin and Sathan and afterward do p 1. Tim. 1.18 19 possesse with Christ an euerlasting kingdome ouer all creatures OF THE ONLIE BEGOTten Sonne of God THE ARGVMENT Why Christ is called the onlie begotten Sonne of God and our Lord. Question Lords day 13 33 For what cause is Christ called the onely begotten Sonne of God whereas we also are the sons of God Answere Because Christ is the coeternall natural sonne of his eternal q Ioh. 1.14 Heb 1.2 Iohn 3.16 Father but we for his sake by grace are made the r Rom 8.5 Eph. 1.16 Iohn 1.12 1. Iohn 1 3 sonnes of the Father by adoption Question 34 Wherefore doost thou call him our Lord Answere Because he hauing redeemed our bodie and soule from sinne not with golde nor with siluer but with his owne precious blood and hauing deliuered vs from all the power of the Deuill doth ſ 1 pet 1 18 10 1 Co● 6 20 7.23 Ep. 1 7. 1 Tim. 2 6 chalenge vs properly to belong to himselfe The vse VVEe ought safelie and with true assurance of mind to commit and deliuer ouer our selues for euer to be kept of him as our Lord to whome we properly belong and are his owne peculiar both in life and in death the remembrance of this benefit may also put vs in mind that we do not hereafter thinke speak or deuise any thing but for his glorie For in that wee are the Lords it is meete that wee liue and dye vnto him and that his wisdome and will to wit his word and his spirit doe gouerne all our actions for he is appointed by the Father to be the head of Angels and of the faythfull OF THE CONCEPTION of the Sonne of God THE ARGVMENT The incarnation of the Sonne of God that is the conception of Christ by the holy Ghost his byrth of the virgin Marie whereof the personall vnion of both natures and of the fruit of both Question Lords day 14 35 What doost thou beleeue when thou saiest He was conceiued by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary Answere That the verie sonne of God who t Ioh. 1 1. 1.5 Rom. 1.4 Col. 1 15. c. psal 2.7 Mat. 3.17 16.16 is and abideth true and euerlasting u Rom. 9.5 Esa 7.14 9 6 1. Io. 5.20 Ioh. 20.28 God did through the woorking of the holy Ghost x Ioh. 1.14 Gal. 4.4 take the verie true nature of man of the flesh y Mat. 1.18.20 Luc. 1.35 and blood of the Virgin Marie so that he is also of z psal 132.11 Act. 2.30 c. Rom. 1.3 the true seede of Dauid a Phil. 2.7 like vnto his brethren in all things b Heb. 4.15 7 26. sinne excepted Question 36. What fruit reapest thou by the holie conception and byrth of Christ Answere That he is our c Heb. 2.16.17 Mediatour and by his innocencie and perfect holines doth couer my sinnes wherein I am conceiued and keepeth them from comming in the sight of d psal 32.1 1. Cor. 1.30 Ro. 8.3 4. Gal. 44.5 God The vse FIrst hereby our faith is greatly confirmed that he that was made man is also the Sonne of God for how shoulde al things not be very true wh●tsoeuer he reporteth vnto vs of God seeing he hath reueiled nothing to vs of God but what himselfe sawe and knewe Againe our hope is also helped in that he was so made man that hee also made man God and vs the sonnes of God and euen his brethren wherewith we may comfort our selues vnder the crosse in afflictions Last of all our mutual loue one toward an other is hereby inflamed for there is no so evident token of loue as that the Creator of all things was made for vs a creature our lord our brother the Sonne of God became the Sonne of man who woulde not then to the vttermost of his power follow that our mediatour Iesus Christ that is his meeknes and kind disposition who when as there was nothing higher then he did for our sake cast him felfe so low that of his own accord he tooke on him the shape of a seruant that is our flesh and that subiect to al infirmities even to the death of the Crosse OF CHRISTES SVFFERING THE ARGVMENT Hitherto of the person Nowe of the office of Christ as touching our redemption the partes whereof are two his humiliation his glorification to his humiliation belong his suffering and vnder whome he suffered and his punishment that is the kind of his death Question Lords day 15 37 What beleuest thou when thou saiest he suffered Answere That in the whole time of his life which he continued here vpon earth but especiallie in the end thereof e 1 pet 2 24 3 18 Isa 53 12 hee susteined both in body and soule the wrath of God against the sinne of all mankind that by his suffering as by the onely f 1 Ioh. 2 2 4 10. Rom. 3 25 sacrifice of reconciliation he might both deliuer our souls from everlasting condemnation and might
make me partaker of Christ and all his benefits may o Act. 9 31 comfort me and p Ioh. 16.1 Pet. 4.14 abide with me for euer The vse THe remembrance of this so excellent a benefit bestowed vpon vs namely that God hath made vs partakers of his spirit ought likewise to prick vs forward to holines of life For seeing the spirit of the father of Christ is called holy not only by nature but also because in whome soeuer he is he doth sanctifie and seperate them from the vncleannes of the worlde it is meete that by our deeds we should shew that he dwelleth in vs and therefore that that waightie exhortation of the Father shoulde be alwaies before our eies Eph. 4 30. Greue not the spirit of God by vvhome yee are sealed to the day of Redemption hee is grieued and made sad by vncleane thoughts words and deeds by licentious and filthy manners as on the other side he is delighted and reioyceth in true humilitie holines and grauitie in framing our words and all the actions of our whole life according to the rule of Gods word OF THE CHVRCH THE ARGVMENT Of the Catholike Church and the notes thereof of the Communion of Saints and the forgiuenes of sinnes Question Lords day 21 54 What beleeuest thou of the Catholike Church of Christ Answere I beleeue that the son of q Ioh. 10.11 God doth by his holie Spirit and by the r Act. 2.46 Eph. 4.3 4 5 word gather vnto himselfe out of al ſ Mat. 16 18. Ioh. 10.28 mankind from the t Gen. 26.4 beginning of the world vnto the u Ro. 8.29.30 Ep 1 10 1 pet 1 20 end a congregation x 1 Ioh. 3 21. 2 Cor. 13.5 chosen to euerlasting life agreeing in true faith and dooth maintaine and y Isai 59.21 Ro. 1 16 10 14 17 Ephes 5.26 preserue the same and that I am a liuely z 1. Ioh. 2.19 member of that congregation and shal so a 1. Cor. 1 8 6 Ro 8.35 c. psal 71 18. for euer abide The vse THe vse of this article consisteth in this that I beleeue my selfe also to be a liuely member of that congregation and that I shall so for euer abide which every man shall by this meanes profitablie knowe namely if he consider that even at this day also the Sonne of God dooth gather vnto himselfe a Church while he prouideth that his Gospell be publikely preached by ministers lawfully therevnto called and the Sacraments by them administred according to that rule which he hath left Question 55 What meaneth the Communion of Saintes Answere First that all and euerie one of the beleeuers haue b Ioh. 1.3 Ro. 8 32.1 Cor. 12.13 21.1 Corint 6.17 felowship with Christ and all his benefites as beeing members of him Secondly that euery one who hath receiued gifts ought to imploy them readily and c 1. Cor. 16.5 phil 2.45 6. cheerfullie for the common profite and saluation of all The vse THis Communion is double the one inwarde whereby such as the Lord hath in this visible Church alwaies chosen that is true beleeuers are vnited by the same spirit with the Father his Sonne Iesus Christ and one with an other among themselues the other outward standing in the mutual duties of Charity which the faithfull exercise one toward another Question 56 What beleeuest thou concerning the forgiuenesse of sinnes Answere I beleeue that God for the satisfaction of d Ioh. 2 2 2. Cor. 5 19.21 Christ hath quite put out of his remembrance e Iere. 31.34 psal 103.3.4.10.11 Rom. 7.22.25 Rom. 8.1 2 3 all my sinnes and euen that corruption also wherewith I must striue al my life long and doth freely giue vnto me the righteousnesse of Christ so that I shall neuer f Ioh. 3.18 come into iudgement The vse THe affection and loue of God which he beareth toward vs in Christ shall serue vs to this vse first to make vs take heed that no doubting of the mercy and goodnes of God in forgiuing vs our sinnes do at any time creepe vpon vs as if God did not from his hart truely forgiue vs. Secondly to driue out al such security wherby it vsually commeth to passe that men do carelesly sleepe in their sinnes considering that both sinne dwelleth in vs wherewith we must striue al our life long and also that by this readines goodnes of God freely to forgiue vs our sinnes wee are the rather prouoked more carefully to avoid sinne according to the doctrine of S. Iohn Ioh. 1.9 Rom. 6.11 who when he had taught that if vve confesse our sinnes the Lord is faythful and iust to forgiue vs our sinnes Least any man might hereupon flatter himselfe in sinne he meeteth with it by this admonition Little children ● Ioh. 2 1 these things I vvrite vnto you that you sinne not as also Ezechiel or rather God himself by the prophet speketh most seuerely against such frowardnes When I say vnto the righteous man Ezek 33.13 thou shalt surely liue if he trusting to his ovvne righteousnes commit iniquitie all his righteous deeds shall not bee remembred but in that his iniquitie vvhich he hath committed he shall die OF THE RESVRRECTIon of the flesh THE ARGVMENT Of the resurrection of the flesh and of life euerlasting and of the fruit of them both Question Lords day 22 57 What comfort doth the resurrectiō of the flesh minister vnto thee Answere Not only that my soul shal straight way after it is departed out of the bodie be g Luk. 23.43 phil 1.23 taken vp vnto Christ the head thereof but that this flesh of mine also being raised vppe by the power of Christ shal bee vnited againe to my soule and shal be h 1 Cor 15 52 Iob. 29 25.26 1 Ioh. 3 2. phi 3 21 made conformable vnto the glorious body of Christ The vse VVHerefore seeing wee haue this ground of the resurrection of our flesh from hence is ministred vnto vs that comfort which is necessary 1. To take away al heauines which we conceiue for the dead according to Pauls doctrine 1 Thes 4.23 I vvould not haue you ignorant brethren concerning those that sleepe that you sorrovv not as others that haue no hope For if vve beleeue that Iesus dyed and rose againe so also shall God bring vvith him those that are layd a sleepe in Iesus 2 Cor. 5.1 ● 2. To driue a way all feare of death by the hope of a better life to which we shall come by the resurrection in respect of which end Tertullian doubted not to cal the resurrection of the sleshe the confidence of Christians 3. To incourage vs vnto good works not to deserue any thing but because life is promised to them that do well Last of all that by remembring the resurrection to come we may be hindred from evill doing euen because of the punishment then