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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17478	A briefe and necessarie catechisme, concerning the principall poynts of our Christian religion Written for the good of all such as seeke after consolation in Christ. By R.C.	R. C., fl. 1602.; Greenham, Richard, attributed name. aut	1574 (1574)	STC 4296; ESTC S115042	20,180	63

mine and other mens vnder an earthly Iudge I shall be discharged by the heauenly Iudge vvhat is meant by this that he was crucified That he died not only a common death but such an one as was accursed both of God and man. vvhat comfort haue you by this This That I am deliuered from the curse which I haue deserued by the breath of the law and shall obtaine the blessing ▪ due vnto him ▪ for keeping the same ▪ vvhat meaneth this that he died That his soule was separated from his bodie so that he died a corporall death VVhy was it requisite that he should die Because by sinne came death into the world so that the iustice of God could not be satisfied for our sinnes vnlesse death had béene ioyned with his suffrings VVhy is it further sayd that He was buried To assure vs more truly that he was surely dead VVhat comfort haue you by his death and buriall 1 This is my first comfort that my sinnes are fréely discharged in his death and so buried that they shall neuer come in remembrance 2 Besides my comfort is the more because by the virtue of his death and buriall sinne shall be killed in mée and buried so that henceforth it shall haue no power to raigne in me 3 I néede not feare death séeing that sinne which is the sting of death is taken away by the death of Christ and that death is now made to me an entrance into life What meanes this He descended into hell That my Sauiour Christ did not onely suffer in bodie but also in soule did abide most miserable vexations griefes and painefull troubles and feare of minde into which both before and most of all when he hanged vpon the crosse he was cast VVhat comfort haue you heereby That in all my grieuous temptations and assaults I may stay and make sure my selfe by this that Christ hath deliuered me from the sorrowfull paines and griefes of hel What beleeuest thou in this article He rose againe I beleeue that Christ which in his manhood had suffered for me did on the third day rise by his owne power from the dead Wherin doth this article minister comfort vnto thee 1 In thrée things 1 His resurrection assureth me that his righteousnes shall be imputed to me for my perfect iustification 2 Because it rayseth me vp from day to day to righteousnes and newnes of life in this world 3 It ministreth vnto me a comfortable hope that I shall rise againe in the last day from bodily death What beleeuest thou in this article He ascended into heauen I beléeue that Christ in mans nature the Apostles looking on ascended into heauen What comfort haue you thereby 1 I am comforted in this that Christ hath prepared a place for me in the heauens which now I féele by faith and héereafter I shall fully inioy 2 I am comforted by his intercession to the father for me What fruit haue you thereby 1 It doth reconcile me to the Father for those sins which I daily commit 2 Being reconciled to him I can pray to God with boldnes and cal him father What meaneth that Hee sitteth at the right hand of God c. That Christ in his mans nature was aduanced by the father vnto that hie authoritie whereby he ruleth all things in heauen and earth What comfort reape you heereby 1 Because I shall receiue from him all things néedfull for me vnder his gracious gouernment 2 By his power all mine enemies shal be subdued and troden vnder my feet What beleeue you in this article From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead That Christ shal come in his maiestie to pronounce sentence vpon all those that were dead before and that shall be found aliue What comfort haue you by this 1 I am comforted in my greatest miserie knowing that Christ will come one day to rid me out of all 2 I am sure he will giue sentence on my side and take me to glory with him VVhy say you I beleeue in the holy Ghost Because he is God equal with the Father and the Sonne Why call you him holy Because he is the author and worker of all holines What fruit haue you by this 1 He doth assure me that I am that child of god by making me cal him Abba Father 2 He assureth me that by the death and resurrection of Christ sinne dieth in me and I am raised vp to holines of life 3 He leadeth me into all truth needfull to Gods glory and my saluation 4 He comforteth me in all troubles and in death assureth me of a better life in this same bodie and soule What meaneth this article I beleeue the holy Catholike Church That there is a Church of God though it cannot alwaies be seene with the eyes of men Why call you the Church holy For that although in this life in it selfe it is sinfull yet in Christ the head it is holy and in the life to come shall be brought to the true perfection of holines Why doe you call it Catholike Because God at all times and in all places and of all sorts of men hath an holy Church What meaneth this article The communion of Saints That the whole Church communicate with Christ euery member one with another VVhat comfort haue you by this 1 I am comforted for that I am iustified by that faith whereby Adam and Abraham were iustified which is tyed to no time nor place and excludeth no person 2 Because I am made pertaker of Christ and all his merits by faith and all the blessings of the Church by loue VVhat beleeuest thou by this article I beleeue the forgiuenes of sinnes That God for Christs sake doth fréely forgiue not onely my sinnes but also the punishment which I haue thereby deserued vvhy say you I beleeue the forgiuenes of sinnes Because no reason can perswade mee but the holy Ghost must worke the assurance thereof in my hart onely vvhat comfort haue you thereby 1 Because all the sinnes I daily commit shall neuer be laid to my charge 2 Because the weaknes and wants of all my duties are couered and supplied in Christ. 3 For that God will heare me praying for other that they may haue faith to féele the forgiuenes of sinnes vvhat meane you by this article The resurrection of the bodie into life euerlasting That this bodie after it shall be dissolued into dust shall be raised vp againe at the last day and my soule shall liue in euerlasting glory VVhat comfort reape you thereby 1 I am made cheerefull in well doing séeing my labour is not in vaine 2 I am made to dispise the pleasures and glory of this word and with patience to suffer all the troubles of this life 3 It comforteth me ouer the death of my friends and maketh me to be chéerefull in death knowing I shal haue a part in the resurrection of the iust What fruit haue

profitable conuenient vse of all Gods creatures 4 Though I suffer hurt by sathan or want of his creatures yet all this shall turne to my good in the end How can this be Because God can doe it as an almightie God and will doe it as a most mercifull and louing father True it is that by creation we had this benefit but we haue lost it and are become the children of wrath how then can God become our father and shew vs thys mercy Hee is become my father by faith in Christ the sonne of God What beleeue you of GOD the Sonne First that he is able to worke my saluation 2. That he hath wrought it indeed after the manner that is heere set downe How can you beleeue that he is able to worke your saluation I beléeue it because he is both God and man and hath receiued an office from God the Father to worke my saluation By what words in the Creed do you beleeue that Christ is God. By these His onely sonne I declare that I beleeue in Christ the onely begotten Sonne of God begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God light of light verie God of verie God begotten nor made being of one substance of the father by whom all things were made Why call you him the onely begotten Sonne of God. Because he is the alone Sonne of God by nature How can this be seeing the Angels Adam and we also be the Sonnes of God. Adam was the sonne of God by creation which state we haue lost but now we be the sonnes of GOD by regeneration VVhy was it requisite hee should be God. Because nothing but God was able to abide and ouercome the wrath of God and the punishment due vnto sinne What comfort haue you by this that Christ is God. Héereby I am assured that he is able to saue me by reconciling me to the Father that he may make me the child of God. By what words in the Creede doe you shew that you beleeue that Christ is man. By these words Borne of the Virgine Mary where I shew that he was borne as other men bee and subiect to all infirmities of man sinne onely excepted Why are these words added Conceiued by the holy Ghost To shew that Christ by the holy Ghost was conceiued in the womb of the virgin Mary she continuing still a pure virgin and that he was borne holy and without sinne whereto all other by nature are subiect VVas it needfull that Christ should be without sinne Yea For otherwise the Godhead and manhood could not haue him ioyned together besides if he had béene a sinner hee could not haue satisfied for others sinnes Why was it requisite that he should be man Because the righteousnes of God requireth that the same nature which had sinned should also pay and make amends for sinne What cōfort is in this that Christ is man I am thereby assured that Christ is fit to suffer the punishment of my sinne and beeing man himselfe will be more pittifull and mercifull to me vvhat fruit haue you by his holy conception I am assured that his holy conception hath couered the corruption of my nature and that his pure conception shall be imputed vnto mee vvhat comfort haue you by this that he is both God and man That hee is able to finish most fully my saluation seeing as hee is man hee is fit to suffer for sinnes as hee is GOD hee is able to beare the punishment of sinne and to ouercome in suffering and therefore to be called Iesus vvhat doth Iesus signifie It signifieth a Sauiour which name agreeth to Christ because hee saueth mee from all my sinnes because there is no other meanes whereby I may in part or whole bee deliuered from them vvhat comfort haue you by this Euen the same which I said and the rather because GOD from heauen gaue him this name and the Church on earth hath subscribed thereunto What signifieth Christ. Annoynted for he was annoynted to be a Prophet a Priest and a King for all his people and so for mee How gather you this By the annoynting Prophets Priests and Kinges which were figures of him VVas Christ annoynted with materiall oyle as they were No But with all gifts of the Spirit without measure Why call you him Prophet Because he was is and euer shal be the onely teacher of the Church What were then the Prophets and Apostles They were his disciples and seruants speaking onely by his spirit What comfort haue we by this Héereby I am assured that he will lead me into all truth needful for Gods glory and my saluation Why call you him Priest. Because offering vp himselfe a sacrifice once for all he hath satisfied for all my sinnes and maketh continuall intercession to the father for me What comfort doe wee reape by his Priesthood That I am sure that he is my Mediatour and that I am made a Priest. How is that By him I haue fréedome and boldnes to draw néere and offer vp my selfe and all that I haue to God the Father Why call you him King. Because he doth guide and gouerne me to euerlasting life by his word and spirit What comfort haue you by this Héereby I am assured that by his kingly power I shall finally ouercome the flesh the World Death and Hell. Why call you him Lord. For that not with gold or siluer but with his precious blood he hath purchased ▪ vs to be a peculier people to himselfe VVhat comfort haue you thereby ▪ Séeing hée hath paid so precious a price for me that he will not ▪ suffer me to perish VVhat is the second thing wherein thy faith in Christ consisteth I beleeue that he hath wrought my saluation in deed after that manner that is set downe in the Creed ▪ How is that 1 First by his most painefull sufferings for sinne 2 By his most glorious victorie and triumph ouer sinne In what words are his paineful suffrings expressed In these Suffered vnder Pontius ▪ Pilate was crucified dead and buried c. vvhat is the generall meaning of these words Therein I shew my selfe to beléeue that Christ indured most grieuo●s torments both of bodie and soule vvhat comfort haue you ny this I am fréed from all those punishments of bodie and soule which my sins haue ▪ deserued How then commeth it to passe that we are so often afflicted with grieuous torments of bodie and soule Our sufferings are not by desert any satisfaction for our sinnes in any part but being sanctified in the most holy sufferings of Christ they are medicines against sinne vvhy are those words set downe Suffered vnder Pontius Pilate Not onely for the truth of the story but also to teach that he appeared willingly and of his owne accord before an earthly Iudge of whō he was pronounced innocent yet by the same man condemned vvhat comfort haue you hereof That my Sauiour thus suffering not for his owne sinnes but wholy for