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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